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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1930)
Tbt 02EC0N STATESMAN; Sales, Oregpa,' Scaday E!andag. April 13, tACC SZYC1 i if r n7 f DRBLAO OFFICIA GETS LITE Oregon, Noting Full Century ofProgve&C FIRING SALUTE AT NOTED FLIER'S GRAVE Message Prepared at Time bf Wagon Train Celebra tion Reaches Here "To Oregon, greetings from MtssourL" This was the canclad-ln- statement In a letteT prepared by Governor Henry S. Caulfield of Missouri, which arrive at the ex ecutive offices here Saturday in connection with observance of the l')0th anniversary of the depart ure from St. Louis of the first cirered wagon train over the Old Oregon trail.. ' - The letter wa9 mailed In St. Louis April 9 and arrived at the atatehouse here by airmail fester day. At the time the first expedi tion left St. Louis for Oregon a hand red years ago it required three months to reach the east ern side of the Rocky mountains, first Wagon Train 10O Tears Ago Recalled "On the occasion of the celebra tion today of the 100th anniver sary of the departure from St. .iuis of the first covered wagon train over the Oregon Trail." read Governor Caulfield's letter to Gov ernor Nerblad, "it is my pleasure t eend greetings to the governor of the state to which those pio neers were headed. "Oregon at that time was mere ly a part of the vast unexplored northwest. Missouri was in its in fancy as a state. Three months w$re required for that first ex pedition to reach the eastern side of the Rocky mountains. This tnessage will reach you a few 3urs after I send it. Great, In 4bi. have been the advances' In civilisation in the past century. "It Is fitting. I believe, to pause iar a moment to pay tribute to fc4se hardy men who braved the inknowa obstacles of the unex plored west. We owe much to tfrem for winning and holding that vast empire which today is aach an Important and valued prt ofthe United States. "To Oregon, greetings from Missouri. f I. 19 KILLED IN AGGIDEnT Honor guards firing salute over the gratr of Carl Ben Eielson, famous aviator and explorer, who was killed when his plant crashed in the treat Axctice wastes while attempting; a rescue of the crew ef the ice-bound steamship Nannie Eielson's body was recovered after a long search threughtout the Arctic and brought to his native city of Hatton, N. D., where his remains were interred with full military heaors. More than 11,009 persons from all parts of North Dakota gathered to pay homage U one of their State's asost illustrious sons. Stage Driver Fails to Stop At Crossing and Is Hit By Speeding Train ISLET A. N. M.. AprU 18 fAP) A fast Santa Fe mail train Fridav. crashed a Pickwick Grey hound motor stage, killing 19 per sons. In the worst accident In the history of western bus transporta tion the train sldeswiped the stage as the driver tried frantically to swing It clear of the oncoming lo comotive 'and the terrific impact so mangled the bodies of the vic tims that late today Identification of three had not been made. Two survivors said the driver slowed up but failed to stop at the crossing. Demolished, the stage was Ig nited by flames which licked over it from the gasoline tank, and the bodies of the victims were robbed of their clothing by the fir which, in some instances, charred the flesh itself. Train Carries Bodies Half Mile Down Track Two bodies and parts of the bus were carried halt a mile by the speeding train which was able to stop a mil and a half past the crossing. Neither the Pickwick Grey hound office at Los Angeles, from which the bus departed at 11:5 p.m. Wednesday, eastbouad for UP MID Fllfi WEST SALEM W EST SALEM, April 12. - The West Salem council met Mon fy evening for. their regular monthly business meeting. All members reported present except Jack Summers who recently left for California for his health. W. L. LaDue wa chosen to bill his place. Street Commissioner Charles Ruse requested that a clean-up day be named for the city. After considerable discussion a motion was put to have April 28, 29 and $ laid aside for that purpose. t motion carried. It was also decided to hire snnie one to clean up the park a'nvf attend to the rubbish and also to put an ad concerning clean-up day in a Salem paper. The deed for the lot on King wood Vieta for the reservoir was 111 I C01TK SEEN FM LETTER Edna Holder, Missionary . From Salem, Writers of Water Shortage Salem persons will be inter ested In a letter received by rela tives from Miss Edna Holder, who left this city about six months ago to return to the mission fields in India, which describes in terse, vivid manner things pecu liar to her eastern territory, and particularly worship of the Mo hammedan people. The letter was Berar, C. P.. India. Miss Holder says in part: "Today I visited in the homes of Mohammedan people. We saw a pitiful sight. Many of the people in the village have small pox. Not far from our house Is the smallpox goddess. There hare been worshippers there all day Shakespeare Garden Being Worked Out at Willamette presented to the council. It was accepted as read and paid for.' An ordinance pertaining to a franchise to a gas company was given first and second readings. Mr. Davis from the Eureka Fire Hose company was given a chance to give a talk on fire hose. This he did. . Petitions were read asking for street lights on Skinner and Pat terson, Ruge and Patterson and Third street and Patterson. They were ail referred to the street commissioner for consideration. long. The goddess Is