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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1930)
CIRCULATION tily ti airtribotioa for ta BonU sa&ag March 81. 19S0 WEATHER Unsettled vrftfi rains to day ud Monday; Southeast winds. Max. temperature Saturday 69; Min. 84; Wind southwest; Bala .OA. 6,612 Averse saity st ptla S.Z2S Itaabsr Aadit Bum at Clraalatioaa. FOUMDED 1651 EIGHTIETH TEAR Salon, Oregon, Sunday Morning, April 13, 1930 NevlS First Of f - Names On Petitions Four Days Remain in Which to Get 1302 Signatures 2 OF VALLEV'S TDK SHOW CENSUS DROP Turner's Population Reduced By Thirteen During; 10 Year Period Hundred Sheets Being Circulated Among Voters Here WATER BOND PETITIONS AT STATESMAN OFFICE Legal Toters . of Salem who have not been given an opportunity to sign initia tive petitions for the $1, 200,000 municipal water bond Issue measure, will find copies of the petition available for their signature at The Statesman office. Gervais Sees Drop of H Un der Official Count Made Decade Ago With but little more than four dava In which to complete them. initiative petitions on behalf of a charter amendment calling for a $1,200,000 bond issue for ac quiring a municipally ownea wa ter system in Salem, were piacea In circulation late Saturday after noon. Reports Saturday night were that the petitions were being readily signed by hundreds of Sa lem citizens. Plenty of Names to Be Obtained, Belief Backers of the municipal own ership campaign movement were thoroughly confident that the pe titions would be completed with more than the 1302 names re quired, within the remaining time available; but they admitted it would take a veritable wniriwma campaign to accomplish it. A hundred petition sheets were prepared with room for 2000 names, and Saturday night these (Turn to page 14, col. 6) 111 ill RETIRE F 11H Preliminary census returns made on the first two towns. Ger vais and Turner, in Marion coun ty, show a slight decrease in the population of each. Gervais 1930 figures, which are preliminary and subject to correction, give that town 254 inhabitants and five farms. In 1920 there were 268 persons in that town. Turner ac cording to the preliminary check lost 13 inhabitants in the 10 years the present count showing 276 as eomoared to 289 on January l 1920. Prelimiary count of the returns of the 15th census for the Brigh ton precinct in Tillamook gives 132 persons. There are no figures available for the 1920 count in that district. The number of names recorded by the enumerators in the four counties on April 9 reached 6,596 divided as follows: Marion county 2. 822: Polk. 893; Tillamook 612; Yamhill. 1.269: Salem city alone. 1.428. Highest individual score on tnat aay was maae uy Mrs. Elsie C. Rhoten In saiem city, with 162; second highest count was 160, made by Mrs. Eve- lvn T. Travis of Salem City, Further new developments in the census enumeration as report ed by R. J. Hendricks, district su pervisor, are: Thirteen additional names were added to Salem's population when the Yew Park district enumerator fmind that many persons in a Southern Pacific working car and enumerated them here. Mrs. Mabel Lockwood, who nas been working in a district in me eastern part of the city, and is finishing there, has been given a new district, between union ana Center and High and 12th street. Mrs. G. Ed. Ross, who has had a down town district ana is aooui through with it. has been given the territory between Union and Cleansed Today Blooms Ready Fot By Light Shower Eighteenth Annual Blosson Day Scheduled to Bring Thousands of Appreciative Visit ors to This Section of Valley YnFFRFftHTNG and cleansinir rain fell upon the millions 0 A, nwrtnrd Morim in the Salem vicinity on the eve of the 18th annual Blossom Day, and despite official predictions to the contrary, springtime landscape enthusiasts were hoping that MntW Nature had merely arranged a Saturday night bath for the dainty fruit tree flowers and would brighten them with warm sunshine wnen trie tnousanas 01 signiseers arrived to view them today. Portland Man Believed Gain ing Support From Dis satisfied Ones few dfiWett Puts in Busy Week; Norblad Criticized for Bank Activities Election Ordered In Issue of Laying Highway to Coast Governor Norblad Satur day issued a proclamation calling a special election on Hay 16 on the question of forming the Xestueca High way Improvement district. The purpose of creating the dist rict is to const met highway from Carlton, In Yamhill county, along the Nestncca rlyer to Beaver, Tillamook county, where it would conneet with the Roosevelt Coast highway at Beaver. The proposed new highway would be approxi mately 40 miles in length. ' Boundaries of the propon ed district have been sub mitted to the state highway commission. 