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A! it ; - SERVICE . v -W guarantee our carrier -' service. . If . jour paper does not arrlTe by 6: 15,' call 0101 and a copy will be dellrered at once.' WEATHER ' Pair- today and ' Tbura- day, so chaage la tempera. 4 tare; Max. Temp. Tuesday 8J, Mia. 45, rtTer -a feet- west wind, dear. EIGIITY.THIRD YEAR Salem, Oregen, Wednesday Morninj, August 2,' X933 No. 110 r--r T-' : ft i 1 Others Being Rushed, Task ; Will be Finished in 60 Days, Forecast , Dana Believed Favorable to Scheme, Acceptance by -' Government Likely - Plans hay been tompleted for the Waldport and .Florence bridges on the Coast highway, and completion of .the plans for. the bridge at Reedsport Is expected by Angast 15, It was learned at the v J?1 highway department Tuesday.- Plans for the bridge at Coos v- bay will be finished' next and the .. Newport bridge plans will be last, " ' 'although all the plans will be - ready within the next 60 days. -" v Rerlsed estimates., due to recent increases In material costs, place the costs of the bridges at $4, 'OOO.OOO. of this amount, the state seeks $900,000 as an outright federal grant, the remaining $3, ) 100,000 to be borrowed from the . . federal gorernment at 4 per cent Interest for a 2 5-year period. ' J M. Deyers, counsel for the highway department who has had ' charge of the promotion of the "' bridge project, says every advice ' f" from Washington and informal word from the regional adminis trator of the public works pro gram, is favorable to the bridges. Dana Favorable to Program, Reported Marshall N. Dana, regional ad ministrator, and his board of three advisors can take no action on the bridge project until they receive farther instructions from Washington on' the exact proce dure they must follow. Dana is known to be favorable toward the bridges, having commended the project last spring when he was In Washington In the interests of reclamation projects. Each mem ber of Oregon's delegation In the senate and house, Governor Meier 1 and the latter's advisory commit- tee nimbllc works projects,' have endorsed the bridge proposal. Secretary of the Interior Ickes expressed himself to Senator Charles L. McNary as In favor of - the bridge project, characterizing it as sound and valuable. He de- . elared several weeks ago he would not aprove a regional program , snch as the bridges were, until "' the regional administrator had been appointed and the proposed project had the latter's endorse ment. Ferry Operation to Grow More Costly (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Marlon county ended the first half of 1933 with an aggregate of $478,307 In all its funds, the largest per capita casa on nana oi any county in the state. The act- ual cash on hand was $587,000 but $109,000 in outstanding war- rants had not been presented fori payment, the semi-annual reports of the county treasurer and coun - ty clerk show. Taxes due and uncollected to - tailed $783,620. of which $427,- 000 were unpaid 1932 taxes, first half, and $202,000 were unpaid $18,31 IN COM FIDS, SIX MOM -"1931 taxes. The road fund has $421,329 " " cash on hand subject to $53,349 in outstanding warrants while the general fund had $48,201 -cash on hand subject to $3500 in out-1 y standing warrants. Four Year World LTour Completed ,,, fjccf a Minrk y jeSSW UliniO i Jessie Mlnto arrived in Salem Tuesday afternoon at the conclu- Starting in the warehouse, flre sion of four years spent in world men said, the flames were fanned vtravel. During that time she vis- by a brisk wind and soon the em IteA most of the countries of the bers had ignited - the roofs of world. Most recently she toured Jaoan and China. Her return here also ended a trip to the Chicago! world's fair which she. took ' with" I a niece and nephew from Califor nia. ": Mrs. Mlnto is making her home at the residence of her nephew, Chief of Police Frank Mlnto. She ,1s the widow of the late Harry Mlnto, former county sheriff. Pioneer District " F Has Forest Fire PIONEER, Xng: I-(Speclal) A forest fire started Monday on "Mrs. Ellis place in this vicinity. Fire Warden Walker called out several -fire -fighter from Pallas and many of the neighbors had a part In fighting the menace. This moraln the, fire waa under con trol. . - Last year about this time there wa a fir in the t1mbrMr here that destroyed ' avi a hundred cses 'ai UmbeTg '.'Jrr:c - Woman Granted : ; :.. Treasury Post ' - - -S x I F Mrs. Marion Glass Bannister of -.