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, ' . ; 1 ' ' ' PAGE TWO i The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon. Friday Morning. January 23. 1931 Linjon TASK IS FAB SOUS Power Bills Drop Into the Hopper on Thursday; House Adjourns. (Continued from page 1) eater objections. If inch objec tion are raised, the matter la to be referred to the Tote of the peo ple within the municipality, The act, la addition to creatine -the office of public tttllluei com tnUsloner of the state, named by the governor at a salary sot, to exceed 97500 annually, repeal factions ot to stats code baring to do with the public service com mission, abolishing the commls- eion IMS the passage ot the act. The measure dovj not carry an emergency clause and win thus be etiectire 60 days after Us pas sage and signature of the cor; rnor. " . , L - . I The power of reraoral ' of the commissioner is placed absolutely In the hands of the governor, an ' crorldes thtt the commissioner ball hare no pecuniary Interests In Oregon or any other, state Jwhlch Is ahbject to regulation br ,the office, i- - i - -l The measure also repeals the certificate of public necessity ana conrenience act. requiring utilities entering cities in competition with existing utilities to secure from the public senrlce I commission a permit. '! L Hows the Hydro-Electtlc Bll The measure, which xoi Usee outlined by Governor Meier In his preluaugural statement, cre ates a new hydro-electric coniinis eloa to consist of the state engin eer and two persons appointed oy the srovercor. This commission baa virtually autocratic power over water pow er projects within the state, and the act provides for control of pri vate enterprises from preliminary survey until taken over, it at all. by state or municipality. The commission Is given judi cial powers to the extent that It can hold hearings, summons there witnessed. and accounts and books of private enterprises concerned, and to'regulate such private en terprises In conformity with the new act. Provision is made for a pre liminary permit for survey, and later for a license, not to exceed 80 yean, to tbe concern which Is given permission of the commis sion to proceed with Its project. At all times tbe coramHslon is ex pected to be in touch with costs of development, and is given the right to regulate bonds Issued by the company, which bonds, U is specified must be based on cash or property. Provision also Is made for reg ulating the finances of the private concern. for tbe creation ot an amortisation reserve, and for a depreciation account. A provision Is Included which gives the right to the state or any municipality to take private plants erected under the act at actual cost, plus damages. .e . Grange Bill The grange bill Is the enabling act to put In effect the amend ment voted at th last election. The blllv Introduced by 8enator Bailey, with Senators Burke, Brown and others sponsoring It, provides! tor the creation of peo ple's atljUty districts, and goes to lengths to exclude irrigation pro jects from the operation of the act. - It la specified that such people's utility districts may not incur In debtedness except on account ot the erection or purchsse ot a utility- A utility is defined as "plants or works or other prop erty" ised for the development or transmission of water for muni cipal water power or electric en ergy. It Is specified that irriga- tion projects are excluded, except as secondary objects ot the util ity, i - This, sponsors ot the bill be lieve, -will prerent the utility dis tricts Inheriting the troubles ot existing or to be created irriga tion districts, but does not prohib it utilization of water for Irriga tion la connection with a power project. PROBE If III OE. ElffiiE HI) ! (Continued from page 1) nomination was. referred, called a meeting for tomorrow. He said a sub-committee probably would be appointed to make the Inquiry. Meyer's friends in tbe senate stoutly defended him. but agreed to : the recommittal that the charges might be given a full hearing. . ,; r The nomination was approved by the banking committee before Christmas with only two opposi tion rotes. It has been pending on ' tbe senate calendar ever since. Urookbart said he bad been denied an opportunity to : call Meyer before the banking com mittee for a hearing of the charges. . , .' Korbeck denied this, asserting Crook hart had never made a mo tion to bring Merer before the committee, ....!' Navy Memorial f; Passes Houses I The senate joint memorial