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AIRPORT HE 10 USE II 1 111 400 Visiting Planes Lana; bu btutints in Fiy . ng School Nearl iua visiting .planes landed it no Salem municipal airport during 1930, while tb ' number of flights of local planes would be far too numerous to compute, according to Lee Ever lT, soperlntendent ot the Held and president ot the Eyerly Air craft company. I "A marked gain in all branches at the municipal field was evi- dent during the year Just past. Mr. Eyerly stated, "and I believe tne year 1931 will see an even greater development In aviation throughout the Northwest." Approximately 50 students hare been registered in the fly ing school at all times during 190; Mr. Eyerly said, a h. d though the number fluctuates it is far above that of any previous ; twelve-month period. The Eyerly school Was established three yearf ago, and was moved to the , new airport Immediately upon the city's purchase of the 216- acra tract in 1129. New Gas Station Help Two new gasoline stations at the airport have greatly faciliat- d service for visiting planes as well as local fliers, Mr. Eyerly pointed out In stressing the ideal situation which the field now . enjoy, rQur greatest need consists of flood lU'its and landing lights." he declared, "and we-; hope to have these completely installed by the end of lSSl at least." Temporary lights now are be ing used, but are expected to be supplemented soon with "equip ment purchased by the city and by the department of commerce. Fifteen planes now call the Salem port their "home," the superintendent stated, and a doir ' en more locally-owned ships are expected to be quarted In hang ars there this summer.' S Planes Completed . Five airplanes have" been-constructed by students at the mu nicipal field, and all have suc cessfully passed rigid flying tests. Mr. Eyerly revealed. The sixth now is in the process of completion, and two others are well underway. Students manu facture every tart of the ship except the motor. Visitors at the Salem port would number many thousands during a year, and passengers are becoming Increasingly num erous as the old-time fear of air traffic gradually is being buried under the record of tremendous accident-free travel throughout the world.. "Before many months, Salem should be on the regular north south airmail route, and after that step there Is no limit to the strides which aviation may take in this community." Mr. Eyerly declared. ' " V-, E 1 YEAR OF ACTIVITY Accomplishments Numerous In Service Group of ' T Younger men Activity and progress of the Salem Lions club for the year 1930 are told In the following, written by Ralph II. Kletzing, secretary of 1 the club: The Salem Lions club has en Joyed a vry good year. The growth has been In about the same proportion as the growth of the Lions club throughout the state and the nation. In mem bership the Salem club has in creased about 25 per cent, the to tal present membership being 53. .Perhaps I the most important accomplishment of the Salem Li ons is the purchase of one 37 acre tract on the Santiam for the boy scouts. This site is used by scouts of this district as a sum tier camp and should be a' very valuable piece of land-, for the boys some day. , . , , Marine Band Secured The Salem Lions brought to Ealem one .of the largest attrac tions of the year la the United State's Marine band. Not only did they bring this musical organiz ation to the city but through their efforts made It possible for all children of this district to hear it at a very nominal cosU The Won are confident that in years to come as these- children hear this band over the radio they will boast with pride- of hav ing heard and seen thera in Sa lem. ' ..V.'- Committees from the Lions have assisted .the Salratlon Army, thq boy scouts and others in rais ing funds for- their work in Sa lem. ; . . With the assistance ot Lion A. W. NorbUd, governor of Ore gon, he Lions club sponsored a meeting at the state house In Sa lem to. organize for business con fidence . week. Bumper ; strips, crying towels 'and .window -cards were furnished ' by the club. Al though the week was not sup ported so much by Salem mer chants the Lions belters . that it had fits effect and that . much good I baa been acompllshed throughout the state by the start ing this movement. It, is believed that the state and county work new being pushed is the result ot the. Lions activity They' are not wanting credit for this but plead ed that others have .taken u the Ueas presented. - .,- ."x I- -.