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bargain period will end in
a few more days. ; Order
now; one .full year by mall,
only $3.00 . anywhere in
Oregon.
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unsettled; Max. Temp. Mon
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FOUNJDCD
EI fcJHTY-FIRST YEAR
Salera, Orcgoiy Ttffcsday Horning, October. 20, 1931
No. 177
iii
THOUSiQS PIT
inno rmonri
ililO LUIOUlii
HOICE
Continuous Line of Mourn-
" crs Halted Only by
; Prayer Moment
Electrics! Wizartf Believer
In Higher Power. Says
" Fellow .Worker
V -By FRANK GERVASI
(Copyright,. 1831, by Th Assoel
-- ated Press)
: WEST ORANGE. N. J.. Oct. 19
(AP) For a brief moment at
jnldday today mourneis stopped a
continuous file paBt the bier of
Thomas A. Edison a minister of
fered ft prayer. , .
The convocation- was uttered by
Mrs. Edison's pastor, the Rer. Ar
thur H. Brown of the Methodist
Episcopal church of Orange, at her
request. He repeated it at 5 o'clock
and planned to utter it again at S
a. m., noon and 5 p. m. tomor
row " -
-Mr Edison's body lay in a bronze
casket In a niche of the pine-paneled,
high Hinged library of his
laboratory. Autumn leaves covered
the bier. - .
Dr. Brown mentioned in hl
prayer the name of John Ott, 87,
who died of shock on learning; of
Mr. Edison's passing. Mr. Ott was
an Edison pioneer, having worked
in the inventor's laboratory for a
half century.
Walsh Says Edison
. Was Not Athiest
For a second time since Mr. Ed
ison's death early Sunday, Arthur
L. Walsh, rice president of Thom
as A. Edison industries. Inc.. said
the inventor was not an athiest,
even though he acknowledged no
specified creed.
"I can't emphasize too strong
ly." he said, "that Mr. Edison did
believe in a supreme intelligence.
"I have seen him hold, up a
glass of milk as a chemist might
look at a teBt tube and say, 'the
Almighty is a great chemist.. "
Mr. Walsh recalled that onoe as
he sat with Mr. Edisoa in the lab
oratory, the -latter, aaid; "Some
times when I've reached the end
of my rope in an experiment, sud
denly there will come a thought
that is the key ; to my problem.
Certainly that supreme intelli
gence guides the human mind.".
The room in which the body of
Thomas Edison lay was much "as
he left it before his last Illness.
Ills old rolltop desk, a blue-corer-ed
couch on which he used to rest,
the long shelves of books, lining
the balcony, the scores of photo
graph! and paintings on the walls
. all were undisturbed.
Coffin Near Place
Where He Worked
Close to the desk at which Mr.
Edison had pored over many of
his inventions stood the coffin.
Over it were sprinkled red -oak
leaves from the trees on the Uew
Hyn park estate. Around the room
were vases of chrysanthemums, a
few sprays of smilaz, and bunch
es of brightly colored autumn
leaves.
Directly -above the coffin was a
big bronze wall clock, its hands
strangely stopped at 3? 27 a. m.
yesterday, three minutes after the
Inventor sank from a coma inter
ternal sleep. .
The soft amber radiance of the
Incandescent lamp considered by
Mr. Edison his greatest Invention
f illed the room. '
It was inlo this sitting, so rem
iniscent of the days when the liv
ing Edison's vibrant personality
dominated the room, that the em
ployes of the Edison, plant were
ushered at 8 a. m, two hours after
the body had been borne from the
house under an escort of motor
cycle policement.
Charles Edison, the Inventor's
con, was there to receive the men
and women of all ages. Some were
In i their Sunday clothes; "others,
soon to go on duty, were in over
alls. Some led - their children
through the slowly moving line
for a glimpse at the figure under
the coffin's glass lid.
