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- Accident Insurance ' r Vacation Uxoe la travel time. Investigate The Ore gon Statesman' Travel Ac cident Insurance) ' Policy, f 1.00 per year. THE WEATHER 'i . Fair , today and Saturday, normal tempera to re ; II ax. Tehip. Thursday 85, Min. 40, river clear,' north wind. FOUNDED 1631 ElUUTYrflKST YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, July 31, 1931 So. ICS HEW DffilE DOilE Bf BLAZE HTJiEHOUSE Capital Transfer Building Fire Hard ' to Corral Because of Smoke . Stored Household Goods on Second Floor Ruined To $20,000 Extent Damages estimated at $20,000 to $25,000 were done to house hold goods stored In the Capital City Transfer company's building, 22S State street, when firs broke out about 7 o'clock yesterday eve ning on the first floor of the plant and spread up an elevator shaft to the second story storage room. Dense clouds of smoke from burn ing tires and furniture rolled f worn all openings 'so heavily that no flames were seen from outside during the 45 minutes . firemen were playing hose streams through front and rear windows. Losses to owners of the water soaked and smoke - blackened icoods are covered fairly well by Insurance, it is believed. Fighting the flames was severe ly hampered because their actual location could not be ascertained. It was necessary time and again for the firemen to be led from the smoky entrance and windows to fresh air, they became so naus eated with the choking fumes. Once the most seriously affected ones filled their lungs with the clear air, there was no stopping them returning to their posts, al though they were reeling on their feet. ' ' . Moot of Downtown Equipment Called; The two big pumpers, the lad der truck and a hose truck were called out to the scene and five streams of water 1 deluged the structure for 45 minutes before men could go through, the build ing to find the fire center. Despite the time required to extinguish the burning goods, floors and walls, the upper story supports re mained Intact and prevented the immense piles of furniture from crashing down to- Vie . ground level. One of the Adolphs, in the cig ar store at the corner of State and Commercial streets, saw the smoke pouring" from the building and sounded the alarm at 7:17 o'clock. Just as a 'number of-pedestrians were Tunning pell mell seeking telephones- to sound the Harm. Frank E.-Loose, proprie tor of the transfer-company; was called from" his home and soon ap peared on the scene to direct fire men, concerning -the arrangement of the building. Spontaneous Origin -Theory Is Cited The only definite theory of the fire's origin advanced last night was that of spontaneous combus tion. Persons -in the large.-crowd that gathered at the scene claim ed they had heard an explosion. The last person known to be In the building -was Mr. Loose, who left sometime between 6 and :30 p. m. He stated there -had been no fire - there within - the past month, and further declared -that bo highly - combustible - material was stored in the warehouse. 4 Loose's record's- and . books, while watersoaked, were salvaged from the safe and vault in the of fices, so that- ownership . of . the jtored property can be learned. .. In the building there was the largest and -finest . collection of household- goods he ever had, Loose said. In. addition. there was a large quantity of sacked flour tad automobile tires.. The. losa on the building and .the contents . Is ald to be. "pretty, well covered" . )r insurance. .. i.-. ... Before headway of the fire. was checked smoke. filtered, into. the. Archerd Implement company's ad joining building, and did a small amount of. damage .to. stock. - - - . -- .. LLOYD GK0RGB BETTER . LONDON. July. 30 AP Da rid Lloyd George, who underwent a serious operation . yesterday for maematurla, was reported in a tatisfactory condition tonight. - GETS LIFE SENTENCE - PORTLAND, Ore., July 30 (Ap) Albert D. Gilbert, 5 S. pleaded guilty today to - second degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting here last Feb ruary 28 of John-W. Bevis, su perintendent of the Inraan-Poul-sen mllL ' Circuit Judge Kanxler sentenced Gilbert to life Impri sonment. ' - ..-'-. Gilbert' was tried on the mur der charge in June but -the Jury failed to agree, , LODGES IN IXNO I . ASHLAND,. Ore., July SO (AP) The Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William II. Gregory, .of - Co- qullle. died - here- today . with- an- almond in one lung. The child swallowed the nut Sunday and lit lodged in .his throat and later passed Into the lung. . , '-( - - -'m , ' " SUN IS OBSCURED MEDFORD.; Ore., July 30 ( AP Forest service lookouts Boardmqn, Set Distance Lindberghs Record of 4986 Miles Claimed by Pair Landing At Istanbul; Herndon and Pangborn J On, hop to Moscow Todays 4. KOENIGSBERG, Germany, July 31 (Friday) (AP) The American round the world fliers, Hugh Herndon, Jr., and Clyde Pangborn, -were sighted over Koenigsberg at 2:20 