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Funds for the construction bt fire
bridges on tbe Oregon coast bigb
way will be provided" by" tie pub
lic works administration, .J.' M.
Devers. counsel for the Oregon
state highway. commission,7said
today he has been! assured. -.
" The Oregon attbrney,..who has
been here for some time in the
interest of the proposed spans,
said he "was told that any prelim
inary work which; might Jbe nec
essary before actual construction
is started, should be undertaken
at once. ' I x '
Devers stated that public works
officials told him ja list of approv
ed projects, with) allotments, will
be Issued tomorrow, and a second
list will be issued Mondays He
said the officials ; did r hot . say
whether or not the bridges are to
be included on either list. - . . . -
- PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. .5. W
A special Washington dispatch
to the Oregonian I tonight said the
board of army engineers was di
rected today to make a survey of
the Columbia river from the
mouth of the "Willamette river to
" the Bonneville dam, with a view
to proTiding a suitable aaTigable
channel for ships idra wins' SO feet
ct water. r ;
- The survey will be made look
ing forward to the time when
commerce on the) upper Columbia
river will warrant sea-going ves
sels, it was stated.
In discussing he f requests , of
Oregon groups .for, sea,-locks aod
channel for the jBonneTilleaam,
the engineers have roughly esti
mated . a 30-foot channel from
Vancouver, Wash., to the dam
would cost 15,000,000, and re
quire three years to dredge.; .
The house committee on rivers
and harbors approved Represen
tative C. H. MarUn'a' resolution
requesting the survey. No other
approTal is necessary, the report
- stated. !
CEHL CHECKUP
OF CODES n
"WASHINGTON JaB. S. tfV
A general shake-down of the big
eode structure erected by NRA
will be undertaken by Hugh 8.
Johnson next month to correct In
consistencies and Injustices dls
eoTered doling 1 the several
months of operating experience.
' I He plans to call la the nearly
'300 code authorities, industry's
' own governing groups, for a thor
ough airing of difficulties, both
, within and between coded indus
tries. From what! is learned then,
" he hopes to achieve a. degree of
- consistency throughout the Indus
trial machinery which was im
possible as long as the experi
mental phases of code creation
: dominated NRA activities.. - .
. While Johnsonj was announcing
' this broad program, President
Roosevelt reaffirmed the admin
istration's intention to see the
. federal trade commission for en
t orcement of the: anti-trust laws
where violations i develop under
NRA. The industrial law suspends
' most i ant! trust I law provisions,
' but only to permit f such agree
ments as are expressly sanctioned
by the governmeht through codes.
- The statutes remain In full effect
otherwise, , r
Usual Expenses
Must be Curbed :
, Says Roosevelt
t WASHINGTON; Jan. i ()
' Democratic members of the house
' appropriations committee t were
t called to the White House today
and were told by President Roo
: serelt the Importance "of keeping
next year's budget for the regular
' departments ; within the narrow
limitations he has laid down...
. Although the 1135 budget, ap
. proximates $ 1,0 00,0 00,0 00, only.
'$2.,100 is provided for the re
gular government departments.
. Included tn the Tegular budget for
im, however, is 1780,000,000
for the farm adjustment adminls-
tratloa but this . organization Is
. one created by emergency legisla
tion, v V- . -. ;;
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.'" WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. (Jfy
; Governor Myers of the Farm Cre
dit administration, Informed Ben
. ator Steiwer (R-Ore) that the
Regional Agricultural Credit cor
poration office would be con tin
- ned at - Portland!; until the new
rroduce Credit association liss
perfected ta erp.nlzatlon,.- , .,
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. miles into the stratosphere, carrying no passenger but scientlficstruments that win make records
automatically. Loebell Is at right above, while his assistant, Robert Hayes, Is at left.
The Washinston
Spotlisht
(Bt the Associated Press)
House nassed bill tn
1470,000,000 annually in liquor
taxes. - '
President Roosevelt announced
he would ask congress to guaran
tee nrineinal as well Interest of
farm and home loan bonds.
