The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, October 29, 1935, Page 1, Image 1

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The Weather
- Unsettled, possibly snow
today, Wednesday cold and
fair' Max. Temp. Monday'
03, Iin. 35, river -3.2 feet,
rain .25 inch, variable wind. ,
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EIGIITY-FIFTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, October 29, 1935
No. 185
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Dope Runners
Kidnap Hasldn
And Car. Says
Local f Man Tells Police
He's Forced to Drive
, To Oregon City-
See No Gun But Thinks
One Pressed Against
Him All the Way
" A ale of being forced at tJie
ootnt of what felt like gun to
drive two men and a woman from
Salem to Oregon City In bis auto
mobile was. told to city police here
at 6:4 5 o'clock last night by Har
vey 'BM" Haskin, scrap iron and
Junk dealer living at k238 Center
street. ."V-
I think they mnd oave been
running 'bop," Haskin told a re
, porter, and added the trio looked
as if "they were dope eaters.
" "I ; was driving south along
High, street about 4:30 near the
power company's pole yard (just
sooth of Broadway) when two
men 'walking down the side of
the street bailed me," Haskin re
counted. " "We're going with you,'
they said, and one of them poked
something in my ribs. Yes, it sure
felt like a gun. I didn't see it."
The men, one tall and dark, the
other - short and fair, and both
well dressed, then directed Has
kin to drive to 12tb and Court
streets, where about 80 feet north
on 12th they stopped to pick up
a woman and some baggage, Has
kin said. v - . .
Well Acquainted
With Streets Here" ..
"One of them knew Salem as
well as I do and I've lived here
six years," Haskin Tdnttmied.'He
told me Just whr to .go to get to
the highway and said to head for
Oregon City and keep going'.
A short distance outside of Sa
lem, the tall man, who sat in front
with Haskin, shoved Haskin's foot
oft the accelerator and himself
held It down all the way to Ore
gon City. Haskin declared.
: Thronghout the trip the tall man
. held what Haskin believed to be a
gun against Haskin's right side.
be said, so that "I was scared
most that we would go into the
ditcb and that gun would go off
into my side."
"Arrived In Oregon City, Haskin
said be overheard the trio remark
they hoped "Frank will be wait
ing for us" and told him to drive
along the side street next to the
river : n-n t i 1 they came to the
; bridge over the Willamette. There
the short man and the woman got
oat, taking a suitcase with them
but the tall one remained with
Haskin until he turned his
around.
Haskin said they , then ordered
him to bead straight for Salem,
that ne would be followed. He de
clares he was followed by the tar
the man Frank . bad waiting for
the trio, until, at least, be reach
ed the railroad undercrossing at
the south end of the city.
. Haskin believes the trio came
fpm jBan Franciseo, : from re-
marks Jier overheard-and that
they left - an automobile out" of -commission
somewhere In Salem.
The talh man war described as
about 40 years bid, six feet in
; height, weigh! if 170' to. 190
pounds, having a dark complexion
and wearing a huge diamond on
the left hand, a light suit, dark
; overcoat ahd brawn hat; the short
man as about 38, five feet six
, inches tall,' weighing 140 pounds,
light complexion, wearing a light,
suit and overcoat, and the woman
as about 30 years, five feet two
inches tall, blonde, wearing a coat
with fur on cuffs and collar.;
Haskin told police he could not
' definitely Identify the short man
or the woman but thought' he
would; readily recognize the tall
man. 1 -
City' police began an fnvestlga-
tlon of the case but had nothing
-to report early this morning, r
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LaPine District
Rancher Missing
BEND, Ore.. Oct. 28:-iFV-The
search for L. L. Hastings, mis
sing since Oct 21, has been un
availing. Sheriff Claude UcCauley
ot uescnutes county said tonight.
and officers are still at a - loss
to explain his disappearance.'
Hastings was last seen walk
ing out of the LaPine tavern in
the wooded area of , s outhern
Deschutes county last Monday
night. The sheriff said the dis
appearance wa not reported 1 to
Mm nntll reBterday, however, af-
ter neighbors bad found , ' that
Hastings' stock bad not been-fed
' Thirty-five state and county of
ficers and volunteers conducted
an all-day bunt Sunday. Hast
ings lived alone on a farm near
LaPine.,' - - -
Italian Tanks Lead
' Army Into Interior oi Ethiopia
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Primitive defense weapons of Ethiopian forces proved of little avail
aa-ainst these Italian tanks, shown as they led the advance of in
vading troops into the Ethiopian
city of Aksnm. Zi'.h' .
