"r. Li. Y : Th OREGON STATESHAN. SaUra. Oregon. Sunday MondnlkcembCT 31, 1933 ' ":'::, -i!t ?f?t. PAGE ELEVEN 1 4 r . - - i l . : ' : . - G1TY FII Improvement in 1934-. Said Certain; Total Debt Not Oppressive f,.M ay?r Doulas McKay feels little, alarm over the city govern ment's financial situation aa the year turns. Practice ot strictest economy, he believes, wM brine the city out at the end of 1334 in a much better condition than tb wblcl " eoncludea 1933. Making these statements yes Hd?y the naToi declared that right now it is merely a matter of lack . of cash with which to carry on the day to day govern mental services." . "I don't feel alarmed," he ex plained, "for with an assessed val uation of 917,000,000 the city has but $1,700,000 of debt. Our as sets in proportion to debts are 10 to one." ' "During the past, year, JIayor McKay, views 8 . the city's , chief problem the water issue. For the coming year he anticipates prog ress toward acquisition of a muni cipal system. Action is Desired I Salem Called Beautiful Place of ' Northwest by California Woman . Mrs. M. Potter Fryer Recounts Praise Offered City by Anne Derwent at Fresno A tribute to Salem as the most beautiful spot in the northwest is contained in a letter received din ing the week by The Statesman from Mrs. M. Potter Fryer of Kingsburg, Cal., - former resident of thia city. As an-enclosure she writes the substance of a recent conversation Mrs. Fryer had with Ane uerwent at the Y. M. C. A. m Fresno, Cal. Mrs. Fryer is a native of Oregon, her grandfather was active with The Qregonlan in its eany days and she is well ac quainted with C. P. Bishop, Char. tea. Howard and Rev. w. C. Kant- ner. The reported tribute to Salem iojiows: "Salem, Oregon, is a most beau tiful city with its delightful shady trees of a wonderful green and HEALTH II ECU 0 COM F EXCELLENT "We were at first highly pleas ed to get the 11,500,000 allot ment, from PWA; but we have been keenly disappointed because -e hate been unable to -use it," McKay stated. "I hope and believe we can get condemnation proceed ings through and the water pro ject started in 1934. The city's executive promised that insofar as it was In bis pow er to command, "strict economy would be practiced in all city de- partments during 1934 with a view to preserving the city's credit and bringing it nearer to a cash basis. . .. "At the present time we are faced with the fact of an over draft at the banks $180,000 In warrants that we can not re deem," Mayor McKay said. "The banks don't want warrants to run a year and the total' must not go over $200,000. During the past year we have done well In paying off $83,000 of our general obli gation bond debt and the first of the new year we will refund an old $SO,000 term bond issue with a serial Issue to be paid off at the rate of $3000 a year. Thia is a step f erward." . . : The economy program for 1934 will not be directed at salaries if the mayor has his way. McKay asserted salaries should not be jcut furthers because, "ibat would notbe fh support of the NRA PIRT-TME SCHOOL ftjfUEPLl Outstanding in the progressive work undertaken by S a le m schools Is the General Part Time Continuation School, directed by Miss Violet Swanson. The school is a portion of the vocational edu cation: organization headed here by T T. Mackenzie and Itself widely: recognized for its efficient serviced At the close of the first semes ter of the school year 1932-33 the continuation school which serves, young persons and adults who find it impossible to attend regular public school classes, had an attendance of 7; already this semester an attendance of 107 has been reached with more than a month , left in which new regis 1 tions may be entered. I Of these students, 4C take only ' part time work;. 27 of them carry four or more subjects; 1 carry three or not less than two. Miss Swanean's December report shows that the number of hours 01 school work taken by the average atndeat has increased. "Best co operation from women of the city in placing girls" is one of the op timistic notes In her resume of the year's work, for the continuation school.. xias a functioning employ ment bureau toy its students. Stu dents from the school have also been, placed at work through tne Interest of groups 01 saiem Busi ness men. ... Student Solicited Not content with, merely teach- in r those who came to her at tractive classroom on the first floor of the senior high school building. Miss Swanson has con tacted the ministers of the city, women's organizations and serv ice clubs in a search for worthy young people who might oenem from the classes. She has suc ceeded In interesting large num bers of Salem folk in the work .with the result that when the finds among her widely classified group of students those who need particular guidance, financial aid or encouragement, she often Is able to supply Just the proper friendly service. . " Besides tie three f and sub jects taught within the .school proper, ; classes 1 a mechanical drawing, machine shop, , aato shop, chemistry, German