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PAGE TWO evimot ISEI Labor Commissioner Favors Providing Work Upon Roads, State Land 'The progressive encroachment of the problem of unemployment demands that action "must be tak en' before long to meet it in a practical and permanent way," according to C H. Gram, state la bor commissioner, who has com pleted hla biennial report for the consideration of Governor Nor blad end the 1931 legislature. "Certain of our people originate,- oversee and conduct our in dustries," read Gram's report. Others supply the labor power. The state's interest in each should be- co-equal. The work of coot- dlnatlon bringing; the Jobless min to the manless Job is a func tion now widely realized as equal ly lmnortant and necessary as manv another activity Ions; ac eented and entered into by the Btate. In a broad sense this ser vice fa educational. Both em ployers and laborers need it .to better stabilize their common in terests. A little reflection will disclose that such a service is of equal if not greater importance than much that is now undertak en in our schools.' Fire Loss Held Serious Menace "Among the state's leading re sources is timber. We- are in formed by the state forester that losses to our forest resources by fire averaged for the past seven years $800,000 per year. The cost of annual doles in the name Of charity through the commun ity chests and other agencies Is considerable. - Jf a gqodly part f this could: be nsQd .W proteconr forests;- - construct--- roads .-and mountain ralls.' and In 'other' val uable service to ; the state, it would surely be better than us ing it as doles which contribute to increasing personal helplessness. "Periods of depression like the present recur in cycles. Like the ebbing and flowing of the tides, we witness the high and low per iods of economic prosperity. One Of the most Important functions of government is to provide as best it may to utilize the extremes and thus relieve the more helpless la the inevitable downward reac tion. "The state has much land, that could be improved nd cultivated by the unemployed. At the same time, in producing what they need, the alms giving people would be relieved of a part of the burden of their support. To those! who would oppose such ac tion on the ground that it sup poses an element of paternalism, the writer would submit the alter native of the dole. Is it not bet ter than a man be required to earn what he needs than to give It to! him as a dole? Sees no Actual Overproduction "Overproduction is- used by ML1 i 11 J 09 fUfJ OtUVWa Wl UUVUlflV ment. Snch an answer, however, reduces the question to one of cold -"dollars and cents. In fact It denies the issue in toto. There may bo over production If the seeds of the unemployed are to be Ignored. But in recognition of the issue of nnemployment and the needs of the unemployed there never yet has been actual vr production In this country or an other. - "Until the needs of the workers are fully supplied through the natural purchasing power of their employment there is under con sumption, and no period of so called overproduction to date has been without its unnamed mil lions who would gladly have re duced the supply if sufficiently possessed of employment and its pu r chasing power. "The wrter Is well aware that bis suggestions are somewhat di vergent from those with which we are more or less familiar in the. liscusslon of this problem. But he feels that the problem is ser ious and calls for constructive 'ac tion! If there are other and bet ter ways of meeting this impor tant issue-; let us act upon them. "The work of charitable organ izations is so restricted by the limits of their resources that little Is achieved beyond temporary re lief which amounts virtually to a dole. While the destitute must be relieved, a dole is always dam aging to the individual though temporarily helpful. Agencies Not Veil Financed : "A few communities have at tempted to relieve the situation by establishing public employment agencies which are financed lo cally - and , through cooperate ar rangement with the federal gov ernment. These are not suffi ciently financed to give adequate service." The report contained several pages of statistics dealing- with factory inspections, expenditures and receipts, and other Informa tion. The report showed that the la bor! commissioner adjusted 1173 claims aggregating $47,354 dur ing; the past two years. Special reference was made in Mr. Oram's report to the inadequacy ef the laws dealing with the collection