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DILL IS PASSED
Certain to Become law as
Governor Favored it
. In his Platform K
Continued from peae 1)
m&re frills . We af running hit
and miss, without making ;de-
aaate provision t for our . state
wards. Oar Insane hospital In S
lent la a lira trap. Some day we
wilt have a holocaust which, will
cans th members' of this iegl-
letur to regret their delinTjency.
Would -Ton take the money seed
ed to care for our state wards and
expend it for free textbooks?
-" "This i proposed law Is- manda
tory, and If approved, will make
it necessary ior ine oona-uae iu-
cens of Oregon to purchase ; text
books for that shiftless floating
class of people whoso daily rou
tine la that of Dlttlng on the
fir, nutting our the dog and rid-
ing around -in luxuxloua .automo
biles. I warn you that the time
is not . far distant when thai eco
nomic structure of this state will
bo destroyed by OTer-taxatiom.'
Eddy Claims It ' v? 1
la Socialism ' .
Senator Eddy said the proposed
""law was just another stop toward
r socialism. 'This bill will entour
age extravagance," said Eddy,
"and add to our financial bur
dens." -r '.-'"I -
r 4,if we would giro more atten
tion to our youth.' declared sen
ator. Crawford, -we might relieTe
the on seated conditions la our
nenitentiary. I feel that this la
would encourage education and
save the state many thousands of
dollars. Theories should giro way
to actual needs. This Is an eco
nomic measure, it Is right and
should receive favorable eonsid-
. (VI. .--.fa H , "
4 Senator Upton took tho posi
tion, that the sUte has enacted
laws compelling children to at
tend school,! and that . It should
w DroTide the tools of educa
tion. "There will be additional
xpjt5Eser said Upton, "but the
burden will bej-fifstributed. . It Is
a wise t Investment to encourage
education." r . i
Senator Fisher said he was op
posed to the bill for two reasons,
"la the first place," said Fisher,
"the proposed law Is unconstitu
tional and will cost the taxpayers
of Oregon $1,000,000. In the
second ' place It discriminates
. against the priTate school. Wo
are crucifying our citizens with
high taxes. . I 1 .
Equalizing of f
Hurtles Claimed f
' Senator Wheeler argued for the
bill on the ground that free text
books would equalize the burden
of education. fThe parents of
large families, jas a rule," said
Wheeler, -are the least : able to
purchase textbooks tor their chll-
'This , kind . of legislation wlU
lower the fibre of the human
race' said Senator Schulmerich,
"and encourage the educators to
extend the free textbook privil
ege to the high schools of the
state. '
Senator Moser said the matter
of free textbooks was not a new
one in the state of Oregon and
had been considered - by previous
legislatures. "Let us record here
and forever that we favor equal
ity among all the boys and girls
in this state' said Moser.
i Senator Hair said ho favored
the bill for the reason that he ob
tained bis early education- in a
state which has free textbooks.
' Senator Woodward spoke brief
ly for tho bill, while Senator Ben
aett opposed. f
COHODITll: OF
(Continued from pa ; tu)
to I1T.500. This appropriation
previously was considered by tho
commute on the basis of a re
duction of SO per cent, but this
was thought to bo too drastic
Senator Woodward attacked the
Oregon Employment' Institution
tor the Blind in Portland on the
ground that It had been made a
political shalf and was not con
ducted along the line Intended at
the time It was created.
Tho appropriation-of $220,000
requested for the construction of
a new wing at the eastern Ore-
gen atate hospital at Pendleton
was reduced $15.000..
Appropriations by the ways and
means committee up until tonight
aggregated $4,287,751, as against
budget requests of $$.tll,$10 ap
proved by. tho governor. Items
authorised by tho committee not
contained in the budget aggregate
$979. CIS. The net decrease, in
actual budget recommendations
totals $103,317.
It was Indicated tonight that
most of the appropriations would
be prepared for introduction not
later than Tuesday of next week.
PROGRESS IS HE
UPD7J WATER ISSUE
t Continued from pars 1)
when tt takes over the plant.
Elliott further agreed that the
otter should bo kept open for a
"term of years, so that in case
the people refused to authorize
the bonds at the first election, it
could bo resubmitted. .
Mayor Gregory was disposed
to favor a "horse-trade" with a
definite bargaining right now on
. the purchase. Other city repre-
. sentatives felt they were not well
enough informed to make a b&r-
r&ln and that the people would
have more confidence If the mat
ters were arbitrated by compe-
tent men.
