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v. PAGE TWELVE The OREGON STATES31AN, Salexa, Oregon, Friday Morning, September 27, 193$ - 1 Utility Salary Fight Resumed Budget .Items of Electric "Firms Are Questioned by Commissioner . Officials' of tbe ' Northwestern Electric company, Portland Gas end Coke company, Pacific Power . and Light ' company and Inland Power and Light company, nave been ordered to appear- before Frank C. McColloca, state utility commissioner, on- October 10 and . show cause why certain budgetary Items for tn year 1935 should not be denied as a proper operat ing cost. - . ' The question was raised that these items, aggregating f 110,- 000,: were not for the benefit of - the rate payers. Among the items under fire Is . the salary of 17800 per year paid to Guy W. Talbot, as director of the Portland Gas and Coke com pany and the Pacific Power and Light company, and as trustee ol the Northwestern Electric com pany. - . McColloca pointed out that ori ginally the total salary paid to Paul JtfcKee and Talbot were the same as the latter previously had received. Subsequently McKee's salary was increased to the amount originally paid to Talbot with the result that an additional administrative cost of $7800 ac crued. - "It Is not known nor Is It shown what services are rendered by Mr. Talbot for this salary," ' the order read. Other alleged . objectionable items include payment of certain fees to the- Electric Bond and - Share company, holding corpora tion. "The matter of fees paid to holding companies has been for five years the subject of serious controversy," the order continued. "To permit a , holding company owning common stock of an op erating utility to collect a certain . stated sum of money per annum, based upon stated percentages of the grosa income of the operating . concern without regard to the value of the services performed or the cost thereof to the holding r company, is in effect a method of guaranteeing to the common - stockholder an annual .dividend regardless of the earnings of the operating company." V 'Certain contributions to com mercial, clylc and industrial or ganizations also .were listed as questionable .by the utility com , missloner. Budgets for 193S were filed by V the companies on November 1, 1934, and under the law, the util ity commissioner was given CO , days to approve or reject them. Charles M. Thomas, ex-state util- ' lty commissioner, failed to make ' an order within this period.' McColloch alleges that another -section of the statute gives the commissioner authority o reject or approve any unwise or impru dent expenditure without regard to the time element. McColloch aid he was proceeding under this statute. t Certain budget Items previous ly rejected by Thomas were ap pealed to the federal courts with the result that the commissioner . subsequently vacated the order. These Items applied particular ly to holding company fees.. ' Chester Goes South JEFFERSON, : S e P t 26 R. Chester will leave Friday for El Monte, Calif., where he will have employment. He expects to be gone about. three months.' Mrs. Chester and her sister will re main here. Cross Word Puzzle 13 14 16 'A id 22 24 26 21 2d 29 30 37 'A 34 V7A 3d 40 41 42 9X 45 4 48 SO ; i ' -?f EUGENE. SHEFFER - y - HORIZONTAL ' 87nartMrt" " ' 'l-HAeItrs f - 7 walking " ' l--ascal-:"4reek-V"--,''canTar" C stick.--Vt' confused letter - '" Jrii -4 S incite , -r I- conflict " 41 np VERTICAL ' - emt ; 11 calcareous v -T direction . VJ-rexhiLltka.- ef - t j J. skeleton . - 4S-3rarst; 'V complexion . 