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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1930)
Oregon, Smday Morning, April 13, 1930 page Tmuns hi mm n nmi Tii u r- ii hniLuntiiLin DAY PLANNED Pre-School Child to Receive Special Consideration at Event Tt)is Year BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS HEROISM BADGE An ancient bear story: . The Bits man Observance of national child health day and May day is com bined again this year, through proclamation of President Hoover end following a custom -of the past 10 years.- In Marlon county the Joint occasion will be fittingly ob served throughout most of the the schools with-the Marlon coun ty publie health association anon coring the programs. .... In the program this year ipe cial consideration Is given ;-the 1 young child who is about to enter school .and parents' are being urged to see that all physical de fects of children of this age are corrected, . including care of teeth; examination of eyes; and attention to the nose aad throat so the child will be less liable to the frequent cold that travels through the school or borne; and protection against smallpox and diphtheria. Marion county has made much progress in meeting this problem, records from school children showing that 3.4 per of those who entered school for the first time In 1929 were 10 percent or more underweight, as against the 7.9 per cent .who were 10 per cent underweight in 192C. In 1929, these youngsters had 25.9 per cent bad tonsils, as against 44.7 per eent in 1926. In 1929. four tenths per cent of the beginners had visional defects, compared to 2.4 per cent in 1926. Mrs. Braxler Small is the presi dent of the county public health association which is sponsoring the program throughout the coun ty and Mrs. Waldo Brown of Hub bard is assisting in communities outside of Salem. Miss Carlotta Crowley is arranging for pro grams in the Salem schools. The plans include special programs in the schools emphasizing the health teaching of the school, talks before women's clubs and other organizations concerning the welfare of children, and pre school clinics for the examination and immunization of the children who enter school in the fall. The clinics are being arranged for through the county health unit. (V -V GEMS YOUTH IS INJURED BY AUTO GERVAIS, April 12 While crossing, the street near the Pres byterian church Friday afternoon on his way home from school, Al fred Bowley. son of city Marshal William Bowley, ran into an au tomobile and was knocked down. A hole about an inch long and half an inch deep was cut In his head, presumably by the fender. Body bruises were the only oth er injuries other than the cut on Alfred's head. He is a junior in Gervals high school and promin ent in athletics. The accident was due to his haste to get home and failure to watch the highway for approaching cars. The drilver, O. D. Bilyeu of 8Uverton. was de clared by the' boy's father to be entirely blameless. recently refead Washington Ir Ting's Astoria. Though that great author used a good many words to express an Idea or record a fact, oldsters inter ested in early Oregon history are recommend ed to reread this book, and youngsters to . - peruse its pages for the first time. They will find the follow ing story In the book: Among the hired men of the party was one William Cannon, who had been a soldier at one of the frontier posts, and had entered Into the employ of Mr Hunt at Mackinaw. He was an In experienced hunter and a poor shot, for which he was much bantered by his more adroit com rades. Piqued by their raillery, he had been practicing ever since he had joined the expedition, but wtlhout sueeess. In the course of the nresent afternoon, he went forth by himself to taie a lesson in venire, and, to his great de light, had the good fortune to kill a buffalo. As he was a con siderable distance from the camp, he cut out the tongue and some of the choice bits, made them into a parcel, and slinging them on his shoulders by a strap passed around his forehead, as the voy- aguers carried packages of goods, set out all alorions for the camp. anticipating a trium:'- over his brother hunters. In passing through a narrow ravine, he heard a tolse behind him. and looking around beheld, to his dismay. grizzly bear in full pursuit, ap parently attracted by tne. scent oi the meat. v "Cannon had heard so much of the invulnerability of this tremen dous animal, that he never at- temDted to fire, but slipping tne strap from his forehead, let go the buffalo meat and ran ior nis life. The bear did not stop to re gale himself with the game, but kept on after the hunter. He had nearlv overtaken him when can non reached a tree. and. throwing down his rifle, scrambled up to safety. The next instant bruin was at the foot of the tree; but as thu nnecies of bear does not climb, he contented himself with turinz the case into a Dlocxaae. Night came on. In the darkness Cannon could not perceive wheth er or not the enemy maintained his station; but his fears pictured him riitorously mounting guard He passed the night, therefore, In the tree, a prey