Hugh 8. Johnson planned to
call in nearly; 200 code authori
ties next month for corrections
and revisions.
The president disclosed plans
for a permanent public works pro
gram to: follow emergency nro-
jecta. v -
Senator Thomas, inflation lead
er, postponed drafting of a- mone
tary program in the senate to
await presidential action. . '
Seccretary Henry Morgenthau.
Jr., announced a campaign to col
lect J300.000.000 in delinquent
taxes, during the next 18 months.
REBELS inn
MICE F1OT
urday) Nationalist' government
infantry along th south Chekiang
border attacked Fukien province
rebels over a, wide front today.
said reports from Nanking and
Hangchow. J
FOOCHOWl Fukien Province,
Jan. 6 () Fukien revolutionary
leaders massed all their available
troops In the northern part of the
province today in ' anticipation of
a counter movement by Nanking
nationalist i forces.. - ; i
ClTillac leaders of the rebellion,
meanwhile, were apparently los
ing the enthusiasm they exhibited
a month ago, when they launched
a "people s independent govern
ment" opposed to the Nanking re
gime, because of failure of other
factions to join the revolt, as an
ticipated, f
ifiimitTT'
SALVAGE IS DOUBTFUL
THE DALLES, Jan. 5. (ff)
sternwheeler Hercules turned over
on its side late today after, atrik
lag a submerged rock and sinking
in the Columbia river here earlier
la the. day. The crew of 12 es
caped uninjured and not even wet,
Captain Lynn Logan, reported.
Those who, saw the packet on
Its fide expressed, little hope of
salvaging either., the boat or the
cargo from the; swollen stream.
The up-river cargo Included '203
barrels of ciK and - two. " tons of
paint, Rlrermen picked up boxes
and(equipment that floated down
the river; . r-i
The rUmatilla, wrecked In the
same vicinity - last . summer,, was
later raised, repaired and return
ed to service, ' . . -
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:A WASHINGTON, Jan S. (ff)
A breakdown of the budget, tor
agriculture 4 experlnjent stations
showed ; today that one Oregon
station 'at Uermiston had been
eliminated and-three others eon
slderabry reduced.' , , . i
Cpor thelpendleton station
15500 was cQt from the budget,
eliminating research activities in
dry land farming. The budget
provided $3470 for research crops
and diseases. "
. , Provisions for $5000 for agri
culture engineering at the Med
ford station were removed,' leav
ing a budget of $22,400 for the
bureau of entomology and $2848
for the bureau of plant Industry.
!' yuftsetjoj $he Uoia fta-
nil to
BE SELECTED S
General Creed Hammond is
Latest Name Heard Jn
Lobby Conjecture :
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. j 5. (JF)
Appointment of a sUte liquor
administrator was believed Immi
nent with the state liquor com
mission unofficially understood to
have narrowed their . considera
tions today to four candidates.
. The commission continued in
terviews and deliberations, but
did not find time to give at
tention, to the question of setting
up permanent headquarters.
Chairman George H. McMorran
reiterated that the matter had
been scarcely considered as yet.
He found time to praise the
Work of his associates. .
"I am particularly Impressed
with the sincerity of my. two as
sociates on the commission," Mc
Morran stated. "I have never be
fore seen more earnest work than
that being done by them on the
liquor question. For myself, I
hare nerer been so earnest on
any duty before.'
Commission members would
not reveal any favored candidates,
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Ex-Manager of
Loan Office is
Arrested Here
R. E. ' Gheer, until recent
months manager of the State
Loan company here, was in the
c?rnty Jail last night, charged
with larceny, by embexzlement of
funds from the State Loan com
pany, 't
Complaint against Gheer was
made by C. K. Benfeldt, from the
Loan headquarters office In Port
land, and. charges embezzlement
of $58 last June 37.
