Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, December 1, 1934
No. 214
RESCUERS TRY
GDUWTY-STATE
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Ore Freghter Henry Cort
Pounds Upon Muskego
: Port Breakwater
25 Men May be Still. Alive
:: If Not Washed Away;
Coast Guard Drowns
: MUSKEGON,Michv Dec. l.-ff)
-The coast guard cutter Escanaba
reached the side of the freighter
Henry W. Cort, off Muskegon har-
uur, curly luuaj auu iiguu ntuio
flashing from the deck of . the
stricken vessel indicated" there
still, was life aboard.
- MUSKEGON,- Mich., Dec.' 1.
; (Saturday)-JP)-The ore freight
er, Henry Cort, caught In a 60
mile an hour gale here last night,
Is "grounded on the roeky-'break-water
of the Muskegon harbor,
anil 4t.t.-tai k -Acj-r-iA. If m 'a i f
25 men will be made at dawn
Saturday. Abraham. Wessel." as
sistant to the commander of the
Muskegon coast guard -station re
ported early today.
Wessel said that reports receiv
ed at the station from Captain
John A; Basch, whose surfboat
was swamped with the loss of one
life trying to reach the Cort last
s night. Indicated the ore freighter
is only partly submerged in the
heavy seas.
. Wessel said that unless the
wave had swept men from the
deck of the Cort, it was possible
the crew and the master. Captain
Charles V. Cox, of Nlnden City,
deck. .
. The Cort was reported to be
half a mile off the north break
water of the Muskegon harbor,
completely hidden from view by
the high pounding waves of the
Jake and Inky darkness.
U. S. coast guard crews from
other station on the Michigan
side of the lakf; were summoned
here early today "to aid in the
attempt to reach ,. the hapless
freighter at dawn.
-The disaster came during one
of the worst storms that has
lashed Lake Michigan this season.
Less than two weeks ago the
Great Lakes recorded another
tragedy, the sinking of the
freighter W. C. Frans after a col
lision With the f re!rhtr Edward
E. Looms off Thunder Bay Island
in upper Lake Huron. Four
members of the Frans crew were
drowned.
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MEMBERS ME ILL
PORTLAND, Ore., Not. 30-(P)
-Colds have , been contracted by
three of the nine occupants exiled
n the Tillamook rock lighthouse
by raging seas which defy supply
hips to approach.
R. R. Tinkham, district light
louse superintendent, tonight re
ported the seas were too wild to
day for a new attempt to remove
the three men suffering with
colds. A 65-mile an hour gale
swept past the rock today.
-: Yesterday the lighthouse ten
der Rose was unable to shoot a
line to the rock which is, a mile
off the northern Oregon coast.
With coast guardsmen aboard, the
tender hovered about! the rock
Thanksgiving day, but finally re
treated to the shelter bf the Co
lumbia river when the; seas grew
rougher toward nightfall.
Tinkham said wireless messages
from the oceanic fortress Indicat
ed the condition of the men was
not serious but he wished them
removed as soon as possible.'
The Tillamook rock lighthouse
Is more exposed to the elements
than any other lighthouse of the
north - Pacific. Twice within the
last six weeks storms have sent
waves completely over, the 133
foot lantern tower. -
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LUD fUtbLLLO illUI
LOS ANGELES, .Nov. 30.-(V
Police used tear gas guns In a
rush hour crowd tsight to quell
a demonstration by striking street
ear trainmen and sympathizers.
