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E5.ietbAlI era son Is gct
lato full firing. The
mornlnjr newspaper always
leads la reporting sport
events at any season.
.Hie Wenllirr
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and rain on coast, tVzly
higher (i- ..,)eralure; Max.
Temp. Friday 23, llin. 7.4?
river .2JJ feet. '
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Ealem, Oregon, Saturday Jlornin, January 9, 1937 U
Price 3c; Newsstands Se
No." 217'
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FDRjPromises
:ing of
et by '39
Declares Relief Cost to
Be Held to Billion
and Half Dollars
Urges Employers to Aid
by Providing Jobs; ?
Income Rising
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WASHINGTON, Jan. S-(AV
President Rooaevelt today prom
v , Ised the nation a balanced budget,
perhaps next year and certainly
, - the year after It business clings
Y t to its present upward splraL
i ' To achlers that objectlre In the
comins f iacal year, he said In his
: annual budget message to eon
gresa, relief costs must be held to
11,500,000,000 through the co
operation of business, and the
balance"! will take no account of
. payments 1 to retire ' the national
debt. '. -,: : -
" ; Sharp Cut' in ,' j "i T
Relief Necessary
Inquiry revealed that such a re
duction" in relief expenditures
would involve slashing the rate
of outgo for this purpose from it
present level of 1180,000,000
monthly to about 12 0,0 00,0 00, a
reduction of one-third.
"It . is ray conviction that If
every employer or potential em
ployer will undertake during the
- next six-months to give employ
ment to persons now receiving
government help the national bud
get can thereafter -be kept defi
nitely In balance, he .said.
The budget which Mr. Roosevelt
presented for the fiscal year be
ginning next July was, in its de
tails a picture bf rapidly Increas
ing revenues and dwindling ex
penditures.; It foresaw receipts of $7,293,-
07,197. or about Jl, 500,000,000
more than Is now estimated for
the eurrent year and $3,000,000,
0Q0 greater than those actually
pa'd into the treasury in the fiscal
year which closed last June.
Holds Hope Deficit
Be Avoided
It forecasts expenditures of $6,
157.995.254. with relief costs still
to be added. It beld out the hope
that there would be no deficit,
while this year's deficit is esti
mated at $2,f 52,i3.774 and last
year's (with more than a billion
and a half of bonus raymenU In
el"'ed) "wa $4.73.841,642.
It consequently foresaw no in
crease in the public debt, beyond
' vext June,, and forecast a total
debt figure at the close " of this
year of $35,028,543,493, as com
pared with $33,773,543,493 last
June and $28,700,892,024 in June.
. 5 1935.. - :-T ' - -
- Eonr: recommendations were
, listed i ' . 1 '
That 'nuisance taxes on amuse
ments, chewing gum, toilet pre
parations, sporting goods and a
, 'long list of Items scheduled to ex
pire next June be continued.
Recommends Retention
Of a-Cent Postage
That the three-cent rate for
.first class out-of-town postage,
also scheduled to expire, be con-
- tinued. .' , '
. That the civilian conservation
corps, ; which, he said, has "dea-
onstrated Its usefulness and haa
.met with general public appro v-
: al" be made "a permanent agen
cy." -; - :'-. - j : !'
Bon-Bon Burglar
Makes Good Haul
The bon-bon burglar, sweeta-
' loving prowler who has been stag
ing a one-man crime-wave in Sar
lem, made oft with a haul of jew
elry, money and other articles at
the four homes he entered Thurs
day night. " . i ' : ;
' At the home of Robert Kelly.
1045 Garnett, after entering by
forcing a rear window, he took
two Elgin wrist watches and $2 or
$2.50 fn old eolns. (
Old 'coins, some of them rare
and dating back to 1700, was part
of his loot also at the E. Phillip
: residence,' 159 D street. Here the
burglar cut a screen on a bedroorui
window to effect entrance. The
burglar passed up several watches
and rings, one of them a diamond
valued at $150.
Seventy cents In nickels was his
haul at the home of Mrs. Ruth
E. Will. 1025 North Summer,
where he entered by Jimmying a
window with a pair of ..pruning
- dears. '-.:- ...
VAthlng was . missing at the
fourth house entered, tbat of Mrs.
Harold C. Carver, 925 North Sum
mer but the house was thoroughly
rersacked. ; "
lte kasketl &n scores:
-K Jcfrerrpn hlsh 28, 'Astoria 30
University tlh f Cagene If
.Albany 32.- - - .
. Corral:: 34, Commerce. -high
(Portland) 12.
