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No. 250
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Oregon Facing
Own Troubles
Over Farm Aid
State AAA Likely to 'Be
Found Void ;Test in
Courts Awaited
rTharton Has Executive
Secretary Jot? Here
Staked Out, Vord
By SHELDON F. SACKETT ; ,
InTSlidation of the federal AAA
act by the United States supreme
court 'brought new uncertainties
- to the Oregon department of ag
riculture in its attempt to put
into effect the state AAA act re
enacted by the special session of
the 1935 legislature. , ,
The state department; reading
the federal decision, finds that
national regulation of production
and of prices is not a power
granted to.the congress. Yet the
. "TJregon supreme court . in Van
Winkle ts. Meyer bad preriously
ruled that the state legislature
was without power to legislate
on agricultural production or
prices and bad declared the po
lice power of the state did not
confer such regulatory rights on
the state because agriculture is
"not affected with a public in
terest." With the burden of these state
and national decisions against the
new regulation act the depart
ment was this past week hesitant
to take any steps to put the new
law into effect. S. T. White, di
rector,, was clearly of the opiuioif
that the new act would be block
ed by an adverse court decision
here and that the only chance the
law would be upheld was to get f
a test case into federal court. He
thought there was a chance the
federal courts would validate the
Oregon act.
Effects of Former
Control Studied . , ,
One mandatory duty for the
department, laid down in Ibe new
law, is the making of a survey
of the effects of the" old state
adiastmenjnjrlces "and a
; study of production costs of Ore
gon agricultural products for the
1909-1914 period compared to
the selling prices, then prevail
ing. This data was expected to -I
guide the department of agricul
ture, if and when new state codes
were set up such as codes on
- prunes, on melons and tomatoes
and on berries. The department
' has found it impossible to gather
this data with any degree of ac
curacy. Of 20,000 questionaires
sent out to producers, very few
have been filled out and returned
to the state department. Under
' the mandate of the new state
act, the department will do is
best lo compile the mandatory
agricultural statistics. Fearful of
adverse state and federal court
decisions, it will not take any
initiative in setting up new mar
keting agreements for Oregon.
The state is putting in its best
licks to win the rate reduction
case against thea Pacific Tele
phone & Telegraph company now
being heard before Judges Lusk.
Tucker and Brand in circuit court
in Portland. .Alfred P. Dobron.
retained by the utilities commis
sioner last February, has mas
tered the facts in the case; Ralph
Moody of the attorney general's
o'ce will assist him in present
ing the law in court this week.
Blanket Redaction
Draws Objection
. The case grows out ef a blan
- "ket 10 per cent reduction in rates
ordered by former Commissioner
Charles M. Thomas. The state
takes the position that Thomas
made his order on a thorough
going investigation; that the
court has no right to go behind
the facts jset forth in his find
ings. The telephone company
wants the entire case reopened
and the circuit judges constitut
ed a new fact-finding body. The
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Averill Fined as -Fight
Aftermath
A fight among four male cus
tomers at the Toklo Sukiyaki
house, 222 H North Commercial
street, early yesterday ; morning
resulted in Pern E. Averill, Sa
lem, being jailed by city police
. and subsequently . fined $50 by
Municipal Judge A. Warren Jones
. for having been drnnk and disor
derly. Unable to pay the fine, Av
erill was retained to jaiL
: Police declared Averill, who
was In circuit court recently on an
assanlt and battery charge grow
In g out ef an altercation at Eck
erlen's on the highway north,
started the melee here last night.
A companion who Joined him in
.the fisticuffs escaped, they said.
Fifteen dollars bail posted by
a man booked as B. B. Bannon,
charged with being drnnk and dis
orderly, was forfeited when he
failed . to appear In municipal
court at 10 a.m. The arresting of
ficer in "his written report gave
- the man's address as 740 Ferry
street. The man waa arrested af
ter other . tenants of the apart
ment house at that address had
complained that he ' was ripping
. off the screens ta-an attempt to
gain entry to his own apartment.
Declares He'll
Oppose McNary
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Mahoney to Seek
Senatorial Honor
Klamath Mayor Announces
Townsend Advocacy at
Jackson Day Meet
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 11. -(JP)
Cheers greeted an announcement
tonight by Mayor Willis Mahoney
of Klamath Falls that he will
seek the democratic, nomination
for the United States senatorial
post now held by Charles L. Mc
Nary, veteran republican floor
leader.
