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PAGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Wednesday Morning. February IX 1930" ITER TUT 00 BUY Financial Aspects of Munic ipal Ownership Proposar Are Analyzed " (Continued from Para 1.) wed as general obligation bonds. Tlvey would not be eligible e- se curity for state or county funds, and might not be purchased by the state for any of Us trust funds. The question of taxability under the federal income tax law also might ba raised. These facts alone, would hare an unfavorable effect upon the sale price of the bonds. If indeed they conld be rtojd other than as obligations of the dty. -; "Following are the approxi mate ratios In per cent of indebt edness of water bonds to assessed valuation as of July 1. 1928. in the larger, eities in Oregon that Ji'ave.'sucn bonds outstanding: Ashland l-75 'Astoria 8.40 Baker .51 Bend 1 20.M Conrallis I 3.50 Esgeae - 4.43 La Grande ...... 4.30 Medford .16.40 flfendleton 2.58 Portland 4.2 S St. Helens 11.65 ; "The average ratio of water bond indebtedness to assessed valuations for the above listed municipalities of July 1. 1928. was about 8.75 per cent. Present Bond Debt of City Summarised .. "The present assessed valua tion of the city of Salem is $17, 551.573.00. or $17,205,473.00 af ter deducting the assessed valua tion of the water plant. The ra tio to the latter, assessed valua tion of water bonds which, the city would have to issue to pro vide funds of 350,000 to slight ly more than 81.000 000 with (which to purchase the water fiant would range from about 5 la percent or about 3 per cent less than the average of t.75 per bent. E: The total of gene?al obligation oads of the city of Salem out tanding at the present time is 920.500; and street Improve ment bonds, which are a prior lien on collections from street as pasaments, amount to $1,052, (105.96. The total Indebtedness of jlhe city is 81,972,603.96. against which sinking funds totalling is 139,864.75 are available, leav jing a net Indebtedness of $1,832, 941.21. Adding to this figure the ($50,000 bridge fhd $170,000 sew !fr bonds .yet to be issued and a hypothetical debt of $1,009,000 (for water bonds results M a total M 83,052,941.21. This figure is (approximately 17 per cent of Hhe present assessed valuation of (the city, after eliminating the as-" laessed valuation of the water plant a nontaxable property un- . r municipal ownership. , Earnings of Recent Xears Are Viewed , ' .-"According to the statements et iavestment and operating; in come filed with the public service- commission , by the Salem Water Works for the first six months of 1927, and by the Oregon-Washington Water Service company for the last half of that year, the net income of the util ity for 1827 was 152,174.16, as compared with -a plant book val uation of 81.1S8.151.23 at the end of the year. Deductions for taxes amounted to $32,952.96. The net earnings before deduc tion for taxes were 835,127.12.. "The 1928 statement Of the Oregon-Washington Water Serv- 'Oce company, shows net Income of $71,028.52 against a book valu ation of $1,206,842.51, with de duction of $21,156.80 for taxes. The net operating income for 1928 before dednction of taxes therefore was $92,185. 32. Ac cording to these figures the util ity earned about 4 ft per cent on' the book valuation of the plant for the year 1927, and about 5.- 9 per cent for the year 1928, or about 7H per cent and-respect-lvely, before deduction of taxes. . "These percentages 'probably would be atm higher IX they were based upon the net investment of the utility consisting of the plant, accounts receivable, construction work la process, and other Items, but with deduction therefrom of the depreciation reserves for 1927 and 1928 amounting to 8252,159.10 and 8254.866.90 re spectively. The other investments or assets ef the Salem utility coulT not he determined from thJ report filed with the public serv ice commission for the reason that the report shews only the consolidated assets for all of the utilities of the company In Ore - gon. The "1928 report of the com pany on file, with the public service eo Amission showa that from earnings derived from all Its operations the company paid $42, 00. in dividends on $591,500 hook value of no par preferred stock or at about the rate of ? per cent oa that value, and that the company also paid $52,000 Jn dividends oa 10,000 shares of no ' par common stock entered at a value of 1200,060. The 1928 div idend rate on this stock accord ingly was 18 per cent. "The dty of Salem because f " Its high credit rating could bo I doubt tell $1,000,081 or more of water bonds on at least a I per cent basis, which la the eame rate that practically all the beads of the Oregon-Washington . Water Service company hear. After de- dnctlna from oMrntlna- annuaT Interest charges of $50, 00 on $1,900,000 tf tends, the city, if It operated, the, plant as wofitably as has - the Oregon- Washinatoa Water Berrice com pany, would still hare an anaual aurnlon a about steppe ia set aside as a sinking fund for bond retirement.