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PAGE TWELVE. The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. ' Oregon, Sunday Morning, April 5. 19311 ROOF.! IS SEEN FOR EGQNQJI1ES Governor Announces Change In Requisition Plan for Institutions . ,"No thing short of a plague or . an epidetnlc would - lead - me to , believe that the . costs of operat- . log oar state departments and lnstltatlon cannot : be. decreased 10 - per cent,.--; Governor - Meier told superintendents of state in . stltutious at the monthly meet lng of, the state board of control . Friday. A, , ' - - There I no reason - why any . lnstltatlon operated -by the state shoald be , out of step with any u other business enterprise . - ' , Ooyernor Meier, then warned the Institution heads against un necessary purchases. . f'The method under which we 7. operate is -all. right as far as It . goes,' continued Governor Meier, - Vbut it does not go far enough. x our, institutions send In . your ' requisitions , from time to ' time ' for . requirements and ' the lists . that, are represented here . day after day are tiring and annoy ing to my way of thinking. "This board of control shoald not be bothered with all .those details. I suggest that the sec retary of state prepare a' general form of Inventory, showing ex- . actly what you want and - what you hare on hand in your eom ' missary the first of each month. The plan of inventory Is a sim ple matter. We should .then adopt a uniform system of requi sitions, and instead of ordering erery day, so regulate your busl- ' ness that the orders will come in once each week'. ; Wholesale Buying . Of Desks Opposed ' Referring to recent requisi tions for new desks. Governor Meier continued: "My - suggestion is that those who hare ordered desks, based upon the circular letter sent out urging superintendents and de partment heads to take, advant age of a special price, withdraw the orders and use the ones now on hand. "C. , K. Spaulding, new state highway " . commissioner, was asked if he needed a new desk. He replied that he would use the end' of a table. But a requisition for a new desk came, in, - This request promptly was withdrawn. I am asking In all seriousness that you superintendents with draw your requests and get along with v the . furniture you now hare." v.: -""- ' ' .Travel expenses also were touched upon by Governor Meier. "Operation of automobiles , at state Institutions is an important matter, said - Governor Meier. "Oregon state college has 92 passenger cars, 15 trucks and 13 trailers The eastern Oregon state hospital -has five cars and four trucks. - The Oregon state hospital operates nine trucks, -ix passenger cars and four trailers. I am going to have some person find out about this. I . under stand that some trucks are being used' for private purposes. . ; This practice is going to 'stop." Accident Board ,,. ; , 11m 21 Autos ' "The state penitentiary has 12 passenger cars and 19 . trucks, -while the state industrial "acci dent commission has 21 cars. Changes should be made if -1 am to live tip to the mandate of the voters at the last' general election, I am asking your . un divided cooperation. '- "The executive department, from time to time, will send an auditor. out to talk - with you folks to. determine whether or net the salaries paid; are equal and just. Many things have been corrected daring the past. week. There ' are - many other . places where, savings can be made." Redmond Would Establish Bank Application for a charter for the Dairymen's Bank to be estab lished at Redmond, was made with the state banking depart ment .Friday. Incorporators are to be P. R. Brooks. Max Cunning and K. M. Peck. Proposed capital Is $25,000, ' surplus. $5,000 and undivided profits $2,500. - : T J T ' : - : ' GO TO SEE IRIS GARDENS " SILVERTON, April 3 Mr. and Mrs. Rholin Cooley and daughter. Miriam, and. Mr. and Mrs. C. J Cooley are leaving Saturday noon ror fjaiuornia wnere tney. -wui lsw the - Iris - gardens, which, are now in bloom there. They plan to go as far south as Mexico ana will be gone about ten days. Rohlia Cooley Is a well-known Iris and lilac grower of Silver ton. ' - . - . ENDS LIFE ' The unhappy marital trail of the former Peggy Davis led to a trag edy - when the famous Follies JwautfUf NetrTork toolt lier own life by driving her automobils ever a Mediterranean cliff, near Nice, France, famed as a suicid W" I: t Road engineers are tunneling under the town of Newcastle, California, on the San Fran cisco-Reno highway, to straighten the line and eliminate grades and curve. The roat passes under a transcontinental railroad, too. The car is a Buick eight sedan oa the hew grade near Newcastle. - - MM AT REGIONAL MEET AURORA. April S.