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Y EIGHTY YEARS- - '.. . - .- Place orders now for The . Statesman's ' S(Kh' .Anniverv eary edition,, a review Salem history. , 1 THE VEATIIER ; J' - .General fair today and i Wednesday, cooler; .BIaxt 1 Temperatare Monday CJ, - ilia. C2, rain '.01 Inch, river 1 9.9 feet, north wind. . ' . -. ..... - . . -.-r rvf FOUNDED EIGHTIETH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday I.Iornbr, llarch 21, 1931 No. CIO HIES IS OflT SlillEii UilR hmd mm Keeps -Firmlyto : Original Story ;ol hisV: Vife;s ' Asserted Suicide Close Friends of Family Add Strength to That . Theory of Case ! -: mLLSBORO; Ore., March 13- fAP) The death of his wife in the apartment where his own al leged Illicit romance, flourished was described orer and over again from the witness stand to day by Nelson c. itowies, young millionaire, charred . wlth.l the woman's murder. - - Tn 'this acartment of . rose shaded lamps and garish drapes occupied by Miss lrma Loncks, his former secretary, but alleged ly said for by the Portland j cap italist, ..Mrs. Leone Bowles, prom inent socially, died from a knife -wound last November 12. I JMlss Loncks is Jolnflyaceused et the murder. -: r . Both in .direct testimony; and , through a, grilling cross-examin ation. Bowles insisted bis I wife took her own life. - . - She stabbed 'herself through the heart, he declared, after she. Miss Loucks and Bowles had met in Miss Loucks' apartment. Holds to Story As First Told --: Calmly and impassively Bowles withstood the loner ordeal of cross-examination, and he showed no apparent signs of relief when he stepped down late today. He told of his wife's Tlslt to the apartment: of his arrival a! few moments later, of his wife's men tion of divorce. , ' ' Bowles said Mrs. .Bowles turn ed to Miss Loucks suddenly and asked "do you lore my husband do you want to marry him? 'Miss Loucks said: she did not. the defendant testified, and Mrs Bowles declared " there Is ! only one thing to do I'm not going to lire, like this any more." She then went into the kitchen. Bowles said. A few moments later be saw her fall. . ,,A hread- Knixe was-in her heart. Identifies Knife Without Emotion ' ' During the cross-examination George Mowry, prosecutor, took a long-bladed knife from the ta ble. He held It before the witness, -And this is the knife,' he asked. "Yes I think.lt is," Bowles answered, to all outward appear anee unmoved by the exhibit. ThejJistrict attorney then held before the eyes of the witness a blood-stained shirt Bowles wore on. the morning of his, wife's death. The stains were made, he bad testified, when he carried his wife from the kitchen io the bed room. ' - . , : He told the prosecutor he. had worn a light colored coat the. day of the tragedy. He admitted he had seen no blood stains on the coat, but declared he had worn it and the sleeves had not been pull ed up. . -. . ..- , . During the entire examination Miss Loucks gaze never left the face of her co-defendant. - -Thought Wife Did t Not t Understand - During direct examination . Bowles testified his wife often (Turn to page 2, col. 4) -1-;.....,:.;.) IX OREGON 84 YEARS -ROSKBURXJ, Ore, 3Hrch 23. f (AP) Randolph T. Rose, 91. who came 'across the plains with his parents from Schuy ler county, Illinois, In 1840, died at his home near here to day. He had lived in, Douglas county 84 years. Rose1 had lived on Roberts ereek near Rosebarg all his ' life. He is snrvived by IS child ren, seven daughters ami aix" . sons. " COURT WRIT ASKED - MED FORD, Ore., March 25. (AP) A writ of probably cause will be sought from the state su preme court by attorneys for James E. Klngsley, sentenced to hang April 3 for killing an Ash land traffic patrolman. Tae at torneys, who already hav filed notice of appeal, left today for Salem. . . -, .':., - Sam Precott was shot to dearth when he stopped Kingsley to Ques tion him about the car he was driving. The machine had been stolen, DODSOX IS SPEAKER ; ETGEXE. Ore, March iXJ-. (AP) W. B. D. Dodson, mana ger of the Portland chamber of commerce, speaking at the 11th -annual meeting of Orrgon . chambers of coiunterce aecre tariea here today, urged, devel opment of Oregon's water re sources. .. . t-T- CaaaliiaLlon of the Willam