- An . annual sinking fnad Installment ol this amount . ea 8 per eent amortisation baa- la weald liquidate the , enure headed Indebtedness ia rK' t e tzSMVU n-. These figures at ised oa the assumption Vtt the BRITISH CONTENDERS FOR FOX i Members ef (he representative team of Engtisfe, Scottish and Irish bowlers arriving at NewYork on the S. S, Samaria on their way te California Change in Boundary Asked By Residents in Vicinity Of Yew Park Grade School ' . . o : Request for a change la the boundary line on the north for the Park school was made in a peti tion signed by Roy Campbell and Norman Allport and submitted last night to the school board. The request came, it was brought out In discussion by Ellis Pur vine and Campbell and Allport, as a result of action taken early this semester in moving 28 pupils from the Park school to Washing ton and was, based on the longer distance which a number of -these pupils have to travel to Washing ton. Fact that four dangerous streets. State, Court, Chemeketa and Center must be crossed by the young children in reaching Wash ington was given as an additional reason for need of a change. Superintendent Hug pointed out that no new change in the bound aries had been made, bat rather that the Bellevue street bound ary which was designated two years ago was being enforced. Hug said that a cheek up had revealed that the 28 pupils in question lived in the Washington district and that the error, indulged in by members of th Park faculty without informing the superin tendent, had been rectified as soon as found. He admitted it was an injustice that one pupils who lives four blocks from Park school travels now 10 blocks to Wash ington, but said that was the way the lines fell. Hug said he would make an enterprise would not be taxed, and that betterments and addi tions could be paid for from in creased earnings which would ac crue from a gradually Increasing population. As the water bonds of other municipalities are issued with ma turities as high as 40 years, It appears that the city could eas ily finance the purchase of the plant through the sale of bonds and could provide adequate sink ing funds for retirement of the bonds without increasing the water rates, and possibly at low er rates. "It should be borne In mind, however, that there has been ag itation for adme time past that municipally owned water plants be taxed at least for state and county purposes. It the present plant valuations should be taken eff the tax rolls, the assessed val uation of the city, and school dis trict would be diminished by that amount. The loss of tax to the state and county, which would result in re moval of the water plant valua tion from the tax roll, would be distributed over the entire coun ty, so that the resultant increase In the tax levies for state and county purposes would not be felt to any great extent However, since the full 6 percent allowed under the constitutional tax lim itation probably would be raised In the case of city and school tax es, the levies for such purposes would be increased correspond ingly. "The loss of tax revenue to the Leity at prevailing levies would be ,o oi.s, iu ia3 Bcnooi district. xs,zs9.s7; to the county. 83. 629.84; and to the state, $2,848. 21. The higher levies which would result front elimination of the a sessed valuation of the water plant would fall largely upon the heavy property owners, and the householders In general would receive the benefit of the same or lower water rates without any ap preciable increase In taxation." ii ran HOT IT CM ill 7onttaMd from Pace O deavored to protect him, one eL the wemea rushed out and shout ed "the police are clubbing us! This was the signal for tumult. Those aerots Lakeside rushed t the halt stent, while those on tae step pomnoed aaalnt -the guard at the doors. four taea Jnmped on Police In spector George Uatowlts and bore him ta the pavement. An other groan downed Lteateaaat Oliver Torreace, .Then other po licemen were attacked, each one a center of a little riot of his own. There wee. 80 'rioters and po licemen , rolling tnd righting - on the sidewalks and pavements el ace. The policemen used -their riot sucks freely. Some of the 50 women" rs the crowd scratched and screamed at the eUcemea and tare at their nets ana eeata. Before- the riot had subsided about : 880 policemen - tram all parts of the city had bean called la ay Director of Safety Kdwia I Barry. Several fire squads had arrived mad attached their hose. ready ta cool off th me If the t -immediate survey of the situation. and