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CIRCULATION Daily average d;triWjo far the WEATHER Fair and colder today ad Wednesday; Northerly winds. Max. temperature Monday S9; Min. 31; M ind north; Rain and snow .24; 6,656 Ar daily net paid 8,105 awnth ending Derpmbcr 3L 122 M?mher Audit Bureau of Circulation. SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR No. 246 Southern Oregon SALEM IN IS INDEPENDENTS E Aggie Coach in Hospital Here Elected Salem City Attorney ' 1 I FOUNDED 1651 ; mvmjmm f oaiem, Oregon, xnesQay morning, January 7, 1330 o-if! mm cost mm . 1 - - ..I . ii. I. - , .. , ,. . , , . . TR UE IAD S5 ; Section Cover ed By Snow Blanket Grants Pass Marooned for Ten Hours Monday as Wires Broken Down ; Fallen Trees Block -Traffic on Roads and Streets SUICIDE E GITYATTQRNEY T HER RAZOR BY COUNGI III 5r Large Expenditures Planned By Water Firm First 6 Months of 1930 Capacity of Fairmount Hill Reservoir to be Dou bled Says Delaney Improvements In the Salem water system which call for an ex penditure of more than $300,000 during 1930 will be begun within the next 30 days according to J. T-. Delaney, general manager of the northwest district of the Oregon-Washington "Water Service company. He made the announce ment Monday before starting on a trip to some of the company's properties in Washington. "We will be calling for bids within the next ten days on the construction work here." said De laney. In addition to the installa tion of a new filter system, the company plans to double the, ca pacity of Its reservoir on Fair mount hill, and to run an IS and 24-inch pipe line between the filt er and the reservoir. Kntire Program Finished By First of July The construction work which will be in progress between Feb ruary and July will call for con siderable expert and day labor ex penditure. Delaney pointed out. "We plan to have the entire im provement program finished by July 1 to allow full use of the v,ater facilities by the canneries," he said. Delaney was in conference Monday with W. H. Dancy, city councilman who has charge of the fire department. Dancy expressed his pleasure at the water improve ments inasmuch as a reduction in fire insurance rates can be brought about. Improvements made by the water company in Salem in 1929 Included an expenditure of $70, 30 6 including larger main exten sions, betterment of service, ex pansions to new districts and ad dition of additional office room to the headquarters building. The old transmission rope drive was replaced oy an electrical line -a . .. I an electrical which made possible the opening of Liberty street. -I-arge Well Drilled Near Madison Street The company has drilled a large well on Madison street and has erected an attractive building in which it has installed a com plete electrical pumping unit of the latest type. The water is' of high quality. A second 12-inch well has al ready been drilled at 21st and Market streets. The construction work for the pump house has been started and the pump and electri cal equipment is on the ground The water to be furnished by the well will be the same in quality as that now supplied by the Madison street units. These two wells are to increase the pressure in north ern Salem and will also add ma terially to the. fire protection of all property in that vicinity. As additional improvements dur- lne the last year the company has also anDroved a new 24-inch steel transmission line and has In stalled a temporary filtration plant on Minto's island involving an expenditure of many thousands of dollars. Delaney in his statement Mon day pointed out the fact that Sa lem was the northwest headquar ters of the Oregon-Washington Water Service company are lo- cated in Salem, which which direct control of companies in Sedro- Wooley, Hoquiam, Mt. Vernon, Vancouver, Wash., and Hillsboro, North Bend and Marshfield, Ore gon, is made. $57645 Is Spent By Zoning Group The city planning and coning commission spent only $576.95 of Its $1,200 appropriation In 1929, Its annual report submitted to the city council Monday night re vealed. Telling Salem Oi Statesman And a Big Sale! fflODAY every home tn Salem receives a copy of The Statesman. Fall of news and complete with the features which make a modem newspaper., ..Ore gon's second oldest difly Is becoming constantly more welcome visitor tat the homes of this city. The Statesman is proud, to carry a feur-page adver tisement of Bishop's 40th anniversary and 1U annnal two-for-one sale, an event which has 'become known throughout the valley. Be eanse of the importance of ; the aale and, the high repw ,'tatkm of its sponsors The : Statesman feels honored by being selected aa the princi pal snedlmm to pnbllsh this advertising. GRANTS PASS, Ore., Jan. 6. (AP) With one person in jured, two reported lost and several marooned in outlying districts, Grants Pass late today was brought into direct wire communication with the outside after having been isolated