Bomb
Tvo Occupants
Injured, Night
InsuraentRaid
Windows of U. S. Embassy
Rattled; Fires Start
Bat Are Put Out
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France Warns Presence of
German Soldiers Will
Not Be Tolerated
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MADRID; Jan. S-i-ascUt
wax pianes Domoea the JBriush em-bassy-
building, its annex and the
British consulate tonight In the
first night air raid on Madrid la
nearly. two months. , ' -
Capt. E. C. Lance, attache of
the embassy, and Mrs. Angela Nor
ris were slightly injured by flying
glass in the annex. They were tak
en to the British-American hospi
tal. ;. ;:--!:: v I
Incendiary Bombs ' j
HortleDown - i
; Two incendiary bombs penetrat
ed the roof of the embassy build
ing on Fernando El Santo street,
setting It afire, but guards quick
ly extinguished the blase. . r
Windows of the United States
embassy building were rattled by
the explosions as at least 20 small
projectiles landed ' around the
British embassy. Several fires
broke out la the -vicinity. . :
On the front west of Madrid,
meanwhile, I government forces
were reported to have checked an
advance by Jour fascist columns
from Aravaea and El Plantlo, in
a bitter struggle. -.yv
PARIS, ' Jan. 8-( - France
warned Spanish insurgents tonight
the presence of German' soldiers
in Spanish Morocco would not be
tolerated, and backed np the warn
ing with her lighting forces.
One hundred thousand troops
already are in French Morocco,
government ' sources said. The
French Atlantic fleet is at Casa
blanca. :i J : ' 4 . :.j
Direct Action j
Rumored Pondered '
France ) acted, official sources
said, in complete ! accord with
Great Britain. That nation was be
lieved considering direct action
following reports German engi
neers were supervising construc
tion of a "second . Gibraltar" at
Cueta 14 miles across the straits
from the. British naval base. .. I
Presence of Germans in the Af
rican territory endangers "the
whole French empire," foreign ot-
nce circles saia. -
Sailors, Ovners
i Virtually Agreed
SAN FRANCISO. Jan. 8-P)-Strlkers
and shipowners perfect
ed another! tentative agreement
today and reported "virtual ac
cords' In two other moves de
eigned to bring peace quickly to
the long tied-up west coast mari
time industry. ; . " -
.la .Santa Rosa,' R. J. McClatn
acting president of tbe associated
farmers of Sonoma county,; said
poultry producers were considering-
plans, to "march" on' Saa
Francisco's ' waterfront and un
load corn In strike-bound ves
sels. He - said many producers
faced bankruptcy through soar
ing feed prices. .
23 Mayors Start .
Peace Movement
Twenty-three mayors and other
civic authorities from bay cities
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30-Mimite Parking Favored; !
Survey Will Be Mdd$ Today
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' After making no decisions bnt
agreeing tbat there should be a
trial, at least, of 30 minute down
town parking the special traffic
committee of the eity council ad
journed Its . open .. meeting . last
night with plans to make a sur
vey of the downtown area today
before ' drawing up a traffic re
form ordinance.
Nothing definite on; the propos
ed ordinance was formulated but
the tone of the meeting was -that
the recommendations, of the state
highway department, which this
summer made a special study of
Salem's truffle problem, should be
followed. ,'
Two Citlxems 1-.'"
Express Opinions :" i
Although a considerable group
of -business men were expected to
appear and give thctr. views on 39
uijsute parking only two; cltisens
tcok advantage of thr. open na
ture of the meeting. They were. E.
W. Rutherford, a barber, -woo
raised the sole objection to the
30-minute scheme, and -Frank
Doolittle, service station owner. -
BfMisE
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iir Suspects,
Blast Slaying
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WCaam Nesbit
Harry Beeves
William Nesbit, top. of Sioux CUy,
la., and Harry II. Reeveat.be
; low, Iowa ex-convict, are
ought by police for. question
ing on the suspicion that they
blasted a companion to bit en
New. Year's eve with fire tons
of 1 explosive . because they
feared he would "squeal. -
Moser Is Fatally
at Dallas
Dies
by
After Being Struck
Lumber Carrier; '
Ex-Silverton Man
. SILVERTON, 1 Jan. Stone
wall J. Moser, $3, native of Sil
verton, was killed In a sawmill
accident at Dallas today, according
to word received here. The body
was being brought to the Ekman
mortuary here, j ; i ,
Mr. Moser was the son of John
Moser, Silverton pioneer. He had
been employed at the mill In Dal
las for some tlmei - .-' t
He Is survived by his son. Jack
Moser of Silverton; six daughters.
Mrs. Marvey Lincoln and Mrs. L.
Conghenower and Mrs. James
Bonner of Silverton, Mrs. Sander
Johnjion of Bcio, -Mrs. Donald
Owlnn of Clyde,: Calif., and Mrs.
