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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1936)
Travel Insurance Many Statesman suDscrfb m hare found U has' paid them well to take .advantage of the travel accident insur ' ance this paper offers them. . The Weather , Rain today and Saturday, somewhat higher tempera ture; Max. Temp. Thursday 38, Min. 81, liver 1.0 feet, rain .05 Inch,- north wind. FOUMDEP 1831 EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, February 21, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 284 Must he i Speeded, m Warning Santiam Source Never Chlorination Only Issue Raised Says Strieker Answering Inquiry Quality Would Be Good, -. 'Assurance; Records of Case Revealed The state health department h as never condemned the North SantlamriYer as a water supply but billy recommended that it be ehlori nated, Dr. Frederick D. Strieker, state health officer, yes terday wrote in answer to an in - quiry from the Salem water com mission' through its consulting en gineer, R. E. Koon. ! 1 The Inquiry followed publica tion of a signed statement from J. B- Grier, Stayton city recorder, to the ef feet that the state board off health had- condemned -the North Santiam water for that city. 1 i'There is ho reason why the city Of saiem snouia not use tn-j North Santiam river water should It decide to do so," Dr. Strieker added, - Suggest Ditch Source Be Retained ; With his letter to the water commission Dr. Strieker inclosed 'a eopy of a letter he addressed to the "Stayton mayor and council No vember 8, 1928. wherein he sug gested that well drilling opera tions he abandoned and the water apply then in use, from the Sa- Jem ditch fed. by the North San tiam river, be chlorinated. .'Ut-chlorination is properly con strolled, ' no objectionable taste? wiH-be noticed and the water will b e t f e e t ively 'sterilized," Dr. Strieker wrote to. the Stayton of ficials. This letter followed an in spection of the Stayton water sup Ply by the state sanitary engineer .and former Health Officer Payton or Marion county. 1 Before he undertook definite I i . . a, . iVtlll . fc. a -siuuy or - me leasiunuj wi me North Santiam as a water supply for Salem last December Engi neer Koon investigated its state of parity through the state health department, he declared yester day. Chlorination Almost I'al venal. Declared Chlorination of large municipal water supplies is virtually univer sal, according to Manager Cuyler Van Patten of the Salem water de partment. All noticeable traces of chlorine would be removed. fro ai the water here by the proposed filtration plant before it reached ioe ciij mams, ne conienua. The following is the text of the letter which Dr. Strieker address ed to Stayton officials November S.-1S2S: "Mayor and Council "Stayton, Oregon ' , "Gentlemen: "Our engineer reports tha on October 31. he made an inspV; tlon.of th city water supply wUh Mr. Payton of the Marion county health unit. "The city has been two years in drilling a well on the edge of the power flume from which it Ottow takes its water. Drilling can progress no faster than funds from water revenues are avail able. It may be another two years before the well can be completed and in the meantime the people will continue-to drink contamin ated water. It is not known (Turn to Page 11, Col. 8) New Frigid Wave Reported on Way CHIC A CO. Teh. Sft.WflA-A fresh sold wave threatened to night to , end the comparatively temperate Interlude in the plains . states. It was expected to strike tomor row and Saturday. Midwestern readings ranged up through the twenties during the day. Some points revelled in the most clem ent weather in several weeks. But abnormal cold, measured by a -34 minimum at Havre, Mont., envel oped the northwest, i Concern over Ice perils mount ed. Officials prepared to dynamite a St Joseph' river gorge described as the worst on record. i Government engineers abandon ed hopes Jof breaking high ice . fields along the upper Ohio with explosives. Boats and docks were damaged at Evansvllle, Ind., by a :. slight movement of a SO 4 mile , a-orge. .-- a -.- . .. --. While more favorable condi tions tided rescue expeditions speeding fuel and food to Isolated towns, coal prices in the east St. Louis mining area were hiked an other tea cents a ton. t Condemned Is Water Treating Only Issue Raised, Says Strieker The following H an exact copy of a letter Dr. Freder ick D. Strieker, state health officer, yesterday addressed to the Salem water depart ment regarding the purity of the North Santiam river, i proposed as a source of wa- '. ti snnnlw f ri f.hta r it v . " "In response to Mr. Koon's request by phone to Mr. Green we are enclosing a copy of a letter addressed to the Mayor and City Coun cil of Stayton under date of November 8, 1038, pertain ing to the use of North San tiam river water by the city of Stayton. Yon will note that this water supply has never been condemned ex cept for the fact that it needed chlorination, as would any surface streams of this serf. There is no reason why the city of Sa lem should not use' the North Santiam river water should it decide to do