. The public service commission
-itook testimony from Percy Cup-
fer, engineer; w. O. Allen, Geo.
: Jl. Paulus, C B. Spencer, Frank
APPROVE
DOG DERBY WON BY WOMAN
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Thole Geelan, noted woman dog team driver, bested a field which in
cluded the best men niuaers" in North. America avnd won. toe
annual Tahoe-Slerra dog derby. Carrying in ber pocket a hand
kerchief which: she said had been given her a a good-luck talis
man by the late "Whistlin Lyd' Hutchinson, another woman dog
driver who died last year, Mrs.. Geelan hong up the fast tine of
9 hoars 67 minute 34 seconds. t
Gibson,' R. O. Lucks, cannery-
men; II. R. Crawford; i, o.
Baar, . engineer; and C. Lester,
the commission's engineer. The
water-company put on as wit
nesses, M. A. Pouisen, city re
corder; EL C. Elliott.
Claim Temporary v :
Filter is Unsafe
All the engineers testified that
tho present temporary filter beds
were not - sufficient protection.
that they, were in danger In case
of flood! and that, a mechanical
filtration plant: was necessary to
Insure the city wholesome pota
ble water. President Elliott ad
mitted the need for the filter
and related, horr they had sus
pended operations - because the
amount of ' the eitv bond issne
would noU cover tho aided out
lay tor the filter plant -and the
company feared it would be the
loser, "v , .- j .-'
Cannerymen testified that
while the present water was all
right, they feared a recurrence
of water trouble of tho lata rau
of 1123. This came- after the
packing season of that year, so
np actual damage had been ex
perienced, ,r. i'v.Ji -
Chairman uai fanou presiaea.
He and Commissioners Corey
and Bortxmeyer asked ' - many
questions. The commission took
the matter under advisement and
expected to wait till the out
come of tho present negotiations
with the city is announced:;
Kjonn
HI, TRUCK HIT
(Coattnued Jtrom pas 1)
to the crossing. The crossing and
tho tracks are risible tor a mile
each way from the Paeifio high
way. Tho railroad ! about 100
feet tronv the highway.
, , OREGON CITT, Ore Feb. XI.
(AF) coroner M. J. noiman
said tonight he probably would
order an Inquest over tho bodies
of George Sturkart, 36, Portland,
and Dave- Grelner, - 27, Kent,
Wash., who r were killed In a
grade crossing accident at Bar
low today.' i ! .
Sturkart, a sausage . salesman.
and ' Grelner; : riding with - him,
were killed Instantly when their
truck was struck by tho south
bound Southern Pacific com
pany's Shasta Limited.
- Members of the train crew and
P. H. Smith, operator of - a near
by service , station, told Holman
that Sturkart. the driver of the
truck, apparently had j seen the
train but was trying to; beat It to
the crossing. . jr .1 , .....
CLASSES
FOB LIJl GLEE
Practice for songs to bo sung
by Willamette ! university classes
in tho Freshman Glee is under
way. Arrangements are being
made by members of tho fresh
man class. - r -f-,
Committees working on the af
fair are as follows: r
Seniors: Mary and Howard
Miller, composers; Josephine Al
bert, leader; Doris Corbln, ac
companist; Ralph Purvlne, for
mation chairman.
Juniors: Muriel White and
Edith FIndley, composers; Helen
Cochran, director; Edith FIndley,
accompanist; formation, junior
giee committee, i -
The
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Sophomores: Lois Wilkes and
Robert Magln, composers; Carol
Brad an. director; Robert Magln,
accompanist.'
Freshmen: Betty Boylan, chair
man of the committee' to select
the ' song, which was selected
Wednesday. . rs
: General ..committees: program
Marjorlo Law, Audrey Till
man, Herbert Hardy; decoration
Naomi Hewitt; formation
Mildred Keeter; v Paulino Paul,
Amelia Shrack; refreshment
Florence Long, Ruth Schrleber,
Barbara Elliot, Art Erickson;
ushers, Ted Parker. f
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OBSERVED . MM
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. Monday will bo , generally ; ob
served lh Salem as a holiday, fol
lowing Washington's birthday
which falls on Sunday this year.
Tho postotfico wlU bo closed,
with no city or rural service all
day Monday, except for the spe
cial delivery service and the hour
from 9 to 10 o'clock when tho
general delivery window will be
open to accommodate transients.
The banks will bo closed dur
ing the day, and the school chil
dren will have Monday afternoon
off. Schools will open at the reg
ular time Monday morning, and
will run- daring the morning,
with part of that- period to be
given to programs In commemor
ation of the first president's
birth. - , ;
Most of the schools are arran
ging special programs. School
busses will operate on a shorter
schedule so that children may re
turn to their homes earlier in the
day.
