The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, September 15, 1931, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextJi. ' 1'AGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, September 15. j 193f IIGECOTIIG HELD 1 CURE Resolution Asking r Repeal . Of dry law Feature of i Labor Session Here " (Continued from page 1) tn mil tmbllc buildings.- A resolu tion to this end had already been ottered and referred. ; ; AbDrecIation 1 of service and -qualities of the-late J.-R. Herman, this being the -only resoiuuoi adopted en the floor, - Resolution to amend bankrupt t ii to nroteet employes from losses at hands of employers who take bankruptcy, xne reeoiuuou seeks a bond from employers to rAT moloTei' combined payroll far a month. Resolution continu ing; group of Portland bakeries on uufalr list. , w Resolution to communicate witn mayor and council at Klamath Falls in attempt to haTe same pre vailing wage gcaia aecureu i. i!tua; another Klam ath Falls resolution asking the state group to use influence to get work started at once there onthe isii ooo armorr. nwwuuuu endorsing Eagles' r tow ojd age pension laws. Resolution .m f(tirst Bacon-Darts bill to bring wages on all federal Jobs thin Ml. ' f Resolution on hydro-electric de r t..i.t iMklnt to permit prl- rate capital ready . to work de"H relop streams where u is eyiu municipalities will and, cannot do so for a long period. Resolution ; for Installation of fish laaaer efi-m now dammed up, for Com mercial uses, and hitting primar ily at P. EL P. electric powerhouse In Clackamas county. . ..- Accident Board's nnik. la Onnoaed n.ntntiAi condemning atate industrial accident commission for arbitrarily and unfairly waking s,un nntr nlace for rehearing ox indigent workers protests, andle- mandiag more noerai pouij wv. Reeolutlen- to amend wage collec- "ton law to Include culinary and other trades now excluded. - A number of telegrams from Astoria were read, urging selec tion ef Astoria for the 1932 con- ' vention. - - " ' , : President Cooper, Just prior to recessing yesterdays made it plain that all sessions of the conTeation would be open to the public The Convention' will continue until Thursday night, I Entertainment features include an automobile trip to Silver Creek talis. Inspection ef the atate flax industries and a rlslt to the state penitentiary and other of Oregon' Institutions. Women delegates also Will hare a diversity of entertain ment. ' - -: ". Wednesday, September It, at C p.m. marks the 'close of the free photograph : contest conducted Jointly for the tost tlTe weeks by The Oregon Statesman and the Kennell-EMs studios. All dax Monday Miss Doris Bacon, mana ger of the studio, was busy with ljttle tads, boys, girls and babies, whoso proud mothers felt sure they would be prise winners. No judging will start until all proofs are returned and the contest clos ed, however. : The final date for returning proofs is Saturday night. Septem ber 1. Thla will allow the stu dio one week for finishing work so all the pictures may be display ed at the state fair. Three judges to bo selected this week, will pick out the 12 winners. .Twelve val uable prizes are to be awarded. TD START WEEK (Continued from pace 1) -nances" by Graduate Manager Sparks, a talk on "Student Health" by Dr F, K. Power; uni versity physician, informal con ferences with the members of the faculty and at night a program' in chapel staged by alumni. , Saturday formal registration of the freshmen will be : held, the freshman class will be organized at S. p-m. and at night a social evening will be enjoyed with the campus T. M. C. A. and Y. W. C A. as hosts. Tatro Cancels Driver Permit ; Under New Law ' Burr Tatro, justice of the peace. at Oregon city, has the distinction of ordering the first revocation of a. driver's license under the new operators' examination law. Jack H. Mathers, a truck driver. Was convicted of driving while ln toxicated and lost his license witlft in a month after It was Issuedl He also received a heavy fine and was sentenced to a : substantial term in jail. : During August. 