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FOUMDJ2P 1631
SEVENTY-NINTH TEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Momisx Febraaxy 11, 1939
No. 276
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LARGE HOTEL
Conditions Held "Frightfur
At One of City's Lead
ing Hostelries
Federal Agents Seize Quan-
tity of Liquor and Ar
rest 13 Persons
NEW YORK Feb. 10 (AP)
'As the result of a raid tonight by
more than a score of federal pro
hibition agents upon the hotel
- Manager, Major Maurice Camp-
' bell, prohibition administrator for
the New York district, announced
lie would seek to have the entire
hotel padlocked. "
Thirteen persons were arrested
In the raid on the hotel, which is
situated at 50th street and Sev
enth avenue and is one of New
York's largest. Major Campbell
said warrants for the arrest of
nine other persons would be ob
tained. ' He said a quantity of liquor
was seized. The .prisoners, (he
aid, were six bell boys, five wait-
era, and two alleged bootleggers
said to have operated In the hotel.
The arrest of nine other bell boys
on warrants Is expected tomor
row. Agent Work Several
Weeks Upon Case
"I have bad my agents in this
hotel for several weeks" Major
Campbell said, "and their inves
tigation discloses frightful condi
tions even in more ways than the
ale of liquor.
"My agents have been able to
buy liquor from hotel employes,
from a score of different rooms
. on different floors and from
core of different bell boys.
"There were three bootleggers
operating In the hotel, and they
were always summoned by hotel
- employes. I also have evidence
that the hotel management was
well aware of this condition."
Assistant United States Attor
ney Charles Flnkelstein, who had
charge of the preparation of the
evidence on which the warrants
were issued, said that for two
weeks 15 prohibition men had
-been living at the hotel, shifting
from room to room. s ....
Other agents, he aaid dined in
the hotel dining room regularly
In their effort to gain evidence.
The management of the hotel
laid tonight, more than an hour
tfter the time given for the raid,
that no arrests had been made in
the hotel.
Major camppeu said bis men
had- no difficulty obtaining evi
dence. They simply took rooms
In the hotel, he said, and did not
even have to ask for liquor, bell
boys soliciting them to buy.
Soviet Official
Is Subjected to
' Baggage Search
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 10.
(AP) Foreign Minister Estrada
tonight said he had ordered the
caners and documents seized in
the luggage of Alexander Makar
recalled Russian minister to Mex
lep, at Vera Cruz yesterday, to
be returned to him. No obstacles
had been placed in the way of M.
Makar's sailing for home today.
Pointing out that the Russian
legation here no longer enjoyed
official status, he said the raid
yesterday was the affair of the
police and the department of the
Interior.
Colonel Bartram and Senator
UregOIl McNary Confer With Farm
jC .Board on Flax Loan Qnei-
jDnClS tion at National Capital;
Flax Loan Talked
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 10
, (AP) The Oregonian, in a dis
patch from its Washington cor
respondent, ' tomorrow will say
Colonel A. B. Bartram head of
the Oregon flax industry confer
red today with the federal farm
board regarding the "set up"
which must be perfected by flax
producers of the Willamette val
ley region prior to approval ot
their application tor a loan of
r- $200,000 to assist the marketing
of their crop.
Senator McNary, author of the
federal farm act, the newspaper
will say, accompanied Bartram.
Officer Fired
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 10
( AP) John J. Pardo, for 11
years a member of the Portland
polieo - bureau, today waa dis
charged by Mayor Baker on a
charge of being Intoxicated and
' fighting in the office of a taslcab
company.. -
" 'j V Canoeist Drowns . .
s ; ' COB.VALLIS, Ore Feb. 10
V fAP)No tract" nta jet been
i found ot the body of David Gra
ham. drowned yesterday In Marys
river while trying to save a ean-
i i in the flood current. Tht Cor-
villi tiro department is eontinu-
1' ins- the search as Grahams par-
, enta from Portland and an undo
: from Eugeut wait hero.,
' . ' Tsthor Enter .Politics Ji
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. : in.
zip) candidates for office win
Tnv tha aeaualntance of
thm Amniced labor's political lea
gue, which" was launched Sunday
t thm Labor temple her with a
- Jaelaraiion of nrinclples ' calctt-
Ministers
Livesley
Stand On Liqu
Local Association Goes
Mayor of Salem for Public Utterances;
Effects of Speech Decried v
MINISTERS of Salem are the first local group openly to
rap Mayor T. A. Livesley for his reported assertions in
Boston on the prohibition question, and the regular session
of the Salem Ministerial association yesterday morning au
thorized .the secretary to draw up resolutions expressing the
ministerial opinion.
