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EIGHTIETH TEAR
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, May 17, 1930
No. 44
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ALMOST
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Water Plant Purchase Proposal Carries By Over 2 to 1
STRONG
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BY 0-W FIRM
1 IN VA N
Salem People Speak Deci
sively After Being Denied
Voice For Years
Fierce Bombardment Propa
ganda Proves Futile as
Ballots Counted
PRECINCT TABLES
Tarn to page 2 for
complete returns from
72 of 80 precincts in
Marion county.
The city of Salem will purchase
the local water plant from i.be
Oregon-Washington Water 'Ser
vice company, provided legal ob
stacles which are expected to be
thrown In the way of the purchase
a;p surmounted.
From the first precinct report,
victory for the charter amend
ment authoring a bond Issue of
$1,200,000 for acquiring munici
ja lownership was never iu doubt,
and at 1 o'clock this morning
with but two precincts to be heard
from, the favorable vote for this
measure was 3880 to 1832. Only
one precinct reported an unfavor
able majority; precinct No. 11,
bordering the downtown district
on the northeast.
The exclusive bus franchise for
the Oregon Stages also had a safe
lead for adoption at 1 a.m., 2825
tp 264. Precincts varied widely
on this measure, however, with
North Salem' strongly opposed.
The vote by precincts on the
water Issue was as follows
precinct
12
22
7
4
3
20
17
23
14
16
6
IS
24
5
10
11
15
9
19
1
XI
8
13
Yes
.148
.177
.193
.264
.124
.102
.168
.105
.272
.197
.139
.169
.1(8
.218
..164
.129
.137
.163
.198
. .244
, .228
..173
..206
No
82
100
46
63
54
62
116
63
66
53
30
77
113
110
119
162
48
111
115
121
61
60
SO
EH IS BLANKED
BY SALEM TOSSERS
Local High School Tossers
Nine Stages Strong
Comeback
Th Salem high school base
ball team blanked Eugene high In
the tightest high school game of
the season, winning 2 to 0, on
dinger field Friday afternoon.
Van Cleave pitched the best
game he has exhibited this sea
on. holding the visitors to four
widely scattered hits. Eugene did
not get a runner as far as third
base.
Salem scored In the sixth and
seventh Innings to break a gruell
ing scoreless tie that had shown
signs of never ending. Hits by
M. Van Cleave and Bowden ac
counted for the first run. and sue
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LOOKS
LIKE INNER
'S
MAYOR
North Salem Candidate Run
ning 57 Ahead of His
Rival in Campaign
Race For Head of City Gov
ernment Proves One of
Closest in Years
Final count: Gregory S231;
Rostein 3186.
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,t!y x
Although the final fssne was still
in doubt early this morning
these fonr were ahead in the
race for republican nomination
to the state legislature. Read
ing from the top: James Mott,
W. Carlton Smith, Romeo Gou-
let and Lee McAllister.
West Salem Makes Most
Gain Of All Small towns
Probably the largest gain made
by any small town In this census
district Is recorded for West Sa
lem, wnieh shows a population of
74, according to preliminary re
turns from the census headquar
ters here. The population In 1920
was 20i, which gives a gain of
.766 persons in 10 years.
In spite of the large growth, the
1930 figure does not come y to
the advance estimate; it would
bow considerably more peopl If
the census were taken during the
ummer.
; Other towns checked yesterday
.were Dundee aad St Paul.
Dundee made a growth, with
230 for 1930 as against 193 In
11920; 196 for 1910 and 124 1n
1900. St Paul lost ground with
the new count standing at 148,
as eom pared to 160 10 years ago
nd 10S In 1910.
- The population of the city of
$alem now stands at 26,010, four
names having been entered on the
schedules yesterday.
There Is no doubt that more
than 50 more names that, for Tar
ions reasons have been overlook
ed, can be added, if every resident
in the city will help in searching
them out names - of students
away at school, people temporar
ily away at work, new people who
hare come to town and have not
keen enumerated elsewhere. .
. la the ease of anv nnvonchered
schedule, the regular enumerator
will get the benefit of new names
added. After a schedule has been
rouchered, and as long as it has
not been checked for mistakes and
sent on to Washington, the mis
sing name will be added, but the
enumerator will get nothing for
It
The office phone number is 686,
and the location is; third door to
the right, second floor, postoffice
building.