27 di-lrum Innt their licenses. Most of these per sons uve in jforuand Church School Group to Meet r Members of the adult depart . dent of the First Presbyterian Sunday school will meet at the church at 6 : 1 o'clock tonight Ur their first fall get-together. , Qn of the features of the pro gram will bo a contest to deter nin the best "smller". Each class jrH eater a reDresentative. PltDTO COaTEST TO ! CLOSE WEDH1V EH Ml Tm Gall By OLIVE M. DOAK WARNER BROS. EL6INORE Today Jackie Coogan Silt-; - si Green in "Huckleberry : Finn." : ; . Wdsday Leslie Howard ; 5 and Conchla Montenegro in "Never the Twain Shall : Meet." Friday Ruth Chatrerton hT , "The Magnificent L.i," , ' THK GRANT Today . Warner "Oland "The Black Camel." Wednesday Helen Twelv-i- trees in "Millie." - -Friday Mary Pickford In "Kikl"- - -i THE HOLLYWOOD Today -- Norma. Shearer In i "Strangers. May Kiss." Wednesday - 6nevleve To- btn in Tree Lov.. Friday Buck Jones in "The . Dawn Trail." :il you have not seen "Huckle berry Finn" do -so; it will be. good for you regardless of who you are or how yoo feel, ; : - v The story as written by 'Mark Twain was , one of compelling In terest and won the warm sympa thy of youth and age alike. It is such a human story 4t catches the spirit of the male of the spe cies' when he is at that, age in life when he is neither boy .nor man Just a queer emotional being hard to understand and full of the queerest -freaks of action. ; In the1 picture one if eels even more than ever, the sad plight of these youngsters, and one also realises how very much the poor duffers need to be understood ra ther, than picked at, j : h And you will laugh! with them until the tears come. The spirit of Mark Twain's comedy has been beautifully (woven ; Into the very heart of th story. Monday after noon one had but to sit and listen to be amused. The relish of the crowd, that! clean, good-for-one's innards' laugh was so contag ious that one could not but be amused and pleased, ; - Jackie Coogan has grown up Into aground-faced child whom you will hardly recognize and Junior Durkia is a tall, lanky youth who fairly runs away with the audience. i - The negroes in the picture are plendid. Clarence Muse as "Jim" is- a splendid character 'to put among one's memories of "good acting".. ;.: Dont misa "Huckleberry Finn." now""at Warner Bros. Elsinore. TAXEOUniOfl joai on The county board of equalisa tion was organized yesterday as provided by law. ' Petitions for change in assessment may come before It for a period of 15 days after which the board will take them under consideration and make Its decision. As provided by law. members are County Judge Siegmund, Assessor Oscar Steelhammer and County Clerk Boyer. A number of written peti tions have been presented asking for tax readjustment but the total Is no measurably larger than In former. years. '.;. ;; Because of the care with which assessments ; are made! there has never been ! extended request in this county for tax readjustment. The board I indicated : yesterday that one situation faced this year was the problem of lower assess ment' because of the' exemption of war veterans property. Under a law passed In the 1931 session of the legislature, veterans of all wars adjudged to be 40 per cent Or more incapacitated receive a flat assessment offset of $1000. ; -rr- ' I Governor Meier Much Improved t " I r- ' : ? Governor , Julius tiA Meier, ill in, Portland for the last three f eeks. is considerably improved nd is seeing visitors, it was re- norxea yesteraay at tno capuoi. He i will not. return to his work here this week, however. Miss Beatrice Walton, his secretary, is handling office routine , and has made several trips to the govern or to confer with him on urgent matters of etate business, she will be there Wednesday again to check over various state affairs. o ( RING GOSSIP I o : - o DES MOINES, la.. Sept, 14. . (AP) Maxie Rosenbloom of New York light l lKiavyweight cham pion, . slapped out : a 10-roond newspaper decision over Cowboy Phelps of Mesa, Ariz., in a non- title' bout hero tonight. I A HOME-OWffED THEATRE 2 i Tnl ) m TC!S j stiA CHAN r..aiur j AGAIN WEDNESDAY THURSDAY ; rz TT T'-Xl-I f 1 f ftoesrrr uui COUPS DEPARTS SOON FOR EAST Final Practice of x