Local News Briefs
Improve Fire Station Addi
. tlonal improvement to central
J fire- station la city hall here
' have been authorized by the state
-civil works board, Glenn C. Niles,
local administrator announced
1 yesterday. The project -will con
; cist of building concrete stairs
t down to the basement level,, con-
' structing a new watch room,
painting the place, and replacing
I -wiring, plumbing "and heating
j "equipment. With this project ap
I proved at this time, it is expect
1 ed the station crew can move
back from its temporary quar
ters Jly February 1, when the
new Concrete floor will have set
for the proper length of time.
A $5.00 hat free with each suit
G. W. Johnson & Co.
Ask Unemployed W o m e n
Looking toward some relief for
unemployed women who must
have work, a group of local un
employed women have started a
movement for a possible ex
change. The matter will be dis
cussed and other possibilities to
relieve the situation considered at
a meeting to be held Thursday
night, at 266 North Liberty. All
needy unemployed women are in
vited to call there between the
hours of 7 and 10 o'clock. So far,
CWA projects have given work
almost exclusively to men. though
some effort has been made to pro
vide some jobs for women.
Faculty Entertained A group
of Salem high school faculty
members were guests yesterday
Liquidator Reports Roy H.
Mills, liquidator of the- State Bank
of Woodburn, tiled his first report
of liquidation in circuit court here
yesterday, the report covering the
period of August 7 to November
15, 1933. Total liquidation ex
penses to date have been $1137.
Receipts in the commercial depart
ment have been $24,316; in the
savings department $2768. In
terest collected totals $4700; prin
cipal on commercial department
notes $16,000 and savings depart
ment notes $700.
Lions Fete Wives Members of
Salem Lions club will be hosts to
their wives at a dinner at the
Gray Belle restaurant at 6:15
o'clock Friday night. A program
of stunts is being planned. Fol
lowing the dinner the men and
Gnesta of Hagina Miss Anita
Austin of Portland arrived Toes-
day to spend part of the week at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. Louis
Ma gin. Miss -Austin was a school
mate of Margaret Magin, who has
had to give up her studies at
Willamette university because of
injuries suffered to her arm. Mrs.
Addle Lingeman of Riverside,
Calif., a sister of Mrs. Magin, is
also a house guest.
40 et 8 to Meet The month
ly dinner meeting of Marion
county voiture No. 153 of the
40 ett 8, American Legion, will
be held at 'the Gray Belle res
taurant at 6:30 o'clock tonight
Many of the local members plan
tp attend the mid-winter inter
state "wreck" of the order to be
held at Portland February 10.
1 1 Pl.xo T-tela 11 XT T)!.-o
"XT" if J ! formerly clerk at the Marion,
afternoon for a program spon-
Oommissarv Groan Named soreq Dy me pnouc speaking
Commander Claude McKenney of class for sophomores, a branch of
Capital Post No. 9, American Le- the English course. Humorous
gion, yesterday announced ap- and educational speeches by etu-
pointments to the commissary dents of the class were the order
committee authorized at the post of the day. Dorthy Dalk, senior
meeting Monday night to arrange in the speech department at
for feeding the veterans coming Willamette university and mem-
here for the district conference ber of the practice teaching
TPAhmar 5 Members of the com- cotds at the high school, is
mittee, who will elect their own instructor for the group which in
chalrman, and then meet with a eludes: Shirley Cronemiller, Clar
similar committee from the legion ence Page, Hazel Meyers, Jean
auxiliary, are Leif Bergsvik, King Wiley, Doris Astill and Dean El-
S. Bartlett. Fred Gahlsdorf, B. B. lis.
Williams, George Feller. Hans
Hofstetter and Harry Plant.
Patronize home industry. Ask for
Salem beer.
Coffey Signs Up Kenneth Cof
fey, son ot Inspector Oroy G. Cor
Building Permits Issued Four
building permits were issued here
venterrinv fnr Inhs to cost S365 all
tnirt. Thev went to Dr. G. E. fey of the Salem police force.