-x-Three Au rora students of the Canby high school and If of their classmates attended the regional Smith Hughes conference at Rainier Fri day and Saturday. There are four districts in the state and the Can- by group represented the district composed of the schools north of Molalla and Canby,- east as far as Dufur and down the Columbia highway. There were contests In grain grading, blacksmithing, milk test ing, soldering, rope work and raf ter cutting. Three of the four who won, honors were from Au rora. : '-;" " " - John Eilers won first prise In milk testing; Bennie Neeter sec ond in soldering, Lawrence Brown second In blacksmithing, and Em tio Kraft of Canby took first place In the speaking contest, which en titles him to represent his district at the state mltn-Hugtes con ference to be held at Oregon State college, Corvallis, April 23 and 24. Kraft was winner of second place last-year at the state conference. WILLIAMS CALLED SOUTH BY TRAGEDY i Ensign Earl Williams, of the Salvation Army, wishes The Statesman to explain that his hurried trip by air last Thursday was not. on .Army business nor at Army expense. A tragic event in the life of his. brother called him south and the cost of the trip and other expenses' in 'connection with his brother's ease is being met by a loan on bis adjusted service cer tificate, -and has no connection whatever with Salvation Army affairs. ' r , Williams 1 also ' stated that he wished to pay tribute to Lee Eyerly who got the plane off the municipal airport while it was practically flooded ; with water and also to the TJ. S1 National bank for. the speed, with, which they advanced his veteran's loan, which Williams stated took only a few minutes. ? , , BOYS' CONFERE HI APPRECIATED "Citizenship was the keynote. ot the eighth , annual Older Boys conference for Marlon and Polk county , -. boys held Friday and Saturday at the Yv M. C. A. here. " Dean TJ. G. Dubach of Oregon State college addressed the boys on the service phase of citizenship.'- The relation of "Education and Citizenship" was discussed by President Carl G. Doaey, Willam ette university.' t tf ri ? "Be yourself seemed to be the key note of Dr. Doney's address. His advice to the boys, was to "know your country and prepare to help and save it by learning more of it and developing your character." j Several group conferences were held- during the day and. the af ternoon was spent In . pursuit of a recreational program. -The Church and Cltlsenship" was the subject of the address of the evening by Rev. Hugh B. Fouke, Jr.. following a banguet. Petition Court For Short Road S. A. Varber end a long list Of others bATA fllk notltlnn 'vtth Khe' coanty court ' asking that" a Hwn room Maaing- into, wooaiana park be made Jnto a county road. This road was once a county thor oughfare, but when th Woodmen purchased the park it was vacat ed and made a private road, : Now Virhnr. haw Awtia, tv wants It restored to the county status, i r- - , ' , TJMON MEETS PERRTDALE. Anril . 4 Prrw. rydale Farmers Union had ajrery inieresimg ? meeung Tnnrsday eve nine with rniets f mm Tun. stob -'elnb; Betlvfewand 'ittr?Minb- vuie. James O'Sbea was speaker of - the evenine. A- lunch 3. was. served late in the evening. HIGHWAY VTUNNEI- UNDER I.-.:.-..:? . Claim is Filed ; : Based on Burns Levey Suffered The state board of control next Monday will consider a claim filed by Abraham Levey of Portland, father ot Vernon Levey, 17. who suffered serious burns a few months ago while an "Oregon boot' was being removed from his angle at the state training school for boys near Woodburn. The burns were caused by a torch used In removing the boot. Neither ; Governor " Meier nor other members of the- 4 board would divulge the amount of the claim. : They said It covered phy sician's bills and other expenses Young Levey, who formerly was an inmate of the school, la now serving a term in the Multnomah county Jail for burglary. Oregon Session Records Filed By Desk Clerks , Compilation of all records of the 1931 legislative session Were completed- by the desk clerks here Saturday, and filed with the secretary of state. Approximate ly four weeks were required to complete this work. Wlllard Marks, president of the senate, and- Frank Lonergan, speaker of the house, spent part ot Saturday In Salem affixing their signatures . to the official documents. ; . ; Concert Seats On Sale, Word Tickets for the concert of Wil liam Wallace Graham's symphony