Salem's Hope in National Meet Set for Tonight - - ' (Continued frotn pare I) . i S, P. & S. to Portland, and arrive in Salem at ; 30 o'clock Sunday morning, September' 19. Prospects are that all of' the Capital post corps wlllconie back together. The matter of finances for the trip will be practically taken care of by the time the corps leaves. Max Page, . post commander. said last night. The railway tick ets will be purchased this morn ing. . t - ' Rudy Schults has composed the mu3le and directed the i Salem drum corps. Paul Burris has serv ed as drill master. Wffl be One of j Smallest Corps 1 Salem's will be one of the small est drum corps participating, Mi ami, Fla' with 100. members, wUl be one of the largest, n ' The 29 members of. the-corps who will play In the competition are: Dram major. Charles Whltte- more; buglers, Ralph" Maaou. Dick Barton, r Tom ; Hill, Hugh Smith, Dr. W.. W. Looney, Henry Ahrens. George Chapman. Hiram Cooper. Frank Whittemore, L A. Klecker. Ray Smith and H. l B. "Dave" Sl&de; bass drum ud rvmbals. Ted DeTennecourt. M. Clifford Moynihan? L. A. HamU ton, James Flood; snare drum mers, Ernest Bonesteeie, ;itay w Quire, Curtis Johnson, William Reeves, W; L. Moorman,. R. J. Baldwin, H. H. Bond. Harry Gus- tafson. Rate White. D. B. Smith. Loyal Henderson and Dr., C W. Davis. Paul Hand will go as su pernumerary, and T. J. Delaney as finance officer. Kf ' CBD PRUNES OF EXCEllEIIT QUALITY The quality of the t canned prune pack of Oregon canneries this year is excellent. Max Gehl har. superintendent Of the state department of agriculture, report ed yesterday. Sample cans from virtually air the canneries In the state have been carefully Inspect ed and tested in the' laboratories of the dairy and food division of the department. - : ! ' ?U The staff chemists of the divi sion worked ' over the samples, seeking to discover ' any decom posed material, such as i brown rot, but found that oh the average the pack stood out for Its high quality la this respect, Ouly in a few instances did they find objeor tlonable material in the leans. - Gehlhar also reported that the prune drivers, which are' being watched by ! the county fruit in spectors, are being kept In good sanitary condition. Here also the instances of unsanitary; handling of the fruit were tew, " i:- The growers and: packers in general are working together this year to put up a real quality, pack. bo said, . : i. ' Ji, . , 4-H CLUOS TO PLAY BIO PART IT Fl There are 203 4-H boys and girls clubs in Marion, county, Wayne D. Harding, new clfib su pervisor reported to officials of the Oregon state fair. Harding has been active in club work lor sev eral years.; He was principal of Brooks school last year. There are 1921 active H boys and girls in Marion county many of them engaged In several dif ferent projects. Harding is new to tho,work but Is making a strenu ous effort to. place Marion county high in the competitions to be held at the state fair. ; He said the Mount Angel grade school has . a top-notch j sewing club which will "represent Marion county in that activity against the best from other Oregon counties at the state fair. Theresa Dehler, principal at Mount Angel, lead er or 10 clubs, , , j . Death Sentence i On Balloon Ball Is Handed Down NEW YORK, Sept. lli-(AP) The United States Golf asso ciation - today, pronounced the iHOIJLYWOOD: THEATRE j Home of 25c Talkies . . A HOME OWNED. THE ATRB LAST TDIES TODAY1 "k ST -, A". 1 i vTT-ifi1.- Also Comedy News tt Act Comlnff Wednesday and -Thursday . J 7 Also Comedy, News Gartooa f?5 DCS "death sentence" of the so-called "balloon" golf ball, with the of ficial announcement that a "new ball of increased weight will be come effective" for play, oa or after April 18, IUJ.T ' , The exact specifications of the new ball have not yet been, fixed. It probably will be a compromise In construction. Retaining ' the present, diameter of I.8S inches and weighing 1.62 ounces, the same as the old ban. - The ball put into play this year 1 for , the first time and . which aroused so much protest weighs 1.55 ounces. i The announcement or the pend fng change came from H. H. Ramsay; president, of the U. - 