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FOUNDED 1651
EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR
Salem,' Oregon, Sunday Morning, May . 3, 1936
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Campaign For
Ttll". -TUT . f
iven
Belated Start
Complacency of Friends
: Due to His Strong
, Record,' Peril ,
Hewlett's Move to Gain
- County Court Control
Has Spotlight Here
By SHELDON F. SACKETT
Only unndue ' optimism by hie
friends and resulting inertia can
tring aboutMha defeat of Senator
Charles L.-MeNary for renomin
atlon ontae republican ticket.
Senator McNary is an Oregon in
stitution, senate leader of his
party, effective in legislative ac
complishments, highly respected
hy hia political opponents. Withal
Lis national distinction, the sena
tor has been ceaseless in his work.
Any constituent who asks, assist
ance receives prompt attention
.The excellent record of the sena
tor over 19 years, parodoxically, is
his immediate weakness. His re
nomination ha3 been taken too
much for granted; friends have
organized slowly while the sena
tor himself has been too busy in
Washington - to pay much atten
tion to the campaign here.
The past week has seen some
Stirring in the McXary. camp. A
score of leading newspapers have
endorsed him and cited bis out
standing record. tinge of fear
that ex-Siate Senator San Brown
might corral a left-wing vote suf
ficient to oust the incumbent has
spurred XIcNary's friends. Ignor
ing the liberal measures for wMch
Senator McNary has always stood.
Brown advocates the Townsend
plan, the Fratiar-Lemke act. own
ership of a central bank, by the
government. ,
Kelson Great Help
To Incumbent Seen
. Fortunately for McNary, Theo
dore G. .Nelson who is running for
the nomination, - refuses to be
downed by Brown's protestations
against his candidacy. Nelson is
out with he Townsend cldbs, in
sisting he is the chosen leader,
distributing his campaign litera
ture, making speeches. When
Trouble Shooter' Weir came to Sa
.lem last week to decry Townsend
groups going into politics. Nelson
hid his men at the doors of the
auditorium and went on with his
distribution of pro-Nelson litera
ture "
. i For Oregon to replace McNary
who with 7Fred -Steiwer. rates
among the topnotchers in the sen
ate, with any novice and especial
ly one possessed of the vague econ
omic - theories of Sam Brown,
would be tragic. Word repeatedly
eomes from Washington that it is
McNary who has as much influ
ence with the administration as
any democrat; that it is McXary
to whom Oregonians go when they
Want things done in -the federal
japital.
: Already many prominent demo
crats are telling their friends that
.they are going to support McNary
this fall against either Mahoney
or Jeffrey, who are seeking the
democratic nomination for senate.
- This, support would be lost by the
"republicans should anyone but Mc
Nary get the nomination.
Senator W. E. Burke of Yam
hill county is cutting no swath in
his campaign for the republican
nomination for state treasurer
What support Burke may have
will be divided quite equally with
State Treasurer Hoi man who al
. ways , has . flirted with the f ree
. power, left-wing group of political
support, in the state. Holman has
the &cking of bankers and bus-
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Airplane view of "Stayton" island showing north and soath forks
Cf the Santlam river, together with detailed study of the proposed in
take system for Salem's water which has been recommended by Stev
ens A Soon, consulting engineers, to Salem's water commission and
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Oregon Faces
Great Era, Is
Martin Claim
Founders' Day jMeet Has
Large Attendance in
Champoe
Park
Salem High "Band Figures
in Program; j toward,
I Holman Speak
CHAMPOEG. Orel May 2.(JP)
-Governor Charles; jMartin toid
the 1000 attendants Sat the annual
Founders' Day evenj: here today,
"With Bonneville power drawing
hearer each day, wfc are on the
eve of a great period."
He said "The young men and
women of Oregon Must carry on
the traditions of Oregon; let the
old hang onto their jcoat-taiU."
Residents from all parts of the
state, including descendants of a
group of pioneers who set up the
first provisional government in
the northwest here play 2, 1843,
The observance wa3 sponsored
by the Sons and ' Daughters of
Oregon Pioneers. ; j
Other speakers included C. A.
