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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1930)
PAGE TWELVE The OREGON' STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning. February 16, 1930 Grow With Salem. Helpful Information of Importance to Prospective Builders of Homes; News Reports of Building Activities in the Salem District. BUILDING SLOW 11 Indications of Increase for Remainder of Month - Seen, However ' February at-the halfway mark Is slighty behind January in vol ume of new building started la ..Salem, but as the . weather im proves Indications that construe-, .tion activity will pick up for the remainder cf the month. In the past week permits issued by the city building inspector to taled only 14849. this figure in eluding two small dwellings. The total for the month so far is $15, 222, as compared to S30,7?2.25 for all of January. - Permits issued were as follows: Gabriel Powder and Supply company, alter building at 610 North Capitol, $200. " Harvey Prnitt, dwelling at 2430 Myrtle. $2,000. Becke and Hendricks, alter car ramp at 540 Chemeketa. $600. E. C. Ballinger, dwelling at 1950 North Capitol. $1,000. . Standard Oil company metal buildings at 712 and 1805 State. 11,000. . J. M. Gross, parage at 2125 "Winter, $49. n on ns SILVERTON, Feb. - 15. The annual meeting of the Severson Memorial association operating the Sunset Home at Eugene was held at Sllverton this week during the Oregon Pastoral conference of Lutheran churches. -Reports show ed the finances in excellent condi tion and that a new court was just completed which will accom modate ten people. Thirty-five old people are at the home at present, f Officers elected at the meeting were Rev. H. Rogen of Monitor, I resident; Rev. H. L. Fobs of Sll verton, Tice-presldent; Rev. S. P. Kess of Portland, secretary, and Rev. R. Bogs tad, of Eugene, treas urer. JEFFERSON, Feb. 15. Mr. Mrs. E. W. Hoffman have sold their ranch at Scravel hill near Jefferson to Mr. and Mrs. John son of Iowa, and are leaving coon for Seattle and Tacoma, where they will spend some time visiting relatives before locating again. Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman were given a surprise farewell party, when their, neigh bors and friends gathered at their tome bringing wen filled baskets Games and conversation formed the evening's entertainment after which refreshments were served. - Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman were presented with a silver bon bon dish In token of the high esteem In which they are held by their friends and neighbors. 4-H CLUB KEIZER. Feb. 15 The re gular meeting of the community dab convened at the school house ttriday evening. Ray Betzer, the president, presided. The school board requested the wub to vote on the matter of an eight or nine months'- term of hool. It was decided In favor the eight months. William "ox, the director ot the 4-H clubs Cave a talk. He explained me scholarship for their club work The club voted to pay. the fif teen dollars for each scholarship won by the boy's and girl's clubs In Keixer. A program was given by the pupils of the different grades. First Forest Fire Of Year Reported , SANTA CRUZj Cal ', Feb. 15. (AP) Believed to be the first forest fire is the . state during If 30. a blaze broke out today in the Big Creek section of the San ta Crux mountains, fifteen men -were ' battling the conflagration, 'which had burned over an. area two miles square. ;'-. - Attention - Fruit Grower! . We have'; some good 4-6 it, Mauard Seedling . Cherries a few Noble Prases aad other varieties of Frwit and Jimt Trees, ---. t Sales yard East Side Armory FRUT1XAND NURSERY 25 years la bwsl 1773M Hi slice JEFFERSON FRIENDS HONOR HUNS liEIZEfi CLUB WILL BACK A NORTHERN TYPE WITH A ROOMY UNGALOWS vrfth second floors are becoming increas ingly popular in the North and East as some very attractive adaptations of the -California types have been evolved and built at lit tle more cost and with a distinct advantage in living room. This yne has the usual first floor layout of the smaller types, but on the second floor are three additional sleeping rooms and a sewing room that could be utilized as a chil dren's play room in