The statement says that
people of Salem and the northwest in his reported statements
STEPS PIMM TO
Special Seating Arrange
ment Planned for Assem
bly at High School
A reorganisation of seating
whereby teachers will virtually
police the assembly has been de
termined upon by Principal Fred
Wolf as a means of restoring or
der and quiet at the student as
semblies held at the senior high
school.
The plan, announced yesterday
by Wolf, will simply be to as
sign a teacher to an outside seat
n each of the two aisles and the
two rows of seais along the walls
and with Instructions to main
tain quiet and report all talking
to the principal. Under this ar
rangement, a faculty member will
occupy the end seat in about every
fourth
urth row. I
Ail students foundry teachers
10 oq aisiuroing inuuencea umms i
the assembly hour win be asked
. ... . . . . t
mereaiier-io report 10 a resirici-
. m MA. i & A. A I
ive group, which will be in session
in a smaller nan during the as
sembly hour. A teacher will be
placed over this group.
A rehearsal of this seating ar
rangement will be held immediate
ly after the Girls' league meet
ing today. Wolf said, and at mac
time teachers will bs assigned
permanent seats for the remain
der of the year.
Resort to this Idea comes ioi-
lowinz last Thursday's climax to
the assembly rumblings, when
students booed a program of class
ical music riven by the students.
At that time Wolf said he would
either nil all assemblies oft. or
establish a study hall for all stu
dents who failed to conduct tnem-
MiTAa in the nroner manner at
the student assemblies.
Few Salem Men
Attend Meeting
n. t iciiu inwvwuo
a
Salem hardware stores will
have only a small representative
at the annual state hardware con
vention to be held in Portland
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs
day of this week, according to in
dications late yesterday. George
B. Allen of the store which bears
his name will go down today, and
plans to see that others from his
store get In to hear parts ot the
conference, and from the Salem
Hardware, B. M. Simon and Law
rence Simon are making arrange
ments to he there on Thursday.
Members of the national board of
directors will meet with the state
group this time.
lated to make office-seekers "sit
up and take notice."
The league will function as a
non-partisan organization in the
sense that It will give fealty to no
political party, but will support
nrincioles and with its votes can
didates who represent the princi
ples advocated by the league.
. Grande Players Busy
LA GRANDE. Ore., Feb. 10.
(AP) Intramural sports play a
nromlnent part In La Grande
high school's system of athletics,
sunerrised by Ira Woodie. In ad
ditional to the squad of 14 play
ers on the regular basketball
team there are 75 others playing
the game in class teams.
Lincoln Honored
ALBANY. Ore.. Feb. 10 (AP)
The annual Lincoln day Ban
quet will bo held on February ll
under the auspices ot me una
county republican central com
mittee. Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall,
president i of the University ; o f
Oregon, will be tho principal
speaker.. ,-. 4 . . . -; ,.v- .
'Nature llarrei Noted
GRBSHAM. Ore., Feb. 10.
(AP) A likeness of Mount Hood
formed with remarkable exact
ness by the, rraln of a red gum
wood board ' ta being exhibited
hero by J. A. Bushong. Tho folds
In tho grain of tho wood are be
lieved to have been, caused by a
knbt. . - ' '
-The board originally came .to
this state from Louisiana as part
of a crate. Bushong chanced to
nhserva the section - bearing tho
likeness of "Oregon's famous
mountain. He polished the board
and has framed lti"- v
HE HOODHSM
Score
pr His.
or
on Record Condemning
the mayor misrepresented the
concemiTur Twpr The fnll
ministerial statement follows:
"Believing that Mayor
Livesley in a reported speech
given in Boston recently misrep
resented the people of the north
west and especially the people of
the Salem community In regard
to prohibition enforcement and
desires, we, the Salem Ministerial
association, upon vote in regular
session of February 10, wish to
express our disapproval of the re
ported statement of Mayor Lives-
ley and trust this action on our
part may help largely to overcome
any 111 effects to the cause .of pro
hibition resulting from the re
puted statement of the mayor of
Salem.