a, xn. flying in the direction of Kaunas. ; i Audacious airmen traced a series of spectacular per formances across the sky paths of the world yesterday in perhaps the greatest day of fly- O- mg since Colonel Charles A. Lind bergh crossed the Atlantic from New York to Paris.' ' With a degree ot precision sele dom. If ever, equalled in the air, Russell Boardman and John Po lando set their 'monoplane down in Istanbul, Turkey, 49 hours and 20 minutes after leaving New York for what they claimed was a new long distance non-stop rec ord. They t calculated the dis tance at 4,98$ miles or 85 miles more than the former mark es tablished from Paris to Man churia by the French flier Coste. Skimming around the globe in an effort to better the Post-Gatty time, Hugh Herndon, Jr., and Clyde Pangborn, reached Berlin and then set out for Moscow at 10:49 p. m. (4:49 p. m. E.S.T.). A fog over the British coast had shoved Herndon and Pangborn far behind the Post-Gatty sched ule, but the brevity ot their stay at Berlin enabled them to pick up several precious hours. When they pointed toward Moscow they were 13 hours and 49 minutes behind Post and Gatty. Colonel- and Mrs. Lindbergh, bound for the orient, flew the 370 miles separating North Ha ven, Me., and Ottawa, Ont, in three and a half hours. Amy Johnson, British avlatriz. en route from England to Tokyo, landed at Kurgan, Siberia, last night, after a light from Sverd lovsk, Russia, and the Graf Zep pelin returned to Friediichshafen after a six-day Arctic cruise. COLFAX.! Wash., July 30. (AP) A cloudburst struck with terrific violence tonight on farms along Union Flats. Little Penewa- wa and Little Almota creeks sear hear, washing buildings away and causing property and livestock damage estimated at 3100.000. Walls of water eight to iz reel high swept down gulches 4n the storm area, ! carrying farm build ings, garages, machinery : and fences downstream. ' The water at Almota,' on the Snake river,, was . reported the highest since a disastrous flood In 1920. i . Mrs. William Cochran, whose home on Union Flats creek was swept away, was. said to have been seriously injured. Reports reach ing Colfax did not tell of any oth er casualties, : . Old Man Faints In Crowd Crush Around Theatre . One casualty resulted from the crowd gathered about the Elslnore theatre -last night When an old white-haired man, whose Identity Is unknown, tottered Into ' the Bluebird about 7. p.m. and. sat down to . rest. .A moment later a waitress, noticed . .him slumped over the table and found that he had fainted. .: .- . , An ambulance, was called .but by time that it arrived the . old man ; had been revived by cold packs and refused to be doctored any further. . He left the building unassisted , and disappeared Into the crowd, i "z . , CLOUDBURST DOES S100.000JWE Gilbert Pleads Guilty ; V . . . butterflies Swarming Almond Fatal to . Child - : Forest Receipts Lower from Mount Wagner and Dutch man's peak la the Siskiyou moun tains have j reported seeing huge swarms -of brown butterflies. : At times the- swarms have been so great they obscured the sun. The Insects were flying south ward, the reports said. 1 TIMBER SALES FEW PORTLAND, Ore., July 30 CAP) Receipts from the 22 Na tional forests in Oregon and Washington ; during the fiscal year ending June 30 were 3575, 84.91 less than during the pre ceding year, said a report issued today from the office ; of C J. Buck,' regional forester. Receipts tor the year totaled $815,821.43. The decrease was caused chief ly by a decline In timber sales. Settlement; and trespass receipts also declined although grazing receipts,- land leases and water rentals showed an Increase, the report said. ; '.'" Polando Mdrlt; on Way M HE ISSUED BY MEIER Emil Knorr, Convicted in This County one of ! Convicts Freed ? Governor Meier Issued conditional pardons and commutations of sentence. two four Just before leaving for Portland Thurs day night. One of the conditional pardons was Issued to Fred M. Black, who was convicted In Wallowa county on March 18, 1930, on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to a term of five years. .-... Black's pardon was recom mended by -the district attorney and other officials. Black was said to have been a model prisoner while in the penitentiary. The other conditional pardon was Issued to Emll Knorr, who was received at the penitentiary from Marlon county on February 1, 1928, to serve a term of 10 years for the crime of assault with a dangerous weapon. J. O. Dix on, cashier ot the bank, from which Knorr stole 331. recom mended the pardon. Prison offi cials reported that Dixon had giv en valuable service while in the institution. .' U The ' sentence Imposed on Mickey Murphy, who was received at the penitentiary December 6. 