Summer Resorts
Menaced by Fire
Lumber faestroyed in
Tahoe Vicinity; Snow- .
Reducing Hazard
TAHOE CITY, Calif., Oct. 28.
(J) A huge forest fire which de
stroyed a $30,000 lumber mill
near Myers tonight was menacing
summer resorts and residences at
the south end of Lake Tahoe as
well as much valuable timber
land.
Whipped by strong northwest
winds, the flames early destroyed
the Cello lumber mill ' and were
bearing down on the following re
sorts: Globln's Al Tahoe, Kruger's,
The State Line Club, Young's,
Lawson's R e sort, Bijou, Camp
Richardson, The Grove. The Lake
Valley school also was menaced.
All Telephone Lines
Apparently Down
Fire and wind apparently sev
ered all telephone lines in the
area south, of the lake, cutting
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More Test Wells
Will Be Ordered
The - Salem water commission
probably will-not- await the out
come of Its -latest test well, due
to be started today on the mu
nicipal airports grounds, but will
direct the - drillers to begin - a
fourth test bore on another loca
tion, at some point In the bill
gap near the state penitentiary
annex, it was reported last night.
Frank Knowles, commission
geologist, is said : to believe the
gap section to be equally as good
a bet as the airport. The air
field site was chosen because of
its proximity to. the city. 1
That the commission will con
tinue having test boles , drilled
until '10 test wells for which it
has v contracted have been ' put
down is considered likely unless
an adequate, supply of well water
is obtained sooner.
Seven Indictments Brought
Include Old
Seven .indictments, Including
one joint Indictment .charging,
seven men-with gambling, were
returned by the Marlon county
grand jury yesterday afternoon.
The jury also reported seven not
true bills on matters which had
come before it from justice courts
of the county, ehd returned, two
secret indictments. y v f , ' ;; ' v -.-
The g a m b lin,s Indictments
which. came np yesterday -are on
eases pending- since, last April,
mostly - from - the Woodburn Jus
tice court. None of them deal with
the -investigation Into Marion
county and Salem gambling situa
tions as conducted before the
grand Jury for several weeks past
by Ralph Moody of the attorney
general's office.
Jury I Recessed
Until Farther Call
- Following their report yester
day," on matters presented before
the secret' body, by Lyle J. Page,
Advance of
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interior after the fall of the holy
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Market Research
Tasks Given Eerr
Statewide Program U be
Launched, Announced
at Board Session
PORTLAND, Oct. 28.-6!P)-As-
signment of definite duties to
Chancellor-emeritua.-W. J. Kerr
was announced today at a meeting
of the state board of higher edu
cation. -' " , v ,
Dr. Kerr will assume the title
and duties of research director of
production and marketing for the
state system, with offices and suit
able clerical staff in Portland.
Dr. Ketr, former chancellor,
previously was voted a base pay
of 16,000 as chancellor-emeritus
but no duties were assigned to the
office until today.
BestpEquipped Man
For Important Job .
In commenting on the move to
day. Dr. Frederick M. Hunter,
who succeeded Dr. Kerr, as chan
cellor, declared:
"The market-research field
needs a statewide, far-flung pro
gram in Oregon, and in that field
Dr. - Kerr is certainly the best-
equipped man Inlhe state, if not
In the country. It will be his Job
to carry out lh the marketing
field the benefits achieved for ag
riculture by research work, to ad
apt production to marketing re
quirements." - i&X'S j '-".. '
Other business 'transacted by
the state board lit its two-hour
session here included:
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Argument OverJ$l Debt:
Held, Responsible For
Stabbing Case," Redmond
REDMOND, Ore., OcV
Mickey McCafferty, Portland, was
in a hospital here today suffer
ing from minor stab wounds, and
John G. McNeil, Redmond, was
held In jail for questioning - in
connection with the ease.
Officers were told an argu
ment over a 11 debt bad pre
ceded the. altercation.
Gambling Case
deputy for District Attorney W.
H. Trlndle, the grand jurors were
recessed subject to call. J,' w.
Brasher is foreman of the jury.
The Indictments returned yes
terday and charges are: 11
Earnest Kllnger. assault and
battery against Mary Wild.
i JT. D. Hartwell, pointing a un
at another person, one Fred E.
Schlack. ,- v;;V'-;iv.!v; -'. :
- P. " J. . Brassej. conducting
gambling' game April 12.
r. W. Foulks, giving a check
without sufficient funds. -
, T nomas Tarem, - obtaining
money by false pretenses.
