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EinISTERAT ONCE ?S i : j - ' 4 - ?IWgtetrtio for the prl- niary election ,of May CO close Tuesday," April ijClf ITS .1 1. riWEATHER v i Fair today, Monday r v settled .with - rains; . Max. T ; Temp. Saturday 59, Ilia. 44S river 4Ji feet, ralu .14 Inch, '. S.W. wind. - . . 'iOv register ea aa so at once t -ii- - ---- k .s.v POUNDCOf 1831 ,.r t, t? -V"''V EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR ; , -T. Salem, Oregon, Sunday Mominj, April 17, 1932 v I rs -TV' ' ' - . i. 1 1.1 If K I I VI 11 1 i 11 1 en s SEA ATBEST Monday HPS TO Registration Ends .Tuesday I And .Voters Rushing to ' ; . Meet Requirement ' -. 1 '' Wet Stand Taken by County G. 0. P. Convention Gets .Many Repercussions . By SHELDON F. SACKETT . Two weeks ago the, candidates wereacurrylng, eager that their declarations reach proper orrl eiala before the tero hour for fil ing arrived. Now the TOterB, king tor a day Jt May 20; are doing their bit of hurrying lest 5:00 o'clock, Tuesday. April 19 find them unregistered and thus de prived of. their vote at the pri mary elections. ' Registration requirements have teen made more stringent. In re cent years. Swearing in is . taboo and now registration Is required If the roter hasnot exercised his or her franchise within the two year period preceding the election where one seeas w tow. . Extra, help has beenjsecured at the office of U. O. Boyer. county clerk of Marlon county, to handle the rnsh exnected tomorrow and Tuesday while deputies in various parts of the county, will also reg ister voters. Crowds Filing La . , To Restoter Names , Saturday saw a continuous ''Stream jot men and Women going to the courthouse offices here to register". County Clerk- Boyer es timated a heavier registration than usual this year although he will not be able to give out fig ures on registration for several days after April If. As soo as Tuesday Is past, Boy er will determine how many .bal lots will be needed, election no tices will be posted and all the - preliminaries before , the main event of a month from now will have been completed. The week now past was devoid nh outatandinr developments in Dolitics. county or state. The can didates were busy as an energet ic farmer spurred :by April sun shine but their movements were quiet, no political cannon crack ers were exploded and the. public was scarcely informed a political race was on. Much Discussion of G. O. P. Wet Plank An aftermath of discussion fol . lowed the republican party's Vat form adopted a week ago Satur day. In general party leaders dis approved the platform saying the prohibition referendum question had no place In it and holding that the formation of a platform of any kind was of little value and or "much embarassment ,A number V of the delegates at the contention declared the meeting -had been "' "packed" with , hop growers, and u others opposed to prohibition-who ':--'came - early i and - stayed "late to see the referendum plank forced through. It also came to light that ' Hal D. Patton, convention chair man. Knew ue reierenanm pian. was pending; saw to.lt that Louis Lachmcnd ; and Mrs. :W. Carlton Rmlth avowedly "weU" were ' named on the committee and then gave the tying vote to another antl prohibitionist, r Fred J. , Schwab of Mt, Ajngefc , Several charch groups eame out In resolutions of protest during the week against the party's ac tion. The Jasen Lee Brotherhood " went farther and decided that ev ery : candidate from this county would be probed on his stand on prohibition la a manner which would. not permit L evasion and which would put each man and . woman seeking office, on record. Mark Wilbur. Dr. Lloyd Hockett and H. D. 