The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, May 21, 1936, Page 10, Image 10

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Hie OREGON STATESMAN Salem, Thursday Morning, May 21, 1936
Farmer Union
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i Hears Martin
Cooperative Program!
Agriculture Praised by
State Leader
in
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gel Coopeative; Marion County
Farmers Union Oil Cooperative;
Farmers Union livestock pom
mission truck, and finally the of
ficial car with State President
O. W. Potte; Charles Tilboi,
North Dakota president;" and H.
Jurgeson, president of the Wash
ington Farmers Union. 1
In the afternoon session, a gav
1 was presented by Potts to! Her
inan Bernard of Carlton, president
of the Carlton Farmers Union, for
obtaining the greatest number of
paid member?, 307. Mt. Angel lo
tal was' second with 187 mem
bers. Laurel Scholia local was
third with 159. . ;
thriving Contest
Awards Presented
Winner.; in the state - driving
contest sponsored by the Farmers
Automobile Insurance Exchange
were announced by Melvin I Holt
and prizes presented to the; win
ners by R. J. Chrisman of that
organization. Winners were $elma
Sprague of Linn county; and Fern
Russet of Polk county,; who; held
first and second .- places, respec
tively. Judges were Sam Brown,
Cervais; C. N. Breithauptj Cor
vallls; and E. D. Lindburg. Sa
lem. Miss Clara Keber sang ivoeal
solos. ' . j '
At the morning' session reports
from various county presidents
were heard, including ErnestWerJ
er of Marion, John Shepherd of
Linn, Eben Ray ef Polk, : Gordon
Sipton of Yamhill, John Kamna
f Washington,; Ray Kortge of
Wasco, D. L. Parrish of Columbia.
Local delegates from large; num
ber of unions also submitted their
reports. Gratifying increases In
memberships were noted gener-
ally. ; j
The convention sessions
continue Thursday.
Validity of Tax
Board Is Argued
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The state supreme court! heard
arguments Wednesday on the ap
peal in the cape to determine the
authority of the tax superrising
aad conservation commission of
Mjultnomah county. 1 "
i The circuit court of Multnomah
county held the statute creating
the commission and outlining its
authority was unconstitutional.
The city of Portland brought the
suit to determine the right; of the
commission to limit the budget of
the city and to place a maximum
on the salaries of officials. Hiram
U. Welch was named the defend
ant in the friendly suit- j
("Wayne L Morse
To Address Class
S1LVERTON, May 20., Wayne
L. Morse, dean of the i school of
law at the University of Oregon,
will give the commencement ad
dress at Silverton'May 2S.f Dean
Morse will have for his subject,
"The Challenge of Government"
- Rev. J. M. Jensen will give the
invocation. Music will be furnish
ed, by the school organitations un
der the direction of Stephen But
ler, j -
Herman Kramer, principal of
the senior high school, will pre
sent the honor plaques, j Candi
dates for the T. N. T. plaque were
announced Thursday afternoon as
Helen Lockren, Mary Jane Nofs
ker, Alice Miles, Lloyd Mac-ill and
Norman Paulson. !
will
Allen -Burt Race
Still Uncertain
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trict, western Oregon, Edward C.
Kelly, Jackson county, apparently
had clinched a seat in the national
convention democratic delegation
but the other post was still innde-'
eVded. On the basis of returns'
from 710 of 778 precincts and
after drastic revisions had been
made in Clackamas. and I Polk
county tallies, Kelly had 14,189.
A. Ray Martin, Lane county, 13,
443, and R. R. Turner,! Polk coun
ty. 13,378. ! i - i
. The ' four delegates-at-large to-
democratic national convention
apparently were William A. Del-
zell, Marlon county, 45,951; Mar
tin ' A. Fitzgerald, Union county.
41,318; JX A.-Hart, Yamhill coun
ty, 41,052, and Ralph M. Erwln,
Multnomah county, 39,543. The
f if pranking candidate, on the
' basis of returns from 1 6 0 5 of
j 1625 precincts, was J. W; Mor
row, Multnomah county, 28,646.