intimated that it might be ar ranged that the smaller pupils, those of the first two grades, may continue going to Park as pri mary grades at that school are not large. E. E. Bergman, head of the machine shop, submitted a pro posal through the superintendent that he be allowed to hare his shop .boys build an airplane, the cost to approximate $199. The board took no vote on the mat ter. Bids for 150 cords of .weod were declared too high. . f , , ' If a suggestion made at the meeting should he seriously con sidered later, principals will take the school censns In the future, each to be responsible for his or her district. Census enumeration this year cost the district nearly 8500 and was made by Johrf Marr. Superintendent Hug told the board of a plan whereby, with a two-thirds of a mile radius for each school, the number of 'grade schools could be reduced to six eliminating the oldest buildings. Grant, Washington and Park. Lin coln would need to be relocated. At present the school districts la the center of town overlap. The board gave no Indication of favor ing such a building program. IEUIB IKROUGER III eHI ROLL Continued from Pag 1.) Neuner came into the political picture following the death last December of Governor I. L. Pat terson. Subsequently he. announc ed he was "In." When Tom Kay's boom began growing loader, how ever, Neuner went to Salem and, after a talk with the treasurer, decided he would not run against Kay, if the latter's decision was to enter the race. When Kay decided not to seek the nomination. Neuner announc ed was "In." Certain developments made It apparent that Neuner did not wish to run tor the nomination for governor and that the lure was not as appealing as a month ago. . The hub of the Neuner prob lem was said to be his federal of fice. He did not wish to resign to make a campaign and his sup porters realized that he could not campaign effectively If he re mained In office. Ia his official statement Neu ner attributed his action to the possible criticism that might have been directed against him had he campaigned and continued la his federal post. Local Churches Represented at Newberg Meet Salem Methodist churches had good representation at the one- day district conference for pas- ters,Sanday school, church w Epworth League workers sad of ficers held yesterday afternoon and night at Newberg. From the First church. Rev. and Mrs. F. C. Taylor, Miss Margaret Sutherland and a number of others were ta attendance: from Jaaea Lee, Her. Barry B. Gardner. H. B. Careen ter and Ed Olsen were nreseat: ana Leslie Memorial was repre sented by Ormal Trick, aesistast pastor, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Roseman and Mr. and Mrs. C. F. French. Bishop Titus Lowe -was the principal speaker at both after noon and evening sessions. Dr. T. H. Temple of 8alena. district superintendent, also took part fa the program. Chfin L&e Tb Safe rYescrc3 voezss gaa sen iciest L Relieved Almost Instantly Stop children's coughs and sera throats before these aHaeats lead to dangeroBS ma, Thoxine, a doc tor's prescription, now assures re lief within 1 minntes to ehOdrea ss well as adults without the dan ger la the mse of patent medidnes containing harmlal drags. Thoxine works on a different principle, goes direct to the source of trouble and relieves the irrita tion which causes the coughing and sora throat. Ideal for ahfl- drea because It Is sate and does not have the asaal "nasty-medl-cine taste. No gargling. Just ask for Thoxine, put ap ready tor use la gev oa, and gi.ee oettles. Money hack if aot reliered. Sold by Perry Dreg Store and all TROPHY 1 te take part ta the contest for the Charles J. Fox trophy. After the western contest, the team will play la tournaments ia varlaaa American pities CURB S i IS IS PLEA OF EIIIS ' (Continue from Page 1 Admiral Takarahe for Japan maintained that the submarine had its legitimate uses as a me dium of defense, as a acput and la warding off the enemy in a na tion's home waters. Japan viewed the submarine as a convenient and adequate means providing for national defense but "emDhatieally opposed to un limited submarine warfare as wit nessed .during the world war." The British dominion spokes man echoed the stand, of the mo ther country but Charles T.