Mahoney's announcement came
during a Jackson day banquet at
tended by leading democrats from
all over Oregon.
In concluding an address, Ma
honey declared: "After what has
happened here tonight I will ac
cept the call. I'll file as a Jackson
democrat and beat McNary ."'His
declaration brought an ovation
from the delegates.
Mill Campaign on
Townsend Platform
Mahoney said he would make
the race on a platform calling
for enacting of the Townsend
plan, development of Oregon and
reelection of President Roosevelt.
Earlier in the day at a meet
ing of 50 prominent democrats,
Mahoney said he would, "consid
er" being a candidate. At the
meeting prior to the dinner he
referred to the Townsend plan
as a new "declaration of inde
pendence" and said no man who
refuses to advocate it can be
elected to either branch of con
gress. "The Townsend plan is in line
with what President Roosevelt is
trying to accomplish. In my hum
ble opinion, when congress passes
the Townsend plan, Mr. Roose
velt will enthusiastically approve
the bill," Mahoney declared.
"McNary has made his last
grandstand rush back to Washing
ton." the Klamath Falls mayor
said in his dinner-address.
Sales Tax Backed
By County Courts
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 11. -iff)
-Oregon's county judges and com
missioners, in annual session
here, went on record today favor
ing the passage of the sales tax
bill up for vote January 31.
. Other resolutions adopted at
closing sessions of the convention
favored the changing of the Ore
gon primaries from May to Sep
tember, an alteration in WPA reg
ulations to less restrictions on em
ployment, an "adequate old - age
pension" with revenue to be rais
ed from sources other than pro
perty tax, representation of coun
ty relief boards equal to that of
relief officials, the use of 60 per
cent of motor vehicle and gasoline
license money for county roads
anfl maintenance, and fulfillment
of the Wolf creek and Wilson
river short-cut highway projects.
livo School Projects to be
f inished Be fore Fall lerm
- Fifteen months' time at the
most should see the Salem school
board's new construction program
completed, according to the best
estimates available of the time
each of the three projects will re
quire. Two of the projects, the
grade building at Mission and Un
iversity streets and the additions
to Leslie junior high school will
be ready for occupancy before
school opens next September if
unforeseen building delays do not
arise.
Estimates of the time necessary
for erection of the new senior
high plant at 14 th and D streets
vary from 12 to 14 months. When
construction can be started by the
contractor, Hoffman Construction
company, remains to be decided
by the state PWA office. School
officials . momentarily expect to
receive the go-ahead order
Work Is Retarded
By Heavy Downpour.
. Work on the Leslie gymnasium
and auditorium wings, : the only
one of the three projects yet be-
L gun, was retarded last week by
the heavy rains. J. A. Kapphahn,
the excavation sub-contractor; was,
experiencing some difficulty with!
Fund Provided
For Final Gap,
North Sahtiam
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$100,000 irr Forest Road
Money :;is Allocated
at Board Meeting
Inventory of AH . State
Highways is Ordered;
, Awards are Made
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 11.-0P)
-The Oregon state highway csm-
miseion, concluding a 'three-day
session here, announced plans to
day for a $350,000 "inventory"
of state and county highways and
recommended federal 'forest high
way projects calling for an ex
penditure of approximately $1,
100,009. The "Inventory to be taken
in connection with a nationwide
program ,ot road planning, will in
clude an analysis of traffic need
for improvements and recom
mendations of "an equitabl tax
on the various types of motor ve
hicles in proportion to road use.
The survey will include 51,000
miles of road. Of the votal cost
$200,000 will be borne by the led
eral road fund, $100,000 by the
works progress administration
and $50,000 by the state.
State Engineer Baldock said no
estimate is available of the num
ber of men necessary for the
mapping, surveying, traffic counts
and tax analysis. The project is
scheduled to being next month.
Federal Bureau of
Roads to Supervise
The surveys are being super
vised by the Washington ofMce
of the federal bureau of public
roads.
