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PAGE TWELVE - The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem Oregon. Thursday Morning. April 23, 1931 CAPITOL PLAW ill OPPOSED YniTake Other Counties' Funds, is Argument at Grants Pass, Eugene Opposition to Senator, McNary's proposal that a new state capltol sliding be constructed here from funds obtainable from sale of Oregon and California grant landa H developing In -Lane and Jose " yklit counties according to news paper reports appearing this week In Eugene and in Grants Tass newspapers. . . Jack Magladry. president of the Willamette Valley Lumbermen's association, gate out a public statement la Eugene this week, urging that MeNary's proposal be " brought to the attention of the public as a development wnicu would he a tnreai 10 xbb u tys development. r. i r.ranta Pass Cour an Mtonded editorial . . . attacking the proposal, saying. It would stop an annual mcviut ia nnn hAtnr nald Josetihlne eoanty by the federal government . . M At D1iftAli1 aaaer proisions 01 v . m. Th mnef contended that It would be unfair to strip land . grant counties of tneir property to proTlde a state capltol for Ore gon when many counties would aaake no contribution whatever. Lne- Connty Jnd-e , la Also Opponsed County Judge C. P. Barnard Joined at Eugene- with Magladry la making a protest against Mc Ksry's plan. "The state might as well ask Lane and Douglas coun ties to raise their tax rates for a eanitoi building." said Judge Bar Bard. "That the state has no claim on the moneys from these lands has already been proved conclusively in the courts." Senator McN'ary made his pro - posal ' several years ago and re peated it last summer in address to the chamber of commerce here. He again announced his proposal la a press release from Washing- i T Tnflpr tile Occurrences and Gtisip i at the center of Oregon's I jniYlfc L . . state government STATU ; otficers and s-ioea spent most of yesterday Wip ing the dust from their eyes and trying to locate paners un der the dirt. And wnen me storm clears away they will not be the only ones to clean op of fices. The gardener will have a task wiping evidences of the dust and wind from; the capltol grounds. The place looked "like picnic grounds after a gala day. ' Now it Is assured that things will be more quiet at the cap ltol the remainder of the week. Governor Meier announced he woal l leave be - -for Portland where he has a noon nixiny . and al:o one at Oregon city. He expects to be absent from hU offices here until next Mon day. ! Hal E. Hoes, who holds the spotliTht in the penitentiary hearing was In Portland most of the day yesterday; precluding any chance of the board of con trol to vote on the dismissal of Superintendent Henry Meyers. It Is expected final action will be taken early today. The governor notified the secretary of the board he would be in bis office unyi 10:45 a. m. Brigadier-General Thomas Rllea, although still weak and far from being back to normal cy, was in bis office today after u absence of a week or long er because of serious illness. Rile stated this was the first time he had been ill In more than ten years. Members of the Oregon Su- ton, D. C. early this month. His Idea would be to have the federal government divert a sufficent sum from its sale of the Oregon and California land grant properties to provide a new capitol building. Bush's pasture here has been sug gested as a proper location for the new structure. preine court will leave May 4 for Pendleton to hear appeal teases there.-Just who or what depart ment will go has not been defin itely determined. ' Yesterday the court heard three eases, ' clearing up most of the docket prior to the Pendleton term. ' Now the state may have av. recall to vote upon. It has . been some time since, such n , issue was voted upon by the people, and if reported plans materialise, it appears it will be a double one. Statehonso reports say the recall Is to be directed . against Secretary of State Hosa and Treasurer Tom Kay. . - i ' The governor sent a check for $27 to the state treasurer late yesterday for gifts presented to him by different departments as well as for having his car -washed at the state penitentiary. What is more he ordered the giving of "gifts" of thig kind to be stop ped. 'SKIPS' TOPIC IT HOT MEETN S "Skips and how to locate them" was the subject of a talk given by Roy Was?am before the Salem Retail Credit association at the regular 'weekly luncheon meeting at the Gray Belle. Mr. Wassam explained how the na tionally organized service aids business men in locating Individ uals who leave accounts but no addresses when they move from one town to another. E. V. Patterson, chairman of the On to Spokane committee, re ported on the work being done to get local delegates to attend the northwest. conference which ,1s to be held in Spokane in May.' mmk Rehearsals are' Started on Pioneer Presentation Set for 15, 16 Final casting has been made and regular rehearsals are In pro gress for the Pageant of the Pi oneer s, Willamette university production written by R. J. Hen dricks, which will be presented In the university-gymnasium on the nights of May 15 and 18. Tickets will go on sale at the university about May 1. The complete casting, to date. Is as follows: . Scene 1. Fort Astoria. July 18, 1813. McKenzle, Tom Hall; Mc- Dongal, Ralph Foster; Ross Cox. Maurice Dean; John Reed. Ernest Denning; Dorion,, (not chosen); Madam . Dorion, Mylie -Lawyer; Chapelle, Leon. Norrls; oncom- ly, Peter McClusky. Scene 2. Fort Vancouver, March 18. 