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PAGC TWO The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Tuesday Morning Jnly 23. 1931 m lies op r HIGHWAY, PLi f. Widening of Road Worth to Oregon , City Favored At Meeting Here (Continued from page X) roiJ ta Portland moremMt . You've cot tha figures to show em ; present tae figure Xq the commi&sloa and yo-a'll win your case. al Keber. Jtaei Smith, county commU- cioner. ald h tneugfit in nigu v mmmtMlan had the improve ment of the road in mind, "I be Here -Senator Spaulding is lor it. Smith id. "and wants us to make a good case before the com . nluiM " J : i ' '' ' " J. N. Chambers of tha Salem hihr exnlained the need of the road and the purpose of the t meeting held here. i nr rwalrf smith of Wood burn suggested that the support of Portland bo teen red In coins be form the mehwav commission. Howard Belton of Near Era riAintAd ant thft danrer In the- ex- '. iatlnc road. . Ten person have lost their lives tnis year on iao fdur mile stretch between New Era and canny, n aiaiea. vyp 4uut untie for a saier, newer alghwsy. heaald- '-'.'We have decided on a four lane road; now let's stick to your plan.- declared T. A. Windlshar f the SaWm chamber. tU Men at the meeting last night were: .O. J. Moisan, Gerrals; J. R. Jatksoa, Hubbard; I. V. McAdoo, Gervais; Sidney Jackson, Mt. Atil; Alois Keber. Mt .Angel; " TV A-. Windishar. Salem; Frank Hettwe. Mt.-Angel; Alfred F. Knorr. Aurora; Ralph C. Zimmer man. Aurora; J. G. Wurster, Aurora;- Ellis E. Brown. Canby; A. If. Knight. Canby. D. R. Dlmick, Canby; H. C Belton. New.Kra; Geo. A. Gabriel. Canby; Jos. J. Keber. Mt. Angel; O. D. Elby, Ore ... on City; F. O. Perrine. Oregon City; G. A. Ehlea. Aurora; John Eld. Canby; Geo. Cattley. Canby; G. W. White. Canby: Rodney AV--den. Weedburn; Garfield Voget, Hubbard; K. B. Cause. Hubbard; V. Espy. Wood burn; Ray J. Glatt. Wood burn; G. B. Smith, Wood barn; J. P. Aspinwall. Brooks; .Henry R. Crawford. Salem; J. N. Chambers, Salem. (Continued from page 1) bonded indebtedness increased from IS2.420.293 to $154,1x1. 262, an increase of 171.115. OZS. The population of the; state in creased from 73.2 Sf to 935.786. an Increase of 179,397. : The report ahows the greatest percentage of increase la bonded Indebtedness was made- by drain stge districts, which increased the bonded debts 270.1; but the suras Involved were comparatirely small compared to the total. ; - School district of the state pro Tided the- greatest monetary In crease, tk-e report shows. Jumping the- -bonded indebtedness from S7J1S.S0 in 1920 to $22,530. 320 in 1930. The percentage in crease was 215.4. Bonded indebt edness wa Increased la counties 115.4 per - cent, in cities and towns 59.5 per cent, la port dis tricts 10.5 per cent and in irri gation districts. 154.9 per cent, the report revealed. " miiu FOR : IN REFUSED - OLTMPIA, Wuh., Jnly 27. (AP) Governor Roland H. Hart ley today denied an application tor papers to extradite Gay Ed ward Hudson from Los Angeles to face "bigamy charges for his mar riage la Longvlew a month ago to Mrs. Minnie "Ma Kennedy, re marking he thus spared the state "farther humiliation at the hands of theao careleas performers. - -- Prosecutor Cecil C- Hallln of Cowlits county, who had sought to return Hudson te.Kelso, the coun ty eeat. declared he had gone -as far aa he could in the matter and Hudson would be tried only if he returned roluntarily. . The governor explained the state's extradition fund would "be more than depleted In caring for class , A criminals, and again the taxpayers have their burden which, in many Instances. Is be-' yond their ability to pay.' ' -The bigamy complaint was filed Jaly 22 after the prosecutor was satisfied that he had no witnesses to the marriage. Mrs, Kennedy, mother of Aimee Sempl Mcpherson, obtained an ; annallment in Loa Angeles a few days ago. after she learned Hud aon was still married to Mrs. Mar garet Newton Hudson. Reduced Rates For Northwest Fruit ' Delayed WASHINGTON. .July 27. (AP) The interstate commerce commission o4ay suspended un til aiarcn l, 19 3 z. proposed re duced rates on apples and pears for export from Oregon and Washington points to northwest ern Bacific