. CIRCULATION
Average Dally and Sunday
. for December, 1931
Distribution 7858
Net Paid . 7523
Member A. B, C
THE WEATHER
Bln today and Wedae
day, bo change la tempera
tnre; Max. Temp. Blosday
48, Mln. 87; raia .78 Inch,.
rlTer 8 feet; aoatherly wind.
FOUNOPP 1631
EIGHTY-FOURTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, January, 8, 1935
No. 246
EARLW. SILL
TIKES OFFICE
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Oregon's New Secretary of State
And Supreme Court Chief Justice
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Hi US SHE
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Sworn in by Chief Justice
Campbell, Just-Raised
To That Position ;
Pledge to.DeyoteTFuIl Time
And Effort to State's
Business Voiced
' Earl : W. Snell, UUi man to
err aa aecretary of atata In
Oregon alnee the atata was ad
mitted to tho union, took of flea
here at 10:30 a. m. yesterday
while a group of . friends looked
on. The oath was . administered
by Chief Justice Campbell of the
state supreme court who himself
had assumed the leadership r of
the eonrt a few moment, befora.
Mr. Snell took Ws oath to the
years his administration win be
eenierea. . t lorat iriauir 4 "
friends were, on his' desk as ha
assumed . the Tnew - work. ;j. J, ,'. : .
The first official act - of Mr.
8nell was to administer the oath
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1 : . . . J? .1 "rv-Jtr -CI
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itb wriu m vudmVU. I
jeame
the administration Of thai
oath of office to C. H. Gram, re- I
fiJ ..A. L .-Z'JZ
elected : assUte Ubor commls-
loner in rJoremoer, ana yesier-1
day beginning nis-oitn raeemro
term In that position, Mr. Gram
abm n viia fAAairmn rvi r. i.rBm 1
baring been first elected in 1913.
Predecessor la Not
Able to Be Present
r .w.m u . Tnlin. T. ' and
S t a 1 0 Treasurer Holman were
both in the pecretary's oince as
he took his oath of office. P. J.
a .tt.ni ka inanmra-
tion of his successor in his duties
due to an attack ' of Influenza
-t.i-v v.. vorvt vim onnffnftA te
i- nm. tn Ti, Tialli for the
I
Stadelman, retiring secreUry or Sl"&?a claimed ho la a Tictim of demo- Ladder Brought to;
state o was appointed Ustl"Yoon persecution. - : - Hauptmann Critical
February by Gorernor Meier, was here. That fcight t he ; house wlU - ladder
past week. Ho,,eJegram b eomptetel y organUed by noon,
of congratulaUona .to : Mri, SneU Cooter said je expected GoTer-
and wished him every success in noMlect Martin ouldj not bo to
t. ,,v v -augu rated until, after I the noon-
Mrs. Snell and William Snell,
their son. were among the per-1
anmat fii HnttM i
... i will deyote the next ; four
L .1. -1 . t- Mmni&tA I
fulfiUment-aTery promise I hare
made, to the end-that the busl-
ness of Oregon and of this office
mar be so transacted as to re-
fleet eredit upon my adminlstra-
said Ito a formal stotement ris-1
faId , . 'fi.i .Iv0!.;
seaaea aer a, w, -
Mr SneU emphasized the post- Use pensions and uiemployment thAt be wm temperamentally un
SSr d ?. camnaiai Insurance as ' well as the more to V. old his post
tion taken during the campaign
to which he said he would be a
working member of the. state
board of conUcL "My home is
now in Salem," he said. "My en
tire time is at the service of the
state of Oregon. As a member of
Tarlous state boards and commls
alona I expect to. attend all their
meetings and to take, an actife
part In their affairs. As a mem
ber of the state board of con-
troi. a large portion of my time
' many state institutions, : that I
may do my part toward promot-
; Ing the welfare ot the sick and
unfortunate and at the same time
see that the best interests of the
: state are served.