'Watson are members ox a committee which will prepare the put-'em-on-the-spot question naire to rbe sent .out early this Week. ' - - ' ' . ' . v Tax League Keeps ,x , Awf From Issae The Marlon County Tax Reduc tion and .Equalization league sidled away from the republican party platform and Its dangerous or supposed dangerous plank on a - prohibition referendum, insteaa the taxleague declaredthrough its executive committee Friday - that it would remain a strictly non-partisan organization, . devot Ing all its energies to the matter of lower government - costs and thns lower taxes. . - ; r . ' - - The league did reaffirm its pri or decision to poll all candidates, seeking to know their exact stand on matters of economy and tax - reduction. ; The value of the ques tionnaire seems small to the cas- s ual observer for all-candidates In all years are for tax reduction and economy. For a candidate to an nounce any other platform -would - be political suicide, especially with a special league organised to de-,- feat anyone who smacks of exhlb- iting any anti-Scotch financial pol- - icy. The questionnaire on proni- bltion is not st readily answered br a candidate for here the issue is sharnlr divided and. whichever war a candidate elects to answer. he will find opposition and plenty Of ft. V - . - .,. ' 'A ri-. . At the week closed the recur- rent matter of. higher, educations -' part In the scheme politic came . to view. First there was the tax league's announcement that an , ; ..(Turn to page 8,'col. 1)-. Closing 'Three ; Fire Stations, pay Reduction For Firemen! to be Considered; Probe w j j Of Fines may be Reported on SALEM'S city council, seekino; 0 avoid added warrant far debtedness for 1932, will be face to face. Monday night with the prdblem ot retrenchment. - Chief amon; the pro posals pending is the closing of the south, north and east Salem fire stations, an action suggested in a motion at the class council meeting by Alderman Chris J. Kowitz. The matter comes out of committee o - . . tomorrow night, presumably with a favorable report. . . ., . At the same meeting -the coun cil will vote on a 16 per cent pay reduction for. all , firemen, pro posed a' fortnight Jigoby W Dancy. chairman of the fire' de partment committee in the coun cil. Dancy will oppose strenuously the closing of any of the three outlying fire stations. - His salary cut move is thought to be a meas ure designed to meet and over come demands for the reduction of the department. Another matter involving the fire department Is that of civil service for all firemen, a biU for which Is now held In committee and -may be reported out Monday night. The measure Is modeled after the civil service provisions for Portland's civil employes.' Certain eouncilmen, bent - on obtaining more miscellaneous rev enue for the city's coffers, have been .investigating receipts from fines over a recent period. It is their opinion that n many in stances where fines are levied for traffic violations or other misde meanors, collection of .the money Is not made. These eouncilmen expect to report their . Investiga tions to the city aldermen and to demand and secure- better collec tion of fines in the recorder's offices. - CUSS jP TITLE Tops B. "Section; .Salem Is Eighth" in Contest of Larger Schools CORVALLIS, Ore., April 16 fAP) Jefferson high school of Portland won the state high school band championship -here today. Eight class A bands par ticipated in the contest. La Grande's band,- led by W. W. Nusbaum, placed second with Corvallis third and Klamath Falls fourth. Albany,, last year's cham pion, had been expected to finish well in front this year but had to be content with-fifth pUce. Eugene, Medford and Salem placed sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively. . Hill Military academy of Port land won the class . C champion ship, Irrigon placed second, Sea side girls' band, third, Beaterton, fourth, Hodd River and Estacadi tied for fifth. - The Silverton band, conducted by Hal : L. Campbell, , won .; the class B contest. Oregon City was second and Gresham, last year's winner, was ; third. West Linn placed fourth and Marshfield and Bend tied for fifth place. More Prejudice; Claims Offered - 1..