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FOUNDED 1551
EIGHTIETH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning:, February 20, 1931
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FREE TEXTBOOK
ILL IS PASSED
Bl THE SEfffi
Certain to Become law as
Governor- Favored it
In his Platform
Vote Is 17 to-13; Opposi
ttori "Based. Mostly on. ;
. Expense ltfjn
The stale senate yesterday gave
a IT to IS approval to the Lee bin
providing for free . textbooks - la
Oregon. The measure, already
approved by the boose, now goes
to Governor Meier for his approv
al or rejection, the former being
thought sure since free textbooks
were Included In the Meier plat
form before bis election. .,
A packed gallery beard the de
bate which took all the time of
the morning session and brought
out one of the most closely eon
tested oratorical contests of the
session. ;
The Tote follows: i 1 '
For Bailey, Booth, Carsner,
Crawford, Dunne, Eberbard.
Franclscovlch. Hall, Kiddle, Kuck,
MUler, spauldlng, Upton, Wheel
er, Woodward. .
Against Bennett, Billlngsley,
Brown, Burke. Dunn. Eddy, Fish
er, Johnson, Mann, ! Schulmerlch,
Staples, Strayer, Marks.
The bill provides that the cost
of the books shall not exceed
$1.50 per pupil per year. Districts
of the first class may purchase
the books direct, while districts
of the second and third classes
shall purchase them through the 1
state educational department.
Oregon Held Far -r TTTTT
In Rear, Claimed :
Senator Bailey, In opening the
- argument for the bIHr declared
that -Oregon was one of : four
states !n the union which does not
have a free textbook law. "We
prpvide school bouses, teachers
iand much equipment, 'said Sen
ator Bailey, 'and I can see no rea
son why we should not go a step
farther and furnish, free text
books. This bill has received, the
Indorsement of tboatataftangt.
the -parent-teachers -"associations
and many' other organization! in
terested ia the welfare of our
school system." t "
Figures submitted by Senator
Bailey showed thaCpaasage of the
bill would save (thet Portland
school district approximately
$37,000 a year.
- I am opposed to this bill on
-the 'ground that It savors with
paternalism, said Senator Sta
ples. "It will not be long until
our children will be taken away
from as and ' educated : by the
state. We are gradually drifting
toward socialism. Thirteen- pro
fessors at the state university
voted for Eugene Debbs when be
-was a candidate for president of
the United States. ; j
"With our . present, deficit of
more than $2,090,000 we are in
no financial condition to take on
i (Turn to page 2, col. 1)
YOUTH CONFESSES
i unn is cui
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 15.
(AP) Charles A. Simpson. 21,
police said, confessed late today
be bound and burned to death
Mrs. Albina Voorhies, 65, Monday
night in a lUUe store she oper
ated here alone.. He "was ' imme
diately charged with murder.
Panic stricken by the "terrible
look In ber eyes," after ; be bad
clubbed ber over the bead,' the
confession read, Simpson ' bound
the helpless woman band and foot,
poured coal oil over ber body and
set it afire while she was still
alive. ' j 1
Police said he j explained he
killed Mrs. Voorhies to escape ar
rest, for she bad recognised him
as the son of ber landlord. He
obtained $10. . .
Trailed since the crime was dis
covered, Simpson was arrested af
ter he came out of a municipal
court room where be bad gone to
face a robbery charge. He was
free on ball tinder this charge at
the time the murder was commit
ted. It was, police said, only one
of several robberies of which be
was accused.
Escaped Convict
Ca tight Few Days
L After SZIarriage
l CORVALLIS. Ore., Feb! It). -(AP)
Benton !; county officers
today eut short, the romance of
George Wardell, alias George
Kellog, alleged escaped convict
from the Idaho penitentiary.
Wardell was arrested at the
home of Mrs. M. J. McClure War
dell, to whom be had been mar
ried last Monday at Albany, Ore.,
the bride was left at her home
and WardeU was placed in the
county jail pending arrival of
Idsho penitentiary- officials. 7
WardeU, who said bo had been
here two months, allegedly was
arrested in Idaho In 1923 for as
tault upon a minor. He escaped
June 25. 1925." . -
W fiat's in a Name?
