PAGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Friday Morning, August 21. 1931 STATE SAVIFJGS Fll EtlUGED Dr. Steinsr President and . R. C Killer Manager; Stock Increased ' (Continued from VX 1) his time la the next few months Co the State- association here. , ..Jiew; directors elected by the association last ni&bt include vr Stelner, tor years superintendent : of the state hospital here and a director of the Tint National ''bank of Salem: Johm H. Carson, 'Marion county district attorney; . - Senator Wiliard Marks of Albany 'tttonn and president of, the : state senate In lJJUr.E. Oren- ; rood, retired merchant of Albany; ; E. B. Williamson, rice president of the Albany State bank, f Worklajg Person! Will tint Camz L. The working personnel of the association will be retained as ? now constituted. Victor Rhodes and Miss Olsa Hungsburg. both at present employed by the State savinr and Loan association. were named last night as assist ant secretaries of the organiza tlrn ' Fur the time being the offices 'of the association will be in the t first floor room in tne baiem : Bank of Commerce building. Un der the policy laid down by the state, loans win do y flfst mortgages on real property . and loans will be connnea iu -i ni lfwalities situated within . .m-n raiiin. of the capital. The company will be operated felr as a unit indepenaem oi with its stockholders and direc tors all Willamette Taney pruiea lonal and business. leader. . : Mr. Miller said last night that comparatire figures oir saxings arid loan deposits in Salem com pared to other cities of its ! oa the coast indicated a considerable possibility for develop ment here. He indicated he would devote the major part of his time at first to becoming abetter acquainted witn the members of the association here and determining the- beet methods to enlarge its ervlce in the community. Before taking the lead in organising the new stockholders. Miller said he had made a detailed analysis of the outstanding' loans owned by the company and had assured himself they were in satisfactory condi tion. '- . (Continued tram pass tY; heavy rains. There were pros pects of the natlres raising the best crops in years but the floods -have now washed out the plant ings. " Reports bf war and armies no bolltlng were coming in contin ually, although news wa gener ally sketchy and uncertain, even ' there. . Darts, who Ulks with broad accents and speaks the names of the Chinese cities -like a Chlna inan. was pleased to meet a re porter for he himself had been sports writer for two years on he Peking- Leader, th. largest American newspaper in that city, arith 3000 circulation. The chief " ports, he said, were tennis, bas ketball and ice-hockey. -.: It was young Tucker's father, Hi doctor, who' some time ago got in the news columns when he. accidentally snoi a tninamsu r attempted to rob the hospital afe. The native died from, loss of blood and Chinese authorities sought to make the incident a test case of the disputed extra territoriality. After the -docor ras arrested and underwent con siderable bickering on the mat ter, he was finally exonerated by the Chinese courts. Machine Skids in , Gravel and Upsets . Ritchie Davis intends to enter Ohio Wesleyan university at Del aware, oj to take a! four years ' liberal arts course, then study law for five years. He has a sis ter there who is a sophomore. Tucker wants" to take the col lege course " at Oberlln college, Ohio, then follow up with medical ; .study. He has a brother and sis ter who are now studying at Law- - ton Medical school. Chicago, 111- . The two boys landed at Los -Angeles on August 1, purchased ' the car with the Intention ot ; driving east. They were headed north yesterday when .their ma chine skidded in loose gravel sear Lake Labish, swerved to the left side of the road and over turned. ' . ; Some Veterans Provided With Jobs, is Word Quite- a number ot . registra tions ot 'veterans was handled yesterday when the free employ ment bureau opened at 210 Ore- Son building with M. Clifford oynifeaa in charge. Ex-service men were on hand , aa soon as the office opened, and continued to appear during the - day. A few men were sent out to jobs Immediately, Moynihan re ported. GOG v LIQUID OR TABLETS la SO sniaatea, iLecks a Gold the Relieves Headache or Neuralgia first days aad checks Malaria in three days.' CC3 Calrt lot Baby's Cold. Tff , ..