so. V "Very truly yours, "Frederick D. Strieker, "State health officer." Will Draft Bonds Schedule Tonight Designated Officials to Meet; Earnings Are Ample, Indicated First meeting of city officials to draw up a schedule of interest and p r i n e ipal payments that would permit safe issuance of a 11,150,000 block of Salem water bonds to finance the North San tiam supply system will be held at the water department offices at 7:30 o'clock tonight, before the re gular water commission session. The city council Monday night delegated this task to the ways and means committee, the mayor and .the city attorney with the assistance of the water commis sion. Tonight's meeting was call ed by. Alderman David O'Hara, chairman of the ways and means committee, whose other members are Alderman Merrill D. Ohling and Walter Fuhrer. A tentative bond schedule com piled yesterday shows total ann ual principal and interest pay ments on the old $1,100,000 and the proposed 1 1. ISO. 000 water bond issue would not for ten years exceed the present annual net profit of the water system of (Turn to Page 13, Col. 7) Cook Renews His North Pole Claim NEW YORK, Feb. 20-;P)-Dr. Frederick A. Cook's reiteration of his claim he was the first to dis cover the North Pole was In the hands of the president of the Am erican Geographic society 'tonight and will be presented to the next meeting of the couneil In April. Cook, who first went to the Arctic in 1886 as surgeon to the initial expedition of Lieut. "Robert W. Peary, claimed that, accom panied only by two Eskimos, he had sledged to the pole a year be fore Peary reached it April 5, 1909. Cook, In his letter to Redmond, asked that his name be cleared of charges he faked his discovery "before I die." His polar discovery claims, he said, have been verified by later explorers were in fact, Vermel by Peary's own reports.. Redferd Discovery Story Denied by GEORGETOWN, British -Guiana, Feb. 20-j?,)-Another unsup ported tale of the finding of Paul Redfern, long-lost aviator, in the jungles of Brazil, brought action by two governments and a denial by one of the purported rescuers today. Alfred Harred, reporter, de clared through his newspaper, Banier, of Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, that he and Art Williams, former United States army flier, had fonnd Redfern, crippled, in an Indian village in the Tumag mountains. Williams, who has been mak ing flights into the interior, de nied the story saying: "I do not know Haired and he most cer tainly did not accompany me on my recent search. State Department - Asks Investigation (The state department at Washlngt"- cabled Instructions to the American consul at Port of Spain, Trinidad, to Investigate OkeKed Stayton Group Eyes Possible Results There Chamber Fears Supplies for Power in Peril; Rights are Cited Gardner Plan Supported; Adjudication May Be Necessary, Held . e STAYTON, Feb. 20. Decision to investigate the matter of wa ter rights on the main North San tiam river, to determine whether Stayton'g interests are being en dangered by Salem's selection of this stream as a source for its mu nicipal water supply, was reached by the board of directors of the Stayton chamber of commerce at a meeting last night. A. D. Gardner, sr., who is in charge of the two ditches taking water for power purposes from the North Santiam, known here as the Stayton and Salem ditches, has claimed that rights which he holds and on which he has con tracts t deliver water to various users for power purposes, cover all, of the water which flows iu the "mala North Santiam in the low water season. Gardner Plan Has Merits, Declared Members of the chamber of commerce board of directors said Informally they believed the alter (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Pension Plan Put Up to Van Winkle Goudy Proposals Scanned Before Being Sent to Federal Officials A detailed plan for securing of pension moneys from the federal government was laid before Attor ney General Van Winkle yester day by Elmer Goudy, state relief administrator. The plan, quite ex tended and involved, was to re ceive the careful consideration of the attorney general for at least a week, it was stated yesterday, before it will be passed on, with a legal opinion, to Governor Mar tin for his consideration. If the plan meets with the ap proval of the attorney general and the governor, it will be sent to Washington, D. C, to see if fed eral funds cannot there be secur ed to match the moneys Oregon proposes for pensions. Regular Session's Act is Followed The law under which federal funds would be requested would be the one enacted by the regular 1935 legislative session. This Jaw, prior to the amendments made by the special session, provided for an appropriation of $1,000, (Turn to Page 11, Col. 7) Rain at Idanha Makes Sunday Sport Dubious Rain at Idanha yesterday soft ened the snow and made the plan ned excursion Sunday inadvisable, Santiam Ski club members an nounced last night. No further plans for an excursion can be made until there is a certainty of satisfactory snow conditions In the new winter sports area. Flier Williams Harred's