Ball was set at $1,000. Gheer
will probably be taken before Jus
tice of the Peace Miller Hayden
this morning or Monday to enter
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Hirer .Vessel Capsizes ,
Experiment Funds Cat ; : !J
Fogitive Found. Insane ,
Counterfeiter is Held
tion - was practically ' unchanged
at $5385.
LEBANON MAN HELD ' ,
PORTLAND,' Jan. 5. .-
Clarence Boggle, 4 1, was recom
mended to the state hospital for
insane la circuit .court here to
day, after adjudged insane, by
Dr. Robert P. Smith and Dr. J. F.
Calbralth. ' Boggle ' was arrested
here as a fugitive from the county
Jail and held for questioning re
garding a Spokane, Wash-i mur
der case. -. - ir. : :'
. I The complaint - against ; Boggle
was signed by -his. father,' Ed Li
Boggle of Lebanon, Ore. .it u it;;.
! . Boggia had served in the state
hospital before., being sent there
while serving, a j sentence In the
Oregon penitentiary ior bank rob
bery at LebanbnJ testimony at the
hearing today related. .
ROSS PLEADS CdLTT -,
; DENVER, Jan.' sitty-rS Ray
mond E, Rose of Milton. Ore.,
pleaded guilty to passing counter
felt coins before U. S. Commis
sioner Leo J. Crowley today.
: . Crowley ordered Ross" placed in
the county Jail when he was tin
able to make $1500 bond and or
dered the release of his wife on
her personal recognizance, in or
der that she might care for her.
four, children. ; - ; . . ; 1 :;S
- Rowland K. Goddard, head ef
the secret service here said Ross
admitted manufacturing and pass
inr $250 worth of the . colna in
order to paTor bringing his fami
ly from ' Milton i to Longmont,
World News at
a Glance
(By the Associated Press)
Domestic:
WASHINGTON Hons e ap
proves . $470,000,000 liquor tax
bill by vote of 885 to 5.
ask congress to guarantee $4,
000,000,000 .. principal of farm
and home loan bonds.
WASHINGTON Treasury plans
drive to collect $300000,000 In
delinquent taxes in next 18
months.
PHILADELPHIA Chairman
Weir of national steel corpora
tion pledged unqualified support
to recorery program.
WASHINGTON Administrator
Johnson to call in nearly 200
code authorities for. revisions and
corrections.
CHICAGO 18,000 dairy farm
ers supplying Chicago with milk
vote to strike Saturday.
Foreign:
PARIS Overthrow of cabinet
threatened by $40,000,000 pawn-
snop scandal.
NEVERS, France Evelyn G.
Frost, St. Louis society woman,
burned to death In plane after
crash.
GENEVA United States leads
world-wide Improvement In em
ployment, International labor of
fice reports.
I NEW. YORK, Jan. I. (ff)
Francis Scott Key's original
manuscript of "The Star Spangled
Banner" changed hands twice to
day within thirty minutes.
Dr. A. 8. W. Rosenbach, noted
Philadelphia blblophile, bought It
at public auction today tor $24,
000. ' "It's priceless," he said, and
cheap at any price."
-. Immediately after the sale Dr.
Rosenbach walked from the auc
tions rooms to his office where
he sold the three- items to the
Walters gallery of Baltimore, rep
resented by its trustee; Philip B.
Perlman, a lawyer.' - .
The city of Baltimore lost the
previous manuscript ' for only
thirty minutes, too, for the ori
ginal sale was an action ordered
by the . estate of the late Henry
Walter : of Baltimore.
- With the manuscript, which is
on a sheet of ordinary note pa
per, went the first printed . form
of the anthem and a portrait of
Judge Joseph "H. Nicholson, of
Baltimore,, who was responsible
for' its publication. Both these
items went hack to the Maryland
city through the Walters gallery
aale.. .