ette, Columbia and Snake rfrera ana development of hydroelec tric power would bring Increas. - ea industUl development, Dod on uid. ." , - 1 r pssssw Skkaw -ftsr msswsbw In Hotel mm Fire VMS Fate of Movie ; ManNot'Known Varies: Frlssell young ew York er, nephew I Governor iUctot of Pennsylvania, leader of the motion picture expedition aboard the sealer Viking, which was destroyed by explosion and fire off Newfoundland. Mr. FrisseUja graduate of Yale, Is among the missing in the dis aster. - j . . . '. VIKING SURVIVORS : iEHIIIG M Relief Vessels get Clear Of ice, Will Arrive at r St 'John's Today ST. JOHNS, XF- March 23 (AP) Captain William . Kennedy, one of the rescued in : the Viking disaster, j died to night on board the rescue ship Sagona, wireless advices from the Sagona's skipper. Captain Jacob Keaa, said. Death was cansed by pneumonia. ' Kennedy, and Harry Sargent of Boston and Clayton King, wireless operator, were picked , up while floating on a piece of the Viking's cabin. ; - " - i v.; ' ST. JOHN'S, N. F March 23 CAPJ The Ice floes of White Bay today released their grip on the sealing vessels carrying 127 survivors of the Viking disaster today and the ships headed for St. John's in bright clear weather. Without further mishap, the sealers locked in blocks and hum mocks of jice almost a week, should arrive - here --tomorrow morning, i , The majority of the survivors are aboard the steamer, Prospero, to which they-were- transferred from the sealer Sagona today. only the sick and injured being left aboard the Sagona. - -,-. When all the rescued men are in port and have rested. Sir Rich ard Squires, prime minister of New Foundland, will open an In quiry to determine the cause of the explosion that wrecked . the Viking, piling up a casualty list - - (Turn to page Z, eol. Z) r Pi Pioneer of 1840 Dies - - i . Seek Kingsley Appeal : Canalization is Urged if Chief Torn Graham Dies - FT"XERA1 WEDNESDAY ' CORVALLI3. Ore., March 23. (AP)' -PTineral . rservices for Thomas R; Graham, 48, Corvallls fire chief ! for 23 years, will be held here t Wednesday afternoon. Graham died in Portland Sunday night. - j - - Graham f was a ' native of Cor vallls, he was a graduate of Ore gon State college and was a let terman in i track and football. . . He Is survived by his widow, one son. two sisters and three brothers, f . -i " r , 4 .;. - f . - - , 200.BACK AT WORK : EUGEXE, Ore March 23. (AP) About two hnndred men returned to work In logging " camps and sawmills in Lane county today.' - The J. H. Chambers Lumber company's sawmill at Cottage Grove and one of. the Booth Kelly logging camps near Wen ' dling resumed operations today. SEEK DISSOLUTION ALBANY, i Ore., March 23. (AP) Petitions 'asking dissolu tion of the Shedd union high school district were filed today with the Linn county school su perintendent. The petitions bore 118 slfnafares. Thepetitions say patrons are dissatisfied with the- limited courses of study offered at the Shedd union high school. They also charge the district failed to exclude part of district No. 80 in conformity with an allagsd "gen tlemen's agreement" mads at the time , the union high school dis trict was formed. 4 - The petitioners ask that a spe cial election be called to decide the question, t - , - ' ... Boss by landmark , ' - - Blaze : Fought rj for two 'Hours 'J Buildihgs '2' iJlSearby; Saved ''ill' -STATTON I March '2S (Spe cial) The Interior of the 20 room, two story Stayton- hotel,? a landmark for 49 years ' past, waa completely destroyed by fire here this afternoon, the -second -time it had been struck by the red dem on .within a week. -Today's con flagration - was thought to have started " from; an exploding oil cook stove on the second floor.. . The blaze was discovered at 2 o'clock by Roy Xed,: MacMarr store employe who turned on the city fire siren to call -the volun teer fire department. 