"I know that there are many
unusual problems confronting the
v incoming administration. Many of
... tneso prooiems wm do oexore me
forthcoming session of tho legis-1
lature. -Tnat tney wm do mes in
1 a' eonstrnctire and courageous
manner I have no doubt The
last rour years nave seen a mara-
ed Improvement In the financial
. situation of tho state, and sound
- . business and . political , principles
should rule our future-actions. -
"On this occasion of taking of -
ncer i can not reirain irom again
-. expressing my deep gratitude and
appreciation to the good friends
l w h on loyalty and confidence
brought about my election."
Stove Repairer
( Desires Chance
i To Make Living
U WaUam Marcho. .7$. of 1747
J Center street, has been deprived
( of his solo meana of support for
fhimseU and Mrs. MarchO through
J a city order to cease conducting
a stove repair business at his
I residence, ho Informed the city
; council in a letter last night. His
request tor permission to resume
business was ref erred to the
planning and sonlng commission,
" : Alderman , H. H. andevort of
. took up the cause ot Mrs. T, K. audience which . packed tho tiny
Sears. At his behest, the council eourtroom that was onco the sen
granted her permission to move ate chamber. :!
her popcorn stand to a better lo- e The chief Justice reiterated that
cation. ', ," ' -"
MTJST PARK PARALtUL .j
PORTLAND." Ore.. Jan. 7.-6PV-
City polico; today started "tag -
King", automobiles parked at an
angle to disregard to the recent
ruling that all cars park parallel
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EARL W. SNELL.
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NO Employes EXCCpt ThOSe
Definitely Needed Will
Be Hired Declares
Not a ainxle employe for the I
house of renresenUtlTes who- is
not definitely needed for day-to-
day work will be hired, John E. i
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yesterday. Cooter said the patron-
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probably constitute most of the
house's appointees, some workers
from former sessions Including
Pred Drager, clerk, j will be re-
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taJea;
Cooter said he was calling all I
members of the bouse to a -get.
caucus at tno noieu picamg 11a
"taffj prior Jo the former selec-
on. tnenexi nxoramg.i. r
-The house Is expected to con-
ene by 10 a. mi Monday and to
ftlm o adjournment, after wMchl
00m oouses wm ponwpB ia joiai.
Cooter said he was tonting aU
republican members i as weU as
democratlfi members i to the cau-
cua anawogeiner.T we
paruea w. wori wgeiwr w
tma seon e aoeuroa. -' .
r dhis iof Dej jmroaucea,
J?a
These measure, Wilt! p t o the
wit for or.ron'1 eooneratlon l-i
- 'national mea.dres a. -Id-
immediate problems of, relieL
Enrollment triple In sue tne
opening registration for adult
recorded Monday "night at Salem
high school when th -second
term of the federally i sponsored
I education project got! under way
j under direction of T.j T. Macken-
trie, -director. Students, etrolllng
the first night totalled 127,
; Most favored among; the class-
I es was one on Americanization
ana literacy wun az atuaenis en-1
rolled, public speaking with 31
memDers,: stenograpnyi wun a,
I music 22. English 22; Winter re-I
creation drew only 10 members
aunougn , uacxenzie r is nopeiui
the enrollment will Increase. Ar-
I rangements . are being ! made for
tho class to use - the Y. M. C. A.
i tank as a part or its 'program.
1 , Mackenzie sad last bight that
i stuuents couia register any xugnt
I this week tho school -Is open.
I Classes are held ; Monday, Wed -
I nesday and Friday of each week,
beginning promptly at 7
p. m
'
and lasting two hours;
Control of Oil
crao n'i cnnr
ULUUlUli LUUliU
coarmts :
PLEDK
1 at a. a. - V.a .a - snnw UIIlllllHLralUDa SJUllCieB IUU CU114UBCU.
10LLHHIS
AT ADULT CUSSES
' E. v
I s Ruled Unconstitutional
WASHINGTON, JanJ 7.- (ff) -
Witn onlr ona dissent, the su-
prem court -toCay declared un-
consUtuUonal tho first Important
Dtt of Bew deaHeglslatlbn to come
before It the section of tho na-
tional Industrial recovery act un-
der which tho government is at-
tempting to control oil production.