The nine projects recommend
ed for inclusion in the federal
forest highway program for the
fiscal year ending July 1, 1936
include (estimated):
Salmon river highway, 13.5
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Dried Beef Topic
For Next Recipes
Hot or Cold Dish Eligible
In Round Table Entry;
More Ginger Ideas
Recipes using dried beef are
wanted at the Round Table this
week. They may be for any type
of dish, hot or cold, just so chip
ped beef is the principal ingre
dient
Legibility and clarity of direc
tions count toward winning a
prize. When 50 or more contribu
tions are received each week,
those which are typewritten or
neatly written by hand naturally
receive first consideration. Three
cash prizes are given each week.
The contest ends Thursday, Jan
uary 16, at noon.
. Please check your recipes care
fully before you send them in as
important ingredients such as
flour or shortening are frequent
ly omitted by mistake.
Here are more ginger ideas:
Ginger Sticks
8 enps flour
M cop ground chocolate
H teaspoon ginger
1 teanpoon aoda
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Child Fractures Hi Leg
While Playing on Farm
Five year old Clayton Wenger
of Pratum was received at Salem
Deaconess hospital here yesterday
morning for care of a simple leg
fracture he received in a fall
while playing in a 'farm building.
His condition was reported to be
satisfactory. The lad is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wenger of
Pratum. The injury was to the
left leg between the ankle and
knee.
the clay formation, made sticky
by the' persistent rains. A power
shovel was on the job ready for
swift digging.
Donald . M. Drake, of Drake,
Wyman tc Voss, Portland contrac
tors, told the school board last
week he hoped to begin the grade
school project late this month or
the first week in February. The
architect, Frank IL Struble, esti
mates seven months at the most
will be the construction period.
Clearing and draining of the
grade school site, where a series
of springs presents a serious prob
lem, will start tomorrow as a WPA
project if the weather permits.
Other WPA workmen are sched
uled to begin relocating a storm
sewer on the high school site ear
ly this week..
Total Cost Wm
Be Oyer Million
Contract prices of ' the three
projects are as follows:
Senior high, 1622.610.
Leslie junior high additions,
1179,000.
Grade school, 1127.500.
- Expenses tor architectural fees,
attorney fees, inspectors',.. wages,
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.Riyer NeaFimg Flood Stage
New Program
Is Drafted by
Farm Leaders
Subsidized Conservation
of Soil is Basis of
Plan, Agreed Upon
Details of Financing Not
Covered; Rental and
Withdrawal Asked
(Copyright, 1936, by Associated Pren)
WASHINGTON, Jan. ll.-(P-A
seven-point program centered up
on government - subsidizing soil
conservation was approved unan
imously tonight by farm leaders
called to counsel with the ad
ministration on a substitute for
AAA.
Authoritative sources said a
bill secretly drafted two days
ago in new deal quarters would
be quickly revised to embody the
legislative recommendations of
the 100 spokesmen for the na
tion's major farm organizations.
In addition ; to soil conserva
tion, the farm group called for
retention of "valid" provisions of
the adjustment act whose pro
cessing taxes and benefit pay
ments were outlawed Monday by
the supreme court; "further ex
pansion" of foreign markets for
surplus crops; and new taxes on
processors of livestock and dairy
products.
Source of Money
Left Open Question
Many questions went unex
plained, including where the
money is coming from to finance
this "soil conservation and price
adjustment program."
The farm leaders suggested
that congress "provide adequate
funds by .appropriation," but add
ed that many matters ""including
the money question"- were left
"for the continuing action and
attention of our ever-alert farm
organizations."
Told by Secretary Wallace that
they were "now building In a
much more permanent way than
was possible in March of 1933,"
when the original AAA was
evolved, the farm spokesmen
cheered wildly as, they adjourned
their two-day session.
Chester C. Davis, AAA admini
strator, told newsmen as he
emerged from the meeting that
"I think the principles in this
report will do the job."
Rental, Withdrawal
Program Included
These planks were in the seven-point
program:
1. Congress would empower
the secretary of agriculture to
provide for rental and withdraw
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Japan Seeking to
Prolong Parleys
TOKYO, Jan. 12-( Sunday )-jP)
-Japan decided today to try con
ciliation before walking out of the
London conference and dooming
continuation of naval limitation.
High officials of the navy and
foreign offices, meeting in a vi
tal late night session, decided to
instruct the delegation in Lon
don to follow such a course.
