Vacation Time
WEATHER
Fair today, and Friday,
little, change In tempera
tore; Max. ' Temp. Wednes
day 82, Min. 44. river 1.2
feet, northerly wind.
' Keep posted oa local -news
while on your vaca
tion. Hate' The Statesman -follow
you. Telephone 0101
In ordering change.
EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning:, July 6, 1933
No. 87
. ;-, r-,; u..f.,. ; ; . . ..j FOUNDED 1Q91 . ..." ;
Will Come up Next Council
Meeting on Favorable
Report, Forecast
Proposal to Construct new
Water Svstem for City
Before Aldermen
In their first meeting of the
summer season. Salem's alder
men briskly went through a pile
of business, some routine, some
: trivial and a considerable amount
of Importance, reaching an early
adjournment last night, the stat
ed first meeting of the month
on July 3 having been postponed
for two days.
. : With only Aldermen Vandevort
and Townsend objecting, the
council reconsidered the vote by
which a license and stamp tax on
beer sales in the city failed to
carry. The license ordinance was
resurrected and then referred to
the committee on licenses whose
chairman. Alderman F. E. Need-
ham. Indicated after the meeting
that the measure would be re
nnrttkA nnt tnr final nassaee at
i. ,CTt .-Minn. Needham said
wnia favor tho licence rdl-
in MRAntiallv the s a me
form it was originally introduced,
It carries a flat tax on au
i k. ta m .iimn tax on
..h , hnttlA of beer sold,
R,MjL xemter
System la Favored
g "
a A Hnrhe Tire-
pared the way for the city's erec-
tlon of IU own municipal water
system when he introduced on be-
v. i. - ntiM mmmittfio
an ordinance declaring the coun-
cil to favor the erection rather
than the purchase of a municipal
water system here. The ordinance
.v .... , m,n
cVmmTtee f or conslderltion. The
i tm a h I
XiluT leverage to use against
Oreron - Washington -Water Ser
vice company In future negotia
tions for the latter" water sys-
A.
... tliat .
The council agreed that a de-
claratory survey of Mill creek
from the Willamette river to 12th
street was a wise measure In or
m I-V .V- I
uer lo iuruii iu,
on the stream's meandertngs and
mus so ma, p.u, -""
curs annually and damages land
and bridge property. City En-
gineer Rogers Is to have charge
of the survey.
The council went on record as
favoring widening of the Pacific
highway as-it enters Salem from
the north, the widening to ex-
. rm - X A. tTtl-m A 4
lena ro tours w
torney Kowiti was authorized to
present mo maner w
highway commission at its next
a. a. . a & . a i
meeung. r u n a s ior wiaenmg
have been made available by the I
leoerai governmeni '"p";
m A. 1tVl .&lf I
cally set iorth in lis
grant of road moneys to the
states that 25 per cent of the
funds must go to improve roads
in cities or roads leading direct
ly into cities.
Cooperation with county, state
and federal authorities in atiora-
ing relief to needy persona In the
territory was voted by the coun
ell when $100 a month was ap-
propriated from the emergency
fund for the purchase of sup
plies not available from other
relief funds. Sanitary Inspector
Cooper was designated as the
city's agent to work with the re
lief authorities to see the funds
were carefully disbursed.
The council agreed unanimous
ly to ask the Southern Pacific
railroad to place wig-wag stop.
signals at the crossings of the
railroad on Madison and on D
streets in the city. J
Without dissenting vote an or-
dinance Introduced a number of
v. mm. - rnTWtTir for the -
-.ki .n
t " . vm.
ed wherthemmitte to Twich
it Kan raforrfil rnorted the
licensing measure out unfavor
ably.
The council received and re
ferred to Us street committee a
petition from Mrs. B. T. Swart,
7B4 U n h Pnmmanlil at root
asking for a restricted parking
area iff front of her house and
across from Hunt's cannery. A
n.M.i.11 n Hunt
street asking that parking be
-
.tret it la narrow was
Tfifrrwi in th Mm committee.
Alderman V. E. Kuhn suggest -
ed and the council approved that
an immediate call for bids on
gasoline for i city purposes be
made. . . .
An ordinance providing
a li
cense cn hotels and small. room
ing houses was reconsidered af
ter It failed .to carry last month
and the revived measure was
consideration, v - . ...-.w4!?r-iLtCii
T
-TO ItUILD HOUSE
Two baflding permits were . Is-
sued here yesterday, one to B.