- Lynchburg, Va., who was ap pointed by President Roosevelt to the post of assistant secre tary ef the treasury. She Is the first woman to hold snch a high place in the treasury depart ment. Evans and Acuff, Convicted There of elk possession, Fail to pay Fines L. Frank Evans, 58, and Her- sel Acuff, 26. both wanted in Wal Iowa county for non-payment of a tine and court costs, were being held in Jail here last night, pend ing a physical examination of Evans to determine whether or not he was seriously ill. Evans and Acuff were both found guilty In Wallowa county of possessing elk meat. They resist ed and officer who sought to stake their arrest and it was not until help was summoned that the off! cer who first found them was able to take them Into custody. Counsel for the men has made a strenuous enort xor executive clemency and affidavits' of three physicians have been secured to the effect that Evans is seriously ill. The sheriff's office was order ed late yesterday to have Evans examined this morning. The two men were each fined. 1500 and costs of $332 each were assessed against them and they were also given three months' In jail. They were paroled on the Jail (Turn to page 2, eel. 1) Arguments Begun In Fischer Trial Here on Tuesday Selection of a jury and pre liminary arguments of attorneys were completed yesterday In the case of State vs. L. H. Fischer which began before Judge L. H. McMahan. Fischer, nromlnent in I Sllverton as head of the milling concern which bears his name, is charged with larceny by bailee for the alleged conversion of 1, 000 barrels of flour. The state Its prosecuting the plaintiff un der the warehouse act District Attorney W. H. Trln- die and Lyle G. Page, deputy, 1 are prosecuting Fischer. Defend ant's counsellors include W. C IWinsIow, Frank Lonergan, C. F. Gillette and Collis Marsters. WAREHOUSE DESTROYED PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 1 f AP) A warehouse was destroy ed and 12 residences damaged by lre whlcn ute today threatened the industrial district of south- I west Portland beiore nremen un I ally got the blaze under control. I dwellings as far as two blocks I away. Three alarms sent 25 engine companies from west and east side stations to the scene, and the flames were controlled - before they had much more than dam aged the roofs of the residences. Firemen estimated the damage at about $10,000. Cause of the blaxe I bad not been determined at latest report. UNDAMAGED. FOUND ASTORIA, Ore., Aug. 1 (AP) The steam freighter Hanley, which wenf aground off the Co lumbia river channel near Brook- field, Waslu, today, put out to sea from Astoria tonight tor the At lantic coast after a survey had in dicated that she had not been damaged -when-she hit the river shoaL The coast" guard -cutter. Red - 1 winr stood by the Hanley while I; was grounded; but no '-help was needed as the tide lifted the ship I into the clear Again. . . - I The steamer was Off the sand .tour hours after it grounded, and PI ARRESTED ON wmioinnw flJ3ll9IS I STIFF TO Mortgage Refinancing Will Be Undertaken at Rate Of 2500 per day . Huge Force of Appraisers Is Being Built up by Henry Morgenthau WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (AP) Organization of a nation-wide force of federal employes to carry quickly to farmers In every county the benefits of the 12,000.000,000 farm mortgage legislation has been started by Henry Morgen- than, Jr.. governor of the farm credit administration. He told newspapermen today he expected to be able to refinance farm mortgages at a rate of up to z.auti a aay. tieaaaea neis nuna- mgup a. starr or rrom z.soo to Ann z A. il a m j . l vuw i me 12 icucrai i land banks and these will be broken up into crews to put on county-by-c o u n t y refinancing campaigns. These crews will