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CIRCULATION
Average Daily and Sunday
i for January, 1934
Distribution 7412
I Net Paid 7016
Member of A. B. C
THE WEATHER
Fair, today and Monday,
moderate temperature; Max.
Temp. Saturday 60, Min. 80,
river 1.4 feet, rain .03 inch.
N . W. wind.
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EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, February 11, 1934
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Or egon Much Changed
Past Week; Events
Death of Hoss, Choice
of Stadelman are
High Spots
Meier Cuddles Cards;
Martin Candidacy
is Vulnerable
By SHELDON P. SACKETT
Time's moving finger wrote a
new page on Oregon's affairs of
state last week, again evidencing
the change which a few hours or
days brings in the world' political.
The passing of the late Hal E.
Hosa was not surprising for his
long illness had awakened fears;
it did mark the extinction of the
Patteraon-Kay-Hoss, board of con
trol under which Oregon's state
affairs functioned smoothly and
well.
The demise of Hoss and the ap
pointment of Peter J. Stadelman
to the secretary of state's post
means the full elevation of Gov
ernor Julius L. Meier to control
of Oregon's government. Hoss,
first attacked by Meier, then in
part-time allegiance with him in
the Holman feud which ensued,
was at all times a neutral Indi
vidual, using his own discretion in
his decisions on state affairs.
Mr. Stadelman, by no means a
"yes" man in his personal and
business affairs, must necessarily
be closely tied to the governor in
the conduct of state business. To
him he owes his appointment and
it is certain there was a clear cut
understanding in the hotel-room
conference Thursday night in
Portland that Stadelman was not
to do a Ruf us Holman; he was to
be for Meier after as well as be
fore appointment.
Stalemate Broken
In Board of Control
The new situation will break
the stalemate of the last few
months here. In the last days of
Mr. Hoss, statehouse affairs were
at an Impasse; the governor re
fusing to meet with Holman and
the latter every-other-day issuing
press statements full of criticism
and rancor at the administration.
Now the board of control can meet
and the tie vote which prevailed
up to Thursday, will be broken.
The coterie of "king makers"
which hover about the capital at
a time of political transition, or
make political medicine in Port
land hotel lobbies, was positively
astounded at the selection of The
Dalles ex-banker for the control
board. They were not much more
surprised than the governor who
chose Stadleman on the spur of
the moment, Impressed by the
man's honesty and business abil
ity and fully determined that the
appointment would be made
promptly so state business could
be transacted Friday.
Earl C. Snell of Arlington was
a more logical political choice and
the governor's failure to name
' him means Meier is not making
every move with the May prim
aries in view. Snell was far bet
ter known politically than Stadel
man; he had won a legislative post
and the speakership while Stadel
man met defeat at the hands bf
Mid Columbia district voters.
Snell also was strong with the vet
erans and a young man who has
political dreams. Presumably he
was Injured by his friends who
rushed early to Meier after the
Hosa demise to urge, almost to in
sist, that Snell be named. The
i psychology was bad and Meier, al
' ways an individualist, didn't re-
act. That Mr. Snell was disap
pointed there can be no doubt;
he may run on his own for secre
tary of state or may go higher
and aspire in May to the repub
lican Aomatlon for governor.
Meier as Uncertain
Of Course as Ever
Stadelman's appointment was a
better stroke for Meier than the
selection of another Portland
man, for Instance George Baker,
(Turn to page 10, col. 1)
TO BE CELEBRATED
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. lO.-O'P)
-President Roosevelt's birthday
greetings to the people of Oregon
were received here today as prep
arations were being completed
for celebrating the state's birth
day Wednesday.
? Only a few days ago Oregon
ians Joined in a birthday tribute
to the chief executive.
-The Sons and Daughters of
Oregon pioneers will hold a ban
quet at the Multnomah hotel here
Wednesday n i g h t, celebrating
Oregon's seventh birthday.
Special honor will be paid Miss
Anne Whiteaker of E u g e n e,
daughter of John Whiteaker who
on ' March 3, 1859 became Ore
gon's " first governor. She will
make a speech in response.
" Charles -V. Galloway of Salem
and Eta Henry Guy, the author
ess, will be other speakers.
(HITS BIRTHDAY
Picture in
World News at
Gl
ance
(By the Associated Press.)
Domestic:
Washington William P. Mc
Cracken, cited for contempt of the
senate in air mail investigation,
reappears after one day absence.