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GREAT
Joint .Funeral Planned
For Slayer
Estranged in life, Harold Hunt
and his wife, Viola. Barbara Hunt
whom he met as a soldier in Si
beria, will be united in death
; when funeral services will be held
this afternoon at 2 p. m. for both
at the chapel ot W. T. RIgdon &
Son. interment services will be
held at Belcrest Memorial park: n
Hunt shot and killed his wife
"who was suing him for divorce,
late Sunday night at th home of
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvanus Page, 2135
, Bellevua street, then returned, to
his home nearby and as police
were arriving, he laid his burning
cigarette on the kitchen stove and
.shot himself In the head, dying
at once. " - - ,
Hunt, evidently unbalanced by
his domestic difficulties, penned
an extensive letter before his
death, expressing his regret that
he could sot take the life of other
persons . whom s, he accused .of
breaking ap his' home.
The 80-year-old murderer
shot through a screen of his own
Modernization of
: Pacific Highway is
i Association's Aim
Ed Bailey Heads Organization Formed With
All Counties. Along Route Represented;.
. i Woodburn Man One of Officers
EUGENE, Ore., Oct. 19 (AP) Representatives from 12
Oregon counties tapped by the Pacific highway met
here today and formed the Pacific "Highway association of
Oregon. Modernization of the Pacific highway is the object
of . the organization. . .
- Edward F. Bailey, Eugene, was elected president of the
'" ; oMOClatioa and A. C. Marsters,
IHTUIOIITE
B ELKS' LEADER
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John R. Coen Speaks Here;
Lodge Members Come
From Many Cities
Over ,75 representatives of
Elks lodges in nine western Ore
ron and one eastern Oregon city
came to Salem last night to hear
John R. Coen, visiting grand ex
alted ruler, deliver an address at
the local : temple. An unusually
large number of Salem members
also were present, according to
H. E. Eakin. exalted ruler.
Mr. Coen spoke before the
closed assembly concerning mat
ters pertaining to Elkdom, stir
ring up marked enthusiasm
among his listeners. After the
meeting ihe left for Portland
where he will remain today. His
itinerary ; will take him to Seat
tle, east to Idaho and Montana
and ending with return to his
home at Sterling, Colo. T.v A.
Livesley and - Dr. H. H. dinger
constituted the reception commit
tee for the distinguished visitor.
Accompanying the grand ex
alted ruler was Dr. Ralph Hagen
of Los Angeles, member of the
board' of i grand trustees ' of the
Elks lodge. He went to Portland
with Mr. Coen. but wUl leave him
there to return to his home.
Guest Elks came to Salem from
Baker, Portland, Albany, Corval
Us, McMinnvIlle, Eugene, Tilla
mook, Ashland, Klamath Falls
and Lakeview.
JflP,,rV WITHDRAWS
PROTEST Otl U S.
WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (AP)
Japan now is willing, for the
United States to sit with, the Lea
gue of Nations council as it tries
to solve the Manchurlan puzzle.
Acting on orders from the To
kyo government. Ambassador De-
buchl assured Secretary stimson
that Japan no longer objects to
America's participation in the Lea
gue of Nation's council's efforts to
avert war between - China : and
Japan.
i The objections were withdrawn
while the American government
awaited formal notification of the
Invocation of the Kellogg-Brland
anti-war treaty by five other lead
ing nations.
: The Japanese withdrew opposi
tion to American participation at
Geneva after Debuchl at Stim son's
request had explained to Tokyo
the exact utatus of Prentiss B.
Gilbert, American consul-general
at Geneva, who is sitting with the
League council. " ,
Gilbert's instructions were to
participate on in discussions re
garding the possible invocation of
the anti-wtir treaty of which the
tfnited States is a signatory.
HIT BY CAR, DIES: ,
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore!, Oet.
19 (AP) B. E. Ramser,-of
Sprague J river, was 7 injured fa
tally last night when he was
struck by an automobile driven
by Henry F. Grimes, Jr., Klam
ath Falls. - Ramser died today.
and Victim
home and through a screen and
glass door in the Page home to
pierce Mrs. Hunt's head as she
was In the kitchen of the adloln-
Ing residence reparing sandwiches
for her five-year-old son.