Muck, Says Coolcing
Scho
Pleasing Terminology
Of Willa Campbell; Interest in Event '
I j Still at High Pitch 5 i
LOOK out you men!' You will be unable to tell what you
are eatine; for the next few. days if your wives carry
out the ideas sriven at The statesman cookino- school on
Thursday. : ,
"Ji CBt jFe?5s ' yr disH depend on the nama you
give It -Willa Campbell told the SOO women gathered at the
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GOHSDLIDATIOn OF
Saving I In .Inspection for
Child Ubor Effected
. Under Gram's Plan
i , Consolidation of the state board
of child labor inspectors and the
Industrial, i welfare - commission
with the state bureau of labor, was
approved by the Joint ways and
means committee last night,
Under the provisions of the bill
authorizing the consolidation, C
H. Gram, state labor commission
er, will act as secretary of the
Combined activities at a salary of
$3600 a year. He now receives
$3000. Millie Trumbull, of Port
land, la now serving as secretary
of the ; board of child labor in
spectors i and Industrial welfare
commission.
Tae estimated cost of conduct
ing the three departments separ
ately during the current biennluxn
was $32,011. Under a budget pre
pared by Mr. Gram covering the
cost of the combined activities.
the expense ! will be reduced to
$23,580.; . . ; ;-; ..- ;
Conciliation - 5 ' ' U
Board Eliminated
The ways and means commit
tee also eliminated the state board
of. conciliation, which requested
an appropriation of $1975 for the
current biennlum. The appropria
tion of the bureau of nursiirg-and-i
child hyjrleney wblcbrls- conducted
in connection with the state board
of health, reduced from $22,791
(Turn to page 2, col. 1)
SI REDS' M
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 19.
(AP) Bank Tobberies have been
proposed by Portland commun
ists ..'as a 1 means . of obtaining
greater . funds to carry on their
activities, M R. Bacon, Portland
special police officer, testified to
day in ! the trial of Ben Boloff
charged with criminal syndical
ism, j i :-'
Bacon affiliated with the com
munist ; party last year in order
to obtain , information about Its
work. His work led to the arrest
and subsequent indictment - of
more -than, 20 alleged commun
ists. Several of these are await
ing deportation and Boloff is the
first of 13 others to be brought
to trial for criminal syndicalism.
The entire day was devoted to
direct and ' cross-examination of
Bacon. He told of theories and
doctrines he bad - learned in - a
"communist school just around
the corner from . the police sta
tion." Ml:- -
Communist , sympathizers jam
med ; the courtroom , and - during
the noon recess more than '300
gathered in : the plaza opposite
the courthouse ' where they were
addressed by Fred Walker, 23,
organizer for the young commun
ist league for Oregoa and Wash
ington, and Paul Hunter. 22,
secretary! of the international la
bor defense league r of Portland.
Walker and I Hunter? are , among
the 13 Indicted for criminal syn
dicalism, i; They are at liberty un
der $2500 bail each.
'MEAT POISOXS CO
ELKTON, S. D., Feb. 19-(AP)
At least! 60 persons were suf
fering from food poisoning ' to
night and i eight of the victims
are expected to die. attending
physicians j said, as a result of
having j eaten meat " sandwiches
while attending- an auction sale
near here today.
S
APPROVED
RUBBER1ES
The Legislative Calendar
1
i HOCSE TODAY
. Third reading house bills
i 325, 266, 267. 268, 282, 309,
315. 326, 340. S42. -
Special order 10:30 a. m.,
report senate bill 150. '
; Special order p. m.,
bouse bills 38. 356, 357,
358, 359, 360, 362. 362. 363,
364, 365, 366. 4- .
Third reading senate bills
61, 78, 110, 113, 140, 145,.
112, 141, 56. 224. 108. 122.
189. 130. 132. 133, 216. 326.
Senate joint resolutions 4,
5, 6. - -,
' Senate joint memorial t.
HOUSE YESTERDAY
' Defeated resolution ' on
child labor amendment.
61 Instructor
Helps Digestion, Claim
Metaodit church on Thursday.
Yon. - mere men may think - you
anov a lot about foods but ; H
seem that the old adage about
a rose by any other name does
not apply In this ease and If you
like the sound of the name of a
particular dlsb yon will probably
like the food. Don't believe It
do you? Oh, well, it does not
matter because you .will not
know the difference anyway.
AU this - stress on names was
I because the class featured the
use of left overs and it seems
that the clever housewife can
take -a bit o' this and a bit o
that" and by the alchemy known
only, to good cooks combine the
"bits' so that most attractive
and appetizing dishes will result.