Rusk 'to erect dwelling at 1930
North Church street at- cost of
12000, the other to Mrs, .Ham-
mond to reroof dwelling at 160
Division street at cost of 140.
Hurricaneis
Exp
on
' WASHIXGTON. July 5. (API
Hurricane warnings flew along
the southern tip of Texas tonight
as the: first tropical disturbance
of ' the season aDuroaebed tha
mainland after a week' slow
progress across the Caribean. -.
Latest reports to the weather
bureau this afternoon placed the
storm center at 300 miles slightly
southeast of Brownsville. It was
expected to hold to the course, a
little north of west, which it had
rollowed throughout the day. 'Ex
perts thought it likely the storm
would pass inland near the mouth
of the Rio Grande tomorrow
morning;
CORPUS CHRISTI. Tex., July
5. -(AP)- The barometer here
at 7 o'clock' tonight stood at
29.85. The dredgehoat "Orleans,"
working in the shin channel, and
all smaller craft, had come Into
the harbor here.
PROHI THIRD PSRTY
W..C-T. U. Dissatisfied at
Attitude of Existing
Political Groups
MILWAUKEE. July 5 (AP)
Dissatisfied with the stand tak-
en by both major political parties.
the annual convention of the na-
HI 1
aeai-i"" ""eu
perance Union today adopted a
resolution proposing a third par
ty which would attract dry voters.
The plea for the resolution was
1 J M 1L. Ml
iioui iue tuuicuiiuu iiwr,
The members of the committee
nastily "mbled and later sub
mM7w! "!i T 1
As the leaders of the major po-
"tical parties are supporting the
P' e
c upon dry men and
Zi
sympathetically proposals for. the
gj-Jf f J XeVZhe
which will actively support the
J.r,
tlon, along with other great moral
issues: The times call for citizens
to return to the standard of jus
tice and honesty set by the fram-
ers of the constitution."
.AnTI
The organization adopted it as
the final act of business of the
fifty ninth annual convention.
Willi WO yUK-V
speech of the new president, Mrs.
Ma B WJge Sm,tn Qf De(j Moines
Iowa, at a dinner tonight.
a n7oT,i7
fllllCUcl IS CI ay CU.
By Storm News;
Race is Likely
UNITED AIRPpRT, Lo8 Ange-
, Jnl BfAPt Snddenlr de-
' '
yeloplng thunderstorms near Flag-
Btafff Arlzf caU8ed Amena Ear
nart Putnanif trans-Atlantic flier
. nnoni until tomorrow nieht
" r "
her attempt to set a new trans
continental speed mark for worn-
en. She had planned to hop off
for New York shortly after mid
night tonight.
Her delay increased the like.l
hood of a race between her and
Rth Nichols. New York societv
WOman and flier, to lower the
1 women's cross continent mark.
Miss Nichols had planned to hop
off at dawn but a test of her air
plane showed additional repairs
needed.
JURY BEING CHOSEN
MEDFORD, Ore., July 5 (AP)
-The preliminary examtoaUon of
1 Jurors drawn to hear the trial of
1 Gordon L. Schermerhorn, suspend
I ed sheriff of Jackson county, was
completed in circuit court here to-
I ui
lenges was scheduled to start to
morrow.
'Schermerhorn was Indicted with
about 20 others on a charge of
complicity in the theft of several
thousand ballots from the eoun-
ty courthouse last February on the
eve . v. i -
teraine the legality of his elec-
I tlon as sheriff. He Is the fourth of
those Indicted to stand trial. Two
I others were convicted of the
Vcharge and one was acquitted.
I Arauments on a motion for. a
1 change of venue for County Judge
Earl H. Few, uoaer maictmeni
on a similar charge, were heard
this morning by Circuit Judge O.
F. Sklpworth of Lane county,
v WROTE- FOR CHILDREN
P PORTLAND, Ore., July S
API Mrs. - Winifred Hunter-
Brown Harper, J, Portiana. au
(or n& paai in ;is "
collaborated with, her husband.
Theodore Acland Harper, in tne
writing of several books, 4 num-
ber of which were for children,
Mrs. Harper waa born lnNel-
son, New Zealand, Jnne 29, 1872,
a daughter . of one, or the tint
members of that British colony.