TTarnlA RUlsnn a nelehhor. wan
alarmed by the noise of the shot
a.nt the scream from the little
boy and was the first to discover
Mrs. Hunt's body. He summoned
police who arrived just as Hunt
was rommittlner suicide.
f TTitt ApstA mm and tit SI -Brlfa hud
exchanged complaints and an
swers In a pending divorce ease in
the Marion conntv circuit court.
Hunt charged his wife with being
a poor mother for the child while
the. wife answered that her hus
band was cruel and Impossible to
lfA with. 1 -
In Hunt's effects were found
letters addressed to his sisters,
Kt-ra iTnrth Heisler and Mrs
Pearl Ritchie in which he accused
them of being false to him. An-
(Turn to paga 2, col. I)
Koseburgv was named first vice
president. Ted Smith, Medford;
was chosen secretary and Fred
Perrine. Oregon City, was elected
treasurer.
jBach of the 1 counties is to
name a vice president to sit with
the other officers. The follow
ing were named today: : Jackson
county, C. E. Gates, former high
way commissioner; Josephine
county, o. 8. Blanchard; Douglas
county, B. L. Eddy; Lane county,
Elbert Bede, editor of the Cottage
Grove Sentinel; Benton county,
W. F. Groves, Corvallls; Marion
county, Dr. G. G.j Smith. Wood
burn; Clackamss I eounty, H.; G.
Starkweather; Multnomah eounty
Frank Branch Riley. Linn. Polk
and Washington counties will se
lect their vice presidents later
The vice president from each
county is to serve as chairman of
a county board to which three oth
er members will be named. I
The plan of the association is
similar to that of the" Redwood
(Turn to, page 2, col. 8) (
SURVEY OF RIVER
Practicality of Willamette
Canalization Brought
Up at Washington
PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 19
(AP) Senator McNary today
urged the United-States army
board of engineers to have a re
port on the feasibility of canaliz
ation of the Willamette river
ready by the time the next con
gress convents, 1 said - a t dispatch
from the Oregonlan's Washing
ton correspondent. i
If " such a report were ready.
McNary told the board, congress
could decide whether to start
work on the Columbia river pro
ject, or" units thereof, ot on the
Willamette river project. The
engineers' report, on the Colum
bia 'river projectis to be pre
sented to the next congress. -
Senator McNary, the dispatch
said, told the board most of ; the
necessary data pertaining to : the
Willamette .project already is in
the office of the engineers.
The senator told the engineers
congress is entitled to see a com
plete picture of the proposed
northwest river development and
the first step" toward this end Is
survey of the Willamette. ! the
Oregonlan's correspondent said. .
"McNary forecast the effect
: Turn to page 2, col. 4) !
Two-Mill Fire 1
Fund's Use for
Safary Sought
A move to regain fori the city
fire department funds lost this
year when City Attorney Trlndle
held the special two-mill tat vot
ed annually by the budget com
mittee could be used only for new
equipment, was: launched last
night before the council when
Alderman W. H. Dancy . Intro
duced a charter amendment which
would make possible uslsrg I the
fund for salaries and incidental
expense of the department as yrell
as for equipment. f l ' '
Dancy proposes that the amend
ed be submitted I at - the special
election planned for December 15.
The ordinance was read for) the
first and second times last night
and was referred to committee. ..
Y. Enrollment
ProgresdTold
Results of the fourth; day's ef
forts in the Y. M. C. A. member
ship enrollment; drive 'yesterday
showed : an additional! I $1,000
pledged : toward I the 118,000 goal
which is expected to be reached
by Friday. The : total obtained to
date is 12,500. ' !
A spirit ot earnestness i and
hope that the goal would ' be
reached pervaded the noon i re
porting luncheon yesterday.