appraise all farms involved In applications for refinancing mortgages whether the applicant mortgage-holders are Insurance companies, private Individuals, closed, restricted or open banks. Morgenthau estimated that each appraiser will be able to pass on an average of about three farms I In two days, or 1-5 farms a day. On April 1 there were 210 ap praisers connected with the land banks. A total of 803 has been added since and 800 more are in training. Additional hundreds are to be selected later as needed. Morgenthau said the activities of the land banks have Increased about CO per cent In recent months and that 114,000 applica tions for more than $400,000.0001 in loans have been filed since May. Congress authorized -the land banks to issue up to $2,000,000, 000 in bonds for mortgage refin ancing. For. the present, no bonds will be Issued, as the banks have about $&. MM - on hand and Morgenthau "has arranged for an advance of $100,000,000 from the Reconstruction corporation. Paper Converting Company Compile XTT m V a T C a J I With Code, Otatea ' I Western Paper Converting company here has raised wages and arranged working hours to comply with the national recov ery act, R. L. Galloway, man ager, announced Tuesday. The rearrangement became effective yesterday. Mr. Galloway declined to re veal the amount of wage increase, saying it varied greatly through the many departments in the plant but that It brought, a "gen eral increase In minimum wages.' For the next six weeks work men at the converting company will be employed on a 40-hour week basis, as permitted by the industrial code. Galloway said. WAR HERO SUICIDE HILLSBOROUGH. Cal., Aug. 1 (AP) Once decorated for bravery under fire, Archibald M. Johnson, 42-year-old lawyer son of United States Senator Hiram W. Johnson, killed himself early today, r S Portland Has Big: Fire Vessel Aground, Shoal Ehrman, Merchant, Dies 'Old Ironsides' on Way was brought here for a check to see If any damage had been done, HEAD OF LARGE FIRM PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 1- (AP) Edward Ehrman, 79, of! Portland, president of the Gener al Grocery company and of Mason, Ehrman 4b Co., died In a hospital here tonight from a heart attack. He .was also a member of. the board of directors of the United States National bank here. Ehrman was born in Baltimore March 18, 1854. In 1878, he start ed his 80-year career in the gro cery business with the firm of M. Ehrman Co. of San Francisco. He .came to Portland 10 years later and with W. S. Mason, for - mer mayor of the city, founded! the firm bearing their names whlch later became one of the! largest wholesale grocery eon cerns in the Pacific northwest. The company has branches in Lewlston and Moscow, Idaho. -v i. - - . - -. , ' PORTLAND NEXT STOP - ASTORIA, Ore., Aug. -1-WAP) The U, 8. Frigate Constitution, ?Oid ironsides'" of history, was riding at anchor at Tongue Point, a few miles -above Astoria, today, sne is scheduled to leave early tomorrow for Portland. The ship spent 10. days In Astoria last May, when thousands of, local people and visitors from all part of the state went aboard her. . "Old Ironsides" rwill remain Pprtland for 20 days, - docked mtauzuim ue swan uiana auryoo Large Crews Are at Work Near Summit BEND, Ore., Aur. 1 TfAPJ--The Santiam highway survey, a route which will soon provide in terior. Oregon with the shortest route to Salem and Portland. Is VcY irhS Just out of slaters, grading con tractors on the Job west of Sum mit and a clearing crew operating beyond the North-South Santiam junction. A hundred-man camp has been completed by Kern and Klbbe, general contractors, near Hogg Rock, west of the Cascade divide, and a second camp, to accommo- j-date 125 men, has been erected on Lost Creek, three miles west of the first camp. Three shifts will be used by contractors in rradine the unit between summit and Junction. Already, 125 men are clearingthe Verts'. Two steam "shovels are in U8e a 1U vJfma.