re questing congress to allocate one ot the three battleships for mod ernisation . to the Puget Sound navy yard, was passed Thursday by the state legislature. SCARLET FEVER REPORTED HUBBARD. Jan, 22. Teddy, the little son of Mr. and ?rs. Joseph Wilmes, la reported to be ill with scarlet fever at his home est of Hubbard, i lie Is under the care ot Miss Juanlta John eon, county health nurse, and Dr. C. J. Ebner. j SUES FAMOUS r f i ' ' . V ' V-' ' . - . t ' ;-.. ; . ... i i CItarlle Chapiin will appear in court -i . : - t 'i . a r in the vioe.OOO plagiarism salt brought against by him by Misa Antoinette Kopetky, miter, and the former comedienne, who ac cuses Chaplin of stealing the Idea of one of her scenarios for bis movie success, "The Circus." Photo shows Mias Kopetsky. UPON REPEAL HERE (Contlouid; from page 1) lem schooli superintendent, who said: ! "I thought the bill was unwise when it -was first adopted. How ever, the more to repeal. It will bring a howl from the country people, I think. The repeal won't affect Salem as much as other dis tricts In the state, although the number of rural students in high school has made a noticeable In crease alnrce tbe transportation act went Into effect. "The free trans portation means a good deal more to the young sters, as Is evident by tbe increased-attendance. It brings to school some children who would not oth erwise go to high school. The law also saves tbe small districts from maintaining and even erect ing high echoels of their own, which Is a decided advantage. "There's the angle too of the heavy investment made In school busses, though the Salem district did not Invest. I think repeal of the law would be a backward step in eancauon." PUPIL TUSPORT (Coattaoed from paga 1) board of , McMinnville'a largest bank, is known as a conservative business man. He said yester day that la his day boys and girls eager for education, or even when forced to go to school, had to arrange their own transportation. Under the existing' law enact ed two years ago, pupils trans ported from a non-high school district to a high school area, have the cost ot their transpor tation assessed against the coun ty tuition fond. ; McPhllllps yesterday had com piled a statement ot cost on the transportation Item as Included In tbe high school tuition fund for the last year., Some of the countiea are omitted In the com pilation since no transportation is provided or because the re ports for IS SO have not yet been received .by the superintendent of public Instruction, i The compilation, which Mc Phllllps will employ in his cam paign to abolish tbe present law follows: , Baker Benton $ 3.S77.0T Clackamas 26,615.14 2.162.16 16.6S7.61 479.00 1.782.7S 2.523.88 4,010.99 1.876.S0 32.96S.34 24,421.17 8.171.88 31.S28.80 30,122.41 7.077.39 86.174.77 34.026.17 6.837.56 12,491.46 8,286.17 7,578.11 600.00 S6.06S.33 11,030.69 Clatsop . . . . , Columbia Coos Crook Deschutes ; Hood River .1,;, .... 4 Jackson Klamath Lincoln - UUU . ,,,,4,,. Malheur ........... Marlon , ... . i ........ "w . . Multnomah Lr.. Tillamook Umatilla w asco Washington Yamhill International Program to be Given Tonight ! The Friday night lobby pro gram of the Y. M. C. A. tonight will feature 1 a program entitled "An International - Symposium" under the direction: of Mrs. Roy M. Lockenour. j ACT IDE ATTACK SCREEN STAR ; 1 i I HaV 1 V In a series role. He is a witness A skit concerning "America for Americans" heads the program. Players are members of an inter mediate group of young people. Miss Gertrude Eakln of the Chemawa school will address the gathering on "The Contribution Indian Youth Makes to American Civilization," following a reading, "The Invincible Leader" by Miss Margaret Ana Kells. "World Marketing" is to be the topic of a talk by Edward Schunke ot the Model food mar ket. The program will he con cluded by an address by the chair man, Mrs. Loekenour -"At Na tional cross Roads." fi on EDUCATION CAINS (Continued from page 1) has been applied to engineering and other sciences,' he continued. "This glrea ns ah ever increas ing body of reliable data on which we can base educational proced ure, and contrasts sharply with the old trial and error or haphaz ard method of bygone days," the visitor declared, adding that all great advancement. In classroom teaching had come la the last 20 years as result of scientific re search. Dr. Burton mentioned as an ex ample the almost complete revolu tion of reading In the last 10 years; constructive remedial me thods; and