8. "One of the best-vacations we ever had," Dr. Vernon A. Douglas. Marion cotraty health officer, commented yesterday- concerning an 1 1-day touring trip through eastern and southern Oregon and northern California, which he and Mrs. - Douglas completed . last Thursday. " ' . - - The ' Douglases first - drove to Pendleton! where ' they ' remained for a, day, then back to The Dalles and. south over The Danes-California highway to Bend. The doc tor said he likgd the Bend coun try very much. ' From there they went to Odell and Crater lakes. After remaining at Crater lake for three days, they drove int6 the Rhgue river yalley and over the Redwood highway to Crescent City, - Calif., t and j on south to Eureka. At Eureka they attended a mammoth barbecue staged for an annual celebration there. The return trip was made by way of the coast highway to Bandon and Inland to Roseburg. They arrived home, Thursday, evening. . . I Dr. Douglas will resume his du ties with the health department tomorrow. 'During his absence. Dr. C. C. Dauer, deputy county health officer, handled the affairs of the department. . j to assist rar V.. i .- :: Farmers in this part of the1 val ley have been asked this coming week to contribute food, products. now going to waste, to a commit tee of local citizens who will util ize the food In relief work this fall. "Wo believe the farmers will be glad to cooperate with us to the extent of donating surplus food stuffs that will keep for winter use,, the letter sent out last week by the local relief committee read. "This includes apples, potatoes. carrots, beets, winter cabbage and other products." Farmers are asked to- deliver the foodstuffs to the Clifford W. Brown warehouse, 171 North Front street where the food will be properly eared for. If it Is not convenient to deliver the goods. If the chamber, of commerce, 573 S, in Salem is called, arrangements will be made for a truck to call and to pick up the foods. , - la the letter sent out this week end, the food relief committees point out that a plan is under way in the city to collect money from citizens of Salem with which to provide some temporary em ployment. - ''. " j: . On the food relief committee are S. E. Purvlne, George E. Al len, William J. Buslck, Harley O. White. - i Maude Haberly Seeks Divorce Maude J. Haberly, who was married to William Haberly 30 years ago, has filed suit for di vorce In circuit court here against her husband, who was committed to the state hospital some time ago. In her complaint she alleges that he became Infatuated with another woman fire or six years ago and did not lire with her for several years, that he squandered about 315,000 in riotous living, and that he confessed to burning property for the Insurance. DOUGLAS REPORTS i VACAU EfUOKED SEEK FOODSTUFFS SEPT. O A-OCT.y1 PANORAMA OF PROGRESS , Agriculniro, Industry, Oregon Prodvcts. $60,000 in premiums and purses. 1 4-H cfvb TfYettocic arxf exhibcfv NEW FEATURES . v . Contest of many bond in doring coshMeei OKMwpiomhk hofseshoo pitchiafl towr aeys for Northwest, state oftd city Kries. HORSES HORSES HORSES ' fWKont nigfit horse shows. ? , Rain speeds wp thritis ot Rodee-leckeroo V ' firet 3 days. Chariot mt stage-coach races ,- Horse racing, horoessond rvmwng.5ooys. $150,000 covered froadttand.: NEVV CARNIVAL ZONE : ' Strange water fireworks. Free doily 7p.m. - Thrilling free acts daity on Moekey Ufand. : Boat rides on.Canoe CanaL (t , . LOW BUS AND RAH. FARES fairgrounds cover 171 acres - unlimited free porting. Sc4urday, opening dy,1s "Boys nd Girls froe 0oy adaiission free, high school - 4 ' age and under. ' Rodeo-Bucfceroo free " escepr reterved seats. i . .. - . f ,r - ...... j. 4 . - - - I i v ..... LABOR'S PROBLEMS SIIO'Il .0 REPORT Employment Overshadows All Others, Declared by r Beh T. Osborna i - - ; : (CoBllnutd from page 1) ployment brought criticism from Mr Osborne. ' '.. : " ' : - "Wage slashing: la public em ployment is an extension or the policy , that In privata industry brought us to our present condi tion," Osborne said. ; "Tho" gover nor's . example- furnished,, the , ex cuse that private industry wanted for further: reducing wages that were already Inadequate.