P. M. Gregory was leadiag Ed
Rostein by 57 votes in the hottest
mayoralty race Salem has experi
enced in many years, at 2:30
o'clock this morning with less
than 100 votes remaining to be
counted in Precinct No. 2. which
up to that time had been leaning
heavily toward Rostein.
Mark Poulsen was elected re
corder by a margin of 4376 votes
to 1954 for Frank Wrightman
with a portion of the vote tn Pre
cinct No. 2 nmsing in this contest
also. Poulsen took every pre
cinct but ojje. Precinct No. 13.
S. A. Hughes was leading F. G.
Delano '311 to 2 S3 for alderman
in the second ward, with some
votes from Precinct No. 2 missing
there. Hughes took Precinct No.
23, and Delano picked up tte mar
gin in No. 11.
In the third ward, F. E. Need
ham defeated Walter H. Smith
2S7 to 215. In the fourth, S. E.
Purvine was elected 534 to 256
over L. G. Bulgin on the unoffi
cial eount.
In the fifth, F. L. Wilkinson
defeated H. W. Elgin 619 to 335,
Elgin coming nearest to holding
his own In Precinct No. 21, where
he lost by only one vote.
In the seventh, Panl Hendricks
defeated E. A. Rhoten 465 to 367,
and the unofficial count showed
E. V. McMechan leading O. A.
Olson 397 to 389. Olson was 70
votes ahead of McMechan until
the returns from Precinct No. 13
came in, "13" being apparently
Olson's Jinx.
The vote for mayor by pre
cincts ran as follows:
Wood Cutter KiUs
Self by Jumping
In Santiam Slough
STAYTON, May 16
Mike Noah, 27, suicided
here today. Noah, who was
single, was cutting wood for
F. A. Fabriqne, on the lat
ter' 8 place near here. While
engaged In his work today
shortly after noon he walk
ed about 100 feet to a
slough near the Santiam
and threw himself Into the
water. W. T. Cobb, who
was working nearby, caught
the Intent of his actions and
rescued him, but too late to
revive the man.
Despondency Is held the
cause of Noah's suicide, al
though no reason for that
statement has been advanc
ed. He leaves a brother who
lives near Turner and moth
er and sister in California.
The body is In Stayton.
(MM LEADS IN
FOLK COW VOTE
Pet
12
22
7
4
3
20
17
23
14
16
6
18
24
5
10
11
15
9
19
1
21
8
13
2
F:
Gregory Rostein
115 125
141 125
156 78
166 97
88 89
73 94
128 165
82 92
227 121
Ill 204
119 52
126 126
122 158
159 172
115 169
89 214
98 89
128 152
124 176
193 171
171 124
161 69
142 138
(incomplete) ....120 79
BUT
DEFEAT IS LIKELY
Martin Ferrey was leading
Miller Hayden by three votes tor
the republican nomination for Jus
tie of the peace at 2 o'clock this
morning with all Salem precincts
accounted for and a considerable
proportion of the outlying pre
cincts In the Justice court dis
trict. The vote stood Ferrey 1398,
Hayden 1395, Bert Macy 1219. M.
Clifford Moynihan 1063 and Fos
ter Cone 619.
How this race would terminate
In the remaining outlying dis
tricts could be judged partly by
the fact that Hayden' had a con
siderable lead in all precincts
outside of Salem which had re
ported, excepting Fairgrounds,
where Ferrey led Hayden by two
voiee.
Ia the city, Hayden defeated
Ferrey in precincts Nos. 7, 4, t,
14. IS. 21 and 19. and tied him
In Nos. f and ir. Ferrey took the
rest by varying majorities.
The winner In this race will ap
pose Kenneth Bayne In the Nov
ember election . Bayne being; un
opposed for the democratic nomination.
Norblad Runs Close Second
With Joseph Trailing
Poor Third
Special to The Statesman
DALLAS, May 17 Harry Cor-
bett had a slight edge for the re
publican nomination for governor
in Polk county early this morning
with 26 out of 3 5 precincts hav
ing reported. Corbett had 716
votes, Norblad 690, with Joseph
trailing behind with 371 votes.
Other" candidates for the republi
can nomination for governor
ranked as follows: Hall 71; Ben
nett 39; Jeffrey 44.
Stewart had a safe lead over
Piasecki for the nomination for
representative from this county.
His vote totalled 1117; Piasecki
had 834.
The race for the nomination for
joint representative was a close
one with McCormlc . slightly in
the lead with 532 votes. Nash
came next with 525 votes while
Wolfe with 206 votes and Avery
with 228 were trailing far be
hind. Nash was reported to be in
the lead in Lincoln county which
Is Included in the joint district
Barnhardt appeared to have a
comfortable lead for the nomina
tion for district attorney. Barn
hardt had 880 votes. Cook 707
and Kreason 467.