1927, to serve lS years for assault and robbery was commuted to 10 years. He was committed from Multnomah county. Officials said that Murphy had been a' model prisoner. ; Life Sentence of Chinese Reduced The governor ' commuted the sentence in the case of Ed En right of Malheur county, who is serving a life term for first de (Turn to page 2, col. 5) FREE HAIRCUTS FDR NEEDY ARE OFFERED Final settlement of the barbers price dispute, as far as the union it concerned was concluded, last night and H. C Pickering, sev enth vice-president of the Jour neymen's International union was preparing to return to Taco ma. Two points of the troubles stand out: first, where there were 25 union shops In the city, there are now but 13, the others' cards being revoked, and second, the union shops, are contemplating cutting without charge the hair of . needy children at prescribed hours each week. In answer : to the 'outs" who declared over a week ago they would lower their prices to 25 cents for children. . , A lengthy statement was pre pared by Pickering yesterday averring he and Clarence Town send, executive secretary of the Journeymen's '. local organisation, had visited all the barbers in the city personally. It ssyr they ask ed the former union employers to remain In the union and hold to the constitutional price scale, un less they desired to use their priv ilege of seeking amendment; of the agreement by ways, provided in that document. - " Two of the 14 shops which had been with the "outs" were per suaded to go back to the union, Pickering aaid. The others who lost their cards and the "bosses" declared that prices of haircuts and shaves for : adults were sot changed and that they are mak ing no effort to cut prices any further. Tbey last gave as their reason, for reducing the cost of children's haircuts and of plain shampoos and massages, that . it was a necessary move to aid. fam ilies who are. feeling the effeets of the present slackness . la em ployment. ; , s Lad Sent Back To Washington Joe Ralph. 18, who was arrest ed here early in the week on bad check charges, was yesterday re leased from juvenile court to par ole officers from the Washington state training school for boys at Chehalis. Wash.' Ralph had been paroled from that institution. The bad checks given Siiem merchants were made good. Sher iff O. D. Bower, said he had beard. GENE TO VIEW SITES Looks Over Salem Hurriedly and has Conference -..; : With Hawley On to Eugene and Roseburg Today; States Hoover Gets Final say Salem was host last night to Major General Hlnes and Admiral Rlggs, members of the veteran's ho spltallsation board ot the United States Veterans' bu reau and both men gave the city a hurried Inspection as a possible site for the northwest ern soldiers' home' before leaving between f and T o'clock this morning for Eugene and Roseburg. Gen eral Wood, 0aml Btsu third member of the party which came west to Inspect various hos pital sites for the board, was through the valley earlier In the summer and 1 snow Inspecting the plant at Swatelle, Calif. Shortley after It arrival . here, the party was met by Congress man W. C. Hawley who dined with the men and later discussed with them the site situation In Oregon. Making Fast Trip To Look at Site "We're looking ever sites up and down the valley as has been reported,' General Hines stated, "but we are making a fast trip. I don't know whether well get through tomorrow but we may. We were Instructed as a sub-committee of the board to look at all sites south of Portland and west (Turn to page 2, col. ) unr FIGURE IS By v ADELAIDE KERR . PARIS, July 30 (AP) The Lily Langtry figure with accented bust and hips returned to the style world today as a prominent Parisian woman dressmaker, pre sented her fall collection before scores of startled buyers. The voluptuous mode of the gay nineties when figures were figures eolored by' feminine fan cies which ruled the mode from the time of Louis the Fourteenth to Napoleon the First, were dis played amid the gasps ot a sur prised audience. Although the day modes . were tempered to the practical de mands . of active modern women, evening styles revealed the figure curves as mannequins swopped about the salons in a manner reminiscent of the famous Eng lish beauty who took two conti nents by storm 40 years ago. Evening gowns curved to the bust were smoothed tightly around the hips to the knee and released a soft fullness below, al though day dresses with slim sheath skirts, nine or ten inches from the' ground, were featured. . Reeves Held on Serious Charge Chafrged with r doing an act manifestly. Intended to lead a minor to become delinquent, Ros eoe Reeves ot Srlverton was re manded to the county jail yester day to await disposition of his ease, probably at the hands of the grand Jury, according to Sheriff O. D. Bower. Reeves was appre hended In the Coos Bay district and returned here by Constable Pitney of SHverton. Ccltformtms Said Purveying 'Elaste9 By Wholesale Here Salem mtuic teacher were p la arms yesterday upon learning of the invasion of the dry by. some California syndicate . speciallaiair ' in mase selling' of - music, ln strnctioa and herd Lag youag stera iato classes for tbe teachiaa. ! Solicitors are reported to pull doorbells all over town to get persona to sign - ap contracts for as whole year's Instruction. As an induce ment to alga the contract factory-made violin la said to be "thrown, in." While the . enterprise la entirely legitimate, , Salem music teacher protest that "there are plenty . of Instructors here of known competence without ..running risk of possible Inferior teaching from outsiders. The Statesman advise Its readers to make fall Investi gation of the proposition be fore signing any contract. 