The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, November 26, 1930, Page 1, Image 1

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    BUY A TURKEY!
Turkeys were Merer of
' finer quality and seldom
lower la price than today!
You'll do well to buy one
, for tomorrow's feast.
WEATHER
Fair, wind In the north.
Mx. yesterday SI; Mia. 23.
Xo change tn weather pre
dicted. FOUNDED 1831
EIGHTIETH YEAR
fialam nnirnn TJCAjtriAfl Mami'h. lU'AM.t.A. ee 109A . Kft. 201
HAP AM
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POSSE SHOOTS
Marcola Murderer Killed as
He Fights it out With
'h: Resolute Pursuers "
Cabin Found Mile Away in
Which Hunted man had
Lived This Fall
EUGENE. Ore.. Nor. 25. (AP)
Ray Sutherland,; 7, slayer of
two officers during a liquor raid
at Mar col a, Orel, three months
ago, was killed In a fierce ran
battle with deputy sheriffs' near
West Fir today.
Sutherland was surprised in a
. timber lair he had used as sleep
ing quarters. He began shooting
at the deputies as soon as he' saw
them. The deputies- poured a
withering fire into the lean-to
Sutherland had constructed and
, called upon him to surrender. He
replied with bullets, none of
which took effect..
John Carlile, leader of the pos
se, and his son, Lester, approach
ed the lean-to while the -other
memberseof the posse kept up a
steady fire to prevent Sutherland
from taking careful aim. Several
bullets struck Sutherland, the of
ficers said, one disabling his right
arm. As the two officers ap
proached he tnrned his gun on
them with his left arm and fired
point blank. The shots went wild
and John and Lester Carlisle shot
him dead.
3 Officers Killed by
Sutherland August 28
Sutherland killed Oscar Duley,
Eugene policeman, and Joe. Saun
ders, deputy game warden, mem
bers of a raiding party August 28.
He wounded Lee Bown and Rod
ney Roach, deputy sheriffs who
were members of the party. An
intensive search had been conduct
ed for him.
Members of the posse said Suth
erland apparently had been living
well. He was believed to have
lived in a cabin about a mile from
his lean-to, retiring to his impro
vised shelter at night to prevent
being surprised by officers.
PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 25.
(AP) V&ude Sutherland, 27, son
of Ray Sutherland. 67, who was
killed in a gun battle with offi
cers near West Fir today, received
the news of bis father's death with
mingled emotions. Vaude is a
prisoner at the Kelly Butte rock
pile.
Vaude tonight said he would
rather see his father dead than a
prisoner with the resulting penal
ties exacted by law.
"He was a pretty good fellow
to me.M Vaude said. "I was nev
er with him long but he always
treated me all right. He worked
In the woods all his life.
A11 Bunk About His
Running a Still" Son Hays
"That was all bunk about his
running a still. He didn't know
how to make whiskey. I know, be
cause he asked me several times
how to do it. Yes, I know how; I
ran one a couple of years ago.
"So far as I know Dad hadn't
been handling liquor until a short
time ago and then he sold only a
few bottles. He had always been
quite a gambler but I don't think
he sold whiskey before.'
"I'm not sure he shot the offi
cers but I have heard him say he
would rather shoot It out than be
arrested. He always carried a re
volver." CREECH OUSTED FROM JOB
EUGENE, Ore., Nov. 25 (AP)
Robert Allen, Eugene, manag
ing editor of the Emerald, stu
dent daily; John Creech. Salem,
yen leaaer; ana.unan aiimnaugn,
Portland, rally leader, hare been
removed from their positions by
the executive council of associ
ated students for their part in a
rally November 14. The . three
will not be permitted to hold of
fice for on term. '
' COLLIER URGES CHANGE
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 25.
(AP) The State Child Welfare
commission today completed its
investigation of charges of cruelty-
against boys at the state train
ing school at Woodbnrn. A report
will b prepared by the eommia-k
sion as soon as possible. John A.
Collier, attorney for Vernon Le
vey, ltt, who charged he had been
treated! cruelly while ' at the
school, urged the commission to
draw np a report seeking to
remedy conditions said to exist at
the sehooL ; -K :
BUILDING LOSS $3500
ALBANY. Ore.. NOT. 25
(AP) Three buildsags were de-
griefs
Mystery Surrounds Whereabouts
Of Pilot tor War Chief Hurley
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( Left to right) Cornelius Cansland, personal pilot for Secretary of
W ar fatrica: Hurley, and 3Ir. Hurley. During an of flcUl flight
started a few days ago, Cansland vanished and has not since been
heard from. Searching parties are scouring the west coast in hopes
or locating tbe missing airman.