better methods ot di agnosing failures In single sub jects. Supt. George Huf Introduced Dr. Burton and Mrs. Sylvia Kraps, president of the local teachers, presided, other program num bers Included; violin solo, Jean etta ' Scott; rocal oolo, Lillian Scott; short talks, Ruth Draper, May Rauch and Laura Hale, teachers. CALLED TO THE DALLES AURORA, Jan. 22. M. D. Lebo was called to The Dalles on account of the death of his brother Thomas, who was burled at that place Thursday. ; A Bomb Bust Of Laughter! Select Short Subjects - i. ;.. i BURTO - vX M M - I ST k .iWi-T-AF Mm V VI Itessict Lor Harry Langdon Slim Summervllle 11 0 BEOHZE SCHOOLS OF STATE Plan Coming up In 2 Years Outlined to Lions Club S By State Official Reorganization of the educa tlonal department of the state to bring under one head lor pur poses of coordination the board of higher education, the state school superintendent's ; office, vocational education, American ization and i possibly the state II brary will probably be presented to the legislature in ; another two years, state supt. C. A. Howard told i the Salem Lions club in speaking before that group Thursday noon on "Oregon Edu cation Bystem." After a three year study, a vol untary commltte or the Oregon state teachers association has outlined a plan of education for Oregon, looking to the future which would Include this reor ganization of the state depart ment, which. Howard favors. Such a plan would bring' an adequate- and well organized sys tem of finance and would make for professional training and raising of teaching standards, as well as coordinating the various educational agencies so that, for example, the colleges might be called upon at all times to work out practical problems - for sec ondary or elementary schools. While the plan Is not feasible to put into operation at once. Howard believes It could be pre sented to the next legislature. Superintendent Would lie Appointed The plan Includes selection ot the state superintendent of pub lie Instruction by the board ot education, which is more apt to bring forth a true education than the election system. However, Howard says Oregon was partic ularly lucky In nearly 28 years that ! Ackerman and Churchill held the state office. He com mended also the "extremely fine' educational work being done in Marion county, and said also that this county had been lucky in election of school eUperinten dent, i The education plan would also call for creation of a county board o teducatlon and selection of the county superintendent through this method. The state is also In need ot larger funds Jo distribute to the smau i and needy school system, Howard said. T SILVERTON, Jan. 11 Discus slon of what the community and business worlds expect of the high school graduate was heard at the monthly gathering ot the Silver-ton- Teachers' association Tues day night. Mrs. George Hubbs, president of the Stive rton Wo man's club, and M. G. Gunder- son. president of the Coolldge and McCloine bank gave Informal out lines from the point of View, re spectively, of the home and ot the office; Special guests of the 811 verton teachers were the staffs of outlying grade schools whose graduates come to the local high schools. r On the musical program were two selections by the advanced girls' I chorus, led by ray Sparks, music Instructor, and a voqal solo by Cathaleene Cudy. The chorus sang ."Elegy" (Massenet) and Boats of Mine (Miller). Ia the chorus are Diana Moore, Vernita Brewer, Ethyl Smith. Frances Nelson, Viola Larson, Emelyn Frazer, Doris Turrell, Florence Pettyjohn, Evelyn Davis, Myrtle Johnson, Louisa Schmledecke. Blanche Young was tbe accom panist. Valda Davis gave a tap dance Harry B. Weils, vice president of the association, presided at tbe meeting. Mrs. Anna Powell, Joyce Caldwell, Lnclle Gllndeman were in charge ot the supper hour. and Blanche Hubbs, Mildred Der mott and Lillian Keilhonse had charge ot the program. James W. Manning, Helvle Silver, and Elaine Clower selected the speak ers. ' --I"- ' 17 .'Jr 17 '""" IS a' a FV SlLVERTOrJ CROUP ASSOCIATION HOS rxra ATnnnnrr The Call Board By OUVB II. DOAK HOLLYWOOD ' Todar William Pow- i-ell in "Shadow of tbe Law." i . . . . e f ;-vl : GRAND Today Constance Ben- .i nett in -common Clay" Friday Warner Baxter la Itenegades.' i -i . - e I WARNEJt flAPITOT, e j Today Victor Varcont in j "Captain Thunder." v ,1 WARNER'S ELSINOUE Todar Harry Langdoa In- f "See America Thirst." ! ' I j . - a! a e a a a a a a a ' ! "Seo America Thirst" is I pic