A "Heavenly" dessert to 1 be
made and left in the ice box un
til needed, was ' demonstrated by
Rita Conner. The basis of this
was t whipped creanu For; one
pint of whipping cream she used
one-half package of gelatin dis
solved in two-thirds cup of wa
ter. To this. mixture was added
various fruits. : "Just use what
Turn to page 7, eoL:l)
IWO KILLED WHEN
TMIN. TICK! HIT
Inquest Expected on Cause
" Of Fata! Collision :
: Near Barlow ,
vAURORA, Feb. 19 Two men
were' killed and a meat- truck
completely demolished on Thurs
day when the north bound Shas
ta limited struck the truck. The
accident occurred near Barlow
station. ' s " i : "
George Sturkart of Portland,
driver, of the truck, and :Dave
Grelner, a hitch hiker1, from Kent,
Washington, - were killed In
stantly. - - i t f
Alex Anderson, engineer on the
train, said be did not see the
truck as it turned from the Pa
cific highway and ran on to a
short spur, track. R. A. Taylor,
fireman, said be saw , the truck
but believed it was about to stop.
Taylor called to Engineer Ander-J
son wben he saw that the train
was about to strike the truck.
The emergency air brake failed
to prevent the accident. " !: I .
According to i reports Stnkert
apparently tried to beat the train
(Turn to page z, col. 2) r k
-BILL:
SESEEU
Prospects for a compromise be
tween the Kiddle 'forces for di
version, of $1,250,000 of state
road, funds for countyj market
roads and the highway commis
sion backers, looms in th house.
At least, an attempt will be made
when the . measure comes before
the lower bouse, ; after passage
by .the senate, to give the high
way commission more leeway . In
its disposal of the $1,250,000 set
out for market roads by, the Kid
dle blU. ' - .V-.-.
The highway commission, it is
said on good authority, objects
to having any specific purpose at
tached to Its funds. This is an en
tering" wedge for throwing high
way matters into the legislature,
the commission feels. f ; s
Its wish would be to have the
legislature authorize the com
mission to use such funds as it
saw fit for market roads, leaving
it free to designate the projects
to be developed as well as the
amount of money to be expended.
Under : the Kiddle bill aa
amount equal, to .the one-mill
levy, which is to be repealed.
would be diverted from the pres
ent highway funds into the var
ious county treasuries. ?
SENATE TODAY I
Special order 11 a. m.,
state department agriculture
bllL
Special order 2 p. m bill
to change Roosevelt high
way to Oregon Coast blgh-
way. ",. ,
SEX ATE YESTERDAY
Approved free textbook '
bill. 17 to 13.
Approved Woodward bill:
for five-day period of wait
ing before marriage license :
Is issued. ' - - . "
Killed short-train bill, 19
to 11. - - . -v;.
Passed admialstratlon's
. and grange's power bill.
MARKET
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MM
ORGANIZE TAX
COUNTY GROUP
Farmers Gather Here, lay
, Plans for Relief From
Taxation Burden .
Second Meeting to Outline
Policy. 1$: Scheduled
For, Saturday .
- . . - ...-.
' Taxpayers of Marion county, at
tempting to formulate, a definite
program of tax . reduction for
farmers and other holders of real
property, completed organization
of a Tax Equalization league at
a meeting attenaeo oy 7 a iarm
era from Salem, Sllverton, Au
rora, Woodbarn and other points
at the'- chamber of commerce
Thursday evening.
The group unanimously endors
ed Senator Schulmerich's plan to
eat approximately $1,000,000
from the state board of higher
education appropriation and ap
proved a Plan to send members to
appear before the legislature be
fore the end of this session to pre
sent a program of cutting taxes.
"Our hope is to equalize the
state and county taxes. The bur
den is now too heavy on proper
ty Farmers tee! it growing heav
ier every year, especially this year
when there are no prices for the
articles we have to sell" , said
Henry Zorn of Aurora, president
of the league for this county.
Honest Division
Of Burden, Aim
"There la nothlnr radical or
bolshevistic, about our program
We are all taxpayers and Oregon
citizens, many of us are pioneers.
What we want is an honest dis
tribution of taxes." .
