THE WEATHER
Rain today, Moaday
elondj, continued cold;
Max. Temp. Saturday 87,
Min. 28, river 2- feet,
cloudy, southeast wind.
CIRCULATION
m. msmW
7059
Average
Distribution
November, '31
Net paid, dally, Sunday $633
MfiMBEB A. B. C.
i
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, December 13, 1931
No. 224
EIGHTY.FIRST YEAR
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FOUMDI2D 1831 "
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Proposed Source Unsafe is
Verdict of Citizen who
knows Santiam Area
Bond Issue Poorly Advised
Especially in View of
Present Markets
By FRED H. PAULUS
Taxpayer,- Member of the
Salem Water Board, Author
ity on Municipal Bonds.
Knnn of SuDDIT
At the outset, I wish to make It
plain that I am In favor of munlc
nailT owned water plants under
proper conditions, including con
servative financing. An extrava
gant municipal water plant has no
better cnance oi uccea vuc-u .
like privately owned plant..
Tom nntta familiar with the ter-
.-air. onmnrlslnr the watersheds of
both the North Santiam and the
Little North Fork of the river. I
-have been upon both streams at
various Intervals and at different
places and times of the year, and
should be In position, from actual
experience, to Judge, in my own
.n, whether the nrooosed
500,000 water project Is feasible
from a topographical ana iinancim
While the Little North Fork of
k. cintkm River nrovldes a good
flow of potable water during eight
or nine months of tne year, it nas
in the oast been extremely low
during the summer and autumn
seasons, and rery turbid during
nHnr frasheta. The water. In fact.
was so low during the present
thai I doubt seriously if
the stream would provide a suffi
cient supply for the city even at
the present time. The stream does
not have Us source In a lake such
as Is the case with many other
mountain streams.
Safeguards Needed
Before Investing '
I am informed mat in
Congress Members Who Held
Spotlight oi Opening Week
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SUGGESTED
FOR
Snow Flakes
nuiiu liut niniiirTT
GoneQuickly UUHNU I
COUNTY BUDGET
Tax Equalizers Propose all
Salaries be cut If not
Established by law
Would Also Eliminate all
Health Appropriation
For Coming Year
Th Marlon county Tax Equal
isation league, In session here yes
terday. Instructed a committee to
arrange another meeting with the
eounty court and seek another
hearing on the eounty budget,
when further recommendations
will be presented.
The budget, as drawn up last
week, was discussed yesterday,
with results that principal chan
gee to be sought by the- league
members are:
First, elimination of one man
from the eounty engineer's de
partment.
Second, elimination of a eoun
ty traffic officer and a county
prohibition officer from the sher
lff's staff.
Third, reduction of the county
hrldr bnlldra aalirv 15 ner cent
Here are a few of the notable figures that came Into the spotlight with ad elimination of mileage for
the opening of the 72nd United States congress. Top panel shows njm
Renresentative Henry Bainey (left), of Illinois, floor leader of tin. Fourth, eut of 10 ner cent in
Democratic party in the house, giving a "handshake before the au County salaries not fixed by
battle" to Bertrand Sneli, of Hew lorn, nia opponent now wwkt miw
of the Republican party. Lower left is Representative John . Oar- Fifth, elimination of the county
ner, of Texas, who is the new speaker and a uemocrac, anowa health program
wielding the gavel for the first time. Lower right is Mrs. Battle I Relative to the health program
Caraway, only woman member of the senate. Mrs. Caraway la sen- 1 0ne member advised the league
a tor from Arkansas, having been appointed as the successor to her "Ask for a lot; maybe we'll get a
husband, the late Thaddeus Caraway (D.). Airs. Caraway express- I little".
ed a preference for the title "Mrs." over that of "Senator." I Group Chosen to
N E W
IS
E
ALKS
Oh! Lookee! Lookee! Mama,!
snow!
The flurry of white star flakes
delighted the kiddles around
noon yesterday, as Salem's first
snow of the season feu on tne
shivery wings of a gusty wind.
But the flurry did not last
long enough for them to throw
snowballs, much to the satisfac
tion of the grownups. Warmer
winds turned the snowflakes to
raindrops, which by spells pelted
pedestrians unmercifully.