or dismal rancies In the morning the bear was rnn. Cannon warily descend ed the tree, gathered up his gun and made the best of his way back to camp, without venturing to look after his buffalo meat." W Cannon lived many years on what was known In the early days as "French prairie." including all the settlements below the old mis sion down to a short distance Summer School Stirs Interest Of 4-H Groups Marion ronntr irlah ' mmhra are evincing much Interest in the annual 4-H summer school to be held at Oregon State college June 9 to 21. Inclusive, says William W. Fox, county club leader here. Plans are being made by a num ber of communities in this county to offer scholarships for excel lence in dub work and in gener al Interest is more wide spread than ever before, the lader re ports. Fox hopes to see at least 20 boys and girls from Marlon coun ty attend the summer school this year. above "the falls" (Oregon City.) He died at Champoeg la 1854 at the age of 99 years. In his famous address before the Oregon Pioneer association at Its annual meeting of 1&76 at -the state fair grounds, James W. Nes- mith said: "William Cannon, an other very old man who resided near Champoeg and died a few years sine, came to the country in the service of Astor, in Wil son G. Hunt's party (1811), and resided here the remainder of his life. Washington Irving, in his Astoria, makes Cannon the hero of a ludlcerous adventure with a bear, and I have heard the old man give his version of the affair wherein he figured In a tree, nis position secure in Its ekevaton, while bruin watched below." S Before the same society, in 1879, In the annual address. Wlll- ard H. Reea, told of some of the pioneers of French prairie who lived beyond the scriptural allot ment of three score years and ten. He said in part: w w w "By request,- Rev. B. Delorme, pastor of St. Paul's church (St Paul), kindly furnished me from the parish registed a list of Jhe names of the early settlers of French prairie, with age and date of demise. I will give here a few names: William Cannon, born in Pennsylvania in 1755; died 1854, aged 99 years. Philip Degie. born at Sorel, Canada, in 1739; died February 27, 1847, aged 108 years. This OLDEST inhabitant first crossed the continent with Lewis and Clark. Francis Riet, died September 15, 1852, aged 95; came first to Oregon with Lewis and Clark in 1805. Louis La Bonte, died in 1860, aged 80 years. Joseph Gervals, died July IS, 1861, aged 84 years. Etienne Lucier, died March 6. 1853. The last named four men were free trappers, and came to Oregon with Captain Hunt in 1811. Francis Dupre, died 1858, aged 99 years. Andre Longtain, born in 178", died 1879, aged 97 years." People who visit the Champoeg memorial park notice a picture of Longtain hanging on the wall of the large room of the main build ing. The land owned by the state for park, or part of it. was taken from this claim. The descendants of this pre-pioneer settler still live in the neighborhood. - S S All or nearly all the French settlers had Indian women, and most of then numerous half-caste children. There were no white women in the country till long years after they began to make their settlement. The Hudson's Bay company encouraged them to take these women and respect them and treat them a. wives, to form a friendly contact with the tribesmen. The first of them made homes near the mouth of the Hons-u-cha-chac river (Indian name for the Pudding river.) (Can any high school student tell how it came to be called Pudding nv er?) Nearly all the French set tlers in the first days had Indian slaves, of both sexes, secured from the f am lies of their wives; doing the hard work and making life easy for the owners. The fact that life was serene and easy, and tht the men were of a picked and hardy stock, ac counts in part for their longevity. K H (There Is a question as to the rlrht name of Degle. or uegi. n mith once referred to him as De Loar. Another authority referred to htm as Francis Rivet, thinking perhaps the three names applied to one man. But Bashford, good authority, gives Philip Degle, Francis Rivet and Mr. DeLoar as all being among the earliest set tlers of French prairie, and all coming with the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1805.) IS GIVEN SCOUT Presentation Planned Tues day Night of This Week At Honor Court The largest Boy Scout court of honor staged tn the Marlon-Polk county area is scheduled for next Tuesday night, when the national organisation's certificate of hero ism will be awarded to Ray Koser of Dallas in recognition of his bravery in rescuing another lad from drowning last August. Because the event is expected to draw several hundred persons. It will be held in the house of rep resentatives hall at the state eap itol, beginning at 8 o'clock. Also because it is a special occasion, Justice O. P. Coshow of the state supreme court will make presen tation of the certificate. Parents and every one interested In scout ing is invited to attend the court of honor. Justice H. H. Belt of the su preme court will preside over the court: L. P. Campbell will be mas ter of