1 BAND COHTEST WON I Bf JEFFERSON HIGH Salem's Musicians Fail to Place in Competition At Corvallis CORVALLIS, Ore., April 12 (AP) Jefferson - high school's band of Portland proved the class annual statewide of the seventh Market and west from Broadway nign Bchool band contest at Ore- NEW YORK, April 12 (AP) Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd will retire to nrivate life for at least two months, within six weeks after he returns to New York In mid-June from his south volar vovafce of exploration, Qap- tain H. H. Railey. his represtfit- atlve here, announced today. The exnlorer's arrival here with his two ships, the Eleanor Boil ing and City of New York, is set to the river. These two districts, wun (Turn to page 14, col. 3) OFFICIAL WIS I an- (HUFF SUICIDE EUGENE, Ore., April 12 (AP) . r , ua wnnMJ Lane county authorities an !fkne to be7 IbleToVispos; of hi nounced today that report, of ar gon State college here today and won the championship and grand prize in class A in competluon with nine other organizations from all parts of the state. Sev enteen bands totaling more than 500 musicians competed In three classes. Roosevelt high of Port land topped the class B. contes tants and the Seaside girls' band again took first in class C. This is the second year Jeffer son, trained by H. N. Stoudemeier and led by a youthful musical pro tege, Eugene Linden, has won tne state championship. The scots A review of past Blossom Days reveals that Mother Na ture has not always been obliging, and the weather forecast said "unsetuea wun rain." Nevertheless, the showers of Saturday afternoon and night were not sufficient to mar tne beauty of Salem's famed orchard vistas, and there is little doubt that, rain or shine, the customary throngs will drive through ave noes of blossoms today. Beautiful Trees Found In Every Direction There are orchards, extensive and beautiful, in all directions from Salem, and the nature lover is not bound by any restricted itinerary, much less by the neces sity for participation in any cara van. However, the route estab lished for several seasons and recommended by the Cherrians, sponsors of Blossom Day, is guar anteed to furnish the greatest en joyment in the fewest miles of travel. One drive extends south on Commercial street, continuing south on Liberty road instead of following the Pacific highway to the left; turning eastward at Rosedale and proceeding on through Sunnyside, to the Pacific highway and back to the city. An other is across the Polk county bridge, turning right on Wallace road, stopping at the Dibble ana Franklin tulip farms. A third is out the Pacific high way to the Salem Bulb company tract and return. Visits to the state grounds, including those of the state hospital, have been cus tomary on Blossom Day in recent years and. are recommended. All of the routes '- are thorougniy marked with the signs prepared by the Cherrians. - With but five weeks to con tinue the sparring in the gnber natorlal encounter the stage seems to carry largely the same setting as last week. The only chance possible to note is a ten dency for George Joseph, the fiery Multnomah county contenaer, 10 have, seemingly stolen the show. tcmnorarilY at least. Sneaking before a number 01 the Granges of the state the past week Joseph has gained some favor and considerable comment. The dissatisfied element of the state, more especially a rather large group of the farmers, are Inclined to look with favor on his candidacy. Militating against Jo seph's candidacy however is the dron In earnings of the r. u. v. Co. for the first three months or the year. This rather stills his (Turn to page 14, col. 1) HE PH Oregon's State Librarian Passes At Portland After Long Illness :--..y . I - - i --rs v I v ' " "4. . ; v ftiarSi JsV -:1k; . r .SvV , . . - " . - ; V"" i1 21 Med n Blast At mm Timbers Torn Out of Place by For.ce ol Explosion Many of Bodies Buried in Vast Quantity of Debris 1 .Jl.lo aniraantnta Within DerlS WI1U imroiif,au liuuin """" . . -I ),) N nn . n . . Jl.t. In I APIiniLflT IllUlt niu UMW - - a .r y.8 I.! ir Miednff. Cascade national