Five Churches Designated
For Thanksgiving at
10:30 o'clock
Salem and county folk who are
in the city for the day will ob
serve Thanksgiving worship at
10:30 o'clock Thursday morning
in the five churches of the city
which have been designated for
the annual union services on that
day. - The churches where ser
vices will be held under auspices
of tbe ministerial association and
the speaker at each place follow:
Central group. First Congrega
tional. Rev. Grover C. BIrtchet,
pastor of First Presbyterian,
preaching.
East group. ' Knight Memorial
church, with Rev. B. Earle Par
ker of the Fiaat M. E. in tne
pulpit.
North Salem, Jason Lee church.
with Prof. Andrews of WI1
lamette university bringing the
messasre.
South Salem, South Salem
Friends church, with the sermon
to be preached by Rev. W. Earl
Cochran of the Calvary Baptist
church.
West Salem, Ford Memorial
church where Dr. W. H. Robins
of tbe First Baptist church will
deliver the address.
PORTLAND YOUTH. WINNER
PRINCETON. N. J., Nov. 25
AP) Anions five members of
the sophomore class at Princeton
awarded prices of 1 100 each, for
"showISg greatest Improvement
during -freshman year" was
Blandlng Fowler, Portland, Ore.
TOMORROW
II
Rally Leaders Ousted
Cruelty Report out Soon
Sweet Home has Fire
The Dalles Files, Rights
stroyed by fire at Sweet Home
last night. The total loss was es
timated at about 13500. The fire,
which for a time threatened the
entire town, was brought under
control by the Lebanon fire de
partment. :
DESCHUTES POTTER SOUGHT
, THE DALLES, Ore., Nov. 28
(AP) Filings on two Deschutes 4
river power sites were forwarded
to Salem .today by David O.
Glass, city engineer. Glass said he
would conduct surveys to deter
mine the cost of development.
The sites were said to be adapt
ed to generation of industrial
power.'
HASSLER FOUND GUILTY
MARSHFIELD, OreNor. 25
(AP) A circuit court Jury to
day convicted W. E.: Hassler, pub
Usher ei the Coqullle Courier, a
weekly, of publishing anonymous
election cards. The jury deliber
ated 2 minutes. Hassler was In
dieted for printing ; cards attack
ing Frank Osmond, deputy game
warden who was a candidate for
Coos, county sheriff In the May
primaries. Hassler also facet a
charge of political libeL.
14
EAST IN ITS GRIP
Middlewest Under Snow;
a
Blizzard Sweeps Into
Iowa Territory
CHICAGO. Nov. 25 (AP)
One storm crowding at the heels
of another gave the middlewest a
biting dose of winter today and
the prospects of a white, cold.
Thanksgiving. '
The central states had not yet
recovered from the cold snap that
headed for the Atlantic coast
when another one swept In from
the northwest to outdo its prede
cessor with lower temperatures
and a more general snowfall.
Temperatures considerably be
low normal and a steady snow
fall spread over most of the re
gion including the upper Missis
sippi and Missouri valleys and the
great lakes. High winds in the
western portion of the area made
up for any lack of snow.
The weather bureau expected
the cold to last until after the
Thanksgiving holiday but pre
dicted that the snow would stop
sometime tomorrow.
Unemployed Seek Shelter aa
Slercury Drops to 10 Above
Chicago and northern Illinois
were blanketed by snow that fell
all day.- In the metropolitan area
thousands of homeless unemploy
ed sought shelter as the mercury
dipped to 16. the lowest of the
season.
In Iowa the weather was de
scribed as "crazy" with a blizzard
apparently on the way one mo
ment and clearing skies7 the next.
South Dakota telephone com
panies warned of a new cold
wave, rushed work of repairing of
telephone liaes torn down In
last week's storm. Aberdeen was
still without long distance : lines,
six days after the previous storm.
A strong northwest wind swept
Nebraska, reaching a maximum
velocity of 51 miles at Lincoln.
Roofs were blown off, telephone
lines torn down, signs and .win
dows wrecked, and snow, piled
into large drifts to delay train
and motor travel.