Averit Dunigan of Portland; and
two sisters. Mrs. j Hiram Hartley
and Mrs. Mary Davenport, both of
Silverton. ... .J ' . ; ; ;
Funeral arrangements had not
been made tonight. ' . . . t i
. DALLAS, Jan. 8. S. J: Moser,
an employe of the Willamette Val
ley Lumber company was fatally
Injured : this morning at' 11:15
when he was hit; by a lumber car
rier. He died a few minutes after
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Rutherford ob.
ected that the
SO minute rule would keep trade
away from the downtown district
and . send it instead to outlying
rhops. j- - o - '
The committee's surrey today.
Chairman Ross, Goodman stated,
will be made in order to give the
highway commission some idea
of what the ordinance will be In
order tbat it may go ahead with
ianing of the downtown streets.
Center stripes have already been
painted on State," High and Lib
erty streets, and Commercial and
CovrL. as part of the -Pacifle
L Ligbway, are center-lined. Four-
lane lining of Commercial, Lib
erty and High from Ferry to Cen
ter streets and of State, Court
and ' Center streets Is contem
plated. I! .
Restricted Zones T?' ", 1 5
To Bo Investicatcd V ' ' . '
The .committee; will also In Its
surrey; today check present re
stricted aooet v yhich i may be
eliminated In order to make more,
parking epace. . Considerable cri
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Injured
Water Board's
New Members
Assume Office
Give No Inkling of Policy
- Changes; Grabenhorst
- Temporary Head
Hiring of . Salem Labor
Queried; Rental Issue
Scheme Weighed ;
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Two new members of the Salem
water commission. Dr. O. A. Olson
and E. B. Grabenhorst, took office
at the meeting of the commission
Friday night and another, I. M.
Doughton. began his new term fol
lowing re-election. There were no
formalities in connection with tne
change in administration aside
from the election of Mr. Graben
horst as temporary chairman and
a decision to defer election of a
permanent chairman until - the
next meeting, January 15.. Edward
Rostein, retiring chairman, opened
the meeting. He and William
Gahlsdorf have completed weir
terms. . '....
No Hints as to
Policy Changes
the new members took office with
any major changes in water de
partment policy In mind. The
(Tarn to rage , voi. mj
G OP. to Assist .
Budget Bdancing
McNary; r Other Ieadera of
Minority Pledge Aid;
Democrats Praise
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.ffy-
Presldent Roosevelt's republican
opponents today pledged their
heln in achieving a balanced bud-
ret, after the chief executive.
submitting his annual budget
message, had held out a pros
pect of reaching that objectlre In
a year or two. 4
McNary Fledges
G.O.P. Cooperation
, , "Republican members of the
senate will cooperate to the limit
to help the president balance the
budget In 1938, or as soon as he
may want to," waa the immediate
comment - of Senator McNary of
Oregon, republican floor leader.
. Representative Taber, ranking
republican member of the house
appropriations committee, . s aid
the chief executive "has given as
a third promise of a balanced
budget. Taber added that s
would do everything possible to
hold the president to that prom
ise. ::- '
From Mr. Roosevelt's ". demo
cratic followers, came enthusias
tic statements of approval of the
message, - tempered . by a few
doubts that relief spending could
be trimmed enough to permit a
balance. ' ,
Old Stationery -
Shows Hall Once
Pride of Salem
City Treasurer Paul H. Hauser
was looking for a City of Salem
letterhead yesterday i and found
one--but not 1 Just the kind he
wanted. - - :-;-:-:;; -
The one he found stuck away in
a drawer In the city treasury was
dated 1901 and proudly bore a pic
ture, in purple ink, of the city
hall, then only six years old.
The : name of C. P. Bishop as
mayor headed the list of city offi
cers at the top of the sheet. Other
city officers listed on the letter
head were D. W. Gibson, marshal:
N. J. Judah, recorder; J. P. Pris
tell. street commissioner, and T.'
M. Eckhart, chief of the fire de
partment, -v; V"- -V
Aldermen were Thomas' Bar
rows, A. B. Buren, Thomas Sims,'
J. Larsen, E. P. Walker, S. A.
Rlfgs J. R. Krausse nd George
Grlswold. J:
Warrant Issued in 1931
Is Served Friday; Flinn j
A Result Sent-to Jail
iFsued-ln 1931? a warrant for
'defrauding an innkeeper, waa not
served ,on Stanley Flinn until
yesterday when sheriff's deputies
found the man in town. Com
plaint against Flinn was signed
by. B.- Overgard. It- was; stated
that he had been .out of the
state much of the time since the
warrantuwas' issued; ?.'vr-,-i i
s When he appeared' before U.!
B.'" Haydea, ; justice .; of , pp-ace.'