- ci.f... .. cm. i.t. ngnc or way and putting in cul- a light cutback asphalt road mix Is being used on a part of the new highway completed last year. The santiam route Is graded from Sis- 3,-Iters to Cascade Summit. -k . - reari oroiners nave the con- tract for clearing six miles of th right of way west of the construc- tlon camps. IfilY REPORTED KILLED IN BLAST AfSenEl in Nicaragua BlOWn Up; Houses Rock as In Earthquake MANAGUA. Nicaragua. Aug 2 (AP) Thirty civil guards were unofficially reported dead or I wounded today as a result of an explosion In the Campo de Marte arsenal. The major blast occurred late last night while inhabitants of Managua were attending the tra ditional regional fiesta In Santo Domingo plaza. Houses rocked as though In an earthquake, and citizens .were thrown into a state of extreme ex citement. Minor blasts continued until 12:10 a, m. today. Spent cartridge shells and arms were scattered through the city. A large pistol fell through the roof of a bouse a quarter mile away. President Sacasa Immediately began an investigation Into the cause of the explosion. He stated: A part of the Managua arsenal v&yiuucu; uv ciiiiro country 1M Pfce: no cause for alarm a.w.1haJ IV a. a IIHED VICTIM DF Miss Rosamand Weston of Grants Pass, who for the past week has been a guest at the Paul V. Johnson home, 455 South High street, here learned yesterday that kidnaping and extortion plot bad been aimed at her by a Grants Pass youth and possibly by a gang there. She was apprised of the situation when ner motner, Mrs. Adah Weston of Grants Pass, teleDhoned yesterday advising her to remain in eaiem or roruana for a few days longer. County officers and state police at Grants Pass yesterday by nlantinsr a dummy, package of money" arrested Clarence Bent- ley. 16-year old youth living in the Fort Vannoy district not far from the Weston home. Accord ing to the Associated . Press, Mrs. Weston had received letters de manding $500 cash and threaten ing to kidnap her daughter and demand $5000 ransom if the first sum was not placed at a desig nated spot. "If you say anything to police or if It comes out inthe papers your life will be short if we have to wait ten years or more," one of ine wroruon noies reau. signea 07 uiacsjaca, ilia Tf AAvifi tr HaV eivtcr whlAli the Roaring Fork gang" which the writer stated consisted of 21 men. Brooklyn Bridge Singed and Heat -Is Given Blame NEW YORK. Aug. 1. (AP) Brooklyn bridge caught fire to night and firemen blamed the 1 heat. The blase was confined to about 20 feet of treated plank- ing In the eenter of the Brook- - 1 lyn-bound vehicular lane. The I fireboat William Strong steamed I to a point directly below the fire and erupted a' geyser of water, while two "crews of land-going apparatus attacked it from . the bridge, level, j :i r Traffic was tied up half an hour in the affected lane. An in- I veatlgatlon yielded nothing morel j tangible than spontaneous com- l bustioa aa a cause. I -RECKLESSNESS CHARGED I A charge of . reckless driving was placed against Charles I Green. 1805 South Church street. in I city police repoted last night. He J was cited to apear in municipal 1 voux. fiuajr OilS KILLED,- finnnr iiiinT iir bbUntnUnl IH Strike Spreads tp 30,000 Workers; Fights Occur 7 At Four of Plants Governor Pinchot Declares i Troops may Return if Need Recognized BROWNSVILLE. . Pa., Aug. 1. -(AP) One striker was killed land more than a score wounded today as deputy sheriffs with guns and tear gas turned back pickets during a day of turmoil in -the state's troubled soft coal fields, where a .strlkespread to more than 30,000 miners. Fighting broke out at four mlnes na the casualties iodud ed nine men wounded by pistol and shotgun fire, five seared by I tear gas and others injured - by stones. Louis Podorsky, 28, - died of injuries received ln a clash at the Colonial No. 3 mine of the H. C Frlck Coke company. The disorders flared after na tional guardsmen were with drawn from patrol duty by their commander, Major Kenneth W. Momeyer, who was. represented as feeling the strike area is too vast to be patrolled by his 325 men. The guardsmen encamped on a hill overlooking Brownsville, in readiness for emergencies and riots. At Harrisburg, Governor Pin chot said there was a "condi tional possibility" that more troops will