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45 CENTS MONTR Effective) June 1, Tho Statesman i announces " I la monthly subscription . rate, at 45 cents. This Include Sand y paper with 4-page comic - f THE WEATHER Fair and somewhat cool er today, thnnderstornas la mountains; ' Monday fair; Max. Temp. Saturday 92, Min. B2: river -1.3 foot. FOUMDED 1831 EIGHT -FIRST YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, May 31, 1931 x " njf. - . "j; ,T . i - r ' t .... . , U 1 Is Wi Ii Classic Crashes of Arnold and Gulotta Clear way For ex-Officer - Speed Averages Over 96 Miles an Hour For LongGrind . By CHARLES DUNKLEY SPEEDWAY, Indianapolis. May SO. (AP) Fate catapulted Louie Schneider, one-time Indian apolis motorcycle policeman, into a stunning upset 'winner of the 600-mile automobile race over the Indianapolis motor speedway to day." " By the same stroke of fate Billy Arnold, 2 9 -year-old Chicagoan, 1930 winner of - the : event, was robbed of almost certain victory when' he met with a tragic acci dent which resulted in the' burn ing of his car while he was speed ing to apparent victory In the last 100 miles of the race. Car Burns, Arnold Miraculously Safe , . ' Arnold, seeking to repeat his triumph of a year ago, had led fom the start, except for six laps, when his car, racing around the treacherous - north turn of the track at terrific speed, ' threw a left front wheel and sent him crashing Into thai car driven by Luther Johnson of South Bend. The car caught tire and burned, burned, hut Arnold miraculously escaped" death along with his mechanic. Spider Matlock of Los Angeles. Johnson's car was wrecked, but did not burn. John son likewise escaped with only a few scratches. " ; - Within a few I seconds after Arnold cracked up, the machine driven by Tony Gulotta, Kansas City, who was running third, smashed into the retaining wall at j the same spot where Arnold met , with his accident. r These two accidents, coming a tew seconds apart, la .the closing miles of the race, threw Schneid er, the lanky 30-year-old son of an Indianapolis tailor. Into the lead, ; which he maintained until the finish.- crossing the line H miles ahead of Fred Frame of Los An geles. - V ' . . Ralph Hepburn of Los Angeles was third, and Louie Meyer, South Gate. CaL. ltlt ! winner of- the classic. drlTlag for Myron-Ste Yens, Los Angeles, was fourth. Schneider, who had been try ing to win the Indianapolis classic since 19XS when he made his debut la the event, eovered' the StO miles In I:lt:27.54, an aver age of 9C.I2S miles an ho sr. Frame's time was 1:11:11.1 2. He averaged SC.40C miles an hour. Hepburn, who finished third, made the perilous trip in 1:18: : 23.31. The others were strung out far In the rear of the first two to finish. ; . - . , , " . PETITIONS 111 in CICUIMI HERE Circulation of petitions seeking a referendum on the state con stabulary act was begun here yes terday with H. H. Stallard of Portland working the downtown area. Stallard started at noon and reported after the first. hour that he found it somewhat diffi cult to get signers. ' Stallard said he was hopeful that the- necessary 10.680 signa tures would be secured by June 5. He scored the tactics of opponent of the referendum who held up circulation of the petitions while the legality of ballot title . was fought out in court. Bridge Burned, r Travel Tied up . CALIENTE. Nev., May 30. (AP) Fire starting at 3 p. m.. today completely destroyed . the 150-foot bridge of the Union Pa cific railroad three miles east of here, causing traffic on the Los Angeles to Salt Lake City divi sion to be held up. Officials hoped to have the bridge replaced by J a. m., Sunday. Suspected Rum Runner Killed BELLINGHAH, Wash., May 30. (APJ Chester Reese, 19, sus pected rum runner, died tonight from gunshot wounds received on his attempt to escape capture by a posse of deputies and immigra tion patrolmen near Blaine last night. . PRINCIPAL DROWNS BREMERTON. Wash., May 80. (AP) Fred M. GemmelL Ta coma school principal, drowned early tonight while swimming at Wildcat laks, IS miles from. heee. HIGHWAY 1 DWSLATED Spaulding Eyes Expenditure and may 'Start Things v In Near Future j Apparent Quiet Prevailing i On Commission Deemed Only on Surface : . ' i By SHELDON F. SACKETT Just now all is quiet , on I the state highway , front in Oregon politics, j Various facts . at ; the statehouse as well as Information from those close to those In pow er indicate that the quiet Is one before a storm and that ere this stormy political, year of 1931 Is over there will be news, and