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i i i i.'i liJ.L 1 j S -PAGE SEVEN The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, January 'l, 1932 '' M - " ' 1 HIGH RATING Accredited by Association Of U. S. Universities; Free of Debt !; Eight years before any on knew whether this paciflo north west territory! would belong to Great Britain or to the United States the first six hundred and fifty dollars were raised to found what .ia now Willamette univer Ity. That was- 93 years ago and the amount was subscribed while Jason Lee and fifty of his follow, wi were still at sea bound for the Oregon coast. ' Willamette 1s 17 years1 older than the state of Oregon and it Is not generally known that (this In stitution, which draws its students from 22 different states And for eign countries, stands In an en Tiable position among denomina tional schools of the countty. Note the following: y t Willamette is. and for several years has been, entirely free of , debt and has a productive endow ment of approximately $3,000.00 per student, a ratio which is main tained by but few schools of the entire country. Twenty-six per cent of Willamette's professors are listed In "Who's Who In America," an unusually large per centage an evidence of the Quali ty of the faculty. Willamette ia one of the com paratively few Institutions ac credited by the Association of American Universities. Only two other independent colleges In the entire northwest are so accredited. On these- and noint nf aunart. ority President Carl Gregg Doney gives much credit to the men and women who have faithfully serv ed on the university board of trustees, giving of their time and some most generously of j their Means ' for the welfare- of ' the achood. Doney's Task Hard . For 16 1-2 years now Dr. Doney lias administered affairs at Wil lamette and It has been no easy task. In June 1915 when he came as President of the university he found a. school with Inadequate buildings and an indebtedness on the institution of $121000.00. Administrative foresight told him that, in spite of the debt; ade quate buildings must be provided. In 1919 he began the construction of Lausanne Hall at a contract price of $120,000.00. The side walks of that building was only well begun when Waller. Hall burned, and a $40,000.00 con tract was awarded for its' recon struction. These two structures were barely completed when the school gymnasium was destroyed by fire, thus calling for another construction contract of $78,000. 0, resulting In a total outlay on lew buildings of $238,009.00 In Ithree years time. r - Add to this the original in debtedness and we have a total of 1359,000.00 of dead-weight obli gation which was cleared, tn'addl tion to operating costs. ;,, During the past nine.years President Doney and his trustees, lave raised slightly over one mil lion dollars In cash, three-fourths of this amount having gone into productive endowment, with the balance, carina for current ex pense and major improvements. Came, from Virginia j President Doiey came to Wil lamette from the Presidency of the West Virginia Wesleyan, and through his dynamic personality and hls administrative acumen, let has placed the Oregon insti tution in an enviable position among denominational schools of the country. , He looses no ap propriate opportunity to praise the work of the university trus tees with whom he works. The cfficers of that board are: Presi dent, Amedee M. Smith. Portland; ice president, Paul B. Wallace, Salem; secretary, Merton DeLong. Portland, and treasurer, A. N; Bush, Salem. Other board mem bers residing in Salem are:. C P. P.ishop, M. C. Findley, A. A. Lee, C. A. Sprague? A. A. Schramm, Mrs. Frank Snsdecor, R. J. Hend Ticks, Mrs. Mae Lanterman, B. L. Steeves, I. H. Van Winkle, E. Tr-TJarnes, Harold Eakln M. A. Jtarcy, B. Earl Parker and T. D. Jafvts. Other members nf the hoard era Roy Booth, Eugene; Truman Col lins, i-oniana, TltUS . LO WO, . Port land? J T Raarmieaen Pnrll9nI Percy Willis. Portland; James W. urawiora, 1'oruana; mil Met cham, Portland: Charles E. Mc Culloch, Portland; E. L. Wells, More Building Activity Coming Up This Year; 1931 Total Low Figure up to December 21 is $323,824.39; July Best Month With $40,508 Values While building permits forSa lem will show a decrease for 1931 In. comparison to the 1930 total, many building projects are plan ned for 1932, Earl C Bushnell, city 'building Inspector,! reports. The total valuation of building permits issued during 1931 up to December 21, including those for new buildings and. alteration and repair of old ones, was $32z 824.39. Of this amount, 234. 