The demonstrators : assembled
at Seventh and Broadway, heart
of the business area, and, jeered
at non-striking car crews and pas
sengers. After they ignored traf
fic pff leers orders to move on,
other police cams armed with tear
gas guns and routed them, as well
as; everybody else In range. .
eral government to settle the 7-day-old
strike. In which there
tiav hun nnrnnniti mi af IM.
dallsm and minor injuries, start
ed today la a series of cldsely
guarded conferences. Theeonf er
ences were called by P. At Dono
ghue.west coast supervisor of the
national labor relations board,
whohurried here from Seattle af
ter 'all attempts at conciliation
had broken down. -
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The first picture to be made and published of the Infant, Jon Lind
bergh, second son of Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, Is
presented above by international Illustrated News. Jon, brother
of the kidnaped and slain Lindbergh baby, Charles Jr., was bora
Aug. 16, 1032. He la pictured outside the kindergarten school In
Englewood, N. JF., bo attends every mornings Copyright, Interaa-
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TEST OF GURU
SWISPlliED
Woodburn Group Launches
Fund For Court Action;
Cites Constitution
WOODBURN, Nov. 30 Move
was launched here this week to
collect funds to finance a test suit
to determine whether or not the
governor of Oregon Is entitled to
receive more than the 31500 sal
ary provided by the state consti
tution.
The move" developed as result
of an editorial published in the
local paper a week ago, in which
the $7500 salary, minus the leg
islative economy cut, was ques
tioned.. The editorial r declared
that "Meier, prior to election.
promised to take as his salary
only the 31500 per year provided
in the constitution.
The editorial held that now Is
a good time to determine" what
the governor is entitled to receive.
particularly In view of fact that
Governor-elect Martin : has a
36000 annual federal pension to
fall back upon.
This week $15 was' subscribed
to the test suit fund, which will
need $150 at least, by: Rodney Al
den, editor of the local paper,
Henry Chapelle and anonymous,
each $5. It is held probable some
attorney will do the work without
charge' If court costs are paid.
Should such a suit result, some
taxpayer, probably of this . area,
will be named plaintiff..
Roosevelt Will
Sell Cattle But
Balks at Price
WARM SPRINGS, Ga. Nov. 80-
()-Franklin D. Roosevelt, farm
er, decided today to sell .40 head
of his cattle, but complained of
the "terrible" price. . '
He talked things over for al
most an hour with Otis Moore,
manager of the 1750-acre Roose
velt farm. Both agreed it was
time to sell gome of the Here
ford beef cattle but shook their
heads at the sums they would
bring. S '
Mr.. Roosevelt ' laughed heart
ily when asked If he was going
to . complain to the administra
tion about the low price.
McNary Off for Season;
Holds Progressive Views
By SHELDON F. SACKETT
Senator Charles L. McNary Is
off today for Washington to take
an important part as minority
leader of the senate In the ses
sion which is to convene in Janu
ary. Accompanying him on. the
trip east is Mrs. McNary, the sen
ator and his wife having closed
their farm home near Salem yes
terday. Keenly sensitive to the trend
of the time. Senator McNary can
be expected to play the role which
has brought him to national prom
inence; not a conservative, not a
leftist, but a middle-roader, who
can keep his head, when others
about hi mare losing theirs and
seeking his advice.
. In this - conservative - liberal-
ness Senat'or McNary looks at the
recent elections as a valuable step
towards the remaking of the re
publican party.' Not until Novem
ber , 1934, had passed were
staunch : eastern leaders of the
party convinced that the G. O. P
would need to break new ground
In Its approach to today's eooho in
to and social problems. Senator
McNarl averred yesteray. Now the
elections have given overwhelm
ing evidence that a liberal ap
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GIFT DISPLAYS TO
Ad Club Invites Public to
View Christmas Goods
In Store Windows
Here comes Christmas, if not
with sleigh bells; perhaps with
showers.' Tonight Salem stores
flash with bright lights to show a
world of shoppers the latest In
I merchandise suitable for gifts.
Toys for kiddies and Bibles lor
grandmothers, and an the myriad
other products of mills and fac
tories and shops ara arrayed so
the American public may pick and
choose. Gifts costly, gifts cheap
and gifts in middle-price are ready
now for people to come in,' buy
them and have them laid away.
