The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, December 21, 1934, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPACC TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oresroa, Friday Morning. December 21, 193 RICE STARTS 21ST Competitterr- in Election is His' Least Worry; Only Two Have Opposed Twenty, years as Salem's city treasurer 'has not wearied Clyde O. Rice, son of Marlon county pio neers,' of the numerous and tedi ous tasks of that orilce. ne re marked yesterday when asked bow It seemed to be the city's oldest elective official In point of serrice, "I've been pretty much worked up at times wben - the books wwouldn't balance and bare bad some pretty busy times, bst 1 like lt,M be said. : 'The least of bis worries until recently was competition., at elec tion time. He bad never naa an DDonent at the polls until 1532 when Howard Perry sought the office, he recalled. Again this year be bad opposition, Thomas r E. Cole, but won out by a large ma jority. As a result be will enter bis 21st year In office January 1 When be took over the super vision of the city's treasury Janu L 1)15. succeeding Robert Crossoo, retired. Rice found a 1450.000 sewer bond - debt out- Unding. Most of this Issue has nbw been retired, be said. At that time the treasurer handled around , $500,000 annually; now well over Sl.600.000 marches through bis books each year, be estimated. , Rice, a blacksmith's assistant before be ran for city treasurer, attended Salem's early day public schools,, graduating from the old East' school, and attended Wil lamette unlTersity through - parts of two years. Just as be became treasurer, the council took away the $600 previously allotted the office tor an assistant, and left Rice to run the place on a $1000 annual salary. This salary, how ever; was gradually Increased un til It reached $1800, the present figure. The busiest of his 20 years In office was 1929, when collecting and recording street paring as sessments were at the peak. Until two years ago, when a bookkeep ing machine was Installed and the accounting taken over by Deputy Recorder Alfred Mundt, Rice kept the city's books. He still keeps a set of accounts "for my own pro tection." Carrow Appears, I Municipal Court : E. ', A. Carrow, Portland motor ist arrested here June 27 on a charge of drunken driving, . re turned, here for & trial before Municipal Judge Poulsen yester day afternoon. After bearing the evidence, Poulsen announced be would take the case under advise ment. ., . , .,j j : - According to p o 1 1 e reports, , Carrow's ear struck a parked ma chine la front of the Y. M. C. A. here, shoving It over the curbing. The Gall Boarcl.v. " GRAND Today -Tint McCoy In The Saturday "Men of the Night- with Bruce Cabot. ; ELSINORE Today Gay KIbbe la "Big- Hearted Herbert".- fc CAPlTOIi : Today Doable bill. "Strange Wives" with Rog- er Pryor, and Kay Francis in "Keyhole". ' UOILYWOpD Today - Doable feature, William Cagney In "Lost in the Stratosphere" and "Young Eagles". ' ! . - STATE ' Today Double bill. Fay Wray In "The Countess of Monte Crlsto" and Ginger f Rogers In . "Don't Bet on . Love". . - .,. - ? Saturday only Bob Steele f la "The Fighting Champ". "BUt Hearted Herbert." the Bros, comedy romance Warner which is scheduled as the feature attraction at the Elslnore theatre today, is heralded as a novel and most unusual fun film concerning a discordant family In which the wife and mother t am e s the crabbed head of the household by a bitter dose of bis own medi cine. , Aliae MacMahon beads the all star cast as a wife doomed to drudgery by her .husband. : Guy KIbbe e, as the crab hus band, attempts to force bT soa Into a disagreeable Job la bis plumbing supply factory and flies into a terrific rage when he learns bis daughter Is engaged to a col lege man. The picture carries a heart throbbing romance as well comedy with Patricia Ellis and Phillip Reed as the lovers. MEN - NIGHT Brace Cabot Judith Allen v iy i 'Tim McCoy . la "The West-' ; Narcotics Bureau r ir r - .M i ' . .. : ': - - - " '. I i - . . 