be sent to the coal fields. He said, however, he has received no formal request tor them. Peace overtures by the govern orf failed today as representa tives of the Frlck company, in whose mines the strike started in Fayette county, declined to at tend a conference with miners' representatives in the state capi tal. The, miners are demanding rec- ognltlon,.ot ,tho United Mine worxen of America. Governor Plnchot'a aides aald they understood. Frick officials would have attended the con- "reBW n in company union" """ " nM suggestea to its worMr Deen on nenda. FROM GRAVEL PIT! Two Salem youths rescued Mrs. Dick Eastman, 48, route four, from drowning In the Oregon Electric gravel pit Sunday, It was reported yesterday. The woman fell Intn tM rf r w.. .v. WOMAN IS RESCUED stooped over the pitl edge toQffidalS Silent Called by a boy who saw her fall In the water, Ernie Monner dived In and brought Mrs. East man to the surface where Darrell Baker assisted in getting her to the bank. Mr. Eastman, unable to swim, was standing up to his neck in the water, trying to aid his The youths resuscitated the woman by artificial respiration. At a local hospital where she was taken, It was reported she suffer ed no ill effects from the submer sion. McMahan Returns Directed Verdict 77 . F aVOnng Otarker A directed rerdlct for the de- fAnia v a Rtrvr was ra. tnrnA1 tumiIit aftrnnon in eir- I enft eQnrt Bftr- the case of n. MAnnr aratnut starter. Plaintiff sought $10,400 for dam iibj occasioned by an auto acci I . . - dent on South Commercial street in 1132. Judge L, H. McMahan, after hearing the evidence, ruled with the defense attorneys "that proof of gross negligence had not been shown. - Mlss Monner was a passenger wim ouuwr ai iuo um vi mw accident and under Oregon Judl- clal decisions gross negligence must be proved when the plain tiff was a passenger. Defense at torneys contended - the plaintiff had only shown thai Starker was speeding and Held that this did not constitute gross negligence. . Paper Mill Hours NOt Yet LeSSened -i Officials ef the t Oregon Pulp 4 Paper-company announced la Portland yesterday that ' no ' ac tion In lessening hours -of the working week for employes here would be taken pending action Ion the national pulp and, paper code. .Wage Increases announced Monday .and effective Tuesday are based on a" 48-hour week, 'the mill now - running three shifts daily --A- national code is under I consideration Jit -Washington . and J will be binding on all julp and tfiwr.iuwtii.-.- -"t.'.-jw Osage Indian Beauty May Earn itle oi Real "Miss America" This full-blooded Osage Indian beauty. Miss Joanne Alcorn, may be the first real "Miss America" for homa" and will compete in the X. next month. B Confers With Moley; More Power Will be Asked of Congress, Word (Br the Associated Press) The president of the United States yesterday took a hand in the nation-wide drive to eliminate kldnapings and give swift Justice to abductors. The chief executive conferred with an adviser. Assistant Secre tary of State Rirmond Mole v. I who Is also a crime authority, and scanned federal statutes to be used in the racket-kidnap war, Apparently President Roosevelt will depend mnch on the enlarged department of Justice and coop eration among the states to stamp out kidnaping. He expects to ob tain additional federal legislation to give the government a "big stick" to club criminals. One kidnap victim, Charles F, Urschel, Oklahoma City oil mil lionaire was back at his home aft er payment of the entire ransom demands of his abductors. The amount was undisclosed but be lieved between $75,000 and $100,000. Urschel returned at midnight Monday. In the pursuit of the kidnapers of John J. O'Connell, Jr., of Al- (Turn to page 2, col. 8) About Progress Upon Water Deal While city officials were known to have conferred with officers of the Oregon-Washington Water Service company yesterday re garding the proposed purchase of the plant here by the municipal ity, no statement from any of the conferees was available at a late hour last night. Negotiations were said to be entirely Informal and as yet Incomplete. Christopher