-chief Justice Hnghear read the
lour onininn. arranDlnr . one ot
I the vital laws passed; during the I
I eonxTess had deleaated 'too much
leaislativa authority ta tha nresl-
litent when" it gavo hlmf the power
Ito nrohibit the intamtata ahfnmcnt
lot oil produced to excess ot state
I quotas.
I The decision ianl' a bnrat of
I discussion to tho canltaL Secretary
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licxes assertea tnat wniie tne court
V
I. U. CAMPBELL
The Day In
f Washington:
(By The Associated Press)
President submitted : b u d g a 1 1
calling for MS 0.060,0 00 during I
tha 1936-30 fiscal year. . . I
Cnogreas leaders planned aakk I
action on relief legislation to fore-1
stall state complaints against dole I
elimination. r I
Supreme court held lnralid sec-1
Won of recorery act applying to
control w oil shipments. -
Tva fimttiWn .V
14 immlu nf llkMfi k.
toro supreme court on their as-
.iT,:
UuU onVicUonX
Tt.nrMontatfv nitrim n- I
MaM.j prepared raaoluUon for
n eonsideration of Mexican-
Catholic actlrlties. 1 - - ,
Administration reported study-
in '"F?"?1 RJC loM.f
. . . . . 1
Huey Long charged failure of
MTCUFFE S OUT
Removal -of Robey 8. Ratcliffe
of this city- as first lieutenant to
ralioVaV-guarT was announced
late Monday by the state head-
y
"-rrv. :r,.ri:r
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ajflrst lieutenant of the head.
quarters battery of the coast ar-
tlUery, Chargea against him were
On the efficiency board were Ma
jor Oliver' S. Olson of Wood burn.
Captain Harold G. Malson and
Captain Robert L. Wood of Salem.
stated that Its decision would be
followed by' withdrawal of Rat-1
AS GUiUtn OFFICER
cliff e's commission by the federal! to the civic emergency fund from
war department. , . ? r . hhe receipts ot the Salem boxing
Ratcliffe -i enlisted with the
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rXTrj 7 ATI
Heutenant'a post five years- ago.
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Minder Killed in '
Tall After Fight
In Hotel Report
Albert Minder- 32 of this city
If en to his death' in -..Portland I late
Saturday, according to detectives
in hDAi.i4
reported Monday" that Minder
pianged from the second floor ot
a Portland hotel following a fight.
,W. J. Harder of . the hotel and
I Carl E. Minor of another down-
J town hotel, were held by .police
If or investigation by the district
i attorney.
I ' Detectives said Minder left the
1 room In which tho fight started
I and ran down a hall, and plunged
through .an unlocked . door at tho
end. ... 1 " , .
Production
had declared unconstitutional sec-
tion 9 (C) of tne NIRA it "old I today to the trial of Dan C. Bow
not rule on the oil code" embod- I man who la charged with first de
led in other parts of tho recovery
oct. i ;-.:: - -
"We still have tho oil code and
will 'continue to operate, aald womed passed for cause, the Oc
Ickes. "We will attempt to regu- tober panel of 31 Jurors was ex
late hot oU with every resource hausted lato today. Circuit; Judge
wo have.' - ; i, - J. :W. Knowles ordered a special
From the Oklahoma oil fields
eamo , reports . that , tne. crude oil
price structure was expected to
crumble within 24 hours under
the decision. :
From senate and nouso mem -
bers eamo few expressions of aur -
prise. There were predictions that
new legislauon would be enacted
for oil control, possibly through I It was indicated taking of tes
stato compacts. ; ': I ihnony would start- tomorrow.
Justice Cardoso was the. only
high courtmember to disagree
with tho conclusion of the other
eight that congress had given
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away some oi iia miriasic bw.