story. The Brazilian for eign office asked Its boundary commission, workinr In the north eastern jungles, to determine the authenticity of the report that Redfern is alive.) Williams, who is well known In the Guianas through years of fir ing his own air service- dM1i-ul he went into the Interior accom panied by three natives. "I took two Pjukos (Surinam hush negroes) with me to act as interpreters and a red Indian who nta given ns certain new evl dence," he said. "We made a new contact with 10 new Indian Til lages and collected a great deal of information. "The most that was established Is that Redfern did not land in mat area. Doesn't Believe Redfern Was Seen 'U l had found Redfern's plane. It would have been a slm pie matter to take off the iden I Turn to Page 13, CoL 7) 1 Dairy Domoing At Olympia Is Deep Mystery Police Have Good Clues But Won't Tell Them; Not Lahor Trouble ,083 Heavy But no Grave Injuries; Two Blasts Rock Whole Region OLYMPIA, Feb. 20-6P)-Police Chief John M. Walker said late today the explosions which im periled, the lives' of five persons. destroyeed onee dairy plant and badly wrecked another was "more involved" than he at first believ ed. Damage was estimated in the neighborhood of 335,000. Chief Walker said he expected some ''important developments" by- tomorrow, but could give out no details at this Ume. Two explosions, the first of a minor nature, wrecked the sani tary dairy, in the heart of the business section, early today and a third blast wrecked much of the equipment and damaged ath er machinery and furnishings in thee Olympia milk producers association plant All windows were broken in the association's plant and 450 panes of glass in the Olympia Knitting mills, just across an alley, were smashed. Women Are Warned By Longshoreman Frank Andrews, a longshore man, who heard the first blast in the sanitary dairy, warned two women living in a brick apart ment over the rear of the dairy and they left the building before the second explosion. Flying glass caused a severe cut on Andrews' hand. Mrs. William Appleyard, one of the fleeing tenants, escaped In- Jury as did her companion, whose name had not been learned. Kurt Kohler and Robert 'Mara, employes in a bakery near the sanitary plant, heard the first ex plosion and went to investigate. Finding nothing unusual, they were returning to their work when the second blast occurred. They were badly shaken. Officials at first were inclined to blame labor troubles, or dis satisfied farmers of the associa tion for the explosions, but late today police were working on an other angle which they would not disclose. C. C. Mohler, manager of the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Cold Departs But Roads Still Slick PORTLAND, )re., Feb. 20-l) -Extreme cold deserted Oregon today, leaving in its wake inter mittent sleet, icy highways and the prospects for rain. Portland's temperature rose two degrees above, freezing for the second successive day. Mini mum was 29. Sleet put a glazed surface on the Columbia River highway, re sulted in numerous accidents on the Pacific and West Side Paci fic routes and all but halted traf fic in some cities. A blinding snow-storm raged over the mid-Columbia area late today. All parts of the state shared in the rise in temperatures. The southwest portion continued to enjoy balmy spring weather. No near-zero readings were record ed. Refuses to Leave Team, So Freezes GRAND VIEW, Man., Feb. 20.- tP-Rather than desert his horses imprisoned in a snowdrift a mile from his home, Frank Hebner died beside his team, victim of cold and exhaustion attempting to extricate them. Hebner and his team were ma rooned in a deep drift 18 miles south of here. The closed cab in which he was driving overturned and he was forced to punch hi way through the top, Searchers today found the part ly frozen body of the 5 7 -year-old farmer. His coat covered one of the animals and tracks in the snow bore mute testimony to the battle he waged to free them be fore he fell exhausted. "three Flights Down, Is Decree For Inebriation Lake Ferguson, arrested by4 city police last night on a charge of being drunk, was locked behind bars Just three floors below his own bunk. He had been staying at Hotel, de Minto, transient sta tion on the third floor of the city TV Tfc hii, police said. SPARKS FLY. y!i trrPBm I I i l :. :...' - -T'. t '-W .' - I I , ,. rr: J W.J..gfKz Fix- V V " ' 'S. 