1 - FASH ION AGAIN Road Del Jrolluee PHI PLEDGES URTESY UNO I Rl PARTIALITY Moratorium Auto . Licenses Is at end, Motorists Must get Plates Held Force Here Includes Abst, ; Clayton, Larios, Mogan, Thomason "Strict impartiality In the en forcement of the law, dignity In the performance of duty, courtesy in dealing with the public, and loyalty to the Ideals ot the de partment, will constitute the pol icy of the new state police," said Charles P. Pray, state superinten dent of police, Thursday, in an nouncing the field force, the commissioned officers and ser geants having previously been ap pointed. r "The regulations and Instruc tions Incorporated la the state po lice manual have been formulated with the conviction that an offi cer can render service with cour tesy and helpfulness to the pub lic and at the same time be effi cient In the performance of his duties," continued Mr. Pray. "In this connection, I want to add that it Is as mnch the duty of the pub lie to observe the law as It is the duty of an officer to enforce it, and It necessarily follows that to bring about satisfactory law en forcement, any police system must enjoy, to the fullest extent, the co operation of the public "The utmost care ha been ex ercised in the selection of the per sonnel of the state police staff, and a majority of members there of are experienced men, selected from tbe various law enforcement units which have been merged in the state police system. A lim ited number ot recruits will be given thorough Instruction in po lice work at our police school. "It will be my ambition, and X am sure it 1 also the ambition of (Turn to page 2, col. 1) - RELIEF WORK NEXT IS Twelve members of tbe board of directors of Associated Chari ties met here last night at the call of Mayor P. M. Gregory to plan relief work; for the winter season. Tbe group agreed to use ' every feasible means to tide over needy families. An appeal will be made soon for food and clothing to be distribut ed this winter by the organisa tion and circular letters will be sent to men and women of finan cial responsibility asking them to give cash to the movement. Boxes are to be placed in. local stores soon where small contributions to the work may be made. It waa agreed by the committee that it would attempt to obtain for Associated Charities some of the moneys still on deposit- locally from the governor's ball given last January. , Mayor T. A. Livesley, Rev. P; W. Ericksen and ' Ray Stumbq were among the local men who at tended tbe meeting. DEALER HERE W Etxendlng the time' limit for bids for supplying 'Salem high school with magazines, as ordered by the school board July 14, re sulted In two bids being submit ted by Salem dealers and the con tract remaining In the city, it was revealed at the city school super intendent's office yesterday.' Last year the deal was made with George O. Goodall of Eugene. The new contract Is to be awarded to Mrs. Frank A. Wlnslow. 1304 North Church street, tor $103. A bid given by Pattoa Brothers book store was tor 3104.50, and that by Goodall, Eugene, 3122.21. Tbe contract Is for supplying IB magazine each to Parrtsh tnd Leslie junior high schools for a In months. 14 to the senior high for nine months and three for on year, and three for the elemen tary school supervisor. These magaslnes will be used by-the students in their .class work. -v ' EPIDEMIC SPREADS JUNEAU, Alaska. July 30 (AP) The spread into scattered localities ot the scarlet fever epidemic.- which two days ago bad taken the Uvea of 11 natives at Noshagak village, was reported today in messages from the re gion, r W1E TALKED SUPPLY MAGAZ 1ES Per HIGfHUGHTS IN HIGHWAY BOARD MEETING HELD HERE YESTERDAY " - Delegation totalling more than 500 person ask for ad dition to highway program. . . . , Commissioner Lynch and Governor Meier both emphat ically deny any change effecting Lynch aeat on commission. Delegation aak Champoeg shortcut road Portland-Salem, wider Pacific highway, Wilson river highway, ridge highway to coast, completion. Central Oregon highway. Cascade high way on secondary road map, Halfway-to-Homestead road east of Baker. - nTwo constructions bids let; Salem firm get award for heating plant at state machine shop here. County Judge and commissioners discus detail of new econdary road system with commission. Commissioner Spaoldlng moves, motion unanimously ad opted, that wherever feasible commission