If the weather observer's pre
diction is correct, today's hikers
will have to sing in the rain. The
forecast is rain today and cloudy
Monday, with continued cold.
Chill as yesterday's air ieit.
GOLD EMBARGO
Premier Tsuyoshi Inukai is
Successful in Forming
New Official Staff x
Change in Party Expected
To Mean Departures
From old Policy
'GOOD WILL FUND'
Accepting Silver in
War Debts Payment
Is Counter Proposal
TOKTA. Deo. 1J (Sunday)
the minimum temperature was (AP) The new Japanese cabinet
only 18 degrees. The maximum w" msiauea iouy "u .V'Y
. ? . Tsuyoshi Inukai immediately call-
- I - ... mi a. ..u.1.1 .1 T
ea lot IlrBl omcim uiTOiiug.
was assumed that the meeting was
called to consider re-establish
ment of the embargo on gold In
accordance with the policy to
which the Selyukao party is
pledged.
TOKYO, Dee. 13 (AP)
Tsuyoshi Inukai, the "old fox" of
.A.. -
n ? Japanese poiiuo, uctwuru
MOre Donations Needed IT three o'clock this morning in
Cilvotinn Armu tc tn forming a cabinet composed of his
wukuiium followers in the Selvukal narty.
SWELLING SLOWLY
Older Boys . at
Corvallis Meet
- Elect Officers
CORVALLIS. Ore., Dee. 11
(AP) The Western Oregon Old
er Boys' conference tonight claim
ed the honor of the largest HI-T
conference held In the northwest
this season.
Registration totalled 205, re
presenting 29 communities. St.
Helens' delegation of 14 led all
cities outside of Portland. Salem
and Eugene also were well re
presented.
Provide Cheer
SALTATION ARMY
'GOOD WILL FUND"
Previously reported f 148JM
Saturday's ketUes . 28.88
Total tl7fl.7
The premier-designate expected
to present his ministerial list to
the emperor this afternoon.
He had not yet selected min
isters for the war and foreign af
fairs portfolios, but under the
Japanese constitution a change in
cabinet does not necessarily af
fect the war department. It was
expected he would name his son-in-law,
Kenklchl Toshliawa, Ja
pan's spokesman at the League or
Congress Dallying
Over Organization
One thousand, five hundred Nations and her ambassador to
dollars Is rather a long Jump from France, to the post of foreign
$176.78 which is what the Salva- minister. '
tion Army now has on hand with The cabinet, as announced by
Interview. Court wnicn to bring VnT rlll.t",?-
Th MmmitiM nno1ntd to the form or actual necessities io
confer with the county court on the needy of Salem this Christmas of finance.
the matters suggested Includes: time.
Ed Porter, Silverton; U A. Lam- At the rate It has been ccumu
bert, Stayton; W. H. Stevens, lating thers will not be even $600
North Howell: W. A. Jones and in the coffers by December 21 and
A. A. Geer. Macleay. that spells tragedy for fTwal
nnV cold. shivGiin mortals light here
.i- - i I.lmn.t HMn atnal rMIh of a industry.
t in.nn.m, .-ritinr h-twn in- larre number of comfortable Teljlro Tamamoto, agriculture
year were elected tonight:
Oliver Batchellar, Corvallis,
president; Jack Keel en, Astoria,
vice president; David Johnson,
Ashland, secretary-treasurer; and
Jack Tupper, St. Helens, yell lead
er.
CIILBEUS PICK
IP PIBTOF LOSS
Doubles and Redoubles are
Successful; Work of
Lenz Wins Praise
Tokugoro NakabashI, home
minister.
Klsaburo Suzuki, Justice.
Ichiro Hayoyama, education.
Admiral Mlneo Osuml, navy.