City Ownership
League.Changes
1 Name Slightly
"4 Changing ita name from' Salem
Municipal Ownership : league , to
Salem Public I Ownership, league
was .onlyjone of the pieces of re
organisation business -carried
through bythat body last night at
the chamber of commerce rooms.
A constlttttlep and "by-laws were
accepted and r. p. Beddaway was
elected treasurer. Reddaway with
the, previously, elected president,
Douglas McKay, rVlce President
P. M. Gregory and Secretary Fred
X Toose, Jr., will serve on the
board of directors. A. U. Church,
H. E. Barker and Roy R. Hewitt
were elected to the directorate at
last night's meeting. k
K The group voted ', to .afflliato
with the Public Ownership League
of America and approved an active
membership campaign to be un-
ri noon. '-;v- ' ' . .
MEM 0111
: BRINGS BIB PRICE
HOUSE ADOPTS
LIQUOR TAKING
BILL SPEEDILY
Only Five Dissenting Votes
Heard; Senate Will Act
Early Next Week
Over 30 Amendments Urged,
One For Stamp Plan is ;
' Given; Approval; : -
WASHINGTON. Jan. . UPi
Quick and almost unanimous ac
quiescence was given by the house,
today to the $470,000,000 liquor
tax bill winnowed by ItsTwiys
and" means committee from the
recommendations' of the v presi
dent's committee that had studied
the problem. - - " - - -
First bill to be acted upon at
this assembly, the measure was
passed and sent to the senate by
the vote of 388 to 5, with one
member voting present.
Early action next week by the
senate was forecast by democra
tic leaders in view of the admin
istration's desire to get it finally
enacted as quickly as possible In
order to benefit from-the $2 a
gallon rate on. distilled spirits,
now taxed $1.10. ...
' To speed the measure. Chair
man Harrison called a meeting of
the finance 'committee for Mon
day. Indications were that the
tax would be held at about the
same figure approved by the
house.. -
More than' 30 amendments
were offered to the liquor, wine
and beer rates In the house, but
an were beaten down by the pow
erful democratic majority. An
amendment by Chairman Dough
ton (D-NC) of the ways and
means committee and approved
by the treasury, creating a stamp
system to show that the tax has
been paid, was adopted without
opposition.
Otherwise, the measure was
passed as reported by the ways
and means -committee, but not
4Tarn towage J, CoL ,1) :
A registration of 88 persons
was chalked up last night In the
first three of the Civil Works
Service classes to open In the
Salem high school bunding, and
this in spite of the tact that
lateness of . arrangements made
pubUcity difficult. At least six
others are expected to open Mon
day night if approval of the plans
tor them can be obtained In time,
T. T. MacKenzle, vocational edu
cation instructor in charge of
CWS classes here said last night
All classes are scheduled to
meet from 7 to p. m. on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Thursdays
and will "be offered. In one-month
units. Present plans call for a
new and continuing utlt to be or
ganised in February.
Among subjects offered last
night mining proved most pop
ular with a registration or so
students; salesmanship attracted
27 and landscaping 21. Registra
tion wni be held open at least
throuah Monday night's session
of these classes for any interest
ed young people or adults.
There has been popular demand
for several subjects which can
not be offered now because neither-
adequate equipment nor suffi
cient funds are available. Includ
ed on this list are cooking, diesel
engineering, typing, farm me
chanics and advanced accounting.
Cooperation of local profession
al groups and individuals is being
solicited in selecting instructors
and laying out courses of study..
Late: Sports
PORTLAND, Ore Jan. 5. (ff)
The Portland Buckaroos con
tinued their strong hold on sec
ond place in the northwest hockey
league tonight by aeieaung me
Vancouver Lions, 4 to 2 in a
rousing; battle, c
fia'tf FRANCISCO. Jan. 8. UPi
On the short end of the score
for more - than half ? the ; game,
the University of California Bears
forged ahead with a dosing rally
to swamp the University of Utah
4S to 22 here tonight. . . : ?