Forty-six of Willamette univer
sity's 5S students of last semes
ter have been put on probation
for low grades. Of the total of
338 "A's." J27 wore earned by
women and 111 by men. Last
year's record shows that Sit stu
dents were registered for the
corresponding semester from
which 2$ AV and 868 "B's"
were earned. .,
Honora tor high grades went
to Leslie Frewing for last semes
ter for a straight "A" in a 30
hour course. Mr. Frewing Is tak
ing a , pro-medical ! course of
which three of his subjects last
semester were laboratory course.
. : Other students making v no
grades lower: than -B' ' are:
Misses Adams, Atkinson, Badley,
Balrd, Cammack, Cation;! Eddy,
Dasch. i Edwards, Hanke, High.
Jorgenson, Lewis. Love, Middle
ton, Medler, Mitzn&r, Morange,
Moser, Rose. Scott, Skinner,
Stiles, Toose Warn pier, Weseley,
White (Mary and Muriel), Clarke
Wlena; Mrs. Alfce Fisher;
Messers. Parker, Baldereo, Bar
low Bowe, Briggs, Campbell,
Currln Felton, French, Hage
mann. Miller, Nelson, Smith.
Warren, West, Wright, WaddeL
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LIQUID or TABLETS.
Cera CoIcJs, Headaches, Fever
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Ml PROBATIONS
OREGON STATESMAN Salem. Oregon. Friday Morning.
OHIIZEIM
RELIEF GROUP
Farmers Gather Here, lay
Plans tor HeneT t-rom
Taxation Burde .
(Continued . front page 1)
cation and atate officials; passage
of income, intangibles and excise
taxes and caution in electing re
presentatives to tho stato legisla
ture were among tho suggested
proposals for reducing the tax
burden, which, league members
assert. Is rapidly become so sort
ous as to prevent, farmers from
living on their lands and sup
porting their families.
' : Among those who spoke at the
meeting wore John Ramage of
Woodburn. member of the execu
tive committee, F. J. Lafky of Sa
lem. A. E. Zimmerman of Salem,
Frank Bowers ' of Silvexton, Ar
thur Edwards of Turner, Lester
Matthew of Champoeg and Mr.
Stocker of Sllverton.
Will Adopt Policy
Of Saturday Meet
- The first definite step of .the
league will bo to adopt policy
of tax reduction at a meeting to
be held Saturday afternoon at S
o'clock at tho ' chamber of com
merce rooms. At thla time a dele
gation will be appointed to appear
before members of the state leg
islature and present tho proposals
of tho'league.' .
f- Tho tax reduction league was
formulated in Marion county a
month ago. Since that v time
Washington county has organised
and Clackamas county Is planning
to organize soon, i Yamhill coun
ty has had a league for soma time.
Thero are about 2,000 farmers
In Marion county j who are mem
bers of tho league at the pres
ent time, according to Mr. Zorn.
' A. E. Zimmerman was elected
to represent Salem on the executive-committee
and Willird Stev
ens of Howell Prairie was elected
secretary of the county group. .
SHORT Till BILL
Tho senate lata yesterday af
ternoon ran the short train hill
on to a aiding and left It thero
for this session. By a rote of 19
to 11, on reconsideration, tho
Upton measure was indefinitely
postponed.
Senator Upton had called the
bill back from tho house earlier
in tho week, after! the senate had
approved It. Now testimony was
taken la committee, tho railroad
brotherhoods predominating In
tho hearing. Despite tho new evi
dence, senators found leas reason
to approve tho measure than at
first Tote.
Senators Upton - and . Dunno
urged the, bill, which limited tho
length of freight trains to .70
ears and passenger trains to 14
ears, opposition was mada by
Senators Booth.' Crawford and
Staples who claimed the bill was
an attempt to legislate Jobs for
men to tho detriment of tho rail
roads, and of tho public. .
xn aeoato yesterday, opponents
of tho measure stressed tho fact
that cutting down! tho length of
trains might sweep away the SO
per cent differential now held by
Portland through Its water grade
over Paget sound ports for grain
shipments from tho inland em
pire territory. j
LlOi'iS EIJTEHTII
WIVES AT ora
Members of Lions club enter
tained their wives with a "laldea'
night dlnnef and program at the
Masonic temple last . night.