inclement weather. It is built of common brick of variegated shades that blend beautifully. The increased brickwork cost in this instance is very small com pared with the added accommoda tions, and the plan being rectangu lar makes it a very easy type to TU Common Brick lUaufactmcnf on brick construetioa tent apoa request. Biography Takes Popular Lead in Literature Sold In Past Year in America By RICHARD MASSOCK (AP Feature Service Writer) NEW YORK (AP) Biography in 1929 kept a firm grip on the respectful interest of the omnil egent American people. The lives of great men, and of some not so great, in fact, were paraded in unprecedented num bers. Yet biography was closely pressed for leadership in the non- fiction lists by two other subjects which lately have seized upon the ordinary man's growing Intellectu al curiosity. That is to say, phil osophy and science. In the foreground were Frances Hackett's ?'Henry YIH" and Kath-, arine Anthony's ''Queen Eliza, beth." along with such other fac tual records as the autobiographies of Calvin Coolidge and Alfred E Smith, Thomas Beer's "Hanna." Bernard Fay's "Franklin," and Claude Bowers' history of "The Tragic Era." But no less memorable are Abbe Ernest Dimnet's 1928 holdover, "The Art of Thinking." and Sir James Jeans' astrological exposi tion, "The Universe Around Us," which just about wound up the year. . And-In between were the more or less abstract writings of Joseph Wood Krutch, John Dewey, Stu art Chase, Walter Lippmann, A S. Addlngton and other philos ophers, economists and men cf sci ence, attracting even more atten tion than the so-called sex books. Fiction, meanwhile, was by no. means neglected. The year let loose a nood ot war books, the crest of which bore Erich Re marque's "All Quiet on the West ern Front" and Ernest Heming way's - A Farewell to Arms."- It marked also the mellowing of Sinclair Lewis' satire in "Ddds- worth" and James Branch Cab ell's "graduation from, and eternal leave-taking of, the younger gen-l eration," as announced in a : ' . and " . I jr Building Material ; - I J Capitol Str THE ARDILA DESIGN AS30 erect. The rooms, too, axe all large, the living room across the entire front being1 especially desir able. Dinine room and kitchen. with two bedrooms anil the bath, Awocmlkm. Cleveland. Ofch. ea faraiik Other figures of American lit erature, however, gave no Intima tion of following Cabell in quies cence, Ellen Glasgow, Theodore Dreisen, Dubose Heyward and al most everybody else keeping up their productivity. The same tendency was evident in the importations from abroad. the English novels, in particular. John Galsworthy, Hugh Walpole, Warwick Deeping and the rest demonstrated s scarcely Impaired activity. Furthermore, unsuccess ful opposition in censorial quar ters to "The Well of Loneliness" helped introduce the works of Radclyffe Hall. Nor was that the year's only sensaional occurrence. The con troversy following a book club's selection of Joan Lowell's gusty romance, "The Cradle of the Deep," was another instance, to be succeeded by the minor rev elatory writings of ex-wives, ex- husbands, ex-stock market specu lators, actor-authorities on spec-' iallsts and those who know prom lnent people. These threatened for a time to overshadow the crime-detectinr fad; the prise awards. Including the Pulitzer to Miss Julia Peter- kin, the 'Nobel to Thomas Mann and Harper's to Julian Green and the publication -of Elinor Wylie's last poems. v. "rOUXO PEOPLE ELECT AMITY, Feb. 15 The Young People's group of the Methodist church elected officers last Sun day morning as follows: presi dent, Gilbert Mack; vice presi dent, Lois Newman; secretary.' ueien Glbbs; treasurer. John Height; and social chairman. An na Prang. This Is a very active group of young folks. The University of Michigan is I ..H""-" i eolo-lsued degrees to 2,461 people in Just' call on as for your giveiu Prices reasonable. Union GABR EL SECOND FLOOR IROWN ake up the rest of the lower floor. With the three bedrooms on the upper floor, this comparatively 3mall home will house a fairly !arge family. emnplcU armwimza for tah . Leaflet INDEPENDENCE. Feb. 15. The manual training boys under the supervision ot Ralph Parker, of the high