BAN FRANCISCO. ; Jan. . (ff
The fast - breaking offense and
deadtr basket shooting . of the
Utah State Agricultural college
basketball team proved too much
for Stanford 'university's slower
five here tonitnt and the Aggies
passed and shot' their-way to a
48 to $S victory. ; .
WES T PALM BEACH, Tla.,
Jan. 5. (ff Rain for the second
straight . night caused postpone
ment tonight of the Uaxle Rosen-
bloom Bob Godwin light heavy
weight non-title match here. The
boat .was postponed, nnullnext
MANY NOLL FOB
K CUSSES HERE
U t il ity Czar-s Power
T6mmsmmsum
Filed by
Salary, and Budget Reductions Ordered by
Thorns Protested : Constitution is ,.
.. ! Gited, Also Interstate Angle
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 5.-(AP) A suit to restrain cfr
eration of salary and budget reductions ordered, by, Ore
gon Utilities Commissioner CM; Thomas was filed in fed
eral district court here today by the' Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company. . ... ,- -. - :
- Commissioner Thomas. . order - of December . 30. ; 1933.
lowered ' 1 S 3 4 'budget items toro
upper bracket salaries of the'eom-
panys Oregon officers and struck
from the budget a contract hold
ing company payment, to the Am
erican Telephone &" Telegraph
company. , ; :
Coincident with the order the
Oregon commissioner also . rec
ommended like reductions for up-
per, bracket officials of the com
pany in San Francisco and Seattle
and elimination of the payment
of Holding company fees to the
American, Telephone, and' Tele
graph company.
The. company's complaint cited
constitutional grounds for the Is
suance of a restraining order and
contended that the commissioner
was attempting to confer upon
himself the power of regulating
the utility's !af fairs, of substltut-
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Government May be Tangled
In Case; Stavisky Has
Mysterious "Pull"
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PARIS, Jan. 5. (ff) The flee
ing Serge Stavisky, whose mon
umental pawnshop scandal threat
ens trouble! for the government.
was disclosed today as a myster
iously powerful person.
-Premier j Camilla Chautemps,
sensing the danger to his govern
ment as a result of the collapse
of the Bayonne pawnshop and
the. estimated loss of $40,000,000
to investors through its alleged
bogus bonds, summoned Albert
Dallmier, colonial minister, and
demanded a clear statement of
his connection with the affair.
Lobbies of the chamber of dep
uties seethed with rumors that
"Handsome 1 Alex" Stavisky held
a card as inspector In the French
secret service. '
His acquaintance with cabinet
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. E. (ff)
Indications Were found by inves
tigators today that the breaking
of check dams small flood con.
trol structures effective in ordin
ary storms and the sudden
loosing of (clogged - up debris
and boulders, probably caused
most of the havoe wrought by the
disastrous New Year's ere flood
around Los Angeles. .
: - Finding no' basis for rumors
that a dam I had been dynamited
in the hills back of the main flood
area Sunday night, the Investiga
tors reported .. late today that
every check dam for tt our miles
up Pickens and Earl canyons had
been broken by flood waters.
, The Investigation was made by
Captain Norrls Stensland of the
sheriff's office and county flood
control engineers.
Stenslandj expressed belief that
some of the repeated torrents of
water' that! almost deluged La
Crescenta, Montrose and North
Glendale were. caused also by huge
piles of debris breaking loose and
releasing . dammed-up water be
hind. , j ' v;V "
PAWOOPSCMDAL
CHECK DAMS BREAK
BUT HO DYpilTlNG
Salem to Insist Offices
I f Of Liquor
i Vigorous protest will be filed
by - the Salem chamber of com
merce and other organizations
here if anyi attempt Is made by
the state liquor commission to es
tablish Its principal . office else
where," it , was Indicated Friday
after reports .that the-commission
entertained I such . an idea were
carried; la iThe Statesman - that
morning. - -
"Section four of the liquor con
trol act provides specifically that
the "principal office ef the com
mission shall . be -located In the
city of Salem. Attorneys Friday
ventured tile, opinion .that 'loca
tion " of the principal office Of
the commission In any other part
of x the state f would - be In viola
tlon of the UmP';
Th es eTattorneys referred to
a precedent established . in 1 S 2 8
when the circuit court .issued a
mandamus against the state bank
ing.: department ordering : Its" re
moval front - Portland to Salem.
