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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1935)
The OREGON STATESMAN, SaJem. , Oregon, Wednesday Morning, March 13, 1935 1 r - , Highway ' Commission May Remove Toils on Coast Spans PAGE TWO Bill Enabling Road Board to -Remove Tolls Wins by 22-8 Margin (Contit4 From Par 1) 'for his holidays. For him to make a 100-mile trip on the road will cost him 1 4 for tolls alone." "Ia Oregon going to bottle up Its great Investment in the Coast mgnwayi uoss querieu. is tae state going to curtail its great tourist business by charging an admission to its finest highway: one of the most magnificent roads in the entire world?" The senator pleaded for free ing the bridges from tolls as a policy benefitting the, entire state. He charged that opponents of the measures were Bectional in their riews. "Eastern Oregon should hare its highways developed but they will get this development whether or not the coast country gets its free bridges," Goss ar gued. He pledged his full sup port to the development of the eastern Oregon road system. The time Is premature for tak ing the tolls off the coast bridges," contended Senator Wallace. "Let the tolls go on; several of the bridges will not be in use until another session convenes; then the ' legislature can determine whether or not tolls should be continued." Senator Wallace declared the coast country had received far more than its proportion of state highway returns. He said that the John Day, the Fremont and the Central Oregon highways had re ceived less than one-halt the sum since 1917 of the amount expend ed on the Oregon Coast highway since 1920. Breach of Faith is Charged by Wallace Senator Wallace said the coast country had broken faith with the state In coming to the legislature two years before, pledging itself to toll bridges and seeking now to go back on its pledge. "I don't want to see tolls con tinued forever; I admit toll brid ges are obnoxious, but I think they should be Imposed until the state can afford the extra cost, absorb ing the cost of servicing the bonds will entail," Wallace asserted. Senator Stringer of Linn coun ty opposed removal of the tolls, saying such action constituted a breach of faith on the part of the coast country. Senator Spaulding said the state highway commission had 120.000,000 to spend in the next year and could readily absorb the small additional charge called for by. removal of the tolls. Senator Burke Joined with Spaulding, es timating that only $50,000 was the net annual difference between toll and free bridges after credit ing the bridge bonds with $175, 000 now spent for ferries and 1301,000 which Burke estimated as the charge of collecting the tolls each year. Senator Goss, replying to Sen ator Wallace, denied that the The Call Board . ... elsixore Today George Raft in Rum- ba". Friday "Sequoia" with Jean Parker. GRAND Today Double bill, "Be- hind the Evidence" with Norman Foster and Tim McCoy In "Law Beyond the Range". 4 Saturday Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter in "One More Spring". CAPITOL TfUllV n n n K 1 a. Kill "lTn- chanted April," with Ann Harding, and Jean Harlow in "The Girl from Mis- souri". Thursday Double bilL "Cap- tain Hurricane," with Hel- en Mack and Zane Grey's "Light of the Western Stars". HOLLYWOOD Toda Double bill: Franchot T - Tone in "Straight Is the Way", and Greta Garbo in "The Painted Veil". ; Friday Double bill. Laurel and Hardy in "Babes in i Toyland" and Tom Tyler in " iririiiin Hern'". STATE Today Double bill, "Secret of the Chateau" and "One Hour Late". Thursday Double bill, "Crime Without Passion" and "Strange Wives". Also the Quintuplets' first year. Saturday only "The Men- ace", a mystery thriller. The tricky, fascinating and se ductive rhythms of Cuba's centuries-old native dances form the accompaniment and background for . the dramatic love story of George Raft's new . starring Far amount picture, "Rumba," which comes today to the Elsinore the atre. Carole Lombard, his part ner in "Bolero," .Is again starred, and Margo, petite Spanish dancer, Is featured. . "Rumba" Is a poignant love story of a tempestuous dancer and a madcap heiress. During the un raveling of the plot eight new dance steps, never before filmed, are presented. A troupe of native : dancers was brought" from Cuba to Hollywood 'especially for this picture. , AT LEAST two of the house "youngsters" are being talk ed for speaker at the next session. One is Moore Hamilton. Medford newspaperman, who has proven a capable, careful and