for more than 10 hours. Skidding through a snow said to have been the heaviest CHANS STAGE Initiation of New Members and Installation of Of ficers Scheduled The annual banquet of the Sa lem Cherrians, to be featured by installation of recently, elected of ficers and Initiation of new mem bers, will be held tonight at the Marion hotel beginning at 7 o'clock. About ten new members will be initiated. All former Cherrians have been invited to attend the banquet. Arrangements for the installa tion and the entertainment have been completed by a committee consisting of Carl D. Gabrielson, P. D. Qulsenberry. Gus Hixson, Roy Simmons and Jack Elliott. Officers to he installed are Grover Hillman, King Bing, who succeeds C. F. Giese; Walter Mol loy. Lord Governor Wood; C. E. Wilson, chancellor of the rolls; H. E. Eakin; keeper of the orchard; Roy Simnrons, king's jester; Dr. Milton Steiner, Duke of Lambert; Milo Rasmussen, Queen Anne's consort; Jack Elliott, Archbishop of Rickreall; T. A. Raffety. Mar quis of Maraschino; T. A. Windi shar. Earl of Waldo. The Cherrians are entering up- Thpv hav nlave a nrnmint nn rnpir i in Ttar nr nprmrr " a- -.-v- Mrt 1 tha eltv cnmrnnnttT life for 16 successive years, playing host to visiting delegations and carrying the city's expressions of good will elsewhere, as well as taking the lead in numero3 com munity affairs. LOCAL PROFESSOHS A close escape from serious in juries was the lot late Sunday night of Dr. and Mrs. J. D. McCor- mick and Prof, and Mrs. Cecil R. Monk, when the automobile In which they were returning from California skidded on the pave- ment, spun off into a ditch, roll ed over and rightef itself. None of tn occupants was hurt, beyond a rew bruises, although the top of the car was practically demolish- fid. The accident occurred near Rickreall as the group was driv ing north from Monmouth and on the way home from a holiday trip to California. They were driving along without concern when suddenly the pavement- be came very icy, which resulted in tJe accident The group walked oaca to Monmouth to summon a friend from Salem to come after them. Dr. McCormick, dean of Kim ball School of Theology, said last night they encountered rain all the way from San Francisco to Eureka on the return trip and that along the coast it was snow ing hard during a considerable part of the trip. They returned over the Redwood highway. They found snow in southern Oregon also, Dr. and Mrs. McCormick spent the holidays in Pasadena with her mother, Mrs. Emma Welse, and brother, Forest Weise. They vis ited there also with Mrs. Luella Kimball, connected with Kimball but who has made her home for several years In Pasadena. Prof. and Mrs. Monk Bpent the time with relatives in Los Angeles California has experienced no rains at all this winter and is badly in need of them, McCor mick reports. Moores Funeral Held Monday in Portland, Word Funeral services were held la Portland Monday for Charles Bruce Moores, 80, an early grad uate of Willamette university and a trustee of that Institution for 63 years. He was granted an hon orary degree of doctor of laws by Willamette last Jane. . Mr. Moores was the brother of A. N. Moores of Salem. His father was president of the old Capital Lumber company here, now the C. K. Spauldlng Logging company, and was a member of. the state senate and at one time mayor of Bin TOUT IN -20 years, residents of Grants Pass today faced a langiea mass of broken Dower and light wires. Street and high way traffic was blocked by tree fallen under the weight of snow. While slowly battling his way to Grants Pass, where his aged father had just died, H. A. John son, a Josephine county farmer, was Injured when a snow ladened tree fell across bis automobile. He finally reached the city, where he was given medical treatment. Buildings Strained By Weight of Snow Buildings at the Josephine county fair grounds. were he first to nap under the weight of tons of the moisture laden snow. Pri soners in the county jail were rushed to the scene and" relieved roofs which bad not fallen. Sev eral downtown office buildings re ported strained and leaking roofs. A group of business men, head ed by Samuel Baker, president of the chamber of commence, was reported marooned at the Oregon caves. Another group, headed by Earle Voorhies, managing editor of the Courier, had not been beard from since Saturday night. At that time they were camped near a mine in the Holland district Two workmen for the California-Oregon Power company, said to have been on patrol duty in the hills near here, had not reported (Turn to Page 2, Please.) Zero Hour For Auto Licenses Nears Rapidly Applications for 1930 automo bile licenses are arriving at the state motor vehicle department at the rate of apporxlmately 7,000 per day, according to announce ment made by Hal E.Hoss, secre tary of state. Hoss announced Monday that as soon as the applications now on hand are disposed of he will notify sheriffs