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Bargain Period : . The bargain period for nail subscribers won't con iinue much longer. It's 93 ' year, by mail, to resi dents of Central valley coun ties. The TTeatner Partly cloudy today and .Wednesday, cooler; Max. Temp. Monday 04, Mln. 87, river 4 feet, partly cloudy, southwest wind. FOUMDEP 1831 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, October 20, 1936 No. lft EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Price 3c; Newsstands 5c and TOY O mm. r w v Vav v : - . Steel TTD .riT Aeee 1L- K . 4. r Foreign Ttade . Landon Topic; Speeding West Over Million Will Greet Him at Los Angeles ; Reception . Slated Secret Negotiations for Trade Treaties Draw Leader's Attack LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19.-(;p)-To the land of great crowds. Gov. Landon comes tomorrow to make his only west coast speech -as re publican candidate for president. Southern California is-the "turning out-est" place In the country. Public events frequently draw attendance greater than the population of the state of Nevada and Governor Landons unex pected decision to come west has restirred preparations for a re ception of major caliber. More than a million persons are expected to see him during his 10 4 hours here. ABOARD LANDON SPECIAL. EN ROUTE TO LOS ANGELES. Oct. 19.(JP)-Gov. Alt M. Landon led his presidential campaign down the Pacific Elope tonight, promising "to do all in our pow er" to revive foreign trade and contending new deal policies of "economic nationalism" are "dangerous to America and to world peace." Speeding . toward Los Angeles, the nominee said the Roosevelt administration had "fumbled" its 1933 opportunity at the London economic conference to break the trend of economic Isolation "which has been spreading over e world and may shortly trans- i.rm economic warfare into actual Hostilities." ; "We republicans, he " said, will so conduct the reciprocal trade negotiations as , to reopen foreign tr&de channels in such a way as not to penalize the Ameri can farmer or the industrial pro ducer and workman. This can be done, and it will be done once I am elected.". Constitutional Government Pledged The Kansan coupled his attack on new deal farm and tariff pol icies, with a pledge that "once I am elected president the Ameri can idea of a constitutional gov ernment of personal freedom will be preserved, come what will." . After a day's travel across dus ty New Mexico grazing plateaus, Landon paused before crossing the continental divide into Cali fornia to tell an Albuquerque audience: . "Men and worn e h who live their lives In the wide open spa ces on the plains and in the ' hills particularly resent regt- - mentation and dictation from Washington. As the campaign progresses it is becoming more and more jrlear that it is a clash of two Ideas of government: the one, that politicians know best, what Is good for you and should run your lives out here in New Mex ico from a swivel chair in a Washington bureau; the other, - that you are still capable of self government. v "The first Is the theory of many-countries of the old world, as well as our opponents In this campaign; the other is the Amer ican way." ; Landon 's reiteration that the Issue presented by the campaign was between the new deal and "the American way" wSs expect ed by aides to provide the foun dation of his national broadcast address tomorrow night at Los Angeles. This subject has been stressed in previous speeches and in a statement today the candi (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) " Aldermen Reject Milk Survey Here A proposed federal survey of Salem's milk inspection service was rejected by the city council last night after Alderman W. H. Dancy reported dairymen claimed the survey "will result only in a raise in milk prices." Datncy said he was advised reports from a similar survey were in part the reason for the attempted boost in Portland's milk prices. Authority to have the survey conducted here at no expense to the' city was requested by Dr. E. E. Berg, acting city health officer. Late Sports PORTLAND,-Ore., Oct. 19.-P) Jack Lipscomb, Indiana, defeat ed Don Sugai, Salem, two out of three falls in a main event wrest ling match here tonight. Jack Terry won from Al Wil liams In the semi-finals. In the preliminaries Walter Achiu stop. ped Dick Trout and Bobby Burns won on a foul from Bob Castle. TiesSplit Up Awards Among Eleven in Gi Contest. Second Week . ; y i : i Glen Southwick, Mrs. D. A. Hendrie, Avis J. Perrine Pick AH But Four, Eight Tie With One Less Correct Answer; Upsets Lower Average A RECORD number of contestants got into the money in The Statesman football contest for last week with three tying for first place and eight splitting second place money. ! Glen Southwick, route 3; Mrs. D. A. Hendrie; 980 Tam arack, and Av?s J. Perrine, 775 North Cottage, were the three who guessed all but fourO ... of the winners in the 23 con test games to tie for first place. Each will receive his share of the $10 first prize, $3.33, by call ing at The Statesman office. Too much competition brought the second place award down to 3 cents each for the eight who tied for the second prize of $5. They may collect at The States man office, i Those who guessed -all but five winners correctly to tie for sec ond money were: Garnet W. Harra, 631 N. Winter; John Lindbeck, 1373 South High; Howard Maple, Corvallis; Jack Wilson, route 7; Mrs. Donald Earley, 154 5 North Capitol; Rich ard C. Wilson, route 1 ; Delpha Kimple. 