Tonexo Mayeda, commerce and
hich was an extremely dry year, House has Soeaker but Committee Selections tangibles and real property tax. people " TAostmi. railways.
the minimum now was A.wwr - " "ZZIV -r.hV-L. tiTi. rnrtst. r.hn.o Mltsuchl. communlca-
Posers; Senate Does Exactly Nothing
Due to President Deadlock
000 feet. It is obTlous inai a now
project, such as Is contemplated
through proposed heavy expendi
tures, should provide adequate ex
...! tnr thA future and for
" A.1 A.tks I . M V r i TV TT S 1 J
peak demands ounng muuiu. YlASHlXSUlvJiN, Uec. 1Z Arj Ejen more unwieiuy
whIS waTeMhed lotWethe Little W than its leaders had expected the new congress spent
North Fork of the Santiam River its first week in cautious and hesitating preparations, and
has already been partially logged not yef. ready to begin its major legislative duties.
on A T understand that logging rm.. TT I J . ..m'out If a vxilno rv
TimmiUIiy fiThetSfth of the ganized three of its fifty committees and adopted one minor
of tne river. " i irninim"!'! wv kiw duo v.
accompUBnment is DianK out ior
totm fits tnn
bum, Ckrrais, St' Paul, Jefferson, maa time than the favorite auto- tlons.
W ' I .a .A L . . W mm. 1 I TA
Mfteleay and North Howell areas.
t:,.
POWERS DENIED
HI1LCUK
MISSOURI
m
'T
WEDGE
watershed is not a cioseu area, uu
it seems highly Improbable that it
could be made one. As the timber
on the slopes overlooking the river
becomes ripe, the timber will be
removed so that snow deposits
now affording the water supply
will be exposed to melting, and re
serve storage will not be available
during the warm summer montns gT LoUIS. Dec. 12 (AP)
Also,- after rains, tbe grouna win Use of tbe wedge formation in
dry out much more rapidly when thft retarn of the k.Ck-off in
fully exposed through removal or football wag abolished and econ-
the timber. omy measures were effected by
There Is also wf Missouri Valley conference offi-
nrMintM.wujr', meeting here today.
A serious fire might conceivably wag hereafter Mis-
oKminatn most of the lores. , ,r , .
-" .,,. ,, , i soun v alley uoaciioa nouiu uvi
rroth in one season. Should such r" ' ,,,--.
catastrophe owur. the Uxpayers wouW not be
?LSa " f,"n ;rving Vr a used In conference games
non-revenue producing "dead Drake, Grinnell, and Crelghton
horse " such as some other cities voted to drop baseball. There will
in nroron now have on their be no indoor track and field
illustration of the meet this season. Both moves
possibility of the removal of pro- are economy measures
tection to the waiersneu mruu.u ,
. - . jl - -ll. V n 1 VA I
fires, I have oniy io cue vu. yr j C-. l?-
in 1924 above Detroit on the lower lHe(l OOH X Of
Breitenbnsh River, ana me Dig
burn below Detroit several years
before. These fires burned over
thousands of acres of timber be
fore they were finally extinguish
ed. Similar fires on a small stream
.. w mi. - v 1. Arir Ttr n v r n
into juii sentenced to life Imprisonment to-
"""irw"-.r" ;-,.r.M(. day after a Jury had found him
mer, m.Ku. guilty of murdering his sailor son
V,:rr.: for $2500 insurance,
Christmas radiance.
Shi ing not only from Christ
mas faces, but irom cnristmas
CLARKSBURG. W. Vs.. Dec,
a single resolution of Inquiry, for n AP) Harry F. Powers to- family
a inree-way aeaaioca prevents aay ioat Ws first legal battle to To "helo neoDle help tnem
the election of a president pro escape the hangman's noose for selves" Is a grand experience and homet an)i yielding the glow and
kv-uyvo nMnuui-ut 1 j-iiiiug inr. UUIU1117 riVBBior mere are many cua.-i.o v I .v- a,rtlnr that a-rnreca tha
.!... T,.l. I T 1 XT 1V1 tl At - I m . If .. -.- nf r.
i-bit.7 yuva. I ueuiC nui IUUU1V iHBOO.. UMU1' I JQf t O L XU I l-U 11 .U.T7 w vt m. w I V IMaw aaaann
. . - ... .1 I . .. . i .ii -ji I vij
Accumulated on the doorstep ce. tne BaiTanon army muuwcu w. Lisrhts warm and radiant on
.. . .. I. S l lln tm his ra At .. Vm m I- 1 lilt l II. T7rm . n ym nmni w ' ...
are mousanas oi duis on every r """"'s a nun wmia " :z th outside reflecting: the Christ
w a i rr ins I inia i ..!. mmm. . ! 1 1 vs An t n m i
Life Insurance
mobile presented to one who is
now wttirhir foIUThe wood
would eost between ?B ana 98 ana
there are many who would not
feel the absence of that much.