-Nv .Reynolds Death. Blow .7; The loss of Lion JJoyd.Rey cslds to the Salem dub is one try hard to overcome,. He was so much - interested in the - work - ot 1 II HIS SPIRIT ABIDES! v 1 The name of Jason Lee bears especial chann to Salem. The earlhf leader of Methodist missionaries to Utia vauey, n was u u less Lee who founded the first school lor Indians down the river from the site he later chose for his enterprise. His endeavor grew to be the present "Willamette university. His portrait hangs in the state rspitol; be is slated as one of the two me who win fill Oregon's place In the Hall of Fame at Washington, D. C. i - - :. ; DEVOTED GROUP OF LOCAL WOMEN MANAGE Y.W.CA. Each Board Member Has Definite Job for Organization; Objective Mapped Out Much credit is due the women of the Board of Directors of the Young Women's christian assocl-s atlon. They am the group wno work out the Dulfget, raise the money, take care of repairs ana changes in the building, plan the program, set the policy, and see that the great : purpose ot the T. W. C- A. is expressed in every de partment. Seven new members. are elected each year for a three year term. Every board member takes some definite responsibility. Tne oin cers are Mrs. Wm. McGIlchrist,; Pres., Mrs. W. D. Clarke flrsUvice president, Mrs. Kitty Graver, 2nd vice president, Mrs. F. M. Erick son, secretary, Mrs. J. A. Brown- son, treasurer. Mrs. W. D.' Clarke and Mrs. Frank Brown : take care of the membership. Membership ' din ners, teas and meetings are held when there is a participation of the Lions clubs and was a char ter member of the Salem den. He saw . Lionism grow in Oregon from two clubs, at the time of the organization of the Salem den Ja 1923 to 42 clubs 4n 1930. f - Weather Man is Kind to Salem Natives Prove A native of the Willamette valley, who spends part of his time kicking on a couple of hot days in July and three or four days of rain during November, Just cannot understand why peo ple from Iowa or Illinois think the climate of the Willamette valley is next door to Paradise. To appreciate the weather In the Salem district, one must have lived in Illinois or Iowa where it freezes everything up- in December and then comes along a January thaw ' that . makes things worse. . Then raw winds of March. ' March, which Is such a disa greeable month east of the Itpckv mountains, is like spring time in the Rockies in the Salem dis trict. Last March 'in Salem, there wei-e 15 days when the tempera ture was above 60 and the high est; was 78 degrees In fact, the mean maximum temperature of last March was 60 degrees and if that isn't "Springtime in ' the Rockies." what would one call It - Capitol Dairies Improves Plant; Output is Varied ... . .. .. . Capitol Dairies, :a. D. Hurley, manager, reports many plant im provements at! their pasteurizing and manufacturing plant on South - Commercial street. The manufacturing' business of Na tional Dairy Products . division in Salem was bought. ?Tew butter making equipment - installed. ; Tfce company handles a - large proportion ot the fresh milk dis tribution in Salem; also makes butter and cottage cheese; Butter Output Of Anderson is Doubled in 1930 Anderson to Son, creamery bp- erators, report the doubling ' of their ; butter manufacturing In 1930. Their plant capacity was doubled the. past year bar addinjc another ehurn at their place i of business on Ferry J' street The butter made Is sold locally, Salem and vicinity absorbing the entire Another product i cottage cheese. Eggs and poultry are al so handled, at wholesale and re-. teJI.- : "! . 1 the members of the various de partmerts. Girl Reserve, Business Girls, Industrian Girls, students and women of the homes. Much depends upon the finance department, and -this Important work is carried on: by Mrs. F. A. Elliott, Mrs. J. A. Brownson, Mrs. Kitty Graver and Mrs. Wm. Gahlsdorf. Health Education Done The Health Education work Is done in cooperation with the. Y. M. C. A., under the leadership of Mrs. P. W. Byrd. Enough cannot be said of the generous spirit: of the Y. M. C. A. in sharing their swimming pool and gymnasium for the health program of girls and women. , Religious work is under the su pervision of Mrs. B. C. Miles and Mrs. B. E. Carrier. Devotions, services and special meetings are planned by this committee. A Bible study class is conducted weekly by Mrs ?flna McNary. Mrs. C. S. Hamilton! and Mrs. Claude Glenn- will carry the re sponsibility of camp; Dr. Mary Purvine, Business Girls; Mrs. L. O. Clement and Mrs. John McNary the House Committee, with Mrs. Jennie Vincent as House Mother; Mrs. J. E.'Blinkhorn and Doro thea Steusloff Girl Reserve; Mrs. Milton L. Meyers, nominating Committee; Mrs. Geo. Hug. Edu cation and Legislative;' Mrs. Eliz abeth Gallaher as Gen. Secretary carries the administrative work and Girls Work; Mrs. M. B. Wag staff as office and employment se cretary. Each year the board seeks to place emphasis on some major is sue. This year they have select ed the remodeling of their rooms and the unemployment asi their major issue. With the enlarging of the rest rooms, the changes in sleeping rooms, the new and bet ter equipped club - and dining room, they hope to be able to serve the community more effec tively. . US Ww!flb New Year's May 1 93 1 Be a One for Capital Craikd&.k -226 Slate j ; : A SCOUT CLIP IS Salem Rotarians Make Ad' ditions; Lads Give As sistance Manv permanent improve- ments were installed to the great advantac-a of the campers. A work shop or craft shop was in stalled this year and the boys learned bow to carve wood, make bow and arrows, and the art of leathercraf t. Two boats ' were con structed at the camp by the boys. Motion pictures were taken at the camp of a whole days pro