She cam to the United State to
hSefuse
$95,000 Project is Deemed
Non - Sdf - Liquidating
After Long Study
Submittal to Public Works
Board may Have Better
Success, Believed
The Reconstruction Finance
Corporation will not provide Sa
lem; with $95,060 with- which to
build a municipal dock, the city
council was Informed Wednesday
night by Chris J. Kowits, city at
torney, i
Reason for the declination of
the loan requested by the city was
laid by R. C. F. to apparent in
ability of the dock project to li
quidate itself, Kowitx said..
The Washington corporation
asked additional Information re
garding the proposed loan several
weeks ago and made Its decision
only after careful consideration
Kowits Informed the council
that the chamber of commerce
committee was urging that the
dock project be now considered
under the public works program
effective at Washington July 1.
Under this program, 30 per cent
of the moneys would be advanced
outright by the federal . govern
ment and the remaining 70 per
cent by the federal government as
a loan to the municipality.
Under the original R. F. C. pro-
posed loan, the only security be- lfgh4ten. tb '1burdn Pon the land, addressed to the secretary gener
hlnd the loan was to be the dock . f tatif tnat tn Issue, to come al of the League of Nations that
building and the land on which
it was erected as well as a long-
time lease from the Salem Navi-
gatlon company which contracted
to pay operating costs of the dock
and Interest and amortization
chareen on th loan.
City officials agreed last night
that the dock loan would probably
be made at Waariinrtnn if th I
city was willina- to offer eeneral
obligation bonds. The bonds thusjand, inequitable on real proper
far nrODOsed and tha nnlv hnnrifllty."
permitted under the proposed
loan application to be voted uponl"' lu are-.-oeier rent-ton.
by citizens of Salem July 21 are
utility obligations, the sole secur-
ity being the dock project and the
income from It.
TOPIC AT MOULLA
Possibility of a renewed search
or wimam xoung, portiana arlat-
or wno nas Deen missing since I
June 15, in the heavily wooded
region soutn oi Moiaua, was re
ported here Wednesday by Art
Whitaker and Jack Eyerly, fliers
operating out of the Salem air
port. Persons at Molalla whose
names were not obtained, were
said to be convinced that Young
crashed ln timber owned by the
Eastern and Western Timber
company, and were offering to
equip a searching party with
horses to make the trip.
Whitaker reported that buz-
zards had been seen congregating
over the region in question, but
that in flying over it he was pre-
vented from determining wnetner
a plane had fallen there, by the
density of the timber.
FOB YOUNG
Schermerhorn Case Next
Portland Authoress Dies
Adams Man Crash Victim
Sawyer Selection Opposed
1900 and had lived in Oregon
since 1912. Besides her widower,
three brothers and two sisters liv
ing; In England. Australia and
New Zealand survive.
TWO OTHERS INJURED
PENDLETON, Ore.. July 5
. J . 1 -1 . . J . M 4
last
night near Pendleton when his
automobile collided with a car
driven by R. N. Thomas. Thomas
and his companion, Charles Nor-
den, were Injured - and were
brought to a hospital here.
ATTITUDE CRITICIZED
pnRTT.iNn Hm jni k
r ap. a nrntMt train &t tiiA tn.
polntment of Robert W. Sawyer
oi Bena, as a memeer oi tne aa-
.m-A v. n..-
administrator nnder the public
nrvi Aft tin wn ftioi with
President Roosevelt, - Postmaster
General Farley and members of
the Oregon congressional delega
tion, a special dispatch from
Washington, D. C, to the Ore-
gonlan tonight stated. ' ' .
. ' The : protest, signed by the
mayors of Bend and Redmond and
bv the Deschutes Pomona aranxe.
set forth that Sawyer, is opposed
to municipal ownership, the dls-
natch aald. The forwarded state-
meat declared that it would not
be "for the best interests of cen-
tral Oregon or of the sUte as a
whole that any man or men be
annotated to mr nosltlon with
the public works administration
who is opposed to municipal own-
ershlp." -.
PENDLETON, Ore., July a IfJJ ttt
(AP) Henry E. Lewis. 60 otMU(ier Weather
U. S. Refusal
p Stabilize
Is Explained
(By the Associated Press)
Some high soot excerpts from
the; American statement explain
ing why this country refused to
enter into a currency stabilisation
agreement at the London confer
ence follow: . "
"Revaluation of the dollar In
terms of American commodities is
an end. from which . the govern
ment and people of the United
States cannot be diverted."