-Wa ter, in a cryptic statement which neither he nor the British spokes man would interpret, seemed to indicate dissension on the part ef South Africa regarding abolition. This was unofficially Interpreted as being the natural disposition of a small country to cling to the submarine as a means of defense. The minds of the men who sat today in the red walled drawing room of old St. James' palace turned back to tragic world war days when the helpless and inno cent, men and women, were plunged to ocean graves by the ruthless craft which sunk with out warning. x The whole mind of the confer ence seemingly was united toward an effort that such things shall not be again. Even France, in her championship of the under sea weapon, proposed a resolu tion on which 'the conference will act to humanize submarine warfare, George Leygueg, French minister of marine, presented it while Secretary Stimson present ed another, and these formed the basi sof the conference program to bring submarine warfare with in the scope established by inter national law. The proposals were referred to the conference as a committee of the whole, where the work of hammering them int otreaty form will be done. Mrs. Stegnerls Taken by Death Here Last Night Mrs. Minnie F. Stesner. resi dent of Salem for several years, died last night at the residence. She was 81 years eld. Mrs. Steg- ner had been in ill health tor some time sad only recently' re turned from a Portland sanitar ium where she had been under care. She was the wife of M. B. Stegner, local real estate man. Mrs. Stegner. who was bora ta Germany September 9. 1888, leaves a son, Ralph of San Fran clsco. and two sisters and one brother, all of whom live la St. Paul, Mlna.; Sadie Margroff, Mary Reuber and C. T. Klimen hagea. Funeral arrangements have net been completed and are ia charge of the Clough-Taylor mortuary. George Graves Saves Quarters Worth Big Sum Salem can boast of one cltlren whose claims to fame Include that he 'saved 11,280 silver 28 eent pieces. This man Is George Graves, and the circumstances were revealed at Tuesday night's meeting of the Cherrians, of which he is a member. Mr. Graves for a long period of years saved every quarter that came into his possession; and he has their equivalent new, ta a savings account. Several other un ique things about Mr. Graves his tory were revealed when fellow Cherrians prevailed oa bin to tell about then,' CAPITAL DnU& GO'S . FOE OFFER TO mm SUFFERERS Do yon hare te get up nights for bladder relief do yea suffer backaches, headaches, and loss of weights-art yea all tired oat area fat the morning ere yo ConsttBsted--do yen have rheu matic palms or neuritis Jabe oft en die to faulty kidney or Intes tinal elinUaatlonsf i Ta prere the great merit et Mataael for this purpose, the druggist mentioned helov win ac cept thte ad at tie alas pure chase of regular I Lit slxa! v Test Matamel thorenghly la year own case. If !t deeevaot da yea mora good thaa any nediefae yea erer msed. yonr snoney will be -acu. & sj wusr nwva ei HUGHES TO GET million Borah and Glass Join Oppo sition Voicing Numer ous Objections k . (Continued from Page L) tlon made it clear they had no in tention of blocking a vote but naked only for full debate. Sympathy With Bis Business Charged , Citing the legal record of Mr. Hughes as a member of the .su- hreme court and as counsel be fore the court. Senator Borah said he was of the opinion that the nominee "feels that practical ly no restraint ought to be placed upon the vast corporate Interests of the United States; that he will go to the bench as chief justice carrying with him the conviction that these efforts at restraint are unwise and that after all we must leave. In a large measure, the course of these vast interests to their own discretion and to their "We are entering," continued own judgment. Berah, "upon an era when the greatest undetermined question before us is determining the re lationship of these' vast corporate Interests to the millions of people In the United States who must pay them toll year by year. Far Reaching Rcsnl ts Of Policies Cited "Could there be any more pro found question, touching the In terest of every man, woman and child In the United states for years and years to come, than the question of how much the oil peo ple, the transportation people, and all others dealing with those questions shall charge the people of the United States for their service?" Senator Glass denounced, first, the action of Hughes in resigning from the supreme court to run for the presidency in 1916. He then took up the Shreveport railway decision of the supreme court when Hughes was on the bench, contending this decision had de stroyed all rights of states to a rolce .in regulation of intrastate commerce. Senator B 1 e a s e, democrat. South Carolina, who has been urg ing the reappointment of William Howard Taft as the chief Justice, informed the senate that he un derstood Taft was Improving in health. He also expressed the fear of this becoming a "family government." COREY 15 PISE Oregon has every right to be proud of its representatives in congress, for in the senate Mc Nary and Steiwer are real lead ers and listened to with respect, while ' Representative Hawley holds one of the biggest and most influential positions, says H. H. Corey, public service commission er who returned yesterday