Saturday the Salvation Army
was able to get a stove that would
bake and present It to a woman
who had no stove but who want
ed one so that she could do the
one thing that she ean do well,
bake Dies, and then sell these pies
to buy bread and butter for her
Toyosuke Rati, overseas.
1
WILL BE FEATURED
subject and three presidential Uew trial, Criminal Judg John rattles into the kettles jen the
messages packed with recommen- ooutnern senteneea mm to aie
datlons. on ine gaiiows at me suits peni-
AttAnHon MntereA on thi tentiary at Mounasvine, next
senate, because the division of IMarcn 15.
the republican majority there has Th bland aofendant, found
been exposed to publie view by fum'. inursaay oi muraenng
th rpf,,aai nf a ir..n wtmAN Mrs. Lemke In his "death house"
to vote for Senator Moses for ar t Quiet Dell after luring
president pro tempore. In the her from her home on promise of
i. Am nor n h ir.nA th full narty marriage, eat motionless when
H v v v. w -mwHHV w rwa 1 . r. iv . - J , iv.
membership "voted for Garner of JUT oouiuern mea oui ine
Texas for speaker, then turned to ,ev.t,eriv. He broke into laughter
fervid private dispute over the wu"" 7T. " 1. J
(Turn to page 2, col. 1)
Kane Acquitted
Upon Charge of
mas feeling within.
A Christmas home illumlna
tlon contest will be sponsored
again this season by the Salem
Ad club. Rules for the contest
will be announced this week.
Meanwhile home owners have
advance notice so they may be-
Smoot to Offer BUI
Monday With That
Concession
Reviving Commission
Opposed as Peril
To Moratorium
By M. STEPHENSON
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (AP)
Rebuffed by congressional lead
ers on the proposal to revise war
The blowing officer, for next 1
itaeiicu wwubw yiwrvoeM v a a
lief for the international debt
problem.
Chairman Smoot of the senate
finance committee, after a lengthy
conference at the White Home,
announced he would offer a bill
on Monday to permit the foreign
nations to pay their debts la til
ver rather than gold as Is now re
quired. His visit followed an earlier
conference of congressional lead
ers with Undersecretary Ogde
Mills of the treasury at which
they emphasised their opposition
to the president's proposal for re
vival of the war debt commission
to study additional European re
lief. It was forcefully suggested
that this be not pressed lest it en
danger the moratorium.
Expected to Aid
Silver Situation
Smoot's proposal was advanced
as a measure to help . the woria
silver situation as well as to aid
By TOM ONEIL
NEW YORK, Dec. 12. (AP)
DnnhlA s.nd rednnhloa were to
th advantare of Mr and Mrs. Elv " roreign nations in metin
Culbertson tonight and they gain- thelr obligations becoming doe
ed 810 points, although loslngJ"r in intergovernmental aest
three of five rubbers to Sidney S. holiday expires next July 1.
Lens and Oswald Jacoby, their op- &UTer wouia go up a iitue in
ponents In a 150-rubber test of Pric. he said, and by accepting ft.
rival systems of contract bridge. wouia recognise a vaiue xo u
After 33 rubbers of the series " we are wining w
had been finished Lens and Ja- 1 accept it in payment of obltga
coby were 4840 points ahead of I tlons."
their rivals In contrast to 5B50 senator ung. nia aemocrattc
after four sessions. Tonight's was colleague from Utah held, how.
the fifth f ession. " was not an enecuve way
At one time during the night's S?.
play the Culbertsons' deficit was ""UI
Snly 2100 as they made a gain of Quantity of sliver without
1670 during the second rubber of D " ; Z; .