Howard, Salem, Mate superin
tendent of schools;; State Treas
urer Rufus Holman, Secretary of
State Earl Snell and Austin Fla-
gel. Portland. Major Joseph K.
Carson and Commissioner Bean
officially represented Portland.
Flag Is Presented 1
By Leslie Scott. M
An Oregon state: flag similar to
that destroyed in the statehouse
fire at Salem a year ago, was
presented to. the state by Leslie
M. Scott, secretary! of the Port
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May Festivity at
W.U. Draws Crowd
Grecian Theatre Enhances
Effect of Ceremonies;
Winnifred Crowned
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Towering white Grecian col
umns provided the amphitheatre
for the Mav weekehd ceremonies
yesterday afternoon on the Wil
lamette campus. Jupe Pluvius laid
his sprinkler aside; and the sue
shone brightly throughout the fes
tivities, i j
A crowd of 1000 townspeople,
students and high j school guests
pressed close to tne rectangular
plot of greensward stretching out
from the throne, jt he queen and
her retinue were hailed with the
traditional chorus by a male quar
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The tiny flowerj girls, Alcetta
Gilbert and Beverly Beakey, in
pastel organdie : strewed petals
from their May baskets. Princess
es Esther Gibbard and Esther
Black were dressed exactly alike
in cerise chiffon shirt-waist
gowns trimmed with ! turquoiss
buttons. Their pancake turbans
were embellished With turquoise
streamers and they! carried muff?
fashioned ofeerlae! and turquoise
flowers. S i
Queen is Stately
Queen Winifred) Gardner was
stately- and regal In white crepe
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1 Airplane View of
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Truck Drivers
Strike Ended;
Parties Agree
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Settlement of a two-day
fitrike jinvolving 80 truck
drivers I in Salem, jwa an
nounced 11 o'clock; last
night after an extended con
ference! between sevpn truck
operators and Hoghj W.
Reynolds of Kugenr, repre
senting the employe union.
Resumption of intra and
inter-city service i$ sched
uled for Monday, j i
The strike was concluded
when employers and j em
ployes agreed, orally, on a
contract which will extend
Hntil September 1 j of, this
fear, j ,
An increase . in the basic
scale to $4.75 a day from
14.50 Which prevailed be
fore the strike was announc
sd. No jother major changes
were made in the contract
which had existed up to the
time of the strike. I
One f arrant Will
Pay County Share
Supreme Court F uling on
Pension Setup Comes
Soon After Query
One master warrant covering a
county's entire contribution each
month to ! old-age assistance pay
ments, may be drawn and, paid to
the county relief committee, the
state supreme court ruled here
yesterday.: Justice Bailey wrote the
decision which came very prompt
ly after a test suit had been laun
ched in the higher court; Briefs
in the case had not beep, filed until
last Monday.
"It Is our opinion that the rules
and regulations which! have been
prescribed; by the relief committee
as referred to in thej alternative
writ, are within the pqwer of that
committee," the decision declared.
One Central Agency j j
Method Saprrior - 1
"It cannot.be qWstioned that
distribution of old-ag funds can
be managed much mote effective
ly, uniformly and with less ex
pense through one central agency
than through 36 independent
agencies, whether the latter at
tempt to make disbursements in
dependently or in
conjunction
with the state central
agency.
The effect of the decision will
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Methodist Unity
Vote Set Monday
COLUMBUS. O.. May t.-yP)-A
proposal for unification of the
three branches of Methodism into
the world's largest Protestant de
nomination headed tonight to
ward a vote at the quadrennial
conference of the' Methodist Epis
copal church with leaders pre
dict! y speedy approval., i
The proposal was made the
first order of business Monday.
Unification, goal of .many
churchmen since the Methodist
church split over thej question of
slave ownership In 1844. would
create a Protestant body) of more
than 8,000,000 members.'
The program must he, ratified
by the general conference of the
three branches, the last of which
meets in 1 193 8, and at least three
fourths of the annual conferences
of each branch.' '
"Stayton" Island Where Engineers Say
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of the proposed infiltration pipe line and the start of the tight line
which will convey thej water on through Stayton, 18 miles, to Salem.