376 McNary Ave., West Salem; Ray Petrasso, 1156 2d street, West Salem. The large number of persons getting in the top brackets was partly accounted for by a 40 per (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Weather Assists Control of Fires None Spreading but Woods - Still Dangerously Dry 4 Is Official Report PORTLAND. Oct. 19.-(fl)-The fear of forest fires, dominant In many sections of Oregon over the' weekend, was reduced today with a favorable shift in the weather. No fires are spreading, the for est service reported tonight, but a warning was issued stating that the woods and fields still were in a- dangerously dry condition. , The general . weather forecast for the state was unsettled and colder with rising humidity. The serious Lobster creek blaze in Curry county near Rogue river was in check. The humid ity was up to 96 in the Coos back country. I Fires were still burning in Klickitat and Skamania counties in Washington but immediate dan ger was believed past. : Aid for fire-razed Bandon was announced today by Walter Duf fy, regional administrator for the Resettlement administration, with an allotment of $50,000. Barber Slain by 15-Year Old Son BELLINGHAM, Wash.; Oct. 19, -py-A family " quarrel ended In tragedy tonight "when Curtis P. Preston, 45, Bellingham barber, was shot to death before the eyes of his wife, Mrs. Lulu M. Pres. ton and a 1 3-year old daughter, Eileen. I I , : . Sheriff W. T. Farmer placed un der arrest William Louis Preston, 15-year old high school student who, he said, admitting firing the charge from a shotgun that killed bis father. The son, Sheriff Farmer said, told him he shot his father as a climax to an attack by Preston upon his wife. i With Httle trace of emotion In his voice, the boy told Sheriff Farmer he had warned his father first and then bad shot him when he turned from his reported at tack on his mother nad advanced toward him. Large Oil Tanks Explode, Quebec QUEBEC, Oct. 20.-(Tuesday)-(ff)-Two large storage tanks of the Canadian Oil Companies, Ltd.; exploded I today .shaking the city and spouting flames hundreds of feet Into the air. One-man was reported ; killed. ' Heat from the burning tanks was bo Intense firemen ' could not get - near enough to fight the blaze. Strong police lines were established to keep crowds from the danger area. j - Easements Accepted Two major pieces of rights-of-way in the form of easements, for the Salem-Stayton pipeline, were accepted ? by the city council last night at' SI each. One easement was granted by Marion county and the other by the Santiam Ma sonic lodge at Stayton. i Oregon Campaign Lively This Week Many Meetings; Landon to ' Talk Over Radio from j L. A. at 8 Tonight PORTLAND. Oct. 19.-(P)-Po- litical activity In Oregon will touch a new high point this week as followers oi eacn party carry their campaigns ; to communities all over the state. Walter Tooze, vice-chairman of the state republican central com mittee, and Elton Watkins, demo cratic leader and former congress man, will present a debate on the new deal here Wednesday night. A republican rally was sched uled at Klamath Falls tonight. Senator Frederick Steiwer was to speak in support of the candidacy of Roy Ritner for congressman from the second district. ; Watkins was ; to speak at a democratic rally in Eugene to night and Congressman Walter M. Pierce, democrat, scheduled an address at Burns. Another democrat, E. W. Kirk- patrick, candidate for congress In the first district, was to speak at (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Red Fire Powder " Blast Kills One At Lehman Rally ALBANY, N. Y.. Oct. 19.-;P)-A bucket of red fire powder exploded during a parade In honor of Gov. H. II. Lehman tonight killing one person and injuring six. The blast sent a shower of glass into the ranks of paraders and spectators, and damaged several automobiles. t . Anthony De Matteo, 19, of Schenectady, who was spreading the powder, died of burns. Gov ernor Lehman rushed from a dem ocratic rally to his bedside. William Smith, 28, negro bands man, who was treated lor an in jury to his ear, said the bucket of power De Matteo was spreading exploded in the youth's arms, hur ling him into tho air. Smith said another man applied a torch to the powder as De Matteo spread it and the flames caught up with him as his back was turned. REPORTER iA y ,v.:.v-v".