ture with rumor and thrills that are seldom seen eror on the. screen. Harry Langdon and Slim Summervllle are the boys who create the situations. . f In the opening scene Harry and. Sum are kicked off a freight Alt the time they had to leave the freight they had a craving for food. .They became Involved in gang war, and were paid to but the opposing gang on the spot. In the events that followed they were paid by each rang to get the other. They finally .ended up by laying out both gangs for the district attorney. How they laid the gangs out was Quite unintentional and hu morous. It does not make much difference whether they were trying to see America "first," or see America "thirst," they ac complished both in the end. By BOB ANTHONY. 1. 0. 0.F. 3 SILVERTON. Jan. 12-Wridge ly Encampment No. S3, I. O. O. F. met at the Odd Fellows Temple on Tuesday evening and Installed their officers for, the ensuing year. District Deputy Grind Pa triarch, P, J. Schneider acted as installing officer. Officers Installed were J. II. Moser, C. P.; A. 8. Williams, II. Pi: A. A. Schneider, S. W.: George Isrselson, J. W.; J. A. Gehrke, Scribe; R. F. Larson, treasurer; W. J. King, guide; W. C. "Larson, I. 8.; J. C. Gibson, O. 8.; 8. Togland, 1st W.; B. C. Bennett, 2nd W.; P. J. Schneider, 3rd W.; Axel pisen, 4 th W.; Ola Larson, 1st O. T.; J. H. Riches. 2nd G. Tv Politicians Not Nonchalant Crew BERLIN, Ja. 22. (AP) A meeting called for "a peaceful de bate" between communist -and fas cist orators turned into a free for all fight tonight and 100 persona were injured, fire seriously. CAPTAIN THUNDER'S S TON INSTALLS OFFICERS He's one bad hoiribre - but a good one to know! If you're a woman, he'll love you. If you're a man. hell murder your enem ies. Any little thing to oblige a friend I ' f DON'T FAIL to See the Glamorous Adventures of This Gay . t Hot Tamale OF THE RIO GRANDE! r l ri M VaLI U J ROBT. ELLIOTT PLUS j 2 p. t.; U " ..' ' All Talking Serial AdulU - t 12 J? ' plus v : Z5c i Vljpft Joe Frisco :!-'':v-Li-:;-: -iVfe ' 'Z. ' THE SONG PLUGGER" PLUS - - : ':!XS&- C?.' s vwwwsf waia wwe . m . mgg j METROTONE TALKING NEWS AVTEKLY CIIEHETID IM PLEMG BALIIET A splendid repast, a sprightly toast program, and an enjoyable entertainment ot cards and danc ing marked the third annual ban quet of the Chemeketans held a the Masonic hall last night. The Hood River Crag Rats, the Eugene Obsidians, an dthe Portland Ma tamas were represented. Toasts were responded to by Kent Shoep maker,! Mr. Turnbull of Eugene mcnard upjohn, i Dr. v. A. Doug las and Echo Balderee. W, If. Hamilton on j behalf of the club presented Gene Dowllnr ot Portland with an Indian: blan ket in appreciation of his services fn guiding Chtxneket&n groups up Mt. Hood. Entertainment features Included a monologue skit by Mtk Panekvwrocal numbers by Wendell Itoblnn6n. and yodellng by a quar- tei oi rpur men, nit oi wuicn were loudly applauded, j , Greetings were read from Bch Rlckll. Berkeley, and Catherine Gaylorq, Klamath Falls, . former members. LIBERTY-ROSEDEE D5cItvlon to widen shoulders on curves and. hills on the Lib- erty-Rosedale paved road may be reached by tbe county court shortly,! following visit on that route yesterday ot Roadmaster Frank Johnson and Commission er Jim Smith. i Johnson says there are sev eral curves where tbe shoulders should I be widened, with one especislly bad place. On the steep hill about midway on, the road It will be necessary to build a shoulder and to gravel quite a, strip! In order that wheel can get some traction on this when the pavement it slippery. The men also Inspected a road in district 69, Immediately south of town. Some gravel will fix the difficulties on this stretch, I they found. Fire Loss Last Summer Lowest SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 22. ! (AP) California's 18 national! forests lost less acreage through' tires in 1930 than In any year of their previous history. Regional Forester s. B. Show. n making this report today; said; 85,000 acres were burned last year; ac compared with an average an nual destruction ot 188,000 acres: of timber. j ! ; i De Boe Jury is Unable to Agree LOS ANGELES. Jan. 22 (AP). Ending twenty-five and one nail . nours ot aeuoertnun, iu. lirv 4ottsiderlna- the case of Daisy D Boe! told the court at 4:20; p.m., today it had been unable to reach a verdict. Judge William noran. told the' talesmen to retire for further deliberation. : IN TOWN I, HeartbrcQker 11 liy DING TALKED ' i . i ' - ,. I f I f PLUS - - fdLi