Undergoes Hard Grilling by
Defense Which Soeks to
: Prove 'Inside Job'
Ladder L is Brought in But
Not Introduced When
Protest Arises
By JOHN VERBIS
FLEMINGTON, N. J Jan. 7-
. VP)-Btttj Oow, pert Scotch nurse
from whose care the Lindbergh
baby was stolen and slain, faced
a three-hour fire of defense ques
I tlons today and later : collapsed.
tearful and shaken. In the court;
house where Bruno R.l chard
Hauptmann is on trial for his life.
On thff witness stand aer Voice
was calm and area as she ans
wered the searching -queries of
Edward X
Reflly. She kept her
composure brarely when, the chief
of Haupunann'a defense steadily
pursued als; efforts to show the
crime was the work of an "inside"
gang of four.
Again the pretty nursemaid
who came from Scotland to testi-
fy, felt tha tiny garmenU the
ehua had worn when sue put mm
Inln n1 tnnrhul tha
flannel shirt she had sewn to pro-
nZTai .wh T.i w ..
iehi, rteVt tgatosV tha 'eld.
a nin , aha touched the thumb-
guard she put on him.
. .
But in the end the ordeal of di
rect and cross examination was
too great.
I Her eyes red from weeping, her
Slim figure ouiTering with emo
tion, she was forced, to leare the
eourtroom. In an anteroom she
down which.
the state I contends,. Hauptmann
carried the -stolen baby from his
nursery, . was brought into the
courtroom. It proroked a storm
of defense protests and was not'
immediately admitted as eridence.
iAa Jie . lef.t court, ha turned. Jto
a guard and remarked: . -
t "If I made that ladder, I'd be
a second rate carpenter.
. When court' adjourned at the
close of the . fourth day of the
,dna? T "JA ftv8tatoJS:
- .5
testified that he found no finger-
O vaaa wsao vaa tuv av
orinU in the nursery.
- Gow acknowledged that
khe "probably" had told. John-
(Turn to page 2, col. I)
iESTLIIJOXl
I receive $180 and " the Salvation
Army $120 of the 1300 accruing
I and wrestling commission durln
m ntrVt Th
1 buituvia aaa wva
..J.-."".. t, Ji i
to. veterans' groups. and 40 per
cent a puouc cnaruy. , .
Wrestling f ana during tho half
year period paid $6281.93 In ad
mission -feet - tor tho matches
sponsored by., tho American .!
: gion and . boxing enthusiasts paid
21388.50 for the bouts conducted
by the Veterans of Foreign . Wars,
; The commission's total receipts
lot 8795.33 Included $25 in fines
paid : by participants. Tho ,9 per
cent share of receipts going J j
the : commission -amounted to
$ 50 0.6 1. r i i 2.,. n..1 ;;C
r At the year end the oommls
slon had a balance of $117.1 5 In
cashT- $353 In city warrants and
$711.02 worth of ; property. at
paid Onas S. Olson $16.66 a
! month as secretary, v t- " .
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La GRANDE. Ore, Jan.! T-flP)
-An almost complete jury of per
sona not opposed to capital pun-
I Uhraent was tentatively selected
j greo 'murder of Fred Lampkin,
Pendleton publisher. f
I s With eight men? and three
I renlre of 18 from tho 1935 Jury
I list to appear to court tomorrow
1 for completion of tho jury.
I i Observers ; believed from the
I Jury Questioning , that tho state
1 would ask the death. penalty for
1 Bowman who claims tho hunting
I party slaying of hi companion.
I Lampkin. was accidental.
I District Attorney Carl- Helm qtfes-
jtloned tho veniremen for "the
I state while R. -J. Green; took; the
llead to questioning for the de-
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iieusa.
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conclusion oe
iter case is
message; plea
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Businesslike View of City
Affairs Urged by Kuhn
On Taking Office
Audit, Attention to i Debt's
Problems, City Manager
- Plarf Are Favored Vi?-
Asking the cooperation of : all
eouneilmen-and specific, detailed
work from 'aldermahlof commit
tees. Mayor V. E." Kuhn 'outlined
a comprehensive program for the
City of Salem's governmental ac
tivities last night; at : the first
council meeting over Which the
new mayor nas presioeo.