"The exchange value of the
A11sw will nUloit.1. A A
upon the success of other nations
in raising tne prices of their own
commodities in terms of their na-
tlonal money, and cannot be de
termined In advance of our know
ledge of such fact."
"When-ihe currencies of those
great nations of the continent of
Europe France, Italy and Bel
giumdepreciated over a period
of years, there was no criticism
from us, nor did we criticise their
ultimate devaluation."
MEIER SAYS SALES
Temporary Expedient Aimed
At 1 iftinn I fiari Ppnm
ftl Lllimg LOaa rrOm
Property, States
PORTLAND, Ore., July 6.
(AP) Governor Julius L. Meier,
in a prepared address, tonhcht
ueciarea mai me saies iax was
aesignea, noi as an aaaitlonai
Tht nil T act o anhDtitiitA r w wia I
, - ." v tuw .
Purpose Of WhlCh WOUld be tO
" le .TOl.e" " ine special
efecufn U,T Z1 18 "nipie and
cle" tn 8Trnor said:
" 18 B,mDly an pnrely a
Jstlon to whether you pre-
rer an emergency sales ta for a
Drier penoa lo relieve the prop-
BHruen. or neiner you
Per continue me present
t&1 system, which. In my ooln-1
Ion Is antiquated, burdensome
He declared that high prop-
QU8iriai ana ousmess flevelop-
ment and that passage of the
84,68 tax would Indicate to the
federal government that Oregon
Is willing to cooperate with the
federal government in the mat
ter of relief funds.
Levies on farm properties will
hA TMinrni -.a k-
the elimination of the state prop-
eriy iax and by the division of
th fund, with J. ?.
v i
ed, "that It Is not the nhrnose
of the sales tax measure to nro- '
viae more revenue but solely to
replace the property tax levied
for state and local purposes."
T OF ATTACK
CLINTON, S. C. July K--(AP)
ara: MoM-i. nA, r "
- hivuuiivu nunc uinu
r on r nninAntiriad whta -m a
oA norm fmm tha amlll mi
Jail early today and a few hours
I later his beaten and strangled
I body was found In a church-yard
I near nere.
Bendy was placed in Jail late
yesterday, charged with striking
Marvin Lollis, 22, white Clinton
truck driver, and resisting ar
rest. The Dlace had ha lnr
About midnight, the lalla .
gro janitor said, four white men
came to the building, knocked
the lock off with a wrench and
forced Bendy into their antomo -
bile; They disappeared before an
- vtoa.
qblrf ?rVfi WWnif bT
Sheriff Columbus Owens of Lau -
eS' t0 BerCh f0r the ne"
hrw 7rT tWl j. V
oody In the old Sardia cbnrch.
yara, seven miles from here.
shortly before 1 p. jn.
I " "
Cheers Farmers
More of Wednesday's summerr
weather Is predicted for today and
tomorrow by the weather bureau.
with litUe change from the day's
maximum temnerature of fti a a.
I grees. Cherry rrowerw werAhart.l
I ed by th clear ftlcfefl. 'with
J"6 of fruit-cracking rain gone
i oviag, tanners saw
I KOOd SrOSnecta. Of l-tnanlnv v
"tt f"1 ana nop growers re-
I joicea. a conunuation of the hot.
weather will kill downy mil-
uonen saia.
Indian Escapes
McNeil Prison
TACOMA, Wash.. Jury f .
(Thursday) . (AP) McNeil
Island penitentiary guards were
searching the island earlv "todaT
I for Joe Wesley, 25, who escaped
I last night from the nrlaon farm
I where he was a trusty. -
Wesley, a Yakima Indian, was
I sentenced to the nenltentiarr Mav
I 8, 1922, to serve a two and one
I halt year sentence for assault
. with dangerous weapon. .j.
T Mr DT I
NEGRO IS
LYNCHED
s
Latest American Statement
Leaves Resumption in
Favorable Aspect
uoiQ Nations indicate iney
: rUftl, iiAai;nn
W, FaVOr Meeting at.
End of two Months
' By CLAUDE A. JAGGER
LONDON July Thursday
(AP) Great powers of the old
and new world agreed early today
to suspend the world economic
conference until a more propitious
time.