The Salem Ad club invites the
public to visit the downtown sec
tion tonight and ' launch its
Christmas shopping early. Stocks
are now virtually complete, and
Christmas is less than three weeks
away. Santa and his dog Sandy
will be on band to give entertain
ment to children. Sandy Is a big
St Bernard and knows a lot of
tricks. Individual stores will have
their own plans to attract shop
pers. Most of the stores are open
until 9 . o'clock, ' so shoppers do
not have to confine their efforts
to window shopping on this event.
With this as the Mklck-of f" the
Ad club will start next week Its
next promotion of the Christmas
season, the Illumination contest in
the homes, of the city; and then
the decoration of the streets of
downtown Salem.
Os West Denies
Backing Lawson
For Prison Job
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 80.-()
-Oswald West said "they're all
wet" 4 when Informed today that
hotel lobby gossip, credited him
with- having Colonel Berton K.
Lawson "lined up'! as state pri
son warden under Governor-elect
Charles II. Martin.
Colonel Lawson, dismissed
Portland police chief, was pri
son warden when West was gov
ernor. "I have no candidates' for any
position, and am hot suggesting
any either directly or Indirectly,"
West declared.
proach to today's problems Is
sought by th people and the time
is ripe for the republican party
to rebuild Itself with this pro
gressive viewpoint in mind, the
HGT TBIIT
Thus old-age pensions and
such unemployment insurance as
can bo soundly worked out, will
meet with McNary's support and
he will join with others in seeing
o It that such legislation la on
the docket .of the next session. Mc
Nary prior to his departure list
ened attentively to a group : of
Towniendltes without In the least
committing himself to the plan.
In fact he proposed amendments
and changes which convinced the
group which called on him that
the Townsend plan was far from
sound as now proposed. Some
form ; of old-age protection has
the senator's support.
In bis opinion, the veterans'
bonus problems will be one of
the most vexing one's the next ses
sion has to face. He believes that
administrative leaders will seek
a compromise Vita tha veterans
through the extension of, pay
ments of bonuses to "deserving
and needy" ex-soldiers.
(Torn to- paga it coL l
$2T,276 Under 1934 Tax;
Miilage Will Stay About
Present Mark
Few Critics at Meeting in
Which Final Budge! For -County
Agreed Upon
Marlon county taxpayers were
.handed an appreciated , present
yesterday although a bit late
for the Thanksgiving feast in
tha form of a $21,276 reduction
In t h e 1 r combined county and
state tax bill from 1935 over
1934. The reduction, announced
yesterday at the annual county
budget meeting, totalled $32,606
compared to the published coun
ty budget for 1935. f ;
t The unexpected cut In taxes
came with official word yester
day from the . capital that . Ma
rlon county would be asked to
raise only $187,068 for state pur
poses In 1935 compared to $161,
661 raised this year and $171,
861 which the county court bad
estimated would be required for
the forthcoming tax period.
Miilage to Remain
About Present Mark
While the assessed valuation of
the county has dropped this year,
the county - state tax reduction
will be sufficient, it was said yes
terday at the courthouse, to hold
the miilage to a. mark no higher
than the former year.
Yesterday's budget meeting
went off without the number of
taxpayers present or the extend
ed discussions and debates which
have marked budget sessions In
recent years. While 25 citlsens
wera present largely farmers
their questions were only occa
sionally asked and usually with
out rancor. Digs at officeholders
who had been elected on tax re
duction program and now sought
larger budgets were made In two
Instances r.nd some criticism was
made by Henry Zorn over the
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LEGISLATION FIRST
PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. iO.-UPl
-In an Interview tonight, Gov
ernor - elect Charles H. Martin
said a legislative program would
receive his 1 1 r s l eoaiaerauon
and patronage would be taken
care of gradually..
Returning from a vacation . at
Bremerton. General Martin con
ferred with Senator Charles L.
McNary who left tonight for
Washington, D. C.
