The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, January 1, 1930
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Traffic Laws Codified and
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From Charter
The bettsWhat rang In a new
year ; last night also rang oat a
year of marked advancement for
Salem's city government. The
year 1935 saw the city council
take a long list of forward steps:
1. Acquiring the water system
after tlx years of bickering, dick
ering, court battles and heavy
expenditure for legal and engin
eering services.
2. Refinancing X17S.8SJ.97
worth of improvement bonds at
nearly SO per cent lower Interest
and staring off Impending matur
ities for which little provision
had been made.
3. Funding warrants by Issu
ance of low interest bonds.
4. Making the first thorough
audit of the city's financial sys
tem and setting up an inventory
of city property.
5. Reenacting the city's traffic
laws Into a useable, code form,
revised up to date with state reg
ulations. 6. Ridding the records of a
score of obsolete ordinances
The same bells rang in a' year
that, the mayor and a majority
of the aldermen believe, may
bring a new era in government
for the city, by establishment of
the city manager sytem. Fifteen
years of sporadic attempts to sub
mit to the people a proposed new
governmental setup for more ef
ficient administration closed last
month when the council support
ed Mayor V. E. Kuhn and agreed
to call a special election January
31 in conjunction with the state
special ballot to give the citizen
ry an opportunity to pass on the
manager plan.
Manager System May .
Go Into Effect in '3fl
If the plan receives public ap
proval at this election, a mayor,
a new seven-man council and a
municipal judge will be elected
in May or November and take
office next January 1 to admin
ister city affairs under a mana
ger. The mayor's duties would be
solely to preside over the council
meetings and rote in case of a
; tie and to represent the city as
Its ceremonial head; the council's
to name a manager and handle
legislative matters, the judge's to
preside over the municipal court.
Duties as recorder, now held by
the city judge, would devolve ou
an official appointed by the man
ager. Responsible to the council,
the manager would take complete
charge of administering city fi
nances and all other affairs aside
from those of a law-making na
ture. Mayoh Kuhn may sit back to
day and observe that three of the
six goals he set for the city in
his Inaugural address to the
council a- year ago have, been
reached and two have been near
ed. He urged, first, provision for
creating a manager form of city
government, second, acquisition
of the water system, and, third,
a full audit
His recommendations lor drain
age Improvement for southeast
Salem were partially met by the
SERA flood control project; vital
units of this project, however,
remain unfinished. The year-end
balance sheets will show to what
extent his recommendation of a
10 per cent cut in expenses of
all city departments will have
been followed; deficits, it is
likely will not be as great as at
the end of 1934, although his
hoped-for savings are not expect
ed to prove large. While little
effort has been made in -the past
year to collect the more than 400
delinquent street assessment ac
counts, as urged by the mayor,
the Bancroft bond refunding pro
gram has eased the situation in
this department of the city treas
ury. Source of Water
Supply Pending Problem
Looking into the new year.
Salem citizens may see, in addi
tion to the vote on the manager
system, the determination of a
permanent source of water supply
and resultant construction opera
tions. Before the city council in
the near future will come defi
nite proposals also for installa
tion of downtown traffic control
signals wired so as to permit the
later economical purchase of fire
alarm boxes, and a revision of
the city's licensing system An
ordinance bringing .together ail
license regulations, such as on
hotels, rooming houses, restau
rants, grocery stores, card rooms
and auto wrecking houses, and
placing' responsibility for their
collection definitely with one city
official, probably the recorder, is
In the process of preparation.
Summarized, the city's debt at
the turn of the year is found, ex
cluding the newly-sold $1,100,000
water bond Issue, to be SI 22,
524.59 less than at this time a
" year ago. While the water bonds
- are a general obligation of the
city, they will be paid for out of
the water plant revenues and not
out of taxes unless the revenues
iot the . system are insufficient.
The city debt today compares
With that of January 1, 1935,
as follows:
General obligation bonds
Improvement bonds
Warrants
Totals
Jl.lOO.OGO of water bonds being
tApproximate.