10 Urinf f, 14-released en 45 tbiassmned 8 raaeaw 11 scraping word of 47 shrub . - - i Asiatic . instrument honor 43 everlastJaj . tedg 11- variety of JS exdte 43 build , I supplies ' amphibole is impress chert xevna deeply fcnts 17 s ster- ' raising ' wheel 1$ born , 13 kuman - 4 beings .S notable " period v Jl r!omy LJ the Java almond ... 24 exists " 3 -animal -IS mere - TersiSers SI scanty IZpSMS f . tee ties . "1 t 'ref ore 4i clabing ; f3 Kentacky . .tlas-era&s Herewith Is the terdsy's puzzle. Local Nejvs Briefs Boy Needs Job A U-year-old youth here would attend part time' school if he could find a job to help -pay for his board, room - and books, according to Violet T.jswanson, director of the Salem continuation school in the senior high building. This young man, . she says, is . of excellent character, neat appearance and pleasing 'personality, and - "would make a tine office boy or chauf feur." He must find a home by October 30. Miss Swansoa , asked that anyone Interested in; this case telephone here at 5719. f - - - Allen Answers Answering amended complaint in , s u 1 1 brought by.W. C. Wlnslow against W. G. Allen, doing business as the Allen Fruit company, Allen says that he relied upon original order from B. L. Limbaugh in is suing a! check tor $108.18 to Limbaugh and Ralph Buts Jointly when that sum came (n on a co operative deal on which some payment-had been made previously. The answer said Allen had no order not to make such disposi tion of the money. Vevtr - Rank Hlch Fevers ranked high in the list ot new communicable disease cases re- nnrted In Marion county last week, according to the state de partment of health bulletin, ui the 11 cases listed, tour were of scarlet fever and one ot malaria nthftrs Included three of tubercu losa, two of Influenza and one of whooping cough. Polk county re ported one case of malaria and one ot influenza. Set Hearing Final hearing in the estate of Adelaide M. Scriber has been set for October 26, fol lowing filing of final account yes terday by Helen Hibbard Paget, executrix. The report shows cash receipts of $311.48; cash on hand $75.73; unpaid charges, $472.14, and property on hand for distri bution, $4327.50. Heirs are two adopted i children. Max Griffith Scriber Of Silverton, and Emma Virginia Scriber Weinman of Bea trice, Nebr. Fraternls Meet Dr. V. E. Hockett, lieutenant in naval re serves, described his recent two weeks of active duty on the U. S S. Mississippi off Seattle and on the U. S. S. Saratoga off San Diego to the Fraternis club at its meet ing last night in the Quelle. Ar rangements for a dance this tall were considered. The club urges attendance of all members at next Thursday night's meeting as a spe cial program has been arranged. Henderson Selected Wlnthrop Henderson, Junior from Portland at -Willamette university, was ap pointed homecoming manager at a meeting of the student body ex ecutive committee Wednesday night. Homecoming has been set for October 19 when the Bear cats meet the College of Idaho Coyotes. Closing Estate Final account tnthe estate of Sylvanus Page has been filed by Iva J. Page, executor, showing disbursement of $73.50. Appraisal filed by Clan A. Heltzel, Charles H. Heltzel and Margaret Barratt Heltzel shows property valued at $300 in this county. Other property Is located la Washington. Double Shifts Double shifts will start .work on the WPA pro ject, building a heat tunnel for the University of Oregon, on Oc tober 7 according to announce ments yesterday. Snell Gets No Deer Secre tary of -. State Snell returned Thursday from a deer hunting trip in eastern Oregon. He was unsuccessful. II 12 If 123 31 33 44 Si 'A tions - - ra sloths sqnanders S leguminous nlant solution to yes-. 