-, V: if ' : H. R. Kklns, shown on the right, circled the globe in 18 days, 14 hours and 56 minutes a new record for a traveler dependent on means of travel that are available to the general public, although Wiley Post te his own plane made It in seven days, 18 hoars and 40 minutes. Kklns, reporter for the New York World Telegram, arrived at New York, his starting point, Monday, while Leo Kieran. left, and Dorothy Kil gallen, middle, who started out to rare with him for the honor, were still fa Manila awaiting a chance to fly eastward in the China Clipper. As the inscription on the ring around the globe indicates, Kklns made better time than any of them anticipated. figh Officials Desert Madrid As Fall Nears Azana and Three Cabinet Members at Barcelona But Flight Denied Ring of Rebel Steel is Tightened; 16 Miles Away, Announced TALAVERA DE LA REIN A, Spain, . Oct. 20.-(Tuesday)-Pr- Fasclst gun threatened El Esco rial today as insurgent troops oc cupied the heights overlooking the historic city 24 miles northwest of Madrid. Insurgents drove nearer the cap ital through mountainous terrain on , the southeast slopes of the Guadarrama mountains to estab lish strong positions from which, on clear days, they could see Ma drid in, the distance. From Navas Del Marques Vald emaqueda and Robledo de Chav ela the fascist advance rumbled forward slowly to tighten the ring of steel around the besieged seat of the socialist government. (By the Associated Press) President Manuel Azana and three of his cabinet ministers reached Barcelona on Spain's Med iterranean coast last (Monday) night from Madrid, as fascists pressing on the city from he south drove a government column back to a point only 16 miles from the capital. There were reports Azana, a leading figure in republican Spain since the monarchy ended In 1931, would move his socialist-communist-republican administration to Barcelona from Madrid. An official statement at Barce lona, however, declared he had merely made the city his first (Turn to Page t. CoL 7) Prineville Slayer Suspect Suicides PRINEVILLE, Ore., Oct. 19. (JP) An electric light extension cord gave Whitney Taylor, 42-year-old sheep herder, his escape today from a Jail where he had been held for the double killing of two brothers last week. Officers found him dangling by his neck from the cord, which had been knotted to steel lattice work along the cell wall. He was declared a suicide. Officers said he had asked for the cord so he might have better reading light. Taylor was arrested after Har vey and Ban Puett were shot to death on a rooming house porch. Taylor bad refused to discuss the killing but James Leonard, a ma terial witness, said the -men had argued about a room at the house. Taylor, officers were told, sud denly pulled a revolver and fired seven shots Into the bodies of the two brothers. CIRCLES GLOBE ' 1 1 . . : C " "" Lj 4 1 . . - - -sl . - 1 Tells ofi State I Capitol Plans x. AV. ', .-.. ..' '.".-.V. CLAUDE C. HOCKLEY Lowest Bidder Is ? To Build Capitol Only Best Contractors to ; Compete, Says Hockley ' In Chamber Talk : Automatically, the lowest bid der will receive the award when bids are opened one month from today on Oregon's new capitol, it was explained by C. C. Hockley, PWA administrator for Oregon, In a talk to which Salem chamber of commerce members listened with great Interest at the Monday noon luncheon. , ; Variations In offers upon alter native materials will be taken into consideration in making the award, Hockley said, but the ques tion of 'responsibility of the bid ders will not arise because that is all being taken care of before contractors are allowed to bid. Great care also was taken by the capitol reconstruction commission and the PWA In seeing that the calr'for bidst- reached the best Qualified contractors throughout the nation. The exterior finish of the cap! (Turn to Page- 2, Col. 6) - Aldermen Bet Hat Upon Water Raise Next Three Years - Someone is going to win a hat but when Is the question. It all depends on whether or not at some Indefinite future date Salem Is forced to raise its water rates. Arguing over pipeline bids last night. Alderman Fred A. Williams suddenly turned to Alderman Brazier C. Small, spokesman for the water con struction committee, and said: "I'll wager you. Judge Small, one good hat that thfea years after you and .your cohorts are through with this, that we'll have to raise water rates." "Accepted," Small responded, laughing. IN 18VDAYS ' Jr it) y jm?1f -:"::-:y: y y I w Some Salaries Raised as City Budget Is Cut Three Employes Receive Boosts; Items Lower ' in Six Instances Radio Operators, Second Assistant n g i n e e r Get Only Raises The tax to support Salem's mu nicipal government in 1937 was reduced $6124.50 by the eity council last night at the same time that salaries of three minor employes were raised above the budget commltee estimates. The reduction was made possible by ef fecting six random cuts ranging from 50 to $1062 in individual