utilize lumber in .highway work. V ' - Spaoldlng suggest million dollar state road program be augmented by million dollar county program, fund to be ob tained by county borrowing from state highway funds. Meier, Lynch Deny Resignation Rumor i . ' - j . - . . j Highway Commissioner Indignant at Report he Styles Totally Unfounded; Cause of Embarrassment to him GOVERNOR JULIUS L. METER and Highway Commis sioner Lynch both made strong' statements late yester day afternoon, both denying that the governor intended to remove the eastern Oregon commissioner or that the latter had resigned. ' : Informed in Portland that ah afternoon paper here had -O carried news that Lynch'a resig STORM AND DEATH Butte man Killed When Tree Falls; Lightning Cause "Of Many new Blazes SPOKANE, July 30. (AP) Storm and death entered the for est fire battle in the northwest today and both fought on the side ot the flames. Lightning bolts blasted Into the timber lands of north Idaho and everywhere they struck-, fresh flame flared up. Between 30 and 40 new fire were started. E. D. Murphy, Butte, Mont..' smoke chaser, was killed by a falling tree while fighting fires near the giant Deer creek con flagration on the Kootenai and Pend O'Reille forests not far from Bonner Perry, Idaho. The Deer creek fire crept slow ly on. Increasing It perimeter to nearly 70 miles, although five fire plow units clawed up the scorch ing earth with steel teeth In an effort to halt the flames with (Turn to page 2, coL 5) BV HARBOR PATROL PORTLAND. Ore., July. 30 (AP) Harbor-patrolmen, sent to recover the body of a man seen floating In the. Willamette river here today,, discovered the . body of a second who. they said, appar ently had just committed suicide. . The body 'discovered by the pa trolmen was tentatively identified as that of Rawley .Young, about 45 years of age. - A grocery slip from a Port Angeles, Wash store bearing that name. -was found la his pockets. Patrolmen said the body probably had not been In the water more than 20 minutes. The other body waa identified as that of John Kinsler, 40, Port land.' His watch was still run ning, the patrolmen . reported. Mir s TWO BODIES OH Secondary Road Law Clarified at Mee ting Clarification of the legislative act ot 1331 providing for secon dary roads In the 30 counties of Oregon, built and maintained un der direct supervision of the state highway commission, was accomplished here yesterday when the" commission threshed out the details of the act with a eommitte ot county Judges and commissioners headed by Judge L N. Schannep . of Umatilla county. ' - " A explained by J. M. Dover, attorney for the commission, the following points are to be ob served in carrying '.he new law Unto effect: v i 1. The state highway commis sion in conjunction with the county courts is to designate va-J rious roads In different counties to be known as secondary state highways. 2. Funds amounting to a one mill levy on assessable property In each county are to be given that county, Multnomah excepted, from state highway fands. raised sonnet i nation was In his hands. Govern- or Meier said there was no truth in the report. MI have' received no resignation, no word that- a resignation is forthcoming and hare . asked none from Mr. Lynch," Governor Meier stated. "Do you Intend to remove Mr. Lynch?" the governor waa asked. "I do not," be replied. -As far as I am concerned his work has been satisfactory." Lynch himself .was quite Indig nant at the report. . I hare no Intention of resign ing unless requested to-do so." he stated when Informed of re ports that he had sent a letter of resignation to the governor. "It Is true that I conferred with Governor - Meier today but Our conversation was In no way connected with a resignation." - Lynch went on to say that re peated speculations in newspapers ; (Turn to page 2, col. 1) NEGOTIATIONS FAIL ' .Recent attempts to reach an agreement between the milk pro ducers and distributors In the Portland. Salem and Vancouver areas, with . relation to the price that shall be paid to producers for their product, have failed, accord ing to letters received Thursday by Max Gehlhar. director of the state agricultural department, from the Dairy Cooperative asso ciation. - " , ' Following series of confer ences between committees repre senting the two factions, it virtu ally was agreed that the producers would receive' a maximum price of 32.10 per 100 pounds for milk delivered In Portland, Salem or Vancouver. - ' A contract was prepared, but was not signed because of some disagreement relative to the price and disposal of surplus milk. . Gehlhar declared that there Is no law under which the state ag ricultural department, can force an agreement between the war ring factions. He said he merely acted as chairman at the several conferences, but not in the role of an arbiter. - by the gasoline and auto license fees.- '. . 