-: The sav ing that can. be effected by reduc ing wages of public employes will be insignificant In .its effect , on Legislation Against ; v I IjBjunctloB Sought - ' '' ', '"' The report warned Oregon labor that it must continue its efforts to secure legislation regulating and restricting the use of labor injunctions by the fetate courts. "Temnorarv . restraining orders should not bo Issued until the 'de fendant hah been given a hearing in court." Osborne said. "Our ef forts pn behalf of ratification of the federal child labor amendment should pot be relaxed until It bey comes a part of the baste law or the nation. . . - ; The report favored the creation of old age pensions, and surged careful study of unemployment in-J snrance. "EroerIences ot tome countries," the report continued. "offer evidence tha. the system of unemployment insurance . has saved at least soma of the nations fro driftlnr Into revolution." Extending the prvisions or ine so-called wage collection law en acted by- the 1 31 legislature. was urged in the. report. . Cocnpensatlon Act " Chansres Favored i s Reforms in the administration and operation of the workmens compensation act, were discussed in the report. "There are a number or re forms that should be made la the administration of this act." the report ; continued. "There also should .be amendments to the law. The first concern of the com mission should be to provide the greatest degree of service to in jured workers. President Cooper's report was brief, and reiterated a number of tha views expressed by Mr. Os borne. Ho touch on the old age pension, free : textbooks. Labor day. American ' Legion and the labor press. President Cooper stressed tho necessity of unionists taking an active part in Labor day observance. : He declared that in the past tha Labor day observance had been commercialised, and . had been taken 6ver In a large degree by tha beach resorts, parks and dance halls, v 7" , LICENSE RECEIPTS LESS Till ID 1930 Receipts from motor, vehicle li cense fees were approximately $250,000 less on September 10 of this year than on the correspond ing- date in 1930, according to a report prepared by Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state, j Receipts on September 10 of this year aggregated $5,T52.e!2.- 84. as against f 5.975.625.34 on the same date in 1930.. Gasoline consumption In Ore gon in July of this year ' dropped 2.500,000 gallons, when compared with the figures for July, 1930. There was a gain of $254,860 In the amount of gasoline tax collect" ed during the first seven months of 1931, when compared with the tax collections for the correspond ing period a year ago. Seek tot Reopen Walker Estate A petition filed yesterday In I probate court by Henrietta Jef fries and Ray R.; Jeffries and S. Ellis Purvlne, executor of the es tate of Doris Walker, deceased. asks for the reopening of the fin- ' I w I I . mm MiflM mtMt AACMT MCM aTaCsV III I I al settlenaeat account of Emily W, Jeffries, deceased. The petitioners ! seek to havo the administrator's fee reduced td 1101.50 and the attorney's fee. to M00. Out of the total of 13669 left In the estate. the petitioners ask that one-halt go to Purvlne, as executor oc the ! Walker estate, that and tho re maining: one-half be distributed among tha other two petitioners; SOOTHI PACIFIC TO REDUCE FARES Southern Pacifie will make drastic reductions in ' round trip Urea between all . - - mat ' lino polntsv' Eugene - to Portland, ! in clusive for a period ot one month. September '.,15? to October 15, A, A. Miekel, district freight and passenger agent, announced Mon day. ; ; ; , ,.