The entertainment program
consisted of vocal and Instrumen
tal solos and moving picture of
Oregon outdoors presented, by Dr.
David Bennett Hill. Mrs. Vida
Lou Starr , and Mrs. John 8tlmp
son, sang; .Clarence Winger play
ed the piano; and Leslie Spring
er -sang- a number of Scotch
songs. - - : -
A feature of tho evening was
tho "mixing" of couples. - Each
Lion was given a name of a
state; each Lioness, a capitol of
a different state. Matching of
state with proper capitol resulted
in change of partners for dinner.
The men were given Valentines
which they read to their guests,
with attendant merriment.
t A silver cup for winner of the
Lions pewee golf tournament and
award for the bowling bout were
presented to Charlie Hudklns.
winner of both eventa.
Raymond Miller, scoutmaster
of the Lions-sponsored boy scout
troop, was introduced as a new
member of the club.
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Bj OLIVE iL DOAK
- THE GRAND ,
Today Buck ' Jones
"Shadow; Ranch",
WARNER'S CAPITOL
Today . "Captain Apple-
Jack". : y.:.,..
HOLLYWOOD i
Today --. Charles Rogers la
-Follow. Thru". ! - ; J
WARNER'S ELSINORH
Today -; Conrad Nagel
in "Free ove-.i
SaUuday Winnie. Llght-
aer and : Joe Brown in
.. 'Sit Tight". I s i -
'Captain Applejack which
will be seen tor the last time' to
day at the Capitol was made to
be an : amusing comedy' en - the
subject of a bored man who was
given a new interest in life. Mary
Brian. . and John HaUiday , take
tho leads but some of the minor
characters just . about- make oft
with the show. Can't say that
Mary is any more cleverr than
she usually -is. HalKday -seems
to he playing his part - while
wafting' for 'something better.
"Jerry" Laswell at the Capitol
has 'a show coming upon which
to" is i completely sold. - That
show is "White- Cargo" and if
half is true that is said about it,
well the show will be one you
will not want to miss
Those folk who follow the le
gitimate stage will i remember
that it has had one of. the long
est records s a stage, play. It
was written by a young electri
cian who went to tho tropics to
do some special work for a com
pany and instead of coming
home when ha had completed his
work he remained for j 10 years
He kept a diary while there and
the story is - made from that
diary. )
It is a play of human emo
tions under stress of circum
stances hard to realise by the
stay-at-homes. - j
Clara Lyons, editor of the Sa
lem high school Clarion, placed
eighth in the headline writing "di
vision of the national Journalism
contest sponsored by,. Quill and
Scroll, national high school Jour
nalism society,, according to wora
received here over the Associated
Press y ' j
Alice Smith of Meadvllle.
Penn was awarded first place in
the headline writing contest, in
which Miss Lyons gamed .first
place. The other two i divisions
were feature writing and current
news writing. ; ,
This is the first year! that Sa
lem high students have entered
in the Qulil and Scroll- contests.
and the showing made comes as
a pleasant surprise. Much of the
credit for the showing is due
Miss Ada Ross, faculty adviser
to tue Clarion.
Miss Lyons is1 tho third Salem
high student to be recognised in
the contest; however, she Is the
only on to receive position in
the national competition.!
John Irvin of Corvalli placed
second in the Pacific coast area
in tho headline .writing j contest.
Troutdale Will
: Erect i Cannery
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. It. -
(AF) Announcement was made
tonight following a meeting of
Troutdale vegetable growers and
members of the Industries com
mittee Of the Portland chamber
of. commerce that a.-$59,000 co
operative cannery will be built at
Troutdale this year. ;
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February 23. 1S31
S.'.LEi.l, D'lii'S TIE
fraiEDlin:
Extra Contest Necessary to
Settle : Division Racs; "
Silverton 'Beaten (
Salem high school debate teams
encountered a snag last night in
their apparent walk-away for
this division of the district when
the affjrmatlve locale lost here
3 to 0 to the negative from Dal
las. The result Is a tie' with Dal
las for division honors.
The local decision was a com
plete surprise to Salem, -especially
in view of the fact that the
Dallas debaters made no attempt
to answer the arguments set
forth by -the local team, coin
posed of - Howard' Teeple and
Robert Reed. ,
The Salem negative team, Ward
Horn and Waldo Mills, won 1 to
1 at Sllverton, thus saving the
day for Salem.
Prior to last night's debates,
Salem outpointed Dallas by two
counts in the season's contests.