25 goddess of earth 36 37 3 3? 2$ ravager -27 mock 23 eea-cow , 2 sooner than 80 sun rod - - 81 low of a cow 85 incanta- : ,t - ; tions 86 article ef ' 83 expel 8d depressions 41 sea eagle - 42 river in - Lorraine 44 weed 4$ uncomely - : child (Scot.) Leslie Dolling vp The four structures on the Leslie Methodist church property on Commercial street in the south end of town yesterday started - taking . on a brighter hue. The church, par sonage, Sunday school bunding and garage are all to be given new coats of paint, .before the work is -completed. The work Is part of the improvement program being directed by the. Rev. Dean Polndexter, who came here as pas tor early this summer. Lodell Will Talk Carl Lodell, graduate manager of Oregon State college," will speak at the regular' Friday morning - meeting ot the Breakfast club in the Marion hotel dining-room at 7:30 o'clock this morning. George - Scott, Oregon State alumni secretary, will also be present. The club will push the Oregon State - Willamette football game at Corvallis Saturday and the Salem high - Camas clash- here tonight. "WPA Allotment WPA office district number three announced yesterday that the project of map ping the city of McMinnville had been approved by the local office and forwarded to the Portland office. The federal government provides $1,470 toward the pro ject and the sponsors provide $661. Visits Chapters Mrs. Olive Doak Bynon, secretary ot ... the Marion county Red Cross asso ciation, visited the Red Cross chapter in Portland Monday and the chapter In Eugene Tuesday. These visits completed a study of work and materials of the vari ous chapters in Oregon and Wash ington. To Show Films A speecial program will be held at the Pres byterian church Monday night at 7:30 o'clock, when Rev. David P. Martin, missionary from Janan. will show a series of moving pic tures tasen in that country. Foreclosure Suit Nora Seales, as guardian for Robert and Dora Seales, yesterday file d suit against Guy O. Smith and others to foreclose a mortgage held on property in the Queene Anne ad dition to Salem. Answers Eleinsorge C. W. King and others of the Talent Ir rigation unit, defendants in suit brought by Rudolph E. Klein sorge, have filed answers to the complaint. Creditmen at Marion The 8a lenf . Credit association will meet at the Marion hotel, this noon In stead of at the Masonic temple. Routine business will come before the group. To Sell Property The probate court has authorized M. G. Gun derson, administrator of the Nils O. Tokstad estate, to sell proper ty belonging to the state. Power Bill Ffled For BaUot Title Preliminary petition for an in Itlatrre measure, similar to the so-called grange power bill ap proved at the 1935 legislative ses sion and later vetoed by Governor Martin, was filed In the state de partment Thursday. The petition was signed by Al bert Slaughter, representing the grange, and officials of the Ore gon State Federation of Labor. The proposed measure author izes the construction of electric transmission lines, distribution of electric power, and issuance of general obligation bonds In an amount not to exceed six per cent of the assessed valuation of the state. This maximum would be approximately 840,000,000. Any bond issue proposed would have to be referred to the voters for their approval or rejection. Administration of the act wonld be under the Jurisdiction of a commission of three mem bers, one to be elected in each of the three congressional districts. In case the petitions are com pleted the measure would go on tbe ballot at the general