779 was spent for new buildings. During 1930 the total valua tion of building permits ; was $529,406.85, with those for new buildings amounting to 420, 088.07. Both, the 1930 and 1931 totals ; are considerably k lower, however, than 1929 when permits amounting to $1,359. 175.1& were issued. In that year there was $1,- 02,264 worth of new buildings constructed in Salem. : July Heavy Month There were more new buildings Constructed In: July last year than R CITY'S CHIEF rv X KenneU-Ellii photo. P. SI. Gregory, who took office as mayor at the opening of 1931, has seen great strides made toward accomplishment of the project which was the founda tion of his election platform, moaicipal ownership of the wa ter utility. Portland; J. H. Booth, Roseburg; Welbert Wowson, Portland; E. S. Collins. Portland; C. J. Edwards, Portland; Miss Bertha Moores, Portland; C. H. White, Portland; B. V. Wright, Portland; Neil Zim merman. Portland; Earl A. Nott, McMinnville; Joseph O. Stearns, Portland; Arlie Walker, McMinn ville; Robert Notson, Portland; R. A. Booth, Eugene; T. H. Temple, Portland; W. S. Gordon, Silverton; J. T. Abbett, Portland; W. W. Youngson, Portland, H. P. Nelson, Portland and D. H. Leech, Albany. Men Exceed Women . September, 1930, marked the first year in the history of the institution when the number of men registered exceeded the wo men. In 1932 the ratio of men seeking admission exceeded the women by 18 per cent. In spite of the fact that many schools this year reported a decrease in at tendance Willamette's enrollment is 14 per cent greater than a year ago. Since this claim for Willamettes prestige is based on the adminis tration manpower behind the in stitution mention must also be made of the work of Dean Frank M. Erlckson. To him falls much of the responsibility for the uni versities scholastic standards. The Deans one hobby appears to be a thorough and a balanced scholar ship. Reports from over the state where Willamette graduates are at work give every evidence that Dean Ericksons methods are ef fective. Recently an eastern Ore gon banker stated that during the several years he had served on their school board he had ob served that Willamette graduates on their teaching staff could be shifted from one department to another with greater assurance of success than could graduates from any other school. Good Hard Workers Again: When a superintendent of one of the leading Oregon Hig Schools was reently asked wha he considered the outstanding qualities of Willamette Alumni on Ms teaching staff he, witbouU hesitation, replied, "I have reH Willamette graduates In our high school do more that they are not paid to do than all the rest of the staff combined. For some reason Willamette students are imbued with a spirit of service which car ries over into their after work. ' Dean Erickson accomplishes re sults of this nature by constantly seeking to improve teaching methods. Periodically each mem ber of his teaching staff must put in writing his or her teaching ob jectives for each course and also indicate how thoe objectives are to be accomplished. Suppliment- ing this are bi-weekly forums with discussions of teaching prob lems and their solutions. FARM VALITIS nifilf With a value of $50,909,932, Marion county ranks first in the state in the value of farm lands and farm buildings. This refers to counties in. the Willamette Tal ley. In the state of Oregon, Uma tilla county of which Pendleton is the county seat, has farms and farm buildings valued at $69, 266,114. GOATS THRIVE HERE The hill sections of Marion ceunty are ideal for the goat in dustry. The ' Angora goat has proved to be a good land clearer. in any other month, the records show. July saw IS permits grant ed, totaling $40,508. April was the second best month for con tractors and builders, with 17 per mits amounting to $36,275 Issued that month. Among the large contemplated projects for 1922 Is the construc tion of a new Catholic church la North Salem. According to City Inspector Bushnell the edifice when constrmcted will hare cost abont $85,009. - , "Although the last two years have seen a decrease In building In Salem. I believe the bottom has been reached," declared Bush nelU "Thar are maty projects being planned . which during the past months have had to wait be cause ot conditions. "It is safe to predict, X am sure, that list will see a retnra of considerable building, t The 1131 total vlll be surpassed, I belleva.w - t . :, ' ( -m ; 35' . ': t - v V " - 4 ' ' - 1 ft i--r ; ' I ,. - !:.-.