and other peace officers to enforce the laws requiring the licensing of motor vehicles on January 1. The secretary of state indicated that the present accum ulation of applications would be disposed of not later than Satur day of this week. Kapitola Willing to Face Salem Charge ' t' la? f V''-A " - '-, V V v TV Ik R. L. Neff Nearly Severs Head From Body With Old Fashioned Razor Mysterious Call to Police Precedes Fatal Act by Local Resident After calling the police so that they would be sure to find his body, R. L. Neff, aged about SO, cut his throat from ear to ear early this morning in a house at 698 South 16th street, and bled to death before the officers ar rived. The police found Neff's body, lying face down on the floor with a pool of blood around it, in the small living room at the house to which they were called, the sharp old-fashioned razor he had used lay beside the body. Neff left several letters and notes, - including one in blood on the wall, "I love you R--" Borne of the letters Indicated that do mestic troubles caused him to take his own life. They revealed that he had been married three times. Clothes Indicate Painter's Occupation He was dressed in working clothes, paint marks on them in dicating he had been employed as a painter. One note asked that a key. attached to it be left at the Cross meat market. Another was addressed to W. W. Moore. The telephone bell in the police station rang at 12:25 this morn ing and a voice, later believed to be Neff's, said: "Send somebody to 698 South 16th street. Send them to the back door; it is open." Asked who was speaking, he re plied: "Never mind who is speaking; send somebody out here and they will see when they get here." Women's clothing was found in the house, but no one was there when the police arrived, which was about five minutes after the call came in. Officers Charlton and Miller answered the call ac companied by Alderman Paul Johnson. Bearcat Squad Plans Debates On Home Floor Among debates listed for the Willamette university squad on home territory are meetings with iWeber college, Ogden, Utah, and Wheaton college, of Illinois. Oth er contests with northwest col leges and universities are also on the squad's schedule although many are still tentative. i'xv Jt-f y. Amory "Slats" GUI 01 C. HOOP MEM IS CRITICALLY SICK Former Salem High Lad Confined to City Hospital With Pneumonia Completely "run down" and In serious condition, Amory T. "Slats" Gill, coach of the Oregon state college basketball team and former Salem boy, is lying at the Salem general hospital in critical state. Gill had been suffering from a bad cold for several days prior to the basketball game played here between Willamette univer sity and the Oregon Staters last Saturday. He remained here over Sunday and his condition became so bad that Dr. F. K. Power sent him to the local hospital. Hospital attendants last night declared that Gill's condition was grave although the next 24 hours would reveal the actual extent of his Illness. A "lung condition" was the expression used in describing the illness which caused Gill to be sent to the hospital. 30 Delinquency Cases Handled B Mrs. Shank Thirty cases of delinquency were handled by Mrs. Myra L. Shank, local police matron. In 1929, her annual report to the city council discloses. She also handled 19 jail cases, found homes for 17 girls and re turned 11 runaways. Five girls were sent to Portland institutions and fonr to the Indus trial school for girls. Investiga tions numbered 98 and consulta tions 380. The number of dances inspected was 71. This Is Kapitola Cooper, 21 , of Montana, Washington, Ore gon and way points. Kapitola is girl who la oat to see the world. In addition to pants, she wear tottoo designs. Thursday she made a social call on the police of San Francisco Just to be sure she was not wanted at Salem Ore., on a bad check charge She was not! r- m Flip C-J Controlling Faction Returns Good for Evir When Ap pointment Made Townsend Only One Slighted When Committee Berths Are Handed Out Promises of the Independent majority In the city council that a "fair deal" would be forthcoming In the distribution of committee assignments by t he newly creat ed committee on committees,' were fulfilled when the committee brought In its report Monday night, especially with reference to Aldermen W. H. Dancy and David O'Hara, members of the minority group. Mr. Dancy drew two important chairmanships and Mr. O'Hara one, and both were placed on oth er, important committees. Alder man Watson Townsend did not fare quite so well, although he re ceived the chairmanship of the committee on rules and revision of minutes. It was believed that his personal attitude toward the indpendents was responsible for this, rather than the mere fact that he was one of the Capital Journal party. Purvine Chairman Ways and Means Body Following are the committees as announced. Ways and means S. E. Pur vine, David O, Hara and