12 Parrishers
Make Honor Roll
In Recent Weeks
Twelve Parrlsh Junior ? high
school pupils had scholastic
marks sufficient to place them on
the honor roll for the first six
weeks of work, according to the
official list published in the
school paper, the Parrlsh Perls-
cope. They were: ' i i
Seven B class, Roma McRey-
nolds and Gwendolyn Short; TA,
Lorn a Barham; SB, Jean Anon
sen; 8A, Erma Cole and Charlotte
Stbkes: IB, Elisabeth Abrams,
Nellie Carter, Marian Chase, Cor
nelia Hulst and Berndaine Wheel
er; SA, Mary Lois Drifgs., -
WORK SCARCE IN GERMANY
BERLIN: Not. 25. (AP) Un
employment in Germany Increased
230,000 during tne la-oar penoo
between October. 21 and November
15, when it was estimated at
2,45400-.- 'I n
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FARMERS' WISH
McNafy Joins With Lead
ers' Program for Giving
' Rest Half Billion
Tabler, Grange Head, Says
Debenture Plan Will
Be Raised Again
By HAROLD D. OLIVER
WASHINGTON. Nov. 25
(AP) Leaders of three national
farm organizations urged the
senate agriculture committee to
day to refrain from attempts to
amend the farm marketing act
at the short session of congress.
but to give the farm board an ad
ditional 1250,000,000 to carry on
its price and marketing stabiliza
tion operations next year.
The testimony of the agricul
tural chiefs concluded a two-day
hearing to determine the senti
ment for additional farm relief
measures. Chairman McNary said
he would favor giving the board
the entire $250,000,000 remain
ing of the original half billion
authorization. He called a meet
ing of the committee for next
week to determine that point.
S. H. Thompson, president of
the American farm bureau feder
atlon; L. J. Taber, master of the
national grange, and C. E. Huff
for the National Farmers' union,
said they would back the farm
board to the limit. Tabler, how
ever, said this did not mean his
organization was sidetracking its
favorite plan the export deben
ture and he believed it would
be revived In the senate at the
short session.
Yesterday the committee heard
Secretary Hyde and Chairman
Legge of the farm board.
Organizations Want to
Curb Short Selling
The farm organizaitons went
on, record for legislation to curb
short selling in cotton and grain
futures but still permitting what
they termed 'legitimate hedg
ing." In. this connection Chairman
Legge pointed out that wheat
sales last year amounted to 16,
000.000.000 bushels but that
only 800,000,000 bushels were
produced.
The committee was informed
that foreign countries were
watching "with an eagle eye" for
indications of what the farm
board intends to do with Its
more than 100,000,000 bushels
of wheat holdings.
The general understanding ap
peared to be that the board
would not dispose of any of the
wheat at this time In foreign
markets because of fears of what
one committeeman termed "re
taliatory measures."
Motorcycle
Smith Sets
Novel Goal
Salem was host last night to
the latest applicant for first place
in the freak museum in the per
son of one Albert Smith of Se
attle.
A unique aspiration Is that of
Albert's. He seeks to be the first
man in the world to push a mo
torcycle across the United States.
Smith left Seattle November 15
and carried with him signed
statements from people along the
way wno vouched that he bad
fulfilled the, terms of his own
contract, namely that he would
not accept rides In cars or be
towed.
"Roller skating across the
country or walking Is nothing,"
said Smith. "I wanted to do
something hard; believe me,
pushing this 470-pound motor
cycle is not a snap."
Smith admitted ne was nara
pressed j for funds but Bald that
was Just the way ho started from
Seattle without a dime.
Smith said he didn't know
where his feet would lead him
but he expressed faith that If he
Just kept on pushing his motor
cycle across the states sometning
was bound to turn up at the end
of the trail. .-
MORGAN DOCTOR OF LAWS
OXFORD. England, Nor. 25
(AP)J. P. Morgan, with a
blue velvet hat in his hand and
a scarlet gown falling from his
broad shoulders, stood on a dais
in the consultation hall here to
day and listened to the university
orator reading a long speech in
Latin which made him a doctor or
civil laws. ;
LIMA, PERU, QUIET
LIMA. Peru. Not. 25. (AP)
The Peruvian capital was quiet
today following yesterday's dis
turbance between communist and
other political factions which, re
sulted In 15 persona being wound
ed. -
MONEYS
FOR
BOARD
EX-CONVICT
OF
BOMB-ATTEMPT
Frisco Police get Boyle to
Admit he Placed Trunk,
Dynamite in Office
Former Prisoner Says . Use
Hired him to Make At
tempt at Spokane
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25.