' J. J. Hershberger, WW. Covey,
R. L. McClure, E. Olles, S. C Mc-
Klnter, D. J. DeGuIre and R. G.
Rette, indicted jointly' for gamb
ling, the charge Involving playing
poker for money, v:
Walter E. Pitts, giving a check
without sufficient funds; this in
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Nations Take
Firmer Stand
On Sanctions
Mussolini's Anniversary I
Of March Upon Rome
. Sees New Move
Strong Line Across 400
Mile Front Bar to
Counter Moves
(By the Associated Press)
Benito Mussolini, celebrating
the thirteenth birthday of his con
quering march on Rome, drew a
thin line of fighting blackshlrts
across 400 miles of southern Ethl-
ooia Monday: saw his armies In
a firmer mountain foothold in the
north and tightened his nation's
belt for sanctions something he
calls an "absurd crime."
Great Britain looked on coldly.
She viewed the apparent collapse
of a week of cautious peace moves
apparently because II Duce
wants too much.
Three More British
Destroyers on Way
Her foreign minister, Sir Samu
el Hoare, will go to Geneva this
week apparently to throw the
full weight of his majesty's gov
ernment behind early and effec
tive sanctions against Italy.
Out on the high seas, said reli
able reports, three more British
destroyers steamed toward the
warship - dotted Mediterranean,
bound, perhaps, for station In the
Red sea.
That, it seemed, might be Bri
tain's answer to Italy's sugges
tions for reduction of the naval
armada about the Sues canal, now
that Mussolini has called home
some of the troops he sent Jto
African Libya.
But Stanley Baldwin, tne-ent-
tsh prime ministe, promisea in
a campaign speech his country
would not seek to take the lead
in a new world arms race. The na
tion's defenses, he insisted, will
be bolstered only to the point of
necessity.
Little Fighting
On Northern Front"
Unstage in the theatre or ai-
rican war the invading fascist ar
mies halted a new advance In the
mountains protecting M a k a 1 e,
strategic northern outpost on the
trail to Addis Ababa. News from
the northern front was mild as
far as fighting goes. ....
Italy s high commana neuevea
the new line, as advanced from
the original Aduwa-Adlgrat front,
to be an effective saieguara
against the chance of a wedge-like
attack by strong Ethiopian forces.
Suspect in Girl's
Kidnaping Caught
Child of 7 Gone, Several
Hours, Found in Hills
Near San Leandro
SAN LEANDRO. Calif,; Oct. 28.
-ffj-Shfrley Nicholson, 7, miss
ing for several nours aiier i
was picked up by a stranger near
her school and driven-away, was
found tonight la the little com
found tonignt in ine com-
mnnlty of Ashland-to; Ue hUls
near here. '
Two hours later, Charles w.
Livingston,- SO, whom police naa
sought for questioning, was ta
ken Into custody. Livingston,
whom authorities said had a po
lice record dating back to 1921,
was reported by officers to own
the automobile which the girl was
seen to enter.
Alameda county police said tne
chUd vhad been mistreated, but
had not been attacked.
Shirley, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Don W. Nicholson of '-San
Leandro, told district attorney's
office Investigators that sne nao
wandered In. the hills for three
hours.
Gillis Trial Starts;
Charged With Hiring
Men to Shoot Ert man
PORTLAND. Orei Oct. 2$.-ff)
-Trial of John Gillis on two char
ges of assault with a dangerous
weapon opened here today. Gillis,
who is secretary of the Portland
Woodsawyers anion, is accused of
hiring Willis and Curt BIHingham
to shoot Alfred Ertman, non
union woodsawyer, August 2 7.
. The BUlinghams recently were
sen teneed to 2 0 - years In prison
in connection with the case.' Ert
man; wounded In the lung. Is still
under hospital care. v
Body is Recovered -
- LAKESIDE, Ore Oct. 28.-(ffl)
-The body of Al Glossop, Marsh-
field barber who was drowned in
Ten MUe lake here October, 20,
was recovered t his afternoon.
Dragging operations bad been car
ried on almost continuously.'!
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Change
Yoted
In Plans For
H.S. Building
Added Safety from Fire
Provided; to Comply
With Local Code
At Least Three Units to
Be Separated, Wholly
Fireproof Walls
. Changes In plans which Chair
man Walter B. Minier later , de
clared "small" but actually meant
the difference between- compli
ance and conflict with vital por
tions of the city .building code
were discussed and reported ten
tatively agreed upon yesterday
afternoon at a meeting of the
school board. Building Inspector
E. C. Bushhell and LD. How
ell, member of the firm of Kni
ghton c Howell, which holds the
architectural contract for the new
senior high school building here.