As forecast, the mayor declared
iT2tr-anSr5
ernment, holding that such a sys
tem "if properly regulated of
fers the most ' satisfactory solu
tion for the problem of Improving
city affairs. .:.' . 1 I
Mayor Kuhn said he was un
equivocally in favor of the acqui
sition ot. the Oregon-Washington
Water Service plant hereby the
municipality. "I believe that we
should have purchased it a long 1
while aro. even if wo Paid more 1
than wo felt - It was -actually
worth, and I still maintain that
no matter how wo proceed It is
going to cost just about so much
money," the mayor toia tne coun
cil. ?lt is about time we get down
to business," consider every, angle I
of the proposition with an unblas-1
ed ana unprejudiced mum anaied that unless the water com
arrlveaTsoma 'definitor program
and follow it," ho added.
Expects Question to i ; -Be
Settled This Year H I
- The mayor aaid he fully expect
ed that the present year would
see the water question settled
onco and for all. "I urgently to-
quest mat you rcauiT uummio,,
into an organised, reasoning
group, and that you , arrive at
some definite program pf proce
dure that will obUin the results
the people legitimately expect of
us," ho counselled. ji r . "
' The. message' summarised the
outstanding debt -of Salem placing
It as of December 31. 1934, at
$1,774,394. Some action mustbe
taken to more definitely deter
mine the redemption of general
fund warrants, the mayor de
clared. Ho urged committees to
(Torn to page 2, eol.il) ,
" ' '
Retiring Ma vbr
. . . . fy ,
: v ' GlVen DeSK bet
To express it. appreciation for
? tVl o","l.7C:. r V.
liu.Heasr ai Miwt,
'ITZJXLt
cuy wna-
Mm Wi yiilito
tion - electric . dock and h fountain
pl. v-T Zv'irJr 7maT tha
which Kuhn -yarned th
cuy execuwTe
aldermen.jraa openea n -
preseniawoa tc.c-,.
to fho ex-mayor.. r -1 -,,;?:
Hi
Wi I Li fir
OrlH INCWS . fit
J 1 1 U I 3 1& Tl 9
: t a Glahcci v
(By the Associated Press)
vt.ir.MivaTON. N. J. Betty
r.A. Undherah baby nurse, col -
lapses after three hour icross ex-
aminatlon by Hauptmann defense
eounseL , h
ROSSVTLLE. Ga. Sixty ar
reted at hosiery, mill strike; 25
placed to Atlanta detention camp
for investigation. ' ill '
BILOXI, Miss. Mayor-eiect
seises control of city, hall, with
armed force. .
; TRENTON. N.' J. - Acting uov-
ernor Powell abolishes state
dustrial recovery act by proclama
tion. I
Foreign: ;!' . - officers, was an outstanding auc
ROME Italy and France agree ceea Nearly 280 persona attend
to keep peace in central Europe. ea anj heard tho resume of tho
Laval and Pope Plus reach agree- 1934 activities ot tho chambers:
ment. -'III as woven into tho introductions
SAARBRTJECKEN, Saar Basin 0f directors and workers made by
Territory .HeIl Hitler" cries, William P. ; Ellis, retiring . presl
forhldden at voting places, invall- dent and toastmasteri -dato
many civil servico plebiscite - Larger objectives of tho chanr
Totea. - ; vl i Hi ; her for 1935 wero outlined by tho
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad new president, Howard Hulsey,
Tnreninra battle maddened bulls who urred continued and greater
loose on storm tossed liner.