Air lines, stripped of mail con
tracts, seek hearings.
St Paul -Federal government
takes over investigation of Brem
er kidnaping case.
Los Angeles Jury trying Dav
id and Serge Mdivanl on grand
theft charges discharged after
failure to reach verdict.
New Orleans U. S. appeals
court stays lower tribunal's decis
ion the AAA is unconstitutional.
Foreign:
Paris New cabinet of "elder
statesmen" alms toward domestic
and foreign peace.
Tokyo Mikado, Joyful over the
birth of crown prince, grants
clemency to 35,000 of Empire's
56,000 convicts.
P
MAf BE LINKED UP
ST. PAUL, Feb. 10.-(;p)-The
possibility that the same gang en
gineered both the Hamm and
Bremer kidnapings which netted
$300,000 was: investigated tonight
by police.
Automobile registrations sup
plied a possible link between the
two crimes, it was learned, with
the disclosure that an unidentifi
ed man and woman had fled from
an apartment here the day after
Edward G. Bremer's abduction,
January 17. ;
A few days before William
Hamm, Jr., millionaire brewer,
was seized for $100,000 ransom
last June 15, a suspected gang
abandoned a house on Vernon
avenue, a good residential dis
trict here. Their automobile was
disposed of through a second hand
car dealer.
About the same time a new
small coupe was purchased from
an agency and registered in the
name of the used car dealer, since
gone out of business. Authorities
Intimated they had evidence in
dicating the new car was purchas
ed by the Vernon avenue mob.
It was this same coupe that the
unidentified man and woman own
ed and presumably used to flee
from the apartment house a day
after Bremer was kidnaped and
several hours before his abduction
was made public.
Infant is Burned
Badly a$ Clarke
Home Destroyed
STAYTONj Feb. 10. The six
months' old child or Mr. and Mrs.
E. R. Clarke who live between
Stayton and ! West Stayton, was
seriously burned in a fire which
burned their! place to the ground
Friday afternoon. The infant Is
in a local hospital. Mrs. Clarke
was also burned.
The propefty was owned by J.
O. Mayor arid the Clarkes have
been living here for some time.
Mr. Clarke j was away on road
work when the blaze started, from
a source unknown.
The loss was partially covered
by insurance.
WILT ROGERS STARS
CORVALLiS, Ore., Feb. 10.-(iP)-Will
Rogers Jr., and Fuller
ton led the harp-shooting Stan
ford university polo team to a
19 to 7 victory over the Ore
gon State Riders in an indoor
game here today.
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CASES
Expect Abrams to Campaign
For Secrelary of State Job
Carle Abrams, former secretary
of the state board of control and
now state "representative from
Marion couniy, is regarded as an
almost certain candidate for the
republican nomination fon secre
tary of state,
"I am giving the matter very
careful consideration," said Ab
rams," and will probably have an
announcement in a very few days.
I have already received many ten
ders of support and a great deal
of urging to jstand for the office;
and will make known my inten
tions very soon."
Abrams has long been active In
public affair, in Salem and in the
state of Oregon. He is prominent
in military circles, being a colonel
in the officers reserve corps, a
member of the American Legion
and of the Spanish war veterans.
He served in the state legislature
PRDBETD TURN
GUNS ON OCEAN
IS BELIEF
Airmail Contractors Seek
Individual Hearings
on Cancellation
"Incredible" Says Brown;
MacCracken's Offer to
Surrender Refused
(By the Associated Press)
Hints that the government
might swing into action on ocean
mail contracts as it did on the air
mail lines came last night.
Meanwhile, the airmail con
tractors mingled discussions of
plans for future operations with
out an airmail subsidy with de
mands that the government give
them a hearing before the sched
uled cancellation of contracts on
February 19. This the government
apparently did not Intend to do.
Airplane stocks, rocked by the
sweeping action of the adminis
tration, went into sharp declines.
Losses of half their original val
ue were recorded in some in
stances. The postmaster general under
the preceding administration.
Walter F. Brown, described the
action of Postmaster General Far
ley as "incredible" and said that
upon the contracts which the ad
ministration had cancelled de
pended the "very existence" of
"an air transport industry that
surpasses every other in the
world."
After remaining out of sight
two days, William P. MacCrack
en, former assistant secretary of
commerce, ordered arrested by
the senate for contempt, in con
nection with the airmail investi
gation, offered to surrender to
the sergeant at arms, Chesley W.