-, . " I i t " M ecogni&ion A BUILDING, LOAN HOUSES SOUND Financial Racketeering now Stopped; Associations Are Stabilized The principal achievement, of the corporation department dur fng the year 1931 has been the clean-up of financial racketeering and the stabilization of the build ing Bfid loan business In Oregon. ' By a financial racketeer la meant a pergpn who organizes or gains control of a corporation for the purpose of enriching himself by appropriating the money of those who have Invested In the securities of . the , corporation. Most financial rackets, including the building and loan racket, have been carried on by means of two methods. Under the first method the racketeer organizes an In solvent corporation and then eells to the public, under a permit ob tained for that purpose, the stocks, bonds or shares of that corporation, the racketeer know ing, of course, that the so-called securities ar worthless and that the Investor will. lose every cent of the money he puts into them. Under the second method the racketeer acquires control of a solvent corporation and then pro ceeds to scuttle It by taking out of the company all of its liquid or marketable assets. The latter method is the one that has been chiefly employed by the building and loan racketeer. The present . corporation com missioner assumed office on April 1, 1931. f At that time financial racketeering under both of these metheds was In full swing and had been for more than five years. During tliat time investors In Ore gon had been swindled out of mil lions of i dollars through these rackets, all of which were being operated under the guise of per mits issued through the corpora tion department. . Investigation has revealed that In each case these racketeers had not only thumbed their noses at the cor poration department while they scuttled their companies, but that at the same time they were adding insult to injury by advertising to the worfd that they were conduc ting their operations under the supervision of the corporation commissioner. On April 15, 1931, the present campaign for the elemlnation of racketeering was launched. Space will not permit mention here of any individual racket or racke teer. Briefly, however, the re sult of the campaign can be sum med up as follows: (1) Active financial racke teering in Oregon has been effeo-, tirely stopped, and no one now is venturing to apply for a permit under which a racket can' be operated. On the other hand, ap plications for permits to sell se curities of legitimate concerns are increasing. (2) Most of the Important racketeers have either been in dicted or are now under investi gation by the denartment with Vview to indictment. Two of the y indicted racketeers have already uwu ineu ana convicted, ana tne cases of three more have been set for trial in January and Feb ruary. The trials of the others now under indictment will follow as soon as they can be set, and those under present investigation will be turned over to the Grand Jury as fast as the investigations can be completed. (3) The building and loan racket has been entirely elimi nated. All associations in which racketeering has been practiced are now in the hands of "the cor poration commissioner either for liquidation or operation, and in dictments have been secured against the officers who operated them. Every building and loan association in Oregon now under its own management Is operating legitimately and within the pro visions or tne statute, and the building and loan business is be ing conducted upon a sound basis nnder the kind of supervision the statute prescribes. Prison Lands to Be Available for Residence Later Some of these times when the state of Oregon decides to build a modern penitentiary and take it out of the Salem city limits, there will be a fine chance to put on several residence additions to the city. Just at present the state owns land east of the city as follows: North of the extension of Center street, 92.53 acres.