Prtmo: fnr rwtln? a crease room has signed up to play the drums
1 at 837 South Commercial street at for Johnny Robinson's dance
cost or ii)v l, nuea ouii.es i-- uiu. j . .
tlonal bank for reroofing a dwell- Dallas, Tex., where the organiza-
ingat 140 North 17th, $150; Sen- tion has a ten-week' engagement
ator hotel for altering a store at to play at the Baker hotel, and
501 Court, $35, and G. M. Stew- broadcasting over the radio sta-
art, for reroofing a garage at 950 tion there. En route the band wilt
South 12th, $30. play at Los Angeles and follow--
ing the Dallas engagement, at
Just received another shipment Galveston, Tex. Young Coffey has
of the new 1934 Westone "won- been a memDer of Boots Grant's
der set" radio in all sizes. $14.93 orchestra here. He was graduated
to $19.95. Eoff Electric, Inc., 347 from galem high school last June.
CWA Builds Walks Civil works
Price Decree In A decree in projects in the state will include
the case ot Lyllls F. Price against construction of sidewalks along
Oscar E. Price was formally filed the state highways in four parts
in circuit court Tuesday. Decree 0f the state, it was announced by
was for the defendant.
Obituary
the highway department Tuesday
following aj5prova,l ot the activi
ties by the road commission. The
walks, along outlying districts to
provide safety for school children,
will be built at Marshfield, Al
bany, Tigard and Corbett. The
largest job, all to be done by the
government, is the Albany pro
ject estimated to cost $3,000
Titus
At the residence of his daugh
ter at 2275 Laurel, Tuesday, Jan
uary 16,. Charles B. Titus at the Dance Crystal Gardens Wed.-Sat..
age of 71 years. Survived by old time, modern, 2 floors, 2
daughter, Mrs. D. B. Kleihege of bands, 25c. Coming Friday, Ore-
Salem; son, Herbert C. Titus of gon Loggers
Longview, Wash.; sisters, Mrs
Corwin Cross of New York and
.Mrs. A. B. Palmer of Cascade,
Mont. Funeral announcements
Larceny Charged H erbert
Henney, accused of larceny of fi
hot water coil from R. B. Miller.
will be given trial in justice court
armory to hear the concert of
the Eugene Cleemen which starts
at 8 o'clock. The club will not
hold its usual Thursday noon
luncheon.
75 overcoats at less than M price,
$10.50 each. G. W. Johnson Co
State St
Has Black Balance Willamette
university ended the first six
months of its current fiscal year
with a cash balance, N. S. Savage,
business manager, reported this
year. In many years, the univer
sity has been forced to borrow
some short-time funds at mid-year
to carry It through until second
semester incomes are received.
Thus far no borrowing has been
required.
Investigation Dropped Inves
tigation of the Boyd's Dollar
Lines, bus company, was dropped
by the utilities commissioner Tues
day in an order issued declaring
the conditions which necessitated
the investigation have been satis
factorily adjusted. ' The commis
sioner, upon his own motion, had
ordered a probe Into the fares,
methods and services of the com
pany. Two Seek Licenses Two mar
riage licenses were applied for yes
terday in the county clerk's offices
here. Elmer L. Cyphers, 27, 3112
Southeast 44th street, "Portland, a
civil engineer, asked permission to
marry Lorraine Phillips, 24, Pratt,
Kan., a teacher. William Marshall,
Silverton merchant, applied for
permission to marry Nettie Whit
man, Silverton housekeeper,
Overcoats $10.50 each. Values to
$30.00. See our windows. G. W
Johnson Cn.
Speaks to Kiwanls Sheldon F
Sackett discussed "Inflation
Past, Present and Future" in an
informal talk to the Salem Kiwan
ls club Tuesday noon. Next week
the club will not hold its luncheon
meeting but will meet Friday
night for an inter-club gathering
here with wives of members spe
cial guests for the dinner and en
tertainment.
uincT
WILL
IS KEPT IN SALEM
Distinctive Book Planned by
Willamette Students;
Businessmen Approve
later manager of the Hotel Ben
ton, Corvallis, visited Salem
Tuesday. Pierce is now managing
director of the Frye hotel. Dur
ing the summer he managed the
lodge 'at Mount Baker. He was
accompanied to the valley by Wil
liam O. Thorniley of the Puget
Sound Navigation company.
Pettit Back Wayne Pettit,
staff correspondent for the Ore
gonian here, is resting at his home
here after recent physical exam
inations. Physicians have advised
him to rest for a period to recover
his health. Clayton Bernhard is
handling his work at the state-house.
Ryan Visitor Albert Ryan of
Wenatchee, Wash., was a visitor
later from W. T. Rigdon & Son. afternoon at 2 o'clock. Hen
ney failed to put up $50 bail and
York
At the residence near Oregon
City, Monday, January 15, George
B. York, at the age of 66 years, 6
is in jail.