-. . .1 - ; 1 tw ViiSSlDfJ WORKERS' SOUS it III CRASH FEAR TRAIL T Parker Cramer (righi). American aviator, with his Canadian radio jperator, Oliver Pacanette, is believed lost in the North Sea after at temptinr flight from the Shetland Islands to the coast of Norway. The airmen were on a trail blazing flight from Detroit to the north of Europe by way of Canada, Greenland and Iceland. Although vessels have searched for them and radio stations have tried to contact the set carried in the lost aviator's plane (shown In background), all efforts ! I have been in Tain. T T T Yi .P 1 l P W 1Yf C1 L11C DoiTie e -j TT won't be long before Rufus X C HoIman 1 111 06 known to the state., at the rate demands are- made upon' him to deliver Ulks before f these luncheon or ganizations, j Yesterday the state treasurer talked before the Al bany Klwanls dab. He has made an average of about two address es a week since he has taken office. I : I ' Governor) Meier has taken the opposite view of speaking. He is consistent' in hie refusal to make talks of any kind. He wm aaxlouj that little be said about his proposed visit, over the state next week as he did not want to be deluged with requests to speak. He likes to be known as the non-speaking governor. It is noted that the mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, will test Los Angeles water before he drinks a toast with it to France. The water was sent by Mayor Porter of Los Angeles who gained fame by refusing to : drink the French champagne toasts. One wonders how, many test the wine toasts before drinking them. ' The tide-over benefit show in Salem Saturday afternoon, at which the price of admission will "be a; package of food staffs, brings one back to the days when ; food commodities were often the medium ef ex change. Do l yon remember when the snbscriptloa to yottr home newspaper waa paid for with potatoes or other pro duce? I I ' - . S Arrest is Made For Slaying of j Former Marine SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 20. (AP)- Police ' tonight announced the arrest of Harry Harder in Los Angeles in connection with the slaying here of: Felix Albert Wil liams, 36, ex-marine. Police said Harper told officers in Los Angeles he had "beaten up a marine" in San Francisco. He did not. "however, describe the ex tent of the beating or the Injur ies inflicted. Some of Williams' clot" es were in Harper's possession, it was Said. ' : - I , ; t Paving Work at K Hubbard Talked Hubbard city etficla's were in terviewed Thursday by Frank Johnson, roadm ster, and mem ber! ot the county court in regard to doing some topping and repair work on the pavement there. The officials were visiting in the north portion of the i eounty yesterday. and it. was agreed that work will start as soon as the paving on the road between 'Aurora and the Clackamas county line has been completed. -; ! - South Santiam I Will be Curbed ALBANY, Ore.. . Aug. 20. - (AP) The Linn county court to day decided tentatively to attempt construction of la revetment wall ot rock and gravel-filled crib 12 feet wide and 909 feet long to keep the South Santiam riter from eating . Into ' the Albany- Crabtree road at Sanderson's bridge. The court viewed -the road before reaching- its decision. ! CUERIX RETURNS L 8ILVERTON, Aug. 20 John Gneria, accompanied by his sis ter, Mrs. Janet Speneer, hare re turned from Montana, where Mr. Guerln Inspected the SUverton sponsored Marlmont gas and oil LADD & DAiNRfcK5 - Salem, Oregon : - , Established 1868 - BLAZER LOST r 1 Occurrences and Gossip f at the center of Oregon's j state government : , j Fred ' J. Toose. who has been handlings publicity for the state agricultural department for some time, has been appointed sanitary Inspector for the.' state in J. D. Mlckle's food and dairy depart ment. - Tooxe covered the last legislative session for the state grange, and has been active in that organisation for sevaral years. 