ot wages doe workers. We know of instances,, read G rail's report, "where the claim ant has failed to collect wages Justly due Mm and bad to appeal Ho the welfare board or other charitable organizations for as sistance for himself and family. Had he bees able to collect what was due him, he would have been able to care for. himself and re tain his self-respect and not be come a burden upon society. ATTEND DINNER MONMOUTH. Nor. it Mr. and Mrs. E. C Cole, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Wolverton. X B. Howard and Lee Peyton, members ot the Miller Mercantile's staff at Mon mouth, attended a dinner party Thursday evening at Salem giv es by the Miller store of that City, the affair being an annual vent arranged by the Miller or ganizations in entertaining for members of the various stores op orated by them. CONFTOENT HE'LL 4jfj?$ :'Wr e-,e v - V Mrs. Mary Clerf and Jimmy, wife and so of Sam Clerf, oae Of serw eral men lost In the arctic wilds in their search for the missing flying party of O. J. Burke. Clerf, an "old pl of Burke and well acquainted with the northland, chartered the piano piloted by Bobus Reaahan. Eleven am have been lost la all. Mrs. Clerf says Ham ha come oat of worse scrapes before and she knows be will aatrvlve this one. TRUTH III MEATS PROGRAM FAVORED Movement to Realize Value Of Better Cuts Gets Growers' Backing Oregon range cattle interests favor proposed legislation that will permit the grading and marking of meats in line with the "truth fn meats plan spon sored by O. M. Plummer, secre tary of the Pacific International livestock show, and member ot the national meat board. This information was made public here by Dr. W. H. Lytle, state veterinarian, and secretary of the Oregon state livestock sanitary board. Lytle said complaints had been made by many range breeders who raise only well bred beef animals that they do not realize the true worth of their product because they are forced to com pete with dairy cow beef that is sold In many shops. The Oregon State college has carried on an educational campaign to inform housewives and consumers as to the selection of choice grades of meat. This has done much to ward insuring a more Just re turn for the producers of good beef, but the matter of education will not -altogether solve the problem as most meets are now ordered by telephone. Lytle said that unless the top prices are paid much dairy cow meat will find its way to the consumers table. . It is proposed to enact legis lation that will optionally per mit those slaughterers ot meat to employ a board approved vet erinarian to Inspect the meat and stamp it and also grade and stamp it so that the quality of the meat will be shown by the stamp. SPRING VALLEY CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS SPRING VALLEY, Nor. 18. it The Spring Valley Community club met for the first time this season at the school bouse Fri day. The meet was held tor the election of officers. A small crowd was present. Donnel Crawford was elected president, Frank Windsor, rice president; -Mrs. Vivian Stratton. aecretary-treasnrer. No other committees were appointed at this meeting. L. F. Matthews Is oat going chairman, who has guided the- club through a very successful year.; The local camp of Campftre -girls hope to tike charge ot the December meet ing, which wlll .be December 12. Miss Gertrude Hobbs of Salem, la the house gnest ot her grand mother. Mrs. F. O. Lench, this week. Quito a number ot local men aro attending the . meetings at Lincoln school house, which, are rery beneficial dealing . with types of soils Tuesday eve and dairying Thursday evening. Chris Tangen was one .of the men in strumental in bringing the meet ings here. Prof. C. Y. Rntek and County Agent J. . R. Beck were speakers. : -' Mrs. Walter j Brog and small daughter, Delores, ot ClatskanJe aro visitors hero this week at the home of Mrs. Brog's sister, Mrs. Frank Matthews. TH RETURN SAFELY ' . : ' A t v V --'.i1- 1 7. I 9 r Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Versteeg and son, Kenneth, and grand daughter. Ha Marie, were dinner guests Sunday at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Davidson, who recently moved from here to Salem. Other members ot the Versteeg family present were: Mr. and ' Mrs. Delmer Versteeg of Salem, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Thompson and children, "Yvoame and Darrell, of Oregon City, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wilson and daughter, Lois, ot Wheatland. Delbert Carman