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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
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Sg.0"jn pif find by plic. p , 1 ' jf "
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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
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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. -
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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 , : ;':