Sullivan' Case
To Be Appealed
- LA GRANDE, Ore.. Oct. IS
(AP) R. J. Kitchen, attorney
for Willard Sullivan, convicted of
the murder ot : Homer Bldwell,
rancher, said today he expected
to . appeal the ease to the su
preme ecurt.
The jury recommended life im
prisonment for Sullivan, He will
be sentenced Tuesday. - ,
MM iSKS (,'El'J
TRUI MURDER
ffiSTEBY HELD
MOTH
0
Victims may be two Missing
! Women of Phoenix, say
Los Angeles Police
Search on for Mrs. Judd as
Suspected ' Consignee :
1 t)f Traffic Baggage
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19 (AP).
-B. X. Kinnell. said by police to
be a brother of Mrs. Ruth Judd,
wife of a Los An elges physician,
was arrested at Santa Monica late
tonight rn connection " with the
slaying of two' women whose bo
dies were found In two trunks at
a railway baggage station here to
day. The authorities said they
were searching for Mrs. Judd.
The arrest occurred shortly af
ter police headquarters Issued a
bulletin saying that Kinnell, alias
B. J. McKlnnell and Mrs. Judd
were "wanted for murder."
- Police also located Dr. W. C.
Judd who they said is Mrs. Judd's
husband and questioned him
about the ease. A letter - from
W. J. C." to Mrs. Judd concern
ing the two women believed to be
the victims was found la Mrs.
Judd's Phoenix apartment.
Police were Informed that Mrs.
Judd had purchased a return tick
et to Phoenix here today andwas
on her way back there tonight.
They started efforts to have the
train searched somewhere en
route, possibly at Yuma, Ariz.
i LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19 (AP)
A grim mystery developed here
tonight with the discovery by po
lice of the bodies of two young
women, one dismembered, lntwo
trunks shipped from Phoenix, Ar
izona. ,
It was believed that they had
been murdered there, one probably
Sunday, the other perhaps two
weeks ago. i
'I Squads of detectives sought the
consignees of the trunks, a man
and a woman, who excited suspl-
I (Turn to page 2, col. S)
SElfTiE!s :
1 ISSUE IS UP 161
Two Asserted Joiners put
Off Council; Meison
"Taken for Ride"
The perennial trouble over
high school secret societies yes
terday flared up again when three
members of the student council
at Salem high school were remov
ed from office by Principal Fred
Wolf. Robert Utter, Dick Pierce
and Winfield Needham iwere the
boys dismissed for allegedly be
long to the K.O.'s, taboo organi
zation. The storm has not blown Itself
out, however, for Principal Wolf
further announced that he was In
vestigating the status of another
councilman, a Junior and. alleged
member of the J. C.'s, ' boys' se
cret fraternity. Although Wolf be-
leves there is only this fourth
member who belongs to a secret
society, students yesterday averred
that at least two ioys and one
girl remaining on the council be
long to the illegal organizations..
Under the state law, high school
students, are forbidden to belong
to secret societies. I -
Yesterday's removal of council
members brought to light the fact
that Lewis . Meison, student body
president, because he was believed
to have served as Informer for
Principal Wolf, last Wednesday
night was kidnaped ' from . near
his home In the Kelzer district,
taken by automobile ' to a point
10. miles south of Salem past Li
berty, paddled, and put out to
walk back to town. . The five
boys who took him for the "ride,?
Meison said, were members of the
K. O.'s.
"I didn't mind being made to
walk homo or being paddled.
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Triumvirate Broken by Deatft
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Thomas A. Edison with two of hte
i rra. tmwrm mm, .Mu.
nomas a, buuwn wiui two vi ma
These famous men were cronies
mud
ITEISC10GED
BUT FJOT TOTAL
Health Allowance " Remains
Despite Objection of
Buren, Henderson
Cut of $20,000 From 1931
, Cost t6 Result; Street
Lights Item hit
The mountain of SO budgeteers
Including . mayor, aldermen and
advisors labored for nearly two
hours last - night with the 1132
city budget and brought forth a
mousey i reduction of $500 from
the "budget committee's estimate,
this scant saving being promptly
added to the emergency fund and
the budget adopted In full with
the one alteration.