Thus, this historic assemblage,
called together In an effort to
improve economic conditions
throughout the world, admitted
itself defeated by a violent colli-
iiun ui-me monetary policies OI I
the gold, countries led by France
and of the non-gold countries
headed by the United States.
midnight meeting of the gold bloc
nations where It was decided the
American stand, as reiterate w
the United States delegation last
evening after cable and telephone
communication with President
Roosevelt, only emphasized the
differences which, temporarily at
iaaat n-vi
Americans Consent
To Recess Proposal
vti. a -
wane Americans expressed a
firm AnnvfMfnn In Tt at.I..M
the way was still open for the
conference to continue with its
labors, they Informally expressed
willingness .to acquiesce to a re-
cess. This was tentatively set for
two months' duration.
The irold countries evidentlv
concernea over tneir inability to
(Turn to page 2, col. 5)
25 IMS FOB
HGiPHIISEir
PORTLAND, Ore., July 5
(AP) Expressing the belief that
Oregon will get at least $25,000,-
000 from the federal government
thf fJT'
returned today from Washington,
t- rt
he might become1 & candidate for
governor, Congressman Martin de
clared: "There Is much work to
be done for the third Oregon dis
trict in congress. I am home to get
a rest before the next session."
The representative said that
the two "Bis: Berthas" of the last
congressional session "are the
farm bill and the Industrial re
covery act. One is designed to cre
ate consuming power among In
dustrial workers, and the other
among the farmers. Both are well
on the way to success, and within
60 days the industrial act will he
i -
in tun lorce. Tne industries are
submitting their codes of ethics
fnd f,tttlnvrea,dr ? r6P tte ful1
benefit of the law."
K .
l mt m-.tii-. 4Y- .....t..
Uottu it. hnirunfrlni Mntnr
.-a nffftp.; - twn-wAAk-n11 fawn
turned to a female collie dog for
1 .
KlaairadoPted thrbaby 70
cording It the same attention and
I..: c v
fJLrn, Ihk mta tier f! ttnnnlAa
The story was vouched for to -
" ' " r
day by Ben Conner, state; game
patrolman. George Cof field, 1 farm-1
er living at Five Rivers near the
Oregon coast, found, the fawn in I
a ditch near the mouth of the Al-
sea river. He took it to his farm.
where he started to feed with
a nursing bottle.
A. few days later, Coffleld filled
I tt,- wtt .. ..4 . u..t
feed his young charge. Rounding
I v . ? v-
w'
I tAi4. v w
He wanders about the farm yard,
i accompanied by her pups and by
I .v . t
Injured Couple
v ; Leave Hospital
OREGON Crrr. Ore July
(AP) Mr. and Mrs. Oscar; Carl-
son of . Philomath returned to
I their home today after i being
treated la a hospital here for scalp
lacerations and other Injuries ta
collision Involving three; auto -
Fli ADOPTED BT
JMERLY CANINE
I moones near kow icr last ugnx.i sewage disposal plant, was reao.
I Police said the ears were driven I Attention was called that Oregon
I by Graham' Sharker of Salem.
I Mrs. Ida Bailey, of Portland and
I Otto Freaerlcxson or Portland.
- 1 The Carlsons wre riding with
I Frederlckson, whose car was had -
My damaged.-
rlarvesting and Canneries Opens
Many Jo b s
And More Available
... i .
52 Persons Sent v to Work Wednesday -by
Agency Here; Inquiries Indicate Additional
Work Will Offered This Week
T ONG-delaved this vear. unemrjlovment relief in the form
I j ; vA
1 . , ,m
Iuau pruporuoua at me ujija.u.A. xrapioyraent uurtau
yesterday as 52 men and women were sent to work and
many farmers began making inquiries as to laborers avail-
oT-tTa
CA1EIS IS SET
27 Cents Agreed Upon for
Women by Three Coast
States' Officials
SAN FRANCISCO, July 5
(AP) Definite adoption of a
uniform minimum wage of 274
cents an hour for women employ-
J .?dw.I?i.?
California, Oregon and Washing
ton was announced following a
meeting of officials and cannery
representatives here today.
Enforcement of the wage, de
clared to be the highest for such
work In the United States, will
be through cooperation of can-
ners, officials said. The agree
ment also provided that only cltl-
xensbe employed and that aged
workers and children may be
given piece work.
Those attending the conference
Included: W. J. Coatee, labor
commissioner of Oregon; Timo
thy A. Reardon, California direc
tor of industrial relations; Mrs.