from a 18-day trip to Washington, D. C. Corey was the only western public service commissioner chos en to appear with six other state commissioners before the con gressional committee on inter state commerce in the hearing on the Couten's bill, which provides federal regulation of all commun ication lines. The commissioners explained to the committee that the bill is so sweeping that it would give Washington, D. C, Jurisdiction even in the smallest rural telephone lines. The com missioners argued against the bill oa this ground, that It would make regulation top heavy4 from Washington, and sought rather to see the central regulation con fined to the larger utilities. The Oregon commissioner spent fire days in Washington and there visited with all the Oregon congressional members, and an are especially busy now oa the tariff bill, which Corey finds to be a -slow and tedloaa work. Corey, although In Washington before, had his first insight into how the big congressional com mittee actually works, and found it a most interesting experience. 5 Meetings Held At Chamber Room The Salem chamber of com merce headquarters was a busy plaoe Tuesday, with no less thaa fire meetings occurring tnere. The hospital auxiliary met In the BEST SOUND Today aad Thursday "ROr.IATaCE OF! RIO GRANDE" Witt WAKIJEU BAXT31 HUMS K IN TOWS mm L.: ai f ft&SMSl 1 i Ir i - The Call Board By OLIVE M.DOAK HOLLYWOOD North Capitol street. North Salem Today "Anybody Here Seen Keller?" with Bessie Loto and Tom Moere. Man- hattan players. Thursday "Anybody Here Seen Kelley?" with Bessie Love and Tom Moore. Man- hattan players. Friday "The Greyhound Limited" with Monte Blue. GRAND Kerth Hii WtMi Conrt toi State Today "Her rnvaie At- -fair" with Ann Harding. Col- 11ns and Singer. Thnrsdav "Her Private Affair" with Ann Harding. Collins and Singer. Friday Dick Barthelmess in "Young Nowheres." BLIGITS CAPITOL SUU betvecn High ana. Chore Today George Arllss in 0 Disraeli." Thursday "Nix on Dames" with Mae Clark. Sunday "Romance of Rio Grande." FOX ELBINORE gonth Hi(h btwes Stmt o Ferry - xooay tunncB vuevai- - ier in "The Love Parade." Saturday "The Vagabond Lover," with Rudy Vallee and Fanchon and Marco. Don't forget that there are two stage attractions in Salem today and tomorrow in sddition to all the good movies in town. When I say good movies, I mean It. You will find it hard to enjoy another week of Bhows very soon like the. present one la Salem town. As for the stage shows The Hollywood has the Manhat tan players In a comedy, the style of which will tickle the fancy of the Manhattan fans. In addition to this there is a comedy on the screen which win create enougn merriment to last for several days. "Anybody Here Seen Kel ley?" was meant to create both fun and a few serious moments, also. I have remarked about Maurice Chevalier so much that yeu will begin to suspect me, so I will sug gest that there are three other folk in that play that are aot half Inferior to him Jeanette McDon ald, who plays opposite Chevalier, and Luplno Lane and Lillian Roth, who afford much of the comedy. The latter two are positively fun ny ridiculously funny. Their comedy makes a brilliant dash of of foolishness for a play that keeps one . divided between ad miration for good, voice, good act ingand amusement to the point of laughter at the plot of the story as. It unfolds snd the acting par excellent of Chevalier. Then at the Grand there is Bozo Singer and his friend, Collins. They are going to do their stuff tonight and Thursday and on the screen Is "Her Private Af:alr," a picture with plenty of ups and downs enough to make It inter esting. m m m Let me warn you that today is the last chance you will hare to see one of the finest screen pro ductions which has ever left the hand of a director "Disraeli," at the Capitol for the last time to day. It is what may be expected of screen art If the; world in gen eral makes It known that it ap preciates that sort of thing by that I mean real acting in prefer ence to the simple-minded and vacuous performance which is given by too large a majority of the performers of today snd yes terday. forenoon, the Salem Nut Growers cooperative la the afternoon, and the realty board school, the Cher rians dinner and the Trap shoot ers club meeting at night.' Statesman subscribers can se cure splendid accident protection for 11.00 per year. GRAND THEATRE Today and Thursday ' "BOZO" SINGER with the COLLXNS-SIXGER MUSICAL STOCK CO., ta ''SPUTTERS" A Rodeo of Fun, 8oags, Dances and Specialties il Hold y e-r yj' Thrill STaT' Alsa f Segals Grand I Prices I e&?13" V SestAsensr wiaMawsra JJJBBr - -saasnl IEJTFL nil DEBATE The Willamette university de bate squad lost its second non conference debate last night to Wheaton college of Wheaton, Il linois, according to a . decision rendered by Prof. Earl W. Wells of O. S. who Judged the de bate. , The" question was: Resolved that the nations should adopt a plan of ' complete disarmament, the local debaters upholding the negative side of the question. Stephen Payne, Clarence Soreh son and Allan Zaum were the vis iting debaters. The Wheaton college team is making a northwest tour and will meet Oregon 'State Teachers col lege . at Monmouth February . 