for eraer to oyc n vi. Hf aTZ ,i -MT,tifi rtat cnllected Dr. Frank Menne, pdo.spv on his exnedltion. to rest ana m in mo uV, - work on a Albany, winner in class B a year ago, was second In class A this year, taking the Corvallis chamber of commerce cup with a score of 88.67. Albany, by finish Ing second, won the right to enter the national meet with Jefferson, Jefferson's awards include a big trophy from the national music hodv a charanionshin rnn donated . . OT-.i inv at xro Vnrv I nnrts that he xouna powuer dii- 1 k. . Portland mnsle house and Ml h PKL VUtll Olit il" . v m. I - , 11. I - New York' official welcome toiings nu umucu - --- i me unci mu-vij cup ior ursi iu Ttvrri anil his exoedltion Is tenia- sain on tne ngui wi v CIU5 a. tlvely set for June 14. be!d.,.t w rrad - naiiiBLit: cauiv a, v. i ' r f dock of the Portland police de- BlaCk LhemeS partment states in his report that Macaun urea tne gun mm- i.id r irsi school, concludes in his re- w ' m. .t. nort. authorities said, that Mae- IrVtaSS "monrh afVeV ni, turn duff died of a bullet from his own is m tne naaos " v... nn.d Jobs Given 66 Workers During Week, Report Sixty-six men and three women were furnished Jobs by the local employment office in the past week. E. A. Kenney, acting mana ger, reported. The total number of male applicants for work was 110. although only 45 new reg istrations were recorded. The list of employed Includes 23 agricultural workers, 21 com mon laborers, two construction workers and 20 skilled woodsmen. The women furnished with Jobs were all domestics. (Turn to page 14, col. 4) AGGIES BEAT IRISH CORVALLIS. Ore.. April 12 (AP) Oregon State college again defeated Columbia univer sity of Portland In a pre confer ence baseball game here today. The score was 2 to 0. SITS OFF PH Inoffensive Game Bird Flies Into High Tension Wires Early in Evening Actions of a Chinese pheasant. ordinarily the most inoffensive of feathered creatures, became ln-tei-woven with the domestie af fairs of almost half of Salem's population early Saturday night. At the hour when lignts were about due to be turned on In North Salem homes, and when Saturday night dinners were ready to be placed in electric ovens.tnouseholders an over tnat district suddenly discovered that electricity to provide these cus tomary conveniences was lacking. Just about that time the "trou ble department" of the power company began to be flooded with telephone calls from house holders wnv wanted to know when the stove would heat up again. Meanwhile the aforesaid depart ment was having plenty of trou bles of Its own. It was found that the high ten sion wires in the vicinity of Mar lon and Liberty streets had been broken, and the report was that a Chinese pheasant had flown Into the wires and caused the damage. This occurred at 5:48 p. m. Prac tically all of the city north of North Mill creek was without el ectricity except for the street lights. Within half an hour a consld erable portion of the area had been cut in on another circuit, but for the remainder, it was nec essary to string a new cable around the break, and this work was hampered by the heavy Sat urday night traffic. Normal ser vice was restored at 7:18 p. m. Mrs. Virginia Bacon State's Librarian Passes Yesterday Mrs. Bacon Called by Death After Extended Illness; Valued Service to Oregon Is Recalled by Many Friends nnpTT.AKn Ore.. Aoril 12. (AP)Mrs. .Virginia V -v v,wf - 3 A..O JO Cleaver Bacon, 47, Oregon state librarian, died lit Good ba maritan hospital here today following a protracted illness. She had been state librarian lor linie more inaa a year, nav- ving oeen tne unanimous T nlitvfA Cnofitc choice of the state iiDrary Laborite bpeaks . - in Rllcceed a,. At Chamber Meet Uella Marvin Pierce when the lat ter resigned early last year. lira n,MH VlAT-Tl IIAar Hai ti x I wiot Awvvu ma mj r. J. a. wCuwu6C,f Fi5hrtlrT 1. 