Li. 8. Lambert of Stayton, 1
member of the executive com.
mittee urged farmers to -make
their wants known by writing to
legislators.- ' 4 -
"We must drop all . of our dif
ferences and organize, to stand
100 per cent for lowering of the
taxes" he said.' "We want-the
legislature to work tor us and if it
doesn't. It will hear from us." "
4 .Redaction of salaries of educa
tors in the schools of higher edu-
(Turn to pago J, col. 4)
Rain Needed
So No Cause
To Complain
", ' V " in - ,'
If your feet nave been wet and
the suit you just had pressed got
soaked ' through within the' past
tew days, don't complain of the
discomfort-- for it is nothing to
what you may suffer this summer
If the rain does not continue to
fall.
There was none too much rain
fall last year, even with the snow,
but by comparison with this year
1930 was a "wet" year. Rivers of
Oregon and the lakes are even
now showing the shortage of wa
ter. The Willamette river Febru
ary 18, 1930, measured 8.4, and
February 19, 1930, 7.8; for Feb
ruary 18. 1981. the figure is at
the astonishingly low level of -.2
below zero. With the rainfall of
the last few days the level raised
2.8. making the river stand at
three feet Thursday.
The total rainfall for December,
1931, was seven inches short of
the normal figure and January
days did not add a single fraction
of an inch of moisture.
So do not. complain of the
damp. It is needed. Oregonlans
could not live through the humili
ation of the east having to send
back some of the sbeckles sent to
it for drouth relief, in. order that
drouth relief might be effected in
Oregon. - ;
FIFTEEN MILLIONS
COST OFJEW UWS
war touit- Teh. 19 (API
Th Mr ttnainess of oasslnr legis
lation will cost the states around
fifteen million dollars this year.
Forty-four state legislatures
now are at work. Another gets
started In April. . More than five
thousand state senators and re
presentatives are functioning.
Clerks, -pages, stenographers.
chaplains, charwomen, printers,
parliamentarians and Janitors In
crease the number of persons bar-.
ing part in 4be state law making
to
approximately lb.uuo. ,
Pennsylvania spends more for
i laws than any other state;
xxo.l?i t the last session. On
Its
the basis of previous legislatures
It mir he exnected to produce 4,-
900 bills, of wWch 00 will be-
come laws.
. - N Tort with 1 1.7 9 9.2 ST and
Illinois with $1,100,000 are the
Only other states pcndlng- more
than a million dollars In the mak
ing of. laws. -r. ;."
" BOXER IS KILLED
JERSEY CITY, N. J Fcb. 19.
(AP) Injured in a boxing
contest last night Al Van Whs
ley, 18, .Newark negro, died to
EQUAL! Zj tTI 0 1 J
She Was Queen
OfMardiGras
Misa "Glady Gelpi, of New Or
leaiu. Ia. wm neenn of the
New Orlena Mardl Gim Festl
Tal this year. "Ham Oelpl Is a
Tivacions type i of southern
beanty and haaj been socially
- prominent thnmghovt tne ace
- son. r - .. . I
SITE OF SOLDIERS'
. IK NOT PICKED
Report Vancouver, Wash.,
Is First Choice Said
Not Official
Advices received! in Salem last
night through Associated Press in
dicated that the report emanating
from Tacoma to tbe effect - that
Vancouver, Wash., bad-been rank
ed as first choice as a site for the
soldiers' home to bo located in the
northwest, was not based on fact
and r that the selection . nad not
been made by General Wood, who
recently visited the coast.
The report was that Vancouver,
Spokane, American Lake, Wash.,
and Roseburg. Ore.1 bad been rec
ommended In the i order named.
This' report was based on a tele
gram from Congressman Albert
Johnston, but Johnston's message,
while giving the towns in that or
der, did not definitely say wmcn
waa recommended first.
Oregon veterans; w no nave xo-
Iowed tbo matter professed great
surprise, as it waa their expecta
tion that Roseburg, wnicn pro
nosed the Idea and whose efforts
nut the appropriation tnrougn
congress, was thought to nave tne
msiae track, leastwise iai wm
the conclusion they drew rrom
General Wood's remarks while in
the state. . . I : - "
It is further pointed Out that
Washington baa IS federal insti
tutions to one hi Oregon.