school faculty, went to Corvallis, February 15, 1930, to attend the Educational Exposi tion. Mr. Parker and his 25 boys plan on gaining valuable Ideas In the use of good work, as well as the entertainment derived from the trip. The boys are all looking for ward to seeing the exhibits of the various departments of the col lege. The advanced boys of the manu al training class have worked out several original Ideas - in panel work -with the use of naple burl. This wood proves very attractive as well as - valuable and can be obtained In Polk county. emma Mclaughlin passes SILVERTON, Feb. 15. Miss Emma McLaughlin, aged 71, a pioneer resident of Sllverton pass ed away at her home . here on Thursday. She was born in Mt, Pleasant, Iowa, la 1859. In 1870 she moved with her family to Sll verton and had lived here most of the time since that. She was the daughter ot the late Henry McLonghlln. Funeral services will be held at the Jack and Eckman chapel at 1:30 on Monday with In terment In the Miller cemetery. V CINNAMON IMPROVING v D ALTON, Feb. 14. Robert Cinnamon, who, was so badly hurt several oays ago ,irnen nia leg was pinned between two-logs, is slowly Improving at Good Samar itan hospital. X-rays show. 4 he . . . . . . . . - -. oones ox nisieg to oe oroa n in 15 pieces from the knee.' down. The leg is set now and heav'ly weighted. - BERLIN jAP) .Berlin now has special" parking stands for taxi drivers who speak either English or French. These driv ers wear red arm binds to dlstln-'l gulsh them' for tourists. , heeds. Estimates fJEadlj Powder &: Supply Co. TeL 728 or 2240 I INDEPFJUCF. BOYS ITJFJ EXPOSITION UMBER MILLS mnewoRK Lumber Production Takes Sharp Spurt for Week Ending Feb. 8 SEATTLE. Wash. Lumber production, which during January was greatly reduced because of unfavorable weather conditions, increased sharply during the week ending February 8, accord ing to reports- receives by -the West Coast Lumbermen's associa tion from 212 mills iu the Doug las fir region of Oregon, Wash ington and British Columbia. Pro duction during the week was 40 per cent greater than that report ed for the previous week, while orders increased 9 per cent over the preceding week. Orders received by the 212 mills during the past four weeks have exceeded their output by 16 per cent. Production reported by 297 mills during the first six weeks of the year-was about 20 per cent under their cut for the compar able period of last year. The out put of the 297 mills .during the six-week period of 1929 was 1 023.263.925 feet as compared to a cut of 823,167,393 feet during the same period this year. Production reported by 212 mills for the week ending Febru ary 8 totalled 158,006.144 feet, while orders were 141,586,637 feet. Production reported by 297 mills for the week wm 178,177, 762 or 61.2 per cent of their rated weekly capacities. QUIT ARMY SERVICE WASHINGTON. Feb. 15 (AP) Lieutenant James Doollttle, one of the most widely mown ayny fliers, will leave the service to morrow. The war department made known today that Lieutenant Doo llttle has submitted his resigna tion to continue executive work for an oil company. He submitted a provisional resignation several months ago while working for the company on a leave oi absence from his many duties, and later decided to sever completely his service connection. In addition to having won the Schneider cup races in 1925, Doo llttle set several world s speed records. Only last year, he was awarded the distinguished flying cross for his various feats In the air. A week ago in a radio speech, Assistant Secretary Davison of the war department described a flight iby Doollttle as "one of the moat Important flights in history," in this, Davison said, Doollttle flew for about an hour, landed without having seen anything but his in struments in a closed cockpit. ATTEND EXPOSITION MONMOUTH, Feb. 15 About two-thirds of the student-body of the Monmouth high school Is in attendance Friday and Saturday of this week at the seventh annu al educational exposition at Ore gon State college, where a two- day session of instruction pertain ing to vocational guidance Is be ing held. Miss Edith Clark of the English department of Monmouth high school accompanied