1883. She was of the central trades and laDor high school and from the Univer sity of Oreron. Sne became prominent In library work in Cal ifornla, Missouri and Washington, D. C. Oregon, the home of her parents and grandparents, held her affection and she returnea here in 1925. refusing an offer to become associated with an in ternational foundation because the work would not bring her to Oreeon As adviser in adult education for the Portland Library associa tion, she established the first de- TACOMA, April 12 ( AP) A terrific gas explosion on the ond level, about 500 feet under ground, In the Carbondale- teal mine of the Pacific Coal company at Carbonado snuffed out thai lives of 21 miners at o'clock tenight. So strong was the blast tkax tne men. a complete shift anit. were instantly killed. Timbers were torn out of place and parta of the mine walls caved la but - mine authorities stated it was W- lieved that few of the bodies wer buried very deep. Half of the bodies had been recovered sbect three hours after the explosion. Gas Fumes Force ? Rescue Parties Rack The explosion came with suck suddenness that for a time its i act location was not ascertained, but veteran, miners immediately went into action and in a inert time had found tfte scene of tbo tragedy. Rescue parties at first were hurled back by the gae i fumes but about two hours after the impact were able to reach tbm entombed men. who were located about a mile from the mouth of the mine and some 500 feet un derground. The tragedy occurred on tbe second level which is 580 feet from the surface of the ground, but Is reached only after a trip down into the canyon by tram car and thence along the main tunnel ' for a distance of more than a' mile. A second descent is saade by tram to a lower level and from there It Is necessary to climb un ¬ man ways four feet square anwO feet in height to reach the nest leveL Connections between - tfctv i . manways and working location,- urn iq page 1, coi. - Bey February 1, 1883. cUcn,wmbe from the ld plrt,Und m I S t 1. 1 a J Ma-M 4Va TT IwSV- Salem chamber or. commerce luncheon Monday. His subject is 'lrs Get Acauainted." an- mnnnrea the weekly chamber of commerce bulletin. Mt. Boeh- rlnger. a resident of Salem since 1SR8. la now serving nis sixm term as head of the labor coun cil. HOME BTJBXS DOWN IRVINGTON. N. Y., April 12 (AP) Fire starting from an ex nloslon of undetermined origin today gwept through the Irvington Dart'ment ef it8 kind on the Pa House uaraiac nome, uumo .jci coast ana made the worn- so children suffering heart disease All the patients were saved r f 1.. that Macaun urea me si III Hfi SntlPntrit with suicidal intent. ' O I , v. -1. V. ManAntt fired the gun Into the right side of the head, holding the barrel against his head. He gives six technical reasons for his belief. Inspector John Goltn of the Portland department gives a full renort of his Investigation, bat Blossoms Just Right, Cherrians Decide on Inspection A black cherry deal is being planned by Claude Mckenney, who has a fmit warehouse at High and viil streets. Arranrements are not unite completed, but Mr. Mc- Kenney said Saturday he expected to be in the market on a cash bas is and would be able to handle all does not draw a definite conclu f the black cherries available for ston. He says there is evidence or shipment. ooin muraer ana smciae. 1 i Salem Man Under Arrest Long Dry Spell is Ended - Judges Speak at Medford Voters' Total Found High BLOOM HELD DRUNK PORTLAND, Ore., April It J (AP) John W. Bloom of Salem was arrested today by' Deputy Sheriff Stanley on a charge of be ing drunk on a public highway following an automobile ; accident near here. The deputy said that Bloom's machine collided with one driven by Albert D. Camp of Gresham and Camp's machine was overturned. Nobody was Injured. Bloom later was fined $15 In district court here. ! DRY PERIOD OYER i MEDFORD, Ore., April 12. ' (AP) live weeks of drought : were ended this afternoon with showers. More rain was In pro- - snect. Orchardists who have been using Irrigation reservoir waste . water to moisten the ground were i srladdeaed by ; the downpour, to- dar and the forecast of more. - Mild thunder and lightning ac- I eompanled today's preclpiuuon. I 1 COSHOW. BELT SPEAK V MEDFORD, Ore., April 12. r (AP) Supreme Court Justices u. I P. Coshow and H. Belt of Salem, and E. O. Immel, Eugene, presi- l dent of the State Bar association. were principal speakers at the t monthly meeting of the Southern f Oregon Bar association her to- 140,000 REGISTER PORTLAND, Ore., April 12. (AP) More than 149.990 voters will have registered In Multnomah county for the primary election when the registration books dose Thursday night, it was estimated today by James w. Gieaaon, chief registrar. This will be the largest number ever to register for a pri mary election locally. MEDFORD HIGH WINS MEDFORD. Ore., April 12. (AP) Medford high school won the Southern Oregon district type writing and stenography contest today. . LUMBER