"Further we wish to commend
The ' Oregon Statesman for Its
printed reactions to the reported
speech of Mayor Livesley."
s
Valiiatinn Pctimaf orl in Siir.
WMtlW laWUIIIMtVU til WW!
,
vey Recently Completed
-
Of Local Plants
Total valuation of property of
the 35 Protestant churches and
missions In the city of Salem Is
estimated at 1870,900, a survey
of local church just completed
shows. Of the sum, $761,000 is
represented in church buildings,
and 1109,900 in parsonages and
lots owned by the churches. The
survey was made by the Salem
Ministerial association, and re
sults presented at the meeting
yesterday morning.
Estimated seating capacities of
the 35 Protestant houses ot wor
ship Is 11,340 persons. The sur
vey shows further that only about
half these seats are filled each
Sunday, with the estimated morn
ing attendance at 6,292 and the
evening audiences totaling 3,5(1.
It is presumed that is duplication.
i iDHL ib Der&ons wno io dolu morn-
iL.i . .
US "d evening be eliminated, in
I - Jr. n AnA , :
average of about 7,000 people go
to church here on Sunday.
Persons enrolled in church
membership are 8,892, and It Is
estimated one-half more, or 4,446
are connected with the church.
bringing the total church atten
dance to 13,000. Average atten
dance In the Sunday schools of
the city is 6,920, and the estimat
ed Protestant population of the
town Is 26,000, one-half of whom
are not connected with the
church.
The local church budget ave
rages about 814 per member, or
totals 8126,368 a year, the survey
I indicates. Of this amount, $78,-
I 000 Is paid. for outside work, and
especially the missionary fields.
Catholic churches submitted no
figures in the survey.
NEW YORK. Feb. 10 (AP)
Ons man was killed and several
other persons were injured today
in a clash between rival left and
right wing Workers In the gar
ment district, growing out of the
concentrated picketing activities
ot the striking international la
dies garment workers union. :
WleMinr Trntrna an uwul nfr
iiBS Jtt
wing radicals when the latter
hurled taunts at them at Ilth
street and Broadway.
Larceny Case
Dropped After
Hearing Staged
SILVERTON.'Feb. It. The
preliminary hearing of the state's
ease against Edgar Criles -and Art
Barker held this afternoon at 80
rerton drew an ; exceptionally
large aodieneo and teemed to cre
ate much Interest about town. .
. Crltes aad Barker were charged
with larceny of automobile parts
and gasoline. P. L. Brown sat as
committee magistrate,' and . Rex
Albright appeared for Barker with
M. Tan Valkenbergr and Alt O.
Nelson for Crltes. The case was
finally dismissed because of In
sufficient evidence.
The two' boys 'were Implicated
last December when Orlis Osbuiu
was - accused and ' pleaded guilty
on a- larceny charge. Tho com
plaints were signed by Art Bark-
harst and Shirley Brown, v
mm
Him
IN GMMEriT STRIKE
SUBRINETO
BE CONSIDERED
BY DELEGATES
Substantial Progress Made
At Naval Conference
Says MacDonald
Britain and U. S. to Advocate
Abolition of Ail Under.
Water Vessels
By FRANK H. KINO
Associated Press Staff Writer
LONDON. Feb. 10. -(AP)
While preparing to attack the
submarine war at tomorrow's
plenary session, the five power
naval conference today continued
to make progress on all fronts,"
as Ramsay MacDonald put it. The
British prime minister thus para
phrased a familiar communique
of World, war days in his declara
tion to the house of commons on
the state of London disarmament
negotiations.
He referred tor one thing to the
progress on an Important phase
ot conference work which for
years has been a stumbling block
to disarmament. It was practi
cally completed today with a com
promise ot global and category
tonnage theories worked out by
m. MmmlttM nt -rnrtm mnA ruit
to be turned over to the ehief
aeiegaies, wno expect 10 receire
It at 4:30 p. m., Wednesday.
Submarine Question
Now Chief Issue
The question of submarines
overshadowing all others on the
eve of the plenary session where
in Great Britain and the United
States will declare for abolition
of underwater craft. Italy prob
ably will support their argument
in principle against France and
Japan.