items and raising the estimate of non-tax receipts from $21,500 to $24,000. The aldermen granted pay in creases to the two police radio op erators, In. effect from $100 to $125 a month, although a fraction of the boosts were disguised as radio repair service, and to the second assistant eity engineer, from $110 to $115.00 a month. The six redactions were: emer gency fund, $1000; fire depart ment new - hose appropriation, S350; bookkeeping machine re placement, $468 50; police auto mobiles, $1062; street f lusher hose, $50; lien forecloseures, $1000. Fund for Probes ' . Opposed, Stays in Despite the protests , of Alder man Dancy that the civil service commission had no Investigative powers, the council left a $250 ex pense appropriation in the budget. Alderman H. H. Olinger, who sev eral months ago served on a citi zens' fire department investigat ing committee, claimed the com mission was the only agency which had sufficient power to make such Investigations. The total budget now stands at $377,965.43, of which' $553,965. 43 will be raised by taxation. The levy is divided between $137,380. 21 for debt service and special charter taxes and $216,965.43. The total city tax for 1935 was $330,016.51. V Dedication Plans "Are Taking Form Arrangements for dedication of the new dormitory at the Oregon School for the Blind next Sun day, were furthered by members of the state Lions club commit tee in charge on Monday when they announced an open house from 1 to 4 o'clock, with classes at the blind school in session by special arrangement, and Lions club members coming from all sections of the state. The brief dedicatory exercises with members of the state board of control taking part will be at 1 o'clock. Mark Shoesmith, bUnd art student at the University of Oregon, will bring the bust of B. F. Irvine, blind editor and Lions club member. Unveiling of this bust will be a feature of the ex ercises: The dormitory Is to be dedicated to Mr. Irvine. Wallace Bonesteel of Salem is chairman of the dedication committee and Harry Scott of the committee rep resenting the Salem den as hosts to visiting Lions. Ralph H. Kletz ing, district governor,-has broad cast an Invitation to all clubs In the state. Midnight Tooting Of Switch Engine Music to Olinirer -Freight engine melodies! They put you to sleep. - The railway companies will find a new advertising field if they dis cover many people like two of Sa lem's leading councilmen. The toots and puffing of steam locomotives are music In Alder man H. H. Olinger's ears,, he av erred, to the amusement - of the council last night. , "Why they toot and puff and shake my windows and put me to sleep," Dr. Olinger Jestingly re marked. He wondered, he said, what he would do when Salem be comes a city instead of a, berg and requires that switching be done by electric locomotives. "I'd " be perfectly . willing to trade my electric locomotives for Dr. Olinger's steam locomotives," declared Alderman W. H. "Jack" Dancy, who lives two blocks from the electrified Front street line. Sherman Sawmill Burns HILLSBORO. Oct. 19.H(;P)-The idle Sherman sawmill near here was destroyed by fire early today. The plant, first opened in 1925, was once valued at $100,000. Cause of the blaze has not been determined. . . . - Jf sissvf Mr Planned by Winner Oj Large Contract i 'r la . r . t Awarded Job by 9 to 5 Vote of Aldermen; Wood Is Ignored One-Third of Material Fabricated in Plant in or Near Salem, Stated As Plan; Some for All-Steel' CONSTRUCTION of the Salem-Stayton pipeline from both steel and concrete materials at a cost of $647,985 receiv ed the approval of the city council by a 9 to 5 vote last night. The city recorder and the mayor were promptly auth orized to sign the contract with the winning bidder, Ameri can Concrete and Steel Pipe company of Tacoma, Wash. ;A11 of the manufacturing in connection with the project will be done in Oregon, accordipg to a report from Engineer R. E. Koon to the water construction committee which Al derman Brazier C. Small had read to the councitT The bidding firm, the report says, will build more than Lone-third of the material in Service Station Will Be Erected New Residence Values for Year Pass Quarter Million Mark Permits for construction of a service station and two houses yes terdav swelled Ocltober buildine values here by $7950. four other permits for as many smaller Jobs costing $400 in all also were is sued. The service station will be built at 395 North Cottage street by John W. Huggard for Walter Zo sel at cost of $3500. W. A. Cla dek will build one of the houses, costing $2350 and located at 1620 North 18th street, for himself, and Jack Holt will erect the other at 2425 Laurel avenue at cost of $2100 tor Louis Church. These two houses bring to 115 the num ber of new residences started here this year and raise the year's out lay for new dwellings of $250, 462. The other four permits were as follows; Mrs. Annie O'Brien, reroof at 490 North