orchestra which will be given at f the armory next Friday night are on sale at Patton's bookstore and at Will's music store, It was an nounced yesterday. of Salem Dial Phone 4673 1 ::; :'U.7l TOWN -4 - i 7 COMMITTEE EVES FIRE DEPJBIEBT Aldermen Watson Townsend, H. H. : Vandevort and David O'Hara are diagnosing Salem fire department affairs. The commit tee was appointed by the city council several weeks ago. Although an Informal report on progress Is expected in council Monday night, a written report will probably not be tendered." General - conduct, efficiency, bills are all under scrutiny. . Re ports are that the committee has consulted the-office of the state fire marshal relative to the inves tigations othe causes ot several local fires. Apparently there Is no serious blame on the fire department etanding committee because of the $46.25 check mailed to the Seagraves company for repairs to one of the fire trucks, since the company returned the check.' W. U. PEBCEN OF GRADE IS Willamette ' university " gradu ates more students in comparison with the number that enter than the average university in the United States. Of those who en ter, 47 per cent are graduated whereas the average percentage is 40. According to Willamette's reg istrar, the University of Oregon graduates hut 19 per cent of the students who enter there and Ore gon State college graduates 22 per cent. Willamette's registrar claims that 19 and 22 per cent is excep tionally small for. the number ot students graduated of those who enter. : - HIGH "tine vow life YOU. the pverage American, are as exactlnc in the matter of com fort as you are intense in business Vow rw e strenuous worker but la moments of leisure you want ease'. 77 anJ you want it with ' every modern convenience. That's why the new Durant Pullman like arrangement captured public favor so quickly.' An easily operated lever instantly converts the interior of the Purant sedaa into pleasant, comfortable resting and sleeping ac commodations. The seal cushions forma sof , roomy lounge .7 . ideal for an hour's respite, or tor as fine a night's sleep as you've ever had in your life. . ;i- -1 ... . - -' , - This appealing feature is available lnlheJL931 Durant without additional cost. Visit the Durant showrooms and Inspect the en tire new lineO will find that, more man ever, Durant offers extra value for your money. ' . . , . 435 N. Commercial nr t in) WIS! E?.iora HIT BY HJilfJif PERIOD '. - -.- :.- .-.1---, ..t- r". i The deluge of rain put a halt to the brighter tone which, the labor situation took last week, and as a result ot the report from the tree employment service here Is not so encouraging. Sim Phillips, direc tor, believes conditions will get better as soon as the weather al lows. - ' But 27 of the 71 men registered found work, and only four of the 22 women who wanted Jobs' were lucky enough to get work; ! Of the men who . did find work, eight were farm " hands, . two , casSal workers, IS common laborers and three salespeople, 2 t; r I r, s . Of the . womenT one was : a nurse, one a" saleslady.-and two were 'hotel housekeepers.- v!i!-' Those' who didn't find employ ment included: Men Seven farm hands,' three' carpenters,' four elec tricians. Tslx casual workers,' 10 common laborers, two cooks; tour pantry workers', 'eight woods. ar borers,' one salesman, two Janl-r tors and two truck drivers; Wom en Five nurses, three' cooks,-! 2- hotel- housekeepers and eight chambermaids, v; ". r : 1 TiSTS O WILIS TOPIC AT AD CLUB Karl Wenger, trust officer of the United States National, bank. interested Salem . Ad club , mem bers Friday noon with a talk on trusts and wills. He sketched how property may be devised,, recom mending; "joint tenancy" or homes or real estataawhlch lets the prop erty go to the survivor , without probate expense. This law does not cover personal property how ever, and securities in a safe de posit box which is Jointly held. may not go directly to the surviv or without payment of Inheritance tax.' Wenger also discussed putting of insurance funds into trusts in stead of lump sums for the better conserving of property. He en couraged the drawing of a will in which the holder of property could specify Just how his prop erty was to be apportioned. President Knapp announced ad vertising achievement week for May 4-9, dlth displays at the chamber of commerce.' Circulation Men Soon to Gather In Washington Circulation managers of many 1 Oregon newspapers . will attend I the annual convention of the 1 Northwest Circulation Managers' association which . convenes April 6 and 7 at Wenatchee, Wash. Wil liam A. Scott, circulation manager of The Capital Journal, and Gus j Hlxson, circulation manager of The Oregon Statesman, will both I attend. v Problems of newspaper circuit tlon will be discussed. Last year the meeting was held In Albany. WALDO HILLS, April 2. Fu neral services for Orlando Rue, who died at his home here Thurs-'l day night, will be held Monday at 2 p. m. from Immanuel church. with Interment at Evans valley. Arrangements are In charge of Larson and Son. Rue was a senior fn the Sil-1 verton high school and died after two days' illness. 