(AP) Thomas E. Boyle, former
California convict, admitted to po
lice tonight he placed the "trunk
bomb" containing 200 sticks of
dynamite In the Associated Press
Koffice at Spokane, Wash., last Sat
urday.
He charged that Henry A. Use,
who was arrested Sunday In con
nection with the .attempted bomb
ing, hired him to transport and
plant the explosive.
Announcement of Boyle's ar
rest aand subsequent confession
was made tonight by District At
torney Matthew Brady after Boyle
had been closely questional" all af
ternoon behind locked doors In
Brady's office.
Ilse Acquitted in '27
The trunk with its Infernal ma
chine inside was delivered to the
Chronicle building of the Cowles
Publishing company, Spokane, last
Saturday. Ilse was arrested Sun
day in connection with tbe bomb
ing. In 1927 Ilse had been ac
quitted when charged with a pre
vious attempt to bomb a building
of the Spokane Publishing com
pany. Officers said Boyle was . also
known as O'Malley and Owen. The
name Mike Owen was signed to
baggage checks for the trunk
when it was shipped from San
Francisco. The name .O'Malley
was used when it was re-shipped
from Seattle.
Boyle's name was given to po
lice by a Tacoma prisoner, booked
under tbe name of Farley. Police
said he told them he was invited
to aid In the plot, was offered
$500 for his share but that he re
fused to go through "with the
deal." then deliberately balked
Boyle by disconnecting a wire in
the detonating device of the bomb.
DEATH FOR AGENTS
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MOSCOW, Nov. 25 (AP)
While the trial of eight leaders of
"the Industrial party," charged
with high treason and plotting
foreign Intervention In Russia,
nrncppiled within "the house of
columns,' the Moscow trade un
ion, over a half million unfonlst
workers tonight paraded past the
building with numerous banners
demanding their execution.
The parade was one of the
greatest demonstrations of Its
kind In the history of Moscow.
Banners in the huze parade
read, "we demand supreme pun
ishment for counter-revolution
ists and order of Lenin for Ogpu
(secret police)," "deatn to initi
ators of intervention," "death to
agents of our class enemies;"
"nlotters against government
must be shot;" "no mercy to
class enemies:" and hundreds of
other similar slogans.
Kiss, Without
Alienation, Not
. Damage Ground
PORTLAND, Ore. Nor. 25.
fAPl if a man kiss another
man's wife but does not alienate
her affections he is not liable for
damages.
That was Circuit Judge
Knowles ruling here today in
finding for the defendant in tne
action brought against Fred C.
Miller by John Sacolainen.
Sacolalnpn alleged Miller had
kissed Mrs. Sacolainen against her
will anrf when ha threatened to
sue. Miller agreed to settle out of
court. He allegedly gave sacolain
en a note for $100 but paid only
112 SO. Sacolainen sued 'to col
lect the balance with interest.
"Do You Call it
Love?"
i That's , the question every
reader will echo aa he reads
aboat Nancy's efforts to con
vince herself that she was in
love with tbe man who eowld
aire her the ease and luxury
she des4red ; ;
"Do yon call that loret
exclaimed her sister and the
man she really loved whem
they came upon her.
t What did Ionise , do to
save Nancy? Read "Forest
Love, Haael Livingston's
new serial story which-will
be published- in Tbe States
man begiBalag today. '
CONFESSION
B f DEMAND
65 Killed
Death Toll
Word Comes to Tokyo
Fate of Large Portion of Southern Izu is
Unknown This Morning; Huge Tun
nel May be in Ruins
By GLENN BABB
TOKYO, Nov. 26 (Wednesday) ( AP) An earth
quake stretched a belt of death and destruction across the
northern portion of the beautiful Izu peninsula early today
with the toll and injured mounting; steadily as fragments of
the disaster story emerged from the stricken area.
The chief of police of Shizuoka prefecture, j which in
cludes the Izu peninsula, estimated the quake dead at be
tween 100 and 150 while the number of injured was likely
to bring the total casualties to 900. 1
The chief of police at Numazu, however, reported 165
dead in the Numazu police district alone, including 37 killed
at Nirayama, eight miles southeast of Mishima.
An accurate tally of. the dead was impossible owing to
destruction of communications throughout the peninsula.
O The fate of a large portion of
LIST BITES TODAY
FOR SEN. REIMS
Active Pallbearers men c
Lions Club; Officials
Honorary Guard
Funeral services for the late
Llovd T. Reynolds, state senator
will be held at Rigdon's chapel
this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock
Rev. Fred C. Taylor of Portland
assisted bT Rev. B. Earle Parker
of Salem, will have charge of the
service. Dr. Carl- Gregg Doney
president of Willamette univer
sity, will review the life and pub
lic service of the deceased, espe
cially with regard to his connec
tion with Willamette as a student,
alumnus and trustee, and his rec
ord as a legislator.