Mabel E. Kinney, chief of the
California division, of Industrial
welfare; Preston McKiney, man
ager of the California Canners"
association, and E. M. Burns,
manager of the Northwest Can
ners association,
PORTLAND, Ore., July 5.
(AP) Dr. B. r. Giesy of Aurora,
I former president of the Willam-
ette Valley Mortgage and Loan
....
company, was denied probation in
sn order received in federal court
here todaT from Federal ,ude
C. C. Cavanah of Boise. Idaho,
Dr. Giesy was convicted here
In April of using the united
States mall to defraud. The. case
was tried before Judge Cavanah
who i wag sitting In this district
in exchange with Federal Judge
Alger Fee.
Probation was also denied to
Zeno Schwab, secretary of the
mortgage and loan company, and
I Gordon Watt, attorney, convicted
on similar charres,
Dr. Giesy and Schwab
were
senienceu 10 aw monina n soum
ad ed $750 each. Watt
I wai sentenced to five months In
eunty laU "d fln6d ,400' JGdse
hT . JiITV17
I tfnn at Wrt fnr a new trial hut
1 . , . .i J . v
1 imir uduubi mu
OMW ww
MINIMUM WAGE IN
GIESY AND SCHWAB
DIED PROBATION
Silverton May Vote Upon
Sewage Disposal Scheme
SILVERTON, July 6 (Spe
cial) An ordinance, presented
by the Judiciary committee at the
I t MiTjncil tonlclit. and wasted
upon it first and second reading.
I provides for the calling and noia
IT . T-1-.
ing of a -special election for July
21 at Silverton to vote upon the
question of authorizing the erec
tion of a sewage disposal plant at
Silverton and of entering into a
contract with the federal govern
ment for financial assistance In
erecting the plant. - L -
The discussion of this ordi
nance occupied considerable time.
i it will come to a vote at a spe-
I clal jneetlng Friday sight.
I A letter from the state health
I officer stating that It Is necessary
1 to submit plans for the Proposed
laws do1 not permit dumping of
I sewage Into atreams as Is now
I betas . done and that wita tne
I present . pressure .being" brought
1 to bear oa the matter this aw
win likely pooa; p enrorcea.
Pro v ided
vim i rA t
Of the 62 person placed, 15
were to pick strawberries, 27 to
pick cherries, five to pick logan
berries, one to do general farm
work, one to ply the carpenter's
trade, one to cut wood and two
to engage in common labor.
The day's grist of Jobs
greater than the average weekly tln a ful1 "tilde, with cherry bar
total, aside from county relief, re"ln.g and cannn well started
was
has been to date this year and
less than half a dozen weekly
employment reports have shown
this many men put to work
within a six-day period. Early
In the year the average was 15
to 20 jobs a week and later 30
to 40.
More Jobs Will Be
Available Shortly
Indications are that many more
obs will open up within the next
few days as fruit ripens, D. D.
Dotson, assistant manager of the
employment bureau, said. More
inquiries as to workmen available
and arrangements necessary came
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Fiim i.
The state supreme court yes
terday denied a rehearing to
Frank Keller, Jr., convicted in
Polk county last year for devis
ing a scheme to defraud in con
nection with the sale of securi
ties ef the Empire Holding cor
poration. Keller Is out on bail
under a seven-year sentence to
tne state penitentiary. He was
convicted last winter of using
the mails to defraud in the sale
of securities for the Balwin Ra
dio company in Montana.
It Is expected that Keller will
soon be received at the peniten-
tlary here, the only delay being
that necessitated by the trans-
tr' " r1 vuulfc iuuu,.
The Montana conviction, In a fed-
era! court, is on appeal.
Keller was sales manager for
the Empire corporation which
sold -hundreds of thousands of
dollars of its stock in this state.
A number of prominent Oregon
ians were officers of the com
pany.
Wallula Cutofi
Completed, Will
Rf OnPn SsltnHav
DC XJyVIl UUUUay
WALLA WALLA, Wash., July
5. (AP) Practically complete
from Wallula to Umatilla, the
Wallula cutoff highway will be
opened to travel Sunday, Oregon
and Washington state highway
engineers In charge of construc
tion, agreed today.