1 ' It is with regret that ' the passing; of Harry T. McClellaa of Rosebars was noted yester day. McClellan was a familiar figure around the state capital daring recent legislative ses sions as assistant to Fred Dra gee, chief clerk of the house. McClellan was also state In spector of weights for several years. . William Hammond of the au tomobile license bureau depart ment yesterday explained to , the press members all about the tests applicants for drivers li censes are put through. The tests are complete and by the time one gets through the state knows all about your eyes, and can tell if you are color blind and to what extent. "1 Fortunately, however, all the members of the- press will be permitted to continue driving automobiles as long as they can bay the gas. The examina tions include Ttrtnally every thing except perhaps aa in spection of the teeth. 'BUI'. Hammond Is having a lot of fun flashing colored lights at people during these tests, and asking a lot of questions. wen. He Is a shareholder In the project. Plan to Reopen I Toledo's Banks TOLEDO, Aug. 20 (AP) Word that Toledo'a closed banks will be given an opportunity to reorganize was given .today to de positors, who have more than $80,000,000 tied up In four Insti tutions, i by Theodore H. Tange man, stat director of commerce. Tangeman said the state will not liquidate the affairs of the banks, which failed to open for business Monday, unless the Institutions cannot be reorganized. - CHILD RECOVERING SCIO, Aug. 20 Darrd Sledge, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. David L. Sledge of Rodgers moun tain locality, is reported making good recovery from the fracture of both bones of the right arm when he fell from a stump at the farm home a few days ago. " PLANT IMPROVED , SCIO, Aug. 20 Recent Im provements . in the Holechek lee plant make It one of the best equipped Institutions of its kind in the Willamette valley. : Mr. Holechek also is completing, one 1 of the neatest bungalow homes la the county. 1 Persons in Alaska 10 years old and more reported to have gain ful occupations in 1929 totaled 46.8 per cent of the population, according to a survey, GREEN STAMPS EVERY DAY Doable Stamps Saturday Carson Pharmacy We Deliver 501 Court Phone 5468 - BUSH, TEACHER COST That Amount Paid out Last Year In, This County,. Report Reveals Continued from pass 1) 4 valuation of 41.411.811, grounds S17,S1 and equipment 0t. n - Cash receipts for all the dis tricts during the year wars: Spe cial district tax. I42S.4CS; county school fund, 9163. 4I: elementary school fund, MS.CZI; stats school fund SXMII; Smlth-Haghes re ceipts. S443Z; high school tuition, XS.T7; elementary tuition, $4XS; interest oa investments, S142S. - . More Boys Than Girls la School Boys lead in the number of children counted In the annual school census. Of these there are S3 95 lads between the ages ot four and 19. Inclusive. The girls of the same ages total 1199. The. total ot both sexes is 14.594. Total, days attendance In - the grade schools of the county for the year was 1.131,514. In the Junior high schools the total waa 242, $03; In the senior high schools 405.951. The average daily attendance was 95 per cent for the elementary grades; 97 per cent for the junior high schools and 9C per cent for the high schools. High school students chalked up the most tardy marks during the year, in the high schools 5123 tar dy marks were recorded. Total for the elementary schools was 4639 and tor the Junior high school 107f. r - Mercer Funeral To be Saturday Forenoon, Word Dr. W. L. Mercer, local osteo path, was expected in Salem last night bringing with him the body of his wife who died in San Leandro, Calif.. August 16. He will be accompanied by his son who lives in Oakland. Calif. Dr. Mercer was called to California about a week ago by the serious illness of his wife who had been in poor health for some time. The body will He in state In the chapel of the W. T. RIgdon and Bon mortuary until 9:30 a. m. Saturday. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. in the chapel and followed by interment at the Belcrest Memorial ceme tery. Ker. W, C. Kantner will officiate. Far hi Board to Fayor Sale ot Wheat to China ' WASHINGTON. Aug. 20 (AP) Sale of 15,000.000 bush els of stabilisation wheat for the relief of Chinese flood sufferers seemed probable today with an announcement that the farm board had authorised . negotia tions to that end with the Nan king government. 