As originally submitted to the
school directors, plans for the
high school did not call for fire
walls extending from ground lev
el to roof to Isolate various sec
tions o't the building. Such fire
walls as were contemplated were
to extend only to the ceiling level
of the second floor, leaving the
triangular space uder the long
gabled root over the main sec
tion of the building to a consid
erable extent unprotected by fire
stops. Three Separate
Unite, Plan Now
t The constructional type of the
nrooosed building and the use to
which it wilr be put places It
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NotsonsAre Saf e,
Relatives Advised
Missionaries Reported as
Arriving at Paotow;
Trip Hazardous
A Salem visitor, Mrs. S. E. Not-
son of Heppner, was given real
cause for rejoicing last night when
word was received via the Associ
ated Press that her son - ana
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles E. Notson, were safe in
Paotow, China, after a hasardous
journey down the Yellow river
from Lanchow. .
Mrs. Notson la a guest here at
the home of her spn-iff-law and
daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Vernor
SacketL
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Notson
were members of the party of 25
British and American missionaries
who were placed aboard rafts and
started on a 00-mile trip to safe
ty when Chinese communists be-'
gan an Invasion of the Kansu pro
vince. The group proceeded to
Peiptng.
Travel Down River
On Goatskin Rafta
The Rev. Dr. Thomas Hoseley
of Oakland, CaL, one of the refu
gees, described a portion of the
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JVlldSfet T eiTiekeS
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In Custody Again
CHICAGO, Oct 28-(flV-Henry
-Midget" ., Pernekes, diminutive
desperatdo whose record of three
murders and many robberies
marked him as the Dillinger of
his day,, was captured today.
, The seizure of the tiny outlaw,
known as the most dangerous of
Chicago's gangsters In the period
before the Capone mob gained
control, culminated a nationwide
search by police and "O men.1
The hunt was - launched last
August J. On that day the "mid
get," disguised in dark glasses
and civilian clothes he had ob
tained in some mysterious man
ner, walked out bf the Joliet
penitentiary, where he had been
serving a sentence of 10 years to
m tor the slaying of cashier Mi
chael Swintowskt during the rob
bery of the Pulaski Building and
Loan association' of Chicago. " " -
Captain Daniel Gilbert, chief in-
Urestigator : for State's Attorney
Thomas J. Courtney, and Sergeant
Harry CConnell vcouared Ferne-
kes this morning.
Baptists i Conyene V
KENNEWlCR Wash., Oct. 28.
I-GR -A three-day regional bible
conference oi uapust mimsiers oi
Oregon and Washington opened
today.' Laymen from southeastern
i m w it & a
Washington attended the session.
Linn Favors Control
ALBANY, Ore., Oct, 2S.-(3V
The county agricultural - commit
tee announced, today tnat Lann
county had voted J 8 to 16 in favor
of continuing the corn-hog. reduc
tion program. ;
Use of Liquor ;
Funds For New;
: Capitol is- Hit
. Resolutions asking Gover
nor Martin toiind some oth
er way than use of state li
quor funds to finance buying
land or building for the new
Oregon statehouse, were
passed by the Salem Minis
terial association at its meet
ing at the Y. Bf. C A. Mon
day morning. .
A second resolution asks
that a letter be addressed to
President Roosevelt asking
him to cooperate with the
League of Nations In its pro
mulgations in ' the Italian
Ethiopian conflict.
The protest on financing
tne capitoi tnrougn (ne li
quor traffic was introduced
by Rev. Dean Poindexter of
the Leslie M. K. church and
the Italo-Ethiopian matter
. was presented by Rev. Lynn
A. Woods of the Jason Leo
Methodist 'church. , -
lessard Seeks to
Move Institutions I
Says Solon Are Irked at
TnJiffpi-pn on
sal em inaiiierence on
Capitol Issue I
PORTLAND, Oct. 28. - (P) -
nntnr TtAllmnra T.PSRflrd. Mult-
Senator Dellmore Lessard, Mult
nomah county, said here tonight
he would introduce at the spe
cial legislative session at Salem
nmnnnnr a Kill oollinir TOT thA
repeal of that section of the state
constitution, which proviaes tnat
all state Institutions must be lo-
cated in Marion county except
by vote of the people.
