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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1932)
POPULAR HOST Masons, Dental Association, Farmers Union Some of Groups to Convene ,( from a convention standpoint. Salem will experience this year the most eventful year in its his tory. For there are already scheduled 14 conventions which will meet la Salem , during the year 1932. i. Of great Interest to the Masons of Salem and vicinity Is the fact that Salem will be the meeting place" for Oregon Masons in an-L nual conTentlon of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar. Grand Council Royal and Select Masons and Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons. This- will bring to .Salem more than 300 of the lead ing Masons of the northwest, if The State Dental association will hold its annual session of three days in the capital city. The date Is February 25, 26 and 27. and will be held in the Elks' Temple.' The attendance will ex ceed 300. Dr. H. C. Epley is pres ident of the state organization this . year and will preside at all meetings. : ii1 Farmers will come to Salem this summer when the Oregon Farmers Union -holds its annual sessions. The convention will continue three days and it is esti mated the attendance will exceed 250. L. H. McBee of Dallas Is president. Kazarenes Coming More than 400 members of the Church of the Nazarene will come to Salem ' in annual conTentlon this year and will remain Bix days, ,according to Rev. Fletcher Gallp- way, pastor of the Nazarene church. Official name of the con Tentlon is the North Pacific Dis trict Assembly of the Church of the Nazarene. .' If you are from Dakota, either North or South, you will meet with the brothers and sisters from the Dakot&s. The ' annual Dako- ; ta convention wlll.be held In the grove adjoining tha state fair grounds.-and it is estimated that for the'one day session, at least 840 will' be in attendance. H. I. Stanley of Salem is president and J. Burton Craig of Salem, secre tary. ; . . X The Northwest -Bureau Mana gers at their meeting held last year in Seattle, -voted to- hold tha 1132 meeting in Salem. It i is probable tkat at the same time the Oregon Bureau of Managers . will meet- and this will bring to 4 Salem 100 or more men who look to the credit ratings Of people. Last year when meeting in Al - bany, such an urgent and friendly invitation to meet in Salem was read, that delegates to the an nual meeting of . the Women's Christian Temperance Union vot- ed unanimously to hold the 19.32 . convention In A the capital city; The meeting will continue for fear days and the average attend' saee will be'400. Teachers to Meet The annual meeting of the Marion County Teachers' Associ ation will be held in Salem next October in connection with the - county institute, according to Mary L. Fulkerson, county super itaendent of schools.. This will bring -500 teachers to Salem and they will be here two- days. Wel . coma to our city. The Salem District Institute of Christian Endeavor Evangelical . churches t. ill hold a one day con- vent ion In Salem this year. As a convention held in Salem brings ' oat a large attendance, the Salem district attendance should exceed ltO. . The Western Nut Growers As s satiation will attract to Salem in Its annual convention about 200 of the most prominent walnut and filbert growers in the state, ac cording to M. P. Adams, presi dent of the Salem Nut Growers association. Salem is in the cen ter of the nut Industry of the northwest. The Oregon Slate Horticul ' taral Society met in Salem Qve or six years ago and tha at tendance was rather unsatisfac , tory, especially from local hortl . culturists.i ' Upon the urgent request of the Salem Chamber of Commerce and promise of cooperation, delegates assembled at Hood River last De eember voted to hold tha 1932 annual meeting in Salem. With the cooperation of the Sa lem Chamber and -of local horti cultural people it is hoped that the attendance will reach at least . 440.'- Clayton L. Long of Corval Hs is president of tha society! . Ara you from Missouri? Well, believe it or not, tha Missouri State, Picnic' will be held in Salem . June 24. There are a thousand or mora good Missourians In this part of tha state and it is figured that at ieaat 500 will attend the state meeting In Salem. Beautifying River Banks Local Need - Whan tha citizens of a nam tioa hence visit tha lovely Salem aad asks to ba taken to tha parks along tha river front in order to view tha beautiful Willamette rrr--,er of which ha haa bun Martin tha answer will' be. "Wa hi ha OtT-river narks aa tha naani a a generation ago gave no thought to tha future." - - Tha cltr of Salem h rlmt thought to tha beautiful Willam ette, as' tha city now owns only ens : - block " of river fmnt block between ChemekAt anA Center streets, or as often ex pressed, rrrom ths gas .house to Praiseworthy Record is Being Made '. By Recently Organized State Police Will Blossom out in new Uniforms in Februarys 2654 Arrests Mads With Only 1 40 Acquittals in Four Months , Five months of operation has established the state police de partment on a systematls basis In Oregon, and announced report of tha first four months of that tlma revealed tha axtensiveness of Its activities. With Charles P. Pray at Its bead, tha department at the present tlma lists 143 in Its en tire personnel, wKh employes sta tioned la four districts over tha state. The state notice was organized on August 1. 