- East of the city between Center street and the Penitentiary road, 323.99 acres. East and south of the nen- Itentiary road towards the air port, 208.95 acres. This makes a total of 625.47 acres that will eventually made a fine residence district for Salem. The city is long now from north to south. It cannot very well de velop to the west. Hence there Is room on the state land tor several additions to the east. MOST FARMS HERE There aren't as many farms ia Marion county as there were ia 1924. However, the shrinkage was only 12 and . the county still has more farms than any county in th state. In 1924 the num ber was 4833 and on April 1, 1930, the census enumerators found 4821. . UNX LEADS IN RYB When it comes to plantings of rye. Linn county has no competi tors in the Willamette ralley. with 1.248 acres In 1929. How- erer, Klamath county forged to the front in the state that year with 7,804 acres in rye. ccorde GDUMTYHEALTH T Diphtheria Less Than in 10 .Years; Typhoid is low; Milk Supply Good By Dr. VERNON A. DOUGLAS Marion County Health Officer Th year 1931 was one of the best health years Marion county has had since romnl fimru r communicable diseases and vital statistics hare been kept. There was less dinhthAi-u a Br ing 1931 than during any other year for the past 10 years. Only zu cases were reported during the year. Two of tHna hnw.i died. Both of these were children ana nsd not previously been im munized. The doctor i. too late. The incidence of typhoid fever also remained low, only two cases being reported. Both of these were brought in from the outside. The low inctdanr nf v-nVi(4 r..i is largely due to ennainrlalnn rural and community water and iooq supplies. Although the eomslAf rimr for tuberculosis are not yet in, it appears that there will hare been fewer cases and fewer deaths I due to tuberculosis reported in 1931 than in any' previous year on record. Last year 21 people died from tuberculosis. Up to Decem ber, 1931, only 12 had succumbed. Th number of new cases for the 11 months In 1931 was 32 as com pared with 43 in 1930. Most of the decline was due to a reduc tion in tuberculosis in rural dis tricts. During the year there were small epidemics of some of the minor contagious diseases, such as chickenpoz, measles, and mumps. There was an increase in scarlet fever from 30 cases to 44. This Is, however, considerably under the average for th nf ia and most of the cases were mild Since there is no satisfactory method of imunlzing children against scarlet fever, the only satisfactory method of controlling this dease is by early Isolation of the case, A communicable disease ; hospital In Marion county would ! be of great assistance in caring for scarlet fever cases. The rest of the family would thus not be exposed and the breadwinner could be allowed to work. The records of death tnr fh year are not complete, but it ap pears mat there will be a substan tial increase in the number of peo ple dying from cancer as com pared with previous years. The number dying from heart disease, kidney disease, and other degen erate diseases of adult life has remained about th same as In previous years. It is unfortunate that with sa many other good records 1931 should have had such a large number of Infants dying before they reach their first birthday Al though the birth rate increased during 1931 it was not suflclent to account for the additional 12 or 15 Infant deaths that occurred as compared with 1930. It is be lieved this is due partly to the economic situation. Mothers ap parently have hesitated to place themselves and their babies under the care of. a physician early. Infants are particularly sensi tive to changes in the economic status of a family, climate, and milk, food, and water supplies. On the other hand, the increase in infant deaths may be a normal fluctuation, which sometimes oc curs In small populations, and may be compensated for by an un usually low rate la 1932. Most of the infant deaths occurred in rural districts. In the control of communicable diseases the health department immunized during the year over 1400 children against diphtheria and over 1300 against smallpox. Many field visits were made by doctors and nurses to tuberculosis cases, rsearly 150 clinic examina tions were made of people who had come in contact with tubercu losis. Child hygiene has always been strongly emphasized in Marlon county, and 1931 was no excep tion. Over 200 prenatal cases have been carried by the nurses. Nearly 1800 visits were made to infants by .nurses and consider ably over 500 visits were made to IN YEARS Hope "Kid 1932" Gets Him in First d Willam Progressive Steps are Taken in Hop Industry at Independence Betterments Made in Experimentation for New Methods of Handling Crop By MATJDB BIDOOOD INDEPENDENCE, Dee. 81 A somewhat extensive building pro gram in connection with experi ments ia the handling of hops during the past year has result ed In the betterment of the indus try in this location. An upward trend is also noticeable in other industries. During the year 1931 Sam J. Hoover, hop grower located on the Independence-Salem highway just north of the city, constructed a new hop house, new store build ing