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Th OREGON STATESHAN. SaUra. Oregon. Sunday MondnlkcembCT 31, 1933
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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
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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.
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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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