seaports. , The rates proposed would have made a charge or Ztft cents a hundred pounds for export fruits from Yakima and Walla Walla. Wash..' and Freewater, Ore., to Portland, Tacoma and Seattle. The present rate from all three points to Portland is HH cents and that from Walla Walla and Freewater to Seattle 44 K cents. LOCAL TAXATiDiJ INCREASE RAPID : - ! . V jhe-rate from Yakima to Seattle was in same as tne proposed rate. : . : - MODEL A prison that will resemble a more tnan most ox tne penal institutions ex tne country has been partially completed at Attica. N. Y to serve a the first unit of a new penitentiary . for New York State. If one must be imprisoned the most model prison ever built will be the mecca of aJl thj law-breakers who can find refuge there. CARS SMASHED BUT NO 0IIB1DLV HURT (Continued from page 1) street. wMeh was proceeding east on Center street, according to po lice reports. The Lincoln slid toward the northeast corner and overturned, the, Nash upset In the middle of the street, fi. mass of ruins. The Lincoln, when righted, was driven away under its own power. ! Wonuus Saf fers CoacsMitm, Word Despite the damage to both antos. the. most serious injuries. sustained by Mrs. E. R. Clewieu. riding in the Lincoln, were con cussion, minor, cuts and bruises. She was taken to the Willamette sanitarium. Attendants there last night said v her condition waa good. Mrs, R. A. Theis. Pawhuska. waa reported to ponce as receiv ing a had cut ever her right eye. A man. another woman and a baby who were riding tn the " Lincoln escaped serious injury, as did the two boys, two girls and man in the roadster. I. According to the investigating officer. Ben Nicholson, the brakes of the roadster were In fair con dition. The Clewlens reported that Lake was drivtag at a rate of 40 miles per hour; Nicholson report ed that Miss Clewieu did not atop the Lincoln at tho through street sign on Center street DoegLeading Tennis Field At Seabright SEAB RIGHT, N. J.. July' 27 (AP) John Hope Doeg of New ard. N. J National singles cham pion, led the field into the quar ter final round of the 44th an nual Seabright invitation tennis tournament r today. I He scored hard won victories over Edward Burns. Jr.. and Eugene McAulitf. both of New York. ! Doeg first j whipped Barm by score of 7-5. -5-4. and then was carried to three iaeta by McAul iff. 5-3. 2-v -l. The tournament committee sprang a surprise when it altered It usual custom of giving con testant only one singles match a day to play. I All first round and seven round matches were played, reducing the field of 33 to 10. The eighth second round -match between Lester Stoefen of Los Angeles. 19 year old coast sensa tion, and Bryan Grant ef Atlanta, was postponed until tomorrow morning. - Play waa rushed; forward in both the women singles ad doubles. Of 4 the group of stars in women's ( aingles only Mrs. Helen Will Moody of San Fran cisco failed to appear. She was notified before, she left New York that her ppooent, Mrs. J. Dallas Corbiere of Boston, had default ed. She will not awing into ac tion until tomorrow. - -Urn Maodr! ehtef rival. Helen Jacobs, was extended in the first round by Clara Greenspan oi New York before she could win at e-s. C-4. Other winners today included -Mary Greef of Kansas City, who trounced Dorothy An drns of Stamford, ' Conn., 5-3, Mrs L. A Harner of Oak land. Calif., who defeated Mar garet Carspecken of Morgantowxu W. Va.. 5-2, ,-3. LA GRANDE. Ore.. July 2 7 (AP) Fire swept through the state nigh way shops here this af ternoon causing about 325,000 damage before it was brought un der control by the city tire depart ment. Los included a snowplow. a small truck and a supply of tires. The. fire was believed to have originated In a tank of gasoline in the bridge construction equip ment storage room. H. T. Smith,' shop foreman, who discovered the fire, said it was impossible to ascertain the exact extent of the damage because the inventory records showing the cost of the damaged equipment waa at tte highway office in Sa lem. ''.,; . mem shops at Mil BHD PRISON NEARING COMPLETION comfortable hotel a. The Call Board J By OLIVE M. DOAK THE HOLLYWOOD ? Today Clara Bow tn Wednesday Lawrence Tib- bett