and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Chapman were addi tional guests. BROOKS CLUB - US BAZAAR "BROOKS, Nov. 22. The regu lar meeting of the Brooks Com munity club was held in the club house on Thursday. . The presi dent being - absent Mrs. J. 8. Dunlavy acted as chairman at the business session. The day was spent working on a rainbow quilt, and in social conversation. The club is preparing for their annual bazaar which they will hold in the near future. A pot luck dinner was served at the noon hour. Members present were: Mrs. Mary Martin, Mrs. C. A. Bailey, Mrs. A. E. Harris, Mrs. A. J. Rasmussen, Mrs. J. E. Wall, Mrs, Willard-Ramp, Mrs. B. F. Ramp, Mrs. Virgil Loomis, Mrs. Mary Mathews. Miss Ella McMunn, Mrs. Rollle Ramp and son Der wood, Mrs. Art Banyard, Mrs. John Lesher. Mrs. J. S. Dunlavy, and Arlene Rasmussen, Cleo Ramp and LeRoy Loomis. The next meeting of the club will be held in two weeks and will be an air day meeting at the club house. StVEGLE U ELECTS OFFICERS The Sweele nmmnn)t tnfr held their first meeting of the season Fridav nirht And mii a potlnck supper. Business tak en up was ways and means of paying otr the piano, also elec tion of officers. The followinr offWra went elected: O. P. Bond, president; airs, una uertx. vice president; R. A. West, secretary; Mrs. Ed win Irn Ir. treasurer; K m II Thoma. sergeant-at-arms. Tne regular meting night was changed from the third Friday of the month to the first Fridav of each month. Mr. Bond elected Mrs. umil Hoffman. Mrs. Gideon Welty-and Mrs. E. Irnlg to serve en the eats committee. They will bo as sisted bv MML non Rllram Un Schaffer and Mrs. BrltielL The following- were elected on the . entertainment- committee: John Marshall, Miss Lana Sleb ens and Miss Ruth Anfterheide. Seventeen families are en rolled at present.-j Following the meeting the pu pils entertained with a abort pro gram and Miss Siebens and Mr. Marshall rendered some good music. SIRS. W. REYNOLDS CMXJi KEIZER. Not. 2 2 The sad news of .the death of his aged mother.' Mrs. ,W." Reynolds In Mapleton. Ia.. reached her son. J.; A. Reynolds of Keizer early Saturday morning. Reynolds in tends to go back for the inter ment.. - ' OREGON STATESMAN. Salcra, Oregon, Baaday Morning, PLEOTYf I Mil OF HIE Every Room, not Just for Sleeping; but Drafts Dangerous, Advice Fresh air and plenty of it, bat no drafts; for the entire boose and not only the sleeping rooms. Is the burden of the state board of health's weekly bulletin: Con tent of the bulletin follows: -- The significance ot fresh air In the sleeping rooms of oar homes is more generally recognised than formerly, bat there appears to bo little, it. any, -appreciation of its need throughout our llrlng rooms. ; Air net only comes la through open windows or ventilators but an appreciable amount la. also constantly filtering through closed 'windows and. through, door sols. Presuming that this air is relatively fresh, how can It bo kept sot Air to be healthful should not be too warm, for it has been pro Ten that overheated air is detri mental to health. It baa been quite generally accepted that S degrees Fahrenheit should be the upper limit of a healthful temperature. Many authorities assure us that persona -who claim they cannot be comfortable in a room heated only to this point. can accommodate themselves ad rsntageously to it. . ' The amount of molstnre in the air has an Important influence upon the degree of comfort ex perienced at various tempera tures. Moisture In rooms must. to a large extent, be provided by artificial means. To provide nron- eny a numra: kimcphere. ,in fa home 4t iVteKrtt. It ls.neces,- sary to -vaporise from 'Z0"M15 gallons of water everr 24 hours. Various types of vaporizers are available for different forms of heating apparatus bat in the ab sence of any of these some mols- rture may be obtained by placing open, anailow . pans of water on stores or radiators. If. however. ventilation is secured by the ase of outside air containing mois ture, the amount of artificial va porization required to present sufficient humidity is materially reduced. Air movement or circulation is another Important requirement of fresh air. Although drafts should be avoided, a slight circu lation is invigorating and to some extent beneficial. Sufficient air motion may be maintained by not closing off too many rooms and by leaving one or two win dows open slightly at the top. In very cold weather the windows need not be opened more than an lne hto obtain ample circulation ot air. In sleeping rooms one or more