and La tin, shorthand, physical education and art are off erea -through the cooperation of the : high school faculty nd the high school prop er, v: Social life supplied by regular schools is not neglected, nor are activities overlooked in this busy little center where boys and girls are organized Into clubs with va rious Interests, and even friends and: parents are drawn Into the ever-growing circle. No Case of Smallpox, Only One of Diphtheria This Year Says Douglas The past year enhanced the rec ord of the Marion county health department, statistics announced yesieraay d Dr. Vernon A. " u u b a b, neaun orucer, re veal. or the first time in ten years of records no cases of smallpox were reported and but two of diphtheria, a sharp reduc tion over 1932 and previous years. Occurrence of scarlet fever likewise dropped off while tvnhoM remained near the average for the ten-year period. The sharp decreases in diph theria and smallpox is attributable In large part to the health de partment's program In the opinion of Dr. Douglas. Disease cases of this variety showed a decline as soon as the health unit began checking en contacts with the dis eases, enforced quarantine regu lations, obtained laboratory serv ice for diagnosis and began ad ministering immunization treat ments. In the eight years ending with 1933 the department has im munized 13,177 persona, mostly children, to diphtheria and vaccin ated 19,597 against smallpox. In the last five years there have been but three deaths due to diph theria in contrast with 37 deaths ittjthe preceding fire years. Diph theria and smallpox cases have oc curred as follows during the ten years : Year 1924 1925 1926 lf27 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 2 Diphtheria Smallpox ....265 32 165 181 87 63 41 39 23 26 24 36 41 12 20 10 15 5 SHE (Mil IS BUSY IN PAST VEAR beauty in all the branches.: It Is a rare treat for a lover or beauty to have the privilege of .visiting this "paradise of Oregon.". There is a quiet, restful spirit there which would be hard to find in any city these days. Still the lovely colors . of leaf and moss and flowers arouse one to enjoy each turn of street with the feel ing that there Is some mistake in the naming of this beautiful spot It recalls a spirit of Arcadia. "The wild weat inever fathered or shall one say' founded this city of exquisite beauty with its appealing residences, amongst the flowers and vines and hills of fruitful Oregon. "After having the pleasure of visiting th3 beauty spots of many nations on both continents, a na tive born 'Britisher may still find a keen enjoyment in viewing the rose bc rered streets of this peerless city of the west, coast. Many of the streets are 100 feet wide and as they cross each other the spaces are more like parks than men streets. Salem is the abode of a collection of beauty lovers, flower lovers and tree worshipers. "The streets of Paris, the boulevards and gardens have their charm and wonderful ap peal let no one . pass them without returning thanks for the rare treat of seeing them and the wonderful achtitecture ot tha many artists which have con tributed to the unique collec tion of Paris, the galleries, and the p; ks when one has been privilege', to view these delights with the eyr of appreciation. And London even with its shades of fog also has a strong appeal. New York with its wonders of sky cavern and traffic problems; Bos ton with Its culture; Philadelphia with Its aupint charm and strong appeal; Buffalo with Its pouring Niagra; Toronto the beauttiful; Montreal the abode of beauty and commerce with its stretch of the great St. Lawrence, and Quebec the Gibralter of the northern American continent; Panama with its progressive and modern canal - all these are engraved on my nemory but Sa lem has a special place there, too." mSm Children to Have Swimming Pools, Tennis Courts; Additions Planned What Salem's school directors of the past scarcely dared dream ot is coming to pass. The civil works relief program late in 1933 brought to reality each dreams as were held of swimming pools, adequate tennis courts and playgrounds for the city, when projects now under way axe completed, Salem chil dren, and adults, will have for their pleasure and healthful re creation a modern, heated swim ming pool at Olinger field and anotner at Lesne junior high school field, tennis courts at both places and also at Kay park, ad joining Englewood school. In ad dition there will be playsbeds, es pecially needed at Leslie, and complete athletic fields tor track, baseball and football at Olinger and Leslie fields. School Additions Pending, I And if CWA projects now asked are approved br the state civil works board, much-needed additions will be built to High land and Englewood grade school buildings and to the Leslie jun ior high school structure. Each of these institutions will then have extra classrooms, a gymnas ium and an auditorium. Cost of the addition projects to the district will be $40,000 to be raised by sale of $40,000 worth of an old bond