Earl Foster Arrested Arrest
ed for operating a wrecking house
8
months, 28 days. He leaves to witnout a license, r.ari . rosier
mourn his loss his wife. Cordelia pleaded guilty In Justice court
York, five children, George R. yesterday. The case was contin-
York and Mrs. Juanita Bain of ued for 30 days. Foster lives in
Welser City, Idaho, Mrs. Walter the eastern part of the county
Turley, Mrs. Lola Davies, Miss
Ethel York all of Salem; four
brothers, H. R. McWhorter, W. E.
McWhorter, of Salem, John G.
York and Sherman N. York of
Cambridge, Idaho.
Uundy
At the residence on route 6,
Salem. Tuesday, January 16,
Clark Bundy, aged 91 years. Sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs.
Lucy Rowland of Tillamook and
. Mrs. Roxy B. Coulsen of Salem,
one son, Carl Bundy of Chester
hill, Ohio, and 17 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday, January 18, at 1:30
p. m. from the chapel ot Salem
mortuary, 545 North Capitol
street. Remains to be forwarded
' to Chesterhill. Ohio, for interment.
Attends Meeting William S
Walton, vice-president of Ladd &
Bush, was in McMinnville yester
day to attend the annual meeting
of the Oregon Mutual Fire Insur
ance company, of which he is a
director.
- Woman Released May Dono
van, 24 S North Commercial street,
whom city police arrested Monday
night on a charge of being drunk,
was released from jail yesterday.
here yesterday with his
Mrs. H. F. Davenport, whose hus
band is affiliated with the West
ern Auto Supply company here.
Ryan has been in the apple busi
ness at Wenatchee. He attended
Willamette university in 1920.
Open Realty Office Mrs. Ma
bel A. Needham and Hulda L.
Mootry have opened a real estate
office near the Needham home In
the building occupied by the
Needhama in their chicken bus
iness. The business will be known
as the Cottage Realty offices.
Carson Arrested Lester D.
Carson asked 24 hours in which
to plead when he was brought In
to justice court yesterday for
driving his truck with a void
1933 license. He put the truck up
as bail.
Hathaway Reports Mishap
Phil Hathaway, 1233 Skinner
street, was the only motorist fil
ing a report of a minor automo
bile accident yesterday at city po
lice headquarters. The mishap oc
curred at Winter and Marion
streets.
Devers to Coos Bay J. M. Dev
ers, state highway attorney, is on
a trip to Coos Bay and to Flor
ence, arranging certain right-of-way
matters for land the state is
acquiring preparatory to construc
tion of the Coast highway bridges.
Disord erliness Charged C. M.
Brewer ot Stlem was arrested
and jailed last night on a charge
of being dr.-nk and disorderly in
a local hotel in the depot district,
city police reported.
No License Driving without
an operators' license cost Ray
Lenwood Harold a dollar fine in
justice court yesterday.
David Moser. business manag
er, and Lowell Eddy, editor, of
the Wallulah. Willamette uni
versity year-book, announced yes
terday that they had placed the
contract for the 1934 book with
The Statesman Publishing com
pany of Salem. A book of unusual
distinction Is planned for the year.
and department editors are a!
ready at work compiling material.
Last year the book was printed
in Portland, but this year satis
factory arrangements were made
with the local printers to handle
the job. In the fall Moser and
Eddy met with Salem business in
terests who were anxious to have
the work done locally, and as
sured them they would make
every effort to place the Job in Sa
lem, and the announcement yes
terday Is taken by local merchants
as a very gratifying carrying out
of that assurance.
Meeting with the manager and
editor yesterday representatives
of the chamber of commerce and
the business men's league voted
full endorsement of the commun
ity support for the annual and
other university publications. "We
sister, ! are verv happy," . said Howard
Coming Events
January 18 Salem high
vs. O. S. C. Rooks, basket
ball. January 19 Eugene
Gleemen. Boy Ccoata Bene
fit, Salem armory.
January 20 Oregon state
Fox breeders association,
all day meeting, chamber of
commerce.
January 22-Annual meet,
lng. Cascade Area Council,
Boy Scouts.
January 23 Marion
county Jersey Cattle club,
1:30 p. m., chamber of
commerce.