For county judge Hawkins was
far ahead in the race to succeed
himself. He had 1461 votes to
506 for Powell, his only opponent
PF ZEPPELIN TO
BUM
Jaunt to South America is
Scheduled to Begin
On Sunday
2 Candidates
Face Issue on
Secret Frats
Nothing new was stirred up In
the political cauldron that has
been broiling; at . the high school
for more than a week when the
nominees mounted to the plat
form yesterday to' declare their
intentions and detentions, if elected.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, G e r .,
May 16 (AP) The Graf Zeppe
lin's historic first attempt to cross
the equator and reach South Ame
rica by dirigible will begin Sun
day sometime between 4 p. m.,
and 9 p. nr., if weather permits.
The first lap ef the journey is
to Seville, Spain, which the Graf
expects to reach late Monday by
way of Lyons, Marseilles and Gi
braltar. A mooring mast has been
erected at the Spanish city and
after an all-night stay there the
great ship will nose out over the
Atlantic Tuesday morning for the
flight to Pernambuco Brazil.
On the first lap, the Zeppelin
will carry 22 passenger. Of these
six go only to Seville, where four
will be taken aboard in their
place, bringing the total for the
trans-Atlantic and trans-equatorial
flight to 20, besides the 42
officers and crew.
From Pernambuco to Havana
and Lakehurst, N. J., there will
be 19 passengers.
Names of those making the trip
this time will be carefully with
held until the dirigible Is in the
air. Certain passengers fear their
relatives might object as some did
in the case of Mrs. Mary Pierce.
New Tork. when even the Ameri
can ambassador's Intervention was
asked to dissuade her from the
trip to America last May.
. So at present Zeppelin officials
merelv sar that among the pas
sengers will be six North Ameri
cana,, three Latin Americans, five
Germans and six Spaniards.
NAVY PACK ATTACKED
WASHINGTON, May 16 (AP)
Two admirals, speaking blunt
ly the mind of the navy general
board, attacked the London na
val navy treaty today in a run
ning exchange of opinion with
members of the senate foreign re
lations committee.
PORTLANDER DIES
i PORTLAND. Ore- May
(AP) Julias Llppit. 79, north
west pioneer, died here tonight
in LEADS
LEGISLATURE
RACE
Election's Big Surprise
Newcomer in County Places
First in Contest For
Representative
-
Paulson Threatens to Cut
McAllister Out of
4th Place
Three Incumbents and a new
comer to Marion county were vir
tually assured of the nomination
as republican representatives from
Marion county on the face of re
turns from 71 precincts of the
county early this morning.
The newcomer, James W. Mott,
had topped the ticket with 4418
votes to his credit, while the in
cumbents, Dr. Carlton Smith, Ro
meo Goulet and Lee McAllister ap
peared to have the nomination in
the order named.
Mark A. Paulson of Silverton
was trailing close behind McAl
lister but there were only uiue
precincts remaining and with these
largely small districts, it was not
expected that the results would
be materially changed. The 12 i
candidates in 71 districts received ;
the following vote: '
Mott 4418; Smith 4219; Gouley
3779; McAllister 3488; Paulson
3398; Pauhis 3165; Martin 3066;
Wilson 3829; Day 1885; Fischer
1470; Ratcliffe 1462; Bergsvik,
1824.
Senator Sam Brown and Sena
tor Lloyd Reynolds looked to be
sure winners with Settlemier third
and Riley fourth. The votes stood
as follows: Brown 5710; Reynolds
4816; Settlemier 4313; Riley
3245.
County .Commissioner Jim
Smith appears to be a winner with
more than 60 per cent of the votes
for that position in his possession.
Denny took 3793 of the votes in
the precincts reporting and Smith
had 5342.
Judge L. H. McManan was a
two to one winner over Guy O.
Smith for the circuit judge job as
far as Marion county is concern
ed. McMahan's vote is 6358 and
Smith's 3151.
FAVORED
BY 101 COUNTY
Present Governor Wins Sub
stantial Plurality in
Local Section
fiovArnnr Al W Norblad. can
didate for reelection, was return
ed the winner in Maroion county
by a safe plurality, returns rrom
71 out of 80 precincts indicated
at an early hour this morning. He
was leading Joseph, the next con
testant, by more than 500 votes,
while Corbett was close behind
his Portlander opponents. The
votes for the three stood:
Norblad 3504.