the night alone. It was during that The congressional chieftain
mhh. thm vnth f t bhm that made It plain i through the day
doubles and redoubles abounded, that the administration must act
The Culbertsons tried three lit
tle slams tonight They made one.
were set one in another, redoubled
and went down one In the third
on its own responsibility regard
ing debt payments due America
on Tuesday. These would be ftu
pended under the moratorium.
without a double. Lens tried one The latter cannot possibly be rat-
Dy tne time tne ueou w
mjrm f 1 aaTIDC DOUC0 SO UfSJ UIO.J B-
DrOWninS Wlte S,n to plan to have their home
HAMPTON, Va., Dec. 12 (AP)
Elisha Kent Kane, University
of Tennessee nrofessor, was ac-
A.C71 11U Ul II 0 tO Uiu J U tv V CI tUV I , . . . . . -. , i . . jV .
allotment of committee member-L ShfTi" Wlllla B. Grimm or-1 quitted by a Jury tonight of
ships 1 aerea .rowers s special cnicKen i cnarge OI muraering nia who uj
With a presidential campaign U1UU" lu UUU1U arowning uer m luh...
last sepiemucr.
The verdict came after the Jury
had been out three hours and 45
minutes. Professor Kane took the
(Turn to page 2, col. 1)
166 Bales Hops
Shipped in Week
quest.
British Consul
At Portland to
Builders Invite
All Farmers to
Forum Meeting jr1"1" playln of the
slam, was doubled and went down
four.
Lenz was pleased at holding
down the Culbertsons' gain.
"Count the aces and kings to
night and see," he remarked. "We
finished pretty well." He liked his
play of the last hand of the ses
sion, hand 183 of the series, when
he needed to fulfill a contract of
three hearts to wind up the
night's competition and made it
only by play of which a bridge
master was capable.
The high card holdings for the
night were: Culbertsons 66 aces,
62 kings; Lens and Jacoby 60
aces, 54 kings.
Culbertson agreed wun iens
about the last hand of the ses
sion, which gave game and rub
ber to the "official" pair. In fact
he went farther In praise of his
rival. He said the hand Involved
ifled
due.
DR. EMILE JOSEPH
DIES; W. U. EMD
- . - m m i . . v . .
" v . . ... i farmers oi iiiaiiun auu jrui. I n 1 t T J
verdict calmly, standing with his countl69 wm Bpeclal guests otSeCOnd Ol Lads
father on one side of him and his th(, s . rvftnt-r nrpirnn Rl.,M. uctwiiu wi -v
the Salem chapter, Oregon Bulld-
SILRTON, Dec. 12 One
hundred and slxty-slx bales of
hODS were shipped from the
Warehouse Service
Dpmnv3 Hffinwll' Dr- Thomas u Kane' on ing congress, at the forum meet
avCTJiJUV C KSlLUsCS the other. lngr at the chamber of commerce
No Crashes are Left so
Gridiron Club Deprived
oi-ii.. v. vt. wunln tt fatn.
W.K1 I DllWUft Willi UI9 " c-k""
Ipon Watersnea reneated his Drotestations
Other raciors to oe
account are vested ana riparian '
rights of property owners, nu
stream pollution. Assuming that
the federal government would per
mit all the timber on the Little
North Fork to stand and decay,
aiim th rvoernment assure the,
city ot Salem of a closed area for
hi of its water supply, -
ita tn th area comprising the TOianrMfirnN tn 12 (API
Bull Run Reserve If '7t The crash offstage, the custo-
would become or tne vesica ngn m 0pening for a Gridiron club
of the settlers and tnirs and dinnerf wa4 absent tonight and
the mining company within the presiding officer. Jay G. Hay-
' area? It is conceivable that ir d f tte Detroit News, pro-
the government would grant the to9ted
city a closed area .the city might ' President, I'm sorry," a
have to buy UhtT. it club member explained, "but we
ers with "other bond : " couldn't find a single crash. They
hyfH 'lUnJes f or tSaSa ha U been U8ed ni OU thd NeW
of the expenditures ior roaa ana . . . .-.PvTira,
bridgo construction in the Tortttock c&me r
the government would close the " . . mn .,-,
? i,s6trfct altogether to travel and tnA1n
re?n amyplnIon. these activities
togethe? with further land .etUe- "t wasn 't
mfnu and development! In agrl- the fWOMfc J $ji
enltnv and lamber would serve finning and the end of "tlca
only to augment polluUon in tho tmce between the democraUc con
.7i ii!:.. t- ai.i th. ,-ttn rress and the White House."