January 27 Oregon state
Jersey Cattle clnb, all day,
chamber of commerce.
January SO Roosevelt
birthday ball, armory.
February 5 District Le--"feion
meeting and good-will
tour. '
February 16 Reserve Of.
fleers' association of Marion
and Polk counties, formal
military ball honoring Ma.
.or General George A.
White.
MliBBIU
HONORED AT DINNER
Story Hour is Adopted to Re
place Sunday School
For Children
Hulsey, president of the business
men's league, "that the Wallulan
managers are placing the work
with Salem printers and want to
pledge our hearty support for the
book in the way of local adver
tising. Salem needs the university
and the university needs Salem,
and by cooperation a great deal
can be accomplished for our
mutual good."
The business men's league has
Issued a letter to Salem firms en
dorsing the Wallulah and other
Willamette university publlca-
tions and inviting business and
professional men to cooperate
with them. The manager will com
plete his solicitation of the ad
vertising and the book will be in
production during the spring
months.
north. She says she sounded her
horn but as she passed the truck,
the latter crowded to the left of
the pavement and forced her into
loose gravel. Her two sons were
thrown out and fatally injured
when the truck hit them. Mrs.
Mead at the time was en route to
Washington where her husband,
an evangelist, was engaged in his
work.
A second suit for $10,000 has
been filed on behalf of the estate
of the other son. It will come to
trial later.
MEAD SUES SILV R
WHEEL FOB J
1!
The second auto damage suit to
be tried in the present term of
court before Judge L. H. McMa
han comes to an issue here today
when H. M. Mead, administrator
of the estate of his son, John Ath
erton Mead, 12, asks $10,000 in
damages from the Silver Wheel
Motor Truck line and Henry
Kunz, driver. Mead contends the
truck line driver was grossly neg
ligent July 22 of last year when
his two sons, John, 12, and Rob
ert, 3, met their death on the
Pacific highway one and one-half
miles north of Woodburn.
Mrs. Mead, driving north, al
leges she attempted to pass the
POUR DIVORCES IRE
GRANTED BY DEFAULT
Judge L. G. Lewelling granted
four divorces in circuit court Tues
day afternoon, each case going by
default when the defendant failed
to appear.
Leona E. Ostrander won her
freedom from Clarence R. Ostran
der and the custody of their one
child for whom a support allow
ance is to be fixed later by the
court.
A. S. Baughn won her freedom
from W. H. Baughn and the cus
tody of their one child for whom
a support allowance Is to be fixed
later by the court.
Patrick O'Brien secured a dlv
orce from Lorraine Margaret
O'Brien, claiming she deserted
him in 1932.
Millie Elliott was granted a
divorce from L. H. Elliott and the
return of her maiden name of
Millie Hespack. She was awarded
$50 for attorney '8 fees.
PIONEER, Jan. 16. Mrs. Roy
Bird. Clyde, Reece and Ernest
Robbins, with their families sur
prised their father. John Robbins,
at a- dinner at his Dallas home
Sunday. Other guests for the day
were Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gilliam
ot Perrydale, Mr. and Mrs. Chet
Gilliam of Rickreall, Mr. and Mrs.
Will Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Alt Cook
and children Linn and Ilene of
Independence, Mr. and Mrs. Law
rence Cook and sons Jacfc ana
Larry, Mr. and Mrs. Cerney of
Dallas and Lily Rybnick of Pio
neer.
Mr. Robbins has spent most of
his life of 75 years in and around
Polk county and at Dallas most
of the time. He reared his family
in this community, living on w&at
is now known as the John Keller,
Sr., home. Another son, Lester, of
Spokane, was unable to attena
the celebration.
Start Story Hour
Saturday afternoon several of
the children of the community
met at the Robbins home for a
story hour. This will be ' held
twice a month and will take tne
place of the Sunday school. A
"sing" and covered dish dinner
will be beld next Sunday at tne
Inman home and there will be
preaching on the fourth Sunday
of the month.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Dora
hecker went to Portland Sunday
to visit their son Kenneth who is
In the Shriners' hospital. Ken
neth's foot was removed Wednes
day and an artificial foot will be
used.
tiff recovering property on the
mortgage agreement,
Justice Harry Belt, in his opin
ion reversing Judge W. M. Dun
can stated, "It would be mani
festly unjust . tolaintlff to re
scind the contract by recovering
possession ot the property under
the forfeiture clause, retain the
Installments paid by the vendees,
and recover the balance due on
the purchase price." Neither party
will recover costs, he held.