conscientious bouse member. An other is "Bill" Knight who comes from Roseb'urg where he practices law with Guy Cordon. Hamilton is a democrat; Knight a republi can. Hamilton's friends said last night they had seven to ten votes already pledged. Unless the democrats seat a majority In the senate next ses sion,. Senator Frank Francisco vich has the inner track for president of the upper house in '37. He has a block of votes already pledged and three to four senators who will Join his forces after a little thought. If the democrat! should take the senate majority, the veteran "Bill" Strayer would probably seek and win the senate presi dency. He very neatly gave away all support he could have received this itession to keep his pledge with Harry Corbett. The classic of the session for Irregular parliamentary procedure came before the house yesterday. After the voto was taken on a house bill to permit Issuance of state highwiy bonds, Speaker Cooter delayed announcement of the vote. He conferred with Dave Drager, house clerk, and found the measure had failed to receive the constitutional majority. From the chair, Cooter asked some member to demand a call of the house. Meanwhile Representative H o s c h had jumped up to rap coast county representatives for not voting for the bill. While Cooter was struggling with his book of procelure to determine whether a call of the house was coast delegation had ever made a contract that the bridges be con tinued as toll structures. He said the only contract drawn was one between the state highway depart ment and PWA. Goss asserted that PWA insbited that the brid ges contain the toll-provision be cause in 1933 the state lacked other revenues with which to guarantee the amortization of the -bridge bonds. The state has re ceived $1,000,000 additional high way income tht last year and can readily absorb the extra service on the bonds, (loss averred. Queries will be sent to Oregon congressmen today to learn de finite status to date- of the bill to make hops a basic commodity, a move taken in connection with the hop marketing agreement. Copy of a letter sent out by the United States Brewers' association indicating that the basic commod ity hill has been Introduced in the house was passed to local leaders in the hop code movement. How ever, the List word here ot the basic commodity bill was that it had been approved by the secre tary of agriculture and adminis trator of tte budget and was by them referred back to the house committee on agriculture and for estry preliminary to presentation for third reading and passage. Congressmen who have kept lo cal dealers and growers advised in the matter have sent no word that the bill has passed the sen ate, so definite status will be ask ed in the queries today. Kidnaper Death Penalty Is Out Death penalties for kidnapers in Oregon are out, the house yes terday receding from the capital punishment amendments it had made to Senate Bill 171 by Sena tor Chinnock. Representative Norblad declared he was origin ally opposed to taking out the house ameidments but said he would agreo to such recession by the house to expedite the business of the session. The bill had passed the senate with only four dissenting votes. Philosophy Professor Scheduled for Speech SILVERTON, March 12. Dr. E. O. Sisson, pofessor of philos ophy at Reed college, will be the speaker at the Silverton chamber of commerce at its March meeting to be held March 20. Silverton school choruses, under the direc tion of Calvin Storey, will furnish the musical numbers for the eve ning. The place of meeting has as yet not been decided upon, accord ing to W. P. Scarth, president of the organization. Capacity Audiences View Booster Drama BRUSH CREEK, March IX. The Brush Creek Booster club an nual play, "The Girl Who For got," prove 1 a decided financial success as $63 was gained from the two nights' entertainment. The play was first given Thurs day night and then repeated Sat urday night.