plenty of ltK eminating from the state highway commission. In the first place it is known that C. K. Spaulding, appointee from Salem, is not satisfied with the way . things have been going. Spaulding is a bear for economy. One of bis friends characterized him as a man "who could see a nickle on ML Hood looking out of the governor's office In Sa lem". Spaulding has been on the Job for several months now and salaries t for engineers, "office overhead," expenses of various highway subdivisions, have irked him.' Balks at. Expense On the McXrnxie A few i days ago Spaulding was taken over the recently construct ed McKenzle river highway" and the new bridge at- Springfield. The conservative Marion county commissioner fairly groaned when he viewed the outlay which the commission had. made in that district -costly ; bridges, beauti ful road curves eliminated and expensive pavement abandoned, valuable : property taken by emi nent domain to provide a short cut ; Spaulding thought unneces sary. , f.; But thus far Spaulding has not been able to exert his-economy bent very sturdily In the com mission. I Therein lies another source of probable trouble. That (Turn to page 3, col. S) INDIAN ARRESTED, POSSESSII COUI L. Walker. 20, an Indian living at Chemawa. was arrested down town. last nlglrt charged poeses slon et liquor. Two pint bottles of liquor and half a gallon in a Jag were found with him In an auto. Several other boys were in the ear bat Walker absolved them of all connection with the Uqnor. Wal ker was lodged la the city Jail last night and will have a hearing Monday. t. City Officer . Strong made the arrest. L. Campbell, prize-fighter, was arrested at the state hospital fire last night by State Officer Clay ton Powell. Campbell was charged with being drunk and conducting himself in a disorderly manner. He , was . held last night in Jail pending a hearing before the city recorder.! Reply Made to Papal Protest Over Disorders i : . MADRID. May 30. (AP) Minister of instruction Marcellno Domingo said today that the Span ish government's reply to the papal protest against religious dis orders was delivered yesterday to Papal Nuncion Tedesdni. . He said it was couched in "the same cordial tones" as those of the pope's protest and It would be "childish" to think about any rup ture of relations between the gov ernment and the Vatican. . Streetcar Fares Cut to Seven Cents in Portland Fares on the Portland street car lines of the Pacific Northwest Public Service company are re duced from 10 to 7 cents, school children's tickets wilt sell at tour Instead of five cents each, unlim ited tickets in strips of 10 for 60 cents, and weekly pass with five tickets attached for 35 cents, "1 an order by C M. Thomas, pub lic utilities commissioner here Sat urday. The order becomes effec tive July 1. Although the order does not re quire the streetcar company to make any expenditures tor new equipment, special reference Is made to a depreciation account of $812,000 which was said to have been allowed for the express pur pose of replacing old and inade quate property. - - - The commission in years past, read the order issued by Mr. Thomas,: "has authorized and the utility has collected from the rid er a depreciation reserve in the amount of $812,000. This was permitted for the express .purpose of replacing old - equipment. It has not been done. It has been collected and retained. The util ity has or should hare it now. . Four Little Indian Maids From School 1 When a senatorial comniittee member visited Chemawa Indian school yesterday to learn how the Indians are getting along; In the world, be heard, no complaint from maids like these four CTnPfg real Amer icans' because they consider they are getting: along all right. They have signed up for summer em ployment at the Davenport hotel In Spokane. On the left and right respectively In the uniforms they arc wearing and Margaret Hoptowit and Theo Bird; the two In the center In native costume are Marie LaFrance (left) and Alice Slater. INDIANS GATHER AT CHI IHIUG Senator Frazler of N. D. Is . Only one of Group to Come on Saturday Hundreds nf Indians from all over the west came to Chemawa today to attend the hearing of the nbcommlttee of the U. S. senate committee on Indian affairs. Sen ator Lvnn Frazier of North Da kota was the only member of the committee present and he con ducted, the hearing. Senator Bur tnn T wheelar of Montana was taken 111 and went In to Portland to recuperate. Sen. Steiwer ; of Oregon was absent to deliver a nimAriti dtv address. Sen. Thom as of Oklahoma, who had been with the committee in : hearings through the southwest, lert :e group to meet speaking engage ments. ; ;.. s Aecomnanvlnt? Sen. ' Fraxler wrm ! 