- -. . - Affidavits of prejudice and re quest for. a new trial judge were filed here Saturday against Judge L. H. McMahan by J. -E.. Wlnegar of Independence, defendant along with A. F. Courier and. the John Deere Plow Co. in an action brought by W T. Krause. Wlne gar says ' McMahan is prejudiced and since the case-Is not one of fact for a jury to decide 1ut one alone tor the court, he believes a . new . trlat judge should be . ap pointed. Representing Wlnegar Is Oscar Hayter ot Dallas; . - , ; MIS TIKES Veteran of Six Wars on Way to Veteran of six . wars, and .hun gry for more fighting service. That was Captain Albert Wood, who stopped at police headquar ters yesterday, enroute to Seattle where he will, he said, embark for China and naval service under the Kno Mln Tang, nationalist party. , -' - ' This soldier of fortune is one of 12 who 'recently were enlisted by Kuo Min Tang representatives in New York- city, be. told a By stander. He went to San Fran cisco but mjssed his boat and so headed north to catch the next earliest one sailing for the orient and its wars. :i - r.C i; :t feBert", Wood went to France in 1915 to aerve In a world war ambulance corps, was his slory. There ,. he T enlisted T with other Americans In-the famqus Lafay ette escadrllle of fliers. When the United -States entered the war; he changed, servlee and worked1 up to the rank, of major. . -r:f-- -- After the armlstlceV stllT thlr sty for battle, , he fought In the Polish-Russian fracas, in the Mor occan rilili" skirmishes and later Cost Estimated $12,000 in Permit; Subcontracts Are Announced Cost of the store building to be constructed for D. B. Jarman on South Commercial street will be about 912,000 the building per mit Issued yesterday revealed. 8. P. Lonner, Portland contractor, expects to begin work tomorrow morning. Main subcontracts have been let to Salem concerns, Mr. Jarman said last night. They are as fol lows: sand and gravel, Salem Sand and Gravel company; plumb ing, Graber Brothers; electrical work, Eoff Electric company; Iron work, Salem Iron Works. The building Is scheduled for completion around June 15. Boosted by this job. building permits last week jumped far above the total for the whole of March. Estimated cost of new con struction was $12,300 and of re pairs and alterations, 21576, or 113,876 In all. Other new construction permits were; A. B. Stalnke, shed at 205 Columbia, $200. and J. Schlndler, garage at 275 West Meyers, $100. Repair and alteration permits were as follows: J. E. Krauger, basket factory at 1025 North Commercial, $500; J. E. Albrich, dwelling at 2266 Fairgrounds, $35; Ray C. Fergu son, garage at 1595 South Capitol, $35; W. H. Steusloff, dwelling at 1285 Court; $180; H. Walring, dwelling at 415 Marion, $100: H. O. White, building at 264 North Commercial, $150; E. T. Prescott, dwelling aW064 Oak. $186; S. R. Wile, garage at 530 North 22nd, $20; Mrs. Greta Hiatt, garage at 949 North -Winter, $50; George O'Neil, dwelling at 653 North Front, $100; R. A. Blevlne, dwell ing at 365 Hickory, $300. FARM UNION STATE BETHEL, April 16 A meet ing of the Marion county commit tee on entertainment for the state convention of the Oregon Farm ers 'Union was held Saturday, af ternoon. The convention is sched uled for May 25-27.- A tea will be given on the afternoon or May 25 in honor of the ladles of the state. and a banquet will bo held the night of May 26. " . Those in - attendance at the committee- meeting were Mrs. Minnie M. Shelley and Ronald Jones of Brooks, Mrs. Betty M. Kappaut of Eugene, Mrs. Earl De Sart, Silas Torvend and Ernest Werner of Central Howell, Mr. and Mrs. George Potts and Mrs J. W. Gllmour of Marlon, E. A. Rhoten, W. L. Creech and Mrs. J. R. Carruthers of BetheL ' Special attention was called to the National Farmers', union ra dio program for Saturday, April 23 at 9:30 .m. John A.' Simpson, national - president .will speak from Washington, D. C. , ... n o with the marines In Nicaragua. The captain's bearing, even out of uniform, was soldierly. He was of moderate height and , solid build. His- complexion was .more than bronxed, rather as one im agines the akin, of a trooper in the foreign legions. And his eyes were those of a rover, softly dear, ever looking into the distance. Among papers carried by Cap- lain -Bert'.' was a letter from Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology professor . saying the pro fessional fighter had been doing research work there In navigation ana aaa aeveiopea an eincieni system of his owiv , Captain Wood, a first class shin and airplane, pilot, will -be em ployed by the Chinese a a group commander in the navy at a sal ary or szzs a week, he said. But without any salary In ad vance and his iunds exhausted by the unexpected trip to Seattle, he was seeking food and lodging at Hotel de Minto and a ride north ward. " His passport explained his des tination and bore a Chinese, con surs nsa. v ' CONVENT ON LOOMS Up Portland Party at Nehalem Figures in Tragedy;, one " : Body is Recovered One Boat Makes way Back To Land After; Drift . Seaward Started WHEELER. Oreu. AdHI 16 (AP) Four Portland residents were drowned today when heavy seas swamped' their . rowboat at the month ot Nehalem bay. The dead: John T. O'Kief, Jr., 4 2. Mrs. Spencer Greatwood,28. - Marjorle Sporup, '14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sporup. Frederick Greatwood. Onyy Mrs. Greatwood's body had been found late today. She had removed her clothing and ap parently nad swum nearly a mile through the waves before she be came exhausted. Her body was found by coast guardsmen who continued to patrol the beach in a search for other bodies. Mr. and Mrs. O'Kief, their daughter Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Greatwood, and ' Great wood's father, Frederick Great- odd, and Miss - Sporup, were pending a few days at Rockaway. Early today they rented two row boats to go crab fishing. Alex Steenson, owner ot the boats, warned them against the ebbing tide and rough seas.' One Boat Landed Other Drifts Away ' Both boats soon' began drifting seaward but Spencer Greatwood managed to land his boat with Mrs. O'Kief and Ruth O'Kief on the rocks of the south jetty. The other boat drifted past the jetty and was swamped. The tug Melville immediately put out across the bar but could find no trace of the boat. A strong northerly, drift brought Mrs. Greatwood's body up on the norjh Jetty. Mr. and .Mrs. Henry Sporup were on their way to Rockaway to join the party when the acci dent happened. COSTS OF EMPIRE 111 IE HEAVY Costs for the trial of ex-offi cers of the Empire Holding cor poration in progress now In Polk county will accrue to Marlon county under state law which provides that' when a change of venue is granted, the county where the case originated bears the costs. . ' - Officers of the county court have watched the mounting costs with alarm since the total budget for circuit court .expenses, apart from 'judges salaries, is only $9500 for this year. .Of , this $3000 has already, been spent. Costs of the Empire ease are mounting fast. Forty-one witness es have been summoned by the plaintiffs alone and these wit nesses draw pay at $2 daily. .They also obtain traveling expenses to and from the trial at five cents a mile under . the Marlon county rule and ten cents nnder the Polk county rule. The court offi cials hero hope the Marlon coun ty allowance will prevalL . The present case win continue through next week. While no - marked ehange oc curred; last week in the amount of employment, gained . through the U. S.-Y. M. C. A. employment bureau, aside from, that on state highways, farming and woodcut ting Jobs increased in number. Placed at work were 123 persons, as against 189 the previous week. With the halting! of the state highway emergency - employment. 70 jobs eame to an end. . Applications for work were fire less than the SB of the week be fore. Six of the eight women ap plying were placed at house work. Men were given Jobs as follows: woodcutters' 19, common labor 21, farm hands 26, mechanic one, county roads 55. . Registrations for the- emergen cy work reached 1443. Alderette Hurt When Squeezed : Between: Autos While -crossing -.a downtown street yesterday, S. F. Alderette, 1790 D street, was ' caught t tween two automobiles with the result .he suffered a bruised -left leg and minor cuts. According to police report Alderette was. pass ing in front of the parallel-park ed automobile of R. . W. . Wilhoit ot Portland when a ear being driven by Thomas Hughes, $83 Jerrls avenue, backed up. squeez ing him between the two.