Joseph 2988.
Corbett 2917.
The other three candidates for
the republican nomination trailed
far behind. Hall received 584
votes, Bennett 202, Jeffrey 87.
Earlv Fridav evening Joseph
jumped into the lead as the in
complete returns from Salem pre
cincts came to the front. Later as
the country district 1 ed their re
turn into the counters. Joseph's
lead whittled down and Norblad
climbed steadily.
jnaenVa atreneth came as a
surprise to many observers who
thought there was mucn laia
about his candidacy but a consid
.nhi. lark at real Interest. The
returns, showing strong support
for Joseph in every precinct.
quickly revealed now strong me
chances of the Portland senator
were for success In this county.
Ralph E. Williams, candidate
for election as national commit
teeman for the Republican party,
received almost twice as many
votes in the county as did Charles
Walker of Portland. Williams
polled J5663 to Walker's 3119.
Senator McNary headed tne
ticket In the uncontested races for
the nomination. He Dolled 8829
votes in the 71 precincts and was
closely followed by justice Marry
Belt who rolled up 8689 votes In
his favor. Charles Howard for
state superintendent of schools
received 7906 votes andi Charles
E. Gramm for state labor com
missioner received 7639.
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ADVANTAGE OF
PORTLAND II
IS CUT DQWfO
Two Candidates Now Run
ning Neck and Neck With
Corbett Third
George Joseph, conceded a very good chance for the republi
can nomination for governor, although at 2:50 this morn
ing he was nearly 200 behind Norblad, the incumbent.
Liberty District
Wins In Contest
Youngsters Carry Off Honors in Finals of An
nual Meet at Fox Elsinore Here Last
Night; Competition Keen
FULL COVERAGE IS
HMECTi
Statesman Service Starts
Seven Minutes After
Polls Closed
Without doubt the coverage of
election returns afforded by The
Statesman in yesterday's primar
ies was the most complete in Sa
lem's history.
From seven minutes past 8:00
o'clock Friday night until 2 a. m.
this morning, "election returns
were pouring into the office of the
newspaper from all parts of the
country as well as the state.
The Statesman finished the first
returns on the large screen in
front of Its office just seven min
utes after the polls elosed. Then
Turn to Page 2, Col. 6
A group of tiny, well poised,
self-contained Infants between the
ages of four and six years of age
and hailing from Liberty calmly
walked off with thevstately trophy
cup presented by the Fox Elsinore
theatre to the winner of the Mar
lon County Federated Community
clubs talent contest at the Fox El
sinore theatre Friday night.
These wee youngsters present
ed a "rhythm band" and special
feature act. Each of the 34 young
sters held a toy instrument repre
sentative of a regular symphony
concert Instrument. Roland Cleve
land, six year old leader stood be
fore bis orchestra, his white cape
flowing grandly from his shoul
ders and showing its gay red lin
ing, and lead with emphatic mea
Turn to Page 2, Col. 1
Other Candidates Left Fan
Behind as Vote Returns :
Are Reported in
Ul'I.LKTIN
Governor Al AV. ort)lal
196 votes aheud of CJeorpe J--scph,
his nearest rival, at
p. m. according to mii Assoriar 1
Press report to Tli !:
Statesman.
Out of lf)ll precincts in
state, 101VJ r nnii'lrtcd pipin.;e
had been reported. Norblad wnt
into the le.'ui early this mm iitrij
aflcr trailing ilie Portland sen
ator tlironIiout Friday evening.
Norblad's vole was 30,004; J
seph's was S!l.8l8. . Corbett
trailing Ixliiiui with 21,H30 ote
to Ms credit. Other candidal
for the governorship stoxl t.
Hall 5Xf;t; Bennett ; .lffi.y
1007.
In .Multnomah county 310 yr
rincts out of H had reHrtei,
with 230 yet to le heard from. Ko
strong was the trend to Joseph
there that one Portland paper re
ported early this morning that Jo
seph was assured the nomination.
In Multnomah county with 19
than 60 per cent of the prerinrta
reporting the vote was as follow!
Joseph, 14,487.
Corbett, 6.SOO.
Norblad, 7.660.
Hll, 1,380.
Bennett, 780.
Jeffrey, 293.