L. L. Wilkinson. Ordinances Chris Kowits, Paul Johnson and O'Hara. Streets W. W. Rosebraugh, Henry Vandevort and Wilkinson. ' Public buildings and incinera tor I. M. Doughton, W. H. Dan cy and B. A. Rhoten. Sewerage and drainage Van- (Turn to Page 2, Please.) SEMATE TAKES UP TIFF BILL ISSUE Rapid Progress Made First Session After Christ mas Holidays WASHINGTON. Jan. C (AP) With the exception of one par agraph the senate today complet ed action on committee amend ments to the wool schedule of the tariff bill by approving increased levies on all classes of woolen yards and manufactured goods. A move was made to take up the su gar rates tomorrow but no agree ment was reached. Fresh from a two week's rest, the senate returned to considera tion of the long pending tariff bill today and, In a little more than three hours; adopted 31 amend ments to the wool schedule pro- riding Increases all along, the line on manufactured wool, including yarns, fabrics, blankets, clo'thing and rugs. The action, marked by another split in democratic and western republican ranks which makes possible the increases, all but completed work on the wool schedule and paved the way for early grappling iwith the most controverted rates In the blll-su gar. These might be reaclfed to morrow, when the tariff will have been seen before three sessions of congress almost continuously for exactly one year. GALVESTON. Tex.. Jan. C (AP) Lientenant Clarence C. Mitchell, 25, and Sergeant Julius Bihami, 32. of t he third attack group. Fort Crockett, were kill ed this afternoon when their plane collided with another half a mile west of the Fort Crockett landing field. Lieut. William C. Mills, pilot of the other plane and Sergeant Lindsay Braxton, passenger, . sav ed their lives by Jumping with their parachutes. Lieut. Mitchell and Sergeant Bihami crashed to the ground with their ship. - The planes crashes at an alti tude of 1,500 feet Both plunged to the ground and were demolish ed but did not catch tire. Sergeant Bihami waa born In Budapest but enlisted from New York City where a sister resides. He had r been in the service ten years and at Fort Crockett one year. Lieut, Mills is also a reserve on active duty with the group. Appropriation For Champoeg Asked WASHINGTON. Jan. I. (AP) Appropriation of $125,000 for the construction of a memorial building at Champoeg park, Ore gon,' would be authorised under a bill introduced today by Repre sentative Hawley of that state. TWO FLYERS KILLED III IIBPLII CRASH W. H. Trindle LISLE! FURS Annual Message Read to City Council at Its Meeting Monday Evening A dontir.il af a Bolicr looking toward the construction of a mu- nieinal dock system, so arranged that it may be expanded Into a central freight terminal for river, rail and motor truck transporta tion, is urged upon the city coun cil by Mayor T. A. Livesley in his annual message, read to the city council Monday night. "Thera is sending before con gress a substantial appropriation for improvement or tne wnia mette river and wa should antici pate the demands which such im provement will bring," the mes sage states. The mavor still favors the chance to a council-manager form of government, the only one of his original policies whicn nas not been put into effect. He says: Public Officials Held Poorly Paid "The salaries established tor city employment by charter and ordinances are in most cases woefully inadequate. The remedy lies not in unjustifiable subter fuges but in reorganization of the entire governmental structures of the Htv in the interests of effi ciency and centralized responsibil ity and a scientific grouping of function to justify the payment of salaries commensurate with the duties of the various offices. "I would suggest to the coun cil, in this connection, that seri ous and thoughful study be given to the matter of a needed charter revision along the lines of a eoun-cil-manager form of government." Earlier in the message he had counseled against further pay ments out of the street improve ment fund as additional salary to city officers, while work in that department Is at a low ebb. Completion of the bridge pro gram is urged, the mayor pointing out that the bond market has re covered sufficiently to permit re sumption of the bridge program. He states that Investigations made so far by the audit committee as sure that at least $50,000 remains to be spent out of the bridge bond Issue of $350,000. The mayor thanks the council for its cooperation in the past and enlists its counsel and support in the remaining undertakings of hlg administration. He urges a gen eral . program of construction to relieve unemployment, consistent (Turn .to Page 2, Please.) PUBLIC DOCK HERE Commissioner Smith Finishing U rCgOIl Plans for Annuel Session in tt f Portland; Cold Weather Is DlTlClS General Throughout Oregon Meeting Plans Made PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 6 (AP) The annual meeting of county judges and