4 Chairman Stone said the board, in response to an informal in quiry. Informed the Chinese gov ernment, that the grain stabiliza tion corporation, owner of more than 200.000,000 bushels of sur plus wheat, would be glad to dis cuss the proposed transaction. Water Seepage Is Traced When Paving Breaks The source of water seepage which has been appearing In base ments of business houses located along-the alley In the ' block bounded by State, Commercial, Court and Liberty, streets, was learned yesterday when an auto mobile broke through the pave ment there. It was- discovered a water main had burst and was undermining the street as well as Beeping into the basements. A crew of the Oregon-Washington Water Service company was put to work to repair the main, which was stllV flowing last night. 0 A HOME-OWNfiD THEATjJfc -v r J 4 Q FRIDAY - SATURDAY . .... . the most. important picture ' ever i a 'i r I . n n n H f Armstrong rn CTN n t) fi I Jean IIaxlow' with JOHN. WAYNE MARGUERITE CHURCHILL EL BRENDEL ! . brought beck to Sdem by v: . .ALSO D Comedy and .- Faux Pas Will Set Sail Monday for a Jaunt Into Upper Columbia Waters The Call Board v Br OLIVE M. DO AIL, WARVER'Sv ELSTXORE Today Richard Dix la The Publie Defender.- s HOLLYWOOD - Today Lew Ayrea la 'Iron Man.- . . GRAND Today - Raoul Walch'g "The Big Trail." HIVES HQ DISEASE; CURE IS OUTLINED Baking Soda and Sometimes Camphor Give- Relief, Bulletin States Hives, quite prevalent In Salem this summer, are not a disease but a symptom ef ta underlying cause which Is really a poison. It Is often caused by eating certain fruits. Hives come without warn ing to a person who Is apparently well. Bathing the afflicted parte with baking soda is recommended by. the educational committee of the Polk-YamhUl-Mariou Medical so ciety la aa educational bulletin Issued here this week. Spirits of camphor are also used tor hives when caused by Insect bites. "At the present time physicians have certain taste applicable to the skin which may determine the nature of the foreign substance causing the trouble," declared the bulletin, "ir there Is rir Op tion about the cause, or If one does not obtain prompt - relief from these simple domestic rem edies, the family physician should be' consulted. 1 The causes of hives are many. It usually occurs from some for eign substance Introduced Into the circulation. The majority of cases come from food substances absorbed from the digestive tract, and which do not agree with the patient, or against which the sys tem rebels because ot a personal Idiosyncrasy. "Many persons, for example, are said to have a special suscep tibility to hives upon taking a certain drug or some f,?0.d1tu;; like strawberries or shellfish, ir one has repeated attacks of hives following eating one particular kind of food, the diagnosis Is easy as to what caused the attack. Many times, however, the cause Is not easy to discover, tor there are Individuals who react to such common foods s white ot eggs, cakes, enstards, etc People, therefore, who are subject to fre quent attacks . should recall the food articles consumed prior to an attack In order that they may eventually determine the cause by exclusion. Eastern Oregon Flames Nearly All Controlled PORTLAND, Ore., Ang. 20 fAP) Eastern Oregon forest fires, which have been menacing life and property this week are naarlr nnder control.! the region al forest service office here an nounced today. " I If wlads hold off for 48 nours there will be little more danger from the fires. It was said. The blazes have been spreading, be fore afternoon and evening brseses. - Th CathertnaNereek blase In Union county had) burned over about S.000 acres' today and the combatting crew numbered about 200 men. Anotner lire nortn oi Halfwar on Carson creek was be ing. held. filmed . , 4 : ; fi - COMPfO SUNDAY ', Fos News When the sprightly red and green motor bo at, Faux Pas, fa miliar to habitues ot the river here, chugs away from the land ing Monday morning, two Salem men, Cecil Edwards of the Maa's Shop and Dr. Wolcott Buren will "be sfr for a week er more of cruising, a vacation trip which wm take them to points -visited by no ether way except by water. The