election in November of next year. Betting on Dogs And Horses Less The state's proceeds from dog and horse races operated In Ore gon the past summer were the lowest of any year since - pari mutuel wagering was legalized. - The total received by the state this year , was $71,200, which is 2 per cent of t)e amount of money that went through the wagering windows at the dog races in Portland and the horse races In Salem and Oresham. Last year the state received 911,000. Receipts to the state two yrs ago aggregated $78,045, ' The state Jair and Pacific In ternational ; Livestock exposition each, will' receive $?.0. Conn tie will ' receive : $17.800. : The Eastern' . Oregon Livestok exposi tion and the Pendleton Roundup each will, receive $8560, and the Koseburg Turkey show $1018. ! THIBIBLE THEATRE Starring Popeye . " . i : " . . " . ' iiwi Sefawi fcst Rwwi BifsiBiB tilted mwA Orciieslra Budget At Halfway Point Response' Generous, Says ' Leader; Teams to Meet Again Next Monday- . Half of the proposed $2000 bud get has been 'raised by finance campaign workers - for the Phil harmonic - orchestra ' association ahd the' balance Is expected with in a week. The response has been generous and willing, Mrs. W. E. Anderson, association manager, stated last night. The teams will have a meeting Monday night in the chamber of commerce. , - Committee captains and their workers are as follows:' Mrs. Breyman Boise, captain, and Mrs. B. O. Schucking, Mrs. - Karl O. Becke, Mrs. David Eason, Paul Wallace and W. H, Burghardt. Mrs.' W. H. Lytle, captain, and Mrs. V. E. Kuhn, Mrs. C. L Sher man. Mrs Joe Reman, Mrs. Grace Taylor, H. V. Collins, John Frie- sen and T. A. Livesley. Mrs. R. W. Craig, captain, and Mrs. W. E. Chandler, Mrs. George Allen, Mrs. Glen Seeley, C. A. Sprague and Otto Paulus; Mrs. Henry Cornoyer, Mrs. Roben J. Maaske, Mrs. A. A. Schramm, Sheldon F. Sackett, Oscar Olson, Elton Thompson and Lyman Steed. . Enrollment In the orchestra this fall has been unusually heavy. StudHats from the Preparatory or chestra and new applicants may obtain an audition next Tuesday afternoon at 4 p. m. in the Y. M. C. A. before Jacques Gershkovitch, conductor, and the music commit tee. The first rehearsal will be held Tuesday night at 7 o'clock in the Y. M. - Named Delegates; SCIO, Sept. 26 Charles N. Young, secretary of the Scio Townsend clubhand W. J. Tur nidge, the first district organizer to operate in the Scio territory, were elected delegates to attend the Townsend convention in Chi cago, October 24-5-8-7. POLLY AND HER PALS MICKEY MOUSE Ever stNce MlCKEV AND HORACE GOT BACK FROM THE WEST, CUARABELLE HAS 3EEN TRYING TO GET THEM TO ACCEPT .A REWARO. BUT THEY POOH-POOH THE IDEA! LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY Mftlft ft-l"IUl t. All r VAKa.l A...! " COOK'S ON VWCATCN, MA'S " GONE SHOPPIN' EARV.V SO I'M J ( FHV1N' VOL) TWO-MINUTE V BOILED EGGS, . rL C. ' v w wtv s-w-i wvvrsrv- wi I nUU I CMCK OT2 CHILD- I LCAE UTTV-C ANNI ww X I HINK &H& 1.1KE.S ME MWB UP MY MIND TO ADOPT 1 ftaa--t TOOTS AND CASPER m T- - f-.l- 'trnmiM i mmiii i RICHARD IS A SQUARE SHOOTER- TOOTS, AND llX. BEIT MS YiCULXTT. APPROVE. OV THS STEP-MOTHER TRYlNcr TO CPUT-UP MACZL AND DANNY SO MABEL WOULD BE- FREE TO MARRY Seen by the Sage By D. H. TALMADGE " Sentences caught in . passing: Business at the pew . beauty parlor is line. M a r y Bren- nan. Willam ette has a good football team. Glen Morris, Mussolini Is t h r o u g h Stranger . at a lunch counter. You'd better soak your back with sunshine while you can. -W o m a n on nv tsumsss the Miller corner. Put yourself on record for world peace.