1 Fire fight ing equipment consisting of hose cart and chemical wagon were put Into action' and with a good. pres sure of water playing on the fire and neighboring buildings, spread of the menacing flames was pre vented. " : ' ' " - - 'r ' - i? HJLi. Frank Lesley, who with her husband was proprietor of the hotel,, waa asleep on the groand floor when the tire was discover ed. Workmen who were repair ing damages from the earlier fire,, warned her in time to escape, af ter she had been wakened by the fire siren. . , ' Little is Saved . From Building T Nothing, except the furnishings of the Schmitt barber shop on the first floor, clothing of the Lesleys, a washing machine and a mangle was saved. ; Insurance was said to cover the damage to' the extent of $6000. Bud; Berg and 'Sam" King, roomers at the hotel, lost all their clothing and personal belongings, except that which they . were wearing. - The flames gained such head way on the firefighters that they centered efforts, successfully, on saving the fixtures on the first floor and protecting -nearby build ings. To prevent windows of the Bank of Stayton, the Bon Ton and other, business houses across the street from being shattered ; by the intense heat, wet rugs and canvasses were hurriedly hung in front of them. .The Star theatre. but 15 feet north of an annex of the hotel, waa thought doomed, but the raging flames were con fined to the main portion of the hotel. The theatre is owned by Edwin Keech of Salem. By 4 o'clock the last tongues of flame had been extinguished and the old hotel stood, a blackened shell with a portion of the roof (Turn to page 2, col. 7) : OF PIONEER TIMES Memories, reaching into the dimming days of the 60's, '70's and 'SO 'a, have been enriched in the past - fortnight as long-time members of The Statesman's fam ily have told this newspaper they are eligible for the roll of honor, to be a very Special feature of the anniversary edition coming off the press next week, n ' ; ( - ; . Yesterday a number of names were added to the growing list of half-century subscribers and yet the desire of The Statesman for more honor members is not satis fied! Three more days are still avallable-for sending or telephon ing to this newspaper the names of Individuals who for five dec ades or more have been continu ous readers of The Statesman. -1 This newspaper also desires for its roll, of honor names of other octog'enerians living in -the Salem territory,, who, too, can thrill to SO years of Oregon's history- The Statesman's birthday Is Saturday and like an Individual, It will at tempt . to outline at this turning point in the road, some of the events which have marked its travel. ... U. : ': ; . - : Nevada Devout 1 1 State Despite ; Open Gambling SAN FRANCISCO, March 23 (AP) Nevada, where 1 gambling was recently legalised, -has more churches per capita than any oth er state in the union, George W. Malone, state engineer, boasted here today. . What's more, he said, Nevadans are statfnch church goers."-. . T-'i "" ' Tm- "The reason Is perfectly sim ple' he- explained. -Nearly all the gambling is done by tourists and visitors. - Young Teacher ' r Dies as Result ; Of Poor Liquor EAST ST. LOUIS, HL. March 23 -(AP) Miss Dorothy Strecker, 21 year old St. Louis school teach er, died this afternoon as the re sult of drinking "moonshine whis key Sunday nfgbt. Dr. W. W. Boyne, coroner of St." Clair coanty said tonight. " " -r- ' Miss Strseker's escort, James "EL Smith, S3, and Mrs. Julia Nick. 33. proprietor of an alleged speak easy were being held pending a coroner's Inquest. REVIVE 1MB CUE IS DUE IIP0I1 fiGCIDEOT: BOARD, REPORT Hunter, Early arid Lawrence I: To I be new : Members : - Indicated now Si r! V. G. Ide Believed Slated to 1 'Head new; Aoricultural . 1 . Department Here ' - ,. . - 5' - , - . - - 4, . ' ' ' i . r Appointment of an entirely new. industrial accident commission is expected at- the' governor's office today. - While Mr. Meier would not confirm the report late yester day, sources close to the execu tive indicated that the personnel of the : new appointees had: been agreed , upon and the announce ment : only awaited the formality of the governors statement.. -t A. - R. . Hunter. . former , farmer and cattle-raiser, now residing at LaGrande, . has been . selected to succeed E. E. Bragg, who also bailed from the Union county city. Hunter Is a democrat and- will serve the hoard la the capacity of member-at-large. ' It is virtually certain ! that Charles T. Early, Portland lum berman, has the sure call as the appointee to represent the em ployers on the board, as la pro vided by - law. Representing the employees .will be Arthur W. Lawrence of Corvallls, owner of a printing shop there. Lawrence (Turn to page 2, col. 6) By OSCAR- LEIDINO NEW YORK. March 2S4-(AP) Four modern Magellaxul, avi ators all, are to attempt this spring and summer to - stretch new wings around the world. . Theirs are. the. most ambitions projects of the 1931 flying - sea son. - . ,1 .:;.'