't . ' " ', , I f I -f V j A , ' ;- Sg.0"jn pif find by plic. p , 1 ' jf " i .U 'tf- Contraband ia $100,000 New York City "dope" kaaL , Successful in his drives against gangdom, Uncle Sam is dusting off his eraser to wipe the nation's crime' slate clean of Qlegal drug trafficking. As a result of the recent series of "dope" raids, con-' ducted simultaneously in every major city of the country, H. J.j Anslingcr, chief of the U. S. narcotics bureau in Washington, ex- pressed the need for more effective laws to control the traffic, and, sought the aid of states to adopt uniform drug laws.; TWO PEDESTRlAliS INJURED BY CiS Continued from pag 1) 12th and Center streets. No at definite report was had by police regarding the other car said to have been hit. Police did not lo cate Hack until 8:30 a. m., when they found him in bed at his home. Minor accidents reported to po lice yesterday involved the fol lowing: ' Pauline Clark, 144 North Front street, and Walter J. Kirk, 985 South High, at Liberty and Myers streets; Mrs. Louise Wagstaff, 550 North Summer, and Keith L. Jones, route two, at Chemeketa and Winter; W. A. Stortx. 495 North Winter, and an unidentified driver, near Grand theatre; How ard Edwards. 346 Richmond, and J. W. Nash, 565 Howart, at State and Cottage; Russell Mlllett, Mer chants' City Delivery, on High near Division; John Heinert of Shaw, who bad stopped to unload passengers, and an unidentified woman who spectators said was driving a car belonging to Dr. Bel linger of Salem. Shingles Placed In Lumber Code; Protects Users WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-flp- An amendment to the lumber code adding a fair trade practice men tion for the red cedar shingle di vision and making the division subject to regulations established by the United States bureau of standards was announced today by the national recovery adminis tration. " The amendment has been ap proved conditymally by the na tional industrial recovery board and will become effective next January 7. unless cause to the contrary la shown. The amendment places In the code standards established by the bureau in: an effort to protect users of shingles from poor prod ucts. : . J - .: Paper Company Refused Appeal On Foreclosure The state supreme court Thurs day dismissed the. appeal in the case brought by the Home Mort gage company against the Sitka Spruce, . Pulp and Paper company ot Coos county and the Anrlo- CaUforala National Bank et Cali fornia, involving lien foreclosures. -The lower court recently held for the Home Mortgage company and the defendants later appealed from that part' ot the decree deaf. ing the right ot redemption. The decree of the lower court was af firmed. Officials said today's action by the court would make it possible to resume punt operations. , Old Reliable Method . Brings Health to the Sick . Without , . Operation S. B. Fong, herb specialist, baa bad eight years' practice la China. No matter with what you are suf fering, don't give ud yourself, our wonderful herbs will positively remedy disorders ot the blad der, kidney, stomach, constipa tion, appendicitis, piles, and throat, heart, lung, liver, asth ma, catarrh tumors, diabetes, Thewnatif m, h e a d a che and blood poison, skin diseases ot children and male or female all ailments. CHARLIE CHAN Chinese Medicine A Herb Co. 123 N. Commercial St Salem Dally Office noon O to 0 p. m. Son. aad Wed. 9 et 10:30 a. m.' fi -j Wages Drive O H DEBATE fl D Sophomore debaters won the fi nal round In interclass forenslcs at Salem high school yesterday to bring to their class the champion ship for the month. The score by classes was: Sophomores 7, Jun iors 6, seniors 5. Participants in the six debates and their scores were as follows December 20 Paul Watanabe and William' Thomas, sophomore affirmative, 3; Dorothy Williams and Robert Hill, Junior negative. 