t C A JAM ARC A. Peru H Govern -
ment orders army troops to re
tnra . erdor after revolutionary
outbreaks in Cajamarca. i U
OTTAWA Prime Minister
ttonnott nntiiYtM nrnnoflala to 'in -
sure fair play", between: producer
and consumer, industry and pub -
Sdient Recommendations
to City Council at Beginning of His Term
Strict supervision of city . expenditures sought with view to
reducing warrant debt. -v;'
; Refundtos of all Bancroft bonds at not to. exceed 4 per cent
annual interest favored. ' 1
; : City attorney urged to collect back interest on Bancroft liens
and to secure rebonding from taxpayers. :
- Thoroughgoing audit of city's finances asked as basis for
better administration of city affairs. - .; 1 , ;
; Repeal of SO general ordinances and .consideration of . 200
miscellaneous ordinances into not more than 85 ordinances re
Cjneated. :-. --r -- - - '
. Acquisition of the local water plant by the city this year
urged on a get down to business program of the council.
' Urges committees to propose work projects to relieve unem
ployment and to give Improvements of permanent worth to the
conunnnlty. -i
Recommends addition of territory south of Hoyt street to city
territory; area embracing 400 population.
. Instrnction school for policemen in ordinance of city and gen
eral law requested. . ' -
; Thorough Investigation of fire department by council's fire
department committee asked. r
Manager ferns ofrJty government otter best solation" of
city problems and should he aubmlUed to voters at next regular
election. ' 'l:r V
111 FILE BRIEFS
JIKDE1KI
i., . R A'.l UMta,.
Juuyc rcc muiuaica itjiti
Company's Case Lacking
In Basis For Plea
Attorneys for the city ot Sa
lami and for the Oregon - Wash
ington Water Service company
will file briefs in federal court,
Portland, Thursday, supporting
their respective contentions tor
aamnsi . reaaupuou. i
J JSyuuem"""" uu
ne cspaiiy , uv
J. Kowitx reported on his return
here last night. Request for per
mission to file briefs was made
by the. water company.
-Federal Judge Fee, while al
lowing the filing of the briefs to
supplement the -oral arguments
presented yesterday, indicat
pany to Its brief could ahow more
cause why. the suit should not
bo resumed, he would rule in
favor of the city's motion to take
up the case, -which had been al
lowed to lie dormant while arbi
tration nrnAAirllnn were nnder
wayr here Kowitx Baia. u the
Judge does rule in favor of the
City, trial before a jury probably
would get under way to the
spring.
; The company, through Its at
torneys, Walter E. Keyes of. Sa
lem. Henry D. Costigan ot San
Francisco and Charles A. Hart of
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MEIER TO TRAVEL
I!
I uuveruur ana jars, ouui u.
Meier will leave for tho east
COoUi. BOiueumo ueA wwi sm.iioA
da.
m. ... m a a . at S -. Mm
From New York they will make
I. H-doT eoAan ernla roinr as
d Havana.
They will then spend some time
to Florida, retrning to the west
r- ...
continent ,by the southern route
be met bythelr car in
Lo. Anrelea from where they will
, b"ack Portland. .
,. h -roTftrBOP emressed some
reg ye t
w nearlng a close t
l .his term
and said
very pleasant memory of his four
ears' - Incumbency would be
i years - lncumoency w o u i a o
I friends made among his official
I - trA retnmed to Portland
staff. He returned to Portland
lato to the day but said he ex
pected to, be here later to the
week. .l -
1 In Governor Meier's car as he
returned to Portland yesterday
went an accumulation of photo-
Irranhs. newspaper, clippings, let-
1 tera and petitions accumulated to
I hU office during the last ; four
I years.