If the - proposed budget meets
with the approval of the council
when it Is brought up for final
passage at the November budget
meeting, Salem's taxes for eity
purposes in 1932 will be reduced
from 22 to 20.8 mills, a saving in
total outlay of slightly more than
120.000. 1
The only item to be . changed
from the budget proposed by the
council's, budget committee, Alder
man Dave O'Hara-chairman, was
one of , 5000 for the incinerator,
the item being 1 placed at $4500
and the emergency fund Increased
from $2000 to $2500, In accepting
the reduction, O'Hara Indicated
plans were under way to make the
incinerator self-supporting and
said In such an event the entire
$4500 'could be merged later In
1922 with the emergency fund.
Health Service
Item Is Attacked
The principal Item attacked
last night was the $6000 appropri
ation for the Marlon county health
unit, Max O. Buren moving It be
reduced to $4000 and receiving
the support of W. H. Henderson,
Mayor P. M. Gregory's appointee
to the budget board. 'Buren con
tended the health work did not
serve needy people and Henderson
held that Linn and Polk counties
received equal healpth protection
at a fraction of the cost.
Douglas McKay protei ted
against reduction of item saying
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MATS AGIST
LIFE ARE ALLEGED
O. M. Baker who claims he
tendered' notes in the total sum
of $1600 to T. A. Qullhot when
the latter threatened his life for
alleged alienation of the Qull-
hot's wife's affections, brought
suit in circuit court yesterday to
have return of the notes estop
ped by Injunction and then to
have the court hold the notes
invalid. :
Baker in his complaint alleges
that he gave Qullhot $100 cash.
a 1928 aiuto and tour separate
notes: in total sum of $1(00
when Qullhot added to his threat
of taking Baker's life, - another
one to the effect that he would
"smash his face In" for alleged
overtures t o w a r d" s Quilhot's
wife.
Baker denies any such unto
ward action. He says Qullhot has
put the notes up as security at
the Ladd and Bush bank and he
asks the court to restrain the
bank from returning the note to
Qullhot. He also asks for: the
return of he- car and for a judg
ment of $200 against the defen
dant,
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CITY EXPENSES
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closest friends, Henry Ford (center) and Harvey Ftrestone right).
m .v m- iu hf amnlnniial
ouuuat inoHif, nenrj fora (cbbwi wmi n - c-y .,mmm -"'-
for many years. This picture was taken at one of their semi-annual
e' if or
Employment
Committee Launches
Registration Plans
Arrangement to ' Insure
, : " V . People is Made;
.'; ".;- :Have Charge,
rpHE unemployment relief committee appointed by Gov
JL ernor Meier to organize relief efforts for Marion coun
ty, met Monday night at the chamber of commerce where
various plans for relieving the unemployment situation were
discussed and action taken toward registering all of the un
employed in the county. ' I '
' 'a mi a m . ... ...a
L
"Congress" Directors Will
Confer With Neer on ;
Possible; Outlay j
, Early institution of a program
of new school building construc
tion in the city may be forthcom
ing If a definite plan of action is
arrived at. by the Salem Building
congress. board of directors as its
meeting next Monday night The
directors last night voted to re
quest Frank Neer, school direct
or and Building congress member
tn mnfAr vlth them at git Wnn-
Hav mAAtinv nnterninsr! the nos-
slhillty of action on the school
construction matter this Winter.
T)ia .rt-n .raafl Hfraptnm main
tained "that if - new j school build
ings are to be constructed in Sa
lem, the work should be started
at the earlest possible data In or
der to relieve the unemployment
ItnaMnn CATnrnl nf thjh rrA.de
buildings are firetraps, it . was
brought out, and the Washington
plant was some years ago con
demned and offered for sale. The
sale did not go through, however,
because the highest bid offered
was too low. ..!..!.,
The demand for action on the
city water question, made at the
fnrnm meeting- of the congress a
week ago last night, was given
formal status by tne aireciors ana
i committee of three men appoint
ed to draft and present a resolu-
. ... . . - :. . m
tlon stating tne congress- position
oil t ttn nAxt session.