Jurney. The senate officer did
not accept the offer because he
did not have the warrant with
him at the time.
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BY PRIDEVILLE ill
Application of Martin H. Ba
ker, superintendent of the Prlne
ville school district, for the Job
of Salem superintendent succeed
ing George W. Hug was receiv
ed at the school clerk's office
here yesterday. He is the 11th
applicant for the position which
the school board is expected to
decide upon before summer.
Baker's application states he
is 40 years old, married, an over
seas veteran who served with
the Tenth Engineers, and a grad
uate of Bellingham Normal school
and University of Washington.
He has had charge of the 20
schools in Crook county for three
years.
J. M. Kinney, school superinten
dent at Morton, Wash., was in
Salem yesterday conferring with
school directors relative to the
Job, which he has applied for.
Grange Supports
Gehlhar's Stand
on Butter Code
Full approval of Director of
Agriculture Max Gehlhar's recent
stand on the butter code was ex
pressed by Salem Grange No. 17
at its meeting yesterday. A reso
lution passed by the organiza
tion "extends its congratulations"
to Gehlhar "for the able and
fearless position that he has tak-
....
en.
Elected to membership yes
terday were E. T. and Walter
Barkus, and welcomed as visitors,
Glenn Adams, Polk county Pomo
na master, and Mrs. Adams, and
Mrs. Ellen Wesson of Mt. Pros
pect grange, New Hampshire.
in 1911 and again in 1933. He
was a commissioner on the state
industrial accident commission in
1915-1917 and secretary of the
state board of control under Gov
ernors Pierce and Patterson, re
tiring in the early months of the
Meier administration. He Inaug
urated the system of a state pur
chasing department for all state
buying. For many years Abrams
was associated with R. J. Hen
dricks in The Statesman Publish
ing company, disposing of his in
terests in the publishing business
in 1928. At present he is in the
insurance and finance business.
During the sessions of the leg
islature in 1933 Abrams was an
active member of the -ways and
means committee, and had charge
of the legislation on unemploy
ment relief. If he enters the race
he intends to make an active
campaign for the office.
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They All Figure in Controversy
Over Testimony in Airmail Probe
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William P. MacCracken, left, announced Saturday night through his
attorney, Frank J. Hogan, center, that he was willing to surrender
to Chesley W. Jurney, right, senate sergeant-at-anns, on senate
contempt charges, but Jurney wouldn't accept the offer because
it was after NRA hours and he didn't have the warrant handy. Hi
real purpose probably was to avoid complicating the case farther
by a question of Jurisdiction, since Hogan in MacCracken's behalf
was at the same time seeking a writ of habeas corpus in District
of Colombia supreme court.
$15,000 BOND ISSUE
APPROVED. GERVAIS
Vote 167 to 122; Fight in
Court is Threatened by
Opponents, Rumor
GERVAIS, Feb. lO-(Special)-
With two peace officers present
to quell a disturbance that failed
to materialize, voters in the Ger-
vais union high school district
today cast a majority ballot In fa
vor of a 915,000 bond issue to
finance construction of a new
high school building. The vote
was 167 for and 122 against the
issue. Two of the 291 ballots cast
were ruled defective.
Who called for the officers
could not be ascertained here,
but nevertheless a state police
man and Deputy Sheriff Bert
Smith hovered about the polls.
Voting and coincident discussions
in the vicinity of the polls were
spirited.
There were reports current to
night that opponents of the bond
issue were considering some sort
of court action to block the build
ing program. They gave no ink
ling, however, of what might be
proposed In this regard.
The six districts participating
in the election were Gervais, Par
kersville, Manning, Eldriedge,
Fairfield and St. Louis.
Salem High Mat
Team is Winner
by Wide Margin
Salem high school's wrestling
team indicated that it will make
a stronger bid than ever before
for state championship honors in
the tournament here March 8 and
9, when it swamped the strong
Corvallis high team here Satur
day, winning all but one of the
matches.
Salem wrestlers winning were
TerusakI at 105 pounds, Knowles
115, Dudley 125, Alderin 135,
Flagg 150, Bishop 160 and Dra
ger 175. Donaldson, 118, was
the lone loser.