1. Tight pipe at the beginning of the 18-mile line to Salem. 2. Pro-
Fire and Riot
Prevail After
Selassie Goes
Emperor and Family are
in Flight; Foreigners
Safe, Reports Aver
Italians Believed Near
Goal; City Burning
"Fiercely, Claim
(By the Associated Press)
Fire, plundering and rioting
swept Addis Ababa Saturday
night as Emperor Halle Selassie
fled from his capital with his
empress and their son, the crown
prince. -
The advancing Italians of Mar
shal . Pietro Badoglio were . pre
sumed to be near the goal they
had been seeking since fascist
troops moved into northern
Ethiopia in the early days of Oc
tober, 1935.
Cornelius Van H. Engert,
American minister at Addis Aba
ba, informed the state depart
ment in Washington that the cen
ter of the capital a city of
frame buildings and wood and
straw huts was burning fierce
ly. Three ricocheting bullets
struck the legation, but no occu
pant was hurt, he said.
Home of American
Vice-Consul Sacked
There was much firing In the
city, and plunderers were active,
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Relief Costs to
In
May
crease in
Will Be About $4100 Over
April Total, Forecast
as Funds Received
Direct and old age relief ex
penditures in Marion county this
month will exceed those of April
by approximately $4100, it was
announced at the county relief of
fice yesterday, when the month
ly allotment of funds was receiv
ed from the etate relief admin
istration. The county relief committee
has available for general care of
the poor, the poor farm, the
soldiers and sailors and mothers
aid funds, a total of $10,000. In
addition $8273.64 will be paid
but to assist county residents over
70 years of age who have met
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Moody Talks ;at
Pioneer Reunion
THE DALLES, Ore., May 1-(JP)
Four hundred persons represent
ing the three Pacific coast states,
met here today for the 15th an
nual reunion of Wasco county pio
neers. Principal address was given by
Ralph E. Moody, assistant attor
ney general of Oregon and native
of this city.
The oldest pioneer in attend
ance was Mrs. D. M. French, 86,
Portland. She came to Wasco
county in 1852.
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Set This Week
In Ten States
California; Vote Drawing
Attention ; Landon's
Hopes in Balance
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Uiinstructed Vote Will
Decide at Cleveland
I is Present View
By EDWARD J DUFFY
jtVASHINGTON, May 2-ipy-The
capital welcomed a respite from
itics tonight with the signifi
cance of recent primary results in
dispute and uncertainty over what
trends might be shown In ten
states voting next week.
Republican tension over the
presidential nomination appeared
to be tightening at a time when
th$ democratic leadership evidenc
ed; more confidence than ever of
haying its own way at. Philadel
phia. Of the 1100 democratic dele
gates who will renominate Pre
sident Roosevelt and Vice Presi
dent Garner, 4 62 have been chos
en; They are expected by the ad
ministration, : but possibly not
without opposition, to abrogate
the traditional rule requiring a
two-thirds majority to nominate.
Claims on Unpledged
Delegates Conflict
. With 522 republican delegates
uninstructed of the 629 so far
selected, claims on how they stand
conflicted. Barring a band-wagon
rush, there seemed to be slight
prospect of proving who was right
until the 1001 total begin ballot
ing at Cleveland a little more than
five weeks from today.
Encouragement drawn from the
Massachusetts primary by support
erf of Alf M. Landon accounted
for the 1 greater interest with
which the count In California next
Tuesday was awaited. If the Kan
sas governor should defeat the
attempt to elect an uninstructed
delegation there, his position
among the potential ' nominees
might be affected accordingly.
Lindsay Thornton
Dies at Portland
SDr. Lindsay M. Thornton of
Portland, who attended Willam
ette university here and did his
original dental practice with Dr.
HI C. Epley in Salem, died last
night at 9:15 o'clock in .the Good
Samaritan hospital in Portland,
according to word received here.