0. . December 18 Robert Taylor and Martha Wodage, sophomore negative, 1; Roland DeVrles and Alberta Howe, senior affirmative, 2. December 17 Dean Ellis and S Maxlne Stanley, Junior affirma tive, 1 ; Billy Utley and Kather ine Applewhite, senior negative. December 13 Dean Ellis and Maxlne Stanley, Junior affirma tive, 3; Robert Taylor and Martha Wodage, sophomore negative, 0. December 11 Billy. utley and Katherine Applewhite, senior neg ative, 0; William Thomas and Paul Watanabe, sophomore af firmative, 3. December 6 Roland DeYrlee and -Alberta Howe, Junior nega tive, 2; Robert Hill and Dorothy The law providing that an mo tor vehicles on the state highways shall be equipped with current li cense plates on January 1. will be strictly enforced, Cbanea P. Pray. superintendent of state police, de clared Thursday. T "The state police department has no alternative than to enforce this law," Pray said. Pray Indicated that he would place his operatives at strategic points on the highways January 1 to check all motor vehicles. state department officials re ported that approximately 60,000 motor vehicle licensee bad been Issued np until tonight. Persona who are unable to ob tain their plates from the Tegular license stations In Portland and Salem may obtain temporary per mits from sheriffs providing; they pay the annual license tee plus 25 cents. : . Last Times Today 2 FEATURES! Ginger Rogers : In - -Don't Bet on Lot" - Pint -Fay Wray - Paml Imkas in OOTJNTKSS OF MONTIS CRISTO Saturday Only BOB STEELE The Fighting Champ f -also- . Popeye Cartoon Sunday - Monday '. SHIRLEY ' aTSMPlE - in Tittle - Miss Market" WllfSFIIM LEEIVAY Dill ' Oil 1935 LICHISES HUM RISE : DSUM1FID (Continued from page 1) cording to R.-D. Cooper, con struction superintendent. Fifteen inches of water was flowing over the old and new dams where the creek waters are partially divert ed to the penitentiary grounds. few days ago the flow was little more than - two ' Inches. 1 . Cooper said that If the stream did not rise much further , over night the city's two power shov els today would scoop out , the last stretch of the new channel below the new dams. They will then undertake the task of fin ishing of the half-mile long cut. EUGENE, Dec ! 20-OV-The Willamette river, standing at 11 feet and ' rapidly . approaching Hood stage, overflower lowlands and covered the Pacific highway on both sides ot the city, here tonight. The highway was flooded In two spots north of here, the water being running board deep. state police said. They said the road would be closed in a tew hours. - . Just south of the city, at Jud- kins Point, the water was start ing across the highway . and it was expected this section would be closed to traffic before morn ing.".. ' , HEAT OF STRIKE IS L09 ANGELES. .Dec 2(HJPh The threat of a strike tor union trainmen and signal men of the Pacific - Electric railway. . which. serves Los Angeles, and suburban areas has' been ended, William M.' Leiserson chairman of the national mediation board an nounced tonight. The company granted an in crease In wages and shortened hours. Leiserson said, and the union accepted these terms. The strike. If - it bad been - called, would have Involved not only some 16,000 employes on the fnterurban lines and buses. but D. A. Mackenzie, vice pre sident of the Brotherhood ot Railroad Trainmen had announc ed employes s In the west on three great transcontinental rail roads had voted to walk out in sympathy. The Pacific Electric carries upwards of-150,000 pas sengers dally. - Under the agreement Increases in pay of 3 to 5 per cent will become effective next Jan. 1. Eight hours win constitute a day and time and one-half will be paid for overtime. . WASHINGTON, Dec. J0.-V-A desire for a Quick rote on the bo nus so as to remove that Issue as a possible trouble-maker was dis closed today by. house leaders. Aa a result, it was reported likely that a bill to pay off sol- dlers adjusted compensation cer tificates would be brought np tor house action within two or three weeks after the new congress con venes January J. Representative Byrns, of Ten nessee, now aemocrauc teaaer. and probably the next' speaker, said today "I think we ought to dispose of the bonus aa quickly as possible. Other leaders, who did not comment publicly, expressed little doubt privately that the bill would pass. Bonus advocates con tended they have sufficient pled ges to assure Its passage by both house and senate over a veto. MAHancOTlTbf2ter OLLYVOOU . Today and Saturday Two Features 15c ,' First Showtng Salem ' 7iWn GISI'EV EDDIE UUGEtlT JUNE GOLLYEn And Second Pictare THE TtaiLU5l3 WILD ANIMAL ADVENTUR.E Officially Endorsed by the Boy . Scouts of America Added Oar Gang ta Tbe First Ronadwp VI KSNEYS SILLY iSvaip: "The Wise