TARIFF BACKED EUGENE, Ore.. April 12. (AP) cAn extensive campaign to arouse sentiment actively in this region In favor -of the passage of the lumber tariff bin when It comes before the house of repre-l sentatives soon was to be launch ed at a countrywide meeting ' of lumbermen, chamber o commerce representatives, service -dubs, I business and - professional people and veterana'a groups here last nihL The meeting, unanimously resolved that Oregon's representa- Uvea la congress be urged to snp- outstanding that it was quickly adopted elsewhere. In addition to her library wora Mrs. Bacon achieved fame in her work as an author. Her short stories, poems and articles were of such Quality that they were ac ceptable to the most prominent national magazines. UE ACCIDENTS Mrs. Virginia Cleaver Bacon who died In a Portland nospuai Saturday was elected state Hbrar lan by tbe state library board in March. 1929. following tne mar riage of Miss Cornelia Marvin to Ex-Governor Walter M. Pieree of La Grande. Mrs. Bacon had been ill for sev eral months, but her condition was not considered serious until recently. Mrs. Bacon's successor will be named by the state library board. It was reported here today that Miss Beatrice Walton would be requested to make application for the office made vacant by Mrs. Bacon's death. Miss Walton was until recently private secretary to Governor Norblad. She served in a similar capacity during the ad ministration of tne late uovernor Patterson. PECOS, Tex.. April 12 AF) . -Miss Letha Prewitt of Feco was killed and five passengers In jured severely late today la an. air plane crash. Mrs. William Turner of Pecos, one of the victims. Is In a danger ous condition. The plane had gained about 100 feet altitude on the take off when the motor stalled anl the ship eldeslipped to tbe ground. Miss Prewitt was Instantly kill ed and Mrs. Turner suffered in ternal Injuries expected to provt fatal. William Turner, her husband, suffered Internal Injuries and both legs were broken, while two small Turner children were bad ly shaken up and one suffered a broken leg. Jack Eckles, pilot, was least seriously Injured with nnmereu cuts and a broken nose. Th plane was one of two operated by a barnstorming circus. s: - BUTTE Mont.. April 12 iAP) Herman Carbon, 24, pilot acd Bill Gordon. 27, a passenger. were killed tonight about a aUe . from the Three Forks airport when their plane went lnte a dive from a height of about 29 feet. Carbon was a filer . wun about 120 hours experience and as associated with the Three Forks aircraft school. SAN FRANCISCO, April II (AP) Two tudent pilots Jumped to safety today when their planes locked wings over the San Mateo airport. Reports received here in dicated neither was injured. The two pilots. H. MIcaels, 25, of Menlo Park, and W. F. Derb mann, San Francisco, took to their parachutes .2,000 feet above ground. rmnn.Robh Studio. I h0Br ot Intensive search, likewise y F UUnneil-KODD oiaaiu. l44mltlA tht marar was as mueh . 1 - : -A 'WLtW -Si wm.-.j ft ritht tbe artlee are: . mysteryiaie wmgni . Washington Girl 's Death Battles Capital's Po lice The" autopsy showed the jmi r government worker had been three times . instead or, oncw, wu first reported.. - OMf th bulleta went through her neck, a second penetrated'nnder her left ' arm' and the tntraenierws mmr v backv Her skuU was fractawd ; and brnlsed and.bep throat tndi- j eated she had been strangled; - Investigators reported they- aa : so far failed to find Mis Bahex'n coat, hat or pocketbook, either at -the lonely ! spot where she wan found, or near her blood spattered -automobile, " which was , fo j nearly a mile away. ' - ' A After eompletion"of the nuUp- : sy, Dr B. HJ. Swain, coroner Arlington county, wirgau. WASHINGTON. April 12. CAP) The slayer ot Mary Baker. the 28-year old government clerk whose ballet-pierced body was found face downward In a culvert beside .(Arlington national ceme tery i topay, war-the object ot hunts tonight by Washington and Virginia police. - Described by friends as aot the type ot girl .to fun around." she was last seen alive last nignt by Ines Eyre. They had attended church meeting. An autopsy tonight failed to give a clue to the slayer. I Denartment oi lusuce agents, army authorities, Washington de tectives and Virginia police, after aounced that Miss Baker had bee vv. erlmlnallr assaulted : before mT kJUedV - . 1 1 1 - i aight. i - nort passage of the blil - ..