Death, resignations and elec
tions brought eight new faces to
'the ' city council tables during
1)35. Elections placed E. B. Per
rine, Cuyler VanPatten, Ross
Goodman and Merrill D. Ohling
Mayor Takes Plunge
iy
Within six months from the time he took office. Mayor V. E. Kuhn
had signed a check for f 1,000,000 and acquired for the city Its
long sought water plant. Vice-President of the Oregon-Washington
Water Scrrice company looks on.
Philharmonic Is Well - Established
Sixty-two Musicians Now in Salem Orchestra Group
Conductor's Personality Winning
The Philharmonic Symphony
orchestra, now in its fourth year,
has definitely been established
as a permanent Salem institution
of which the city may well be
proud.
It has required vision, courage
and confidence on the part of
both the musicians and the citi
zens who have lent it financial
support to sustain the orchestra
over this period of years.
. There are 62 musicians in the
orchestra at present who for six
months attended strenuous re
hearsals twice weekly In prepara
tion for the three concerts given
each year.
To the dynamic personality of
Jacques Gershkovitch, the con
ductor, great credit is due. He re
presents to each orchestra mem
ber the highest ideals in musi
cianship, fairness and discipline.
The first concert of this season
featured Barbara Pittock of Port
Improvements at
Jefferson Listed
JEFFERSON, Dec. 31 In
looking back over the past year,
quite a few improvements have
been made to buildings in this
district. One new business has
been established here recently:
Virginia's beauty parlor, operated
by "Mrs. Lincoln Waterman.
The city library has been mov
ed from its small quarters In (he
rear room of the Smith & Fon
taine building on Main street into
the large room facing the street.
Many new books have been placed
on its shelves during the past
year. Improvements have been
made to all the church buildings
here. The Evangelical church
was leveled, and many broken
window lights replaced with new
ones; the walls kalsomined, and a
Jacket made for the stove Lich
furnishes a better heating sytem
The ceiling of the Methodist
church was re-papered. The Chris
tian church added some new win
dows, built a bookcase and shin
gled pari of the roof.
Additions Built on
Several Residences
L. H. Knight added a room 16
by 16 feet to the east end of his
house in the south end of town,
used for a kitchen and dining
room. The house on the T. O. Kes
ter farm two miles northeast of
here was modernized, and four
rooms added making a 7 -room
house. The house was irapraved
with both interior and exterior
decorations. A large barn was
built on the A. B. Hinz farm three
miles northeast of town.
in council seats for the first time
and Fred A. Williams and W. D.
Evans back in positions formerly
held but lost at previons elec
tions. The resignation of Frank
E Needham put John D. Minto
in one of the third ward seats
and the resignation of VanPat
ten to become water department
manager resulted in the council's
appointing Dr. H. H. dinger to
fill that vacancy. Van Wieder was
named to sit next to Alderman
Perrine for the first ward follow
ing the death of the veteran
councilman, Henry H. Vandevort,
and, finally, Brazier C. Small was
selected to represent the fourth
11.973,500.00
. 735,869.97
45.000.00f
7S8.000.00
810.894.S6
178,000.00
12,754,369.97 11,776,894.56
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repaid from water system profits.
ward late In the year after R. E
Boatwj-lght submitted, his resig
nation, other members of 4 the
council are Walter Fuhrex, E. A.
Daue, David O'Hara, Carl B.
Armprlest and Merrill p. Chllng,
land, soprano, as guest soloist. At
the second concert on February
14, Dalbert Jepsen, violinist and
former concert master of the or
chestra, will play the Mendels
sohn concerto in E Minor with
the orchestra.
For the final appearance in
April, Flavia Downs will play
Mendelssohn's Cappriclo Brilli
ant, a piano concerto.