-. ,'-:-: ' , : t - These reductions .amount, to round trip for seventy per , cent of the regular one-way. faro. Mick el said. . They will be on sale daily, carrying a return limit of 14 days. 8topovera will bet per. mltted within; tha llmlts.1 ' :. J: : These reductions will bring the round trip from here to Portland, for example, to f 1.05, r Eugene $1.0, Corvallis, 80c Tho fares are 'being offered la line, with the company's program of offering low kf ares as an expert ment to attract travel ' to trains as against other means of travel. Mlckol said. t' ; ; i-H A statement br Senator Charles K, Spauldinr calling' for a reduc tion In salaries of the chief high way engineer and other, officials of the state highway commission has met with grange favor in the county according , to a resolution adopted during tho week ! by convention .of delegates repre senting the agricultural ; commit tees of the subordinate granges ot Marlon county. The meeting was held September t at Chemawa. The resolution adopted, and seat by W. H. Stevens, . chairman, to this paper, rad: "Resolved that It is the sense of this assembly that the act of Senator Charles K. Spaulding in his effort to : reduco the salaries of tho chief engineer : and other highly paid officials of the. high way department is a patriotic act. desiring the support i of all good citizens; and that we most heart ily endorse tha action of Senator Spaulding in his effort vto bring some measure of justice and re lief to, the sorely, distressed tax payer.",; , ;, , :u COUriTY PAVING IS ' TO Will OP SOOIJ Frank Johnson, county road- master, stated Monday that what pavlnr remains to be done this season will be finished up next week. All full width pavlnr has already been completed "and that wiich remains consists of widen ing stretches of the s nine foot pavement on tha hills between Pine Tree corner and SilvertonJ and hard surfacing a few corners Nearly all of the narrow strips throughout the county havo now been widened. These strips were left narrow at the first paving be4 cause many farmers had difficul ty driving their teams over them Most , farmers now have ' trucks: or trailers tor their automobiles so that there Is no more need for narrow pavement, v ; i" POPULAR TRIPS EUROPE TZ scoaoiaicsL aajoy. ! abta way la vUs W OM Country It oa aa "AS Capeaea" Tour. Yost erase IfOM fMsOAstafOti OsT VW ) via tKeSL Lawreaos Sea MTtaiu:Sovdt, oa tha opaa see and yaa"ia -. -in Caropa. Ask yoar local raooat for "A Ciysms ' Toar Gtevsteraw vJ; OFBRTkAIN 'AZOO-ioa afaales frra Joys ' to ' Europe. now Sn rrsulor txaas , ; AUoaUc serWcal ; Canadian PCIfTIC SSfl la"sssssssBi fSmm CHECK 0 R1ILEI; TOiillEfllO MY Second Half Payments Upon Intangibles,;: Incomes . I Due on October 1 -1 , Invelitigatlon to .determine the identity of persons, corporations and firms' who havovfatled to make returns under i the personal I and intangibles Income taxes Is "now under way, according to announce ment made resterday by the state tax commission, j i , " ' - : j -A x check ot1 the 1 corporation IaJ formation'" returns showing 5 the! payments to Individ uals of slar les. Interest- and dividends, i has been compfeted, it was said. Sec end, half -payments of the personal Income and Intangible taxes are due October 1, : Ij'l-;:;; u;;, ; . " In'"most cases where returns were hot tiled the neglect was due to a lack of understanding of the requirements of the hew law,"' a statement Issued by the tax com mission read. iilThera! apparently were tew willful evasions. Itf or der to avoid field check and audit, all taxpayers having incomes close to the exemptions were urged to file returns even though -no: tax might be due. ;, w ..,? .' 'After the check of Information returns, following the federal in come i practice.' the IS 30 Income tax y returns J j will be checked against tho federal "returns . and other Information, - A later check, may be made In the field to de termine whether . there has been evasion and failure to file re turns." , U j j 1 - 4 The commission announced that 7000 notices had.hee& mailed dur ing the past few days In connec tion with the second-half .pay meats! of corporation exeise and personal and t intangibles Income taxes. 1 In order to avoid any: pen alty these payments j should be made before October 1. 1 An office will be ' opened In the courthouse In Portland of residents affected by for .the convenience of that city who are aws under con- sideratlon.' Talent coming to Salem for the rodeo in connection with the state fair will, appear onl downtown streets In Salem. Thursday night. September. 