1931. as tha result of a legislative act consolidating all law enforcing units under one head. Tha headquarters are lo cated at Salem, and district offi ces at Portland Medford and Ba ser. The new style uniforms adopted are expected to arrive by February 1, after which time all officers and natrolmen will ha at. tired in blue uniforms, with grey trimming. The uniforms of the traffic department prior to tha creation of the state Dolica hava been used op to tha present time. Acquittals very Few During tha four months period, the state police has made 2454 arrests In which onlv 140 aconit. tals were obtained by defendants. Of this number of cases there ara still pending 701 cases while 110 are held for other departments. To this end In pntrollng the stats tne members 'hava traveled more than a million miles over Oregon highways, and hava engaged In about 60,000 activities. Warnings against further law violations by minor offenders were issued to 40,000 persons. Fines, the combined reports re veal, have totaled 398,181, and fees collected amounted to 242, 729. Sentences to the state peni tentiary have totaled mora than 216 years. The valua of. Rtolen automobiles recovered during the tour months was 241.418. In its campaign against "Gasoline Cow boy" crimes, the department has engaged in mora than one thous and livestock Investigations, re sulting In many arrests and con victions.- . The department also has for one of Its maior obiectives. Rnnnr- 4ntendent Charles P. Pray said, the campaign against drunken driving. Ninetv-one arrests for drunken driving have been made The river front south of Court street is owned by tha Spaulding Interests. On Water street, north of the Marion-Polk county bridge, the river is gradually eating into that street, and close to the Southern Pacifio railroad bridge, the street - is already partially gone. ' Hence the only possibility for a river park, whereby future resi dents may have soma place to view the river from city property, is the one block between Cheme- keta and Center streets. And if the course of floods and nature runs true, tha river will gradually eat into this block. A few large trees are doing their ut most, to maintain the ravages of floods, but unless something is dons to build this river front by rocks or concrete, tha river will finish' the Job and Salem's ona block of river front park will go into tha discard. Anyhow, the city owns one "block of river front, although there ara about 40 blocks of the city facing and adjoining tha river. OCEAN IS NEARBY If you lova the seashore, the Pacific ocean is but two and w half hours' drive on paved roads from Salem. If yon long for mountains and, fishing or hunt ing, the mountain' districts are but two hours' drive from the capital city. NO LIGEfTXlXQ HERE Yon will miss the thunder and lightning storms as well as wind and dust storms, hall storms zero weather and intense heat You leave these behind when you coma to Marion county, Oregon. The Management of the Salem City Lines wish to thank the residents of the City of Sa lem for their patronage dur ingthe past year and to ex ten d to everybody their heartiest greetings for a Happy and Prosperous New Yean V : I R. W. Lemen, President M. A; Reed, General Manager. by tha stats police during this time. . His report shows that dur ing tha four months sinca August 1, 73 persons wera killed In Ore gon as a result of soma 8700 traf fis accidents. Nearly 3000 per sons wars injured, many serious ly. In these accidents. Important Oases Handled , Some of tha mora important cases successfully handled by tha department, working In conjunc tion with local city and county officials, listed In tha order of their occurence include: Robbery of a service station south of AshJand on August 7, with tha result that tha two rob bers wera run down and captur ed In hot pursuit and sentenced to 10 years each In the penitentiary. Tha Aurora State bank robbery by three men on September 1. Quick action on tha part of tha police resulted in tha arrest and sentencing of the trio to 10 years each in the penitentiary. Tha men started serving their tlma Just three days after tha holdup and robbery. Ed. McLaughlin was arrested September t for tha murder of I Joe Blessing near 8umpter. Mc Laughlin was sentenced to Ufa imprisonment la tha penitentiary. Stats Officer Amos Helms was shot and seriously wounded Octo ber 18 while attempting tha ap prehension of two men wanted In Idaho for robbery. Tha two, John Owens and Keith Crosswhlta, wera captured two days later and are now in the county Jail at La Grande held on open charges pending tha outcome of Helms', condition, which is still critical. . Officer Victor Knott, Ashland city patrolman, was shot and Vll- i ed while in the performance of his duty November 19. Murder sus pects were listed by the police as Albert W. Reed, Lea Jackson and Paul McQuade. Reed was captur ed st Denver December 22, while the other two ara still at large at tha present time, but their ar rests are expected soon. 1 W. B. Deal of Florence was