to be used in hop picking time, and IS new oneroom cab ins, and the new year will find him continuing his building pro gram. He has lumber on the grounds for 22 new cabins which added to those already finished will number 55 in all by the time the 1932 hopplcklng season ar rives. Mr. Hoover expects to try out an experiment this coming year that will greatly reduce the time required to dry his hops. He will install an airplane propeller in the CDOola'of hi nw hnnSnnm The propeller which will be run by a motor, will draw the hot air p tnrough tne hope from the fur nace below thus drvlnr thm 4n one-half Jhe time required by the oia way. ii tne new method Is successful, he will equip all his hop houses with the device. In February of 1931. Mr. Hoo ver planted 3 acres of bops and last fall harvested a fair crop of. baby hops from the vines. He has 7Q acres ot Hops at present. His 1931 crop Is all sold, 80,000 pounds at IS cents under contr, .uivu uuius ui lux iub new: yi and the balance at 15 cents. ) Mr. Hoover is verv ontimiaMfi over the future outlook of the hop Industry. He says, "Hops are as good a gamble as anything un der the present conditions." Seven years ago next Septem ber, Mr. and Mrs. Hoover and children between one year and school age. Over 4000 examina tions of school children were made during the year, and present at these examinations were near ly 1000 parents. The figures at this writing, of course, are not complete, but it appears that over 900 dental examinations were made and 300 children treated at the health department dental cor rective clinic. The control of milk and food supplies has been carefully super vised during the year. The milk supply in Salem, especially, is more uniformly ot good quality than it has ever been. In the in spection of water supplies ot many of the outlying communities, nu merous defects in the methods ot handling water were discovered and corrected. The laboratory service, which has been furnished by the Salem general hospital, consists of the examination of cultures and smears for communicable disease Water System Purchase Notable Event for Dallas in Past Year Acquisition of Public Nurse Service, Swim Week, Hallowe'en Parade Highlights By LILLIAN BILYEU DALLAS, Dec. 31. What did 1931 bring to the people of Dal las? In retrospect, what are some of the happenings to be remem bered as 1932 approaches? To many the outstanding event was the purchase by the city of Dallas of the water system from II. V. Gates. Bonds were Issued to cover the purchase price of $210,000. To the women the services of a county health nurse for a per iod of four months was an out standing achievement, and a sim ilar service for 1931 is antici pated. To the yohng people the an nual swim week during July un der supervision ot the Red Cross. Hallowe'en Parade Favorite For the children of the com munity the annual Hallowe'en parade with prizes for the best family left Tillamook county, where for ten years they had car ried on a successful dairying bus iness at Fairvlew near Tillamook city. They took possession of the old Burton hop ranch, their pres ent location, in the fall ot 1925 and Mr. Hoover- plowed and re trelllsed every hop yard on the place and started in a new field of activity, since he had had no previous experience in the hop in dustry. Another hop grower who has shown progress in the bop indus try the past year is John Titus, who lives across the road from the Kentl hall. Oil Burners Used . Mr. Titus has equipped his two kiln hop house with oil burners. A thousand gallon tank furnishes crude oil to-the burners and fans run by 15 horsepower electric mo tors force the hot air from the burners . through the hops. Mr. Titus used the new method to dry the 1931 crop and was able to dry the hops piled 52 Inches deep as quickly as he used to dry them 36 inches deep. Mr. Titus says that he is well pleased with the results obtained by means of the electro-oil sys tem. While the majority of the hop growers are going forward in the industry a few hare turned their attention to the raising of corn and hogs and take a greater inter est in the dairy business thus de veloping industries along those lines. J. Strating, the new manager of the Independence creamery, says that the creamery has in creased fire' times its business since last September, at which time he took possession. He says that his pay roll to the farmers averages better than $200 per day. Mr. Strating predicts a fu ture for Independence and its sur rounding country in the dairying business. bacteria, and ' also the examina