in "The Prodigal". Friday Bcfb Custer in "Trader Texas Skies." THE GRAND Today Edward G. Robin- son In -Little Caesar". Wednesday Grant With- era in "Scarlet Pages . . , Friday Buck Jones ; la -The Fighting Sheriff. WARNER BROS. ELS1NORE Today Robert Montgom- ery in "Shlpmatea". Wednesday Dorothy Mac- kalll in "Party Husbands". Friday Clrve Brook in "The Lawyer's Secret. You will enjoy "Shipmates" now being- featured at Warner Bros. Elsinore with Robert Ment gomery in his first role of .star. He really lives up to the responsi bility, too, rather than assuming that now he has accomplished he may lie back on his laurels. : Fresh, sincere work, marks the interpretation of his acting all the way through the play. The theme haa enough humor and room for developing comedy situation to give Montgomery the opportunity he needs for his own style of flippancy, ; and he does not miss an opportunity. There is considerable of this play that haa new touches Which remove it from the ordinary. There is tha life on board a real navy "man of war" for Instance. Much of the photography ahows actual life on foard such a boat and relieves one from the monot ony of faked scenes. There is also the theme of brav ery which runs through the play. bravery and loyalty on the part of several of the characters which brings the ptay ont of the hum drum of "gang" and "triangle" pictures. ; Ernest , Torrence as Scotty the ship's bos'n Is excellent and Hobart Beaworth as Armlral Corbin Is a fine character to re member, j Dorothy Jordan does pleasing work as the young daaghter of the Admiral and the love element in which aro Montgomery and Gavin "Gordon.. I repeat you will like this pl7 In my opinion. FAMOUS BOTANISTS Dr. Francis W. Pennell, cur ator of the herbarium of the Phil adelphia, Pa., Academy of Natn ral sciences, visited Salem over the weekend. While here he ob served the herbarium of Willam etto university. Dr. Pennell, re garded as one of the leading botanist of the United States, was accompanied by Dr. Edgar T. Whorry, professor of botany at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Pennel and Dr.-Whorry dis cussed with Prof. Morton Peck of Willamette university and J. C. Nelson, former principal of Salem high school, a few of the several thousand specimens which they have gathered recently in their tour of the mountainous . regions of the - northwest states. The two men travel in a car which is built especlaly to take car of botanical specimens. i ' Gold Shipments From London to . Paris Stopped PARIS. July 27 (AP) -Gold shipments from London to Paris had virtually stopped. It was de clared tonight at the bank . of France. , ' ' ' The only shipments - received today were those of gold purchas ed Friday and early Saturday. Restored, confidence- was given a the cause for the falling off in shipments. Paris bankers with heavy deposit, la London,, who rushed to buy gold last week, ceased buying and the fear that the German crisis would cause one in England ne longer was causing uneasiness. -w ARE-VISITORS HERE A The stately appearing but aa yet incomplete dining hall of the Attica Penitentiary , Is shown, at upper' left. Note the columns and beautiful windows. The only one of four proposed cell blocks completed is shown in. lower photo. Upper right picture depict a model celL Pretty swell, eh 7 ARTISTS OF DRESS FORM ASSOCIATION By ADELAIDE KERR PARIS, July 27 (AP) A pro ject for the formation of a "French Artistic Creators associa tion with New York headquar ters, to prevent piracy of exclu sive dres and hat models la the United States, featured the sec ond week of the fall fashion shows beginning today before throngs of American buyers. Formation of the association was prompted by the sale in Amer ica of false models and labels bearing the names of the greatest Parisian couturiers for "ridiculaus prices." New, simmering artificial fa brics were outstanding in the win ter showing of the medium impor tant dressmakers today. The big fashion houses have not yet be gun their showings. Gleaming artificial satins In mother of pearl tint and soft, pli able artificial velvet in Jewel tint were displayed for evening gowns and wraps. Evening gown silhouettes fest ered