....' Wiley Post, Oklahoma City pilot, will try to slash the aero from the 80-day record of Jules Verne's mythical globe-trotter. Phlneas Fogg. The others have nor set goal but to lower the Graf Zeppelin's world-girdling mark of 20 days and four hours. Post, using the Lockheed mono plane with which he won the nonstop-San Diego to Chicago derby of the 1930 air races, will be ac companied by Harold Gatty, 28, Australian-trained navigator who was with Harold Bromley tn an attempted Tokyo-Tacoma flight last year, Their rivals will be John Hen ry Mears, out to recapture the record he has twice held: ciyae H. Pangbom. Seattle, with Hugh Herndon. Jr.. son of a New xora investment banker; and Bernt Balchen. Norse-American flier of trans-Atlantic and South: Pole fame. . :, - ... ' Mears set a record of SS days, 21 hours, 36 minutes in 1913 and 15 years later with the late Capr taln C. B. D. Collyer, encompassed the jglobe by plane and steamer in 23 days, IS hours. 2 minutes, 3 seconds. . ; 7 . . Late Sports SEATTLE. March 23 (AP) John Freberg, Chicago heavy weight, defeated Bob Kruse, Port land. In the feature - wrestling bout here tonight, taking the on ly fall of the match with a Bos ton crab in the fourtn rouna Kruse was unable- to - continue. Charlie 'Hansen; . Seattle: heavy weight and Joe Maieewies. uuca anther, drew tn their eight round bout. , . ..t. .... VANCOUVER, t B." G. March ' 23 (AP) The Vancouver Lions took the jump on the 8e jtttle Eskimos in the first game' of the Coast league playoff ser ies by a 1 te O victory here to night. The game was fast and . clean, v though both . teams checked etrennonsly throagbj-i ont. Afnott scored the lene - goal on pass from Jerwa after seven minutes and 41 seconds of play In the first period. -, . . - KANSAS CITY. Marea 23 AP) ETerett Marshall, La Jun ta (Colo.) heavyweight wrestler. tonight i defeated a "mystery man." later revealed at Pat MeGUl of Los Anaeles. in two out , of three falls.' - -.-;;'.-,V , n rmCAGO.rMarch 23-fAP) : Gas . Sonnenberg, former Dart- , . month football star, ana rormer heavyweight wrestling cham- ' Ion, tonight employed! hi flying tackle to defeat Lee Wycoff, former St. Lonls nnrrersity sth- dent in straight falls at the) CbUsennu Sonnelberg . threw Wycoff the first time in 24: OS " and' needed only seven seconds for the second fall. ; ; , J , NEW YORK. March 28 (AP) A crowd estimated at 17.000 saw Jim Londos, - recognised In some states as heavyweight wrest ling champion, throw Herb Free man 4f New York with an air plane spin and body slam after 43 minutes 40 seconds, of a ! finish match in Madison Squade garden tonight. - Londos weighed 200 pounds; Freeman ,31S ; j; IIGELLK OF Mil SEEK RECORDS Another Salem Man is Honored i i i 1 1 ii 7 J. : . - V REIIEl'J ROAD I'M WITH 40 EMPLOYED Three Crews Active In This County; Start Again On Labish Fill Three road crews with a total of 40 men were working on jobs In Marion county again yesterday morning, reports Boadm aster Frank Johnson. Two of the Jobs, near Rosedale and at West Hub bard, are widening shoulder alone county roads and the third Is making the till at the "million dollar" Labish trestle. Johnson and Commissioner Jim Smith were out yesterday Inspect ing the fill that has Just been comnleted at the - small bridge near the Green's bridge on the Marion-Jefferson ; road. Rock has not yet been placed on this fill., which : has been, made to change the route of the .road there,, and it will be at least another two months before the strip will be open to travel, w j Work on La blah J Trestle Renewed i The roadmaster-and commis sioner returned home by way of Rosedale. stopping there to see how the work in charge of super visor Needbam ;.was -xoming along. - The Labish tresUe fUl on which a crew. Is now working was started last fall, but the fill sank almost as fast as it was put on and the work had to be abandon ed late in the