- Both nights drew a capacity house. Following the presentation of the play, the cast motored to Silverton Saturday night and enjoyed a midnight supper at Toney's Eat Shop. lill STATUS OF HOP CODE MEASURE permissible after the roll call was taken, four members switched from no to aye and the bill pre vailed. Hosch'a talk was not in order nor was the call of the house, the speaker being charged with the Immediate j Job of an nouncing the vote. Old-timers at the session were flabbergasted at the free and easy manner in which the house proceeded. Legislators at the wrestling match last night came in for good share of "razzing" from the crowd. According to Harry Levy, one of the officials, the bout next Tuesday will feature Representative Johnson of Jo sephine and Secretary Gosslln. "Barnacle Bill" Watklns, the ring's "Popeye," openly chal lenged Walter Norblad, the gill setters' friend, and "Buck," bow-legged Snyder from Lake view, to boats. Here and there: Claude Ingalls, erudite editor of The Gazette Times, had fun listening to the coast bridge debate yesterday at the desk of his protege for the governorship in '38. Senator Dean Walker . . . John Goss wins han dily the honors for the best voca bulary of any legislator; the cor rect, although unusual word, rolls from his tongue with the greatest of ease . . . some ot the lobbyists are greatly irked by the devious tactics of the session in its clos ing days . . . between checking reconsiderations, conference com mittees, re-reference of bills to committees and the possibility of executive vetoes, the lobbyists who thought they could go home Mon day find they must stay on the Job until the gavel drops for the last time . . . Dorothy Lee is said to be considering making the race for congress from Multnomah county, if i.nd when the time seems auspicious. . . . i AGREEMENT ON (Continued From PJ 1) views on which codes should be discarded. Richberg said he would not write into the law which indus tries should be regulated and which should not, but would draw the line by a definition of inter state commerce that would "stand up" in the courts. He submitted a list of 17 ser vice trade codes, covering about 3,000,000 employes, which he said had brought most of the enforce ment difficulties. He added, how ever, that these groups included some of the worst employment conditions. The bigger Industries in the list were barber shops, laundries, cleaning and dyeing, hotels and restaurants, motor vehicle stor age, advertising, bowling and bil liards, real estate, brokerage and beauty shops. Richberg agreed it was "going pretty far" to include hotels, bar ber shops and restaurants under codes. E FIRST QUARTER TAX With the deadline on the first quarter's 1935 taxes only three days away, the tax collecting of fice here is handling large stocks of mail in addition to the pay ments made at the window. Sher iff Burk reports. Monday 650 receipts were is sued at the office, or 250 more than on the highest day's busi ness last year. A night crew has been working to keep up on is suing receipts for the payments made by mail. Because of the new system in use this year and the innovations in the tax office, virtually no In convenience has been occasioned taxpayers because of the hereto fore long waits in the last week before collection deadline. Bond Vote Bills Lose in Senate Two house measures, House Bills 384 and 3S5, were quickly defeated in the senate late yester day, when Senator Duncan's com mittee recommended their indef inite postponement. The bills pro vided that 60 to 70 per cent ot the voters in certain districts be required to approve bond issues. FAVORS RELIEF ROLL Representative Oleen yesterday introduced a resolution urging the state highway commission to se lect as many of its workers as possible from the state relief rolls. Oleen said such a plan would re lieve both the counties and the state In their relief operations. 2 FEATURES! LAST DAT! "Secret of the Chateau" with Alice White Plus "One Hour Lata" with Helen Twelvetrees A 1IC C US STAY H SPECIAL RELIEF House Resolution Proposing Interim Committee Gets Unfavorable Report (Continued from Pr 1) committee, appeared before the resolutions committee to say he had ample evidence to prove state relief affairs in Oregon had been subjected to "gross mismanage ment, favoritism, nepotism and diversion ot funds." Snedecor Declared Goody's Associate Proponent of the legislative Investigation said they were con vinced Estes Snedecor, adviser to the governor on legal matters, was connected in a law partner ship with Elmer Goudy, state re lief administrator, and had dis suaded Governor Martin from per mitting an independent investiga tion. In a conference held in his of fice yesterday. Governor Martin told W. K. Pattrick of Portland, spokesman and leader of the Na tional Economic Welfare federa tion, that he would lay all ma terial on relief and complaints made to him about relief, before the new committee and ask it to probe the situation without any reserve. He added in his letter yester day afternoon: "I desire to reaffirm the state ments which I made to represen tees, a number of whom have