8ttrraod. assistant commissioner of Indian' affairs. NkiMm a. Mason, aeeretarr of the committee, A. A. Ororud; spe cial assistant, and. T. 8. MUDerg. reporter. :V T . Pit a M4t f tba liMflnr la to investigate the present . status et the Indians, near tneir grievances, study their needs. At the Chema wa hesrinr Indians testified how they wer robbed of their lands by unscrupulous wnites. wno would Induce the Indian to take his allotment of land and then mortgage It to the whites who would foreclose and take the land. Fraxler, the committee chair man, remarked at his nleaaure In visiting Oregon after traveling through tne arid soutnwesc. Ma son, the secretary, is from North (Turn to page 3, col 4) Five Sentenced For Opposition To Fascist Rule IlOME, May 30. (AP) A group of five "intellectuals' who admitted they had opposed the fascist regime and worked to dis credit It, but denied that they plotted bombings, were sentenced today to .terms of from six to 20 years by a special tribunal. ; Two of the seven who faced trial were acquitted. The men stoutly denied 1 they Intended to use -the bombs which were found in their homes, say ing they were left there by one of their number who escaped. Referring to a suggestion that the commission order an Immedi ate expenditure of approximately $2,000,000 for new and modern transportation equipment, the or der read: ; ..-.,' . r , , ;.- "The franchise now held by the utility expires in December, 1932. In view of the utility's financial condition and the early expiration of the franchise the utility's offi cers contended that it would be impossible to finance such devel opment If ordered. ' f "The commission believes that If the city of Portland and the company will cooperate In the ne gotiation and execution of a Iran chise that they can work out the problem with which they are now confronted, and place. transporta tion in the city, on a Just and equitable basis for the public and the traction company. "In determining and fixing the rates of fare, the commission not only reiterates that such rates do not solve the problem Involved but It Is the limit to .which the commission can go. The responsl bility for the next step is upon the pubic utility and the city of Portland.- Heat Record For May Set Saturday, 92 Old Sol beat an unrelenting tatoo on Salem yesterday and sent the thermometer to 92, the high est mark of the month and the year and one of the highest tem peratures ever recorded in May in the valley. The mark was one de gree over the high point reached Friday. Citizens took to the waters of the Willamette and to the Mill stream to cool off while hundreds of kiddles frolicked under impro vised hose showers on the home lawns. The high temperature of the day was reached at 2:30 p. m. when the official airport ther mometer stood at 92 degrees. It stayed there for more than an hour, then started down, being at the 87 mark at 5:30 p. nu Friday night was warmer than its predecessor, the mercury go ing no lower- than SI degrees, where It stood at 3:30 a. m. At sunup the. thermometer rose rap idly and at noon stood at 34 de grees, i The outlook for today Is for continued hot weather. I fl PARIS. May 30 (AP) This 13 th Memorial day since the Ar mistice was one of the most im pressive occasions since America's war dead found their last resting places In France. The presence of the Gold Star mothers and the touring Ameri can mayors served to draw the attention of all France to the day and . the Parisian newspapers gave the ceremonies prominent position on their front pages. An address by Ambassador Edge at the Susresnes monument was widely printed, particularly passages In which h dwelt upon the historic friendship between France and the United States. . The mothers and the mayors participated in ceremonies at sev eral cemeteries where American soldiers are buried. . - The ambassador, expressed the sentiments of his countrymen in France when he said, "Americans everywhere are deeply moved by evidences that their first and proven friends share with them the inspiring emotions which this Memorial day evokes. Autogyro Plane Smashed Badly By Green Pilot ' lx)S ANGELES, May 30 (AP) John Miller's autogyro lair plane, in which he completed a trans-continental flight this week, was badly damaged here today when an aviator unfamiliar with its controls attempted a vertical landing." The "flying windmill' lurched onto Its nose and one of the rotor blades struck the ground and was shattered. The pilot. Homer Faek ler, an experienced pilot from Peterson, N- J., was making his first autogyro flight when the ac cident occurred. He was unin jured. . i- . " '-- : ' Essays to Stop Bandit, : Shot BALTIMORE. May SO. (AP) ' Ernest Oliphant, policeman, was . shot and probably fatally wounded tonight when he sought to stop an automobile In which three holdup men were fleeing from their second robbery 'inside half an hour. His assailants es caped. DAY IMPRESSIVE ll PIS CEHEIiiilES HOLD SMASH S iE Seven Injured In two More Costly; Girl's Skull Thought Fractured - ..