year to allow the fill to settle. It Is hoped the job may be. completed without diffi culty now. : EARL LAKE'S BODY TU FROM RIVER WO ODBURN, March 23 (Special) Earl Lane. 32. " was drowned about 1:45 o'clock this morning In the Willamette -river near. Barlow when . the boat in which he and Jesse Rigdon were crossing the river capsized." . Rig don was able to swim ashore but Lane went down, apparently being auaeaea with cramps. T&e noay was not recovered until 4 o'clock this afternoon. - ; , With Rigdon, Lane was rowing out into the river to -repair a cable at the Rigdon gravel works. where he was employed. He is survived by the widow. formerly Elsie wandren: parents. Mr. and Mrs. John, ' Lane and two brothers, Don and Arlie. r - He was born in Mason Valley, Ark. He had recently returned from living, at Anacortes, Wash., and built a home here. n - ball' and was well known as a baseball player. ; . - ". Perfect Bridge f Hands Are Heidi By All Players PRINCE RUPERT, f B. C. March 21 (AP) Four, perfect bridge hands were dealt Saturday night in the smoking room of the steamer Catala, enroute from Vancouver to Prince RupertT it was learned here today. - -. - M. A. Marley. Prince Rupert, held IS: spades; -Captain WV P. Armour. Frinee Rupert. . '13 hearts; D. C Scott, commercial traveler. 13 diamonds - and A. Rothsteln. Vancouver 13 - clabs. The deal- caused so - much ex citement the hands were not ac tually played, iv r ; , Knife Blade Tip Is Taken Out of h Brain; Man Lives BRISTOL. Va- March 23 (AP) A knife blade tip was re moved from -the brain of Augus tus Fair. 25, today 31 days aft er It was sunk there in a fight. Doctors said that while it was quite unusual for a man to live with - a " foreign . article in his brain, the tact Chat he lived .'a month before the operation is in dication he probably will recover . Fair was .stabbed in the - head with . a , pocket knife during fight.- ' - ees n tin TD SUPERVISE R Saiehr Attorney Prominent As Legislator Picked By Governor Meier - - i Will Take Office April; t; Third Salem maa to be . ; Picked by Executive ! ' Turning' again to Salem citl- tens for high state positions Gov ernor Janus lu Meier , yesterday named James W. Mott. Salem at torney and for four terms a mem ber of the lower house, as state corporation commissioner. - Mott succeeds Mark McAllister, whose resignation submitted last Friday, will become . effective Aoril 1 when Mott will assume his new ornce. . r : - 1 "1 have no statement to make at present, said Mott last night "I do appreciate very mueh j the confidence Governor Meier has re posed In me by tendering me this important post at. this time; I shall have a further statement for the press, however; after I have entered upon the duties of i my office." - : . . . Mott's anDointment followed within a fortnleht the namlnr of Senator C. K. Spaulding of Salem as a memser oi tne state highway commission and the selection nt vv F. Slade, Salem banker, as a mem ber of the' newly chosen hydro electric commission; -Attended Salem j Public Schools - . ' Mr. Mott attended the public schools in Salem, and later j the university of Oregon and Colum bia university. N. Y. IT rradn. ated from the latter institution in 1909. Mott then engaged in the newspaper work for several years, and later attended the law i de partment of Willamette univer sity, from which he graduated in 1817; ; . -; .- .-i Mott then moved to Astoria where he practiced law until Jan- (Turii to page 2, col. 1) j . if i , ; i . OF POLICE INDICTED DALLAS. Ore.. ' March 33 (AP) The Polk county grand jury today returned an indict ment against Chief of Police Tony Neufeldt. Dallas, charging ' blm with possession of liquor. Bond has been placed at $500. : r February 28. 