Officers of the Philharmonic
association, are H. V. Collins,
president; Silas Gaiser, vice pre
sident; T. A. Livesley, vice pre
sident; Mary SehuIttV vice presi
dent; Mrs. David Bennett Hill,
secretary; Mrs. Clifford Taylor,
treasurer; Mrs. W. E. Anderson,
business manager.
Committee heads include Mrs.
Glen Seely, membership; Mrs. A.
A. Schramm, music; Mrs. Brey-
man Boise, social; Barclay New
man, finance; Elton Thompson,
tickets; and Mary Head rick,
press.
Three large windows hare been
placed on the west side of the
school gymnasium which will fur
nish a better lighting system.
H. O. Reed, who has been oper
ating the Elite confectionery for
more than a year, is retiring from
business and will resume bridge
work the first of the year. The
place will probably be closed for
a brief period while the intetlor
is being decorated. The Elite,
owned by W. L. Jones, has been
operating here for the past 4P
years. Many buildings in town
were reshlngled and received new
coats of paint during the past
year.
Funeral Services Will
Be Held at Stayton For
John Woosley at 2 p.m.
AUMSVILLE, Dec. 31 John
H. Woosley. 44. died Fridav and
funeral services were held from
the Weddle chapel at Stayton
Tuesday, December 31, at 2 p. m.,
with American Legion post No. 58,
in charge.
Mr. Woolsey Is survived by his
father, A. C. Woosley of Aums
ville; three brothers, E. A. and C
E. at West Stayton and W. D. at
Remote, Oregon; two sisters, Mrs
J. J. Kendell of Stanfield. and
Mrs. J. W. Wallace of Looking
Glas.
Capital
Bedding
Company,
Inc.
D. J. Poulin, Prop.
3030 North Pacific
Highway -
Phone 4069 Salem, Ore.
Scouts Put On
WProgkm
O git ,
13 Boys Win Eagle Rating;
. Haag Heads Group For
His 4th Term
3 Counties Make tip Area
of Cascade; Troops
Here 10, Number
Tie Cascade Area eonncil. Boy
Scouts of America, closed one of
its xaost active periods, as 1135
cane to an end. A total of 113
Sconta and Its acomtera were reg
istered In the area daring; the
year. Tore ww troops, troop SO
at Stayton, troop 14 at Woodbarn
and troop 3 at Brownsville were
started daring; 1935.
Cabbing, the 9. 19 and 11 year
old boys program was started
with the organisation of Pack. 1
fa Salem. Bob Boardman is Cab
master. Serving with Aim on the
committee are Dr. C. A. Downs,
Dr. 7. W. Burger and Ernest
Miller.
During the year, 13 boys re
ceived the Eagle Scout' rating.
This is the largest number of
scouts In the council ever to re
ceive the honor. A special Eagle
court was held to usher them Into
the high rank of scoutdom.
Scoots stood out during the
year for their assistance to fire
men at the capltol fire, in collect
ing books for seamen and la help
ing to direct traffie on Memorial,
Armistice and Blossom day.
Salem scouts took part In two
Camp-o-rals la 1935. One was held
In Seattle and the other at Dallas,
in which 147 scouts and 24 scout
ers took an active part.
Eugene and Salem
Combine Summer Camps
Summer camp work was com
bined with the WallaeC council at
Eugene. Camp Santiam was to ad
equate to care for the needs of
the Cascade boys. A total of 134
boy weeks were spent at the
camp. In addition, many hikes
and tours were taken by the boys
during the year.
A. C. Haag was elected presl
dent of the Cascade Area council
for the fourth term during 1936
Other officers are: Willis Clark,
vice-president. Rev. George H.
Swift, commissioner and T. A.
WIndlshar, treasurer. The offi
cers, district chairman and the
following committeemen compriso
the executive board: T. H. Grant,
organisation; G. A. Rhoten, Chas
Hudklns, 8. P. Rose. Clem M-
Howard. finance; Burton Dunn
leadership and training; Josiah
Wills, rural; W. L. Phillips and
Earl Adams, camping; F. E. Sel
mens, cubbing; Frank Gansel
senior program; Dr. Wm. Mac-
Neill, health and safety, and Cus
ter Ross, court of honor. -
The executive board is the ad
mlnlstratlve body of the council
and for purpose of carrying on an
effective piece of work. It Is lim
ited in membership and Its mem
bers serve for a period of three
years in such a way as to have
one-third of the membership re
tire every year or be reelected.