as to whether in view of riparian Good humored lampooning of
rfghts and the use of the rlrer as politic, ahd po"!" Is the cen--tre-Tn.
th eitr wonld Ural theme of a Gridiron evening.
have the right to dlrert all ot the Both parties were shown now they
water-l the etream for the pur- may win next year and a sidelight
.... ! .tan.tir a water snnnly. I was the splendor of a throne room
I shall not dwell at any length Iwlth Chairman Tess of the repub
npon tbe main North Fork of the lllcan national committee aa a king
Cantiam THvr a sonrca of sun-1 in royal raiment.
.ymrn to pg 10VJCOL l) ; 4 It was only natural that recent
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. -12
(AP) Eric Grant Cable, Brltl.h
corporation consul for the Pacific northwes .,
here this week for Ireland. This announced today he had received
Is the first foreign consignment orders from the foreign office to
leaving here Blnce Nov. 13 when close the consulate here and to
468 bales were shipped to Eng- move tne recoras or tne ornce to
Seattle.
The consulate will be closed
January 1, Cable said. The Brit
ish vice consul offices in Tacoma
Hope Abandoned
For Miners But
tomorrow night at 8 o'clock.
Colonel W. B. Greeley, secre
tary-manager of the West Coast
; Lumbermen's association, will
speak on "Prospects of the west
Struck by Auto
Dies of Injury
PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. 12
(AP) Dr. Emlle Casper Joseph,
41, Corvallis physician and sur
geon, died at the Veterans hospi
tal here today after an illness
that had confined him to hospi
tals for the pant four months.
He was born at Straitor, 111.,
March 15, 1890, but the family
moved first to Edmonton, Can
ada, and then to Salem where
the boy was graduated from high
school. Later he studied at Wil
lamette uniiverslty and at the
University of Oregon In prepara
tion for his Btudy of medicine at
the University of Oregon Medical
school.
Dr. Joseph served one year
with the United States forces
during the World war and for
the past 14 years had practiced
medicine at Corvallis.
He Is survived by his widow
land.
TACOMA, Wash., Dec II
(AP) Although all hope has
been abandoned that John S.
COOUILLE. Ore.. Dec. 12
(API Allen Reed Keller, 7,
iw im rrnptcH ox tne w.t g . automobile on- the and four children,
coast lumber Industry" and Pro- " 7jtcV " " v" w ,vt
WASCO MAN SUICIDE
THE DALLES, Ore., Dec. 12
tomoblle, died a few hours after (AP) W. H. Dingle, 41. or was
the accident. I co, shot himself to death with a
The county sheriff said the car rifle today, authorities saia. Tne
was driven by Franklin J. Brew- suicide took place in the presence
Rescuers Hurry w.,. oS.r i'irtiZti"!? V,
nescuers nurry Utm - Z'Z-
elections. should be discussed and
Fess was informed the republicans
had lost all but one.
Notwithstanding, the ruler was
still optimistic but Senator Moses
of New Hampshire in the role of
an outspoken court Jester, was
disgusted.
He predicted that after another
such victory there would be a re
vival of business on "western
trunk lines all the trunks label
ed Palo Alto."
"Never," Fees replied, "there
is not a thing against him except
a little hard luck. He will be
overwhelmingly reelected."
"Oh King!"- responded Moses,
offering his headgear to Fess.
Oh King, take my cap and bells;
you are funnier than ever I will
be."
President Hoover was among
the spectators. He had an oppor
tunity to comment on the per
formance or upon any other sub
ject he chose. None but those
present knew what he' said, how
ever. An inviolate rule is that re
porters are not reporters on Grid
iron night.