General Martin denied a report
he had Invited Henry Hansen to
ramitn as state budget director
during the session of the legis
lature. ... '
Progress has been made, but
- lortaiatlT nrozram "Is no
vimra n a 1 r eomnlete. General
Martin -confided. And It Is being
formulated, be Inferred, without
a' series of visitations and con
ferences with others. . , -
PHILADELPHIA. NOV.' 80.-UP)
-The military splendor of the
army and navy swept in an
tililn, DTr thl
scene of the annual service loot-
ball battle tomorrow, jamming;
the streets with traffic exeltlng
nnnniuR. mntrolllnz every
thing In the city, In fact," except
tha weather.
On Franklin field, and every
where else, drummed a steady
rain, and the best the weather-'
man could promise the tons of
gold braid here assembled was
that the showers would lessen by
game time, 1:30 p. m.
. The rain dampened everything
but enthusiasm, high as it has
ever been In the 44 years oz sport
In ir warfare between Uncle Sam's
forces that move by. land, sm d
those that come by sea.
Late Sports
LATE SPORTS -
ASHLAND. Ore.. Nov. S0.-CP)
-The ; veteran Southern ' Oregon
Normal school basketball team
opened its season wUb a 29 to 26
victory over tha MuUnomah club
of Portland here tonight.
Rot Beniamin .ot : Muunoman
club was high scorer of the game
with IS points while Ward How
ell, Sons forward, . scored 14.
Chief McLean, swarthy Sons
guard, was outstanding with his
floor work and passing.
SEATTLE, Nov. 3 .-(-Seattle's
Seahawks strengthened their
hold on first place in the north
west . professional , hockey league
here ; tonight by defeating the
Portland Backaroos $ to .0,
MIDDIES. CADETS
IN PUDELPli
BITTEBFIILt
FEUD NOTED IN
TRAGEDY CASE
Two! Sisters of Noakes Get
Suspended Sentences;
Nephew Complains .
Identity of Five Figuring
In Eastern Death Case
Now Established
ROSEVILLE, Calif., Nov. 1 80.-UPi-A.
bitter family feud among
relatives of the five- persons dead
in, tha Pennsylvania : woods mys
tery brought suspended jail sen
tences for two women here to
night.;
The women, - sisters of Elmo
Noakes, the man In the Quintuple
rendezvous with. death, were sen
tenced by Justice of the Peace
Don L. Bags at the climax of an
uproarious court session. Russell
Pierce, nephew of the women and
sister of Winifred pierce, the 18-
yearold girl in the tragedy,
charged bis aunts with disturbing
the peace. $
As the family fight raged, R: TJ.
Noakes, brother; of 13 mo, offered
a possible clue to the mystery be
hind the deaths. '
:, "There's been trouble In the
family for years," he said. "I
guess that's why Elmo left home."
R. u. Noakes said there was no
doubt about the identifications of
the bodies. He based the. state
ment ion the marine corps finger
prints! of his brother. Associated
Press photographs of the latter's
three dead daughters, and the de
scription of the 18-year-old niece,
especially her deformed left foot.
The? two sisters of Noakes were
accused by the young Pierce of
"abusing and cursing" his mother,
Mrs. Pearl Pierce,1 another sister,
after she ordered them from her
home where they had coma. to dis
cuss the tragedy and' to inquire
about I' the Pierce girl's deformed
foot, f -
Mrsu Winnie Chaffin, one of
the sisters, screamed as Judge
Bass announced the 90-day jail
sentence. She collapsed and kick
ed the floor with her heels, shreik
ing loudly. The other sister. Mrs.
Kate' Glbby, also screamed.
Judge Bass finally restored or
der and informed tha two women
the sentence would ba suspended.
He ordered them not to attempt
to visit or speak to Mrs. Pierce
during the 90 days of probation.
The sisters said they had only
wanted to ask Mrs. Pierce which
of her daughter's feet was deform
ed so! they could help establish
identification or the dead girl in
Pennsylvania.; Mrs. Pierce, they
testified, refused to see them and
ordered Mrs. Enid Daniels, anoth
er daughter, to "tell those dirty
rotten, things to,get out of here.'
m 18 IffllES
Salem's November' rainfall ap
proached tha 10-inch mark last
night setting the month down as
approximately three and, one-half
inches above average. The month's
precipitations was ln sharp eon
trast to that of November, 1938.
when only 1.63 , inches were re
corded. Twenty-five of the 30 days In
tha month past brought rain.