Dual meets with Hill Military
academy here February 21 and
with Boston Tech at Portland
March 2, remain on the schedule
for Coach Shannon Hogue's Sa
lem high team prior to the tour
nament. Late Sports
STANFORD UNI VE RSITT,
Calif., Feb. 10-Jp)-Stanford uni
versitiy's basketball team made
it two in a row-over the Univer
sity of California at Los Angeles,
winning 39 to 34, here tonight in
the final contest of the four
game series the two teams play
in the Pacific Coast conference
southern division this season.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10-(-The
Univer. !ty of California re
gained the Pacific Coast confer
ence leadership in basketball,
southern division, by trouncing
Southern California here tonight
37 to 18. The victory stamped
the Golden Bears as odds-on fa
vorites to take the 1934 division
al title.
EDMONTON, Alta, Feb. 10
(AVThe Edmonton Eskimos
climbed back Into second posi
tion in the Northwestern Profes
sional Hockey league by defeat
ing .the Seattle Seahawks 3-1
here tonight. -
CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 10-(ff)-The
Oregon State Rooks de
feated Multnomah clnb interme
diates of Portland 30 to 20 here
tonight. Tuttle was high scorer
with 12 points.
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SCOUTS TO flALLY
PRESIDENTS CALL
Relief Drive to Be Started
Here Soon; 275 Boys in
Area are Mobilized
Boy Scouts of Cascade area will
be called upon In the immediate
future to perform the "good turn"
asked of scouts over the nation
yesterday by President Franklin
D. Roosevelt that of collecting
bedding, clothing and furniture
for use in relief work, It was an
nounced last night. A commit
tee will meet early this week to
lay plans for a scout drive to this
end.
Today as a part of National
Scout Anniversary week. Salem
scouts will meet at Willson park
at 10:30 a. m. to go to the First
Presbyterian church service In a
body. At 7:30 p. m. Monday
they will hold a "birthday" party
in Willamette gymnasium fol
lowed by refreshments at the First
church.
Salem scouts turned out 136
strong to participate in the na
tionwide mobilization, and over
the area, 275 strong. Commission
er F. Howard Zinser telegraphed
to national headquarters. At the
armory here following the presi
dent's radio address, A. C. Haag,
area president, spoke briefly and
then introduced Mayor Douglas
McKay who as principal speaker,
promised support of the city in
the forthcoming drive.
Number of boys turning out
yesterday from each troop here
was:
No. 12, 24; No. 4, 20; No. 9,
19; No. 1, 15; No. 15, 12; No. 3,
10; Nos. 16, 5, 6, and 8, nine
each.
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 10-()
-Between 300 and 400 represen
tatives from Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and Montana are expected
to attend a three-day session of
the Pacific northwest regional
conference here beginning Mon
day, March 5, Marshall N. Dana,
regional advisor for PWA, an
nounced today.
The integration of public
works projects, both federal and
non-federal; formulation of plans
and policies for preparation of
controlling plans as a guide for
Pacific northwest development,
and the maintenance of compre
hensive and coordinated plans for
the regional area will be discuss
ed. On the opening day of the con
ference, a meeting of the Pacific
northwest regional planning com
mission and the state planning
boards will be held, and state
PWA advisory boards will discuss
programs.
Cook is Freed in
Old Murder Case
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10.-;P)-Frank
Murphy, 40. a cook, was
acquitted by a superior court Jury
today of charges of murder and
robbery arising out of the killing
of Richard Nagle on November
13, 1923.
Richard Nagle was robbed of
$600 and killed when two bandits
forced his car to the urb here
ten years ago.
INDUXA COACH QUITS
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 10.
-(P) E. C. Hayes announced here
ton "glit that he has voluntarily
agreed to retire as head football
coach at Indiana university.
REGIONAL PLANING
1 MEETS
NEW DRIVE FOR
JOBLESS TO BE
S
Further Reduction in Hours
Proposed by Johnson to
Give 2,500,000 Jobs
Start of Construction by
PWA Present Objective
of Ickes, Stated
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-(P)-Orders
lending new invigoratlon
to the drive for increased em
ployment went forward today
from two key offices in the gov
ernment's recovery organisation.
In an effort to add at least 2,
500,000 men to the payrolls of in
dustries operating under codes,
Hugh S. Johnson, recovery admin
istrator, called a meeting of all
code authorities for March 5,
with the object of a further reduc
tion in present hours of labor.
At the same time. Secretary'
Ickes gave out instructions that
the public works administration
should concentrate upon getting
construction actually under way
on projects for which funds have
been allotted, in an effort to ab
sorb the 3,000,000 employes of
the civil works administration by
May 1 and put additional unem
ployed to work as well.