'v ' iW. While hope is held that a mixed foreign minister of Japan, nd Joseph Stalin (bottom center), Russian dictator, will solve difficulties arising out of clashes between sovietized Mongolian troops and those of Kang Teh (left), Manchon knoan emperor. Xapanese-Manchonknoan troops like those shown above are being marched tnto the trouble cone in large numbers and the situation Is regarded aa grave. Alf Nelson Named Silverton Justice Succeeds Alfred Who Goes to Heppner; Appointee. Prominent Lawyer Alf O. Nelson, Silverton lawyer and real estate dealer, was named justice of the peace for that dis trict yesterday by Governor Charles II. Martin. He succeeds Frank Alfred, attorney, whose resignation was filed yesterday. Alfred is moving to Heppner where he will engage in the prac tice of law. Mr. Nelson came to Oregon 12 years ago, settling at Silverton, where he has since engaged in the practice of law. He had been prosecuting attorney for Dunn county, .JSorth Dakota, from 1912 to 1913, and for 10 years, prior to ranoval here, bad been attor ney for Dunn Center, N. D. For five years he was on the legal stafffOf the Northern Pacific rail road and for a time was an at torney for the federal land bank In North Dakota. Mr. Nelson a democrat, is mar ried and has four children. SILVERTON, Feb. 20. Alf O. Nelson, Silverton attorney who (Turn to Page 13, Col. 8) Forensic Tourney Is On At linfield McMINNVILLE, Ore., Feb. 20. -(Representatives from IS col leges and universities began com petition here tonight in the sixth annual invitational forensic tour nament at Linfield college. Schools in Oregon, Washington, California and Idaho entered the contests. Officials eaid recent storms prevented arrivals of the forensic teams from the Univer sity of Montana. Results' of the opening rounds are to be announced following the semi-finals tomorrow night The tournament is divided into three divisions debate, oratory and extemporaneous speaking with men s and women s contests in each. . S. F. Aid Against Blockade Sought SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20-H'P) -Portland asked San Francisco to day to join in condemnatory res olutions against the Los Angeles transient blockade. The Oregon city's council heard a resolution this week describing the blockade as "unheard of and atrocious" and deploring it as un constitutional deprivation of "the right of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Action will he tak en on the resolution there Febra ary 2S. The board of supervisors may consider the matter on its next I meeting February 24 L1L. NEAR ORIENT POWDER KEG commission appointed by the government of Koki Hirota (top center). Russia Turns Down Border Survey Offer MOSCOW, Feb. The government newspaper Izvestia asserted today that Russia? has rejected Japan ese suggestions for the es tablishment of a mixed com mission to re-establish the frontier between Russia and Manchonkno. The Izvestia statement was an official announce ment. It stated that Japan ese suggestions that fron tiers In question be resur veyed were unnecessary, as serting that the boundaries were dearly fixed by the treaties of Peiping and Muk den. Union Wins Point, Wagner Law Case PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 20.-CP) -Harry M. Kenin, trial examiner in Oregon's first case under the Wagner labor act, announced a decision in favor of the textile un ion tonight. The examiner recommended the Oregon Worsted company "cease and desist interfering" with em ployes, re-employ the union presi dent, Sidney Girard, and pay his wages at the rate of SI 4.60 a wees. since the day of his discharge, November 21, 1935. Kenin upheld the textile un ion's contention that the Oregon Worsted company is engaged in interstate commerce, that it show ed favoritism" in its treatment of members of the Employers' Mu tual council and that it discharged Girard for the "sole reason" that he "joined and assisted" the union in its activities at the plant. Fourth Neva Dwelling of Month Shown in Permit The fourth permit this month for erection of a house in Salem was issued by the city building de partment yesterday to A. H. Now els. This house, 1 stories high and costing $2750, will be built at 555 Rose street by H. C. Hum mel. Residential construction to date this month totals $12,350. Mrs. E. Luepton Winner in Round Table Recipe Event By JESSIE STEELE Winners in the nut bread reci pe contest were finally decided as follows: First prize of $1 in cash to Mrs. E. Luepton, Rick reall route 1; two second prizes of 60 cents each to Anne DeWitt, 249 South Cottage street, and to Mrs. Arthur p. Hunt, 720 McGIl christ. All awards may be ob tained by calling; at The States man office. . v. Next week the topic Is escal loped foods, any variety. This takes tn vegetables of all-aorta, fish and other Ingredients which adapt themselves to this method of cookery. Please send only one Governor Out of Capitol Planning Leaves Entire Question to Commission He Asserts; Denies 'Blocking" Governor Martin will not turn a hand to interfere with the delib erations of the state capitol com mission, he announced emphati cally yesterday. Where the capitol will be plac ed, whether Willson park will be accepted and if so, whether a por tion of the capitol will occupy park space these are Questions for the state capitol commission to determine, the governor stated. Taking- No Hand in Commission's Work "The matter is entirely out of my hands," the governor declar ed. "It is erroneous to report that I am taking any part in the de liberations of the commission. The legislature apparently want ed the old site used and the ex penditures limited to $2,500,000. The commission, however, has the law and must follow it as best it knows how." Reports had been current that the governor was blocking the ac ceptance of any portion of Will