shot and seriously wounded while attempting to prevent a burglary of a store in that town. Tha sus pects, Ray Miller and John Dyer, were . arrested and are awaiting trial. Help rn Iverson Case In addition to these cases which hava occurred since tha or ganization of the state police, tha department has worked on tha case Involving tha murder of Night Marshal Iverson at Silver-' ton last May. Its work has re sulted in the confession of R. J. Ripley as to his part in ths crime, and tha arrest of Paul Kreler and Dick Hyland as suspects, and at the same time clearing, up of many robbery and holdup jobs committed by these three. Every case of major Importance occurring during the past four months has been partly or entire ly cleared up by the police. This is partly due to the course of In struction given all members of the force on subjects dealing with crime. Charles P. Pray, appointed by Governor Julius L. ' Meier to or ganize and head the state police, has had 25 years' experlenca. as a law enforcement officer, and Is rated by leading officials over the nation as among the best. He not only demands a fair and Impartial enforcement of law, but insists that his men ba courteous at all times. Captain Harry M. Nile, of the Portland police department and .an expert in crime detection, was secured from ths Portland staff to assist Pray in organization. His leave of absence was extended to six months, and he will return to Portland January 15. George Alexander, formerly in charge of prohibition enforcement .in the state, was appointed by Pray deputy superintendent and in charge of the division of rec ords. The department has one of tha most modern systems nation ally adopted for filing records, and more than 35,000 finger; t prints arsT on record. ' This de partment Is for usa fey ail officials la tha state, and la being used as a cleartaar house far all nails t I formation la Oregon. Captain Wayne If. Oar dans ta la charge at tha Portland district! Captain vr. tr arrut - i. I -charge of tha headauarters dis trict at Salem; Captain Las if. Bows naa ahaM w,4j district, while Captain H. Lea Nos acauoaea at Baker. CAPITAL COMMERCIAL X. Slight Decrease .In Deposits Noted During 1931; Cash On Hand Increases Faith and confldenca In Salem's three large banks, Ladd Bush, Tha First National, and the Unit ad States National, continued to grow during 1931 as it has ia ths years past. All thrae financial in stitutions ara in excellent condi tion and ara looking forward to a very successful 1932. -'..viocv.v. s W7 t i asiAj t r v. 4 i -- 4 x ' - ' -i For over 62 years this entrance has served tho residents: of Salem and vicinity as the doorway to conservative banking. STOCK $500,000 SAVINGS OFFICERS , A. N. BUSH, President WM. S. WALTON, Vlcu President ROY BURTON, Asst. Cashier. S. BUSH, Vice President H. V. CX)MPTON, Asst. Cashlet! L. P. ALDRICH, Cashiar - 0. IL COX, Asst. Cashier GEO. H. RICHES, Asst. Cashier JACOB FUHRER, Asst. Cashier Regardless or general business conditions, Salem's banks found little dscrsasa- In- their deposits daring 1931. Total deposits far tha three. banks on December 31, 1939. was f 10.854.386.45. Ths last reports of tha bank,. as sub mitted to tha comptroller of tha currency on September 29, 1931, showed total deposits of 810,839, 146.16. Thus, tha total decrease In da posits for all three banks amounts to only $15,240.29 for tha period from December tU 1930, to Sep tember 29. 1931. Mnch Gash Kept - Another bright spot In Salem's banking circles is ths amount of cash kept avallabla by all three Institutions. On December 21, 1930, tha total cash on hand in tha threa banks was $3,434,369. 83. On September 29, 1921, ths total cash amounted to $3,442,- Y3rp Greetin. v - v k w : jar " - 4jk W-"-' -rx t J -' i Resources Seven Million Dollaro 821.14, showing an increase over 19St bf lS.4ll.tL This 'amount receive; as ths year closed and money borrowed for crop financ ing was returned to tha banks.. In tha past tl years, to show tha rapid growth of Salem's banks, deposit in tha threa In stitutions hava grown from a lit tle over a million dollars in 190 to nearly eleven million in 1931, for an average of batter than a million dollars every threa years. Total deposits from 1909 to 1931 ara: 1900 1,220,435.88 2,199,181.91 1905 1910 fair m so a -sr a mm 3,341.226.42 4,495.467.71 8,713,263.44 1.792.071.77 10.854,386.45 10.839,146.16 1920 ............ 1925 ............ 1930 ........... 1951 ........... (Sept, 29, 1931.) .HE 4 &3 i W- N lL. m SAFE DEPOSITS ay shpii v ss w-wW: - - 'i, -ps S -Ths state song Is "Oregon, My OrfgonV 8errlct clubs in Salem sing this song suits often, so much so that almost all members of tha threa service dubs can sing tha song withsut looking In the book. And thr stand up when they sings It just as Englishmen do when singing "God Sara the King" or whsa singing; tha Halle lujah Chorus, pr as Americans do whan singtnf "Tha Star Span gled Banner' .;. HEALTH SERVICE AID If you want to raise a. family, coma to Marlon county, Oregon. The county health service at its weekly clinics will toll you lot about raising ehlldrsn that yon didn't know. Raising children Is getting to be as scientific as farming. 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