Available funds have been al
lotted, Ickes said; many addition
al applications are on file, and
state engineers were told to in
form states and municipalities
that might be considering applica
tions for loans that no further re
quests can be considered.
An estimated total of 12,000.
000 or more workers is now em
ployed by industries operating un
der NRA codes. Their hours of la
bor are estimated at an average
of a little more than 40 a week.
. (Turn to page 10, col. 1)
SOROfiEiiW
21 AT WILLAMETTE
Willamette university sorori
ties will hold formal pledging
ceremonies here this morning at
9 o'clock with special breakfast
or dinner gatherings and attend
ance at morning church services
a feature of all. Twenty-one young
women will be inducted to pledge
ehip. Alpha Phi Alpha last night an
nounced the following pledges:
Edith Gross of Kelso, Wash., Bess
DeLapp and Dona Bishop of Sa
lem, Helen Hosklns of Newberg,
and Lura Adkinson of The Dalles.
The members and pledges will at
tend the First Methodist church
service and return for a pledge
dinner.
Pledges announced by Beta Chi
are: Charlotte Eyre and Esther
Bross of Salem, Vivian WIdmer,
Helen Burdick and Virginia Clark,
of Portland. A pledge breakfast is
planned.
The following pledges to Delta
Phi were announced: Mary Meri
deth of Portland, Josephine Mc
Gilchrist of Salem, Anna Mae
Unlath of Roseburg, Martha War
ren of Garibaldi. Mona Hedges
and Dorothy Willitn of Medford,
Jessie Pyron of Roseburg, Margar
et Sibbald of Kelso, LaForest Mc
Donald of Silverton, and Maeda
Carrol of RIckreall. Pledges and
members will have both breakfast
and dinner together.
, BODY IS RSCOVERED
BEND, Ore,, Feb. 10. (JP) The
muddy waters of an irrigation
canal three miles south of here
today claimed the life of Ann
Stenkamp, 12, who slipped while
playing on the bank.
The body was recovered half
an hour' later and resusitation ef
forts were futile. She attended a
local grade school and was a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Stenkamp who live near Bend.
ON GENERAL STAFF
EUGENE. Feb. 10. UP Maior
Charles H. Corlett, commander of
the Eugene C. C. C. district, will
leave soon for Washington, u. l,.,
where he has been detailed by
war department orders for duty
on the war department general
staff.
Major Corlett has been assigned
to the general staff under General
Douglas MacArtbur, chief of the
general staff. The assignment is
regarded in military circles as one
of the highest honors that can
be paid an officer and is in re
cognition of the brilliant record
made by Major Corlett since h e
graduated from West Point 1 n
1913.
ROADBED TOO SOFT
BEND, Ora, Feb. 10. (JPf
Plans to open the McKenzie Pass
by tomorrow were abandoned to-An-r
whn tat hiehwav enzlneers
decided the roadbed along the di
vide was too soft to support auto
mobiles. 1
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Former Wool Buyer and Official of Wool and Mohair
Company Announced as Manager; McClelland, Frank
Deckebach, Jr., Hal Cuffel and Miss Verle Smith are
Other Employes in Establishment Here
State Retail Dispensary for Salem Will Be Situated in
Prime Building on Court Street Near Commercial; Will
Be Ready for Opening Whenever Supreme Court Hands
Down Decision on Knox Law Validity
RH. STEWART was named manager of the Salem store
of the Oregon liquor commission, George Sammis,
administrator, announced late Saturday. Stewart ia well-
known m Salem, having been a wool buyer here and having
served as secretary-treasurer of the Oregon Wool & Mohair
company. Recently he has helped the commission in its
Salem office.
There will be four other members of the local store's
personnel. They are to be James McClelland, Frank Decke
bach, Jr., and Hal Cuffel. Miss Verle Smith is to be cashier
of the store in Salem.
Sammis said the store would be opened next week,
probably Saturday, if the state supreme court's decision on
the Knox liquor act had been announced by that time.
The Washinston
Spotlights
(By' the Associated Press)
Three air line officials went on
trial for contempt of the senate.
Their co-defendant, William P.
MacCracken, offered to surrender
at the home of a District of Col
umbia justice, but was refused.
The government closely studied
evidence taken in recent investi
gation of ocean mail contracts.