issue, unused up to the present. The district vot ers will be asked January 15 to approve transfer of $25,000 worth of these bonds, originally aproved for construction at High land and Englewood. to Leslie. The total cost of the projects will be around $100,000. Committee Plans Projects Credit for the vision of the playground projects and for get ting them through the CWA goes In particular to Dr. B. F. Pound, school director, and the Salem Community and Park Project committee, of which Dr. Pound is chairman. Members of the committee are: C. P. Bishop, R. R. "Bob" Boardman, Mrs. La- Working Membership Makes Year '33 Live One for Lions, States Solon . Charity is Stressed; Children Given Clothing, " Families Groceries 4 "Salem . Lions club has main tained Its membership and been very active this past year," de clared O. D. "Frosty" Olson, president, yesterday. Olson succeeded-W. R. Newmyer as head of the club in. mid - year. Olson pointed In particular to the club's ssrvice activities: Fourteen needy children were given clothing, candy and other gifts and entertained at a Christ mas dinner. Tonsil operations were arrang ed tor two other children whose parents could not afford the ex pense. Complete outfits of clothing were given two children at the state school for the blind. A wheel chair was purchased by : the club, to be loaned4 out to persons who cannot afford to rent one. ' Groceries were, sent to five families at Christmas time. . The club furnished decorations for Christmas trees at Hotel de Minto a week ago. Much of the cost of the char itable program was borne by the individual members; the remain der was raised by a dance stag ed by the club last fall. "We have a good, live club and all of our men-are working members," Olson explained. "Our membership is now 42." SCHOOLS Iff huge iiray 188 Employed; 5138 Pupils Are "Raw Material" of Large Salem Plant Moine R. Clark, Mayor Douglas McKay, Dr. S. B. Laughlin. Roy o. jvwdb, scnooi uoard Chairman F. E. Neer, C. Swanson, Grace samott, T. M. Hicks. L. P. Aldrich, Trank Deckebach. Les tle J. Sparks, Gurnee Flesher. ana scnooi Directors E. A. Brad- neia, waiter B. Minier and Mrs. David Wright. ; FMTE1IIS ems DING PAST YEAR Unprecedented growth was the lot of Fraternis club, young busi ness and professional men's din ner organization here, during 1933. From an attendance aver aging scarcely over 25, the club grew until at present an average of approximately 40 young men gather at the Thursday night din ners now held at the Gray Belle restaurant. The club has continu ed the tenet of its organization four years ago, that of being chiefly conducted for fellowship. Dr. Kenneth H. Waters, who guided the club as president dur ing most of 1933, was succeeded by election last month of Willard C. Marshall to the executive of fice. Willard L. Kapphahh is the new vice - president. Ed Burn- sides treasurer and Henry Thlel- 8 en secretary. Police Radio Value Shown In Past Year In operation eight months, Sa lem's police radio station, KGZR, has sent out 14.303 calls and been used In directing officers to in vestigate 2111 complaints from citizens. Other than case calls were 11,587 for general information and 605 for test purposes. Efficiency of city? police patrol men In answering f and clearing complaints when notified by radio has steadily increased: The aver age time per case call of 10.5 min utes the first month dropped to 7.3 minutes last month. The busi est period at the radio station was from. May 1 to September SO but the record of 476 cases, set in June, was equalled In December. The new year brings doubled use of KGZR through appropria tion by the council for addition of a second operator,! making 20-hour dally service possible. Donald Pou Jade is the original operator and Clive Scott the new one. KGZR has assigned call num bers for seven city police cars, six state police patrol cars, two sher iff's cars and one; each for office receivers at Albany, Dallas and Oregon City. j. Salem's largest government owned public utility embracing 12 plants and one administration cen ter, employing the full-time pro fessional services of 169 persons and 19 skii;ed laborers with 5138 boys and girls as "raw and par tially finished products" ranks high in public school ratings. Defeat of the school bus mea sure during the past year is cre dited with the small drop in Sa lem school enrollment, all of It in the senior high school where total registration early in December, 1932, was 1492 in comparison with December, 1933, when the registration was 1349 or 143 less than that of the previous year. Throughout the entire public school system here the loss was only 16 with an enrollment of 5154 the first week in December, 19T2, and of 5138 early in Decem ber, 1933. library Unified One of the major changes ef fected in school administration during 1933 was the unification of the school library system. For merly operating on a purely co operative! basis finding their com mon meeting ground In the of fices of Superintendent George W. Hue, of Miss