He had been ill for many weeks:
His grandparents were pion
eers, Henry and Elizabeth Hew
itt, who crossed the plains by ox
team and settled in Yamhill coun
ty in the Hopewell district.
JDr. Thornton was born Decem
ber 11, 1870, in Yamhill county
where he attended public schools,
later coming to the university
here.
' He Is survived by his : widow,
Mrs. Mayme Thornton, and by
two brothers, Dr. O. D. Thorn
ton of Portland and L. L. Thorn
ton, 213 East Owens street, Sa
lem.' Funeral services had not been
arranged last night.'
Shot Proves Fatal
PORTLAND, Ore.. May 2-jJV
Ethna Towne, 18, died today as a
result of injuries received when a
pistol was discharged April 23,
while she and Robert Fisher, 17,
were examining it.
Is Ideal Site i6r Natural Infiltration System tor Salem
posed location of sand filter and
of bpen-Joint pipe and 4. another section of open-Joint pipe Into which
water, would filter through sand and gravel. 5. Where Salem pipe line
would siphon under north branch of the Santlam. , Proposed over-
Gost3lies$
Or Pum
$30,000 Saving Each
?' Year, Says Estimate
Elimination of Pumping and Artificial Filtration
Also Would Mean Smaller Payroll Declares
k Van Patten; Sees Increased Patronage
rpHE; proposed "Stayton" island naturally filtered gravity
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water system would cost for power and labor alone ap
proximately $30,000 less to orjerate eaph vear than wnnH
a well system, studies prepared by Water Manager Cuyler
Van Patten for the city council's water construction commit
tee indicate. The committee yesterday authorized release of
Reservoir Job to
Be Awarded, Plan
Low Bid of Kern & Kibbe
to Be Accepted Monday
at Council Meeting
The
city council Monday night
is expected to prepare the way for
prompt construction of the new
Fairmount hill reservoir by
awarding the contract for the Job
to Kern & Kibbe, who submitted
the low bid, $111,590, j Friday
night. The aldermen also will have
before them for action the bids
for fittings and pipe for the res
ervoir. Orders for the latter prob
ably will go to several concerns.
If construction of the reservoir
can be started June 1, when the
excavation by Slate Construction
company Is slated for completion,
the 10,000,000 storage basin may
be placed in use next September.
Kern Kibbe offered to construct
the reservoir in 100 days.' The
bids oh materials included pipe to
connect the new reservoir with an
18-inch pipeline which ends at
Lincoln and John streets, a short
distance from the old reservoir.
Whether or not the council Mon
day night will consider the two
water! ordinances introduced Fri
day night by Aldermen Jack Minto
and Fred Williams was uncertain
last night. One ordinance calls for
a newj advisory vote by the people
November 3 as' to source of supply
and tie other provides for a char
ter amendment requiring designa
tion of the permanent source be
fore supply system construction is
undertaken.
Vessel Sinks But
Everybody Saved
NKW YORK, May 3.-(Sunday)
-ifPHThe- freighter Canadian
Planter was reported to the ra
diomarine corporation as having
sunk early today following a col
lision with the freighter City of
Auckland four miles northeast of
Cross Rip lightship between Cape
Cod and Nantucket.
A ! second message, received
shortly after the collision was
reported, stated that the crew
of 35 of the Planter had been
successfully taken off by the
Auckland which then was anchor
ed a half mile north of Nan
tucket sound gas and whistle
buoy. , ! i ,
Other sources here, including
the j coast- guard, were not in
formed of the accident and ra
diomarine did ' not' have details
as to circumstances under which
the vessels collided.
rerulation chamber. 8. One section
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Than
ping From Wells, Glain
yium i epui i iui puoiicauon.
ine more tnan one billion gal-
Ions of water delivered by. the
present system ' during the year
which ended April 1 would have
cost the water department $18,
683.34 for electric power had
this amount of water been pump
ed from -wells, the report reveals.