The matter Is not fully deter
mined yet. as the I final decision
rests with the Hospitalization
board which is expected to act at
an early date. Meantime Roseburg. j
and other Oregon cities are ex
pected to unite in a drive to get
the home located in Roseburg,
which has the united Support of
Oregon, whereas Washington Is
TO GALL ELE
MADRID. (By t Telephone to
London.) Feb. 19. (AP)
Rnain's new cabinet, beaded by
PrMnUr Jnu Bautista Aznar. in
its first official meeting tonigm
.Via. .atltnr nf JwHrnil
uciucu vu O "
and the1 esUbllsbment of a con;
stltutional convention as soon as
possible. ' - r-
Other important ' policies are a
plan ( to give administrative inder
iwniitinea to the Catalonian dis
trict land another to better the
status otithe peseta; Spanish mon-
a tltA . first important matter
the cabinet-will fix; dates for mu
nicipal, provincial and parliamen
tary elections m tneir: respective
order, the government promising
rnmnlet mlneeritJ in all. - :
Then the ministry will' tarn Its
attention to improving the- value
of the peseta, will revise some 01
the repressive acts decreed -.under
the - seven-year . cuctatorsnip . 01
prlmo de Rivers, and will present
a bill in the new parliament tor
administrative independence - of
Catalonia. s- , - '
Large Contracts - .
Are Awarded by
- Highway Board
PflBTTAND. Ori. Feb.' 19.
(AP) Th state. blghWay com-
mlatlnn mefttlnsr here today.
awarded i contractg aggregating
$748,241. ImproTements provia
ed by the contracts will affect 1Q
I Contracts were awarded for five
ttrldre: three of them on the
TJmpqua highway west of ! Drain
and one eacn in uon ana van-
inrton counties. The bridges will
cost $118,448.50, 'while road con
tracts amounted to $665,792.50.
: - APPEAL KOT FOED
SAN FRANCISCO! Feb. 19.
f API The last oDDortunitv . to
file an appeal in behalf of Henry
A. line, convicted I bomb maker.
passed today without any, action
SPANISH CABINET
IIETERiS Lflffi
ffiiSORE GIl'EO
HUGE PilIJORITY
President's Opposition - is
Flouted; Vote 72 to
12 in the Senate . y
immediate Veto Expected;
Allows;; Loans of Half
Certificate's Face
v Washington. Feb.- 19.
(AP) i- The senate passed the
veterans loan bill tonight, 72 to
12. completing one of the most
devastating routs of the admin
istration on Capitol bill In the
term of, President Hoover.
The measure to which the
president only yesterday voiced
bis Tigorous 1 objection was
rushed through the senate with
not only the rotes of 34 repub
licans ror it put with the sup
port of many of these adminis
tration members in debate also.
Applause ranr- from the ral-
leries and the floor as the over
whelming majority was an
nounced by Vice President Cur
tis at the completion of the roll
call shortly after C p. m.
May Borrow Half
Of Certificate Face'
The; bill would allow World
war . veterans to borrow up to
half the amount of the face
value of their compensation cer
tificates an average of $500 -to
each of the 3.400,1000 ex-service
men. , - '
It was passed by tbe senate in
the identical form In which the
house approved it .363 to 39 on
Monday. .Bolstered - with these
tremendous majorities the legis
lation will be sent to the White
House tomorrow and a certain
Teto was forecast.
' Senator Harrison, democrat,
Mississippi, asserted in the sen
ate today it would be : passed
over the veto and - ie republican
leaders tonight conceded this
was probable. -
jAlarm tha the measure might
be killed by a pocket veto with
out returning it to congress be
fore ' adjournment was stilled
late in . the day by semi-official
words from the White House
that Mr Hoover would veto it
within 48 hours.
Democrats Vote . ;
Solidly for Bin
. Democrats voted solidly, for
tbe loan measure which was ad
vanced as a compromise for the
full cash payment of the certif
icates t advocated by many. . '
Senators Watson of Indiana
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POLITICS "RAMPA1JT
IN CHICAGO'S LOOP
CHICAGO, Feb. 19 (AP)
Politics held raucous carnival in
the Chicago loop today.
Only four days until the party
primary for mayor, and every ma
jor, candidate in the rough and
tumble republican race converged
on downtown. .
