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The OXtEGON STATESMAN, Salca, Oregon, Wednesday Uornlnsr, August 23, 1931 WK WILL BE" STARTED SOON ROYALIST HOPES RAISED Engineers say job Will Defer Wast of Valued Lands Near "Scio ' SCIO.'Aug. 25 Bids for revet ment 'work at Sanderson bridge spanning the South Santlam river a few miles southwest of Sclo are to be opened at 10 a.'m. August 29, by the county court of Linn county, according to recent deci sion of that body. work is to start as early as practicable - In order tbat the bridge and farm lands adjacent thereto mar be protected from the ravages of high waters during me coming winter and spring. I ine court announces. Petitions bearing name of many fanners and others residing in the vicinity of the threatened. bridge hare been circulated, re questing the county court to. take action to maintain a bridge at the sight of the old Sanderson struc ture. The petition Tecltes that many . taxpayers and others are vitally interested in a bridge at that point, as tt links that section with the western part of Linn county. Engineers and experienced bridge men. hare advised the 1 county court of the feasibility of tne revetment remedy as a means I at least or deferring devastation of valuable lands In proximity of the bridge and the ultimate elim ination of the bridge as a public utility. . Salvage Not Favored The proposal of Marion county to salvage the Jefferson bridge for use where the Sanderson bridge now stands seems not to have been considered favorably by the Linn county court. Sug gestions looking to the utilisation of the railroad bridge which spans the river also were rejected for ' the assigned reason that results would not Justify the expense of I such a plan. It Is considered by experienced men that the revetment plan will at best prove only of temporary value, but it Is believed to be the most feasible plan at present. t ...... . j . ; ; Count Kaoi, 1 Count MarchUta. Mver'tiriag ef trjiag te pUe. their reyal patreas back the tkreaea meet ef tkm Imi I im k&at. kav received ew Stop that a Hmpsbsrr, rprMti fey Archduke er lClagM Otto, will mncm sere wil a scaptre ever Kaagary. The resig aatie of Ceaat Stefaa Batklea rreauar ef Haegary after tea year service Kegeet Admiral Hertky ad the appeiatmeat mf Com at J alias Karelyi, a strict legitimist, as his saccesser, U the event which reyalUls feel may give them a leag awaited epporteaity te reform Ott te the tfcreae ef Ma forefathers." Otto. kmadem 18-7ar-ol4 so a mt tke late Emperor Chl. fca be prpUd far ky hi ambitia Ur, ZiU el Brb-rrm. k La kept dee watck far every ckaace to place tke yeaag priece kack late a peaiUea ef power. Maybe sue aaa her time a awaoa. Pomona Grange's Annual Picnic to be Held Sunday At Silverton City Park DALLAS GETTIN RICKEY, Aug. Master L. S. Lambert and- . Pomo na lecturer Frank Bowen are put ting Torth every effort to have an rk - tj j o- J I unusuaiiy gooa program xor m JLJinner nela OUnaay Marlon county Pomona grange Nusoms' Birthdays Observed at Picnic WACONDA. Aug. 25 To cele brate the Joint birthdays of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nusom of Wood' burn a picnic dinner was served Sunday in the grove at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Nusom. picnic which will be held at the Silverton park Sunday August 30. The morning session will be In eharge of Master Lambert and will be opened at 10 o'clock with music by the chorus composed of members from the different gran- Robert Nusom has been receiv-1 ges in the county. J. D. Chltwood In g medical attention at a Salem hospital and has not been 'with his family for the past month. Those enjoying the dinner were: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nu som and children Dorothy and 'Robert and Mrs. Rosanna Alcber and daughter Maybelle of Wood- burn. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Goffjn and daughter Constanee motored to Mill City Sunday where they spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Saucier. Fred de Vrles of Pratum was a dinner guest at the George . Brown home Sunday. Miss Jean ette Luper of Woodburn called on Miss Gladys Brown In the evening. Misa - Luper will teach school at Eldrledge this year. chaplain of the Oregon state grange will offer the invocation. Mayor Eastman of Silverton will give, the address of welcome and 25 Pomona Charles C. Hulet, master of Ore gon state grange, will deliver the morning sermon. : The afternoon program will be In charge of Frank Bowen. Roy GUI, a member of the state execu tive committee will make the main address In the afternoon. Jerry Saylor and his singers will present several musical numbers. Roswell J. Wright, soloist and the Turner sisters, all well-known musicians from the - Ankeny grange will be among the enter tainers. A picnic dinner will be served at 12:30 and all are asked to bring food, plates, cups and silverware. READYFOH VOTE Citizens to Decide Whether City Shall Purchase .Water Plant - DALLAS, Aug. 25 The elec tion boards of the four Dallas precincts . are rushing prepara tions forward for the special elec tion to be held September 8. The election is to be held to decide on an Issue of bonds to purchase the Dallas Water company from H. V. Gates. ; If the bond issue ' passes the council will go .ahead with the purchase. Bonds will be Issued to the extent of $120,000 to pay the cost of thelant. It Is planned that these bonds will be retired from the earnings of the plant. Figures furnished by the present owner show that the annual oper ating expense of the plant is f 4. 488, while the annual earnings of the plant are f 23.38 8. These fig ures are an average taken on the figures for the past three years. In the four Dallas precincts there are 1,157 voters eligible to take part 'in the special election. The election will be under the su pervision of the regular election officials here. The voters In precinct . No. 1 total 253 and these will vote at the city hall. The members of the election board for this precinct Is composed of. Nettie Helgerson and Alda- Burns. Judges; Velma Domosbof sky, - Eva - K a y t e r and Nannie Hines. clerks. . . The court house has been des ignated as polling place for the second precinct where there are 218 Voters. This board consists of H. G. Campbell and -Emma Crav- j en. Judges; Grace Dalton. Doro- ter, clerks. In the third precinct the polls are at the Dallas Water company office, There are 3 68 eligible vot ers la the precinct. This board is composed of,W. L. Soehren and J. D. Bevens, judges; Lillian Bil yeu, Gayle S. Kreason and Clar ence A. Curry, clerks. The polls for the fourth pre cinct Is at the Christian church. This precinct Is the second larg est with 318 voters. The election board here Is Sarah E. Staats and , Wire Down! Jota From Some 'of the Hop . - yards Along; the River Road . Pickers will Invade the large Roberts' yards near Roberts sta tion, a, few miles south of town, Thursday morning. This will be the first. work done In this yard, and will be on the early crop. Fifteen families were already camped in the Roberta' yard yes terday, awaiting the first caU of wire down!, theme song of ev ery hop' picker. . A special ' train from Portland Is said to be chart ered to bring in hop help for this yard, which will see a throng of between 1,400 and 1,500 persons pulling away at the trellised vines. Donald McCarthy,, hop -king" near Orevllle, Is doing his bit to help along those who are abso lutely down and out. He has pur chased and had put up 40 new trots for use of campers who In vestigation shows to be unable to furnish, their own tents. Although the earlies have been harvested at the McCarthy yard, fully half of the pickers from dis tant points are staying at- the camp until the late pick starts, about September 1. But then. there's plenty of amusement for them, what with special events (even to boxing matches) ar ranged for each evening. No, It's not dull. Two yards near thla side of the river will start work on the lates September 1.' One la the Chlten den yard, the other the Hllder brand. ! - Uriempl o yed Find Passing VISIT MRS.