The realization of French and
Japanese opposition in the con
ference, where all decisions must
be unanimous, renders tomor
row's efforts for abolition merely
academic debate. Great Britain
and the United States will center
their efforts on a resolution to
"humanize" submarine warfare,
and Britain, with MacDonald as
first spokesman, will have the
opening shot in the discussion.
Mr. MacDonald after opening
the meeting as chairman, will
give the floor to A. V. Alexander,
first lord of the admiralty. Col
onel Henry L. Stimson, head of
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E
YET WAIT FOR PAY
CHICAGO. Feb. 10 (AP)
Another day, another $150,000
added to the growing total of
I nocr caianAK in i nirRrn ann I . nn w
-
county and the auction block for
tax anticipation warrants loomed
tax anticipation warrants loomed
a little clearer on the misty finan
cial horizon
No sale has been recorded by
the purveyors of the various gov
ernmental tax scrips but all re
tained their optimism that the
warrants would be marketed al
though a discount might beneces-
sary.
H. Wallace Caldwell, president
of the board of education and Its
emissary to Wall street, was un
derstood to be returning home
after a week's visit to New York-
without marketing $48,009,000 In
school board warrants.
Herbert C. Heller, New York
investment banker, has gone back
to consider the terms offered him
for the purchase of $27,150,000
worth of city corporate warrants.
The result appearedto be dim-
Inlsbing hope that the moneyless
governments in Cook county
could cell script without offering
a premium attractive to the bank
ers,
Silas H. Strawn, citizens' com
mlttee chairman who holds the
key to millions of dollars pledged
as advance tax payments by sev
eral large Chicago corporation, al
I so returns tomorrow after a New
York visit. The county commis
sioner had announced that unless
Strawn's group agrees to furnish
cash this week the county em
ployes will bo paid back salaries
In warrants the first of next
week.
Pastor's Coat
And Car Stolen
During Sermon
MONMOUTH. Feb. 10 While
L. H. Willard, pastor of the Mon
mouth Evangelical church, was
preaching the Sunday evening
sermon here last night his over
coat was , stolen from the cloak
room.
The coat contained Mr. WI11-
ard's keys including the keys to
his. car.. The ear was stolen from
the car blag In front of the
church. Una gray Chevrolet
coach, bearing Oregon lleen so
number 225040 and Is a 1929
model car." i . ' k;;
Local authorities have so far
been unable to find trace ot tho
ear or any due as to the identity
of the thief,-,. ? . .
? VANCOUVER WINS
VANCOUVER, B. C Feb. 10
(AP) Tho Vancouver Lions
crept to within point of the lea
gue leading Portland - Bucks to
night by-defeating the .trailing
Victoria Cubs 5 to t in a Paclf
il toast- hockej Uagtte game. .-,
MPL0YE5
Probe Requested
Rum Situation in
Northwest State
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.
(AP) Representative
Senator, republican, Wiscon
sin, aaid tonight be would
demand a congressional in
vent Ignt ion of prohibition
administration n the Chica
go district nnd In the state
of Washington.
The Wisconsin wet an
nounced he hoped to pre
sent his request for snch an
Investigation to the expen
ditures committee at its
next regular meeting Thnrs
day, "with a view to deter
mining in what respects in
dustrial alcohol has been
diverted la the Chicago dis
trict, and to ascertain the
actual facta as to the alleged
wholesale liqnor conspiracy
in the state of Washington.
He indicated that the data
on which he will present the
demand was la only tenta
tive form, bat said that he
had received sufficient in
formation to convince him
that an Investigation jhoald
be made, although he did
not reveal the sources of pa
pers and other information
he said he had received.
T
AgnCUlXUrai tXpen rOUnd
Needed, Declares Man
ager of Cannery
The entire cherry pack of the
Salem district is threatened by
the Infestation ot the cherry mag
got, for the moment that this
pest makes Its appearance, the
canneries are not justified In con
tinuing to accept any of the crop.
W. G. Allen, manager ot Hunt
Bros. Packing company, declared
in a talk at the Salem chamber
of commerce luncheon Monday.
This pest has been present In
some degree here tor zt or so
years, but did not become a real
hasard to the crop until last sea-
son. wnicn was unnsuauy iaie,
. ii i a
Mr. Allen said.