On the committee are William
Llljequlst, Peter Dewut and l k.
Schoettler. . .. . 1 ,
To cooperate with the Salem
chamber of commerce in encour
aging people to locate here, the
directors appointed a committee
consisting of Richard Slater, Fred
Lelsl and Frank Marshall.
Richard Slater, -superintendent
of the Oregon Gravel company,
was elected presIdenVof the board
In place of William Llljequlst,
temporary executive. . r
Kingsley Seeks
Commutation of
' Death Sentence
limM TB. TClntrslev. who Is In
the state penitentiary here await-.
Inr- imtlon for the elavlnfir.of
Sam Prescott, Ashland police ot-
fleer, has written a ieuer 10 we
executive department asking that
his sentence be commuted to life
imprisonment." j H ;
: The letter, has been referred to
Governor Meier, iwho Isi in Port
land. Kinzalev did hot set out
any reasons in his request for
commutation, other than that he
desired to live. !
' The execution has jbeen set for
October SO. j - i -j.
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SCHOO
BID B
PROGRAM
SOUGHT
me
City
"""T I ' V " "
Relief
Jobs -iVill go to Local
Sim Phillips to
Announced .
O Accoromg 10 uovernor jueiers
plan, each county will take eare
of Its own. unemployed with state
road construction and repair
money being divided according
to the number of unemployed in
the various counties. 4
-The ' committee here decided
that strict registration of the
Marlon county- unemployed will
be effected. 1 Cards are being
prepared! tor the purpose and
will be kept on file. Sim 'Phil
lips and jan assistant will handle
the cards and work orders will
be given to the men sent out on
jobs. - -
.Only those who -are actually
residents! In the county will be
given employment by the com
mittee. I The registration cards
will be checked carefully to see
mat no transients crowd the per
manent residents out of jobs. It
is feared: that if efforts to find
jobs 'should prove successful
here, a large Influx of outsiders
might cause further trouble.
The registration cards are be-
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UTILITIES TAX BIT
CITY IS PHTJED
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Ordinance Proposing Levy
In .all Public Service
Firms Introduced
An ordinance deemed to be the
first of a series drawn with t he
view of securing additional rev
enue for itbe city was introduced,.!
for first and second reading at the
council meeting last night by Al
derman Save O'Hara. The meas
ure rovides that the gross reven
ues, of al utilities operated In the
city, be taxed two per cent, annual
ly, revenues on lntra-state busi
ness along being subject! to the
tax.1
Q'Hara's ordinance would make
it mandatory for every utility op
erating xa the city to make a
semi-annual report to the coun
cil setting forth the receipts and
disbursements and : the gross
revenues,
Failure to pay the tax
promptly
would be subjett offi
cers of the utility to a $25 fine
dally until i the tax was paid. ,
Mayor P. M. Gregory intro
duced an ordinance providing for
the formation of street lighting
districts.- ;Costs of Improved street
lighting would be assessed to ad
jacent i property holders within
one-half block of the place where
the improvement was made. .
The street committee intro
duced an I ordinance regulating the
construction and maintenance of
vaults,! openings and flood lights
on sidewalks in the downtown
part of the city. .
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Constructionat
Paper Mill Will
Be Talked Soon
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Directors -of the Oregon Pulp
and Paper company will : consider
the question of an addition to the
plant here to build on the vacat
ed portion of Trade street, the
city council was 'informed last
night In a letter received from of
ficials of the company. The
monthly meeting of directors is
scheduled for next Thursday, Oc
tober 22.1
: At the: meeting of the council
a fortnight ago, that group di
rected the city recorder j to com
municate; with the paper i mill of
ficials i to ascertain when and If
the contemplated new construc
tion would be startedj When a
portion of Trade street waa va
cated to the mill it was under
stood construction t would com
mence within six months from4.be
time the City cleared the; way for
the work.