tion of milk supplies. Many of the samples taken in this county for which there Is no urgency are sent on to - the state board of health laboratory at Portland. Good Price for Hogs Paid Here By Valley Firm During the year 1930, the Val ley Packing Company of Cascade ham fame, bought 4,000,000 pounds of hog. That is 20,000 hogs at an average of 200 pounds each. But . the best part of this hog story is the fact that if our Mar lon and Polk county farmers had been living in Illinois or Michi gan, the amount received would have been about $50,000 less than paid by the Valley Packing com pany. costumes, sponsored by the Am erican Legion. The Christmas tree and bags of candy distribut ed by the firemen. The community day program that brought families in from the surrounding farm districts was successful in bringing town and country together. Organization of the Dallas As sociated Charities to provide care for the needy families of the town. For the community, purchase by the chamber of commerce ot a Gerlinger electric fountain erected on the courthouse square. For the business interests a continued payroll from the in dustries of the city. For everybody, some of the joys and sorrows that come to all throughout the year, through births and deaths, weddings and tragedies that touch the life of the community. M$ 'lsMJll ciL(L(& unwersuicv HILEi HOLDS' MORE FRUITS UNIQUE RECORD CANNED HERE i : Galloway in 1906 Gave' him Hardest Race; Steady String of Victory While considerable fuss was made in the Democrat press of the close shave Congressman Hawley had at the last general election, the fact is that it was Charles V. Galloway, away back in 190$ that gave the Congress man a close race. Galloway ran on the Demo cratic ticket and Hawley pulled through with a majority of only 3780. In 1908 J. J. Whitney ran on the Democratic ticket and he fell short 17,048 of the Hawley vote. The year 1912 was when the Republicans split and many lined up with the Progressive party. That year Mr. Hawley pulled through with only 11,515 votes more than his Democratic oppon ent R. Q. Smith. By 1914 many Republicans were back in the fold and at the general election Mr. Hawley re ceived 18.S5S more vote than his Democratic onnonent Freder ick Hollister. Presidential year came along in 191 and while Mark. V. Weatherford was a strong demo cratic opponent, yet he lacked 21.430 of reaching the total re ceived by Mr. Hawley. In the general election ot 1918, Mr. Hawley ran on the Republi can, Democratic and Prohibition ticket. This did not prevent Har lln Talbert of Linn countr from "running on the Socialist ticket. The year 1920 was presidential year and again Mr. Hawley re ceired the iiomination of the Re publican, Democratic and Prohi bition tickets. Talbert again ran on the Socialist ticket. In 1922, there was no opposi tion to Mr. Hawley, not even any one to run on the Socialist ticket. Presidential year came around again in 1924 and H. L. Clark of Marlon county decided to see what he could do with Democrat ic votes but the Democrats were not voting very heavy although Mr. Clark managed to make a creditable showing. In 1928 Newton W. Borden decided to try against Mr. Haw ley but that year also was a bad one for Democrats in the First Congressional district. Harvey W. Starkweather decid ed to take his chances on the Democratic ticket but 1928 was presidential year, the year that things were going fine with everyone, and Mr. Starkweather failed to make a dent on the Re publican rote. By November of 1930, general conditions were bad. The Repub lican party was up against a gen eral election with the party's vote divided between Julius L. Meier and PhU Metschen. Mr. Hawley campaigned for Mr. Metschan as the regular Republican nominee and this to a large extent anger ed the? Meier rote. As a result of business condi tions and a general irritated feel ing among roters due to the nom ination by the Republicans of Mr. Metschan and the general feel ing that something else was bet ter than what had been, the dis satisfied rote all centered on Mr. Hawley's opponent, W. A. Del sell. When the counting was orer It was found that Mr. Hawley led his opponent by 11,045 rotes. Starr Products Company Shows Increased Pack One of the- few canneries in Salem to show an increaseMn its 1931 pack over the previous year was the Starr Fruit Products Co., Church and Mill streets. A 10 per cent gain was made last year. O. A. Lengren, manager, reported. The 1931 pack saw a consider able gain In the canning of logan berries, Lengren said. Strawber ries, due to a short crop