gram. Medical attention was giv en each camper twice a week, and although a first class! first aid station was set up and! fully equipped,. there were no accidents during the entire camp period. The civic service committee re ported that the scouts tided In cleanup week in nil towns in the council, the scouts also acted as traffic officers during all large gatherings, helped the Lions elub handle the parking of cars dur ing the Marine band entertain ment, helped at the state fair as messenger boys, sided In secur ing old toys for the city foreman to repair, , delivered all telephone directors ! throughout the city twice: during 1930. held a bugle contest during the Armistice day celebration. , j The Salem Rotarians ! con structed a new concrete refriger ator, and three concrete latrines, making' the camp 100 percent sanitary according to the county health unit. Scouting is sot bounded by America. The new scout is Join ing a program which has already belted the globe. . Fifty-seven countries repre sen ting an aggregat e population ot 1,600,000, W0 or 91 percent of the population of the world, have adopted the scout program. The . scout oath is solemnly taken in almost every tongue. Honest, earnest scout hearts beat beneath white , and yellow and red and black, skins alike. Such ideals are a potent International force making-for friendship and good will for the next generation. Though Initiated but in 1910 the movement today embraces over 1,500,000 scouts. Yet with all of this growth, with the offi cial adoption by- Protestant and Catholic churches as official pro grams, with unions and clubs and organizations hastening to' adopt its program, the movement has ' only begufl. i Literally thousands of boys, 12 years and older stand in a wait ing line to enter scouting. 8.000.- POO boys in the United States have not yet had a chance to be come scouts. And why? Largely because not enough of the mem bers of most communities have stepped forward to assist In' giv ing this program to the boys of their cities. BUI GIT TO "Irrigation is the greatest' gift that has come to Willamette val ley farmers," according to Frank A. Doerfler, farm advisor of the First National bank. Mr. Doerfler says : "It is my opinion that an acre of land valued at $1000 under Ir rigation will come nearer yield ing dividends than an acre dry farmed rained at 1100. "Ladino ' clover for green pas ture, alfalfa hay, making five and six tons to the acre, and root vegetables such as carrots yield ing 25 to 30 tons to the acre un- p2 & Greetings Prosperous You r Sj ; Telephone 933 MS $500,000 Outlay Planned to Make State Institutions More Adequate $75,000 of State Board Funds Sought 'for, New Wall at Penitentiary i Enclosing Several Acres Additional Ground Expenditure ot more than . a halt million dollars in Improve ments on state institutions with in the' next two years is! planned by the sOregon state board of control, with . recommendations already on file tor the legisla ture. - it was revealed yesterday by Col. Carl Abrams, secretary of the board. Additions to the state I peniten tiary, the eastern Oregon state insane hospital, the state tuber culosis hospitals . in. Salem -and The Dalles, and the state feeble minded ' institution are among the projects contemplated, it was disclosed, with Champoeg also to share In the appropriations. Mew: roadways, native shrub bery and trees are to be added to the historic site, according to Mr. Abrama present plan. Nearly SIZO.OOO is to be ex pended, on the penitentiary alone, the secretary declared, with 975,000 .of the total to go toward new walls tor enclose several ' acres of additional ground. j - . New TMnlns: Room Planned . A new dining " room and kitchen for the main institution will cost approximately 144,006," Mr. Abrams declared. . The latter plan is 'necessitated to eliminate the three sittings which now are required to feed the prisoners, thus losing" con siderable time from factory op eration, he stated. ! der Irrigation should go a fong way toward solving the dairy man's problem. j "I see great opportunities for those that can Irrigate their, bot tom land. Fanners who! attended the Irrigation tour in (the sum mer which was sponsored by the bank tell us that it waS of great valuer to them. We intend to make, this an annual dffair." IN 1 IS The only cooperative fruit- canning establishment In Salem is the Producers on North Front street. This plant has operated on pure cooperative' oasis for several years past. The late Lloyd T. Reynolds was president. Paul B. Wallace has been chosen as his successor. Frank Gibson is man ager.. : : . Fruits and berries from grow er members are canned and sold to Jobbers through brokers. Pro ceeds of the sales are then dis bursed! to the 'growers 1 after de-' ducting the expenses of canning and selling. The 1930 operations were nor mal and the pack is moving into consumption quite well T E PACK NORMAL I ' Start 1 93 1 with':M JBi InnnssBnasBsssBBBBnssBsssBBsnasi I l;,oht m pozi - ft Additional room ' to accoru modate 330 prisoners will : 1 be available next May when tha new 180,000 cell block, con structed: entirely