Dallas lost 2 to 1 to Woodburn at
Dallas last night, thus, giving
that school tour points for the
evening. Salem got only the two
points 'from Sllverton, which
evened up the points earned by
reach school and will make neces
sary a debate to argue, off the tie
into which the schools find them
selves. - ; r '' . ': ;' : ; ;
District Serif7 ,
To Follow Soon -
The winner of the tie off will
appear in the three-cornered de
bate from which the ' district
champion will emerge.
Despite the upset last night,
Salem high school has made a
particularly fine record this year,
winning all but one debate. This
in face of the fact that - all six
members of the debate squad and
the coach. Shannon Hogae, were
new to debating la Salem high
this season.. Harold Prultt and
Eleanor Barth were the other
two members of the . squad, and
each has appeared in several con
tests. " l
GRANGE POWER BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
(Continued from page 1)
fore the senate Voted, by Sena
tor Bailey, one of the authors of
the measure.- Bailey said that
every feasible safeguard had been
placed in the measure to prevent
unwise financing and other diffi
culties which bothered Irrigation
district formed in Oregon.
Bailey pointed out ' to the sen
ate that there was a requirement
in the measure providing that a
district formed of non-contiguous
sections required an affirmative
rote by both sections. Bailey told
the senate that legal advisors of
Governor Meier -had thoroughly
examined the bill and had given it
their approval.
DEAF OASKETEEfIS
BEAT! OEPEOEffi
The School for the Deaf bas
ketball team scored a basket with
bat fire seconds left to play and
defeated Independence high 14
to 1 3 at Independence Thursday
night.
HOLLYWOOD
25c
Home of iJW Talkie
TODAY and SATURDAY
Matinet Today 2 P.' BL
Mickey Mouse Matinee
1:30 Saturday
"1
with
Charles Rogers
Nancy Carroll
, Zelma O'Neal
, Jack Haley
All-Technicolor
Also IUn-Tin-Tln In "The
Lone "Defender
nd Mickey Mouse in
"Birthday Prty
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J -The Iovo-Langh 1 I
I Screen tTreat ot il,
I, j the Year I I I
The deaf boy layd fast, but
were i called . f :r traveling wun
the-ball many times. Two of the
Independence player were out
with mumca and did not- play.
February 25, the California
School for the Deaf team will
come to Salem to play tho Oregon
deaf boys. This will bo the third
year thaf these teams bav met.
Two year ago th California
team came- to Salem and went
home on . th short end of the
seer. Last year the-Oregon deaf
team traveled to Berkeley and
lost there. This leaves on game
each and the game this year will
be of interest to determine wheth
er or 4 not" an invasion -can-be
made successfully. The California
school has: more boys to choose
from so . Jlhe Oregon bays will
have to work hard to hold! their
Lineopst
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.F.. Jiewton
Coffin, 2:
Fest, t i.
Adams
Hultt
Wood,
.F ff, Keller
-C ' Le&ard
4, Mattlson
-1. Hardman
.3, McEldony
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Letter Girls of
H. S. Planning
For Activities
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. The" Girls. Letter club of the
senior high school is making
preparations for ? several big
events for the spring term, it was
announced .following a meeting
ot the dub yesterday. The club
will hold a dance at the , hlghr
school gymnasium the evening of
April 24. . . -
Plans are being formulated foiH
iniuauon or the new club mem
bers, this event to be held the
middle of next month.- Agnes Mil
ler has been named chairman of
the.Jym jamboree, the outstand
ing event of the year for the let
ter girls. This will be held either
March 21 or 27, the exact date to
be announced later. - tzT "
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Prim-
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President's Opposition is
Flouted; Veto 72ftto
12 in tho Senate
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and McNary of Oregon, th re-
Dubliean leaaers, joined in the
party bolt to support the bill.
Watson win support me veto
as the au ministration , leader
but there was little indication
any others would switch over to
help sustain the veto.
Of the la wno uia not vote
only 4 were paired against the
measure, thus giving the opposi
tion a total strength fa tho sen
ate of It, far less than the re
quired one-third plus one neces
sary to sustain a presidential ob
jection. ,
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TO DISCUSS PUIS-
TOD JERSEY SB
Definite plans for the annual
county -Jersey show will be made,
at the meeting of the Marion
county Jersey Cattle club,' to be
held at the Salem chamber of
commerce rooms on Saturday, be
ginning at 1 o'clock.
The spring show has been th
occasion for bringing out the blue
bloods of the county Jersey world
and prospects are that the 1931
show will be the. best held so far.
. Other Important business will
be transacted, according to to
Warren Gray, president ot the
Club. '
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