- 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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