The only dry days were November
10, IX, 12, 16 and 18. Average
dally rainfall 'was approximately
one-third of an Inch. Heaviest
rainfall on any one day was 1.10
Inches; November 8.
Extreme rainfall records for
November ara 18.99. Inches in
1898 and .83 Inch In 1929.
Mayor Going to
Detroit meeting
Mayor Douglas McKay will be
absent from Salem when the wa
ter arbitration report Is brought
in,1 if! It comes December 11 as
scheduled. : December 9 he will
leave (by train for Detroit, M,ch.,
where ; he will attend & several
days convention of Chevrolet deal
ers. He plans to return here De
cember 21.
France Fails to
ITU'S 1IIF1LL
Condemn Treaty
TOKYO. Dec. 1( Saturday)
(AfVPernand Pila, French ambas
sador today handed, Fprelgn Min
ister Koki Hlrota a reply declin
ing a Japanese invitation , to
France to join the empire in de
nouncing tha Washington naval
treaty .of 1915.
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Record- Topping Trend
In B nilding Con t inn es
Throughout November
58 Permits Issued Surpass Previous Marks For
:; .Same Month; Eleven Months Total More"
Than Double Same Period in f932
NOVEMBER continued the record breaking trend which
building operations in Salem entered during October,
records at 4 the .city' building department revealed as the
month closed , last night. This report indicated that the Ma
rion county housing campaign was taking effect, housing
committeemen felt. . ' ',
1 m'i -. ,' 1 1 1. ' q The 58 permits fs s n e d fast
I month were more than ever be-
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IN FACTORY BLAZE
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Wall of Building Collapses
On Fighters; Some Are
Deemed Near Death
DENVER. Nov. SO-PJ-Hurtled
from ladders Into the roaring
flames when a wait of a blaz
ing trunk factory building col
lapsed In downtown Denver to
night, ten i Denver ; firem en were
in a hospital, several feared near
death, after they were taken from
th fireswept debris by heroic
comrades.- -"7
Wildest confusion prevailed as
police and other firemen rushed
the injured men to. a hospital,
but a 1 chock - at the emergency
ward Of hospital listed the
tire vletlBfiKas follows:
Deputy Chief Andrew J. Ma
hon. . , v
Fire Captain Harry H. Wood."
' Fire Ueut John Kressels.
. Firemen H. F. Jacobson, James
Dempsey, Londo Hoss, Ralph
Pffal, C. A. Jones, Eugene Sul
livan and William Behrman.
Doctors said: several of the
men had been "badly burned and
Injured in the fall" but they
could not say how many were
believed near death.
The blaze broke out . In the
plant of the Midwest Trunk and
Bag company In the heart of the
wholesale district. The' Colorado
Implement company is located In
the adjoining building. Both of
the structures were gutted. ;
I CENTRAL.IA, Wash., Nov. 30.-iff)-Two
boys were killed and
three Injured today in an auto
mobile crash near here,' as they
were returning from a holiday
fishing trip. 1;
i The dead: . : ' '
William Costello, It, son of
Dr. and 1 Mrs. Thomas J. Costello,
Seattle: Harry Heath, 17, son of
Mr. -and Mrs. Herbert Heath of
Naparlne, where Mr. Heath Is
superintendent of schools.