Active pallbearers named are:
Paul Wallace, Frank Gibson, R. H.
Kletzing. Newell Williams, H. R.
Crawford and Carl F. Glese of Eu
gene, the last four being members
of the Lions club, with which Mr
Reynolds was Identified.
Honorary pallbearers Include
manv men with whom Mr. Rev
nolds was associated in public life:
Governor A. W. Norblad, Thomas
B. Kay, state treasurer: Frank
Settlemeier, Woodburn; Senator
Sam Brown, Gervais; C. P. Bisho;j
and Sam Kozer.
The services will be quiet, in
keeping with the request of the
widow. The brother, John Rey
nolds of Portland, will be in at
tendance. The sister. Miss Mary
Reynolds, now in Beverly, O., will
be unable to attend. Interment
will take place in the family plot
at City View cemetery.
New Barry more,
At 19, Bows on
New York Stage
NEW YORK, Nov. 25 (AP)
Another Barrymore, comely.
tall and 19, came to Broadway
tonight the first new stage re
cruit of her famous theatrical
family in 27 years.
Ethel Barrymore- Colt, on the
stage of a theatre named for her
mother, shared with that mother
the applause of a first night au
dience which gathered not only
to see the stage-coming of the
daughter but to see Ethel Barry
more behind burnt cork In the
role of a negro woman.
The play, a dramatization of
Julia Peterkln's 1928 Pulitzer
prize novel 'Scarlet Sister Mary"
was less the thing than the ap
pearance of a leading actress of
her time in blackface and the de
but of a fifth generation of the
Lane-Drew-Barrymore stage line.
House Frowns
On Shipping of
Russia Motors
WASHINGTON. Nor. 25
(AP) A special house commit
tee heard today that American
army airplane motors had been
shipped to Russia although the
state department "looks with
disfavor on the practice. -
Basue W. Delgaas. a former
vice president of the Amtorg
trading corporation, made the
eharge before the house commun
ist investigating committee. He
said 400 Liberty motors, accom
panied by "secret plans" ifor
which "bribes" might have been
paid, -were sent to Russia as "oth
er machinery. t
The motors, he : added, were
bought from the war department
by American citizens whom he did
notname and resold to Amtorg;.
One Part,
Mounts as
southern Izu was still unknown
at a late hour this morning while
reports from such important cen
ters as AtamI, Ito, Nagaoka and
Shuzenji were of the meagerest
variety.
Although first reports designa
ted Mishima as the center of the
quake zone, that railway junction
appears to have suffered less
than resorts to the southward.
Fires FoUow Shocks
To Increase Material Losses
At many places fires followed
shocks, greatly increasing ma
terial losses.
Attempting to determine the
full extent of the disaster, Shiz
uoka . authorities dispatched two
airplanes to surrey the stricken
area. Troops of the third dlvl
sion, with headquarters at Shiz-
ouka, were ordered to the quake
zone to assist with relief.
An unconfirmed report to the
ministry of railways said 90 per
sons perished in a landslide at
Shuzenji Hot Springs.
Fate of 400 Workers in
Tunnels Yet Unknown
Some anxiety was felt concern
ing workmen In the famous Tan
na tunnel between Atami and
Numazu, the western mouth of
which collapsed during the
quake. About 400 workers are
normally employed in that sec
tion and it was feared many were
inside at the time of the quake.
The Tanna tunnel,' which cost
20,000,000 yen (about 210,000.-
000) about ten years of labor and
many workmen's lives. Is just
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Home Turkeys,
Not Wild Ones,
On Chief's Meal
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (AP)
The flavor of wild turkey ap
peals to President Hoover but a
bird of the barnyard variety will
probably grace the White House
table on Thanksgiving day.
Lawrence Richey, one of the
president's secretaries, returned
recently from a hunting trip with
two wild turkeys, one of them a
22-pound gobbler, but news came
from the White House today that
these birds already had been
eaten.
There are six farm-grown ,tur-
keys, however, available to take
their place. Three are alive and
strutting but the others are ready
for the roaster.
Still
$8000 tor Health Work to
Stay in School's Budget
The Salem city school board
stands by its original action, in
corporated in the new 'budget, to
continue Its $8,000 appropriation
for the Marlon county health unit.