Will
in
Chamber's 4 nnual Banquet
Prove s Outstanding Even t
i irv. fiHt .nnn.l hanonet and
Indies night of the chamber of
- 1 commerce, held last night at tho
I Marion hotel to honor old and pew
(support of tho citixenry to tho
1 chamber's activities. : Among ob-
- 1 jectlves ar:. Entertainment of sey-
I eral thousand Odd Fellows la - a
1 four-day convention - beginning
I May 19; restoration ot tho Cherry
1 fair: deeneninc ot tho Willamette
channel to six feet; construction
lot revetment or dam to divert the
of Mayor Kuhn in Address
-: ; M
O'Hara Heads Ways-Means;
. .1
Fuhrer is Chairman of
Utilities Group
Appointments to the 18 atand-
Inr KAinmttfcM rt th A KulPTTl pitV
onnMt .M nnnnnii nlrht
lvr Uirnr V. E. Knhn aa one of his I
first official duties of the term of
offico which he began the first of
this vear. Kuhn aaid he had nick-
A the rnmmittees with the view
..ton. . .trnnv rrmm nf m ati
nrranizAd to handle eTerv nhase of
.. .... ..
ine city ousiness. ;
Darid O'Hara. for many years
rhifrmin of tha with and means
committee, will continue in that
important job. with F. E. Need-
ham and Rosa Goodman other
members of the committee.
Knhn chose Walter Fnhrer to
head the utilities committee which
in the past baa been charged With
the duty of negotiating: for the
wator miftnt here, with Kuhn will
serve Merlil D. Ohling, a new man
on the council, and David O'Hara,
a holdover from thee Utilities com -
mltto of the last council. Kuhn
aamad Ohllnr aa phairman of the
fire department committee, a post
charged with the specific Job this
year of investigating the fire de-
partment and making recommend-
atlnna to-tha conncll for the de -
partment's improvement. With
Ohlina- will serve Curler VanPat -
ten and Carl B. Armprlest. . :
The eomnlete list of committee
aaairnmenta. tha chairman beinc
the first-named man in each
rrnnn. follows:
Committee on wars and meana
David O'Hara. F.- E. Needham.
Ross Goodman.
Ordinances Fred A. Williams,
David' O'Hara, Carl B. Armprlest.
(Turn. to page's, col. Z)
Flood Control .
Ditch Widening
ar TT J TIT
lOW Under Way
,
The city's large gasoline power
inAl mnA unw of 15 SERA
workmen were put to i work on
sneiton aitcn yesteraay xo wiaen
v- vvi- ..,-
V r T
which was largely responsibie for
MIMSIE .
NAMED BY MAYOR
tho flood last month. It la planned 3 JiYLnt
to widen the channel materially SStt K 1
. imt ecuttvo board, ' Alderman w. 1J.
lVtV&-vJill Evans, who served In that posi
atreet, the portion which was un- v, ..-JT
able to carry away the high wa
ter;
Within a week if the Work Is
not interrupted. It should bo pos
sible to improve tho channel to
such a point that, there would be
little danger of a repetition of
last month's flood conditions, ac
cording to R. D. Cooper, superin
tendert of the Job. Ho said that
hereafter there might; still bo
some overflow but none nearly as
extensive as experienced recent
ly by residents along Loo street.
4 -
proach; pavement ot tho west side
highway from Dayton here; recon-
-1 .v. ' ,1 ' ii-
lor; and an overhead railroad
crossing for North Salem. -
Entertainment . teaturea wero
provided by tho Willamette or-
chestra, tho Women's trio, accord-
ion aeiectiona oy ueorge tiesse -
man and tho Haywire orchestra,
Ed. Schunko led group staging-.
Members ot tho chamber board
of directors introduced were:
A. Wlndishar, Van Wleder. Walter
T. Molloy, Wallace H. Bonesteele,
Oscar D. Olson, Barkley A. New-
v m i -rrr rrr"
man. ur. 4. w. wemenis. w.
Chadwlck, Arthur Smither, Dr. L.