the lo- ! cal students. f A m n li s n id Re-Roof Now H Easy Terms APPLIED BY ROOF SPECIALISTS Phone 487 or come in for FREE estimate on Pioneer Composition Roofing Carlton Pioneer Roofing Co. Phone 487 A. B. Christeasoa, Mgr. 170 N. Frost St. AUTHORIZED APPLICATION AGENTS r" -... i Is the To Interior laitBg We have an excellent line of Certainteed Paints Call us for price and selection . - '" WetSalem:- : f elephone 576 ' DEPKNDASlhr SERVING THK -.: IX1IBXR '; CUSTOlCESt Stay-at-Homes May Cast Ballot by Mail This Year Under New State Statute Numerous changes in the elec tion laws, important among which was the extension of the defini tion of an absent voter, were ap proved by the 1929 legislature. and will be in operation for the first time at the Oregon elections this year. The privilege of voting by mail no longejj is restricted to a person wno anticipates neing away irom bis home county on business, but is implied to. one who is absent fpr any reason. In case of sick per sons, th eamendment provides that the application for an absent voters ballot must be accompani ed by a certificate of a duly li censed physician stating that the voted will be unable to attend the election in person. An application for a ballot may be made after the 30th day preceding the elec tion and must be returned to the clerk so that it be received at least six days before the election. Carrying out the principle of enabling sick persons, to vote, the registration law was amended so as to provide that a person inca pacitated by illness, presumable toward the close of the registra tion period, may make application to any official registrar to be per mitted to register at his place or abode. He must remit 25 cents ith his application, also an amount equal to 10 cents per mile for the distance which the i-gis-trar shall travel in registering the elector. A section ot the election law which required that electors who reside in a county seat must reg ister in person with the county clerk was repealed. Another sec tion was amended so as to pro vide that an elector may register before any official registrar in the county, as welt as with the county clerk. Other amendments provide that there need be furnished for each election precinct only as many of ficial and sample ballots as there are registered voters in such pre cincts. The official and sample ballots for any precinct shall con form to the numbe rof names on the poll books. Officials said the state and counties would save considerable money as a result of reducing the number of ballots. Amendments to Sections 4012 and 4014 more nearly equalize the duties to be performed by the dif ferent members ot the election boards, and correct a sort of dis organized condition which result ed fro mthe repeal of the "Blank A" provision permitting electors to be sworn in on election days. The first clerk will now deliver the ballot to the elector, and the second and third clerks will note the number of the ballot opposite the voter's name on the poll book. The stubs are taken and strung by the judge. Another amendment removes the necessity of furnishing a bal lot box marked "General" and an other marked "State and Dist rict" tor each precinct. Only one registration ballot box Is now re quired to be furnished to each precinct except that an addition al box must be provided in those precincts in which iwo boards have been appointed. The amend ment also provides that the bal lot boxes or poaches .may be of leather, canvas, metal or wood. The time for filing nominating petitions and declarations of can didacy for the primary election for all candidates, state, district, county, precinct and municipal, has been advanced so that th fil Time Do ing period expires on the 45th day prior to the primary election. In 1930 the last day for filing ev idence of candidacy will be April 1, The primary election Is on May 16. Independent candidates and Socialist-Labor, who are not nomin ated at the primary election must file their nominating petitions not later than 45 days before the gen eral election in the case of state offices, and not later than 40 days before in the case of candi dates for county and precinct of fices. Other amendments require the