The new road aong the Colum
bia, following the route used by
pioneers In the early days will cut
off SO miles from the distance
of Walla Walla to Portland
A letter from R. A. McClana-
th.T. inhlTfnr tnr the. nnaltlnn Af
HI DIED
engineer to make plans for the this they are carried onto a loag
proposed sewage disposal plant slanting belt on which dry lag ee-
was read and placed on file. Mr. curs. About 70 'women will be esa-
McClanathan was at one time en- ployed for each shift at this plant
gineer at Astoria. this year. Already many more
Applications -for beer licenses than the needed number is sign
were received from C. L. Nichols ed up.
for Silverton Grill,- from Berger Many Employes are
Feniede for the Duck an' Swal- Added at Canneriee
low. from George Manplls. George .Operations for each cannery as
Steelhammer and the Club' and outlined to date are: . -Heater
bUlard rooms. Hunt Brothers Cherry ear-
The matter of changing4 the In- relling now in full blast, canning
surance' for the city voluateer of cherries on full basis neat v
firemen was discussed and will week; will pack logansand both (
be taken up -further at the next red and black raspberries .with
meeting; At present a policy glr- few logans and blaeks already
tag $1000 coverage is carried, received and red raspberries eom-
The new policy which was discus- Ing on first of the week both lo-
sed will carry $2000. cally and Ironl Gresham and Lee
The matter of eanrig: coptrol anon. Four hundred women add-
wa also brought up and discuss- ed Tuesday of thll week "iu-
ed. George Hubbs, city record- other 100 to be taken on the Crst
er was instructed to write the of the week. These activities, with
city of Portland for further in- strawberries and gooseberries al-
formatlon concerning the control ready handled, will end the Ortt
it offered In a communication halt of the season. Later, peara
read Wednesday night. (Turn to page 1, col. 1)
CflNNERV WORK
SPEEDED IIP AS
IES
First Logans, Raspberries
Arrive; Strawberries
Nearly Finished
First Shipment of Fresti
Cherries to be Made
Late This Week
Activity in Salem canneries for
tne early half of the season la hit-
Z ? r , raspDerrwe
"7 conuB
now. By the end of the week set
eral black cherry buyers and as
sociations will be oackina fo
shipment east.
First logans and raspberriea
were handled last night at sev
eral plants, and by next
week will be coming 'at har
vest peak. The strawberry deal la
virtually over for the canneries.
except at the McLaughlin plant
,n the old Ryan rmit headquar-
ters, where tag end of the crop
win be received as long as there
are any berries.
Loganberry Market
Is About Stabilized
Loganberry market seems def
initely settled at two and one-half
cents, which is a far cry from
earlier rumors that packers would
pay nearly double that figure.
England, a strong logan buyer. Is
virtually out of the market due
to currency conditions between
the two countries. This, together
with a good carryover, is holding
down the logan offers to growers,
one canner declared. The Liberty
pool sold at this figure.
While comparatively few rasp
berries are grown In this section,
these growers will fare better and
those offering logans. Blacks
carry a general offer of three
cents; while red raspberries may
bring as high as six cents.
A considerable quantity of oat-
slde fruit, especially from the
Wenatchee district. Is beiaf;
handled by some local packers. At
the same time, some lota of fruit
from here are being canned at
other points, Oregon Packing pwt
chased some logans which will be
i put up at Vancouver, Was., ana
SUrr Fruit company's Portia
Dl-nt win handle eherriea. with
none roinsr throuith the trays
here.
Fresh Cherries to
Be Shipped Soon
On the fresh cherry shipment.
Salem cherry growers will load
their first ear for the east Satur
day night, these to be biugs. These
will go on the Chicago auction
block, If they stay at the shipping
point, the fourth day out, after
that some line on the fresh
cherry nrices will be available.
Young and Wells, packing at th
Teminai ice plant, and Roy
Hurst, receiving at the old Fruit
Union stand, will also take em
black cherries for fresh consign
ment, starting Friday. Willamette
cherry growers will also ship some
I Lamberts.
Barrelling of Royal
Annes is going strong at the lat
er place now, and will last two
weeks more.
The Salem cherry rrowers work
this season, being carried en in
the new plant at Locust and
Laurel, will be watched with con
siderable Interest, for a metfe
O. E. Brooks, manager, has devel
oped for washing cherries to take
care of the spray residue and esse
to preserve against brown rot,
will be used.
Special machinery, designed by
Mr. Brooks, has been Installed. A
belt from the sorting tables car
ries the cherries into the 4-foot
I tray with this Solution, and frel
m