Four districts are organised
within the council. One yet to be
organized. In order to make
Scouting available to more boys
the program of 1935's efforts has
been along district organization.
Committee Has Charge
Of All Activities
The Cascade area council In
cludes Marion. Polk and Linn
c o u nties excluding Harrisburg.
This territory Is divided Into fire
districts. These districts are nam
ed in accordance to location, and
are selected for geographical con
ditions. The districts are as fol
lows: Cherry City, includes Sa
lem, West Salem and territory
from Chemawa on the north to
Roeedale on the south.
A committee composed of all of
the scouters of the district con
duct and carry out the program of
scouting. Dr. B. F. Pound, Charles
Hudklns, Willis Clark and George
V. Nader man are serving as chair
man, vice-chairman, secretary and
commissioner of the Cherry City
district. Other committee selec
tions and their officers are: Jus
tice H. H. Belt, court of honor:
George A. Rhoten. finance; Capt.
Walter Lansing, health and safe
ty; Clifford Harold, organisa
tion; Harry Wledmaier, training;
King Bartlett, rural; Bob Bard
maa. cubbing, and N. J. Billings,
ea raping. t
TJhere are 10 Troops, 231
Scots and 76 Scouters regUtered
in the Cherry City district at the
close of 1935. The committee ob
jective for 1936 Is five more
Best wishes to you,
everybody - and plen
ty of them!
Thank yon for
your patronago
during the past
year.
- Herbert J.
Ostlind Garage
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348 Chemeketa SL
Phone 4093
Numerous Worthy
D. A.R. Accomplished in 1935;
Pioneer Spots in Area Marked
Local Chapter Helps With
? Scholarships For Wil
. rUunette Girls
riHEUEXETA chapter, DauXh
Vf tors of the American Revolu
tion, consists of a large group of
sincerely- patriotic women who
tract their direct liaeaga back to
an ancestor who served, his coun
try daring the American revolu
tionary war.1 The work of this or
ganization may be said to be
wholly of a patriotic nature, bat
this covers a wide field. Among
the number of worthy objectives,
civic and patriotic which have
troops and three more Cub Peeks.
Una District Is composed of the
southwestern tip of Marion coun
ty and Una county. C. A. .Wyman
and Ferris white are serving as
chairman and district commission
er of this district. Other men ser
ving are Walter Smith, health and
safety; Tom Grant, organisation;
J. Deo. McClain, court of honor,
and Clem H. Howard, finance. -
There are six troops, 114
Scouts and 35 Scouters registered
In the Linn district closing 1936.
Folk district is composed of
Polk county exclusive of West Sa
lem. Dr. A. S. Jensen, Dale
Smith, P. O. Black, and Josiah
Wills are serving as chairman,
vice-chairman, secretary and com
missioner of the district commit
tee. Other committees selections
for the district are Dr. C. E. Long.
court of honor; F. E. Selmens, fi
nance; uaie smith, camping: Dr.
F. R, Bowersox, health and safe
ty; James Norris, organization;
Fairfax Parrish, senior program;
A. A. Stebblns, leadership and
training.
There are three troops, 73
Scouts and 32 Scouters in Polk
district. Plans are underway for
the establishment of troops at In
dependence, Peedee, Falls City,
and Grande Ronde. Also establish
ment of Cubbing in Dallas.
Sliver Falls district Is composed
of; the east end of Marlon coun
ty and the North Santiam. With
Sllverton, Mt. Angel, Stayton. Mill
City, Turner and Aumsville lying
within its bounds. F. M. Powell,
Bob Ross, Roy Davenport, and J
J. Lewis are serving the district
committee as chairman, vice
chairman, secretary and commis
sioner. Other committeemen are S.