f The Injured:
! Thomas g&stello, brother of
William; Glea Updegrove, Seattle,
and Herbert Heath, Jr., j brother
of Harrys ;:'f-vV. ;'--r:'-,';"-"vl
The ear Inrwhlch the boys were
returning from a fishing trip was
In collision with a truck driven
by Xesse Thomas of La Center,
Wash. The coroner held Thomas
was not to blame, and no Inquest
will be held, he said. c
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M BOYS KILLED
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M rs.B. D. Cooper Winner
In Weeks Rec ipe Contest
I ! To Mrs. R. D. Cooper, route 4,
box 19. goes the first prise of
tl this week for contributing
"IClops" to ' the Recipe Sooad
Table. The ' second prize of JO
cents each', will -be awarded to
Leslie Ankfum, route 4, box 200,
for "Buttermilk pop' and to Eli
sabeth Esplin, 1105 S. Liberty,
for . her suggestion on how to
serve poached eggs. j
I All prizes may be obtained by
calling at The .Statesman office.
h The topic ' next week Is open
faced' pie. There Is no limitation
oti the kind of pie save that It
bo the one crust variety; such as
ecstard, cream, 1 e m o n 1 chiffon,
etc The, Round Table has already
bad a fruit pie topic which: took
care of; cherry, prune and dried
fruit pies of all kinds so they, of
cciurse, are eliminated." But .the
t o p I e is still very extensive.
Please send only one recipe this
tSxt weekend bring It to The
Statesman office before Thursday
n)on, December t. , , I - . ,
Winners this week . follow: ,
. ' - Hops f- i '.
; cap oU cWekn, miaetd fia ,
tore taken out during this month
of the year. The November ap
proaching elosest to last . month
was 1931, with 54 permits. -
Not since 1S30 have November
permits exceeded the $13438 to
tal for last month and this sum
represented a 32 per- cent gain
over November 1933, 136 per
cent over 1932, and 66 per cent
over 1931.
The first 11 months Of ' 1924
hare seen the issuance of per
mits for 1277,068.85 ' worth of
construction, or 59 per cent .more
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Exhibitors From Far; Away
Listed; Event. to Open"
Today in Armory
Evidence that Salem's first an
nual licensed dog show, opening at
9:30 a. m. today In the armory,
will have nre than the 150 An
imals beneffd was revealed by
the attract 24-page show cat
alogue which came off the press
last night. Dogi have been entered
by 111 exhibitors coming, from
California, Michigan, Washing
ton and Oregon. -
Twenty-four of the exhibitors
are from Salem, two from Wood
burn, two from Lebanon, and one
from Stayton. The remainder are
widely scattered over the north
west with one each coming from
Los Altos, Calif., and Manistique,
MTch. - -r.-':h.
The two-day show, at t which
dogs of all breeds and clashes will
be exhibited and Judged Is spon
sored by the new Salem- Kennel
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SHOWDDWH ASKED .
UPON WATER DEAL
Alderman Walter Fnhrer plans
to bring the water system par
chase problem to a showdown at
the . December 1? council meet
ing,1 arbitration or no arbliration,
he declared last night at a session
of the special committee on wells.
i shall put in a resolution at
that lime that we-buy the plant
at what seem the' best figure at
the time," Fuhrer declared. "If
the arbitration report Is accepta
ble, li will be that figure, other
wise some other one. The main
thing Is for us to act It we really
want a municipal water system."
. Alderman Henry H. Vandevort,
consistently a foe to paying the
water company j 3940.000 fre
quently . suggested, promised : he
would raise no objections to a
purchase figure below $900,000.
Mix chicken and egg white and
form Into balls. Add salt. Drop
balls Into lightly boiling water
and cook until they rise to the
surface. Use chicken broth free
from ft, thickened vith a little
flour !.for sauce, j pour-over the
Klops. May be - served on toast
and they are "Very delicate and
appetizing. T '1 " V
Wrs. R. j. Cooper
v ' ; y Koute 4, Box 19,
1 Buttermilk Pop
' Take 1 tablespoon corn -meal
thoroughly cooked In J list enough
water to prevent burning. Then
add very carefully! enough but
termilk to make a consistency of
cream, stirring all the while to
prevent eurdling.j Remove from
tire as soon as the buttermilk
mixture" bolls. This popp" Is es
pecially popular with children be
cause of the name.-'
,- Leslie Antrum :
" Route 4. Box 200
Dressy Poached Eggs ;