Mickey Mouse NOTES . Maybe you'll like it abd may be you won't, but the Mickey MOuse club is going to move around the corner to Warner's Capitol theatre, atarting this Sat urday. Besides all this we are go ing to hare a new chief. (I know We're sorry to leave Chief Mc Intyre.) ' V i -; ' ,;.' M.M.C. What do you say that we have a big yell tor our new chief. He doesn't know anything about It. sq we'll have to give It real peppy to show him that we can yell. Well Well Well, 5 Everybody yell ;' Rah i For our new chief; " Jerry Lass well. 5 ; .:! M.M.C. ;.' New election of officers this Saturday.; We will elect a Song Leader, Yell Leaden Flag Carrier, and two Bergesnts-at-Arms. These offices were supposed to have been filled last week, but due to such a large entertainment there was n't enough time. . M.M.C. j- r David Smith was better than usual when he sang last week, and when he's better than usual, he must be very good. He was ac companled on the piano by Ms mother, Mrs. Smith. . M.M.C. '. ; Chief Lasswen says he has many surprises for ua Mice, Watch for them. M.M.C. ; ";r From Barbara Barnes last week w, were entertained by Betty Childs, Gloria Allgood, Jean Bates and Barbara Schmltt, In a dance called "Wee Mother Martha," and these girls knew their stuff. Also from Miss Barnes' school, that charming little dancer "Virginia Hubbs showed her ability in a dance called "The Dainty ; Lady." M.M.C. Even though the Mickey. Mouse club moves, the band still prac tices at tbe Elainore. Those In our band now are: Ted Foreman, Maurice Mercer, Jimmy Moyer, Billy De Soma, Kenneth Hunt, Charity Blodgett, Rodney Mlnnon, Frank Neiderheiser. Dale Love land. Norman Sumners, Wilmer McDowell, Quay Wassap, Dick Foreman, Leroy Rickey, Leonard Faist. Eugene Strickland, Bob Burells. Hilda McDoell, Lorna Barham, Ellis Walling, Arthur Clemens. Jane Kuhnke. Kathleen LI nd beck and Bertha Klorfien. I M.M.C. . " i A real program this Saturday. Cantaln Thunder" will be the feature: chanter three of .."The Spell ot the Clrcuss"; "The Ride to Death," and an Oswald cartoon comedy completes the bill. : M.M.C -Remember, the doors open at o'clock. i ; M.M.C. " i , Everybody there. Seeking Water, Hits Coal Vein MEDFORD. Ore.. Jan. 2 2. (AP) Earl Weaver, Sams Val er rancher, was digging a well on his property this week and discovered a rein of coal, he re ported today. ; ," ... Vr-. iz&.M- ' A 'v CARRIERS, SEED ICC. PORTLAND, Ore.,! Jan. 22 (AP) Shippers, "railroads and operators ot common carrier truck lines themselves desire regulation of Interstate auto truck freight lines by the Inter state commerce commission. It developed at a hearing conducted here today by Leo J.;Flynn, I. C. C. examiner, . : " The hearing was one of a ser ies to be held in regional centers throughout the United State. The hearing was completed today and examiner Flynn will go next to Han Francisco where be will conduct a similar hearing next Tuesday. '- H A. F. Harvey, rate expert for the Oregon " publio service eom- hiaslon, teetltied he! believed It would be for the best Interest of the public If motor bus and truck lines were under state and Intrastate regulation.! ; w. ; A. Curtln, aeeretary-man- rer tor ha fnrtluM r..r,i. and - Transportation association. said the truck lines wanted reg ulation to shut out wild eat' competition. Aj Smith, Also Mary Pickfprd Join in Appeal f-: j. " NEW YORK. Jan. I 22. (AP) The voice ot Alfred Ej Smith, three times governor of Now York, went out to the American people in an appeal: of mercy over a national broadcasting eye tern network tonight, i As .vice chairman of President Hoover's 1 special Red Cross com mittee, he urged united i support in raising $10,000,000 for relief of suffering In the drought belt. . on the program with the for mer governor was Mary Plck tord, who spoke "as a woman's voice in this group who have an swered the president's call". PUBLISHER DIES KANSAS CITY. Jan zJ f API Walter 8. Dickey, S. clay prod ucts manufacturer, principal own er of the Kansas CUy Journal-Post and a ficure In renubllcan n cli tics, died at his home here today. HOLLYWOOD Home of 25c Talkies TODAY and BATVRRAY Matinee 2 P.mJ Special "Mickey f Mouse Mttinee Saturday 1:30 P. M. AKOE Z Qmmauitf Qtdurz, Baaed on the Broadway ' com edy. mash. With Qiager Rogers, Ingenue of "Young Ma of Manhattan.' Also Mickey Slon so Coanedy Ilucatlonal Comedy tk News ana Rln-Tin-Tin In Mm virfTTnrMlll fill jUu,ui:m Ul I v MAI' ; 'T i tSSjl ft " II I 1 ' in' ii i 1 Limj.in.iMMi v : I ;'.-! i