C. Chenery, presi dent of Federal Water Service company which owns the control ling common ' stock of the local plant, and C. E. Elliott, president I or me uregon-wasmngton water Service t company, arrived here i irom can r rancisco i uesaay aii- ernoon on the. Cascade. Mayor I Douglas McKay. City Attorney Trindle and Alderman 8. A. I Hughes represented the city. ll rjT STUDIES C B I UK Recoveiy Code Gathei ing At Silvei ton Set Fiiday SILVERTON, Aug. 1 (Spe- I . Xt.i , r. 1 , - ... la receiving xne maximum 01 ai- tentlon at Sllverton this week. Al ready 45 blue eagles have appear ed In windows and places of bus iness at Sllverton. At the water office signs are up to the effect that the office will not he open in the morning until st o'clock as the office force has gone on a 40 hour a week basis. Tbe office is open until five each evening.-. chamber of Jmmerce has called t Bin ncniBK tor m iiumj mu at which, time a code will be pre sented for general adoption or re jection ; here. rUr. Starr has appointed A com mittee consisting of Earl J. Ad ams. Mayor B- W. Carver, Julius Aim and Frank Erring, which met Tuesday night 'for the purpose of considering a code : adaptable to Bilverton. Considerable street cor ner discussion has prevailed', here and considerable misunderstand ing has been evinced. Tho-latter, the chamber 'Of commerce Hopes to untangle to some degree-at 2 ,-SS f. f "' hvTl she has been chosen "Miss Okla national contest at Atlantic City, Salem man one of Group to Direct Re-Employment National Campaign WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (AP) Announcement of committees of business leader whn hart hen' drafted" hr President Rnnacrolt to head state and district reem- nlnvment rimnitrni waa mad a today by the national recovery ad ministration. Forty-eight state boards, com posed of nine members each, and 28 district boards, of seven mem bers each, were selected by Hugh S. Johnson, the recovery adminis trator. The list included Oregon: Henry B. Van Duzer, Portland; Frank A. Spencer, Portland: George Benson, Union; Ray Gill. Portland; Ben T. Osborne. Port land; Dr. James Gilbert. Eugene; Edward Boyce, Portland; Donald J. Sterling, Portland. Portland district: Idaho) : (Oregonand J. A. Tahntabauer, Portland, Ore.; R. J. Hendricks. Salem, Ore.; W. C. Ruegnitx, Portland, Ore.; George C. Blakesley, The Dalles, Ore.; Will Simons, Boise, Idaho; George Grebe, Kuna, Ida ho; John Hood, Pocatello, Idaho. HIS CRITICAL Donald SHver, S3, who Sunday night blew off much of his face with a 12-guage shotgun In a self admitted suicide attempt, remain ed alive early today, his condition unchanged since Monday, Deacon ess hospital attendants reported Unable to' speak, ' he yesterday conversed with friends by writing and reiterated state police infor mation that he had done the shooting. - state troopers said - the - man placed the muzzle of the gun against his mouth while in the bedroom of his farm residence a quarter mile east of Swegle school. When they found him he as bleed ing heavily. His wife and several children were on the premises at the time. O- Friday" night meeting. . i nose wno nave "signed no for blue eagles at Sllverton in eludes J. E. Hosmer. Silverton Appeal-Tribune, - Marion Green, Silverton Bakery." Kubberness Creamery James S earth, . Roscoe Jenkins. C. H. Dickerson. EV L. Biarr, I Brown, manager tne xnterurban Telephone eom pany, ur. tx. jb. &ieinsorge, G. H Banks. John. Rude, Julius Aim. swuuvw) ucvrt : AHUr I n 1 DISTRICT BOARD SILO HI son, fi. u. KOttsx. Mlna Cooner.l: ir.