- A mother and a daughter lie In the : Salem General hospital and the husband and another daughter are bruised and cut as a result of an automobile acci dent Saturday afternoon on the Pacific i highway about seven miles north of Salem. They are Mrs. Matte Morrison, who suf fers bad cuts on her head, brok en ribs and minor; bruises and cuts; and Miss Eva Gateson. whose skull Is' probably frac tured, according to the investi gating state traffic officer. Miss Eva Gateson, 21, was driving the ear which Is a sedan bearing the Washington license 287-237. The party which In cluded Hugh .Morrison, husband of the elder injured lady, was driving 'to Salem. Af the place of the accident. Miss Eva Gateson attempted to pass the machine, also . going south, driven by Joseph O. Fon taine of Jefferson. Car TIu-owm la to Dttcfc. and Wrecked : Fontaine, not seeing the pass ing car, also attempted to pass the ear which was. ahead of him and Miss Gateson slowed down. B&e applied her brakes too swift ly and lost control of her car It going Into the ditch by the tide of the road. ; When it came to rest, the wrecked car was heading north and. had the left wheels both In the deep drainage ditch that parallels the highway. The ear was badly strained and its top broken. Some of the glass was broken. " The four passengers were tak en to the Salem General hospital where they were treated for their injuries. Mr. Morrison and Miss Eva Gateson both have bruises and cuts. Morrison "stated to the traffic police that the fault of the- accl (Turn to page 3, eoL 2) OLD CAR PLUNGES 10 YOUTH KILLED MEDFORD. Ore., May 30 (AP) Melvln Warner, 18. Oregon City, was killed instantly when an old roadster he was driv ing plunged off the Pacific high way near Stein man in the Siski you mountains today. Roy Banks, 26, of Bleber, Cel., who was riding with Warner, leaped from the car and escaped with minor injuries. Banks told the county coroner Warner purchased the ear at Redding. Calif., and. that the ma chine had no brakes. He said it ran away down a steep grade and smashed through the guard railing at a sharp curve. He said he told Warner to jump when he saw they could not negotiate the turn. - j . Griffith Avers ; Order on Fares j Is Confiscatory ' PORTLAND. Ore., May 30 (AP) Franklin T. Griffith, pre sident of the Pacific' Northwest Public Service company, after reading an order issued today .by C. M. Thomas, public utilities commissioner, reducing Portland streetcar fare, said -the order "clearly and unequivocally up holds the doctrine of confiscation.. : "Unless we are entering an era of legalized confiscation of prop erty and forced : employment of money In non-remunerative ser vice, such an order cannot stand." HEROES OF '61 PABADE AGAIN MEMORIAL DAY Veterans Ride now but are ' Still Central Figures In Day's Exercises j Other Patriotic . Orders In Line of March; Halt At Monument j . Old but doughty boys of '61 rode by a reviewing- stand on North Liberty street yesterday and gave, a proud salute to the reviewing staff ; headed by Com mander H. -P. Carnahan, Sedg wick Post No10, G. A. R. They formed the smaller part ofan ex tended parade which -threaded downtown streets at 3 o'clock hut theirs was the center of public at tention and to them went the ap plause, of the crowds on the ad joining sidewalks. f They rode In fine cars, these lads of yesterday, who tramped by many a reviewing stand In war and post-war days. But their heads were high, their eyes bright and Memorial Day, for them, ap peared a day of proud memory. Accompanying the veterans were orders connected with the Civil war as well as groups formed after the Spanish-American- war and the' World war. Among these, men and women who marched In the third section lot the parade were ladles of thefG. A-H-, the W. R. C, the Daugh ters of Veterans, the Sons of Vet erans auxiliary. War Mothers. Chemawa Indian band, Spanish American