. John J. Beckm&n and Sam F
Smith won the delegates' j p o s t
from the third district. There was
o contest for the democratic con
vention seats In the second dis
trict.: . -! j
Hoffman Ahead in
Delegate Contest
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tricts exceeding the crosses mark
ed for Breckinridge. I
Renomination of U. S. Senator
W. Warren Barbour by thejrepub
. Jicans, and the democrats'! desig
nation T State Senator William
H. Smathers of Atlantic City as
New Tax Plan
Gains Support
Flat Corporation Income
Tax of 25 Per Cent to
Raise 641 Million
Engstrom Named
To IOOF Office
Hales Will Open
New Grill Today
To be known as the "5 land 10
Cent Grill", a new restaurant
featuring quality meals at low
prices will be opened for business
at 264 North High street" this
morning by Mr. and Mrsj W. V.
Hale, who have come to Salem to
make their home. Their location
here is the one formerly occupied
by the Jenny Lind.
The Hales have re-equipped the
place and refinished it through
out. An outstanding feature in at
tractiveness is Tarnished, j natural
finish fir booths, tables and wood
work which enhance the air of
cleanliness. The grill . will boast
an electrically - operated ventilla-
tion system, an electrical j kitchen
and excellent lighting.
Our menus show our prices
will be low," Hale said, "but our
quality will be high. Wei operate
on the plan of doing a large vol
ume of business on a small margin
of profit." - j
Mr. and Mrs. Hale now have
five-ind-ten erills runnine in Yre-
ka, JCalif., Medford andj Grants
Pass and plan to open several oth
ers. They will continue, however,
to live in Salem.
Baseball Letters
Given, Silverton
SILVERTON, May 20. Twenty
baseball letters were presented by
Coach Guy DeLay Wednesday aft
ernoon to seniors: Arland Schwab,
Bob Hauge, Don Sa,wyer, Vance
Olsen. Vance Lee and Kenneth
Seeley. i
The players who will be back in
uniform next year were also
awarded letters: Max Simmons,
Lyle Specht, Jim Busch, Merle
Grace, Don Kuenzi, Weldon Hat
teberg, Rodney Oster, Ronald Vor
Beth and Lyle Pettyjohn.!
Baseball letters are granted to
players who participte in 27 in
ningsor more. )
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provision for taxing foreigners.
The latter included an; amend
ment by which non-resident ialiens
of Mexico or Canada, not engaged
in business or trade or havijng of
fices or places of business fn this
country, would b$ given iaj 5 in
tead of a 10 per cent i tax, with
held at the source, on inc0m de
rived from American sources.
.Similarly, for such aiiensjab do
have places of business or aire en
gaged in buiness In the- United
State, who would be; taxed like
Americans, a $400 credit iwould
be. allowed for dependent!, j
The highest estimate from the
treasury today was on an arrange
ment for a 30 per cent corporation
tax with a credit against taxable
amount distributed as! dividends.
This plan also would repeal iexcess
profits and capital stock-taxes and
apply the normal income iax to
dividends. - ; : i : ' j
ROSEBURG. OrerMay 20.-CP)
-Nearly 2,000 delegates attended
opening sessions of the Oregon
grand lodge, I.O.O.F., 8 list annual
convention here today, f
The patriarches militant and
auxiliary and the grand encamp
ment and Rebekah assembly met
Monday and Tuesday, i
C O. Engstrom, Salem, was
Chosen grand patriarch of the
grand encampment. Other offi
cers included P. J. Schneider, Sil
verton, grand senior warden.
More Men Idle in
Lumber!
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test of the employment; of two
non-union men; the ! ' Southeast
Portland mill was closed 'jrhile of
ficials attempted - to procure re
pairs for the 32,000 pound head-
rig which flew into bits I for rea
sons unknown Monday:, the West
supply was exhausted and that its
300 men would be idle tomorrow,
Bart Parsons.: night (watchman
at the Bridal Veil mill, scene of
violence during last summer's tie-
un. reported ! todays i he was
knocked unconscious by : an uni
dentified assailant. Nothing ' was
reported missing at the plant. ,
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Many Are Killed,
Jew-Arab I Scraps
JERUSALEM, May 20HP-A
new Jew-Arao incident ! tnrew
Safed, ancient home of the? Jewish
mystics, into "& panic tonight.
The Palcor agency reported a
Jewish motorist knocked down an
Arab with hi3 car after the Arab
had tried to attack him. I
A feverish tension ; gripped the
predominantly Arab town,- which
was the scene of j a I program
against Jews in 1929. A short time
before a Jewish bus;! hail been
stoned by Arabs near. Safed and
one passenger injured slightly. .