Lessard indicated the action
was motivated by the fact that
he "and other members of the
legislature" are irked 'by what
was described as the "apparent
indifference" of Salem and Mar
lon county to' semi-suggestions
calling for a more liberal contrib
ution by the city and surround
ing community toward tbe pro
vision of a capitoi site.
"Salem and Marlon county
must contribute more liberally
than tber have so far Indicated
they would it the state Is to ac
quire an adequate site through
the purchase- of the Willamette
university campus," Lessard de
clared.
Says State Plays
Santa to Salem
"I am not advocating- removal
of the capitoi elsewhere but I
do say that If Salem and Mor
ion county do not appreciate the
millions ef dollars that the state
has Invested there and that are
paid out In payrolls, then other
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Contract Tourney
w mr if l f f
Is Well Attended
14 Tables in Play; List
of Winners is Given
For Third Round
With fourteen tables In play;
the third of the series. -of the
n,unii fitatAainan.lr.lka Mntnn
bridge.-tournaments took place
last night at the Elks club, with
the following winners announc
ed: ' "
Section One: East and west,
first high, Mrs. E. L. Baker. Mrs.
Oliver Locke; second high. Mrs.
Robert Brennan, Mrs. L. S. Ran
kin. tied .with Mrs. Robert Krea-
son and Mrs. Fred Stinnett, both
of Dallas. , North and South,
first high, Walter- Qine, Harry
Wldemer: second high. Max
Gunther. Elmo McMillan.
Section two: East and west.
first high, Carl Armstrong, Earli
Fisher; second high, Ercel Kay.
Roy Gard. - North .and south,
first . high. Mrs. Frank Bowersox, i
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Slot Machines3
Ordered by: Judge MiM
Two orders-directing confisca
tion and destruction of seven slot
machines were being drawn late
yesterday by Circuit Judge L. H.
McMahan and Will be entered to
day. The orders are In the cases
of George dark, charged with
possession of three machines, and
Eugene Eckerlen, four machines.
This move settles, at least np
la circuit court disposition of
three of the- slot machine cases
which have been pending follow
ing a raid last November 10,
when- IS machines were 'rounded
np from five places. .The other
defendants whose cases are still
pending are Russell Croco of
Butteville, Joe King of Aurora
and Dave Scott -v Presumably, the
orders being drawn yesterday will
bring, the remaining eases to a
head, either np for trial eft- along
the same route as the Clark and
Eckerlen 7 eases. : . ., X :i ' '
V Judge McMahaa's order for de
fell
Locations
Besin
te Gift
a
Maximum Price Set
Building Must Not
Is Consensus of Joint Group at
Meeting; Vote is Close
Deal Frankly Designed to Get Good
Bid From Salem; Will Not Pay
More Than PWA AUows V
DEFINITELY eliminating
which are not adjacent to
be spent by the state as not more tnan allowed nnaer me
regulations of PWA and determining that the sum of $3,500,
000 was the maximum which would be spent for the purchase
of the site and the construction
ol construction committees oi
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Planners' Report
In Full is Asked
House Objects to Lack Of
Complete Data Upon
Capitol Issues
Meeting in two short sessions
yesterday the house of representa
tives, heard a complaint voiced
against the inadequacy of the
plannings commission report on
the state capitoi, introduced 13
new bills and passed two, then
adjourned to permit its commit
tees to work.. '
"When I came down here,' Rep
resentative E. R. Fatland said. I
didn't know whether the planning
board, the governor or the board
of control was going to build the
capitoi. I find now that it seems
to be a job (or the legislature."
Saying that no definite informa
tion was contained in the report.
that it was nothing but a general
Statement and that it constantly
made reference to appendix A. B,
and C which they did not have.
Fatland moved that all the infor
mation compiled by the planning
commission be made available to
the members for their study. The
motion passed.
Probable Board BUI
Fails of Majority
Refusing to consider any bill
until Introduced and properly be
fore itr the legislation and rules
committee .acting as a steering
i committee reported out tnree bius
?Sa ?.ltli
Vtt iuv wuiu. lug uut iui ws mv
peal of the licensing of marble.
pin and darto games by cities and
counties though carrying a favor
able vote of five to four failed to
be reported out for a lack of a
majority vote of the committee.