E. Barrick, Georglo L. Arbucklo
andwSlam sVhSt ; retiring and
new Cherriaa King Bings; Jos-
eph A. Hermann, president of tho
business men'. leigue-aU direc-
tors; C. E. yntojuMMf. fna
his assistant. Miss Lydia Grant, ;
(Turn to page 2, cou 11
m
OFFICERS WILL
JOB
Thorough Audit of Books is
.Voted ' Before , Mayor's 1
- Recommendation
Various Bills For Services
In Water Question Bring
- "Clear Decks" Vote -
- -With a new mayor-at tha helsa
and air new members seated,' Sa
lem's city council last night moved
at once to secure a thorough and
it of the city's financial affaire on
the one hand and on the other to
call, a halt to the employment ef
"experts" in connection with maa-
vatr, BeeoaVi?M ili1
pointlve officers of the city wero
returned to their posts for anota- -er
year. r- -
Alderman Paul K. Hendricks
brought up the water question to
ward the close of the meeting af
ter a bill from Baa.r -it Cunnlng-
I ham. engineers, had been read. It
amounted to $187 unpaid Septem-
ber balance and $849.93 f or aer-
I vices and expenses in uecemoer m
connection with arbitration pra-
I ceedings,
I Averrlnr no one seemeo ta
I know exactly how many "experts'
U. I1 (III ill mu'1 tlio i1 U
I w y I
employing, Hendricks moved that
I a committee bo given power to re-
I voice an contracts ot ine city as oi
January 7, 1935, where such ae-
tion was found advisable. Amen
I ed at length by Alderman Fred A.
l W illiams ana otners, tne motion
J as. passed placed this power-with
I the utilities committee, the mayor
I ana city attorney ana gave wens
I the authority to "discharge all
I employes of the eity except those
appointed tonignt."
1 Would Retain Data
1 "Kiperts" Collected
I Another, arbitraUon bill, also
referred to the utilities committee
came to from G. W; Johnson, r.,
William McGilchrist, Jr., and U. S.
PK. who appraised the real prop
ieny oi me water company nem
I for the arbiters. Tha city was ask
fed to payhenv$50 each or one-
I nair oi tneir lees, me company in
I pay tne otner nan,
I When Alderman Walter Ftohrer
I again raisea tne question ot wnai
(had become of tho data collected
1 ana preparea Dy men empioyea oy
I tne city m connection witn water
plans, Mayor V. E. Kuhn advised -
him that as new utilities chair- -man.
he. Fuhrer, would - be. held -
responsible for seeing that all of ;
this material 1 was gathered - and -
billed. ;
The following city officials wero
unanimously elected by the coua---cil:
". - ' . -
City engineer-street " commls- -
FJ N N
isioner; nugn . Kogers, engineer
since 1920: city attorney, Chris
I J. -Kowitx, attorney since 1933: .
slonerl Hugh M. Rogers, engineer
building Inspector, E. 3. BushnelL; j
inspector since asuiisry i"- --
"ff; .i' w20p,, linSSftw
i" - J.'Z ,7 :., " . "
A. Douglas, health officer oinco
I 1 O ) 41 etavV AAmtnlaDiAn a . YJ 11
-
Mwis uustu5 su aw - v-a aa waai
the council
Special Boards for
City are Appointed
Appointments - announced
by
the mayor were: --. v
Boxing commissioner, one-year
; (Turn to page t, coL S) .
FIRE LOSS LOWEST
Salem 'a tire loss in 1134 was
SUEKSHOI
the lowest since 1926 and the
second lowest In 12 years, it was"
revealed by the annual report to
. cItIreo5nc" L.!
v Si ; . Ti WlTi
I losses from fire totaled 321.864.
p -c
amounted to $17,613.99.
wet j0.8" ? ne"lTAe5I
Pf10 occurred to 1926, $15,007.-
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torgelyjlue to the Larmer ware-
I non , jjl -irU.'
' AccoruinR - '
T. " year lire ' - '
-e wan tnat 01 .
ibldI.n!? V-e f !"'"
T V
I era tn nntnrt' tn Is.01B.55.
n. . ..ili wn.M
- - J " "r-T. Tn
420 fire alarms. 100 moro than
did 1933 and tbo 'econ highest
on record. Four hundred eleven
aiayms were buuuuc.
Eighteen alarms romjsntsIdo the
my. dei V by the
I Salem department last rear.
h lie , r3tr-'?te&i
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