1931. Is named In the Indictment, as the date of the alleged offense. Mary Beth Moon ey and Vera Wary are named as witnesses appearing before ; the grand jury and Neufeldt appeared at his own request. ' L The two women are not7 known here but they are believed to be from the Oregon State Normal school at Monmouth. - . i ! Neufeldt has served aa chief of police of Dallas for the past two years. His office is filled by ap pointment; by the city council. ' World War Vet : V Slays: Bandits After Robbery PARSONS. Kas.,4 March 23. (AP) Two unidentified Danait who robbed the First National bank of Edna, Kas., today were slain in a gunfight with Dr. A. T. Hyde, werld war veteran, as they soncht to escape with their loot. j Hyde, a dentist,- warned of lite robbery by telephone call, stood in the doorway of a" building across the - street from the . bank and opened fire with a shotgun as the bandits were entering their automobile. ' - - fSolons May DALLAS To Refund Illegal Pay :-f Members of 'the 1927 legisla ture, -who accepted expense money at the:rate:r $5-per day, or an aggregate of $235 each, and have not repaid the same to the state, probably will be called upon to do so. under " an opinion handed down by Attorney General Van Winkle yesterday. " The expense money was .authorized under a concurrent resolution adopted' by "both houses of the 1927 legisla ture.'-- -l.'A-: ;-;;. ;- ' The bprnion was sought by Hal E'Hoss," secretary of state, at the request of Morningstar Orange in Linn county .Hobs declared that any action be would take toward recovering the . expense - money paid to the legislators would de pend upon the advise of the attor ney general. ... x . i , i A similar resolution was adopt ed at the 1929 legislative session but a lult was brought. to enjoin payments -under the resolution. The supreme court subsequently held that the resolution was un constitutional. The Morningstar Orange, in a letter to Secretary of State Hoss. held that the decision of the supreme, court also would apply to the resolution adopted by the 1 9 2t" legislature. ; ' - - -! - j "I have made a careful search 0 Gets Jury to . ; . Try Brothers vJSa Judge Joseph Sabath, noted Chi cago- jurist, who la bearing' tne trial of Leo Brothers, charged with the murder of "Alfred Jake'. Iingle, reporter for Chicago newspaper. Id TO TRY BROTHERS State Does not Intend Prove Motive for the tingle Slaying CHICAGO, March 23 (AP) Twelve men were sworn in today to decide whether Leo Brothers fired the shot that killed the Chi cago Tribune police reporter, Al fred Lingle, last June. I As the last of the jurors was accepted In a brief but heated session, the state revealed for 'the first time that It did hot Intend to nrove why Lingle was killed or who ordered the assassination, -j ."It Is unessential in this state to prove, a motive for ' murder." said Assistant State's Attorney Wayland Brooks as he questioned the last venireman. "If we can prove that this defendant com mitted the murder, that he was seen to fire the shot, then you need not be concerned about mo tive." ..' . TREASURY DEFICIT Villi DE SWELLED . WASHINGTON. March 23 - (AP) $700,000,000 treasury de ficit at the end of the fiscal year on June 30 anpeared probable to night as Income tax receipts con tinued to drop. ' The treasury estimated income tax collections this month would fall 1209.000.000 below the same period last year, totaling only 1350.000.000. -For the first twenty days of March the amount' collected was $177,000,000 below last year's fieures. Previously the treasury had estimated the deficit would be $500,000,000 as a result-of dimf lnishing receipts and eniargea ex nendltures. .- t- - - - It also was considered probabW the treasury would resort to sale of securities before June la to meet expenses of operating the government, , be Forced of the decisions of the- courts of this country upon the question of the recovery- of salary paid a pub-; He official In excess of that per mitted by the 5. conBtitntion or statutes," read the attorney gen eral's .opinion, "asd all of the cases hold that such money tan be recovered from the officer In a proper procedlng. - -: "I have found no court decision which holds that such money can not be recovered. ; It Is, therefore, my opinion, that each member of the 1927 legislature who accepted the sum of $235 . - aa expense money, and who has not returned the same, owes that amount -to the state. It can be recovered in a proper proceeding." Four members of the 1927 leg islature refused to-accept the ex pense money. These Include Sen ator Corbetfand Representatives Settlemeier,.S. A. Miller and Jo seph N. Scott. . Members of the 1927 legisla ture who have repaid the expense money to the state include 'Sena tors Reynolds. Hall, Strayer, Nor bladr