certification of ballot information to be completed and forwarded to the county clerks by the secretary of state and city officers not later than the 40th day before the pri mary and general elections. The clerks are therefore given 10 days in which to make up the official ballot and have the required number of ballots printed. This will enable the clerks to furnish absent voters' ballots as soon as the law permits the filing ot ap plications for them. Still another important amend ment, fathered by Senator Eddy, restricts the right to vote upon the question of levying a special tax or Issuing bonds, to taxpay ers. This property qualification will be required of any voter at any election held in the state, county, city, or an ytax levying district to which the question of a special tax or bond issue is sub mitted. It is not clear, officials said, whether the county clerks will be required to determine, at the time of making up the poll books for a special election, that a regist ered voter Is a taxpayer, and if he is not, omit his name from the poll books, or whether the spe cial statutory qualification is to be tested by challenging the elect orate at the polls.. The attorney general has not ruled upon it, and apparently does not wish to do so in the abstract. Dave O'Hara, legal adviser for the state department, in a recent address before the county clerks in Portland, said the election laws of Oregon provide as efficient a system of election machinery as can be found in the statutes of any other state. "Our registration law is an ex cellent one," said O'Hara. "and eliminates the possibility of fraud- ulance almost entirely. With re spect to registration of votes, Oregon Is far advanced in com parison with other states." Mutual Savings and Loan Association A Salem Institution Organized in IS It Place your savings with us Let us finance your home on weekly or monthly payments 142 South Liberty Street A MllMl Swashing d8eslitfais 7 ; u w s iYou don't know how.easy; and safe modern washing is uhtfl you have seen this marvelous new no-wring- -jbr .BASKWas- Tfce Pamp-Dryer. which'. re places the wringer takes -a whole tubful of clothes ; at one time and whirls the T water put of thexa-oes if m less than , two minutes. -JJet us show. , yon : how: ; much aaferi &ster, easier," gentler ; it ;thf any; J wringer type washer. Trad in yourcJd xvashtr 1- WE TBADB FOB AintTHHIO 1S1 South Phone DAN POLING TO TALK ON RADIO DriSi Parkes Cadman Also Will Deliver Speech This Afternoon Stations and Wave-Lengths KGW, Portland, 483. 9 meters; 620 keys. KGO, Oakland. 379 5 meters; 790 keys. KOMO. Seattle, 309.1 meters;' 970 keys. KEX. Portland, 254.1 meters! 1180 keys. Between 12 and 1 today. Dr. Daniel A. Poling preaches on " The Great Quest," and from 1 to 3 o'clock Dr. S. Parkes Cadman speaks on ' Thex "Bible's Meta phors." Both may be heard over KGW. The following is the program for the Sunday concert which is offered over KOMO, Seattle, and KGO, Oakland, between 2 and 3. Orchestra Overture, "The Ma gic Flute," Mozart. Orchestra "Nautilus," Mac Dowell. Baritone solo Prologue, "Pag llaccl," Leoncavallo. Orchestra Slavish Rhapsody No. 3, Dvorak. Orchestra Woodland Fancies, No. 1, Herbert. Baritone solos (a) "Tell Me Why," Tchaikovsky; (b) "Uncle Rome," Sydney Homer. Orchestra Erotik. Grieg. Orchestra Prelude, G Minor, Rachmaninoff. Baritone solo Drake's Drum, Herbert Wrightson. Orchestra Suite: "The Coun tryside," Coates. Judge Florence Allen of the supreme court of Ohio will be a radlo speaker during the hour from 5:15 to 6:15 today, over KGW. In the hour from 6:15 to 7:15 Tito Schipa. one of the greatest living tenors will sing several se lections. Kathleen Stewart, con cert pianist will be heard during' the same hour and the concert may be listened to from KGW. or other coast stations of the NBC network., ISTANBUL (AP) The six book publishers who survived in this city the substitution" of the Latin for the old Arabic alphabet, have sued the government of Tur key for 1250,000 for old school books left In the publishlngjious es when the change in lettering was made. M 1 milt MM 3 Q r .Phone for. FREE ' Hemonstratior i in 'your Homq, 2 Ell 2 Hisli St. 2111 -'. - (MS jit