by convict :1a- oor, is to on completed. Prison ers now quartered in dormitories are to occupy the new building. Approximately 1 22 5,000 is to be expended for a new wing i to tne iasrern ; Oregon state insane hospital at Pendleton, which "will Increase the capacity of the : in stitution by 250 patients to a total of 1,300, it was announced. Such a project will complete the unit as it originally , was planned. ' Further expansion of similar Institutions will have to be pro vided in some other locality. Mr. Abrams declared, as the Salem unit already has reached Its ca pacity.. . . One of the most needed im provements in the state. Is was stated, is the proposed $90,000 building at the state tuberculosis hospital at Salem. The new building is to be designed fori the surgical department and for (the more seriously ill patients. ac cording to Mr. Abrams. Hospital Needs Room h , "The addition to the state tu berculosis hospital Is deemed one of the most necessary im provements, now under considera tion, and has been long sought by Its superintendent. Dr. O. ; C. Bellinger," he declared. 'The Institution originally took over the old school for the deaf, a building not designed as or suitable for a hospital, and a makeshift unit. "It Is an outstanding fact that at present the tuberculosis hos pital here, located in an unusual ly moist climate under so-called adverse condition, ranks among the highest in the United States for percentage of cures effected. It 1. in fact, ahead of the insti tution at Colorado Springs, na tional ' tuberculosis hospital center. Room for 50 additional' pa- tlents at the new tuberculosis hospital at The Dalles is to tie provided through an open-air pavilion and an addition to the dining room, with a total cost of $45,000. according to. plans 01 the state control board. There now are approximately 100 pa - May. 1931 Be ; Prosjperous for You Model Cafe "JIM" "BOB Frentress Weir 121 S. Com'l Mother really wants this equipment in her kitchen if Mother is saved time, work and money the whole family gains. And when the cost is less why not enjoy all of the : benefits how? ' " ' j ' r:r:'n--)Ti'-:z':J--rJ Plan to give her the conveniences she soj justly deserves I early in 193 If and let electricity lighteni Mothers labors of ' love. - i X ' .-; ' . :,: . '.' ... '''" -1 - 'I Electricity ' I i . : ' ; ll'-' Or PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. tients 'on the waiting list for this institution. An overcrowded condition in the feeble minded i institution is expected to be alleviated througn the erection of a new cottage, with accommodations for TIO boys, j it was disclosed. The building will cost $35,000. i . Central Purchasing Economy : : - The 1 board of control, estab lished Un 1927 as a central pur chasing department for all state activities, is operated at a sav ing of approximately 20 per cent over individual buying, Mr. . Ab rams declares, with an operating cost of only 11-4 per cent. .1 ' In addition to the Champoeg Provisional Government , .park, the board of control operates the Sodaville Mineral Springs owned byrthe state, where it will be recommended to the legislature that a 25,000 gallon reservoir for restroom v supply : water by con structed; :: . Bids. Just opened for the ensu ing six months' supply show a marked decline in prices, ac cording to Mr. Abrams, indicating a cut ia living costs of almost 20 per cent as compared with the beginning of the past biennial period two years ago. Purchases , through tne con trol board during 1930 were shown j to have reached nearly $Z,000.0Q0 - Orfgon Voo! & Buyers of W 8 M and MO HOPS AND 430 N. FRONT i t ' ' r - - - - v ' 'i Are you serving as good or better foods for less money ? Are you making the budget work suc cessfully ? Are you economizing ? Electric Cookery will help you do all of these things. : It Costs Less to Cook Witli pkctmi IS Cleaner, Safeiv ; Faster, Cheaper CRAWFORDS PlHi YET If! FORMATIOrJ Carrying on of the big standard of leadership - . . a 4- m wl 1 1 fl Ji lishea oy past prmsu the aim during 1931 ot "l Crawford, newly-elected head of the Salem chamber of commerce, he declared when asked concern ing plans for the coming year, , -Presidents of the . j chamber have beea men of exceptional ability, and I will he wholly sat isfied if I may reach to same ex-. tent the success which has greet ed their efforts in the past,' Mr. Crawford stated. j , J. N. Chambers. the J. C. Penney f tore, is the re tiring leader. H "It la too early yet to state definite plans tor eTJloPm during 1931.- Mr. Crawford de clared, -.although a continuance of the present system probably will be adopted by the adminis tration. The nomination came ao suddenly and without my knowl edge, and the election Is 0 re cent, that any new plans we, may have are yet In , the, process , of formation. -1 ' - s . AVERAGE RAlXFALl The averago annual rainfall in Salem f 37-' Inches, abotit the same aa ITnsas City ( or St. vni- Tt u fust a UtOe more than Chicago and considerably iMa tfc.n New York City or Bos ton. - L r L" V Mohair Co., lac iSII n ! - HAIR Dealers in ... HOP SUPPLIES PHONE 1493