Butt. Marks, Dunn, Bailey and Brown, : and Representatives North. Collier, Lonergan, Hender son. Hatlett, Russell and Mac pherson. , . -. , . .. - . -. - lim . . - ; S Contingent- on Ecrlv Resumption, Wor!: .Upon Filter Company Given Until Saturday to Reply; " ; MoVe Opposed , 7 ' " ", . By vote of eight ayes to t!x nays, the city council voted lt night to submit a proposition of xi.ioo.eoo for the purchase of the Oregon-Washington Water Service company here. The mo tion prevailed after extensive ar gument in which a : grop of townsmen, as well as a half doiea aldermen, took ardent part. Under the proposition adonttd by the council In the , so-call-d Kowits resolution., the city caun- cn agrees to buy the local water company as of February 1, 1931, with the following conditions: 1. The water comnanr arrf-e to complete the plan-constructed filter plant for which Ue city agrees to pay the company Its in vestment costs, in addition to the $1,100,000 paid for the present Plant. . j 2. The city agrees to dismiss Its pending appeal to the supreme court of the May 1, 1930, chart er amendment. " I ' 3. The proposal of purchase. If accepted by the water compaty 1 to be submitted for the aproval or. rejection of the citizens of Saltm at a special or general election. Company Most . f Reply This Week . Under the Kowlti resolntlos. the water company Is given until next Saturday March 28. at 4 p. m., to accept or reject the offer which is to be made in writing, on behalf of the city, by the city recorder. On the resolution vote; the al dermen stood as follows: Ayes: Averett, Dancy, Hen dricks, Needham, Kowitz, Kuns, Patton, Purvlne. I Nays: Hughes, O'Hara, Olseo, Townsend, Vandevort, Wilkinson. As soon as the resolution passed, a group of the proponents of municipal ownership at the May 10. 1930 election, declared they, would seek a court Injunc tion against the consummation of Ka contract between the city coun cil and the Oregon-Washington Water Service company, should that organization accept the coun cil's profer by next Saturday. These citizens declared - they would make' their stand on the grounds i that the council was without authority in making its proposal which they held Is r.ot only unwarranted by law,; but far too high as a matter of practical business . ' i ' Company's Attitude Is Not Foreseen . Whether the water eompary will accept or reject the offer JS entirely a matter of conjecture. Proponents of the resolution de clared after the council meeting that they thought. the water firm would, although President Elli ott Is said to have stated that $1. 100.000 would be an inadequate proposition for purchase. . Debate on the resolution was prolonged tor an hour and one half and centered about the le gality of the council's offer, tte economics of the price offered, and the necessity for Immediate construction of a filter plant. Op position to the proposed -'resolu-!, (Turn to page 2. col. ,1) : Notices (of a proposed; $2,000. 000 power development on the North Santlam river, with a di version point near Mehama, prob ably will be sent out within tbe next 10 days, according to C. E. Stricklln, secretary of the new hydro-electric commission. 1am Angeles capitalists were saM t be behind the proposed develop ment. Speculation was rife here Men- day aa to whether the proposed development Is linked in any way with the irrigation project In tr.e West Stayton sectionr-Thls spec ulation was based on the fact that the filing for the power pro ject was made by C. T. barley, engineer for the West Stayton ir rigation Interests, and II. E. Ben nett, brother-in-law of A. E. Gardner of the Stayton power plant. I The filing was for 1200 second feet of water from the North San tlam .river, construction 1 of an eight mile canal and red!ver&ion of the water into the river . : Although State Engineer Strick lln said he was not familiar with the names of the Los Aug-! capitalists behind the deal, he de clared that the consulting engin eers working on the project wer prominent and previously tsv confined i their efforts to out standing developments. ; ' Ramifications of the deil were said.. .to extend to approximately 04,130 acres of land In the V,-'. Stayton district. , , i POWER PROJECT BJ SffiTIU F0RECS1 ,4 i : . i