'Break egg li-to a shallow pan
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HOW ENTne
NUMBED OVER 1
nun i inn nninr.in
1ILLIUN bMINb
IS CUIID By
COUNCIL GROUP
I Anniku DaAAmmAnftltinn ?c
Voted by Committee But,
. Vandevort Demurs
Adequate Supply is Proven
Available, Quality Good
Say Two Aldermen
STUDYING WELLS SOUKCB
1. Kecommend large .
well at airport.
2. Urge calling off commis
sion of -engineers aathorised to
stady varions water source.
8. Adequate well water, swp--ply
held available. ' .
4. Well system would save
city fl, 000,000, said.
5. Well water most,. Beariy
pnre.niost palatable-, coo4et,
averred.
Aegree of water luutaese-
foand not objectionable.
All around endorsement of
well as a source of water-or Sa
lem will be reported to the city
city council Monday night by a
special committee appointed sev
eral months ago to study the
feasibility of auch a supply. '
Alderman Watson Townsend,
chairman, and Alderman Walter
Fuhrer last night signed the re-
hall. Alderman, Henry H. Vaa-
vort, third committeeman, reiusea
to concur but declared he would
not fi;hi. acceptance -of the re
port, v :r' v
In preparing to make Its de
cision the committee, .the report
points out, conducted a puMle
now in use In fjlem and vicinity,
had the well waler analysed, "in
terviewed engineers and others
well versed In the construct tea
and equipment of wr'ls," and ae
cured Inforcsatlon from many mu
nicipalities depending In whole
or part on "a well supply.-
Conclusions reached in the re
port are as follows:
"Tour committee . . . eoa
cludes that an adequate supply of
water can be secured from wells
more nearly pure, cooler la tem
perature, and more palatable,
than from any other source; that
the well water Is not of such a
degree of hardness as to be ob
jectionable for this reason; that
the original cost will only be a
fraction of the cost 'of the Lit
tle North fork (of the Santlaai
charge will also be less.' Taur
committee feels that the adap
tion of wells as a source of sup-
nlv as eomnared with thm L.lttl
North fork, will probably save to
tha neonla of Salpm a million dol
lars." ' - - 1- .'
The committee TecommenSs
that' the city immediately upon
the acquisition of the present
"plant install a large-sised well on
the city's airport land as a test
well, and thai no further expedl
ture be made on the Little North
forkl project until after this well
has been tested. v '
These recommendations, the re
port Btates,-4'are made in the In
leresi ot wmi your commiuee
believes to be good sound busi
ness principles and with a view of
saving the people of Salem a large
sum of mon anil twnHnp nr
them a more desirable municipal
water supplyV . , ,
- To prove Its contention that a
: (Turn to. page 2, cot. 1)
J. B. ;Van2andt, national com-,
mander of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, who is to be guest of loner
oL Marion post No. 61 at lunch
eon at the Marlon hotel' tomorrow
noon. Is one of those who may be
called as witness before the eon-1
eressional committee investigating
"on-American activities", which
recently turned up the fascist plot
fnn a h,nM,l Cmaitla finlUr.
The ..New, York Herald-Tribune of
Nov. 22 quotes the committee
chairman. Rep. John W. MeCor
mack as listing VanZandt among
the group being considered to be
come leaders of. the fascist dicta
torship, others being Gen.' MacAr-.
tbur, chief of staff, CoL Theodore
Roosevelt, and Han ford MacNlder.
-VanZandt la also quoted as say
ing that Gerald C. MacGuire, a
New York broker who was sum
moned before the committee bad .
made a four-month's study In Eur
ope of the nasi organization, aatf
further: "We know that General
Butler was approached 'to head
the organization". t " -
Mayor LAUuaraia 01 new ion
city laughed t at the story and;
caUed It a "cocktail putsch", ' ;
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