12 and O. S. C. the, following night on the same question. The visit ing team had a record last year. winning all debates and one mem ber at this eastern team had ex perience with the last year cham pions. The Willamette team composed Of Charles Campbell, Ray Lafke and Roy Harland was the same as met the University of Hawaii several weeks ago. They are in experienced against such compe tition but as they are still under classmen they still have possibil ities of regaining Willamette's place in the field of forensics. The debate was held at Chema wa due to previously announced meeting in Waller hall on the university campus. A Willamette debate team de feated Wheaton at Wheaton in 1923. Salem Has Good Chance to Win District Honors If Salem high school debaters make as good shoring in the dis trict debates tomorrow night as in the former oner this year, they will virtually cinch 'the district championship, for to date Salem has 15 points, Dallas nine, Wood burn seven. Independence four and Stayton two. The local negative, Gertrude and Norman Winslw, will meet the Wdbnrn affirmative at the high school auditorium here at 8 o'clock tomorrow night; and the Salem affirmative, Fred Blatch ford and Eleanor Henderson, will meet the Dallas affirmative there. The Wood burn affirmative is sup posed to be the strongest Wood burn team, and detested Dallas two to one. The debates Thurs day xe next to the last In the district aeries. Margaret-Kells Wins Oratorical Meet at Church Margaret Kells with her ora tion "The Invincible Leader," won first place in the youth peace con test, held last night at the First Presbyterian church, .and Eric Fitzslmmons and Dayton Robert son tied for second place. Miss Kells was awarded a silver medal. Others participating In the con test were Arthur Eaton, Merrill Ames, Wayne Pitts and Marian 'HOLLYWOOD! Home of dC Talkies Today and Thursday ON THE SCREEN "ANYBODY HERE ' SEEN KELLY" Starring BESSIE LOVE and TOM MOORE Also Talking Comedy Paths Review On the Stage The Manhattan Players Present "MAMMY LOU" A Comedy Drama ef the Old South tn Three Acts -Maahsttea Players go cm at Nine o'clock Price each Wed. A TJanrsday Adults SSc, Children 15e Tux Pacific Telethons OSES a tfbne-telephone home? TVhen youngs man tele- V V pt-onca, ho b cpt to ehy about ite.V. A home with young people In it should have on exfca eion telephone. Its cost la cmalL Ffesse csk our business office Shfara. Judges rrere Rer.- George H. Swift Mrs 7; a Tibblts and Vivian F. Carr.: . This contest was the sixth silver medal -peace, contest held, in the city, two former ones having bees held at the 'South-Salem Friends church, one at Leslie, one at Ja son Lee and one at the First Pres byterian. . APPEAL MOD AS -SUIT ALLOWED An appeal of the case of E. O. Harris against the Southern Pa cific railway 113,000 damage suit will .probably be made, according to Harris' attorneys who made that intimation after the case went out of circuit court Tuesday on a motion of involuntary non suit by the railroad's counsel. Harris had brought suit against the S. P. company for $17,160 personal injuries and $1200 dam ages for the machine- in which he was riding at the time of collision with the railroad train, at Jeffer son severs! months sgo. An at tempt was made to show that the railroad was guilty ef costribu lory negligence. Grade Crossing Will Be Built By Lumber Firm The public service commission Tuesday granted the application of the Molalla Lumber company for permission to construct three grade crossings in Clackamas county. The company proposes to extend its logging railroad. The commission dismissed the application of the Astoria South ern Railway company and the Tidewater Timber company, tor permission to construct and main tain a crossing at grade across a market road. Judge Kelly Is Kiwanis Speaker America's outstanding example pointing to the paramount value of human life is Abraham Lincoln, Circuit Judge Percy R. Kelly de clared In an addrses at the Ki wanis club luncheon Tuesday. The dangers against wihch Lin coln fought: Disunion, lawless ness and special privilege, still prevail to an alarming extent. Judge Kelly said. Even in oppos ing the famous Dred Scott deci sion, he pointed out, Lincoln never, advocated disobedience to constk tuted authority. ' And TojECMira Coiitaiit 'utility as a municipality wned other good drag sti raaital drar stere-Adi!