The Japanese will be told to
avoid a direct rote on the com'
mon upper Mimit principle and to
continue talks with other delega
tions.
Thus far Japan has firmly de
manded parity with the United
States and Great Britain and in
sisted that this condition be met
beforethe conference proceed.
These instructions are subject
to cabinet approval before they
are dispatched to London. A spe
cial session of the cabinet was
called for 1 p.m. today to act on
them.
Wife of President of ,
Pacific U. Injured in
Odd Accident; Gassed
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. ll-flV
Hospital attendants said today
Mrs. John F. iJobbs, wife of the
president of Pacific, university at
Forest Grove, was recovering sat
isfactorily from an accident
which nearly cost her life yester
day. Dr. Dobbs found her uncon
scious in a gas-filled kitchen at
the Dobbs home. She was reviv
ed by an inhalator. Mrs. Dobbs
was rendered unconscious in a
fall from a chair and .in falling
overturned a pan of water which
extinguished the blaze In the gas
stove. ,
' Union County Demo
LA GRANDE, Ore., Jan. 11.-(ff)-Union
county now has 435 1
voters registered as democrats
and 4310 republicans, compared
with 3912 democrats and 4025
republicans in 1934, County Clerk
C K. McCbrmick reported
1 BABY BONDS FOR VETERANS NEW PLAN
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The three senators shown in this
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eral days ago, are now reported to be sponsors of the new substitute senate bill which would call for
payment in "baby bonds." The senators, in the lower row, are from left, Bennett Champ Clark of
Missouri, James F. Byrnes of South Carolina and Frederick Steiwer ,of Oregon. The upper row in
cludes from left, Ray Murphy, American Legion head; James E. Van Zandt, Veterans of Foreign
Wars chief, and 3L A. Harlen, commander of the Disabled American Veterans.
Willamette River
Funds Are Sought
Dredging and Revetments
In This District Are
Favored by Chief
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. -(IPf-
New appropriations totalling $5,-
563,900 for maintenance and new
work in the first and second Port
land engineering districts for the
fiscal year of 1937 were recom
mended today In the annual re
port of the chief of army engi
neers.
Reauestine an aDDropriation of
12.425.000. the lancest single
item listed for the two'districts.
the chief of engineers outlined the
program for Bonneville dam.
Following Bonneville, tne sec
ond largest amount was for new
work and maintenance of the Co
lumbia and lower Willamette riv
ers below Vancouver, Wash., and
Portland at 1790,000, of which
$50,000 would be used for new
construction in completing the ex
isting program of dredging aux
iliary channels at St. Helens and
increasing the channel depth of
the Columbia from the mouth of
the Willamette to Vancouver to
30 feet with the same depth of
turning basins at Vancouver:
Among other items on wnicn
Major General E. M. Markham,
chief of army engineers, said
amounts could be spent profit
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Over 300 Dead in
Colombia's Quake
BOGOTA. Colombia, Jan. 11.-
MV-Officials estimated upon the
basis of fragmentary reports to
night that more than 300 persons
are dead and nearly 3,000 nome-Ihm-
in earthauakes and land
slides which have shaken Narino
department since Wednesday.
A government relief party
which flew today to Pasto, capi
tal of the department, was forced
to travel from there to the af
fected .area by. muleback over
nthorwise imnassable roads.
One 'survivor of a landslide
which obliterated the tillage of
T.a nborrera said he witnessed
the destruction from a neighbor
ing hillside. Smoke and lava
poured from a huge crater after
the slide, he said.
The damare from the earth
nniV and slides was estimated
at annroxlmatelv S3. 500.000. The
senate today voted 3100,000 for
relief work.
Duncan Cameron Gets in
Trouble in Canada Too
PORTLAND. Ore Jan. 11jUPI
-Immigration .inspectors learned
here today that Duncan P. Cam
eron, deportee and former minis
ter at Cottage Grove, is serving a
sentence of one year at Okalla pri
son farm in Canada on a charge
of obtaining -money under false
m-etensen. Duncan escaped from
the Oregon state hospital at Sa
lem hi September. He was later
arrested on a check charge In Se
attle and deported. . ! -.