The ways and means committee
t : : (Turn to page 2, coL 8)
Prisoners Gone From
Both City end County
Jails'at Bend; Hunt On
BEND. - Ore- Oct 28.-UP) - A
double Jail delivery over the
weekend had caused city and
county officers to effect a wide-
pr"dutT
Chief of Police K. C. McCor-
mlck said Bud Bryant and Clar
ence Nelson had escaped from the
city jalL The lock was found Bro
ken, i. ' ;
..Sheriff Claude Mccauiey re
ported " Mike, McGowaa missing
from the county bastille. '
Destruction
struction of the .machines is a
victory for the state In these
cases. All five defendants were
found guilty and fined $60 each
and their machines ordered con
fiscated when the cases came up
in justice .court .
Pleas Are Changed Y
In Circuit Court
' All five defendants . appealed
from the lower court's order, and
last April 17 Clark and ' Ecker
len, through ' their . attorney,
changed their pleas to guilty and
were fined $50. . At this time
the district attorney's afflce mov
ed for confiscation of the ma
chines, but this matter was taken
under advisement 1 wifn instruc
tions to the attorneys ' to submit
briefs , on : the question . bf : con
fiscation, s;-v"v v-v-. x :J,:":f v - ."- 'i,
Destruction, of the machines
will be la hands of Sheriff . A.
C Burk, in. whose custody the 2
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Out
J vv: rv
Offer:,
Exceed 3,500,OOCU
any sites for the new capitoi
the old site, fixing the sum to
of the building, the joint cap-
ine special session last mm.
j- t -m, -r- -h-v.ii
the session was called.
Coming on tne nee is oi ins oir
fer of tbe W. 1L Grabenhorst com
pany to give to the state a 20-acre
site on the Candalaria heights the
action seems an answer that wilt
preclude any site except those
east, north or south of the old
site.
By a vote of eight to seven with
two absent the committees elimin
ated all sites except the old site
and or those adjacent to it. The
motion tor this aetion was made .
in the afternoon session by Sen
ator Duncan. The motion was laid
on the table until the night ses
sion. Voting for the motion Were
Representatives AngeUr Rewaie;:-;
Engdahl, Johnson, Senators Fraa
clscovich, Fisher, Duncan and
Zimmerman. Senators .. Pearson,
Wallace, Representatives Ball.
Barnes, Kirkpatrick, Graham and
Norton voted against Senator Mc
Kay "and Representative Hyde
were absent.
Offer of Free Site at . J-
Candalaria is Read
At the opening of the afternoon
session Representative Barnes,
chairman of the. house public in
stitutions committee, read the fol
lowing letter directed to him. re
lating to a gift of a portion i tne
Candalaria site.'
"In reference to our conversa
tion of this morning, In regard to
Candalaria Heights and adjoining
properties for a capitoi site,, it Is
our desire, together with other
nronerty owners, to offer to the
state of Oregon as a gift ah 18 or
20-acre tract which will. include
the high point or what Is known as
the summit of Candalaria Heights.
This land will be a well propor
tioned tract which should lend it
self to a real development as a ,
capitoi site. . . - j "V
We hone to make, together
with other property owners, a deft
inite proposition , within a 4 very
short time and we feel quite con
fident this can be done within a -few
days." . .
The letter was signed by G. H. .
Grabenhorst No aetion was taken'
thereon.. Speaking on Duncan's,
motion to restrict the sites. Sen
ator Zimmerman said. "Even, with
a complete, gift of . the property
on Candalaria we cannot accept
it, it Is outside our power and the
capitoi could not be placed out
there without a constitutional
amendment by vote of the peo
ple." :..
Limiting Problem
Held Essential Now - - -
It was argued that by limiting
the sites to those adjacent to the
old site -the committee was de
priving itself of a bargaining wea
pon to get a better price on the
properties, but the majority felt
that the issue had to be decided
In order to go ahead and reach
a decision on the whole problem.
The committees also decided,
first to limit the amount te' be
expended on the acquisition of a
site to the amount allowed by the
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Two Persons Die
In Odd Accident
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Oct
28.-P) Two persons were dead
today as a remit of ah auto ac
cident on a lonely road in eastern
Klamath county : late Saturday
night
; s The " dead: Clarence Rewey,
23, and Benlah Phillips, 18, both
of Klamath 1 Falls. ,
' Rewey was killed when be was
hurled to the pavement and run
over by a car coming from the
opposite direction as the door of
the car In which Rewey was rid
ing ripped.' The driver; Ernie
Eders, was seeklg to pass a slow
moving machine. ? '
v Miss Phillips was thrown from,,
the Enders car and killed when "
thejiuto west out of control and .
ran over an embankment - -