Such study as has Deen made of
its lite history indicates that it
does not emerge from the ground
until about Juno 25, the worms
appearing In the cherries about
Jaly -7. Cherries which ripen
earlier than that are more likely
to be free.
However, last year a large por
tion of the crop was ruined. It Is
impossible to detect the presence
of the worm in many cases, and
to avoid the hazard of canning
wormy fruit, the canneries will
have to cease accepting cherries
as soon as the pest Is noticed, Mr.
Allen explained.
Mr. Allen outlined this diffi
culty In connection with bis sup
port of the program proposed by
W. T. Stols at the previous meet
ing, of arranging to bring to this
county a horticulturist and an
agriculturist through cooperation
with the department of agricul
ture extension service. These
men would be equipped and in po
sition to study this and otner
crop parasites more thoroughly
than 'has been done in the past,
with a good chance of eradicating
them.
He also discussed the possibil
ity of introducing new varieties
of cherries which would be suit
able for the marschino industry,
which Is expected to grow rapidly
with the help of the new tariff.
CHICAGO, Feb. 10 (AP)
One hundred and fifty five per
sons and 21 firms In New York,
Chicago, Los Angeles, and nu
merous other cities were indicted
bv a federal grand Jury today on
charges of violating the national
prohibition law by means of a
conspiracy whose operations ex
tended from coast to coast
The Indictment set forth 287
oyert acts In violation ot the dry
Uwi anil rays as the basis tor
the conspiracy the Illegal diver
sion of more than 1,000,000 gal
Ions ot government alcohol our-
in the last seven years.
Other cities Involved In the
ramifications ot the accused alco
hol amdicate. described as tne
most extensively operated consplr
acy yet uncovered by the govern
ment, were Cleveiana, si. ijouis.
Philadelphia, St Paul, Minneapo
lis. Detroit North Bergen and
Newark. N. J.
All the firms Indicted eitner
are now or once were In business
ranlrlnr the use ot aleonoi in
tha manufacture of toilet arti
cle nerfnmes. medicines and
similar nroducts to which the gov
ernment rave permits ior wnn-
4rawln thm alcohoL It Is charged
that much ot the alcohol was di
verted and redistilled lor Bever
age purposes, and that several of
the firms onerated merely as
Mind ' or- "cover house" lor , tne
syndicate.
' WILL CONTESTED
' PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. It
(AP) A petition contesting the
will of Fannie O. Rood was filed
in circuit court: hero today to Sa
rah E. Flint a cousin ot Mrs.
Rood. ,
. TEXAS BANKS FAIL
I DALLAS. Tex., Feb. 10. (AP)
Three Texas banks today tailed
to onen- aad their affairs were im
mediately placed In tho hands
bamr: exammers, rr -
SERIOUS
HIT TO
SEEN
inni
RELATIONSHIP
OF 2 SCHOOLS
Strained Feeling Reported as
Resentment Expressed
By Oregon State
Alleged Discourtesies Cited
OnPart of University
Of Oregon Fans
EUGENE. Qre.. Feb. 10 (AP)
Strained athletic relations be
tween Oregon State college and
the University of Oregon, growing
out of resentment by Oregon
State students toward alleged dis
courtesies paid them on visits to
tho Webfoot campus, were reveal
ed here today. It was learned that
Paul J. Schissler, director of ath
letics at the college, informed
Tom Stoddard, Oregon student
body president, following the
Oregon-Oregon State basketball
game at Corvallis last Friday that
alleged discourtesies to the
Staters must stop or there would
be no more athletic contests be
tween the two state Institutions
on Oregon fields.
Schissler was said to have at
tended the Oregon-Oregon state
basketball game here Saturday
night. He was reported to have
said he saw nothing discourteous
In the attitude of students of eith
er school.
Denial of Extreme
Threat Made by Coach
Schissler denied he had threat
ened to sever athletic relations
between the two schools.
Oregon state officials, it is un
derstood, have specified three in
stances in which they feel their
players have been treated dis
courteously. They are:
At a baseball game last spring,
Oregon students were said to
have put on miling caps and par
aded in front of the Oregon state
bench.
At a football game last fall.
apple cores were thrown at
Schissler.