in many sections, showed a decrease. Other fruits were about the same as the year before. No vegetables are packed by this company. Round Reid, Murdock Co. Packs Fruit Formerly Shipped In From California - Fruit canned' in California ia the past and shipped to Salem to be mixed with other varieties to complete the fruit salad prepara tion was canned in Salem last year by Reid, Murdock and com pany, who operate, at Front and . Market streets, one of the larg-' est canneries in the' northwest. Formerly canned apricots and peaches were brought from Cali fornia, along with pineapple from Hawaii Now nnlr mukdiI pineapple is shipped in, with the local plant bringing 'the Tilton rariety of apricots from The varies ana iKims and canning them here. The local Reid. Murdock and company plant has an average . production capacity of about 350.000 to 400,000 cases, but the 1931 sack fell a II tie short of the capacity, Ray A. Yocom, superin tendent, said. Production during ij wm probably be Increased, he said. A good percentage of the fruit and, vegetables canned here are shipped to Chicago, the com pany i headquarters, for distribu tion. Cherry Pack Gains The 1931 season, which start ed in Mar and lasted nut 11 Nv. rember 10, saw an increase ia maraschino cherries canned in both bottles and tins. The com pany also for the -first time packed Its own salad cherry, tinting the fruit with a color that doesn't run. No i apples were canned this year. . The only vesetable to be can ned soon by Reid.j Murdock and company, will be asparagus, it is thought now. String beans were canned in 1930 but none last year. Contracts hav been made with many growers in Marian county to raise asparagus. It is expected that there will be a small pack year after next, since it takes about three years to get an asparagus bed started to pro duce in quantity. Many people were employed-at the local plant during 1931, an average ot about 250 a day. Dur ing the strawberry season as many as 430 a day were busy at the Plant. The employment peak, : however, was reached during the prune and pear season, with the company's roster totaling 650 daily. i The plant will re-open in May with the canning of theC rimson variety of rhubarb, followed by gooseDerries. SALEM BUS Since Change in Ownership No Deficits Incurred; Service Improves Every day in the year the Salem city bus lines provide the city with dependable transportation. The bus lines. large, modern gas-propelled vehicls, replaced the old street car lines in 1928-1927. While the lines were reported to have lost money for several years a change in ownership occurred Oct. 16th last, since 'which time the new owners report that they hare made a little money, not much", but say that at least they hare the satisfaction of bringing the city lines to paying basis. The ownership of the Salem City Lines is in the hands of two well experienced transportation men well known throughout the Willamette Valley from their long association with the Oregon Stages Inc. These are R. W. Le men, President and M. A. Reed General Manager. Mr. Lemen was for many yenra President and General Manager of the Oregon Stages Inc. which operated the Red-Top busses between Port land, Salem, Eugene and South ern Oregon and who later became Vice President of the Pacifie Greyhound Lines when the Ore gon Stages were taken over by th Greyhound company i Rd Resigns '! Mr. M. A. Reed the Manager of the City Lines resigned as Super intendent of the Pacifie Grey hound Lines to Join Mr. Lemen in the acquisition of the Oregon Stages which operates "the City Lines in Salem and Eugene. Mr. Reed was for many years Vice President of the old Oregon Stages and is well and favorably known in Salem where he former ly osftd and ran the Central Mo tor Bus line between Salem and Eugene which later became in corporated with and as part of the Oregon Stages Inc.! : These two experienced and" successful bus operators give as surance thav every effort will be extended la giving to Salem a weir managed line, in charge of local employees aad in turn re quest the support of the citizens te put this over during the com ing year. ALTITUDES VARY I In the prairie district of Mar Ion county, the altitude averages about 200 feet above sea level. In the rolling hill districts it gradually rises to from 300 to 600 feet above sea level and theav gradually Into the mountain foofa hills where the altitude is front 1000 to 3000 feet.! - 1 ROTARY IS ACTIVE . The Salem Rotary club has 71 members and the attendance for the month ot December was 90.lt per cent- LIE PDOFIT SHI