windows should be left open at both top and bottom. RICKREALL, Nor. 12. Peo ple of the Rlckreall community and patrons, of the school to the number of about 90 Joined in social evening jointly honoring their teachers and pastor and family on Thursday, November 20, in the high school auditor ium. A short program consisting ot readings and musical numbers and a very pleasing talk by Rev. F. E. Fisher, the pastor, was followed by an hour of greetings and conversation after which the ladies served delicious refresht ments at the lng tables in Home Economics room. The occasion was made the background for the annual har vest home donation for the min ister and a rery generous amount of farm products, grocer ies, canned goods and money were contributed and gratefully accepted by Mr. and Mrs. Fisher. Two Local Boys In Grid Movies Of Culver Game Two Salem boys will be seen in action in moving pictures of a recent Culver Military academy football game in Chicago, re cently. The two aro Charles Kay Bishop and Tommy Lives ley, the latter a son ot Mayor and Mrs. Livesley. The occasion beau, nous SCHOOL TEACHERS LEE A BENT SAY If you art getting $40 yon may need new tabes. Inferior tabes are Ukely lira the noise from a bent taw. Let our expert service department call and check, your set for you or bring your tubes in and we will check them FREE. 347 Court Street fcKXXXXXXX3CXX3CXXXX HIS HOBBY POPULAR ONE 4 A i. .. - r-xl -4 yr' Roy Ashley, model locomotive engineer, says bis hobby is one that has fascination for men In all, walks of life. He receives letters from all corners of the globe. . Wojnan's Face Upon Crab Shell Makes Wealthy Man Of Poor ( ft SHANGHAI m fAP) lie : was only a poor Chinese country boy who managed to keep his rice and noodle bowl filled by catch ing crabs and selling them to the residents Of Swatow, a South China seaport, at a ' price so low a New York restaurant could serve crab meat cocktails at five cents each and make a 100 per cent profit. That was less than glx. months ago. Today, this same, boy has more money than he knows what to do with and all because of a single crab. Where he once liv ed in a dirty. Ill-smelling clay hat. ho now occupies a suite in one of the leading hotels In Shanghai, has developed a taste for American ham and eggs and wears foreign style clothes. His name is Wang Chl-Tze and ho is a direct descendant of a long lino of Kwangtungese farm ers and fishermen. Simple folk who worked and believed in le gends. It was a legend that help ed make Wang rich. One of the old tales in which Wang's people took great stock concerned one ot his great-great- great grandmothers. The story goes that she was a beautiful woman who believed in the transmigration of souls and cher ished a desire to become a fish after her death. She was buried 1a the ocean several miles from shore. Wang Chiz-Tze , was particu larly fond ot this old legend. He often boasted of his ancestor, whose soul had taken the body of a fish and, according to his for the picture is the game be tween Culver and St. John's academy in the Chicago stadium. Young Livesley will be seen In a parade of the famous black horse troop, which precedes the game. Only the best riders of the academy are allowed to en ter this organization. Charles Bishop is a member of the football team and is shown in a number ot plays. Friends and relatives of the two boys are anxiously awaiting the Salem showing of the pic ture. County Agent Arranges Series Of Meetings GRAND ISLAND. Nov. 22 Royal Hibba and Charles Fergu son attended the crops meeting in the Dayton high school build ing Thursday evening. This meeting was arranged by the county agriculturist, S. T. White. The speakers for the evening were Prof. King of Ore gon State college who treated the subject of drainage; and Prof. H. J. Hyslop also of O. 8. C who talked on the clover question. reception from $200 radio ; to make roar radio sound r. t - . Phone 395 November 2319 T 'TV. J Chinese Digger oWn'stbV-yj was careful tcf'lxami lne the day's catch to make sure he hadn't captured his great- great-great grandmother. Searching his basket of crabs one evening last March, Wang noticed one whose shell seemed to bear the outline ot a human face. A close look revealed the face was that of a charming Chinese woman. Wang was con vinced that the old story about bis ancestor was really true. He spent the next few days showing his find to his custom ers. News of the discovery 60on spread and soon the boy was spending all bis time showing the crab to throngs of curious farmers and townspeople at ten cents a peek. Three months ago Wang came to Shanghai and a carnival man offered him a big booth. Wang engaged an English speaking Chinese to explain the legend of the crab. Twenty thousand persons, mostly Chinese, paid ten cents each the first week to see the crab. Business increased the sec ond week. It is estimated that fully a quarter million Chinese have viewed the creature. Many foreign residents of the city also visited the carnival for no other purpose than to see the relic. The majority ot foreigners, however, are inclined to regard the lady ot the shell as an extra ordinary piece of carving. info ; .1 ' . i - 'L- f ' , mm ' - " f ?