- , - FHAIIODS . -1 Spring; blossoms and those new linea . - . v mam wu, a. a. uauuvjr, mmum mmmmkt v. uwe,-nowQ hiumj, Galloway to Remain Here, Forecast' on Listings For Conference Business sessions of the 14tb annual assembly .ef North Pacific district ot the Church of the Nas arene came to a late dose shortly after 10 o'clock last night. Rev. L. E. Channel of Newberg was elected . district treasurer for the new year, and Rev. DeRand Pierce of Vancouver, B. C, dis trict secretary. Chief event ot today will be an nouncement of conference ap pointments for the new year, list ot which was not complete last night.. However,- those In author ity gave assurance that Rev. Flet cher Galloway, pastor of the lo cal church, will remain here for another year. Th conference. In session since Tuesday will come to a close to night, after three big meetings today. This morning Dr. Rey n o 1 d s, general superintendent from Ohio, will ring the message, and this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, ordination services will be held for four candidates. To night at 7:30 o'clock, Dr. Donald Smith of Portland First church will preach. Alternate lay delegates to the general conference - to augment the list which appears elsewhere in this . paper, were elected -late yesterday as follows: Mrs. A. G. Crockett, Portland, R. T. Jure, Portland, M. L. Thompson, Port land, David Figg, Seattle H. J. Cook, Olympla and Mrs. Manfleld. Portland. TO T To hear the nation wide "Vic tory Membership" radio broad cast, members of Capital Post No. 9, American Legion, will assem ble at Fraternal - temple at 6 o'clock tomorrow, evening. A pot luck supper will bo held first. followed by tne oroaacast at 7 o'clock and Legion and auxiliary meetings at t o clock. . Music for the program will be provided by Lyman McDonald, vocalist, and the Legion - Auxil iary quartet, composed of Grace ZoseL Bernlce Bowe. Marie Rob ertson, Mildred Wyatt and Grace DcHarport, accompanist. Arrange ments are in charge ot Walter ZoseL - ::;:; r - - - Guest ' speakers - from other posts will be Deputy .Commander Alex Barry andDepnty Adjutant Carl R. Moser.r All Legion members of recent standing have been invited to at tend, regardless of whether or not - they have paid their 1932 dues. Diphtheria and Typhoid Cases: Reported Here One 'ease each of diphtheria and typhoid fever were reported to the Marlon county health de partment as the week ended. As tar as could be learned by health officials, neither case was severe. The diphtheria - patient . if Fairish junior high school stu dent, a child who has not received the' immunisation treatment of fered by' the health department. This is the fifth diphtheria east this year. Last year there were seven. -''.- :----i .- A school teacher near" Jeffer son is the typhoid sufferer This makes the third typhoid ease la 111.- : .- - -..---'.--,.-.. HERE SESSION Will: CLOSE TODAY VEHS HEAR VICTORY BnOADCftS k: 1 suits of the Salem Cherrians vie wuk wwuu, MO vtiaiwu JClk jr . . jicflwnan, Ainz mug una tiixson, x. A. wistaisnar, vi. a. wiueu uu japuun uan uaoneisosu ? Blossom Day Route Listed For Visitors The Blossom Day route for to day is as follows: Down Center street to cross the Marlon-Polk county bridge, turning right at end of It to Wal lace road, past the Franklin tulip fields to Brush' College eorner, from there west through the or chard districts and back to the Wallace road to stop at the tulip farms. Take Glenn creek road at right on Wallace road short distance south of tulip farm, following Cherrian signs through hills and Klngwood Heights region, driving out to Salem-Dallas road and back Into Salem on Center. At Center turn south o Pa cific highway, driving out through Liberty and Rosedale districts. Turn east to - Pacific highway at Rosedale and back to Salem; then out State street to state. Institutions. On road from Rosedale to highway, be sure to witness the view rrom the crest of the hill. E IT MILWAUKEE, Ore- April 16 (AP) Reports that the Clack amas county Pomona grange naa gone on record recommending curtailment of the service ot ra dio station KOAC on the Oregon State eoTlege campus, were denied here today by M. S. Shroek, mas ter of the grange. Shrocks said that at a meeting at Parkplace last Wednesday the grange definitely rejected a pro posal to