-t M.t .tmni itlra Alda Tan, Valkenberg, Elmer OM - annortioned 819.338 as their .ou, KuuiuuMiua, vooiioge and McClalne bank,' B- B. Dun - can, ouverion orug company. Jar - ti service siauon. sieeinammer Aru ,wre, uenison grocery, Wlnldck" handle factory. Allen crouiexs, ut. a. 4. Jtewanneii, W. K. Cain. Sllverton Plumbing I for the entire state totalled 28 1. -company, -Long Produce company. I S3 2, .George Brown, secretary of raiace uieatre, Koninson grocery, I the state land board, reportea. Safeway , grOcery.'Modern. Show! Investments of the land board Shop; H. A L. barber shop, George Hubbs company,- women's Spe - flalt-r afiAft. Et1 vort nit frnim- f1.iU.la V. M ...1 .ITll.a 14. www a-u wa nuiio. ht wat eompany, Silverton Grill, George's Its Place. Syrlsg and Banks. E ALL AGREE Oil CLOSING TIME 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Each day Voted; Radio Dealers Talk Over Code Wood Dealers Raise Prices $1 per Cord; Fuel men Of City Org ahize Salem retail grocers set up uniform business hours and fuel wood dealers boosted prices ap proximately $1 a cord at N. R. A. meetings held last night at the) call of the chamber of commerce. Radio sales aad service men or ganized temporarily and discuss ed a possible fair trade code. Over 100 grocers from SsKjbi and vicinity agreed without a dis senting vote to observe 8 a. n. opening and 6 p. m. closing hours dally, except Sundays and holidays, on which thsy are to remain closed. Proprietors of S grocery stores, representing ap proximately 80 per cent' of the businesses in the Salem trade area, also signed up to comply with the N. R. A. code of the national retail grocers. Results of the grocers' meet ing were considered the m.t radical changes to take place through the grocery trade in th history of Salem. Many previous efforts to establish uniform honrs and Sunday closing bad failed. Generally the groceries have op ened for business at 7 a. m. and closed anywhere from 8 to S p. m., the latter hoar being ges- eral on Saturdays Schunke President Of Retail Grocers Forming the Salem R et a i 1 I Grocers' association, the food merchants elected Edward Schunke president, L. F. Le Garle vice - president. C. M. Rofe- eru treasurer, and the following directors representing seven classes of grocery business: Wil- Ham J. Buslck. Georre C. Sot- terbeck. William Gillings, John Marr, David L. Shrode, Edwin H. Blngenhelmer and A. Wayne Hammett. Claude McKenney was . elected chairman of the newly-farmed Salem Fuel Dealers associatka with the 19 dealers attending tbe meeting signing up for member ship and compliance with the code to be drawn up tonight by a -special committee. Fay Wella was named secretary-treasurer. Fuel wood prices Ty the cord decided upon by the dealers are as follows, firs quotation being . for first crade and next for see- ond grade: Old fir lC-inch $6, $5. St; four - foot $5. $4.50, Second growth fir 18-inch $5.50. $5; four-foot $4.50. $4. Oak 18- Inch $7, $8.50; four-foot ,. 8.50. Ash 18 - inch $8.28, $5.75; four foot 5.50, $5. MOl slab 16-lnch $5; four-foet $4.25. Sixteen-lnch block. $5.5. Sixteen-lnch planer $5. Boxwood $4. Hog fuel and sawdust $i (Turn to page 2, col. 5)- TWO DISTRICTS III OF SILVERTON. Aug. 1 That two of the five districts in the Sllverton Hills have given appro- yal to adding cost of bus trans- portatldn to the school budget was learned here today. Theso districts are Porter, yes, 18. no 5: Mountain View, yes. 11. and no 2. Results of the Hult and Silver Falls district votes on the tosse Monday night have not yet been announced. Davis schooirwlll not vote for another week, or ten days. Should all five districts favor the special tax in their own com munities the directors will go to gether and hire a bus for trans portation to Silverton high school. It Is understood that some size- flar plan will be tried out In the Waldo Hills district, although the voting has yet not been arranged for these. Inasmuch as the entire Silver- ton Hills district-voted heavily for C Vr Murray for director on the) county. board and that Mr. Mar ray favored high school busses, at is thought here that an me s- rerton Hills districts wfll provide transportation. . f afn 441 y-i .J - IAiyJOy ItUUIlLy 2 n p . j pr..,. SCllOOl t UUU. OlSre 1 share of the years interest to id 1. ft. n th. frrodnelbla school 1 fund. The , per eaplU allotment; l waa ti ll a school census cniiav 1 the ages running rrom tour te xe years. The apportionment et the 1 irreducible school maa " uteres I funds held as a trust for . the 1 school children ef Oregon are i- I 4AmA "uifwuii Mr mnrtriral & FflVOR BUSSES I A . makitai .V Ml. " 1 iirm vrvuwi it sua nwu -. mmm- I elpalitles and other subdivisions et Oregon, .. I'