two Toyagers laa to ride the Willamette to its month, then head np the Columbia river with their destination depending upon the- speed they -can make and how well they enjoy the mods of traTeL Farther than The Dalles is their shortest goaL The 1 foot runabout Is driv en by a 16 horsepower outboard motor, has an auxiliary leg o mutton sail, and is fully equipped fr comfort. ' Without the sail it has a cruis ing speed ot about 20 miles an hour and convenience In piloting. Fdwards aad Buren say Ihey will s'.f o either Jn tue host er ashore, depending apoi weather, mos qrilos and .he retauo wildness of the country. " . For added company they are takfng along Edwards little, fox terrier, PreUe', whose acquaint ance with sailing is not new. 'Edwards has been operating boats for th past 11 years and has been a licensed pilot for the past four. Consequently, the pair wlll.be able to make use of the standard river charts to avoid enforced stops on hidden sand bars and rocks. State May Buy Artificial Arm For Ex-Convict The state board of control has authority to purchase an arti ficial arm. for Julian Mason, a former Inmate of the Oregon state penitentiary, according to an opinion prepared by Attorney General Yan Winkle. The opinion was requested by William Elnsig, secretary ot the board of control and state purchasing agent. Ma-J a m m son iosi nis arm wnue empioyea in the state flax industry. In another- opinion the attor ney general held that district boundary boards hare no power to veto establishment ot school bus routes, but must allow rea sonable routes to be established. The boundary boards merely ex ercise authority over the routes in a regulatory manner. The opinion was asked by Earl Mott, district attorney of Yamhill county. . Bernard! is Low Bidder on State Job of Plumbing L. H. Hoffman ot Portland submitted the low bid for the general construction of the Ore gon state tuberculosis hospital pa vilion to be erected here during the current year. The bid was $4,985, with a deduction of $1000 for steel joists. Bernardl ft Son of Salem, with a. bid of $6400. was "low for plumbing. The Barr company submittted the low bid of 14991 for heating. For electrical wir ing the low bid of S392rw sub mitted by L. L. Bailey ot Eugeno. The Otis Elevator company of Portland was low bidder tor ele vator installation. 1 The contracts' will be awarded following the return of the mem bers of the state board ot control. - BIRTHS REPORTED SILVERTON, Aug. 20 Mr. and Mrs. Jack Martin .are parents ot a baby boy born yesterday at the SUverton hospital. ' iHOHYWOODi Home of 25c Talkies I A HOME-OWNED THEATRE TODAY ana SATURDAY Mickey Mouse Matinee 1 Saturday 1:30 P. M. 0 H r li k a v m m I : r mm U irO i his creates and I kTs II UXGL 1 ZT-..-... I rj II.- sJ 4 KTI fin4r I I I J jlK j ' Also Chimp lrsJr - Comedy, News 0 -a Cartoon Comedy Ar( - and SerUl "Kin? of the i j k Wild" o ti HOLLYWOOD ii - OF DISEASE LAGS - , Research Made but Doctors ; Slow In Putting new f Rndings in use , Work la prevention f diseases has sot kept up with the pro gress of science, a bulletin of the Oregon state board of health just released declares, in criti cism of the fairare ef maay phy sicians to give attention to pre vention as well as cure of sick ness. Research has been carried tar In the field of - disease pre-1 veation, the bulletin says, and it remains tor this knowledge to be pat into practice. . The subsUnce of the paper Is as follows:-- To the problem of prevent ing "disease there are two distinct divisions mutually dependent npon each other for resultsthe division of research and thecal-' vision of application. The - divi sion of reasearch has been prac ticing for many years, and sci entists are continually adding to the fund of facts regarding dis ease prerention. As a result of their work we already know how to eliminate rabies, typhoid, diphtheria, smallpox, tetaiua, tuberculosis, as well as many other diseases seldom seen' in this state. We have made pro gress In preventing measles, whooping cough, and scarlet fev er. "The research division is ef ficient. It attracts some of the best scientific minds. It grows steadily. It laysiu plans far ahead with reasable certainty of opportunities to see them through. The high type of- its personnel attracts--' legacies and endowments." , - i "But in the use of the facts of preventing diseases given us by the research workers in their application to the -good of. hu manity we still have a 1 long ways to go. We are notetficient. We are not thoroush.. We lack sufficient funds tondarry on an adequate and efficient .