commissioners of Oregon will be held at the court house here on January 14 and 15, J. E. Smith, Salem, se cretary, announced here today. Smith is making final arrange ments for the session. Although the session Is sched uled to last only two days, the county, officials will be given an opportunity to attend the state highway commission meeting Jan uary 16. A banquet will be held the previous day. " Highway Offered PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. (AP) The tward of county com missioners formally petitioned the state highway commission today to take over that part of the Co lumbia highway within the coun ty but not within the city or Port land Cold Weather General Portland, Ore., Jan. t (AP) Breaks toward lower1 tempera tures throughout the state were recorded today. The Hinterland of t he state lies now under a cov erlet of white for the most part of the first of the year, , Here are a few of the lowest temperatures: Enterprise, 4 above. , Meacham,' S above. Pendleton. It above. LaGrande, 10 above. Salem,-31 above. Fred Williams Replaced by Vote of Aldermen at Annual Meet All Other Officers Chosen By Unanimous Ballot to Succeed Selves Election of William H. Trindle as city attorney to succeed Fred A. Williams featured the annual meeting of' the city council Moa dav, night. There were no "stump speeches" and no fireworks. other than the balloting, although It Is possible that something may have been said in the private caucnv which the mayor and council held prior to the election of officers. Mr. Trindle was nominated y Alderman Henry Vandevort. Mr. Williams by W. H. Dancy and Martin Ferrey by Hal Patfon. The vote was nine for Trindle. five for Williams and one for Ferry. Appreciation Is Expressed by Wi Mania At the close of the meeting Mr. Williams arose and thanked tae mayor and council for the ce aperation given him during fear years in the office, and assured them there were no hard feeliaa and that he would assist the city government in any way if called upon. He praised the ability of nie successor. Mayor Livesley respond ed with a& expression of apprecia tion for Mr. Williams' services, and of regret that the vote had gone as It did. All of the other city officers were unanimously re-elected, in cluding Harry Hutton. chief of the fire department, and all of ais subordinates; Chief Frank A. Minto of the fire department, aad the officers he recommended; Mr. Myra Shank, police matron; Hugh Rogers, city engineer; Dr. Vern on A. Douglas, health officer; Bat ty Cooper, sanitary inspecter; Earl C. Bushnell. building ln?pec tor; L. J. Simeral. Incinerator su perintendent, and some minor em ployes. Board Members Named By Mayor Livesley Mayor Livesley- reappointed Mrs. John Harbison, William Burghardt, Jr., and E. T. Bamea on the library board, L. P. Aid rich on the park board and C. P. Bishop on the playground board. (Turn to Page 2. Please. FOR GITY AIRPORT Recommendation that finaiiees for further improvemen of Sa lem's municipal airport be pro vided by appropriating SlO.ftOO each year for five years in the City's budget, beginning next year, is included la the final im port of the airport eommissfoa; presented to the city council Moa day night. Other recommendations pro pose improved drainage, mere leveling of the area outside th runways, that the runways be oil ed and the area outside sown to grass; that removal of telephone and power wires be speeded, that fire fighting equipment be in stalled, that a minimum of a4 quate lighting be provided for, and that roofs of buildings in var ious parts of the city be marked with arrows pointing out the di rection of the airport. Auto Crashes Man McMINNVILLE. Ore., Jan. 6 (AP) When the automobile wi der which he was working, slip ped off a jack. Otto E. Hathaway. Portland Insurance man, was kill ed here today. Hat haw ay's nerk was broken when the transmis sion box struck 'his head. The body was found by Hatha way's family. The family had been visiting 'Mrs. Hathaway's mother Here. The coroner, after viewing the body and the scene of the acci dent, which occurred near Mrs. Hathaway's mother's house, said he would hold no Inquest. Chnrch Bells Silent PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. (AP) The "ringing of woild belle to-the wild sky. may be all right In poetry, but it Isn't being dene by the chares, Dr. Perry C. Hop per, pastor of Westminister Pres byterian church, declared, today at a meeting of the Portland min isterial association, of which he is president. The suggestion had been made that since January 16 will be the anniversary . of national prohibi tion. It might be a good Idea a ying all the church bells of Pert land by way- of celebration. The proposal was coAidered seriously ior mom aunuico. Then Dr. Hopper roe. He said: "If all the church bells in Port land rang at once It, won HI at make much noise. Churches don't have bells any more." The matter was dropped. WE FIIP m Salem. - ::j