This cost was estimated by the
Portland General Electric com
pany at the. request of the Sa
lem water commission and was
computed on the basis of a pow
er rate more favorable than that
under which the department now
purchases el ectrici , - "
The gravity supply would bring
a saving of nearly $20,000 an
nually through elimination of
power costs and of $10,000 each
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Audience Pleased
With Junior Play
Mr. Pim Passes By" Well
Enacted as Feature of
3Iay Day Program
A well-balanced east skillfully
presented the sparkling comedy
and deft satire in A. A. Milne's
three-act play, "Mr. Pirn Passes
Bjr," to a near-capacity audience
at the high school last night. The
presentation, sponsored by the
junior class and directed by Gen
evieve Thayer, was one of the
highlights of Willamette univer
sity's May day festivities.
Prim and doddering Carraway
Pim, characterized by Billy Ut
ley, unloosed a bombshell which
for a time threatened to split as
under the staid Marden household.
It was Pim who attempted to
quash the matrimonial plans of
Dina (played by Gwen Gallaher)
niece of George Marden, and Brian
Strange (whose part was enacted
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Chiloquin Stat$
Debate Champion
CORVALLIS, Ore., May 2.-ff)
-The Chiloquin high ! school de
bating team became, state titlists
tonight, winning 3 to 0 from
The Dalles high duo in a con
test broadcast from Oregon State
college.'
The Chiloquin duo, which arg
ued in favor of socialized medical
care under county control, re
placed Beaverton - as state cham
pion. Darlene Warren and Nor
mal Pholl comprised the winning
team and Mar jorie Waters and
Albert Klesson the losers.
Judges represented the Univer
sity of Oregon and Oregon State
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head crossing of Stayton power canal and 7. proposed overhead cross
ing of Salem ditch. . Where open river intake for Salem water sup
ply was first proposed, 0. Lower diversion dam In north channel of "
Santlam. 10. Upper diversion dam, maintained by A. D. Gardner. -
River Supply
"Exceptional''
Is Statement
eers
Purchase of Ffecessary j
Lands Recommended i
to Salem Coiincil i
Excellent Quality. With
Adequate Supply
is
Held Assured
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"Staytonf island and the construc
tion thise of . an undergroand
source 6t water supply for ; tk
City of ialem, was rebomcfended
yesterday in an extensive) sum
mary report made byf Stevens 6
Koon, consulting- engineers, to the
municipal water commission and
the-water construction committee
of the Slem council. J
. The ieuprt was made in re
r&pponsej to the format re q nest oS
the special , water construction
committee of the council March 4.
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the engineers to recommend th.
"Staytoiy island qndergronni
source 5r?the city's I use. Thej
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1. Ani ample supply! of natural
ly filtered water . can i be secured
from ;an underground develop
ment onj Siayion island which ea
be delivered to the city by grav
ity. ; j i f '. .,
2. The development can be ex
tended lo permit a water supslj
for a city several times Salem '
size. j ' j . "
3. Cost of the island develop
ment will be materially less thair
that of fan equivalent supply tak-f
en from; the open river. . .
4. The large area pf lands U
be owned by the cltjr affords k
maximum protection I from con
tamination of the supply.
6. Annual operation and main
tenance cost of the Island sourcs
would bfr at least $60j0 leas than
an open river supply:! capitalised
at three per cent this saving to
tals $20,ODO. I
6. Water delivered f r 6 m thr
island source would be pure and;
suitable for use at any point along '
the pip4 line; open river water
would be "raw" until filtered at
Salem. . j
7. The island development of
fers the advantages of well-water
supply, Jtogether with a so-called
mountain water supply together
with the economy of 'full gravity
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the hazards and uncertainties fit "
a well supply, eliminates hear?
pumping costs, has none ef the
disadvantages of a mountain wa
ter supply received from as pen
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9. The advantages pf the Stay'
ton Island source are so numer
ous compared to o their sources l '
supply that any expenditure with
in the! limit of funds available
would be Justified." f - -
The exact recommendation of
the report, which now goes to the
water commission and! the council
for action, reads: !
"We recommend that th eity
exercise- its options to purchase
lands on Stayton Island and in
struct Its engineers to proceed def-
inltely
wlth final investigations
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