P. Rose, court of honor; Ernest
starr, nnance; Dave Johns, or
ganization; Dr. Beanchamp,
health and safety, and Mr. Vera
DeJardin, camping.
There are three troops. 87
Scouts and 32 Scooters registered
in the district at the close of the
year.
North Marlon district Is com
posed of the northern - most sec
tion of Marlon county and in
eludes, Oervais, Brooks. Wood
burn, Hubbard and Aurora. This
district bas not as yet been or
ganized. It has the second young
est troop In the council located at
Woodbarn. Mr. Fred Evenden its
chairman of the troop committee
while serving with him are L. C.
Buchaer. H. P. Butterfield, Ger
ald B. Smith, Burton W. Dunn.
Harold M. Austin, and Ralph Kel
son, Scoutmaster, and Bob Lack
ey, his assistant.
Happy
New Year!
and
Thank You j
Salem
for keeping as so busy :
in the last twelve!
months that we have
had to move to a i
Newer and Larger;
Location
to Accommodate It!
JAQUITH
Music Store j
260 N. High St j
We Want A
GREATER SALEM
IPjitEHLlffS
ESQ'S
m
Packers of
CANNED
DRIED
Office of Plant Located
Salem, Oregon j
Objectives of
been accomplished, the past year,
hare been distribution of manuals
for use In Instructing classes la
dtlsenahlp, books contributed to
the Marine library, reading matter
sent to CCC camps, two medals
awarded tor good eltixenghip es
says la junior high schools of Sa
lem and a box of gifts for immi
grants at Angel Island at Christ
mastime. Oae of the most worth
while local activities is the schol
arship loan fund tor girls at Wil
lamette university. This fund Is
kept up by contribstlbns from the
colorful Colonial tea given la Feb
ruary of each year.
D. A. R. to Restore
Boon La McLoughlin House
The D. A. R. of Oregon has
pledged a fund to restore the liv
ing room of historic MeLouKhlin
house at Oregon City. The-local
chapter also contributed to the ap
proved schools, which are support
ed entirely by the Daughters for
under-privileged children In the
southern mountains.
The Dacghters are gradually
getting all the cemeteries In Mar
ion and Polk counties catalogued.
These records will be on file at
national and state headquarters.
Under state projects, the
Daughters are most proud of their
"Pioneer Mother's Memorial Cab
la" at Champoeg, a replica of the
residences of early day pioneers.
The furnishings are all of that Pe
riod and are contributed by des
cendants of Oregon pioneers. In
cluded in the interesting collec
tion is a stove used by the Hud
son Bay company, picture of the
first school house and first school
teacher in the state, a clock that
ticked the time of day. la the early
forties, also documents of untold
value. The grounds have recently
been landscaped, using flowers
and shrubs found In the gardens
of pioneer homes. This cabin is
open Sundays and holidays during
the summer and visitors are wel
come. All over the state are found
markers erected bj the D. A. R.
in Marlon county Is the one in
Willson park, marking the old
Oregon Trail end more recently
one was Placed at the Ablqua riv
er on the site of the Battle of
ADiqua, a decisive battle between
the Indiana and the settlers which
queued the Indians in the Wil
lamette valley and made it safe
for settlement. Both of these were
erected by Cbemekta. chapter. In
the cemeteries will be found
markers placed on the graves of
many pioneers.
Talks on "Neighborhood His
tory" are being given at the local
chapter meetings.
Buell Boy Injured '
SILVERTON, Dec. 31 Bruce
Buell, 12-year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. O. E. Buell and a junior high
student, dislocated his left knee
Joint while at play with compan
ions Saturday afternoon.
Happy New Year
Make a Good
Resolution . . .
To keep accurate
and complete rec
ords of your busi
ness during the
coming year, our
stock of bound ac
count books and
loose-leaf ledgers is
complete. Standard
forms of the lead
ing manufacturers.