24, fn connection with the annual fait it opening,' James Preble, publicity director for the rodeo, I announced yesterday. ' Included lu the talent Preble has arranged for are; i , -j? .' Frank B. : Studnlcka, StaytonJ world champion rider of bucking horses!: Lloyd r Saunders, Powder River, ! all-around cowboy cham pion of the P; world for several wrs; Rose ' Smith, . Pendleton, orld champion': woman f trick rider: !"Peanuts'! Pozeninger, Pen dleton, tunny man from the Pen- etonl roundup; , 'Tex" CoTey, Panhandle of Texas, fancy trick roper; Reba " Robetrs. Salinas, Cat, well trained pinto horse, lays down, j rolls j over, stunts,, etc.; trick rider and. roper. J ' bvertirimrM: Permitsito Cancelled, Plan Sneefal orertima nermlts Jasiied to women working In mercantile stores probably will be canceled jkT Mitzi Green, Jackie Junior Durken in W; B. Varieties, Latest News -EvchU ! RODEO MIT TO APPEAR 1 PARADE 1 1 jKr2xy: W-li- Oh Directed by V i X I yJV ; i5T Van Dyke ' fllflX W A 7 I from the best- 1 1 A ( A-il e f selling book l J I l Is .,c ' JS fl . 1 ' An- V m m t mmm. ossem it . U 1 .V---' L. u vycju . .N by. tha atate welfare commission, at Its next 'meeting la Portland Friday, C. II. Gram, state labor com miss loner r announced Mon day. . Vt, . He 'said such' action on the part of the welfare commission will as sist materially in relieving the un employment situation. Owners ot a number of mercantile establish ments will attend the sesion. Gram is executive secretary of the commission. Tho meeting will be held la the, Multnomah county courthouse, i - ' - . FAMOUS CI 1VILL COulE WfOuESOAV . Continued from page 1 - f the: glamor of a modern plane -flight, around the- world. It was proposed by the U. 8. Bureau of Public Roads : to awaken America to its need of highways. Morjs than " C000 , applications i to drive were received. Hubs was named to pilot "Old Scout" and a -Percy F.Megargel of Buffalo. N, T., to drive "Old Steady" the competing; machine, a similar Oldsmobile. . The two cars left New Tork 1 City May 8M05. Immediately the race became a matter of na tional Interest with the ; news papers reporting Its daily prog ress. The ckrs "ran i neck ,. and neck for two weeks, until they' reached central Nebraska. There "Old. Scout took tho lead, tt took more than a month for Huss to reach the eastern Oregon border. At the Santiam Pass, which "Old Scout" was the first car ever to negotiate, ; Hubs nearly lost his life twice because of the stiff grades. He conquered the down grade Into Sweet Home by chain ing a fir tree to his car and dragging it down, hlsVmechanie astride- the tree. On ' June 20. 1905. "Old ? Scout", : chugged through "Salem, eight days ahead of Its rival, and pulled Into Port land the day following, 44 days after tho start from New Tork. , The famous little machine re enacted " they 1905 experience through the Santiam Pass Mon day, with a fir tree agsin trailing behind it to halt : Its precipitous descent. ! Huss spent Monday night at Cascadla. Except for modern tires, ' tha famous little machine Is the j identical car which pulled through here a gen eration ago...!? I , PMSOililCTED R. B. Parsons, former -eity at torney of Bend, against' whom a bad check charge Is pending la Salem, was arraigned in the east ern Oregon city this weekend on charges of obtaining money under false : pretenses and larceny by bailee. A grand' Jury, returned aa indictment against Parsons oa both charges. .i-$t i . In the larceny by bailee indict- ment. Parsons Is charged ' with having appropriated y to f his own use 1341.77 of which he. was bailee for Percy Chose. -The time of the alleged; larceny: is set at May 1, IS 31. : Parsons Is charged . with having obtained money under; false pre tenses from the city of Bend by including items in an expense ac count which did not rightfully be long there. The amount Is set. st 122.50 In the indictment. The time . of this payment Is set as July, The charges here are not being pressed pending disposition ef tbe case in eastern Oregon. S ee mm ''1! Searl, Jackie Coogan,: 'Huckleberry Finn" ' 5 ; TOMORROW! What chance hd she j against the lure of a! South Sea Passion Flower? Tom Frisco to tropic isle, here is a talkie ro mance that s all thrill! -rV A r-y "n. i r s. f