princess models, or designs belted at tha natural waistline, with skirts two Inches from the floor. Day frocks were of brown "skin. marocai. j carnation red georgette and black romaln. de signed with long, fitted hip lines, natural waistlines. elaborate sleeve and skirts: 12 inches from the ground. FLIGHT TOOMEHT (Continued from pace 1) was officially under way and the Washington flight was the first leg. His plane tonight was moored at bnoy in the Potomac river, alongside the naval hangars. A searchlight wa to be played upon it through the night and boats were to stand by to prevent tam pering. After Captain Child had wel comed them to the station, he of fered to have the plane moored, but Lindbergh expressed a desire to eea It don personally, and he and Mrs. Lindbergh taxied in it to the buoy and epent pearly half an hour aiding in the mooring. He aaid they would not carry more than 350 gallons of gasoline, despite the 535 gsllon capacity of the plane and would cruise slowly all the way to lower gasoline con sumption . He expected to spend at least oae night at each of the Stopping places across Canada'aad Siberia. , REST AT LURAY. Va.. July 17 (A) President Hoover today was enjoying the longest vacation from his office he has taken since his trip to Porto Rico last year. With no pressing engagements awaiting him at the White House, the chief executive decided to rest quietly at his Rapldan Camp in the mountains of Virginia in stead of returning to the eapital today a he had planned. He came to the camp Friday afternoon and until today enjoy ed the company of a number of guests. They, however, had all re turned to Washington at noon to day and only the chief executive, Mrs. Hoover, Theodore Joslln, his secretary, and Mr. Joel Boone, the White House physician, re mained. Mr.. Hoover expect to leave for - Washington early tomorrow and be at his desk by 9 o'clock. Executive . branches of . the Georgia state government would bo reduced from; 102 to 17 de partments under a new bill be fore the legislature. Too Late to Classify FOR RtNT room Tiwdtni houae. Block and half eaat of Nortli CaDitoI at. f. u. su, paone viss or sizi. FOR. RENT t reem soodera bouse S ENS START HOOVER RAPIDAN like aew. lit North llth 8U FIRES Iff EBIL VALUED TOEH - v -. ' ' - "V a k eaSSSaBaBaBB Crew of 600 Gaining Upper Hand on 7000-Acre. ; 1 For Creek Blaze i (Continued from page 1) ' " verging' on. the Deer creek forest fir which had charred 35.099 acre and was roaring out of con trol before a" brisk wind. , Nearly COO men recruited from Idaho wera attempting to trench it on tha Idaho front, 25 miles northeast of Bonner Ferry, and pack trains, were aeat in from Kalispell and' other , Montana towns, the forest office at Mis soula reported. - r Airplane scouts, hampered by the heavy black smoke pall that covered the entire area, said the conflagration had not yet reached the Yaak river drainage area, the largest in the region, but it was spreading northeasterly. OEFFJiSE FACTOR Dissimilar to Garrison's Hands is Testimony Given by Expert SAN DIEGO, Cel., July 27 (AP) The print of the palm of a human hand, made la blood and found on a box beside the body of Hasel Bradshaw. 22, In the artificial Indian Tillage Is Balboa park May 3, was intro duced as evidence by the defense today at the trial of Moss E. Garrison, accused of stabbing to death the pretty telephone oper ator. Monte Clark, fingerprint expert of the Nick Harris detective agen cy in Los Angeles, testified that ho found the print and discovered that It wa dissimilar to those of Garrison's hands. Clark was called after C. A. Garrison, brother of the defen dant, had testified that he took the board on May 13 to Los An geles; for Inspection. Clark said there were 40 ridge plainly vis ible in the print, and that he found seven distinct characteris tics In the ridges, none of which wera similar to those of Garri son's print. PoUca Expert Bald Snrfaee too Roach Earlier In the trial police Iden tification expert had aaid no ef fort waa made to obtain finger print from the box. because they considered the surface too rough. Clark positively identified the board as one that had been on the box by comparing It with a police photograph