PORTLAND. Ore.. May 16
(AP) In one of the lightest pri
mary votes ever cast in Oregon,
Senator George W. Joseph, the re
publican "vindication" candidate
for governor, opposed by five oth
ers including A. W. Norblad. in
cumbent, continued to lead r),n
field tonight with 761 preclnctt.
the 1911 filing incomplete re
turns. Joseph's total for the 761 pre
cincts was 21.203. a lead of 1344
over Governor Norblad, his close of
competitor, who piled up a total
of 19,859. Harry Corbett was run
ning third with 14.209. but outly
ing precincts cut down the lea
commanded by Joseph over botn
Corbett and Norblad.
Joseph entered the gubemator
iai field after he had been gmn.
much publicity in connection wit
his alleged attack on the supreme
court of the state, a committee
recommended that he be disbarred
for life and Joseph entered the
political contest to seek vindica
tion. His power in Multnomah
county (Portland) where Corbett'
was reported as being a slight fa
vorite surprised political obser
vers. John A. Jeffry, republican can
didate for governor, trailed with
701 out of the 761 precincts,
while Charles Hall and J. E. Ben
nett polled 4043 and 1947 re
spectively. Edward F. Bailey," democratic
candidate for governor, lead
George R. Wilbur by five votes
with 568 precincts reports. Bailey
had polled 3012 and Wilbur 3007.
A. C Hough, also a democratic
candidate, polled 905 and E. S.
Piper, 1325.
Turn to Page 2, CoL 2
BAILEY IS FAVORED
ITUBL 1
YOUNGSTER STARVED
SEATTLE, May 16 (AP)
After a foodless vigil of more than
26 hours In the Central Stage ter
minal here, Chester Chanks; 12
year old Eugene, Ore., boy, was
being cared for by Seattle police,
who was searching for his parents.
' Joseph Bailey of Junction City
was named by the Democrats of
Marlon county as their choice for
the governorship at yesterday's
primaries according to a report
early this morning from 71 of the
80 precincts In the county.
Bailey's vote was 815. The runner-up
was Wilbur with 413 votes
while Piper was running third
with 183 votes cast in his favor.
Hough polled 163 votes.
Former Governor Pierce won a
commanding lead here over for
mer Governor Ben West as nation
al committeeman for the democra
tic party. Pierce polled 1125 votes
from 71 precincts while West
drew 649 votes.
Elton Watklns, unopposed for
the nomination for senator, poll
ed 1300 votes and Delzell, running;
for the , nomination for represen
tative, polled 1300 votes.
Oregon Tennis Stars Win
Fire Damage Found Heavy
Track Stars Meet Today
Business Women in Meet
NET TOURNEY STAGED
EUGENE. Ore., May 16 (AP)
At the close of the first two
rounds of the singles to the Paci
fic coast conference tennis cham
pionship tournament being played
here, Oregon, Stanford, U. C L,
A and Southern California each
had two men still la the running.
FIRE DAMAGE GREAT
In 41 of the 85 fires in Oregon,
exclusive of Portland, during the
month of April, rural properties
suffered damages in the amount
of $122,-805, or two-thirds of the
aggregate of $185,305. This In
formation was contained tn a re
port of Clare A. Lee, state fire
marshal, issued here Friday.
The April, 19: , fire losses were
$1000 less than those for; the
corresponding month tn 1129 and
$81,000 below the aterage April
losses for the. previous six years
period.
HUSKIES FAVORED
EUGENE, Ore., May 1
(AP) The University of Wash
ington track, team is favored to
take nine first places to tlx for
the University of Oregon In the
Oregon-Washington track ree't
here tomorrow.
On the other hand the dot
sheet favors Oregon to take more
seconds and thirds than the Husk
ies. Freshman teams of the two
schools will stage a track meet in
conjunction with the varsity
squads.
Entries for the meet were an
nounced today.
CLUB COXYEXTIOJI HELD
MEDFORD, Ore., May 16
(AP) The opening session ef tne
Oregon 8tat Federation of Busi
ness and ; Professional Women's
clubs convention was held at Ash
land today: and was followed by s
buslnes. meeting here. .
-r Delegate 'trom - Astoria, Me
Hinnvme, x Corvallls, Portland,
Eugene, - Grants . Pass, Oreg
City, Klamath Faflii'Bend, Mars
Ueld ncrCoaa'lle; ere attending
tha'convention BIJ PURCHASE 3LE
' MEDFORD,: Ore., May 1C
(AP) The Colonial Bakery, Inr.,
today parchased a quarter block
at Sixth and Holly streets bera
from Mrs. Etta Vawter. The con
sideration was $25,000