- HAMILTON TURNER, Aug. 25 Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Courtnler of 1010 N. 17th street, Salem, and their lit tle daughter Marlnetta spent Sun day with Nellie Hamilton near Turner, The women are .cousin. and had not met since they were small children. The Courtnlers recently from Oklahoma .have bought property naer Salem and expect to make thelrhome there. Mr. Palmer of California visited Mrs. Hamilton Sunday alio. He formerly lived In Arizona. Relief, Said DALLAS. Aug. 25 Prone picking has started around Dallas and most of the driers will , be running by the last of the weekv All growers plan to be going by September 1. A few growers. who had orchards on." the hills started picking the latter part of last week and early this week. Other, prune men plan. to start picking Friday or Saturday . of this week. This will start the drying about Sunday or Monday. The average run this year for the driers will vary frou two to three weeka with a few longer. - The fact that the hops ' and prunes .are - being harvested at the same time this year wll. give employment to many who would not otherwise' secure work. 'With the start of this work the unem ployment situation Is - relieved around Dallas for a short time.. . The Dallas schools are not op ening until September 20 in order to allow as many students as pos sible to workjn the harvesting of prunes and hops. . Climb to Mt. Hood Enjoyed by Young People of Hubbard HUBBARD. Aug. 25 Ed Er- ickson. and a party of -friends climbed Mt. Hood Sunday. Those making the trip were Mrs. John Claypool. . Delbert, Roy. Hazel. Helen. Beatrice Claypool, Carl Erlekson. Max Smolinsky, Alfred Paulson, Gerald Hershberger. Otto Painter, John Scholl, Junior Hlggenbotham. . Nolan - Rasnlc, Clarence, Frances and Marjorie Friend. - J All the boys of the party but Alfred Paulson reached the sum mit of Mt. Hood, but Marjorle .Friend was the only girl to reach the top, . huge broken irrigation, tunnel un der the Yakima river, were-ex-pected by officials to empty Its depths within two days and per mit In Inspection of the damage. The shafts the main artery car rying waters to 30,000 acres of ir rigated land on the Lltutas-recia-matlon project, was broken early yesterday morning, apparently near the foot of the 550-foot drop down through cliffs and earth.-. Officials today were still un able to advance more than th cor es as to what caused the damage. Ellen M. Rice, Judges; J.VF. Hol man. Lulu ' Sibley and Roberta Hayes, clerks. - Broken Tunnel Pumped Ouf To Inspect Damage " ELLENSBURO. Wash.. Aug 24 (AP) Pumping operations. gotten under way tonight on the Seattle to Juneau MRS. KAIIF W NOW ETJ ROUTE TO HOME CENTRAL HOWELL. Aug. 25 J. s. Kaufman had a wlre.rom Mrs. Kaurman sunaay saying sue would start for home - Monday evening and . would arrive in Portland .Thursday morning. Mrs. Kaufman with - their three chil dren went with his father. Rev. William Kaufman, to Illinois sev en weeks ago. She planned to stay about a month but on account of Rev. - Kaufman's Illness while there, they were not able to re turn sooner. Mr. and Mrs." Adam Retnlcek and Mr. and Mrs. Henry LIchty enjoyed an outing at the coast Sunday. Mrs. Magnus Peterson, Miss Violet Tunnemark and ; Dale Tunnemark and their . mother, Mrs.' Otto Tunnemark, of Port land, called at the R. C. Rams den home Friday. Violet and Dale remained and will - pick hops while the others -returned that evening. Edgar Tweed Js working at the TJveeley hop yard and Russell Llchty Is employed at Harry Schultx's yard near Aurora.-.. School Staff Is Complete At Silverton SILVERTON. Aug. 25 SIK verton'a staff of school teachers for this fall was completed yes terday when Superintendent Ro bert Goetx selected Miss Ruth Scott of Castle Rock, Wn.. and Miss Mary Sinclair of Port Town- send, Wn. The appointments were J. made to fill vacancies occuring during the- summer. Miss Scott is a graduate of Morehead .Teachers College. More- head,. Minn. For five years she was critic teacher in the rural schools of Morehead. She will teach in the sixth grade here. Miss Sinclair graduated from Ore gon State this June, and will be in charge of tho commerce depart ment In the senior high school. She Is formerly of Portland and a graduate of Grant high school. Small Miss Learns