-r-EmIl Shaetfer. When business is good business Is bad and when busi ness is bad business is good. Pawnbroker George Sidney- fa "Diamond Jim." It looks like the Cubs. Fred Gahlsdorf. I You should take a drive over to the Flail vineyards. Carey Martin. These strawberries were grown at Marcola, Lane county. Salesman In a local lood mar ket "Curlytop" is the most suc cessful Shirley Temple picture we have ever shown, and It has beaten all our records for Will Rogers' pictures with the excep tion of "Steamboat 'Round the Bend." Ott and Loring Schmidt of the Grand theatre. Old age is Just a notion that some folks get into their heads., Paul Sims. Our 17-day trip to Washington was more ot an education than we could have gained by any other method in a year. Ralph Kletz Ing. f , Salem business men should con tribute to the Philharmonic Sym phony orchestra budget oX 12000 in order that the concerts this coming winter may be available to everybody. Harry Collins. The new statehouse should be built on the site of the old one. Mrs. E. G. I have just had a tooth pulled and it did not hurt a bit Hat Shade. Man ts a tool-using animal;. , without tools he has-'' nothing, but ..imiMi rH50RRV$ MAKTHA- BUT IT IS SO lYE HSR IMPOttlBl. BUT THERE? WAS STILL. SOME T i rmP umr-uA Money UEFT AFTW TMB MORTBAenA 1 F , sJSTtJaS ) WAS PAJJB CJ- AND X j yf pjf V. YDU COAX HIMJ, donT (&tx y Z- .'. N-n MINNIE ! &&JmtK!sf BETTER SAVE IT, y, TV Ji'tA AroAir rrfe rrl XT fTjL-fU cuarabeu-e in W 7 1 M AFRAID ITS S & JilTiX CASE VEVER MARRY4t jfjrtfv I I NO USE MICKEY I I I I iiTl 1 KA POOiR mrsaidtZl 7 SETS HIS OWN iiXlNt JWIllE ) REWARD OUT t& i II KOF HELPING riSS Vrf ot - 13L Tm. I R rrs NONE OF MY BUSINESS BUT .WHEN RICHARD DROPS IN I'M 60NIMA TE1.U' HIM WHAT THS fSTTPMaTHa MAS i of ii . n,s j 'x . r.rji i I Now ShowIng-For 1 I HOPES VA AlKT MWO Or ftCCOOHT I I : ie ll I I t 1 ' ft . i -t -x. . Sorghum filill to Start up Monday Cane Produced This Year From Home Seed; Total . Output to be Less - ' :The season's run at the A. W.' Klopfenstein sorghum mill, two miles .west of Silverton will be started Monday; the owner said yesterday while In this city on business. He estimated about 1. 500 gallons of sorghum will be ground out this year from about 20 acres of cane. Last year 1,800 gallons was the output. , A new hydraulic cider press and equipment la also In opera tion on the Klopfenstein place, and will be run during the after noon only when the sugar cane starts coming on. . ; This Is the first year farmers have furnished their own seed for . the sorghum cane, and for this reason an accurate estimate of the output Is not' available. However,. H is expected cane will be brought from as far away as the south end of this eounty and the McMinnville area- The mill is operated on either a-cash or share basis, . and. has a capacity daily output ot 'iS 0 gallons. : Klopfenstein says there is a ready market, locally and in Port land, for the product. v Gymnasium For Brook Proposed Would Bond Voters of school district No. 81 at Brooks will vote upon a bond Issue of $2500 to build a new gymnasium' on October 21. Sub mission of the issue was voted by the school board at a meeting held Wednesday night. The funds, if voted, will be augmented by WPA which will supply the labor for the project. The government's share will not exceed $3500. with tools he has all. Thomas Carlyle. Mr. Carlyle's statement is particularly pertinent to poli tics. Old gentleman who comes down town occasionally to swap remarks with folks. The Solar System Mickey Had Another Reason Zero's Shepherd Dog f D4 eREAOK-t WHAT DO VCV MEAM 1POS&IBt-Eo - WMATS WRONG WITH ME ? DO VtX MEAM VOO .WOULD CMSCT? D L W 1.:- tg Revealing a Plot! VOU AND DANNY SEEMED TO TAKE QUtTE A FAT.CVTO each -l , tht Count of Ten1, CHtF TttuftDERLONG 6000 SPORT VOU KHOU) HOW J UCKUM-YOOP. PEOPLE AMD VEOPkt B5 se Merchant is Selected As Jefferson Delegate , . To Townsend Gathering JEFFERSON, Sept. 18.