on "a little platform under a small tree. There ar hundreds of yellow and red flags all over the tree. Each ramily which has smallpox brings offerings to the goddess and puts up a fag. "It is sad to see them wor-t shipping before a cold stone. Then, too, they spread th dread disease to all their friends for w'hole families come to worship. The disease has spread rapidly all over India and many deaths have occurred among the older men. Last year the little children were taken. "A few days ago there was a quarrel at one of the wells. A Hindu woman refused to let a little Mohammedan girl get water. She enticed the girl to her, home and then killed her. The whole (own was in an uproar over it as it caused trouble between the two paUea. But think of a woman doing such a thing as that. "We are having a great deal of trouble because of the water shortage. I may take out orphan girls to Nagpur for the summer. There will be plenty of water but it is supposed to be the second hottest place In India. It ts very hot here now. I notice ft especially when I sit In the sun as we talk to the women." The spirit of gardening has got ten into Willamette university and It has taken the form of an artistic and cultural venture in the nature of a "Shakespear gar den." The spot selected for the development of this idea if a tri angular piece of ground back of Lausanne hall, woman's dormi tory, and the Mill stream and Sweetland field. This spot has al ready been spaded for this pur pose and any time during the day students may be seen busily en gaged at odd moments putting the garden into shape for planting. The idea is to grow in this gar den every vegetable, flower, and tree mentioned by Shakespeare in any of his plays. Each English ma jor and other Shakespeare stu dent will be responsible for the planting of some one thing, be it onion or rose. On graduation, each person will pass the care of this plant on to some particular stu dent. A small stake will be placed by each plant, telling the act and scene where it. is mentioned, Dr. Koehler, head of the English de partment of Willamette, obtained the idea for this garden from similar one which he visited In England. BRAINE - LE - COMTE, Bel gium (AP) This little town with only 1,000 population, will celebrate 31 golden wedding an niversaries thisyear . I 25 to 65 percent On High Grade JEWELRY in POHEROY & KEENE'S 35th ANNIVERSARY A3LEE SPECIAL FOR MONDAY April 14th $10.00 to $12.00 SILVERWARE mm Witk $10.00 U $12.00 Silverware at $6.95 r - 35 pieces' of'BMtow Sflverware consisting: of Sand wich trays, Bread frays. Fruit Dishes, Meat Rati tert. Candle Sticks i and Ctndelabras. Regular $10. and $12 values. 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The engineer, C. C. Davis, said when he realized the crash must occur, he clamped an the brakes and bad slowed down to 38 miles an hour when his locomotive struck the stage. The train, partially derailed, rac ed alone for a mile and a half before it stopped. Right of Way Cluttered With Passengers Corpses Bodies were strewn all along the right of way. Only two large tires remained as mate evidence of the damage wrought by the col lision and flames. Tourists and Indians from a nearby pueblo were the first to arrive on the scene. But they could do noth ing without ambulances which did not arrive from Albuquerque and other nearby communities un til a half hour after the crash. Crazed by the shock and injur ies one survivor wandered about the wreckage calling' for his wife and child and unable to find them threw himself on the ground with the plea that he wanted to die. too. "Apparently the bus driver at tempted to turn aparallel with the track when he saw he could not beat the train to the cross ing," said Davis, the engineer. "The locomotive sideswiped the bus and carried parts of it a halt mile. Witnesses Agree Bu Driver Failed to Stop "Corner T e 1 n. temporarily knocked unconscious, and Conrad Heubers credited their escape to the fact they were on the aide of the bus opposite to that struck by the locomotive. Both said the driver, F. D. Williams of Albu querque, failed to stop, but mere ly slowed down at the Crossing. Williams, a relief driver between Gallup and Albuquerque was among those killed. Stein, of San Francisco and Henbera of Los An geles were traveling eastward to gether. Tonight six bodies lay in one Albuquerque morgue, and in an other were 12 or 12 there was no certainty. At best, only parts of bodies could be assembled in some instances. The mall train of which George Irwin was the con ductor, was held at the point it stopped from 9.27 In the morning, at the time or the accident until late in the afternoon awaiting an investigation by the coroners jury. The coroner's Jury taken to Vh scene was dismissed until posHfcre identification of bodies had ' been established. CANBERRA (AP) The futtr realised danger" of the Influx- .of Asiatics into New Gnlnea It be ing elosely watched by the Aastrv -Han government, according 40a statement by Prime Minister Sfffc lin. He said the eommonvceatf woul dalso seek to regulate ttae indentured labor in the island-. Passion Week Services Hear Dr. M., Howard Fagan LAST WEEK OF REVIVAL MEETING Sunday A. M. "Voices That Call. P. II. "The Witness of the Spirits." -Monday "A Man Called Zacchaeus." Tuesday'Borrowed Religion." Wednesday "The Excluded Christ." Thursday "Follow Thou Me." Friday "Watchers at the Cross." (No Saturday Service) Sunday (Easter) A. M. 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