- ' " iJ r - 1 C Una Better performance in every .way Matchless tone?- Also dependability. 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Several new committees are to be appointed, one to inquire Into the matter of securing a right of way from the Southern Pacific company for the abandoned grade from the. Portland city limits to some - point where ItoT losely ap proaches the west sidft highway. A legislative t committee arm i be appointed to keep in toucn wun proposed highway legislation during the coming session. With the thought of marking In some manner the historic pliaces along the highway, a committee will be j appointed to search but mese 'spots. I ' I Members were again urged by f nanr-trt. Pal! nf T7l1rrp11 tn terltm to the Greyhound stagi line, urg ing that at least two through stages tor California points be routed over the west side. Al Pierce pf CorvaJHs, chair man of the committee forking on a- folder desctiptire fi loop trips tiat may bVmicie frbjd' the var I6u 1 towns aloW 'the highway, said his committee would hare a definite report to make at the next meeting to be held In Cor vallis, early in January. W. E. North, secretary of the chamber of commerce m Corral lis, reported on the recent meet lng held in North Bead, at which representatives from j the Red wood highway association and the Washington group, Surged the towns along ; the coast in Oregon to join with them in promoting an association to route all tourist travel as much as possible along the coast highways from Canada through California. Dr. J. V. B. Butleir, of Mon mouth, presided during the meet ing, due to the absence of Sam Dolan, chairman. of Corvallls, who was ill. Telegraph Rate To Russia Cut A new low telegraph rate to Russia is announced by Eric But ler, manager ' of the Western Union office here. A cable let ter ot 25 words may be sent for $3.25. with a charge of 13 cents for each additional word. TV ee It- end letters come cheaper than the cable, 25 words costing $2.76. with each additional word adding 11 cents to the; bilL The BOOST D II UK ill U ' II II. NEW VICTOR RADIO odels own records. (3, 4M 110 FEATURES TIBIViriG Sunday Features Ap proaching Holiday; To ; day's High Lights Special features of the Nation al Broadcasting company pro grams for today include. Thanks giving features. In the service of Dr. S. Parkes Cadman from 1 to 2 o'clock the Oratorio Choris ters will sing Thanksgiving songs. In other services the approach to Thanksgiving will be recognized. Here are soma of the radio fea tures for today: j 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. National Oratorio society over KGO. Rei- nald Werrenrath directing tn second half of Verdi's Manzonl Requiem. ;. ; . 10: $0 to 11 a.m. Dolores Caasl- nellL soprano and others in a mu sical program. KGO. 12 to X p.m. Dr. Pollng's Na tional Youth conference KGW, et al. 4 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday concert KOW. et al. 5 to 6: IS P-m. Madame Schu-mann-Helnk, KGW, et al. 6:K to 7:15 p.m. Atwater Kent hoar, Marie Healy, soprano, KGW, et L Ed Graves Dies At Oregon City ; Valley Pioneer SILVERTON. Nov. 22. (Spe cial) -Ed Graves, born at Mount Angel 70 years ago and a resi dent of various parts of the Wil lamette valley since that time. died this morning at Oregon City, which has been his more recent 1 home. Deah followed a stroke suffered about - a week ago. He was a cousin of Mar lon Palmer, who died this month. Funeral services will be at the Holman chapel in Oregon City Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. New Zealand is the; leading market for Canadian passenger automobiles.! Neuritis and Rheumatism CASEY'S COMPOUND is effec tive,, lasting relief for rheuma tism, neuritis, sciatica, lumbago, gout and swelling of the limbs. Improves the blood and its cir culation. 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