In another opinion the court
upheld the Multnomah circuit
court in granting a judgment to
Liarence E. Bly a3 the result of
personal injuries received in an
automobile collision. The Moore?
Motor company was named de
fendant in the action and ap
pealed to the supreme court.
The opinion bv Justice J n
Bailey upheld the decree of Judr
James P. Stapleton.
Chemeketans Hike
To Noble Orchard
The Chemeketans will have an
afternoon hike next Sunday, Janu
ary 21, to the Skyline orchards of
C. W. Noble, a member of the
club. They will leave the Senator
hotel at 1 p. m., where all those
desiring to go on the trip should
register beforehand.
XUSOM IN HOSPITAL
WACONDA, Jan. 16. F. H.
Nusom of Shaw, former resident
here who underwent an operation
for appendicitis is recovering sat
isfactorily at Salem General hospital.
Estate Appraised The estate
of th4ate Clarence Smith has
cash assets ot $182. according to
an appraisal filed in court here
Tuesday. Josephine Smith is administratrix.
Meier in Portland After
spending Monday in his office
here, Governor Julius L. Meier re
turned to Portland Is not expected
Silver Wheel truck, also going back at the capitol this week.
FORECLOSED NOTE
HOT COLLECTIBLE
Notes for payment on real
property are not collectible fol
lowing recovery of the property
by original owner upon mortgage
foreclosure, the Oregon supreme
court held Tuesday In an opinion
reversing the Klamath county cir
cuit court in the case of Ethel
Gray against J. A. Mitchell and
Spicy E. Mitchell, appellants.
The plaintiff was upheld in the
lower court in an action to re
cover a $500 note from defend
ants. Defendants admitted execu
tion of the note at the time they
entered into a contract for pur
chase of property for $4700 on
installments. Failure to keep up
the payments resulted in plain-
MCJKS COUGH DR0p
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Real Throat relief 1
Medicated with ingredi
ents of Vicki VapoRub
Bolter
At the residence, 2016 Trade
street, Tuesday, January 16, Mrs.
G. C. Bolter at the age ot 79
years. "Survived by three daugh
ters, Mrs. C. A. Kurre ot Albany,
Mrs. Cleve Prather of Newport
and Mrs. J. C. Yantis of Salem,
and one son, D. J. Bolter of Mon
mouth. Funeral services Friday,
January 19 at 2 p. m. from the
Keeney Funeral home. Indepen
dence; interment I. O. O. F. cem
etery. Independence,
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i Births
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Daniel To Mr. and Mrs. Reme
Robert Daniel, 2278 North Lib
erty street, a boy, Vernon, born
January 13' at the residence.
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Charlie Chan
Chinese Medicine
& Herb Co.
New Method With.
out Operation
i
8. B. )NG, Herb Specialist
Eight years practice in China.
Uses all Chinese herbs for piles,
kidney, bladder, stomach, ca
tarrh, eonstlpation, glands,
rheumatism, tumor, asthma,
headache, liver, male and fe
male troubles 11 years of
service. '
122 N. Commercial St-, Salem
Office Hours 9 to fl P. M.
Sundays 9 to 11 A. M.
CONSULTATION FREES
Invalid' Chairs
to Rent
Call C&IO, Ved furniture
Department
151 North High ,
IrrXr JO CHESTERFIELD CIGARETTES V I
t P P P ' D OTTtTT I !
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IS
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. . that Chesterfield
as a motfern up-to-aafe
Tobacco Eictory
in far-off historic
Smyrna
So important is the handling
of Turkish tobacco in mak
ing Chesterfield cigarettes that
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.,
maintains this specially equipped
plant right in the heart of the
famous Smyrna tobacco section.
It is the largest and most
modern tobacco factory in the
Near East.
' Turkish tobacco, you know, is the
best "seasoning" there is for ciga
rettes. At all times Chesterfield has
in storage at this plant and in
America about 350,000 bales of
the right kinds of Turkish tobacco.
the cigarette thats MILDER
the cigarette that TASTES BETTER
Values to $30
Now....
DflAlLF
IPDMRSE
$
50
EACH
This is a closeout
purchase of over
75 Overcoats
All wool and '
neat patterns
G. W.
Johnson
& Co.
469 State
fl) 1M, liCGWTT a Mmi Tomcco Co.