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picture, made during a conference
Baby Bonds to
Pay Bonus Are
Now Proposed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11
(P) Baby bonds for veter
ans, with premiums for
those who do not cash them
Immediately, were reported
tonight to lie at the heart
of a bonus measure which
had been drawn up secretly
in the senate for introduc
tion Monday. The cash pay
ment bill overwhelmingly
passed by the house yester
day did not Specify a method
of payment.
Authoritative word was,
however, that it would be
put forward as a compro
mise for the house bill and
would bear the names of
Chairman Harrison (D
Mis6) of the finance com
mittee, and Senators Byrnes
(D-SC) Steiwer (R-Ore)
and Clark (D-Mo).
"If that is so," observed
Senator Borah (R-Ida) ,
"whatever bill they frame
will be passed and become
taw."
Ex-Mayor Hylan
Of Gotham Dies
NEW YORK. Jan. 12.-(Sun-1av
WiPWFormer Mavor John F
Hylan died of heart trouble at
his home in Forest Hills early
Hylan was mayor of New York
city for eight years. He was first
elected in 1917.
The death of the former mayor
was announced by his son-in-law.
John Sinnot.
Hvlan was a Justice of the chil
dren's -court at the time of his
death. He was 67 years old.
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Board of Pardons Refuses
Clemency, Hauptmann Case
(CopvrijrM, 193S, by AitoUte4 Pre)
STATEHOUSE, TRENTON, N.
J., Jan. ll.-;P-The state court
of pardons decided tonight that
Bruno Richard Hauptmann must
die for the Lindbergh baby mur
der. After an all-day session the
court issued a terse announce
ment that Hauptmann's applica
tion for clemency "was today de
nied." Governor Declares
Reprieve Illegal
The decision ended all but the
most forlorn of hopes " for the
Bronx carpenter to escape the
electric chair next Friday night.
Hauptmann in the death house
received the news "very coolly,"
the prison warden said. He told
the warden:
I have always told the truth.
I can tell no other story."
The prisoner "stood up Tery
well" under the news, it was said
by his attorneys. ,
His only hope now lies either
with Got. Harold G. Hoffman, or
the courts; and both hopes are
desperate ones. ;
The gorernor might delay the
execution by a reprieve -of J not
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Child's Death Not
Due to Cathartic
Noted Chicago Professor
Comes "West to Study
Silverton Case
SILVERTON, Jan. 11.
Dr.
Bernard Fontus, professor of the
rapuetics and of pharmacology at
the University of Chicago, togeth
er with Dr. M. L. Brldgeman. of
the University o'. Oregon, has been
in consultation with local doctors
at Silverton this week on the al
leged cathartic poisoning case
which proved fatal to Bruce Bald
win, two-year-old son pf Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Baldwin, a few weeks
ago.
Dr. Fontus, before leaving here
Saturday afternoon, stated that
on further investigation it was.
found that death was due to a
form of pernicious vomiting which
occurs in susceptible children. In
view of the facts, Dr. Fontus ex
plained, that the child took the
overdose after he had begun to
be ill and the symptoms under
which he died were entirely dif
ferent from those resulting from
an overdose of phenolphthalein,
the deduction was that the medi
cine did not cause the child's
death. ' k
Came West Just to
Study the Case
The case attracted considerable
attention at its occurence here a
few weeks ago. The little boy had
not been feellnp well and was giv
en a portion of a chocolate medi
cine tablet. The child, believing
he had been eating candy, later
hunted up the box containing the
tablets and ate 14 of them. Some
hours later his illness took a se
rious turn and five days later he
died. At first it was believed the
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more than 90 days but even this
power is doubted both by the gov
ernor and the attorney generaL
Governor Hoffman would make
n comment tonight either con
cerning the possibility of a re
prieve or the action taken by the
court. . .
Three Courses For
New Appeal Open
Hauptmann's chanee for fur
ther delay through the courts lay
in three directions: A habeas cor
pus action in federal court, an ap
peal for a new trial to Justice
Thomas W. Trenchard, the aged
Jurist who sat on the bench dur
ing the Flemington trial at which
Hauptmann was convicted; or a
new request to the United States
supreme court to review the pro
ceedings. This was rejected once.
Under the., traditional rules ot
the board of pardons, all members
of the board and all those who
participated ' in the hearing are
bound to hold In confidence all
proceedings of the board.