son park after the board of con trol had frowned on the idea of $3000 additional upkeep expense each year If the park was acquir ed by the state. Governor Martin said the re ports were false. He especially does not want another special ses sion of the legislature, he declar ed. Concrete Pouring For High School Is Begun; Cover to Avert Freeze First cement,.jgravel and sand rolled through the mixers yester day on the new senior high school building project as the warmer weather permitted the contractor to start pouring concrete. Mixing operations, for footings were halt ed before 3 p. m., however, to al low workmen to cover the fresh concrete to protect it from freez ing last night. Excavation is about one-third finished on the grade school site and workmen have begun the hand digging necessary tor foot mgs there. recipe. The contest ends Thurs day noon, February 27. Prize winners this week fol low: Bran Nut Bread t spt flour ! 4 tetrpoont btkiaf powdrr Vt tesipooa salt mp ant mt 1 k -cap boncy , 5 tablespoons hrtemin, auslte 1 cup bra : Sift and measure flour. Sift again with ; baking powder, , salt m m m a . 1 M and mace. Ada oran ana cnoppea . ft . am (Turn to rage xs, uoi. j 1 . - ; - - Threat Comes U.S.FimdMay Be Withdravh Banfield Condemns BUnd Haste; Architectural ' Fee Percentage Set FT- -rr Holding Out Emergency Share Talked; Martin Farors'TVking Park 3 CAPITOL COMMISSION MEETING OUTLINE PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 20. dPjTho state capitol commis sion today: Received a warning from PWA that work on the state house must be speeded. Set the architectural fee at 6 per cent of the cost. Provided that fire architec tural wrunners-upn tn the nation-wide contest for plans would receive f 1,500 each, . ; Decided to ask that plans be submitted on a f 2.200,000 structure so that $306,000 would remain for emergencies. Received word from (Sever nor Charles- Martin that he 'fa vored adding a portion of Will son park to the site. y ' PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 29.-Jft -A letter from public works head quarters in Washington today warned the Oregon state capitol commission, that "it will be- neces sary to rescind the allotment"' for Oregon's proposed $2,60t.0't0 statehouse "unless the applicant shows proper evidence thailhe jir-qlect will be expedited. 1 ; Ci C. Hockley, state PWA ad ministrator, presented the letter. It was from Horatio Hockett, as sistant PWA chief, and comment ed that "the money allocated fbr the capitol project under the works relief program was forfae purpose ' of relieving unemploy ment this year.. - The information, given to the capitol commission here, brought a comment from T. H. Banfield, commission member, that I for" one am going over plans thor oughly to see what we are build- ing lor a capitol. I don't think we can do it in less than nine months." Hockley replied that "my ideas are three months under yours" and declared "we don't want Washington to keep on writing this kind of letters. He said he was not trying to beat you down one minute on the time you "need, however. Six Prises Hung Up in Flans Contest The architectural contest, which WW V A 4 a a a. . nocaeii s , tetter Baia ne under stood to be completed by February 1, will offer six prizes, the com mission decided today. First award will be the contract lor the capitol. By a vote of 5 to 3 the commission set 6 per cent of the gross coat as the fee. The minor ity sought to set the scale ar. 6 per cent. ; The next five awards will con sist of $1,500 each. The commission also ruled that if an out-state architect wins the contract he must share 2 per cent of the fee with an associate Ore gon architect, but that if an Ore gon man is declared the winner he is entitled to the entire C per cent. A suggestion by Carl F. Gould of Seattle, architectural adviser, that an additional 1H per cent f ho a nvi Art tri m Aet AliMi4ta 1 lighting and heating) be paid the winning architect to cover costs of engineering assistance was de nied. Keep S300.000 For Emergency, Policy The commission decided to ask architects to figure on a 12,200, 000 structure in order that $360, 000 would be available to meet (Turn to Page 11, CoL f Limit on Farm Aid Spending Decreed WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-(Ar-Imposition of a $500,000,019 lim it $e annua! spending under the administration's farm bill was voted today by the house, but even as leaders pressed toward fi nal passage by tomorrow night the agricultural problem was re vived again In the senate. . The limit to spending, previous ly voted by the senate, was virtu ally the only major amendment passed by the house after general debate was ended late in the day and the consideration -of amend ments began, A ' vote on the bill was deferred until tomorrow. In the Senate, meanwhile. Cap per of Kansas, ; a supporter of Governor Alf M. Landon of Kan sas for the republican preisdeatial nomination, introduced a tariff equalization bill. It was Intended, he told the senate, as an addition to, rather than a substitute for, the soil conservation subsidy un iirut ttaecAA Tnv ihst branch.-