CHOKES ON CANDY
J i .. lll V -.Y-.--.l . I Tnhninn IS ant "- TTnhta. I
v. -V.,rrr. .v I . th m.n WALLACE. Idaho. Deo. 12. t Today a coroner's Jury de- of his wife and three daughters.
vlceloVsul "t sttto will b; of 'U . wilon Cafaid Soke UP) -Gen. Walker'. 18-months- dded th. accident was unavold- Mrs. Dingle could advance n. e-
.-..j iv. -. - 1- 1 TTia- iiu, ii.r, in at in 1 uiu Buu vi ur. mim. joaam vv -u- nia
111 hi is w-.it 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 r. i.tiiin u i.Ln. w r u l .w. . w i " i
o " " I ... v.. VT. I . .I,..4 . -!. .a
allv., rescue crews woraea aes- --v-ii, uwu uiwv
perately tonight to reach them. candy while playing with his dog
The two were buried in a slide strangled to death last night.
Wednesday afternoon and the
rescuers expect to reach them
Election Returns
To be Available
At Statesman
PROMPTLY at S p.m.
on Tuesday night. The
Statesman will begin a
rapid, complete summary of
returns throughout the city
on the special election on
the $2,500,000 bond issue.
The Statesman will have
ft special representative at
each voting place to tele
phone or bring returns as
fast as released to the office
for tabulation.
Three telephone lines will
be vailable for calling The
Statesman office and staff
members will be glad to give
the pnblio Information on
the election a fast as it is
received. Wednesday morn
ing's paper will carry a com
plete story on the special
election. The nnmber Is
9101.
late tomorrow afternoon.
Hurd Sentenced
To Prison Term
MEDFORD, Ore., Dec. 12
(AP) Gene Hurd, 23. a-tran
sient, today was sentenced to
serve an Indeterminate sentence
of not to exceed ten years .in pri
son, on his plea of guilty to a
charge of highway robbery com
mitted In 1929.
Hurd'a partner, Robert Ford,
lis serving a 15-year term. Hurd
was arrested in Reno after fin-
. ishing a one-month sentence for
auto theft.
NEW -YORK WARM
NEW YORK, Dec 12 (AP)
With the mercury climbing to 66,
New Tork today enjoyed the
warmest December 11 In the his-1
Uory of the local weather bureau.1
Fundamentals
Of Basketball Will
Be Outlined
A new sport page feature
will be offered In The States
man beginning Wednesday;
a feature which will be of
great benefit to young bas
ketball players, of whom
there are hundreds in and
near Salem.
This Is a series of articles,
A - B - Cs of Basketball,
written by two Salem men.
R. R. Boardman of the
Y. M. C A. and Roy 8.
Keene, athletic director at
Willamette university, and
illustrated with drawings by
Boardman showing the cor
rect form for various shots
and maneuvers in the popu
lar court game, the season
for which is just starting. .
Col. Greeley to Speak
At Luncheon on Monday
"Prosnects of the West Coast
Lumber Industry" will be the sub
ject of an address by Colonel W.
B. Greeley, secretary-manager oi
the West Coast Lumbermen's as
sociation, before the chamber of
commerce Monday noon. Colonel
GVeeley, who holds degrees in sci
ence, forestry and arts from the
University of California and Yale
university, served as enier lores
ter, U. S. forest service, from May.
1910, to May. 1928. when-he re
signed to become associated with
the West Coast Lumbermen s association.
He served for 14 years in tne
national forest service. During a
larce nortlon of this time he was
working in the western nan oi
the United States. Ha was in
Franca daring the world war with
la forestry division ot the engln-
'eers. In 1911 ho was made one
of the assistant chiefs, of the di
vision of construction and fores
try, later becoming chief of the
forestry section. In charge ot this
section until the armistice. At that
time he .was tn charge of some
21.000 forestry troops, running 91
sawmills and turning out over two.
million feet of lumber products
dally.
He Is a fellow and form or pres
ident of the Society ot American
Foresters. He has been director.
and president ot the American
Forestry association, la the' au
thor of numerous publications and
magazine articles and is consid
ered an authority on questions et
general forestry, especially from
the lumberman's viewpoint.
Aa secretary-manager ot the
West Coast Lumbermen's associ
ation, his headquarters are
Seattle,'