-program. Oregon ranks high in the prac tice of public health. The mor tality and morbidity rates of tu berculosis. - typhoid ferer and diphtheria hare been substantial ly reduced, and" we have the low est infant deata rate in the Unit ed States. . "Thousands of our people are still unraccinated and an epi demic of smallpox is an ;annuai occurrence. Over one-half of our children are still susceptible to diphtheria. Many hundreds of our children are mal-nonrished, ill-fed or semi-starved. n,ot be cause of poverty, but bec'ause of ignorance or neglect. Their ef fort to assimilate an adequate education is hopeless to them selves and a frightfully expen sive drag upon our school system. ."Sanitary conditions - in many of the rural schools are primi tive. Many of the teachers have had little or no training in health management. Not that we have not made progress. We have. The cities have outstripped . the rural districts but both are far behind the progress of the re search worker in preventing dis ease. - - "The application of the meth ods of preventing diseases has not kept np with the progress of science. Many of the best men are still too interested in curing dis eases -rather than preventing mem. Disease costs us milions of dollars, annually, which might Extra! ; Tomorrow ! ! ! f Extra! SPECIAL HELPING HANDSHOW OREGON CHAMPION DRUM CORPS :- and i "THE .FLORIST SHOP A playlet with Home-Talent Admission by Foodstuffs only,' 2 P. 31. v - Can goods o any form of edibles TODAY A Picture That Moves ... Shot With Action! Unusual Plot1 VSee ItJ &s i b-,A i"- 2- w ..''lift 1 ieuiWl mm .III be prevented by the proper ex penditure of a few thousand dol lars. The health program- should be concentrated upon the chil dren. "Every school teacher should be a health worker. Healthy chil dren trained to healthful living . habits will prevent most of the unnecessary degenerative disease of middle age. It is against the degentratrre diseases that science has shown- the way to prolonging the asefulaess and helpfalness of the production f citiiens of ev- ery community." ! Substitute Fills For Bridges on : Sublimity Road Four bridges on the paved market road between Stsyton and Sublimity will be eliminated in the fature due to the fact that they are at present In need of heavy repairs and that there is a suitable quantity and qualitv of dirt for fl.ls available. The dirt is being taken from the cor ners which are being cut by the county road crew where the new 'market road hits Into the Stav-ton-Subllmity road Just north of Staytou. The count court and road of ficials 'made their inspection this week and decided that the bridg es j which 'average about 18 fet in length .and bridge a beaver dam section of the valley, can be replared by fills and tile to earr the water. The elimination of these bridg es will add safetyto the road. Body of Murder Victim - Found Strapped to Bed SAN FRAXCISCO. Aug. 20 CAPf The bodr of Jviir mi. Hams. 40. freight clerk, was found lashed to a bed In an apartment here last night. - - The bod v had Wn- nW beaten and evidences of strangling were cieariy visible, police said. Williams' hands had been tied to each side of the bed and the feet at the botto of the bed. Police said the man had been dead about five days. EDISONS LEAVE SILVERTON, Aug. 20 Mr. and Mrs. Lon Edison and two children of Oklahoma City, Okla.. left today by motor for their home. They have been .visiting here for several weeks with Mr. Edison's mother. Mrs. J. L. Edi son. . For the past year Mr. Edi son has been studying to become a chiropractor. i Attention! Mickey Mouse Mem!ers! Due to the "Helping: Hand" performance this Saturday Matinee, the Mickey Mouse meeting will be held this Saturday, Aug. 22, at 11 A. M. (Doors open 1 at 10:45) at Warner Bro$. Elsinore SPECIAL SURPRISE! Be Sere To Attend This Meeting! J V M t i (Sraamercial and Savinjrs Department ' '