Littls Hen! Tbis Show Sponsored by the . Boy Scouts mm EIED QUICK PBOE OF B1US IS FINED . rlt ' ' " " Historic Papers Will be I Exhibited When Baptists 0 ft ": 'A worn sheet of store wrapping paper bearing minutes ot the first meeting will . be among valued treasures of the First Baptist church exhibited to members and friends on occasion ot the 75 th an niversary of the founding ot the church. This observance is set for Saturday night, December 29 and all day Sunday, December 20. For the two services Sunday. Dr. Albert G. Johnson of the Hln son .Memorial Baptist church. Portland, will bring the commem orative addresses, and tor Satur day night the speaker will be Dr. Wt T Mllliken, pastor of the Portland - Grace Baptist church and. dean of the Western Baptist theological seminary. w- ' Other, papers historic to Tthe church will be exhibited during the anniversary and include the original papers of Incorporation, au written in jong .nana, ana a book containing the minutes of organization. v: -; . ; xne f irst, Baptist churcn was organised December 29, 1859 by eight persons: Mr. and Mrs. A. Stephens, whose daughter Mrs, Calver lives at Hayesville, Mr. and Mrs. .11: Meyers, Mr. and Mrs. B. Holley, George Holley and Seta First meetings for payer and conference were held at homes of the various -members, and the first meeting was presided over by.. G. T, Newell 0t Oregon City. moderator, as there was no pas tor. It was nearly a year later. September ll, i860, that C. L. Fisher became the first pastor of the . church, with Seth Webb as church clerk. ' . A deed to - first property. lot donated by C. A. Wilson, was Another step In the extended litigation in the suit of the Ware house , Milling company and 29 others against the O.-W. R. ft N. company and others was taken here yesterday when counsel for the defendants tiled a demurrer to the company's complaint which was recently remanded to circuit court here for trial. Defendants assert that the sta tute ot limitations has run against the company's claim, that the facts la the complaint do not con stitute a basis for a suit and that the parties in the action are Im properly Joined. Involved in the litigation is some 3300,000 allegedly due front the railroad company to the ship- pert for all charges. Landlord Pays Fine ot Tenant After Accusing PORTLAND. Ore., Dec JO-OP) r. R. Halght, Indignant land lord who brought suit against an unruiy tenant, relented and re commended leniency, and then concluded the court session with burst ot compassion. Halght testified be had trou ble quieting his tenant, Phillip Regan, who was charged - with drunk and disorderly conduct. As the case progressed the landlord interjected a plea for leniency, and 'twas well he did. I For the tenant couldn't even produce the 15 fine levied, and tn a burst of compassion the landlord paid the fine, remark ing: ' "He Is a good tenant, but is uncontrollable now and then." WE- SELL THESE Modern FREE a$25etof , Stainless Enameled Ware, ASX US ABOUT IT ; IMPERIAL FURNITURE C0L1PARY 467 Court St C Observe 25th Anniversary DEMUBBEfl FILED. as given the new organization in 1858. . : - Construction ot the first tem ple for worship . was completed in 1865, and In August of that year the first . resolution of the congregation was passed. The re solution condemned .slavery In the civil war and recommended that a copy be sent to Washing ton, D. C, also 1 to The Oregon Statesman. and - two church pa pers, The Evangel and The Chris tian Times. When the church observed Its 25th anniversary la 1884, M.' L. Rugg was pastor, and at the 50th anniversary in .1909, J. R. Con ner was pastor. Britton Ross last month started hie fourth year as pastor of the church, located at Liberty and Marlon streets. Membership of the church to day ' is 750 persons,., of - which number 259 have been added in the slightly over three years that Rer. Rosa has been pastor. This is held a remarkable record in that no special evangelistic ser vices have been held " In that period, Rer. Ross doing his own labors in this field. ' - Invitations are being sent to manr former members to at tend the 75th Jubilee late this month, and already the church pastor and officials hare receiv ed greetings from i