proposed this resolution, to the effect that I have appointed four new members on the state relief committee in whom I have the greatst confidence, and that as soon as time will permit, after the adjournment of the legisla ture, I expect to call the first meeting of the newly organized state relief committee, to be held In Salem. "At that time I will make avail able to them all information and all complaints which have beeh given me with reference to the administration of relief in this state, and will ask the committee to make a thorough investigation of the methods of administering relief in this state, and of all complaints that have been filed, or that may be filed, and will ask the relief committee to make a complete report of their find ings to me." 4-H LEADERS WILL 23 The next Marion county 4-H local leaders' gathering will be held March 23 in the domestic science rooms of the Salem sen ior high school building, begin ning at 10 o'clock, announces Wayne D. Harding, county 4-H club leader. Helen Cowglll, - assistant state club leader, will conduct a lead ers' training school at this time. The following program, presided over by Myrtle R. Clark, presi dent of the local club leaders, will be given: 10-11 Cookery, general In structions, demonstration sponge cake, record keeping, dollar din ner. 11:30-12 For all leaders; scoring and Judging, demonstra tions, room improvement, home making, canning. 12-1 Hot lunch for alt 1-1:45 Regular meeting of Marion county 4-H local leaders. 1:45 3 Clothing, general discussion of project as a whole, pattern al teration, fitting, finishing and construction, color, line, fabric, cost, style revue. Veteran Field Secretary for Y. Speaks Here A. J. "Dad" Elliot who for many years has been general field secretary for the Y. M. C. A. spoke to the students of Willamette un iversity yesterday. Stressing the value of a proper attitude toward life and maintain ing an honest value of things, he said that only one Individual out of eight college students ever at tained eminence, due entirely to the fixation of the improper atti tude during scholastic training. "Dad" was Introduced to the student body by R. Culver of the Linfield university faculty. During the afternoon students were' privileged to confer with "Dad" on individual problems. MAHorwOvwd Theater OLLYVOO Wednesday and Thurs- if day Two Features 13C 0QAOC3,u1. 03 WE JEST nsr pennon jack mat am" " -And Second Feature 1 1 Gasoline Refund For Portland Is Finally Favored The house late yesterday re considered and passed Senate Bill 194, by Senator Duncan, author ising refund of gasoline taxes to the city of Portland. The refund would apply only to gasoline used In city-owned and city-operated vehicles. This bill was twice de feated in the house. The house also reconsidered Senate Bill 314, by Senator Mc Kay, to provide for safety glass in motor vehicles. This measure will be on the house calendar today. F II Without opposing vote, the house yesterday quickly adopted a memorial declaring it to be the policy of Oregon that the federal government should reimburse Oregon counties for taxes which may be lost through purchase of privately-owned timber lands in the state. The memorial was the last move on the part of the associa tion of county Judges and com missioners to obtain legislative recognition ot their position that counties must be compensated for tax losses they will inevitably suf fer if the government engages in a widespread program of purchas ing timber. Monday they had been defeat ed in the house through the in tervention of the governor who insisted Senate Bill 189 go through without the compensa tory tax clause. The governor yesterday signed the controversial Senate Bill 189. Timber owners predicted that 15, 000,000 to $13,000,000 might be expended in Oregon for timber by the federal government in the next two years. MEHAMA, March 12. This community is shocked and griev ed by the sudden passing of Mrs. Emille Gremmels of this place. She died of a heart attack at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Ray Smith, in Salem, Monday morning at the age of 77 years. The funeral will Jbe held Wednes day at 10:30 a.vm. at the Ter williger Funeral Home la Salem, and interment will be in the Stay ton cemetery. Surviving Mrs. Grammels are four daughters, Mrs. P. D. Haw ley of Olympia, Wash., Mrs. Ted dy Leavitt of Carlton, Mrs. F. D. Boyington of Mehama and Mrs. U. H. Rosenberg of Tampa, Wn., and 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Gilbert Wagner, small son of Mr. and Mrs. Giles