1829. Jededlah Smith. Ross Knotts; Dr. McLoughUn, Carl Marcy. Scene 3. Willamette Mission. Jason Lee. Eugene Smith; Cyrus snepard, Carl Marcy; Daniel Lee, Darlow Johnson; Mrs. Beers, Al ice Martholemeu; Mr. Wilson, Tom Hall; Mr. Beers, Leon Nor rls; Mr. White, Amelia Schrack; Dr. .White, (not chosen): Mr. Whitcomb, Ray Griffith; Viss Johnson, Marjorie Law; Miss Pit man, Barbara Elliott: Miss Down ing. Mary Lou M or ley; Elijah, Lawrence Peet. Scene 4. Wedding scene. Two weddings: Jason Lee to Miss Pit man; Cyrus Shepard to Miss Downing. The following: charac ters as in Scene 3: -Jason Lee, Daniel Lee, Miss Johnson, Mrs. Beers, Mrs. White, Miss Downing, Miss -Pitman, Cyrus Shepard; Charles J. Roe, Wesley Janke. Scene 5. Birth of Old Willam ette, February 1, 1842. Dr. Bab cock, Ross Knotts, Jason Leo, Eu gene Smith; Mr. Judson, Ernest Denning; Mrs. Whitcomb, Mary Lou Morley; Hlnes, Ray Griffith; Abemethy, Ralph Foster; Beers, Leon - Norrls J . Leslie, Wesley Janke; Parrlsh, Darlow Johnson. Scene C. As In scene 8: Dr. Babcock, Leslie, Beers, Parrlsh, Judson; -Gray, Ray Griff eth; Dr. White (not chosen) ; Joe Meek, Tom Ball; French Canadians. Scene 7. Fort Sutter. Elijah. Lawrence Peet, Rboda, Dorothy! Daik; i Flak. Peter McClusky; Ad ams, Frank Arch ambeault; Bangs, Matthew James; Dead shot Dick, Carl Marcy. : As May be seen, many of the members of the cast are taking the parts of two or three charac ters.. This necessitates changing of costume, make-up, and charac ter several times during the en tire, pageant which will take as long to present as the ordinary three act play. . NOMINEES CHOSEN BY STDDEHT BODY With nominations made- by pe tition the annual election of stu dent body officers for Willamette university will be held all day Frl day. - Twenty-five signatures of students "were necessary on each petition to nominate. Nominees for the offices are as follows: President Roy Harland, Alpha Pal Delta fraternity; Paul Acker man, Sigma Tau; Charles Camp bell. Sigma Tau. . First vice-president Helen Cochran. Beta Chi; Helen Stiles, Alpha Phi Alpha. Second vice-president Keith Jones, Alpha Psi Delta; Joe Fel ton. Kappa Gamma Rho. Secretary Edith Findley, Del ta Phi; Elolse White, -eta Chi. Wallulah- editor -Deena Hart, Independent; Harol. Rose, Kappa Gamma Rho Collegian editor Isabel Childs, Daleth Teth Gimel;. Muriel White. Alpha Phi Alpha. Some student body offices are filled by election before the end of the school year, while others are filled . the beginning of school In the fall; - others are ap pointive positions. (OUR GREATEST ACHIEVE .. 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Floyd Crabtree of the finance commits tee reported that In the neighbor hood of $23 was realized from the cooked food sale and part of this had already been spent on play equipment. , s Two numbers by the girls glee club and two numbers by the home economics girls . were very much appreciated. Dr. Prill of Sclo was the speak. er of the evening, accompanying bis talk with pictures of birds tak en by him on and around the Klamath lakes -and marshes and also in the Harlam and Hart lake country In southeastern Oregon, near the Nevada line. The pic tures and talk proved very Inter esting. ' ' Four-H club members , who are under the leadership of Mrs. A. Foster displayed samples of their cooking. . Williams Store System Central Off ice in Salem The Salem Williams Self-Service store Is to become the head quarters store for the units of the STALliD D chain in Oreron.' 8. M. Delephine of The Dalles will take .charge of the Salem store and J. E. Hay ward, present manager, will' take charge of the Eugene store. Goods will be warehoused In the base ment of -the local a tore and sent out to other units of the organ-lzation. I1 DEBATE 10LE0 TT. tr cta11a.rd of Portland has challenged Charles C. Hewltt of Albany, master of the . state grange, to a debate on the oieo ma.mrlnA bill nassed br the leals- ltue Stallard opposes the leg islation. . . - I have received many personal Insult from members of the grange and other-friends of the farmlnr Interests since circulating a petition for a referendum on the oleomargarine bill." ' staiiard writes Hewitt in a letter sent him this week. "I am democratic enough to think that public ques tions of this size should be dis cussed where both sides can be beard. " PEW II. BITS FUuEDill IS TODAY Funeral . foi Perry II. Burton, (7, former Salem building con tractor, who died at Los Angeles Friday, will be held this morning at 10:30 o'clock from Salem Mor tuary, 645 North Capltol street. 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