The Pelcor agency said 24 Jews,
16 Arabs and 1 Christian; had been
killed and many others injured.
Other reports j have placed the
Jewish dead at 26. Ml
Yamhill's Prune
Crop Is Failure
Dayton Club Loser
DAYTOX, May 20 The Dayton
baseball club lost to theiVernonia
team in a Tualatin Valley league
game here Sunday. The Score was
21 to 5. Dayton will play at Amity
next Snnday.
PORTLAND. Ore.,!Mayj20.-(,!P)
E. L. Wells, federal; meteorolo
gist, said today the Yamhill prune
crop is a "complete i failure" and
that Italian prunes are Showing
considerable drop in other north
western counties. j I j
Wells said truck crops in some
portions of the state' are suffer
ing "more than usual" from in
sects. Ms H
Negro Singers Appear
AMITY, May 20. The Cotton
Blossom singers from the Piney
Woods Country Life school near
Jackson, Mississippi,.! entertained
here Tuesday night; at the Meth
odist church with a semi-historical
drama. Mi f I
Errant Flier Is
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Handed Sentence
SPOKANE. May 20.-kfl)-C. W,
McCollum, errant aviator who re
ceived a 15 -year maximum pri
son sentence for grand larceny
Monday, received another today
because he went wrong after hav
ing been' freed to become a pickle
salesman. ' j
Judge Fred Witt sentenced Mc
Collum to not more than 20 years
for passing a. f 13 check without
funds two years ago. He pleaded
guilty at the time and was re
leased on his good behavior to
take a salesmanship course.
McCollum flew into the news
spotlight this month by vanish
ing on what he said would be a
flight to Portland, Ore. He later
landed in Mexico. He was return
ed from El Paso, Tex., and sen
tenced for grand larceny after
pleading guilty to failure to re
turn an employe's $450 bond:
Demos Aghast as
Lehman Declines
Harada bescribes
Japanese Gardens
Artistic Use of Rocks . Is
-Typical, Scholar From
Orient Tells Group
Rocks are as Important to Jap-
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anese gardens as - iiowers anu
shrubs, according to the talk
given by Jito harada, distinguish
ed Japanese scholar, brought to
Salem last niht by the Woman's
club. Arts league and A.A.U.W.
They are not the rough broken
stones found in American rocker
ies, but rather pebbles or per
haps immense boulders .which
centuries of erosion have mould
ed into unique shapes or polished
to a high luster.
Stones have been admired in
Japan since the seventh century,
Mr. Harada said, lor tneir sug
gestive lines,! their solid reality
and their enduring quality.
Use Now High Art
Their use for artistic purposes
has become a high art. Some are
arranged in sand on trays to rep
resent landscapes, with seasonal
changes traced in the sand. Rocks
of unique shapes will' influence
the Japanese admirer - to deep
reverie and contemplation.
The arrangements of different
types of atones in gardens may
represent landscapes or allegories
Great expense and trouble are un
dertaken to transport rocks from
distant parts! of the country.
The Japanese have developed
gardens to emphasize the tran
quility and solitude of nature, a
place where jtliey may commune
with nature and the. infinite, the
speaker concluded.
Morion' Softball Team
Defeats Chamber, 10-3; .
Wolves Will Play P. U,
MONMOUTH, May td. Mor-
lan's Softball team, managed by
P."M. Schweizerr defeated ; the
Chamber of Commerce team, man
aged by Clay Eggelston, 10 to 3,
Tuesday afternoon. Batteries:
Chamber -of Commerce, Hart and
Butterworth; Morlan's, Kidd and
Winegar. -'
Umpire, Al Cox. -
Saturday afternoon the Wolves
will meet the strong baseball ag
gregation from Portland univer
sity in a game here. In a previous
contestat Portland the Wolves
lost to the Pilots, 8 to 3.
Arrange Program
Of Memorial Day
Sunday Morning Services
at Lutheran Church in
' Legion Plans
Next week's annual Memorial
day observance in Salem will fol
low the customary program of the
past with cemetery services in the
morning, water servicer parade
and armory patriotic exercises in
the afternoon, according to King
Bartlett, commander of Capital
Post No. 9, American Legion, who
has been designated as chairman
by the Federated Patriotic socie
ties. On Friday before Memorial
day patriotic speakers will visit
each Salem school.