Carlotta Crowley, elementary supervisor, or the Sa lem public library all school li braries of the city were last sum mer placed under the direct ad ministration of Miss Alta Kersh ner, librarian at Salem high. Essentially the same teaching force, built up, according to mod ern educational standards, through years of careful selection and su pervision with a formulated plan of promotions and strict prepara tory requirements, Is in the Salem schools this year. Where resigna tions have been accepted or leaves of absence granted appointments have largely been made from among instructors already in the system, partially as an economy measure made possible through more efficient organization. . Standard is High State school law in Oregon re- quires in addition to collegiate or normal school training: that all teachers earn annually certain credits, allowing regular univer sity or summer school work, read ing circle or special study group work to supply these -credit. While the Salem school adminis tration does not demand that any one of these special methods be followed, teachers here have beea fortunate In opportunities for not only earning the credits but for earning them in the most ap proved way. Eight special study groups. Including international relations, languages, child study, two In pro fessional educational work, art. mathematics and literature have many teachers enrolled this win ter. Summer school work is en couraged and an unusually large percent of the faculty and admin istration each year take univer sity extension courses in fields related to their special Interests. River Fairlv Lazyin This Region, Seen me Willamette river isn't In any great hurry, excepting between (..orvaius and Eugene, according to river engineers from figures sub mitted when efforts were made a few years ago to canalize th Wil lamette as far south as Eugene. From Newberg to Salem, where the river travels 35 miles, the rise is 59 feet. From Salem to Inde pendence.. the rise is 24 feet and from Independence to Albany, there is a rise of 34 feet In the 21 miles of river. Between Albany and Corvallis there Is a rise of only 18 feet, but there is quite a difference in the elevation of Corvallis and Eu gene. Between these two cities, the engineers report a rise of 218 feet, compared to the rise of only 152 feet between Newberg and Corvallis. 4 PRESENT TEACHER QTLT BETHEL, Dec. 30 ThelBethel Dorcas club, famous quitters, made a beautiful yellow and white quilt for the teacher of the school, Mra. Carmalite Weddle, and presented it to her at Christmas. Mrs. A. C Spranger, president of the club, made the presentation. This Is Mrs. Weddle's sixth year at Bethel. POLLY AND HER PALS There's Something on Ice For You! By CLIFF STERRETT MRS. ROGEltS RETURNS . MILL CITY. Dec' 30. After Sieving been la Philomath since Thanksgiving day, Mrs. Clyde Rogers returned to her home In Mill City last evening. Mrs. Rog ers was called to Philomath b y Jhe serious illness of her brother. A total of 317 opinions were written by the state supreme court nere during the past year, or an average of 47 for each of the Eev- en members of the court, the rec ords disclosed. A total of 266 opinions were written on the merits while 28 were on motions or petitions. There were 13 dissenting opinions. Sixty-nine per cent of the cases were affirmed, 22 per cent were reversed and eight per cent were modified. The tabulation showed that 166 cases were disposed of by written opinions while 31 were dismissed on motion or stipulation. A total of 214 new cases were filed dur ing the year. Of the appealed cases 186 were filed at Salem and 28 at Pendle ton. A total of 57 cases are on the trial docket but have not been heard, while 65 cases are not yet at issue. Of the 278 cases sub mitted on their merits during the year 27 have not yet been decided. Ninety-three petitions for rehear ing were filed during the year with one granted. There were 195 motions filed during the year of which 191 have- been acted upon. Assign ments of judges during the year aggregated 107. Three- attorneys were aamutea to practice law in Oregon upon certificate from other states while SI were admitted by examination. Sundry cash receipts aggregated 87239.37. with fees for admission of attorneys totaling $2130. Sub scriptions for advance sheets to taled $1534. Meier Accorded Heavy Vote Here In Last Election At the general election of No vember 4, 1930, Julius L. Meier, candidate for governor, received 6,777 votes in Marlon county. His nearest competitor, Edward - F . Bailer, was given 4,935 votes in the county. - At that election, Charles L. Mc- Nary, candidate for United States senator, received 9,354 votes in Marlon county, while his nearest competitor, , Elton Watkins, .re ceived l,24Q Totes, x ; :. ., -r Lane county did not follow Mar ion in giving Mr. Meier a ma jority vote, but went on record as supporting Edward F. Bailey, democratic candidate tor governor. with 7,117 votes, giving Mr. Meier only 2,775. 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