3. Work of ' maintaining ' and building the roads may be done by the counties directly but the state highway department 1 to supervise and pay for the work through the counties. The counties are not obliged to - match ' secondary highway funds. . , w . - 6. The old market road law Is in full force except for two ar ticle regarding state ' appropria tions. Each-county Is required to maintain Its present market roads out of monies raised by di rect -taxation but not In excess of $200 a mile per year. In the discussion which fol lowed Dover's explanation. Chair man YanDuzer pointed - out that the highway commission expected to approve as secondary roads those of a general character which would tit Into an lnter county road map. It also developed that a county (Turn to page 2, eoL f ) IN ILK SQUABBLE ppecnr HIGHWAY BOARD LISTENS, GETS Steady Stream of Petition; For Improvements and New Roads Heard ' Arguments for Widening of Salem-Portland Route Presented Early From- 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning until a hot summer aft ernoon was beginning to cool with night's approach, the state high way commission, convened In the hall ot representatives In Salem, heard one delegation after anoth er tell it why immediate work should be started on its particu lar road project. As a result the 31-point agenda ot the commis sion was laid aside and virtually no routine work was accomplish ed. The - highway commission agreed at adjournment to hold another meeting here next Thurs day, August 0. at which time in completed business of yesterday will be attended to. More than 500 men from all parts of the state, crowded before the commission, to back up the pleas of two score ot spokesman who kept a running fire of oral attack going On the . commission, as the hours hurried on. Widening- Highway To Portland Urged A widened highway between Portland and Salem, a new Cham poeg route ' to Portland, two pro posals for a short-cut road to the coast, completion of the Central Oregon highway, inclusion of the Halfway to Homestead highway in eastern . Oregon, widening of the west side highway . between McMlnnville and MIddleton and rerouting of the Pacific highway through Coburg and Springfield to eliminate six miles of road aa well as the designation of the Cas cade highway as a secondary . road system for the state came la for consideration before the. commis sion. That body made no commit ments on road construction but listened carefully to all speakers. The four-line highway between Salem and Portland was first con sidered. Henry R. Crawford, pres ident of the Salem chamber of commerce, gave . the principal talk. Crawford pointed out the heavy traffic over the road, the great number of fatalities each year, the need of employment this , winter tor thousands of men and ' the nearness of this project to the center. of unemployment and the fact that the road moneys of the estate ebould be spent where the most people could be benefitted. Crawford was backed up by a delegation of more than 200 men from communities along the pro posed widened road. Wood burn lead the list with a delegation ot 50 men. Speakers who reinforced Crawford's presentation included James Smith,' Marion county com missioner. Ray Glatt of Wood burn, Harvey C. Starkweather of Albany, O. D. Eby of Oregon City, R. Hedler of Mt. Angel, Dr. Ger ald Smith of Wood barn. Judge C W. Kruse of Oregon City. Pioneer-Highway - t Backers Appear Mrs. Violet, Ahlf. Portland at torney and president of the Sea and Daughters of Oregon . Pio neers, was chairman of the group which- presented the case for the new short-cut Pioneer highway from Portland to Salem by way ef Champoeg. Milton A. Miller, mak ing the first speech, said the road would relieve traffic density on other highways' ap and down, the valley, would provide a suitable memorial for the . pioneers and would aid the Champoeg park or ganisation In .getting support for the development of the park. George W. Lip pert, leader ef the United West Side dubs res resenting 52 'communities la Ibe valley, told the commission there had been too much procrastina tion in building roads. He Insist ed a road built shortening the dis tance from Portland to the const. Speaking ot the proposed Cham poeg road, he, said a 100 foot roadway would not be sufficient to handle the traffic ot th next 20 years. Other speakers for the road included Dr. Henry Morris, of Salem, Harvey Starkweather ot Albany, Mrs. Christopher E. Hart ot Portland, Judge Peter H. D'Arcy oT Salem, L. M. Lepper ef the -East Side Commercial club of Portland; 8. V. Graham ef Butteville, Mrs. L L, Patterson of Dale. G. W. Culler, 93-year-old Civil war" veteran and a member, as he said "of that fast disappearing group of pioneers" made a spirit ed plea for the highway. Cultea said his wife was tbe last survivor of the Applegate party of one thousand people. The Cullers live in Portland near the place where the proposed road would start. Yamhill .Widening Project Brongh IV W. S. Allan, 2m"sill eouEtj (Turn to nage 2, col. 3) i 11 01