The Legion, its auxiliary, and
the Sons of the American Legion
will attend a special patriotic ser
vice at the American Lutheran
church at - 11 o'clock Sunday
morning with Rev. P. W. Eriksen,
pastor, speaking. The -.veteran
groups will first assemnie in. me
courthouse square at 10:30.
Bartlett said the schedule of
Memorial day events -would be as
follows: cemetery services, 10:30
a. m.; water service, 1:30 p. m.;
parade, 2: armory exercises. Im
mediately following the program.
Colonel Carle Abrams, gTand
marshal f or the parade, will be as
sisted by Captain E. R. Austin as
chief of staff and Lieutenant Ce
cil Edwards as adjutant. -
Gomez Installed
As Cuban Leader
HAVANA, May 20.-tfVMiguel
Mariano Gomes, shedding his
morning clothes for a white linen
suit, went to work oh the nation's
problems today an hour after he
bad taken the oath as Cuba s sixth
popularly elected president. :
Hardly had the sound of the
21-gun presidential salute faded
away before the 47-year-old chief
executive . was in special session
with his cabinet charting the
course his administration plans
for the next fotfr years.
Gomez is the second of his fam
ily to hold the presidency. His fa
ther, Jose Miguel Gomez, was
Cuba's second, president, serving
from 1909 to 1913.
Stammers and) Austin
t Lose in Mixed Doubles
: PARIS, May 20.-(VThe defeat
of the top-seeded British pair.
Katherlne Stammers and H. W,
( Bunny Austin in the secona
round of. mixed doubles provided
the high spot of p 1 a y in the
French hard court tennis cham-
pionsnips today. Tiey - were
downed by the . little : known
French combination of SImone
Goron-Itechenko and Pierre Pelix
xa, 7-5, 6-2.
Start Improving
Sweetland Field
First steps In the actual con
struction work - for Willamette's
nev grandstand and f I js I d im
provements started- yesterday -morning
when digging of a new
channel for the mill stream waa
begun swith a power shovetj
The new course of the mill
stream, being dug 18 feet wide
and averaging 2 V4 feet deep, will
be on the edge of the university's
property next to the Southern Pa
cific right of way on Trade Street.
The new grandstand, which will
seat slightly over 2000? people,
will, be built with the back por
tion over the - m ills tr earn, j The
stand will be 200 feet long and
will set back about 50 feet from
the football field, leaving; room '
for bleachers in front of the stand.
The stand will be provided with
comfortable seats wiih back and
will be equipped with rest room
facilities. ji
A 200 yard straight track will
be built in front of the grand
stand approximately on1 the pres
ent site or tne mill stream.
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cotticrn yoj
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nor under the then Governor
Roosevelt, is one of the strongest
votegetters New York state de
mocracy has ever had. He was
reelected for a seconod term in
1934 by a plurality of .800,000
votes, a record for the state.
The governor has sought to put
New York state in line with new
deal legislation.
Last Yankee Out
Of British Meet
SOUTHPORT, Eng., May 20.-(iPJ-Another
American assault on
the British women's golf cham
pionship became only a memory
today as a pair of long-hitting
British girls, Bridget Newell and
Pam Barton, fought their way
through tot the 36 hole final,
which will be played over the
Southport and Ainsdale course to
morrow. MLss Newell climaxed one of
the most disastrous routs ever
administered an American team
in recent years when she beat the
last American survivor, Marion
Miley of Lexington, Ky., 4 and 3
in the fourth round.
Canby Frosh Defeat
Hubbard Grades 4-2
CANBY, May 20. The Canby
Union high school freshmen won
from the Hubbard grade school 4
to 2 today at Hubbard.
Barry of Canby hit three for
three.
Canby Frosh 5 4 4
Hubbard , i 4 2 4
Feathers and Tomlin; Shank
and Dimick.
Reprieve Is Denied
SANTA ROSA, Calif., May 20.
(JP) Gov. Frank F. Merriam
stated definitely tonight that he
will not grant another reprieve to
Alexander Mackay ; and Joseph
Kristy, scheduled to hang Friday
for their part in a San Quentin
prison break more I than a year
ago.
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