- K.- S. Thurston, local merchant, was unanimously elected as delegate to the- national convention of the Townsend clubs that meet in Chi cago October 14 to 27, at the spe cial' meeting of . the local 'club Tuesday night at the Masonic hall. Mr.' Thurston has been very en thusiastic in the work of the club since its. organization. . Members present pledged 8100 to help de fray expenses ! of - the delegate. Frank Lillard, L. H. Knight and Mrs. Wilbur Funk were appointed to further solicit funds, and if money Is secured, another ; dele gate, A. A. Miller, will also repre sent the local club. - Chittum Bark Prices at Point Belote Possibility I Of Proif, Claim Here ; Price for chittum bark remains at a low point! Prevailing price is SVi cents per pound. The peeling period is past but there is on hand a large supply ot dried bark. Only an expert peeler can peel 200 pounds of green chittum a day. This amount dries away one half making a profit of 83.50 which," does not include the cost and 'time of. drying, sacking 'and selling the bark. . It Js not consid ered profitable to peel the trees at a price less than 4 cents. ' ' " " - i .. rg-.a ,.- ; SVOUUDN'T BE.UNrt.l 1 BUT I "TIMED f THESE VIISON TH' BUNK SS5lI F 4ryLv ( EGGS IS HARD ) V ' W ' L SUN-P1AJ- Jfa, WjfX OH, I DIDN'T HURRY BACK ALL HE WENT THROUGH FOR THAT! I ONLY WANTED iTO SET BACK IN TIME TO SAVE MY . TO BE HOME! BE HOME ON-MY MV PROMISE TO AMNIS WHEM ITEUUVOOTHRCH-JO S A RUHWMAV FROM MRS. And the. ctaoEL vwvr.h IT WOMANMRS.MEAHVf 6 ANNIES jL guardian HE'S A NICE KID, CASPER, AND I DON'T CLAMS MABEL lEORRALUNCf ' other; IN LOVEf WTHHIM. HW NOW CHAEF . MVE WORDS TO PUNVU ' .- -. - Bethel Chadren Already Opening T Three 4-H Chihs BETHEL, Sept.. 26 Fonr I club members are planning an am bitious -program of work tor thi year, with three clubs organized The handicraft club, 'Bethel Bus Hammers" has selected Werna Fro eh lich, . president; . Alfred Bahnsen, vice-president; Fred Bucurench, secretary. .- Lorraine Klrscher was 'elected president of the homemaklng clnfi "The Clean Housemaids," CharJ lotte Hain, vice-president; Doro thea Froehlich, secretary. Th 'Bethel Nifty Cooks" cooking cluft president is Ha Mae Creech; Jeaii Hain, vice-president ; John Bucu rench, secretary Mrs. Weddle, the leader, 'wilt Instruct in sewing for three girlf who are too young to take the; regular club work, Luella NlchoW Mina Lee Spranger and Marcella, Wolfe.. Pre-Convention Rally v Plan for County C. E The Marlon county Christian! Endeavor Union will hold a pre convention . rally . tonight, at 9 o'clock at the bungalow of the Court Street Christian church, 17th and Court streets, with all Endeavorers invited to Join In the) event. .,The convention . will be" held at the First Presbyterian church Oct. 18 to 20. By . CUFF STERRETT By WALT DISNEY THAT'S RIGHT TOMORROWS YOUR aRTHDAY ISNT, rr? SURE I'D riff BiRTHDAYi rVe: ! By "BRANDON WALSH Gee, ZeRO tAM I A DUMB OX ? WE. MAD DRAVMHO THIS AFTERNOON - AM' 1 MADE rv MtijK6 Or A DOO-AM'. I THOOCMT TOU-BUT WHEN MISS BLAKE W TWCHEB, LOOKED AT VOOR, PKTORB SHE TH006HT VD4I sachu i By JIMMY MURPHY RICHARD, I WANTA TVSXJU NT3U SUMPY4 ABOUT MABEU'3 . STEP MOTHER : THAT THINK .-" V stY0UOu6HT CONTtNUUD Tt?MOWROW. By SEGAH Jl AHEAD, I CAtPER rv r- m r - :. 1 i ' . I Mm I