At the Oregon-Oregon State
basketball game Saturday, Febru
ary 1, fans "booed" Buck Gray
son, Oregon State player when he
was forced off the floor because
personal fouls. Schissler said
that prior to the Oregon-Oregon
State game at Corvallis last Fri
day night he made a talk at a
student body meeting at which he
told students he expected them to
treat Oregon players courteously
and promised them Oregon State
players would get tho same treat
ment at Oregon or there would
be no more games here.
THREE PLiYS TO BE
TONIGHT
Three one-act plays will be pre
sented at Nelson hall at 8 o clock
tonight by members of the Encln-
ltis club, Junior business girls' or
ganization, and advance word
says those who witness the pres
entation will not be disappointed.
A musical program, including vo
cal solos by Aldeane Smith and a
vocal solo by Ronald, Craven, both
accompanied by Ruth Bedford,
has been arranged for between
the plays.
xne committee on general ar
rangements Includes: Bessie
Tucker, Evelyn Paulson, Eliza
beth Welch, Esther Hilmer and
Gertrude Chamberlain.
The plays, director and charac
ters are:
"Two Crooks nd a Lady,"
coached by Helen Pemberton, In
which will appear Eileen Gilson,
Betty Elofson, Helen Timm, Mar
guerite Farmer and Marie Pil
lette. "Maker of Dreams," direc
tions also by Miss Pemberton,
parts of which will be portrayed
by: Olive Barnard.Anona Welch
and Lora Parker. "Suppressed
Desires," coached by Alice Falk
and in which appear: Mildred
Judson, Ma5le Currie and LaVa-
da Carter.
ISIEflV OF BR
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 10
(AP) Dr. John C. Abele. dty
health officer, will conduct a
hearing tomorrow in an effort to
solve the mystery surrounding
the birth of the baby of Mrs.
George F. Schaeter, he announ
ced today. Dr. Abele said Mr. and
Mrs. Schaefer. parents ot the in
fant, Dr. ' Daniel Meyers, who
Mrs. Schaefer declared attended
her and officials of the Portland
Maternity hospital, where Mrs.
Schaefer said the baby was born.
have been notified to attend the
hearing.
Dr. Myers denied he delivered
the baby and the hospital denied
the baby was born there. A birth
certificate bearing Dr. Myers
name has been filed with the city
health ,of f lee, but Dr. Meyers de
nied the signature was his.
Several days previous to Janu
ary 21, when Mrs. Schaefer said
the child was born, the woman
was reported missing by her hus
band. When she returned to her
home, after being" sought by po
lice and tho husband, aho brought
ell tho baby and told ot its birth at
ine julvbtuxcj ; bdsjimu.
msm
BIRTH R OTO
Hughes Opposed
By 2 Senators
Jr.
I .-.'.vvx.:c-.-.-.:vi"h.---?f:-: : : ;-;v
't
Senators Norrls of Nebraska (up
per) and Blease of Sonth Car
olina (center) momentarily
blocked the confirmation of
Charles Evans Hnb.es (lower
In a bitter fight In the United
States senate Monday.
0
By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON
Associated Press Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (AP)
Opposition to the nomination of
Charles Evans Hughes to Toe
chief Justice was expressed in the
senate today by Senator Norris
republican, Nebraska, and a vote
on confirmation went over until
tomorrow after he had read
lengthy statement setting forth
his objections.
Senator Blease, democrat South
Carolina, blocked the vote on
confirmation. He later explained
that ho wanted first to receive a
certificate from physicians of Will I
lam Howard TaXt. whom be has
urged be reappointed. Taft Is ill
abed.
Overwhelming support f o
Hughes, however, was believed to
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CONFIRM! OF
ES OWE
People Requesting Bigger
Building For Payne Case
Although numerous ' requests
have been made to have the hear
ing this week; of the R. L. Payne
assaunt ease- staged n & more
commodious place than In .". the
tlay Justice' court room on the
second floor of tho Gray building.