1 ... 000 v to ar tkmt . meet Their majesties - ? 'vt ' '.V - - ft ; ; "At the tlowinr pageaat of the festival of the States at St. Petersburg, Fla, Miss Margaret Ehepard, of New KenaingtTV Pa., entered as "Miss Pennsylvania,' was crowned beauty's queen. The fair winner is shewn above with her crown and Scott Bennet, Lttng of the Festival Mrs. J.M. Fisher 7 Chosen Secretary Of Official Board WEST SALEM. -April 3 At the Ford Memorial church offi cial board meeting held Monday evening, Mrs. J. M. Fisher was elected financial secretary to suc ceed Mrs. Leonard Burgoyne who teic recently to make her home in is 0 ihieaw imnc ? Do you drive in relaxation with the security of adequate braking power, or are you at nervous tension in fear of accident? Motorists who have their brakes regularly inspected and necessary adjustments made by qur brake specialists are ready for any emergency, while those who drive with faulty brakes are taking chances that may result in serious consequences at any time. Present-day traffic demands the utmost braking efficiency. What about the efficiency of your brakes ? FREE BRAKE EXAMINATION We will gladly make a complete examination of your brakes on our Fire-stone-Cowdrey Dynamic Tester without charge, and show you how quick you can stop your car.You see the exact brake pull on each wheel clearly registered on the dials. TQQQO OLDFIELD BALLOONS j.jo-sa 3. 450-21 4.7519 5.0019 5.00-SO 5.2S-1Q 5.35-31 0569 6.65 6.93 7.10 7.90 O.ZO 0.57 r-- 1 :: STOP SERVICE., I '""" ' Montana. Lester DeLapp was elected a member of the pulpit supply committee and Rev. W.J. Warren a member of the; nomin ating committee. ( ; Ford - Memorial church1. Is planning to hold a vacation Bible school in June. A committee on general arrangements has been appointed as follows: Rev. M. A. Groves, Mrs. A. C. Henningsen, Mrs. John Frelsen and Mrs. A. F. Goffrierr The SUtlon with a Clock .', 1 -'V: Invite Us to Your Next Blowout . EXCISE TAX TuTTJ. mm DEDUCED " Corporation excise tax receipts for the first half of 1931. based on the net Income tor 1930, ag gregated $250,000. according to announcement made by the state tax commission - Saturday. Re eeipts for the first half of 1930 totalled 1300.000.; ' Members of the state tax com mission estimated that the total corporation excise tax receipts for the year. 1931 would exceed $550,000, as against more than $700,000 received last year. The decrease for .1921, as compared with 1930, will, be approximately $150,000. " This Is 2 per cent under last year's receipts. , '-. ;. The decline -in receipts was at-, tributed by - the tax commission to the general business . degres sion which, has resulted in. lower earnings of all, corporations. This reduction -was said to be In line with the. returns, of the , federal government under - the income u:v ..c.-v7': .7,-v.U"i '.- I- Oregon returns, under the fed eraV"' la come tax .this vear were aaidtobe approximately, 2t pe? , cent less than those of last year. fflHB TO W Final plans ror Blossom day. April 12rwlll be made at the reg ular monthly dinner meeting of the Salem Cherrians which will be held at the Gray Belle Friday evening, according to King- Bin Carl Gabrlelson. ' Uniformed Cherrians will di rect visitors during the day and. route traffic Into the best blossom sections. Indications are that thl blossoms will be a their best- la the hill country but that on the lowlands they may be out before Sunday. Kelzer district Is Inviting visit ors to come there today as both the fruit trees and daffodils . are at their best now. PO BLOSSOM TODD For your; protection ; and the protection of your family drive in today and get the facts about your brakes. If adjusting or re lining is necessary we will I render guaranteed service at the lowest prices, qual ity, for quality, obtainable anywhere. HIGH SPEED BALLOONS 44031 45030 450-31 47519" 475-31 500-19 5. CO-30 53510. C.25-20 &50-19 6. C0-19 6.C0-Z0 0 7C3 745 . . 705 e ; 0.55 ; 930 ' . t 915 . 940 v '". 10.35 r S.1.15 j S3.CO ; S3.SO , 13.50 TEL. I V