r Travel-Ways Early i MARIONS An sr. 25 Little Miss Anne Morris, nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. L. F. Morris of Juneau. Alaska, -who has been spending the summer here with her grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. W. B- RusselL left Mon day morninz for her home In Alaska. She made the trip by train alone to Seattle ' where-she met Mrs. R. L. Stewart whom she will accompany on the boat trip from Wescott Family is Together For First . Time in Five Years JEFFERSON. Aug. 15 Mr. and Mrs E. S. Westcott fn the Do ver community bad all their chil dren home for the first time in five years. Their son, Fenton Westcott and family of Fillmore, Calif., and their daughterLMrs. Clyde Blumm, and son Howard of Santa Maria, Calif., spent their two-weeks vacation with their parents. Another son, Allan, who taught in the Toledo school last year is home for the summer and Harold makes his home with his parents. Changes in Flour Mill Force Told 8ILVERTON. Aug. 25 . Changes in . the office and salea force of the Portland office or. the Fischer Flouring mills here were made last week. It la. report ed. Dolph Kerr, formerly of here and for the past few years la charge of the Portland office, haa been made traveling salesman for the firm. W. L. Cunningham, ex-local re sldent, who has been driving a package truck in Portland, is as) longer with the company. DAM BATES OPENED Tl DRAIN 600 ACRES Funeral Services ..For Mrs. Shelton Are Held at Lyons LYONS, Aug. 25 The death of Mrs. Mary Shelton early Sunday evening was a shock to friends here. Although Mrs. Shelton has not been in good health for some time, her condition was not thought alarming until a short time ago. She had been ill about 10 days and Sunday noon appeared quite brig&T and ate a good dinner. Her .two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Beaver of Dallas and Mrs. Clyde Sherman of Salem, were with her at the end. Funeral services were held at the Lyons M. E. church. Tuesday at 2 o'clock, with burial In the Fox Valley cemetery. , "Fruit Basket" is Played With Homes By Valsetz People VALSETZ. "Aug. 25 The gates of the Cobbs and Mitchell dam were opened Friday and 'the en tire mill pond of some 600 acres were drained. The pond will not be refilled until a future date. Bert Roso and daughter went to Newport ' to spend the week end: Mrs. Rose has been In New port two weeks, having some -carpenter work done on their home. G. W, Teager and Alt Foshang walked to Fall City and Dallas Friday evening and returned Sun day, i ! John March and wife moved back to Fall City Friday.! Chauncey Ferguson will move to Fall City the first of this week. New Grandchildren Arrive For Several Silverton Families SILVERTON. Aog. 25 Word has been received here ! of the birth of grandchildren to several prominent Silverton families. Dr. and Mrs. A. F.. Blackerby learned of the arriTal of a girl to their youngest daughter. Mrs. i W. A Steves, and husband at Umax, Wn. This Is their first child ana she has been named Anne Marie. Mr. and Mrs. C.vS. Bristol have received word that their two grandsons, Alson and Milton Bris tol, both of whom graduated from hleh school here and stayed with Narrow Bridge is Cause of Accident; Grass Fire Checked JEFFERSON, Aug. 25. A small boy riding on a truck of lumber received slight bruises Saturday afternoon when the truck, . to avoid striking, a car while crossing the narrow bridge across the Santlam here, crowd ed too close to the railing. The lumber caught on the side of the bridge, turning the truck cross wise and damaging it consider ably. The driver was not hurt. Excitement was created earlier Saturday when fire from a light- j ed match or cigarette stub start ed, a- blase in the grass on the south side of the Masonic hall. Quick work on part of people at the terminal averted a serious fire. gdDit to VALSETZ, Aug. 25. Many chanzes have been made In the homes of Yalsetx In the past two their grandparents, are fathers of weeks. . almost reminding one of sons. Mr. and Mrs. Alson Bristol the old same, "unset the fruit of Euzene have named their new banket". ' I arrival i Verne