of the body, which plainly showed the box. He showed to the jurors Garrison's palm prints and a photograph of the print in the box, explaining their difference. Clark said an identification ex pert named Barlow, of th Los Angeles police department, was present when the print waa dis covered on the box. C. A. Garri son said Barlow wa invited to Clark's office to "show that my brother had no fear of anything that might develop in a closa scrutiny of the box." Garrison was excused from the stand, after a grueling cross-examination which failed to shake his story even in a minor detail. Calif ornians at Auto Camp Here 'Living expense are far cheaper in California than la Oregon, A. Pemberton of Los Angeles, Calif., who is staying at the municipal auto park, said yesterday. Food stuffs, especially, are unusually low la price there. Mr. Pemberton, his brother. 8. Pemberton, and nephew, Roger, are looking around the Salem dis trict for a large grain and stock farm. They plan ' to settle here If they can find a suitable place. 'FARMER RESIDENTS VISTT 8ILVERTON. . July -17 Mrs. Caroline Lais and daughter. Evelyn, ef 8an Francisco. - were Sllverton visitors this week. The Lais family formerly lived here. Mrs. Lais and daughter have also been visiting relatives in Mt, Angel- M. p0IIYW00D$ Iloma of 25c Talkie . 1 HOME OWNED THEATRE Last Times Today A moving picture that snores! A flghtlBs; picture that fights! A talk Ins; picture that says something! Also Charley Chase la Tbes Pip from PltUburg." Colored Metro Review a ad News 11 IS ' iBi I BACK TO HIS Calvin Ceelidge, the thirtieth and former President of the United States, is shown hylrt"g back t th days ef hi boyhood a he enjoys a bit ef trout fishing on the old Coolidge farm near th little Vermont Tillage ef Plymouth, his birthplace. This picture of Mr. Coolidge fish ing with a straw hat as part of tha equipment proves he has not given up this type ef headgear, which he favored so much during the pre si-. dency while en fishing expeditions. - Alfalfa Bill Posts To Keep Free OKLAHOMA CITY. July 27 (AP) The martial line of Okla homa's commander, la chief, first used to keep motorists from pay ing their way over the Durant Denlsoa toll bridge, were flung today across the parallel tree span ha is determined to keep open. Scenting a rumored attempt to close the tree structure. Governor William H. Murray, In direct com mand of his national guard, or dered militiamen to establish a second martial law son from the Texas side of the Red river tree bridge to a point 1.7 miles north of the Oklahoma hank. The guardsmen will remain in position before the toll bridge al though Murray has instructed them to let anybody cross it who wants to pay 75e levy. So tar every motorist has preferred to cross the free span. Three sentry posts were estab lished this afternoon by the Ok lahoma guardsmen on the free bridge while Governor Murray continued criticism of a federal coart order signed at Muskogee Saturday restraining interference with toll bridge travel. Today occupation extended to the Texas side of the bridge be- Long Beach Man Finds Salem is Prosperous City L. H. White. Long Beach. Calif., business man, . who with Mrs. White and their son, Lewis, have been staying at the munici pal auto camp since Saturday, says Salem look a prosperous to him as any city he saw on hi Jour ney north, and far better on man his home city. He says he had never heard much about Oregon, but that he finds it very agree able. . As soon as A. K. Chase, a busi ness associate of White, who liv ed her eight years ago. arrives from the south, the two men plan to Introduce a new beauty prepar ation in this territory. White expect to remain In Sa lem for at least a month. GUESTS FROM SOUTH LYONS. July 27 Mr. and Mn, C. R. Johnson and two children, Orvllle and Norma of Los An geles. California, arrived Friday to -visit with the Carl Jordan family. Mr. Johnson is a sister of Mn, Jordan. The California folk; have made' several trips to different psrts" of Oregon. The visited ' in Portland ' previous to coming her, and ' are favorably impressed with Oregon weather. G R A N D A HOME-OWNED THEATRE TODAY ONLY EDWARD GCC6IN50N DCl'GlAJ rAJI3AX5jr. Wednesday. -'Thursday : ELSIE-FERGUSON MARION NIXON GRANT WITHERS SCARLET PAGES BOYHOOD DAYS I -7 a i v ! en cause Oklahoma haa aa ! interest In the a-ridge. aaid Murray 4 He also contend old Spanish treaties give Oklahoma jurisdic tion over the south bank, i 1 Texas, according to Adjutnat General William Sterling, was "Just laughing off the new edict. No plan have been made to send Texas rangers back to the free span, which was opened after a Texas federel court order restrain ing its use had been temporarily suspended. j; On August 4. at Houston, the federal district court will conduct a final hearing on suspension of the injunction which, for a time, kept the free bridge closed under the watchful eyes of th rangers and at the same date the federal court at Muskogee la scheduled to hear application of toll bridge owners to make permanent the toll bridge order. . (Continued from pag 1) ther. strenuous law practice. He passed out cigars to newspaper men, visited with callers and en Joyed meeting friends jmad in Salem when he' served a presi dent C? the senate this winter. He returned to Albany last night. SAN FRANCISCO. July 27 (AP) Governor Julius L Meier of Oregon visited. San Francisco today on a private business trip, and told reporters "things look pretty good In the northwest "From the way business Is picking up," he said. "I am. sure the slump is over and ire are get ting back to normal." I Meier was to return to Salem tonight, j Bridge Op ILLARD MARKS IS TOG FOR A DAY' i i LAST TIMES TODAY Robert Montgomery in "SHIPlViATES u . . DOROTHY j PARTY HUSPAND 'mii DONALD COOK Daretky Patersoa, Joe Denahae, Helen Ware,' Mary Oerati. Java Reaale A First rtatUaal Va..Ui i CirecW fcf CLARENCS BADGE HEAT BLAffiD FOR n hriTitr. 63 in Four Days in West, : Press - Association's Figures Reveal IOS ANGELES. July 27 (AP) Sixty-three deaths attributed to heat have occurred In a 95-hour period In southwestern America, an Associated Press compilation showed today as reports of week end temperatures ranging from 75 on the coast to 120 in the in terior were recorded. , Forty of the deaths were in Im perial Taller ef Califnrnfi a 25-day average has been 108 uegrees. xseeaies, cai.. reputed to be the hottest spot in continents! United States, reported six deaths with a 120-degree temperature last Thursday; Phoenix, Arit.. had 14, Taft two and Las Ve?as. Nt. one. - Scattered thund erst nrm a In southern California and ' Arltona presaged a break in the 41-day beat. wave, althourh th ment meteorologist here declined to voucn an opinion on the future. Mexlcali, Mexico-California bor der town at the southern end of Imperial valley, where tempera tures clung tenaciously between 100 and .111 degrees, reported 14 ef the 40 death la.the valley. Brawler.- El Centra, ri1lntH and Calexlco all reported from one to five deaths. . County authorities said one- third of the dead wer VcvriVana and elderly persons. Overcome by the heat, they said persons drop ped in their tracks on streets and sank -. exhausted . In rare shady spots. The majority of Imperial vaiiey aeatns occurred since Sat urday. Los Angeles sweltered under 0 degrees, althourh cloud obscur ed an unflinching sun most of the day. IBS CLOSE GIBE' The Marlon county courthouse ball" team brought home the bacon Sunday in a game against the Sll verton Hills grange team but th prize was barely captured, th game ending ill to 10 in favor of the local youths. The courthouse crew was leading 11 to 7 when the grangers went to bat in the ninth. One run was scored, another man got on bases and then a JSilverton Hillsh man poked ont a home run. Fox. pitching for the locals, retir ed the side before the game was tied. , l Three time during the game, played on the Sllverton Hills dia mond six miles from Sllverton. the score was tied. FOR ACID I nraj cos-v FOa THE TUMMY At last... enefc. pleasant rdief fcar $J that fwy fullaesa, baniinc Mumest, I brtrtunci vpart Wnmarh. natnra. etc ' ft which erf ten foOew meals. TUMS a V Antacid ment relieves almost w . immediately. Eat three or foar if Ya f TUMS to cm is enough. Deli- II Jl cioua, null tha breath. At any a rag iwrt tottiU Ccuisttf 4 y- TT Ifi-V ;.lil-' IIU COURTHOUSE TE1 - ' l I L -tt