ceremonies; Veronia Mc- Quald and Milton Taylor will be buglers; andeO. P. West, scout executive, will be clerk. Commis sioners will be: Rev. George Swift, R. G. Brady, Rex Sanford. J. M. Campbell of Dallas. J. R. All- good of Dallas, and J. W. Mayoe of Stayton. Young Koser's mother will be a special guest at the ceremony. ana will sit on the bench with Justices Coshow and Belt. J. M. Campbell of Dallas, who was Ko ser s first scoutmaster and who started him In scout teachings. win stand wljh him when the cer tificate is presented. Oregon Pulp and Paper Company Has Good Report For Past Year, Indication The earnings report of the Oregon Pulp and Paper com pany whose plant is located in Salem shows the highest earn ings in 1929 of any of the past five years. Net after inter est and taxes amounted to $208,007, as compared with $133,- 594 on 1928. After preferred dividends this amounted, to 11.8 for 1929. The following is the earnings statement for Oregon Pulp for the five-year period: MERCHANTS TO 192$ Income for Bond Int... $514,920 Deductions Bond Int. Exp 83.067 Deprec'n .. 198.420 Federal Tax 25.484 Net Income. .1208.067 1928 1927 1928 1925 8482,209 8287.557 8292.553 8347.833 88.486 42.477 22.37C 281.817 179.C74 133,827 130.9C9 18,312 10.834 1C.568 27.051 $133,593 $54,572 $119,779 $189,813 Many Salem residents are stockholders in the local paper mill and several Salem men are, officers and directors of the enterprise. The report of increased earnings will be highly gratifying to local stockholders. No dividends on the com mon stock are being paid at the present time. F. W. Leadbetter of Portland is the executive head of the Oregon Pulp and Paper mill and of the Columbia River paper mill at Vancouver. The following is the earnings statement for the latter company: 1929 Income for Bond Int. . Deductions Bond Int. Exp. ... 80.725 Deprec'n . . 188,914 Pederal Tax 37,724 Net Income. .$343,988 192S 1927 1928 1925 $811,354 $775,852 "1425, 5 $418,127 $207,013 86,325 51,897 18,718 33.528 163,394 115,418 117,385 80.147 86,085 35,443 35,583 None $480,848 $222,907 $246,442 $93,340 The capitalization of the Oregon Pulp and Paper com pany is $1,215,000 first mortgage 6 serial bonds due from 1930 to 1941; $800,000 8 preferred stock; $1300,000 of $100 par common stock. The capital of the Columbia River Paper mills is ar ranged as follows: $920,000 1st mortgage Berial 6 bonds due 1930 to 1942; $750,000 8 preferred stock; $2,000,000 $100 par common. KETJUESDIY Name Adopted by Recently Formed Group of Inde pendent Dealers day's meeting. Considerable in terest in the policies of the asso ciation has been manifest here last week and grooers, butchers, clothiers. Jewelers, and other in dependent retailers are enthusias tic over the possibilitls. An executive committee, com posed of Ed Schuuke. chairman. C. M. Roberts, R. E. McNulty and John Marr, will present a set of by-laws and a constitution at the Tuesday meeting. The newly organised group of Salem Independent merchants who call themselves the Salem Independent Retailers Protective association will hold their next week's meeting In Woodry's Auc tion hall at Norway and North Summer streets. Tuesday evening. April 14. This announcement was made Saturday by C. M. Lee. a member of the committee appoint ed for that purpose at the initial meeting. Last week approximately 30 re tailers, representing Salem. West Salem. Salem Heights. Aumsvllle and Macleay, met at a downtown location and laid the foundation for their organisation. The im provement of local conditions and the solution of the problem of outside competition are among the several objects of the group. "The retailers have not organ ized a 'sour grape' association to throw mud at the chain stores and their methods," one merch ant explained Saturday, "but they expect to weld themselves into an organization for their mutual protection. We believe that we should first dean Up our own stores before starting anything like a fight against outside com petition. The Retailers' Protect ive association will not only pro tect themselves but will defend the Interests of the people of this locality." At least 100 merchants are ex pected to be present at next Tues- Evangelist Will Give Inspiring Sermons Today Meetings at the First Christian church which have been In pro gress the past two weeks are ex pected to reach the highest point of interest so far today, when the evangelist, Dr. M. Howard Fagan. ill preach two inspiring ser mons. Last Sunday ss persons were present for the bible school, and a greater number is expect ed today. Several of the adult bible classes are In contest, these to be concluded on Easter Sun day, when the climax of the meet ings will be reached. So far, 37 additions have been made to the church. Meetings will continue nightly until Easter, with interesting themes and spe cial musical features each time. SHANGHAI (AP) American tourists on world cruises this year are expected to spend $1,000,000 in the silk and curio shops of Shanghai and Peiplng. vWonderful News for Fit Sufferers Brooklyn, N. Y. 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