It was bedlam all day long as
"Big Bill" Thompson, Judge John
H. Lyle and Alderman Arthur F.
Albert shouted of plots, of gang
sters and skulduggery. '
Crowds blocked some streets.
defying police in orderto listen to
defying police in order to listen to
carrying the voices of their candi
dates. Sound trucks shrilled pro
paganda. Mayor Thompson's ani
mal show grotesquely plodded Rl
alto street; and as a counter-attraction
Mrs. Albert appeared
atop a tallybo with . a group of
pretty girls. , ; . , . . ;
' Mayor Thompson told his audi
ence he had learned that "200 St
Louis gangsters are being import
ed for the election. . -
They are to be used, be said.
to "strong-armTOters into cast
ing their ballots for one of his op
ponents. ..:", :t
. ; Around the corner, in" another
loop. theatre. Judge Lyle repeated
his plaint that city hall police are
Vdirertlng many people who
want to iear him, into the
Thompson meetings. '
Many Dentists Coming
To Clinic;
Between 300 and . 500 dentists
of the Pacific "coast area are ex
pected in Salem today and Satur
day morning for the , second an
nual mid-winter dental clinic
sponsored by the Marion-Polk-Yamhill
Dental society. The ses
sions will be held in the Elks'
temple, opening at 8:30 o'clock
this morning.' .
The conference banquet will be
held at theMarien tonight at 6:30
o'clock and Saturday afternoon
the group will adjourn to go to
Portland to attend a banquet and
session sponsored, by, the Seattle
dentists, a large number of whom
are expected to be here.
Lecturers for the clinic sessions
are Dr. B. E. Lischer ."of the Uni
versity of California, Dr. C. T.
Fleetwood of Seattle, Dr. William
La Shearer of Omaha. Nebr., and
Dr. David Bennett Hill of Salem.
. Dr. Lischer, who will talk at t
Regress' oMfe:;
sgdiiia&is IMe
Tax on Tobacco
Is Voted' Down
:; After. Hearing
. Following ' a pnbHe-beariBg
here last night on House Bill
.313, . which - proposed . an . excise
tax on . tobacco, the bouse taxa
tion . and : revenue committee
voted unanimously against the
tax. ,-, ' -
By action of the committee the
bill will be reported out tomor
row with the recommendation it
be not passed.
Opponents of the measure at
the public bearing declared en
actment' of the . bill would de
velop bootlegging in tobaccos. It
would handicap Oregon dealers,
they said, by stimulating mail
order business and by driving
border . business in Washington
and California.
GRANGE POWER BILL
PASSED BT SENATE
Objection Raised to 5 per
Cent- Requirement for
j Asking Election
The senate hurried through Its
consideration of tbe grange pow
er bHl yesterday and gave the
measure a 22 to 5 majority but
not 1 until Senator Bennett bad
criticized tbe five per cent of vot
ers qualification for the- petition
ing of a special election.
By the passage of the bill the
second of the .three Meier utility
measures has ' passed the upper
house iwhlle the public . service
commissioner measure' has - been
approved in the bouse ef . repre
sentatives. Little opposition Is
expected to the completion of the
legislature's approval . In the
houses which have not yet consid
ered the three measures.
' On the grange power bill tbe
vote stood:
Ayes: . Bailey, Billlngsley,
Booth, . Brown, -Burke, Crawford,
DuxfJe of Clackamas and Mult
nomah, Eberbard, Eddy, Fisher,
Franeiscovichr Hall, Kiddle,
Kuck, Mann, Moser, Schulmerieb,
Spauldlng, ppten. Wheeler, Wood
ward and Marks. . "
- No: Bennett, Dunn of Jackson.
jonnson, staples and Strayer. -
Absent: Carsner, - Jones and
Miller. - : . -
Bill Explained ,
By Senator Bailey
. A ! brier , explanation of the
grange power bill was given be-
(Tnrn to page 2, col. 6)
Enlargement of the plant ca
pacity and other improvements are
nnder way at the local Reld-Mur-doch
plant and the machinery , is
being given a complete overhaul
ing. Frank B. Madden, northwest
manager tor the company, la in
Salem supervising the work.
Another boiler Is being Installed
which, will increase the capacity
Of the plant to 1000 horsepower.
A new 100-foot steel stack is also
being installed. The two. will cost
nearly $12,000 when completed.
Another box and crate house
will be built at once. It will be
50 by 100 feet in size. Tbe old
house Will be torn down and the
ground put Into lawn.
A S magnesia covering is being
nstalled - on all the steam pipes.
Mr. Madden stated that the com
pany might be forced to put in a
second water tower because of the
local water situation. The present
supply Is from an eight-inch main
and is not sufficient when the
plant is running at full capacity.