Prize,
Stock for
s Show To Arrive
PORTiIand, Ore., Oct. It
(AP) Prise livestock, to be ex
hibited at the Pacific Internation
al 'Livestock exposition, which
opens here next Saturday, will
I opens nere nt naiaruaj, wxi
begin arriving in Portland Wed
1 bamIiv or Thuradar. i official
or Thursday, i officials
aald . tody.
'I V
ACQUISITION 0?
CITlfTO BE L'?
FOB VOTE SOC.'J
Tuesday, December 15 tz
As Time; Amendmer.1
Before Council
Preferences Will Also be
Indicated by Voters;
Details Outlined!
Ordinances setting Tuesday, De
cember 15, as the day for a spe
cial city election for voting mtn
on the question of a municipally
uwnea waier system, were plac
ed on first and second reading
last-night at the city council
meeting and referred to the utili
ties committee for a report at the
first meeting of the council in No
vember. Accompanying the election or
dinance was one containing tae
proposed charter amendment to be.
ballotted upon December 15,"
should the councllmen at their
next meeting approve the pro
posed election.
j The charter amendment pro
vides for the purchase, condemna
tion or construction of a city
owned water system, payment for
which would be made with bonds
not exceeding 22,500,000 in total
amount Accompanying the char
ter amendment on the ballot
would be a "preference" measure
which would allow voters to in
dicate whether river water, well
water or water fro-t the North
Santlam or its tributaries Should
be used by the city for the. source
of its water supply.
Engineer Report -To
be Made Basis
Salient provisions In the pro
posed charter amendment which
was read to the council last night
are:
1. The October, 1930, appraisal
of the'plant of the Oregon-Washington
Water Service company
made by Baar & Cunningham
would be revised and used aa a
basis for new negotiations by the
city.
2. The city would be required
to make a definite offer for the
plant : of the present company
which the latter would be requir
ed to accept or reject within 2S
days from the time It was made.
3. The city council would' .de
termine by ordinance what the
source of supply for the city's wa
ter should be, using the prefer-
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urmini
OFFICER GOT AWAY
LA GRANDE, Ore., Oct 19
(AP) Two . reputed Missouri
gangsters who escaped under fire
here yesterday , after , critically
wounding I Amos Helm, 'state po
licemen, successfully eluded
scores of armed possemen in the
wild and broken Blue mountain
country today, s r
The men, said to be Keith
Crosswyth, 19,' and John Owens,
28, fled In a stolen vcar after a
gun battle with Helm and Cap
tain Lee Noe, of the state police.
Helm may recover, physicians
said today. 1 ! i
Orlean Woodhouse, 18, of Ida
ho Falls,1 a companion of the
men 'who was captured last
night, told authorities here the
two men; sought as suspects In
the robbery of a service Station
at Idaho Falls Saturday night,
had told her they were Missouri
gangsters and: were "prepared to
shoot it out with all comers."
, Two airplanes carrying state
tropers circled over, the Blue
mountain 4 today. Dud Rankin,
pilot. of one of the planes, re
ported he had - sighted two mea
on the railroad track near. Gib
bon. He said they appeared te
answer, the description of, tho
fugitives.
The automobile m which tae
men fled was found secreted in
the brush! today. -
Parent-Teacher
Chiefs To Meet
l EUGENE. Ore.. Oct. 19 (AP)
4 The -annual meeting of the
Oregon congress of Parent
Teacher associations will convene
here Tuesday.
Several ' prominent educators
will speak. All meetings will be
open to the public.
. MINERS ARE KILLED
HERNE, ' Westphalia, Ger
many, Oct 19 (AP) Nine
miners were killed and 27 in
jured, a half dozen gravely, to
day as an entire shift of S7 men
were entombed by an explosion
m a coal mine near here.
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