war veterans, Spanish American War auxiliary. Veterans of Foreign wars and their auxil iary, the American Legion and its auxiliary, the Legion Drum corp. Scout Troops Nos. 12 and 14. j Memorial Ceremony ' j At Soldiers Monument f . The parade formed on Commer cial street, went east to the court house and there stopped tor f a memorial ceremony at the. sol diers monument. Wreaths wfre placed by various organisations, a volley was given by a firing squad and taps were sounded by the massed buglers of the Legion drum corps. The Chemawa In dian band played the "Star Span gled Banner. The parade -went on from the square, . down State street and north on Liberty to the armory. Heading It were Grand Marshal Carle Abrama and his staff, the color bearers and the ' reviewing party which Included Mayor P. M. Gregory, Commander Carnahan and Acting Chief of Staff Mel choir. - ... .j la the second section of the par ade came Company B, 162nd In fantry, the headquarters battery, 241th coast artillery and the Me dical detachment of the 249th coast artillery The third section, comprised of the veteran's organU tationi, was beaded" by. Captain Benjamin F. Pound, Oregon Na tional Guard. ,. . . , ' f Fern Ferdinand Mlckenhain. long a Salem resident, passed away at his home. 1255 South 12th street, yesterday the day: of all the year set apart in reverence to the thinning ranks to which he belonged, veterans of the Civil war. He was 87 years old and had -spent his last 27 milestones of life in Salem. j' Six sons and one daughter sur vive Mr. Mickenham. They are: Freeman Mickenham of Salem, William of Turner, Henry of MU "City, Mason of Seaside,, Byrd lot Minot, S. D-. ana Kjyue; jars, iiai tle Dickenson of Minot, S. D. j Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon, at 1:30H o'clock from the Rlgdon chapel, with Interment in - City View cemetery. , G.y. Mill CALLED Oil If MOIL DM Veterans Are In Service Half a thousand people gather ed yesterday afternoon at the city armory to hear a program dedi cated to the memory of the brave men of yesterday who gave their lives for their country. This is a day filled with min gled feelings of sadness over the loss of loved ones and of swelling pride over their deeds of valorf their glorious, careers and thfir heroic sacrifices," said W. A. Dl sell, speaker of the day. Introduc ing Mr. Delzell and presiding at the program was H. P. Carnahan, commander of Sedgwick Post No. 10, O. A. R. 4 . "Looking back in retrospect through the 65 years since the Civil war closed we see the pic ture perhaps better than at close range, said Delzell. "In that wlder view the part you veterans played stands out clearer than ever." The honor Is all yours tin dimmed by years. ' Ton saved! a great union from disruption, j "Was it worth It? The answer lies with the present generation," Wtroys TTTT II II .... - Barns;. Loss $40 M F)EOPLE. ; 1 . .who are news i By William f. clark ; (Copyright 1921. By Associated I Press) ; t ORETTO. Pa.. May 20. - J'j (!AP) 'One of the most t - brilliant, conversational 1 s t s in , this little town 65 years ago was 15-year-old Charley Schwab, who drove the stage from his father's llrery stable to the rail road at Cresson. Today Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the board of Bethle hem Steel corporation and maker CHARLES M. SCHWAB 6t millionaires, enjoys coming back to Loretto and talking with the men he matched wits with as a youth. MHets the same old Charley, they say here, as the steel king drops fthe cares of industry and strolls! around the town swapping (Turn to page J. col. 1) DAK CAB IE HITS YOUTH; FATAL 'INDIANAPOLIS. May 20. (AP)--BIlly Brink. 11-year eld boy struck today by the wheel that flew oft BiUy Arnold's au tomobile, during the 100-mlle race here, died tonight from the injury,; - . Arnold was leading when the wheel !! flew off, shot over the retaining wall and struek the lad, who was working In a eon cession stand. f Arnold suffered a fractured right hip. severe burns about the back and possible Internal injur ies, his riding mechanic. Spider Matlock, dislocated' a shoulder aqd was painfully burned and bruised. ' 'Luther . Johnson. South 1 Bend, with whose car Arnold's collided after throwing the wheel. - was cut and bruised and possibly In jured Internally, His mechanic, William H. Edwards, had sprains and bruises. Farmer Killed I As Team Bolts . I : YAKIMA. Wash..