Wagner, has been a very sick boy for over a week with an abscess on hi 1w which was swollen to about the size of a cup. T E, Passage of the timber acquisi tion measure without the tax fea tures will seriously affect Marion county, not only directly but Indi rectly, County Commissioner Hew lett said yesterday. : While private owners will sell timber here with a consequent severance tax to the county when the timber Is cut, this means lit tle to the county, for the timber may not be cut for years, he point ed out. In addition, some Oregon coun ties will be so hard hit by lack of taxes from timber, that they will not be able to meet their share of state taxes, which means that the state demands will be proportioned among the other counties. Marion county will have to share in this heavier state load, he indicated, as well as losing a sizeable tax from timber Dcninu THE EVIDENCE with NORMAN FOSTER DONALD COOK SHEILA MANNERS Tim D3SST In "Law Beyond 01 MENIAL n EMILIE GREMMELS CI1Q If 1MB WIL T CAPITOL BONDS PLAN T New Statehouse Not Needed Ahead of Institution Betterment, Held A resolution which would have authorised a vote on a Constitu tional amendment for Oregon, em powering the state to borrow mon eys for a new statehouse was soundly defeated yesterday in the house. Representative Barnes declared that the legislature should first appropriate funds with which to enlarge the Oregon state hospital and other state institutions. "We are comfortable," Barnes said, "and there is no valid rea son why the state should erect a new statehouse at this time." Representative Nelson replied that he had suffered with a cold ever since he arrived in Salem due to the flimsy construction of the statehouse. ' Tou can look through the walls of this building and see the squirrels running outside," Nel son continued. . Representative Norblad said the same was true of the squir rels which could look through the cracks and see the nuts running around inside. The house approved a senate memorial, by the committee on resolutions, petitioning congress to enact legislation to provide for federal construction ot transmis sion lines from Bonneville. Approval also was given a sen ate resolution, by the committee on education, providing for the creation of a commission to study plans for a teachers' retirement fund. (Continued From Pat 1) points each in leading the Tigers to victory. La Grande was ahead 16 to 11 at half time. Baker won the first earns of the series and La Grande evened It up last night. Grabb and Lewis. Baker euarda. led their team with seven points each. La Grande high, winner in dis trict one, will meet Salem high in the opening game of the state bas ketball tournament a week from today at 1 p. m. The Tigers also represented their district last year and were eliminated from the tournament by Eugene and Silverton. They put up a stiff up-hill fight against Eugene and lost by only a two point margin in their first game. Silverton defeated them by a large score. Three of the LaGrande team are veterans of last year's tour ney. They are Don Stitt and Ralph DeBoie, both forwards, and Vic Bean, center. Amusement Tax Up Again Today A last-minute attempt to put a tax on amusements through the session will come up today when the house considers a substitute bill by Representative Oleen, the substitute coming back from com mittee yesterday on a divided re port. The majority report recom mends that the bill do not pass. The measure places a flat ten per cent tax on the gross income of amusement houses. The Oleen Last Times Tonite Ann Harding in Enchanting April" AND I Jean Harlow in "GIRL FROM MISSOURI" Thnr. . Fri. - Sat. Old GteV 4 art SEATS IOC Successful Ancient Chinese Herb Remedies Guaranteed for Bladder, Kid ney, and Urinary Disorder, Consti pation, Appendi citis and Tumors. Neuritis, Asthma and Bronchitis. R h e n m a t Ism, Throat, and Glands, skin Dis eases. Positive Removal of Liv er and Female Complaints, Sto mach, Gallstones end pains of male, female and children, all no operation. , CHARLIE QHAN Chinese Medicine A Herb Co. 123 N. Commercial SU, Sales! Dally Office Honrs S to 8 p. m. San. and Wed-, 9 to 10 a. m. lines H FROM EUGENE DECISIVELY measure, devised to provide old age pension funds, provides that no pensions can be paid ot more than 1 30 a mouth. FORECLOSURE BILLS NOT RECONSIDERED An unsuccessful effort was made in the house yesterday to recall Senate Bills 178 and 179, relating to deficiency Judgments, from the committee on adminis tration and reorganization. Representative Angell charged that