Opens Toddy
o'clock, 3:45 o'clock today, will
speak on-children' in dentistry,
practical Information for tbe gen
eral practltlon and dentotaeial de
formities and "their diagnosis and
prognosis. '- f.- i' '
Dr. Fleetwood, who appears on
tbe program at 10:45 and 3:45
o'clock today, will speak on cav
ity preparations- and impressions,
technique of' inlays and bridges,
care of gold and casting and sol
dering and assembling of bridges.
: Dr. Shearer's subjects will in
clude x-ray and diagnosis. Infec
tion, of tbe mouth and treatment
and nasal and sinus infections, lie
will lecture rat- 8 o'clock tonight
and at 9 o'clock Saturday morning.-'
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Df. Hill's j lecture,' at 10:45
o'clock 'Saturday morning, will be
on practical information to the
patient relative to diet and care
of the teeth, - ,
ENLARGE CAPACITY
AT REHURDOCH
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Arbitration of Value ia
A Lilcely Solution, 4
. Now Apparent .
Public ' Service Bccirc! -;.
Hears - TciUrnony ;
; No Ruling: yet f
Action on two fronts of tbo
water problem was in progress
yesterday. While nothing defi
nite was decided, progress was
reported and further coo vena
tions are planned, for today. The
public service commission held a
formal bearing on the matter ef
ordering the company to install
a; filtration plant yesterdsy af
ternoon, and after taking testi
mony .announced it would aa
i.ounce its decision later.
During the morning and again
In the late afternoon Mayor
Gregory and members of the
utilities committee of the city
council and President H. R.
Crawford of the chamber of commerce,-
met with representative!
of the water company in an" ef
fort to. come to an agreement
for suspension of litigation and
settlement of differences either
directly or by arbitration. Posr
parleurs were suspended last
evening to permit the utilities
committee to confer with other
councilmen; and conference
will be resumed this morning.
Pear to Proceed"; u
With Improvement T
At the session vefttprdiiv
ing Attorney K-eyerfor the.wa-
i r company stated that under
the wording of the charter
amendment which fixed the date
of valuation as of August 30,
1930, tor his company to make
further capital investment now
would be at their peril; so the
company did not see hnw it
c nld proceed with completion of
tne niter plant so long as tbe
caae f on tne legality of the
amendment had not been finally
.decided. 1
President Elliott stated that
since the city had voted over4
whelmlnrlr in favor of
the water -system bis company
aid not want to - stand in the;
way; but would retire from the
field on payment of a fair valua
tion for the property.
After much dlseussloh hark-
and forth Elliott for the water
company stated that they would
Join .tbe city In an arbitration
plan, either accepting the par
chase price of 1927 and addia
net Investment since;, or else ar
bitration of the entire property.
Tbe company would agree to ac
cept such price as the board ef
arbitration would decide; and
the city council would agree te
submit such proposal to the' peo
ple of Salem for authorization of
the necessary bond issue. The
board of arbitration would con
sist of one man named by tbo!
city, a second by the1 company
and the two to agree on a third
man in case the two could not
agree. . , ,. i
Would Permit of f - !
Filter Completion '
Under this agreement and the
calling off of the appeal of the
pending case, the company would
proceed to complete the filter
plant, with the city passing upon
an contracts ana awaras ror tne
work, .the city then to reimburse
the Jrampany for this outlay
; jTurn to page 2, col. 1)
' ALMOST ALL SOLD
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19 (AP)
Chairman Legge of the farm
board said today the wheat car
ryover of next July 1 might be
almost entirely in the. bands of
the governmerit sponsored grain
stabilization corporation.
. A little later Speaker Long
worth announced there Was little)
chance for wheat embargo legis
lation at this session. i
Legge estimated - the corpora
tIons holdings at the beginning !
of next summer's harvest at :
"possibly " 200.000.000 buehela."
with half that amount in easV
wheat.
Operation Upon
Samuel Hill is
j Said Successful
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PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 19
(AP) l Samuel- Hill, philan
thropist and good roads advo
cate, , underwent a major opera
tion at St. Vincent's bospitat
here ' today. Attaches said to
night bis condition was "fairly
good". , !
Dr. William- K. Skene, his phy
sician, said the operation tisi
been successful and that Hill's
condition was "as good as could
be expected after an operation of
that-nature." He declined, bow-
ever, to reveal the nature of the
operation. -
Hill .was admitted to the hos
pital February 9.
T CARRYOVER
being taken. - r
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