NEEDHAMS
BOOK STORE
465 State Phone 5802
See the new record forms
for complying with the so
cial security legislation.
GOODS
FRUIT
at High and Trade St.
Telephone 4166
Big Gain Seen
For Postof fice
AU Marks Surpassed; New
Structure Assured;
Plans Under Way
40-Hour Basis Adds to Em
ployment ; Crawford
Now at Helm
Salem's postoffice receipts for
1935 ran far ahead of those of
any other year in Salem's hostory.
Henry R. Crawford, postmaster,
reported yesterday.
The 1935 mark, up to Decem
ber 3 1, was approximately S?S6,
000, which compared most favor
ably to 1920, usually considered
a peak year, when $232,549 was
taken In at the postoffice here.
Mr. Crawford's figures show
nearly a ten per cent gain over
1924 when the total for the year
ran to 1247,597.
The steady growth In Salem as
well as In the postoffice are both
Illustrated In the cumulative fig
ures for a 32-year period in the
local postoffice. Back In 1903. the
year the present building was
erected, the gross Income for the
year was only $25,633. The pasi
year's cash income, the records
show, has Increased more than ten
timee the mark of that period. .
Despite somewhat cramped
working conditions, the postoffice
has functioned smoothly, Mr.
Crawford reports. Whole-hearted
cooperation of the postal workers
with the new administration was
landed by Mr. Crawford. He said
this was best evidenced at Christ
mas when an unusually heavy vol
ume of Christmas mail was hand
led with dispatch by the regular
crew, assisted by some 30 part
time workers.
Greater Volume
Expected Coming Year
The postal force force looks
forward to 1935 as a year of
greater volume of business and
with the thought that befoie the
year ends there will be aanle
room to accommodate the growth
Thos. A.
Phone 9133
First National Bank Building
Salem, Oregon
HEALTH -
HAPPINESS
PROSPERITY
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Be Yours In
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: STEVENS
Jewelers -
184 N. liberty
p business. . Construction of the
new postoffice will probably start
in the spring. There will be tem
porary Inconveniences and short
age of space, but before tho year
ends, the postoffice department
expects to be comfortably housed
In new, attractive, adequate quat
ters which will accommodate tb
growth ot Salem for at least s
decade.. Beyond ten, Tears, the
postoffice : department does not
propose to look. Changes come too
rapidly, cities rise and fall too
quickly, to make plans beyond ten
years sound, according to federal
authorities. '
In October of 1935 the Salem
postoffice employes, la common
with all Other postal employes
throughout the country started,
working on a 40-hoa.r-week basis.'
The reduction ia hours naturally
resulted In the need for additional
men oa the staff, effecting the
promotion of four substltate
workers to the regular payroll.
Additions to Staff
Made by Bastaess Increase
At the same time the announce
ment of the appointment of the
four additional men was made on
account of -the 4,0-hour-week. two
other full, time employes were
added. These men were alloted to
the Salem office on account of the
increase In business. The en!arae
ment of the staff was made only
after a thorough study ot condi
tions had been- made by fedsral
inspectors, j
An Important consequence ot
the record-breaking year which
the P08 toff ice has Just turned in.
Is the raising of the grade of the
Salem department above the
$250,000 rating. One Immediate
result of the new classification
will be a survey of local condi
tions by postal inspectors to de
termine whether the Increase in
business calls for any additional
employes.
The survey comes automatically
and in spite of the fact that two
new men have only recently been
added to care for increased work.'
At the present time thre is em
ployed at the local office 72 men.
This figure Includes the new men
who were added because of the
40-hour week. Whether the em
ploye list will grow above that
number in the pmlng year will
only be learned after the inspec
tors have made their report on
-local needs.
SINCEREST WISHES
for a
HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS
NEW YEAR
To Each and Every One of You
'TMt UUHtt TOf COHHUf
357 COURT St I SMiM.Oftt'
Livesley
Grower and
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Opticians ;
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