Lellane. and Mr. Martin Rudy mloved into the and Mrs. Milton Bristol of Col Barton4 ' home Saturday. Cenla jville,. Wn., have named their son, Yeager moved Into the place : re- J James Curtis. cently vacated by the Stokestead laiuiii -rwasvaa uiv v tri aaa-a-v V Te the .Bagiey house Monday, ira Threshing Finished ald Parks lived. ' Marlon Rose moved Sunday into Charles Far- rer's place. Work of Incendiary Suspected in Fire .. At Falls City Home -FALLS CITY, Aug. 25 Sun day morning at 1:30 o'clock fire was discovered In the residence of A. A. Muck but with the prompt and efficient action of the fire department the flames were soon extinguished. The damage prob ably will not be more than about $200. The Mucks had left for Port land about 12 hours previous and nobody was in the house at the time of the fire. As it started in the woodshed adjacent to the residence It is thought to be another one of the mysterious fires which, has oc curred in Palls City during the last 18 months. No false alarm about Chesterfields, milder and PURER! You can smoke as many as you like. The best tobacco that money can buy -the purest cigarette paper made. m Aged right, blended right, rolled right. Chester fields are made to smoke milder and to taste better. That's why more and more smokers are finding in Chesterfield the best cigarette made. Miss C. Bolderston To Teach in Manila Pederson May Come To Take Lutheran -Pulpit, Silverton ! SILVERTON, Aug. 25 The Rev. Ellas Pederson of Fergus Falls. Minn., has sent word to the Calvary Lutheran church. here. that he has received their call to become pastor here and Is giving It serious consideration. In his letter, he indicated that he would like to visit Silverton before accepting the pastorate. In the meantime, the Rev. E. L. Rel- eem, who came here seven years ago from Los Angeles, will con tinue to serve the congregation. At Scio: Have Two New School Buses SCIO, Aug. 25 Threshing In the Scio community is nearly completed and the yield about the average. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Munkers oi Portland are spending a few days I In Sclo having come to attend the water circus. Two ' new school busses i have I been purchased to transport the pupils , to school. The routes will be the same as the ones last year. JEFFERSON. Aug. 25 Word has been received from Miss Con stance Bolderston, former Jeffer son high school teacher, who has been studying the Chinese lan guage In China, that she left there August 15, stopping at Canton and Hongkong, and from there embarked on the Empress of Rus sia for Manilla. Miss Bolderston is now fully prepared to teach Chinese, and will assume her duties In the Episcopal Mission for girls upon her arrival In Manila. KLEEB CHOSEX - SILVERTON. Aug. 25 Of the 114 students who will have special scholastic privileges at the University of Oregon next fall, the name of John Kleeb, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Kleeb of here. Is Included. Kleeb will not be a stu- ' dent at . the university this fall. however. He is now in Hawaii. where he will attend the Univer . SISTER LIVES HERE DALLAS, Aug. 25 Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Vassall were called to Salem early Monday morning ny the sudden death of Arthnr M. Vassall, brother of Mr. Vassall. Three brothers and sisters live m England. Mrs. -Arthur Vassall died last November following an I illness of several years. 'i : . ELECTRICITY. FOR MANY AURORA. Aug. 25 Five miles of electric lines connecting West Woodburn with the St. Paul dis trict, i has been Installed by the Molalla Electric company of Aur ora. iThis will bring an electric ( "lx I Vie lcoimyou Jl)t HOTEL CONGRESS PORTLAND OREGON lou fU Boca. tUi&t Uanaam 1 1 I A h - A iifi& 0f ' :iy THEY'RE MILDER Uf.J . and THEY TASTE BETTER V DdD(dl 1 AT THE TAP OF THE GONG 516363 FIREMEN (IN THE US. A.) . spring to action, ready for anything! "Go we've got to Co." Off at a mo ment's notice. Off to nobody knows what -.dangers. Good -we'll say they're good Hats off to ; these fearless men I a )f y C 1931. Xjccm Mtcu Tobacco Co. sity of Hawaii for one year. service to some 38 families. .