Sentiment to that effect was
evident at the board meeting last
night, despite fact that the Salem
city council budget committee the
previous night lopped $2,000
from Its health budget Item for
this year, and despite the fact
that it Is generally believed the
county court will follow action of
the council budget group.
Members of the school board
board expressed themselves as
satisfied that they were getting
full return in safeguard to chil
dren's health on the money In
vested In tbe health, unit. With
the school board contributing the
full quota asked for, land the city
cutting- down, it was consensus of
opinion among the board mem
bers that school should - receive
proportionately more service. The
unit work has been administered
la the past as nearly as possible
oa the basis on which contribu
tions have been, made.
Member Suggests Council
Be Asked to Put in fSOOO
Oneuxnember of the board sug
gested, though there was no dis
cussion on the matter, that the
board to en record asking tht city
S65DD SUBSIDY:
CAN BE HAD IF
NO GUT GOES
Commonwealth Fund Chief
To Back 1931 Program,
If Court Stays put
Judge. Siegmund Sent Let
ter Telling Attitude of
Eastern Leader
Word that the Commonwealth
Fund has taken action whereby it
will be possible for the Marion
county health unit to secure th
18.500 subsidy from the Fund for
1931 If the contributing units will
continue for that year the same
appropriations made for 1930,
was received yesterday by J. O.
Siegmund. county judge and
chairman of th executive com
mittee of the health unit.
Letter to that effect, bearing
New York date of November 20,
was received Tuesday by the
county - Judge from Barry C.
Smith, director of the Fund. In
asmuch as it was mailed before
the city council reduced Its ap
propriation by 22,000 that action
did not prompt the Common-,
wealth Fund to' modify Its agree
ment, signed January 21, 1939.
under terms of which the Fund
promised to contribute $6,500 for
1931 If the total budget of $36,
250 additional be supplied by tbe
local contributing agencies.
Siegmund Withhold Comment
Pending Time to Study Proposal -
Judge Siegmund was in the
county on road inspection trip all
day Tuesday, and was not pre
pared to make any statement on
content of the letter last night.
The letter says In parti
"The Commonwealth Fund has
today taken certain actions modi
fying this agreement as follows:
"1. For the year 1931 the Com
monwealth Fund will contribute
$6500 to the' work of the Marion
county health unit provided there
be no decrease from the total ap
propriated for 1930, In the total
apprapriationa made by local ap
propriating bodies for 1931.
"2. For the year 1932 the Com
monwealth Fund will match dol
lar for' dollar, up to a total of
$6,500, any increase made by the
appropriating bodies of Marion
county above the totals appropri
ated by them in 1931.
"3. After 1932, the Common
wealth Fund will make no further
appropriations to the health usit
of Marlon county.
"The first of the above action
has been taken because, in our
judgment, recent publicity has
tended to place Marlon county la
tbe unfortunate position of being
responsible for a decision of the
Commonwealth , Fund with refer
ence to the awarding of the
Fund's new public Wealth pro-
gram to the state of Oregon. We
wish ta be fair in this matter,
and it has not, at any time, been
our intention that actfcm in Mar
ion county should be forced by
any consideration as to the
awarding of the program to tht
state." 1
No State Expenditure
In 1931, Board's Drlion
The letter further points out
that on that date definite action
was .taken on the new public
health program, which will not
come to Oregon for 1931, no mat
ter what-action be taken by Mar
lon county.
It is pointed out, however, that
the Fund may undertake the aew
program la four states Instead of
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council to appropriate the same
amount expended In health work
last year.
Another member of the board
observed that the city council In
cluded in Its budget about $85,
000 fire department Item to pro
tect structures of which about $
per cent are already Insured
against fire by1 the owners.
The board authorized purchase
of library books for the high
school English department to
cost $137. and also voted to par
chase list of necessary supplies
for the kitchenette which has
been fitted np off the high school
gymnasium.!
Investigation Made in
Matter of Band Instruments
Further Investigation was made
Into the matter of payments and
ownership on band instrument
supposed to be held by the hick
school band, bat now missing.
The matter was not cleared up.
The board voted agreement to
the contract submitted with re
gard to use of the Y. M. C. A. pool
for the boys' swimming classes.
Under the agreement, the board
Days the $100 a month; each hoy
not a member of the Y pays $1
tor the classes, and also two aae
a halt cents each for towels. Tbe
$1 fee is taken from the high
school athletic fund. -