This regulation effec 1 1 v e 1 y
cloaked the events that took place
in the chambers of the court of
errors and appeals in the state-
house annex . where the bearing
took place. .
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Santiam
Drops
After Highway
Is Threatened
Breaks Out of Banks in
. Jefferson Area J and "
Floods Lowlands
Riverman Here Narrowly
Escapes After Raft
of Logs Loosed .
' The Willamette river last lht
continued its second sharp rtss
within a week to reach 16.8 feet
at midnight and give promise f '
still higher water today. -The Uni
ted States weather-bureau 'pre
dicted It would go higher Aoitf
and probably Monday and "ap
proach" the 20-foot stage.
A sudden 1.5 foot drop .o the
Santiam river at Jefferson be
tween 5 and S p. m. yesterday les
sened the likelihood of the Wil
lamette's reaching a hight that
would endanger great areai ef
lowlands. The Santiam was re
ported standing still at 12:5 feci
at 8 o'clock, state police reported.
Unlikely to Flood
Highway, Verdict
. The Santiam appeared unHtely
to flood the highway along the
flats south of Jefferson, the troop
ers said after the 8 p. xa. sur
vey of road conditions. The
stream, however, had broken out
of its banks on the west side and
was reported rushing through the
bottom country and to a level
about six feet above the highway -
grade.
First river water to cover the
Pacific highway was reporte-l t
state police by bus drivers, wbo
said the Willamette was sending
a few inches of water across the .
highway at two spots about five
miles south of Junction City.
.A riverman believed to be John
D. McCulley, narrowly ' esnped
with his powerful launch shvtly
be'ore 5 o'clock yesterday :fter
noon when a raft of logs he was
towing downstream vh:ppe4
around and caught on one of the
central piers of the Salem-West
Salem bridge. It was believed the
logs were destined for the Ore
gon Pulp & Paper company plaat,
by whom McCulley is employe.
The launchman after dropping hi
tow was able to salvage a large
proportion of it later.
Rises Nearly Four
Feet Since Morning
The midnight stage of the rver
here last night represented si iJS
foot rise from 7:20 o'clock yes
terday morning and a 1.7 foJt la-
crease after 5 p. m., according te
readings taaen Dy Kicnara u. sin
ter, official observer.
Rainfall daring Saturday Brav
ed light, amounting to only .1S
inch. In the 24 hours prior te ff
a. m. yesterday, the downfall had
been heavy, totaling 1.34 inches
in 24 hours. Heavy precipitation
resumed last night accompanied
by high winds. January, 1934,
rainfall marks have been broken
and another day's heavy rnins
would make the total for this
month exceed the mark for Jan
uary. 1935. i
Two roads out Of Saverto --
were under water last night. The
Abiqua was flowing at a depth .
ot a few Inches in' several places "
across the short route to Port
land and more than three test of
water from Pudding river was
crossing the old Salem-Silverton
road.
Stream in Polk
Not Threatening
In Polk county the smaller
streams were not threatening to
reach serious heights, state police
reported. The Luckiamute river
had dropped two feet late yester
day afternoon at the Junction ot
its branches. The level ot Rick
reall creek was sflll more than
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Maerz Injured in
Auto-Cycle Crash
A spectacular automobile - mo
torcycle collision at Cottage and
Center streets sent Enoch Maers.
air. of 111 Third i street- Wst
Salem, to Salem Deaconess hospi
tal shortly after j o'clocfc lat
night for treatment! of exseyere .
fracture of the left leg. Hefpjj&l
attendants reported ! t b er Vws
hope that amputation could b
avoided although Maers suffered,
a compound fracture of hour,
bones, between the ankle and the k
knee.. Maers was a prominent ath
lete at Salem high school several
years ago.1 ?-:-t::: t J y.- : -
City police later announced that
a complaint charging r e e k le s r
driving would be issued Odar,
against George Tucker, 2510, La
rel avenue driTer of the autino v. ,4 -bile
with which Maers motorcycle
collided. Maers was! to sign she - .
complaint, they said J He is delf:?'
eryman for the Little Lady store.
This is the same intersection at .
which Orlando Howard Carson.
64, a pedestrian, was struck ana v
k 11 Led by. an automobile New
Year's eve,.. . . - -
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