a number of former pastors, which - greetings will be read during the two-day observance. Dr. Mllliken who-speaks at the Saturday night serrice was nastor of First church here for four or five rears about 16 years aro. He la the father-in-law of H. D. Turner of the Miller store, FORMS DDII OUT Tl Returns from personal Income, corporation excise and intangibles taxes for the year It 35, based on incomes for 1134, probably will aggregate $1,850,000. according to an estimate made at the offices of the state tax commission here today. - : - Officials said they based this timate on the general Improve ment In busInesY conditions and the tact that a large number of men bad received steady employ ment during the past year. Returns from these three taxes this year, based on 'Incomes for 1131. exceeded $1,780,000. Forms en which to file returns are now being prepare by the state tax commission and will be sent out shortly after January 1. The law provides that the returns shall be filed by. April 1. - ff FJ1S RAN KA rS W ' " I feTi uTtM t i3TIV ! CUE YBI All TIESEt -rPC K Avaiiaau im consou. "2?5! ' ' " t tj"i if you'll buy me Automatic Gas Range OWise woman, w saj, A esoln don to be a good cook Is ttrf to keep. If you can follow a recipe, . you can cook successfully oa aa automatic gar rang. Its Owtm r II tat Crars maintains exactly ' die temperatures specified for - your baking and roasting. On its surface , burners, you get instantly, Just the proper heat you need for any top cooking. The ; smokeless broiler gives new ssror to meats Smartly styled -bet highly eGdcnt-ara these modern gsi i ranges. And ecoaomlcal no end foe they save in time, in Labor, in PoQTLAN d .--i-r; ;;V 135 fo) H A $25.00 SET OF STAINLESS ENAMELED LTLbjlia WARE WHEN YOU DUY A NEV GAS RANGE P"cf ShsSQ or more wifhovf Jcifchen htattr, or $125.00 or mora wifh heofen D I T A 1 It A T OlAlltt S OR AT O U R S HOW ROOMS! C0B1IISE1CES. SCHEDULED TODAY Susie Elizabeth Coburn, widow pi the late W. M. Coburn. died December 19, 1934 at her home near Salem, following a two months Illness. She was 70 years and 11 months ot age. ' She was born January 20, 1364 In Anoka, Minn., coming to Salem with her parents In 1373. She was married to W. M. Coburn at Nes Perce. Idaho, February 16, 1882. In 1891 they moved to their farm home here. They observed their golden wedding anniversary, in 1923." ' . ; -- . Mrs. Coburn is survived by five children: J. M. Coburn. Mrs. Rue Drager, Mrs. George .H. Graben horst, Mrs. W. H. Grabenhorst and Mrs. Harry Wechter all of Salem; 18. grandchildren and one great grandchild. ? - , ' ' ; ' t--. Funeral services will be held to day at 1:80 p. m. from the chapel of W. T. Rigdon and company. In terment will be in the family plot in the Odd Fellows cemetery. . Sewing Project : Begins- Stay ton Layettes for babies born to Marlon county's relief , families will be made by women employ ed on , an SERA sewlnr .project to be started next Wednesday at Stayton. SERA Placement Offi cer D. G. Metcalf announced yes ai ' m m Starts Sort Clandette Colbert in Imitation of Life Vll resolve to he a every Gas & Coke South High Street Salein, terday. The project will give work to five women on a shift. The Wcodbura sewing project. already under way, also Is con centrating on : layette making, Metcalf said.1; : V . TODAY & SATURDAY TWO FEATURES Merry-Mad Whirlwind of Mirth f, ' 1 i ik i Oil .S 4 r : : IJUNICLAYIVORTH , JLrTUf n RAtCTAaJ n' : .. ' ... Ami Second Feature Kay Francis, George Brent "KETOOLE" TODAY and SAT. GUARANTEED HTXI ."Hilarious enter tainment "A laagh riot If there . ever was i one A grand treat for all. lAiSAna r Pins Comedy Betty Boop Cartooa good cook food, and la fad. Thoesands are pndefuQy owned by discrlmlnat log Oregon women. In their homes gas has been carefully se lected as the preferred cooking fuel because is is so Low in cost; so dean, so quick, and of cerer tailing dependability. Dealers are showing the new automatic gas ranges, and we hare attractive displays of the 1933 models in our showrooms. See them this week. Ask about liberal credit terms. And don't forget a new gas range can bt bought with a Federal Uousiog Act loane will gladly tell you how. Company Oregon , : ;':