recommend elimination of the appropriation for the col lege radio station,. Likewise the group, reported adversely on a recommendation that the state legislative delega tion be Instructed to work for passage of-a bill making It man datory for the county eourts to be governed by the actions and rec ommendations ot the county bud get r .ee tings Insofar as these rec ommendations comply with - stat utes. 1 DIES WOULD CURB K Ripley, Manning Delay Pleas Until Early May Pleas of Robert Ripley and Frank Manning, under v indict ment for first-degree murder tor the- shooting of. James -Iverson. Silverton night policeman,-were delayed yesterday in circuit court here when counsel ror panning was unable to appear. Chris Kow lts. attorney for Ripley, said he was not willing to- ask his client to plead until a conference could be held with W. O. Sims and Em erson U. Sims, Portland attorneys who win represent Manning. Judge , Fred M." Wilson who came here - from The Dalles to hear the pleas win return at a later date to hear the defendants answer to their indictments ana to set the dates for trial.' Judge Wilson said yesterday the week of May t "was free in his court and he Indicated he would like to try the case on that date. It was tentatively agreed that Manning and Ripley - would make their pleas May f.:''--""'-"" -"-"-v - . !, I Only Ripley appeared in court yesterday. He is a thin,, sallow youth. 24 years old with promin ent features and blacky touseled hair. He was dressed in a salt-and-pepper ' suit and was clean shaved.- His - long , fingers are heavily yellowed from steady cig arette smoking. Ripley appeared calm and unconcerned V . O' w - Kennell-ElUa Photo. for honors in th Above ictnn. HO ruiu. UVI UUI1 IB J Mill. I1U MMIEM.- HOT CUT tlElffi And Will Finish Year With No Deficit. Declares Business Official Willamette university iwlll Da- ish the school year without any cutting of expenses or deficit in the budget, announced eBusiness Secretary N. S. Savage yesterday. I At a time when many colleges I are making severe slashes In ex- peases or salaries and itill run-' ning behind. Willamette univer- slty has not given a salary cut to a .single professor and will finish the year without a deficit. i .. complish this because- of the strong endowment fund hich was built up in preference to launcn- ing a building program.. Also a larger enrollment this year brought -additional funds Wrom tuition paid In by; the stu dents. Faculty wage cats were considered, but were not 'made. Willamette will be In good eon- dltlon to start the com log school year next falL There will be no summer school this year and what money would hare been used for It will be on hand to help witn expenses during the current year. There Is a possibility.: that the enrollment of entering 'students may not be so great as it was last fall because ot the' more Astringent entrance requirements. Only stu dents in the upper third of their class In high school will be ad mitted, i While this may cut down the enrollment for one year, it will tend to strengthen the school and increase enrollment In years to come. t Rate Slash May Be 10 Per Cent PORTLAND, Ore.. April ir (AP) C R. Lester, chief en gineer for the state utilities de partment, in summarising his stu dies of property valuation and rate structures tor the Northwest ern Electric company, proposed aa Indicated reduction of about 2.8 per cent n the rate of return on . .L.. - saaw iiaw eynsi tavta mm vvaevavu redaction in power and light rates ef abont.lt per cent. W. O. Sims, in a letter to John H. Carson, district attorney-who read the first-degree murder in dictment ef Ripley to the eourt. said his son was in Ban Diego while he himself was I court in Portland on Saturday.! He indi cated he would not dentur to the indictment ot his client but would ask Manning to plead mot guilty. Sims stated in his letter that he was cooperating ' with authorities In trying to pick up Depree. Poe, claimed, by Manning add 'Ripley to be the man who shot and kiu ed Officer Iverson. . ! -The -death of Iverson: occurred early on the morning of May 2. 