Judge Braxler Small has given
the matter no serious considera
tion, he stated late yesterday, r
At tho opening of the hearing
Saturday mornlnfj at It o'clock
the. court room was - literally
packed with curious folk and the
corridors were cramped with per
sons anxious to catch a , word of
the proceedings. ' ---v? M
: Because it was Impossible for
tho state to get all ot tho deacons
of the First Baptist church to
gether for the Saturday morning
hearing, the ease was continued
unta Thursday morning ot this
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IfJY EFFORTS
TO TAKE
T
Uuch Detail Work Becomes
Necessary Due to Delay
Of three Years
revious Value of Local Es
tablishment Estimated
At $792,000
By RALPH CURTIS
Before the city of Salem. be
comes owner of the water works -serving
Its eitlzens, a Jot of detail
work will have to be done in ap
praising the value and arriving
at an agreed price, or falling te
agree and instituting condemna
tion proceedings.
But is was only, a little more
than three years ago that this
work had all be done: the city
and a water company that was
anxious to sell had each appraised
the value of the plant, jointly em
ployed an engineer to harmonise
the two appraisals, and reached
valuation of $792,000. plus the
cost of Improvement made since
the first appraisal was completed.
Committee of 25
Named by Mayor
There had been previous pro
posals to Institute municipal own
ership, almost without number;
but the most recent attempt to
make it a reality was started, in
August, 1925, by the then Mayor
John B. Giesy, with the result
that a committee of 25 citizens
was appointed to go into the mat
ter and an appropriation of $2.-
500 authorized for an appraise
ment
The Portland engineering firm
of Stevens and Koon was employ
ed at this figure, and brought in
a report, showing the valuation to
be $700,000. Ernest Willard, en
gineer employed for the same pur
pose by the water company, set
the valuation at $1,200,000.
J. P. Newell was the third en
gineer, employed Jointly, and he
fixed the price at $792,000. Sub
sequent Improvements were ex
pected to Increase this figure by
$90,000.
Sentiment Expressed
At Mass Meeting
Citizens at a mass meeting m
August, 1925. had expressed the
general sentiment that the city
should purchase the water works;
and in December, 1926, the com
mittee of 25 turned over the re- .
suits of Its findings to the coun
cil, with the recommendation that
the matter be put to a vote of
the people.
While the new council which
took office at the opening of 19 27
was trying to decide what to do
about it, the water company gave
the council warning that sale to
an eastern company was being
negotiated, and a short time later,
with the council still uncertain,
announcement was made that the
deal was completed.
Members ot the committee ot
citizens Included F. 0. Deckebach,
B. L. Steeyes, R. J. Hendricks. I.
Greenbaum, A. A. Lee, W. B.
Morse, August Huckestein, Hal D.
Patton, T. M. Barr, George W.
Thompson, Byron Herrick, Eugene
Grabenhorst, George B. Grabea
horst, George Wenderoth, Harry
Hawkins, George F. Vlck, T. A.
Livesley, Carl Engstroxn, W. I.
Staley, George C. Will, Dan J.
Fry and Watson Townsend.
County Assets
Found Nearly
Two Million
Marlon county's asset on Janu
ary 1 amounted to $1,884,514.34,
reports Just compiled by U. G.
Boyer, county clerk, show. The.
report, covering the last. iz
months of 1929, discloses the fact
that $2,616,195.60 was account
ed for by the county treasurer.
There was $1,197,229.89 on tba
balance sheet January 1. the re- -ports
showed-
The general fund showed a bal
ance ot $433,928.87, according to
County Treasurer D. G. Drager's
report Other funds showed bal
ances as follows: .Special roads,
$19,195.02; special cities, $8.
739.73; special schools, $17,
304.50; prohibition enforcement,
$9,074. 73; and high school fund,
$7,665.84. W
Warrants drawn for the period
from Jaly 1 to December SI. to
talled $486,652.13. with unpaid
warrants listed at $1,890.01.
week. This week's hearing Is al
so scheduled for 10 a.m.'
Virgil O'Neill, employee of the
state highway department and ap-
on whoso complaint, a warrant
was Issued for the arrest ot Payne
i
ITER
PLAN
on an assault charge, gave open
lnf testimony at the Satnrday
court session. It was brought eat
In the examination of O'Neill that
ho had transported Mrs. Payne
from Salem to Medford, assisting .
her to escapelrom he husband,
the Rev. Payne. From Medford
the woman boarded a stage for
Los Angeles. She was eventually
brougbVbaek by her husband.
j-The contents ot a 'mysterious'
letter which Mrs. Payne's sister
In Los Angeles is alleged to have
written to O'Neill here are said ta, -have
been tho eause of Payna'sk
assaulting young CNeflL ; - :