these bills passed the sen ate more than a month ago but had since been buffeted about the house without any definite action being taken. "It is my opinion," Angell said, "that there is a move on foot to smother these measures in com mittee." Representative Latourette re plied that consideration of these hills had been delayed because of requests for public hearings. He promised action of the mea sures not later than today. FAKE TO S Over the protests of Represen tative Clint Haight who said the bill was foolish and useless, house members yesterday approved a measure making it a misdemeanor to send fake telegrams or letters to a legislator in an attempt to influence his vote. Representative Hyde of Lane county and Representative Erwin of Multnomah county both spoke for the bill, saying they had been misled during this session by mes sages from alleged constituents who were found to be "fake" per sons upon investigation. Representative Honeyman, ex plaining her no vote, said it was useless to clutter up the statute books with such legislation. Scrip Tax Bill Is Reconsidered The house yesterday voted to reconsider a bill by Representa tive Graham, providing a tax levy in counties of more than 200.000 population for the redemption of scrip. The measure previously was indefinitely postponed. Fol lowing the roll call on reconsider ation the bill was re-referred to a committee for further amend ment. Pass Resolution On Reformatory The house yesterday afternoon approved a senate resolution, by Bynon, requesting the state plan nlng board to conduct surveys with a view of acquiring lands for a so-called detention institu tion for first criminal offenders. A bill was introduced by Bynon providing for such an institution but the proposed appropriation of $100,000 was rejected by the Joint ways and means committee Coming; Friday "SEQUOIA" Ml SKIilS 11.81)11 Torrent of blood- '"w '?''m' I tingling drama play. &fNyj'V " Q ed to the rhythm of ftgT I til 11 fetJl Cartoon jfM:'' : gBs Travel i . Moving - Storing - Crating Larmer Transfer & Storage PHONE 3131 We Also Handle Foe! 00, Coal and Briquets and High Grade Diesel Oil for Tractor Engines and Oil Burners PERMANENT BATING GIVEN 4 TEACHERS (Continued From Vtf 1) Director B. F. Pound reported. The chief adjustment will come in the item ot depreciation, which the Marion county non -high school board protested last sum mer but is now definitely made legal by the new law. A petition signed by N. Selig and six other residents of property adjoining the east side of Olinger field protesting the dust and noise emanating from the horseshoe courts on the field was referred to the building-grounds commit- I tee with the understanding the courts wouia oe movea Deiore tne playing season starts there. ''The board granted the superin tendent leave to attend the Inland Empire association meetings at Spokane, Wash., during spring va cation, April 1 to S, and allowed him traveling expense. The Salem Cheriians through King Bing William Schlitt and T. Harold Tomlinson, received the di rectors' permission to use the high school auditoruim two nights for a play to be produced by Chemek eta Players, Inc. Proceeds will go toward purchase of new Cherrian uniforms. Purchase at 60 of two alto horns for the high school band was authorized. ISSUE OF HIGHWAY BONDS AUTHORIZED Authority to issue highway bonds up to $7,000,000 under ex isting authority was granted the highway commission yesterday by the house under the terms of House Bill 508. A provision that the bonds be issued only for re funding purposes was stricken from the code under the provl--sions of the action of the house. Eastern Oregon representatives joined with coast country mem bers in putting the bill through. Substitution ot general obligation bonds for toll-bridge bonds Is pos sible under the provisions of the act. After the vote was taken but before it was announced, four members switched from no to aye to put the measure through with 33 affirmative votes. Twenty-two assemblymen voted no. 3 Senate Bills Killed in House By indefinite postponement, the house yesterday defeated three senate measures. Senate Bill 121, by Senator Lee. went to its defeat on an unfavor able committee report. It provid ed that an oath of allegiance be required of school teachers and instructors employed in non-state institutions. Senate Bill 362 by Senator Lessard provided for pe riodical inspection of motor ve hicles in Portland. Senate Bill 361 by Senator Lessard provided that trial fees be waived for per sons too poor to pay them.