Jhls uliiWM
FM ! fieon
Phone Firm
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Row Into City to be Cut
Off 90 Per Cent Today
Association Claims -
SALEM, WIs Jan. O. CiP
(Saturday) The first violence
attributed to the 'Chicago milk
strike was : reported to have
occurred at midnight last night
when a group of 85 -pickets
halted a truck load of cream
and two truck loads of mflk
and dumped the whole consign
ment. The shipment was . being
made from Lyons, Wis., to Chi
cago. I .
CHICAGO, Jan. 5. (P) Lead
ers of 18,000 organized . dairy
farmers within a 100 mile radius
of Chicago tonight called a strike
effective immediately in support
of demands for higher prices.
They said the strike would cut
tomorrow's flow of ' milk into
Chicago by 90 per cent and that
it would be continued "until we
get a fair price for our product"
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RHEilG cm
L IS PU
Mayor Douglas McKay said yes.
terday he would ask local archi
tects immediately to make tenta
tive plans for remodeling and im
provement of the city hall here,
CWA funds providing the money.
The architects will be asked to
serve on a contingent fee basis.
The mayor Indicated the city
hall needed extensive changes,
having served since 181 C almost
without any UnproTements being
added. Hugh Rogers, city engi
neer, said the walls of the struc
ture were in good shape and ade
quate to carry any Interior re
modeling plan determined upon.
There was some talk between
the mayor and the eglneer favor
ing the improvement of the third
floor and the addition of a fourth
floor.
To date, CWA allots only 20
per cent of a project funds for
materials. Any larger percentage
of total cost going. to materials,
would have to be provided from
city funds.
Five Indictments
Brought Jjy Jury;
3 Remain Secret
The grand Jury, reporting here
late Friday, returned two Indict
ments which were made public
and three, which were not pub
licized,' awaiting arrest of the in
dicted persons.
; Edgar R. King, Salem youth,
whose car struck . Seth Williams
at sChurch .street December 20,
was indicted for reckless driv
ing. ;r;-4, :. '-!,-v,-::
W. J. Carter and William H.
Street, were indicted for uttering
a forged instrument. The. latter
was a check for $80 drawn on
Ladd A , BuSh October 6, 1132,
and signed W. J.; Davis.
B odrd
Putnam against Frank BramwelL
then serving as state superinten
dent f banks. Putnam alleged, in
his complaint that Salem was the
seat of the state government and
that the banking department had
been located In Portland without
aathority of law. i - - :; '. -
a Judge Sklpworth, in his decree,
declared t h a t -1 h e department
should be maintained in Salem
and ordered its removal from
Portland. Bramwell later appeal
ed to the state supreme court but
in the meantime the administra
tion ordered the offices' removed
to Salem And the ease later was
dismissed. . : . .-s -
. Whether the 11 a o r control
commission or the state board of
control shall purchase stocks tor
the state liquor stores Is another
question that has - resulted in a
division of opinion here.' '-
? A number ' of attArnevs. who
hold with the commission, declar-
ea tnat section is of the uquor
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CURB ON n
WANDERINGS IS
PROJECT HERE
Revetment on Polk Side is
1 Proposed by Chamber;
Weed Said Urgent .