19S1 For months authorities were unsuccessful in picking no the alleged killers. Through the offer ef a reward, they picked up clues' which led to the apprehen- slon cf Ripley and Manning. ; Ripley has been in. court here before and had been paroled on a burglary charge only a few months before the Iverson shoot-tar-, occurred.---Subsequently he was in trouble In Washington and was serving a term In the Mon roe, Wash, reformatory when his confession was taken. He is an executive parole from. Covernor Hartley ot Washington : and will be returned to Monroe to eon tin- ne sentence If he Is acquitted otj the nrurder charge. ' s . t . 18th Annual Tour to Find i Blooms Prettiest - In : Many Years, Word .. V : Big .Crowd Assured Even if Rain Keeps Some Away; - Route is Marked Hall Blossom Dav! Raia ar shine,. this morning dawns upon: the 18th- annual Blonom nv. sponsored by the Salem Cherri ana; and rain or shine, hundreds of townspeople and visitors . are expected to enjoy the sneetaele of nearly 19,000 acres ef prune . orcnaras in blossom along the 14- mue route. Cherrians who were over the route late last week declared the oioseoms would be more nearly at their best today than fnr n Blossom 8undav in yean. icMr. ing to King Blng Gus Hixson. In addition to the prune blos- ioms wnicn WUI be viewed la (ha mil oistncts west of the river In -oia county and south of Salem as far as Rosed ale. the thronrn will have opportunity to view the Franklin tulip fields along the Wallace road, and also thA hntw nf V- 1 . - - Saasaaks Guides Provided At State Grounds At the state grounds. Secretary of State Hal Hess has announced. wwns wm oe on hand to direct the way to choice plantings. That traffic jams may not mat the Blossom drives, state trt n officers will be nosted alonr the route, and especially on Wallace roL to relieve congestion on the roaa. event has received addi- "onal advertising this year through two radio announcements from . Portland last week, and wl'h sunshine prevailing, a rec- jwu crowa wm probably appear. Assurea I " " isains However, ft rain deepen . good crowd is still anticipated, as ' last Blossom Day, when it rained almost constantly, a huge crowd traveled the route. For those who do not have means of transportation. Cherrian cars will be at the chamber of commerce from 9 to "3 o'clock to accommodate such persons with out charge. The Blossom route aoneara where. BLAZE DESTROYS Fire, blown fiercely by a stroni wind, early yesterday afternoon destroyed a four-room house be longing to J. A. McDonald. on mile south of Salem on the 12tl street highway cutoff road. At McDonald had moved the furni ture into the yard while he did some painting, further loss wat ".rtj; two saiem firemen went tc the fire in the squad wagon. Be-'. cause of the high wind and lack of water, they could do little tc prevent the destruction. McDonald said the fire started around the flue In the kitchen. He had started a fire to keei warm while-painting. As he had 1." .Jr.'t'C.,, , . . ratem, not a bucketful of water Jl I ... - . .V. V . was at hand to fight the blase when It started. : No estimate of the loss was made. Receipts Pass Million Mark, Special Taxes -Receipts from the personal ln come, intangibles and corporation excise taxes tor the year 1932,' based on Incomes for 1931, have passed .the million ' mark, it was' announced at the offices of the' state tax commission - Saturday. Members of the tax commis sion estimated that the total re ceipts for the year would exceed. $3,000,010. This money, nnder. the 1931 law. will be applied to ward reducing' the property tax. - A large number of . taxpayers were said to have taken ad vast age of the opportunity" to pay Is two installments, while in other eases extensions of time were al lowed. This accounts for the fact ; that only one-third of the total taxi receipts- for. the year hate, been; received up to this time, and . deposited with- the stair, treasurer.-- r-; ; POJESTJUAJr KILLED .; -'J PORTLAND. Ore- April II (AP) John A. Hughes, It, rail road engineer, was struck by an automobile - and killed u here to night. Paolo -Carbartso, 53 of Portland, driver of the ear which struck Hughes, was absolved of oiame ny ponce. ;w -. MINALO'S HOI