President Roosevelt asked the
nation's Boy Scouts to collect sup
plies for the needy.
Treasury officials decided to
borrow $1, 000, 000,000 next week.
Legislation was drafted to re
gulate commodity markets.
Secretary Ickes called a halt
upon public works applications.
Dispute over minor features de
layed final action on the 1950,
000.000 relief-CWA appropria
tion. Senate and house conferees
reached agreement on $40,000,
000 for crop loans this year.
The oil industry asked Secre
tary Ickes to cut off supplies of
code violators.
ORCUTT IS CHAMPION
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 10.-(P)-With
golf that harkened back to the
metorlc period when she captured
the Metropolitan in four succes
sive years, Maureen Orcutt today
defeated Helen Hicks, S and 2,
in the 36 hole finals of the Miami
Biltmore Invitational.
Girl Drowns in Canal
Corlett Wins Honors
Delay Pass Reopening
Attacker Only Victim
The state highway crew placed
a barricade at Windy Point, west
of Sisters, to keep venturous mo
torists from the hazards of being
mired down in the hills. Crews
have been removing drifts and en
gineers said the road could be op
ened in one day.
A number of people from Sis
ters had arranged ror a general
field day on Three Sisters divide
tomorrow and expected to have
the mountain road open to gen
eral travel by sunset.
WIFE WILL RECOVER
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 10. (tf)
William W. McDermot, 37, es
tranged husband, died but h 1 s
wife will probably recover de
spite three wounds from his pistol
before he turned it on himself In
their restaurant here tonight.
He died at a hospital with a
bullet in his brain, but physicians
said his wife regained conscious
ness and would probably recover.
Police said McDermot left re
cently after several quarrels with
his wife, Mrs. Beatrice McDermot,
28. Tonight he returned, ordered
cofee and cigarettes, received his
order and then started shooting.
Mrs. Ora Michaels, cook at the
restaurant told police she
propped Mrs. McDermot-up after
the first shot felled her J She
slumped to the floor again and
her husband sent two more bul
lets crashing Into her limp form
and then turned the gun on himself.
PICKED
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The salaries to be paid here
will be the same as effective In
the stores throughout the state.
The manager will receive $132 a
month, his assistants $102.35 and
the cashier $72. SO. This rate of
compensation is after making the
deductions under the salary re
duction bill passed by the 1933
session of the legislature.
The location of the store here
has been definitely set for the
Prime building on Court street
between Liberty and Commercial
streets. The store room was for
merly occupied by the Hallk
Electric company. .
Work of preparing the store
room for fixtures supplied by
the liquor commission is to
start in earnest Tuesday. Sam
mis was of the opinion that only
a few days would be needed to
put the store into shape for op
eration. Store staffs from Salem, As
toria and The Dalles are to be
taken to Portland for a few days
next week to watch the opera
tion of stores there with the view
of learning how to conduct the
commission's stores in their own
cities.
The first expense accounts of
the state liquor commissioners,
aggregating $331.90, were filed
in the state department here
Saturday.
James D. Burns of Condon fil
ed an expense account of $225.60.
covering the period December 14
to January 16. The account in
cluded five trips from Condon
to Portland, with hotel and
meals.
Alex G. Barry's expense ac
count totalled $57.50, all of
which was for stenographic ser
vices. George Sammis filed an ac
count of $7.95, covering a trip
from Portland to Salem and re
turn. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 10. (P)
State Liquor Administrator
George L. Sammis said tonight
he had not yet received the Cor
vallis city council's request that
no state liquor store no estab
lished there.
The Corvallis city council voted
that action last night, stating that
the city believes such a store
would be detrimental to the best
interests of the students of t h e
State college, and that Corvallis,
itself, has a majority dry opin
ion, as shown in elections since
1904.
George H. McMorran of Eu
gene, chairman of the Oregon Li
quor Control commission, ans
wered that the state did hot wish
to impose stores on communities
whose majorities were opposed,
but that a plebiscite would b e
necessary.
State Offices to
be Closed Monday
State, eounty and city offices
will be closed here tomorrow for
LlncoU'a birthday which Is a le
gal holiday. All banking 'Institu
tions la the city will also be clos
ed, but i other businesses will be
open as usual. Schools will have
classes but special exercises' will
be held in most schoolrooms. A
number of state officials plan to
go to Portland Monday night to
attend the Lincoln banquet there
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NO LIQH STORE
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