New Channel threatened by,
, Willamette; Docks Here
I Jo Suffer as Result :
.William P. Ellis, president of
the chamber of commerce, yester-1 '
day announced that th chamber .,
has taken up. the matter of river ,
revetment'.; opposite Salem v and i
will call for a report from a Ideal '
committee on changing conditions v
oi ue cnanner preparatory to ak- i :
ing cooperation of the govern i
ment army engineers in nrotectin ; -
the present channel. ' j
Conditions obBerred at the time .
of and following the last flood wa- r
ters are responsible for this move. t
A move to get the government en
glneers .Interested in river reTet- ;
ment at this point was taken un i
after a flood some years ago. but "
was not: pushed. ,
I In th move now Initiated, Pre-
sldent Ellis has appointed Paul B.
Wallace,' County Engineer Hedda S
Swart aid Senator C. RV Spauld-
ing to prepare a report and May- -or
Douglas McKay has appointed f
Sam H. Hughes, chairman of the
council public utilities committee;
to serve on the committee as a re-'
presentatlre of the city. - v
1 Adding further support to the :
plea for revetment, the chamber '
will, with the report In hand, ask
for the ' cooperation of both the
Polk and ! Marion county courts t
and the city of Salem tn submit? ..!
ting petitions to the engineers for "
the improvement.
Within the past four or fire de- :
cades, the river channel has done
considerable cavorting, particular- i ,
ly cutting down Water street
along the east side of the Salem
river front. .
The present situation threatens :
especially the buildings in the vi
cinity of the Mellow Moon danee
hkll and the territory at tbe Polk
county end of the bridge.
Hedda Swart declared follow
ing the recent flood which '
brought the Willamette to 21 feet,
that It was . apparent the river is :
making ready to cut a new chan-
nel, swinging over until the main '
flow .will be where the Mellow "
Moon dance pavilion now; rests 1 ;
and .under the approach to the :
bridge joining the two counties. :
If such reality should come, the . ,
present docking site here would be
badly hampered, and probably put
out of commission when the river
Is extremely low. Swart has, over
a period of years, made a eonsid- ;
arable study of the river channel
and its restlessness here. Span- :
ing and Wallace both also have
kept an eye on the river condi
tions. ;V". . :
No estimate of how much work
will be necessary, should the- fed
eral engineers see necessity of the
project, will be available until the
committee makes a thorough re j
port. ' t '.i -
Since the floods of late Decem
ber, several of the buildings In
the flood wake along- the west
side of the river across from Sa
lem have come under plans . far
moving to a more secure ground,
according to word this week fre
West Salem.
FURTHER BATTLES:
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 8. (ff)
i The army of house supporters
of the Steele Honor control bill
today again heldhe for against
liberalising : amendments as , the j
bitter battle neared a close.
Mustering T of the votes, ;
the majority organisation defeat
ed an amendment - to allow the
sale by the glass of mixed drinks
of 22 per cent alcoholic, .content
in hotels; restaurants and dab
with meals,' and voted , dowa a
proposal to eliminate the previ
sion for the permit system f res
the measure. .
The main, change, adopted was
one to! increase the cost of th
permit Ifrom 25 to. 80 eeats s
year.--.r;.i ". ' : 1 - '
i -l When the house adjourned laU
In the day the supporters of the)
bill drafted by Governor MarU'a
state advisory: liquor. commlssWt ,
taeed Only one more major hurdle
-that of deciding thesettleg ap .
of the state llouor control board J
to Tegnlate the sale of liquor by
sUte retail stores,'" .
Yankees Release :
; Pennockj Sewell
t ' NEW.TORlC Jan. 8. 1 (flV-The ,
New.Trk Yankees formally con- :
firmed I today : the unconditional
release :et Herb Penaock, Teteran"
southpaw; pitcher with a 21-yeaj ,
hit lea rue ' service record, but
! on ft en ed similar
nouee joii
j SeweR, i Veteran iaflelder. by
nouncing ms re-eugaeu"
Un"Iyla eoc '
COm BILL HAS
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