- May 30 (AP)-4-Robert Nichols, 70, a White Bluffs rancher, was fatally Injured in being thrown under a hay rake when his team bolted trfday. ;i He died within a few hours, i - r ,Nicholfl. who had lived at White iBluffs 26 years. Is sur vived by a daughter In Vernita. Wash;, and a son in .Wisconsin. the speaker declared. "If we can preserve this nation as the land of the free and the home of the brave, a land where justice rules, where the rewards of labor are equitably distributed, a land where human virtue is not meas ured by the Almighty dollar, a land if; equalopportunlty. a land where pen worship not the God of Manbon but the God of Israel, tbjen itls worth all it cost" fThe Invocation at the exercises w5as. delved by CoL W. G. D. Mercer. Two songs, given by ' the Sons of Union Veteran's quartet and were Interspersed by the read ing of General Logan's orders by Mis Mabel Lockwood. Howard Bergman, great grandson of a veterani read Lincoln's Gettys burg address while Miss Bern ice Rlckman sang a solo. The audi ence joined in singing "The Star Spangled Banner" at the close of the meeting and G. R. Stover, president of the federated patri otic orders of the city, gave the benediction. -.ft ; ..,'7 , V Honored, at Armory St - - tl fT fl II spiai -farm . 0 Excited Inmate Dashes Into Inferno, Saved With Slurt Burned Believed Incendiary; Cattle all Saved, Two by Force Fire, thought to be Incendiary, totally destroyed two large bares at the state hospital farm, four and onerhalf miles east of here, at 9:15 o'clock last night. The loss on the structures and the contents Is estimated at 240.000. More than 100 head of cattle had been turned out only a few hours before the flames started. None of these were lost although two bulls, at large after keepers had loosed them; started back Into the flames but' were repelled by their keepers. 1 Man Rashes Back,' Shirt Burned Off I No Inmates of the hospital farm were in the barns when the flames were seen but one man, apparently deranged by the fire, started back into the blase. Keep ers rescued him but not until his shirt was burned. It was neces sary to handcuff him to keep him away from the fire. Attendants at the state hospit al . farm- did not discover the flames until they had started to lick their way through the roof of the large barn. The headway the fire had gained Inclined them to the theory , that some inmate had started the blaze. A few years ago a state hospital Inmate start ed another tire. Salem Firemen j Prevent Spread Two Salem fire trucks went to the fire and assisted in keeping the flames within the limits of the two barns. Across; the road to the north stood a granary which also contained; valuable farm equipment. This was un touched .by the - blase and the main buildings of the hospital farm, at least 1000 feet from the two barns, were unhurt. . The state carries no Insurance on its property but has a replace ment fund set up from general appropriations. It was thought last night that there la now suf ficient money In this fund to re build the two large barns. Silos Damaged, - Also Hay In Baffws I In addition to the two barns, three large tile silos were racked (Turn to page t, coL l) ' . - i Airplane Crash Fatal to Three Bound to Races MADISON, Wla.. May 30. CAP) Three persons were killed in an airplane crash at the Madi son airport early today after a takeoff in a fog for the automo bile races at Inanapolls. The dead, all of Madison, were: Edward Briby, 1; Edward Raf tree, 28, and Pilot Lawrence Fischnlck, 39. 1 I Witnesses said the plain drop ped from an altitude i of about 100 feet and burst into flames. Fischnlck. a garage man,, owned the plane and was a licensed, transport pilot. Lad of Thirteen Said to Confess Slaying Officer CHICAGO, May 30. UP) A 13-y ear-old school boy admitted tonight, police said, that he had slain Policeman Edward Smith, when be and two companions were surprised by the officer while swimming in the pool tt, the Jobs) Marshall high school. "I thought the 'cop was goinn to shoot me. so I shot him first, police said the boy, Varner Corry, 13, told them. I ; Meet the Comic i Folk; We Know Yottll LiSTEnr Today The Statesman pre vents a new feature to its family of readers -a four page comic section printed In two colors on The States man's own Scott press. The newcomers In this comic family have been care fully selected. It Is believed they are without superiors in the ranks of the Ameri can comics. i First, Tolly and nr Tals. then Elmer and Ilia Ma and . Pa, then Toots and C'axper and their family, and finally the dare-devil Pope ye - and his Thimble Theatre. You'll like all these ' folks and they'll be a welcome addi tion to Salem's only Honday newspaper. - j