Capitol street, $100; Mrs. R. L. Maudy, reroof garage at 640 North Commercial, $50; W. E. Paul, erect garage at 1845 North Commercial, $50; Douglas McKay Chevrolet company, alter office at 430 North Commercial, $200. Sidewalk Repair Notices Sent Out Two hundred seventy-nine property owners in Salem have been notified in the last two weeks that they must repair broken sidewalks or have the work done by the city and made a lien upon tneir, noiamgs,. j. ti. Davis, acting city engineer., in formed the city council last night. Similar notices regarding low- hanging tree limbs above side walks have been served In 14 other cases. A survey of sidewalk conditions was ordered by the council early this month. Davis reported his staff had covered, all of the eity with the exception of the business district and a small secti6n of southeast Salem. ISeiv Courthouse Issue Will l Arise, County Budget Meet While date for, the annual Mar Ion county budget meeting has not yet been set, the county Judge is expected to call . the session shortly after the general elect i an. November 3. The three members of the court have not yet named three Marion county taxpayers to sit with them in formulating the 1937 county budget, nor, follow ing the custom of the past' few years, is it probable these citizen members of the budget group will be known until Just- before the budget session is called. Budget-making talk has been scarce about the courthouse so far this fall, but ft Is quite gener ally considered that there will be strong sentiment for continuing the road oiling program into 1937. The past year about $62,000 was expended In oiling county and market roads. Courthouse Proposal . Scanned by Hewlett The pros and cons relative to a new courthouse hare not been air ed for some time, but there is In . . the line in a factory to be con- structed within or close to Salem and employing local labor. Koon referred to the making of centri- fugally - spun concrete pipe. The steel pipe will be constructed in Portland by the Steel Tank and Pipe company of Oregon, as sub contractor, which, the report add ed, "is now the best equipped of any in the state to produce such pipe." .Wood Pipe Friends Switch to All-Steel Wood pipe lost all friends on the council as debate on the award progressed. Alderman Ed win C. Goodenough, who bad pre viously argued strongly far con sideration of this material, joined Alderman Fred A. Williams In urging acceptance of the low all steel bid. that of James Crick, Spokane, Wash., at -$652,391. Williams declared he had former ly spoken in favor of wood pipe "for sentimental reasons" in that It was a "home product." The Tote on the water con struction committee's recommen dation of the combination con crete and steel line: For - Aldermen Armprlest, Dancy, Evans, . Fuhrer, Ohling, Olinger, Perrine, Small and Wel der. A g a 1 n s t Aldermen Dane, Goodenough. Goodman, O'llara and Williams. If the successful bidder fulfills his proposal to complete the pipe line in 200 working days. Water from the new Stayton island source will flow into Salem's mains late next summer. Debate developed into a heated controversy as to previous com mitments to one kind of pipe or another. Alderman 'Goodenough declared he had never advocated wood pipe and Alderman Williams joined him In contending they had always considered steel best. They charged the wa? construe-' tion committee had shifted from steel to concrete. "The committee was never com mitted to any pipe," Alderman Small, spokesman-, asserted. "Who did change their minds T The aldermen who spoke for steel awhile back called to us and cried to the press for wood pipe." Points to Resolution For Alternate Bid "Don't you recall my resolution which asked that alternate bids be called for?" asked Good enough. "I could ask the alderman a question that would be very em barasslng," was Small's retort. He didn't ask the question. Defending the committee's re port. Small declared that "threa . (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) dication that this matter wilr at least come before the budgeteers, probably being introduced by Commissioner Hewlett who lit is understood has felt about' the county for sentiment on construc tion of a new. county seat build ing or reconstruction of the pres ent one. - ' c - Several county departments have already completed work on their budget requests to go be fore the budget meeting and in these there is little or no change over last year's allowances. - Increased attendance in schools of the county will bring about a d e m a n d for .more funds for schools. With the county school census up several hundred over the previous period, the legal $10 per pupils for the county school fund and 10 cents per pupil for the county school library, will take a larger slice out of county funds itiait laat as iuau iao v J vas A $10,000 item which will come before the budgeteers f3r (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6)