Flinn was senteneed - te 1 5 days
in the county jail on the charge.
Money Missing
UIIICiaiB , UUUM uuu
. Motive Robbery or
Murder, Declare'
Storekeeper Had Averred
He Wouldn't bubnut
to Holdup, Recall
PORTLAND, Jan. ; t.itfrP-
rlck J. Kelly, was u
death at his grocery ana ; iew
store at Sylvan, four miles west,
of Portland, tonight. vJHts body
vas rouna oy- ma -
Tinthi nartner u .eHy s
business. A bullet had Plwed 1 his
brain. Investigators said. $200 tn
cash and $ 3 0 0 in cneexs wa
taken;.",1--! r''p-'
A small flcoin sack" lay on the
floor near the dead man.
$11 in small change was sire w
about. -f ; -:-v:rH
Woman Partner.
FinW Body !.;.' i ." ' " . ' 1
Mrs. Roth said she naa leu me
store shortly before P- m., and
onnd the body w; h e n sne re
turned litUe more! than an nour
later. So far as was ascertained.
no one saw the Intruder.
Officers said a Run had een
placed against the brim of Kelly's
hat and that . tne : ouuei pierceu
the brim' and crown, ranging up
ward and lodging In K e 1 1 y '
head.' - . - r: '
Mrs." Roth told officers xeiiy
often had said he would not sub
mit to hold-iip men. Deputy sner-
lff Christotferson said the store
keeper v had . - trapped . , burglars
twice by I means of an alarm ays-'
tern connected with his residence.
Deputy District Attorney John
Collier said it is! a quesaon in
mr mind whether the killer en
tered1 this store with' the Inten
tion of robbery or murder., ; It
was pointed out that men caught
at tha store previously bad been
sent to the penitentiary., .
Deputies ' patroled surrounding
highways far Into the night.
Union Man Takes
Plan to Governor
Martin's Errand Believed
to Contain Basis, Auto
" ; Strike Peace ;
DETROIT, Jan. (t-( Saturday)
-ff)-Homer Martin, president et
the (United Automobile Workers
of America went ? to . the hotel
room. of Governor Frank Murphy
early today with a paper believed
to outline the -union's position on
negotiations to settle Its strikes
in General Motors plants. .
(By the Associated Press)'
. . The nation counted more than
150,000 Idle woTkers In the strike
centers yesterday (Friday).
. . The number mounted rapidly to
a new high when more factories
affected by the - conflict between
labor leaders and industrial chief
tains closed their doors.
' The dispute between the huge
General Motors corporation and
the United Automobile Workers
union; left 90,249 j without: work
In 20 of its units. Approximately
40,000 remained off the payrolls
in the maritime strike and 14.300
In t the 7. controversy f. involving
unionists and the Pittsburgh
Plate and; Libbey-Owens-Fofd
Glass companies. More than 6,000
others were out In other scattered
controversies. '
Syndicalism . Law
Change Bill Due
One of the first bills " to be
Introduced in the r house at the
1937 legislative session will seek
repeal of the state criminal syn
dicalism : law. Three previous at
tempts to repeal the law failed
Revival of ' efforts to repeal
the i law followed the recent de
cision of the United States , su
preme court reversing the con
viction of Dirk DeJonge of Port
land. t ;.t f - j . - '- 'VA':"'i--
DeJonge wss- i tentenced' to
serve a seven-year term 7 in the
Oregon state penitentiary - tor vi
olation of the syndicalism act. :
Smokers Feel Brunt of
Strike $ No Free Matches
Smokers who, depend upon free
book , matches, distributed, with
cigarettes and tobacco ;at-many
stores,: have felt the effects -of
the maritime strike. Unable to re
new their supplies of book match
es because of the stribe.rmany to-"
bscco dealers are now passing out
two or three . ordinary matches
with each package, of cigarettes.
Second ;hxml lce:kdL :iini 72' ;
;. Years Damages! HouselboaiLS,,
Small Craft; May. Dam Streainni
Thermometer Readings
Rise Here
Change Starts at 9 P. M.t
warmer weatner forecast tor loaay; oaies
: Along Coast, Rain. Are Predicted -
rriHE Willamette valley's cold
v r
X last night after a day that:
within a fraction of a toint
In direct contrast to conditions Wednesday and Thurs-
dav niirhts. the mercury after
the day's maximum of 28,
My
stery- Follows
G-Men's Journey
Unexplained Movement in
Kidnap Case Is Kept v
Deep Secret- ..
TACOMA, 1 Jan. . 8-JP)-Federal
agents," striking hard at a hi3den
mark, -kept : secret tonight the
success or failure of their., blow
probably aimed at Charles MatU
son's - kidnaper. -
A rush by. 20 men' of the fed
eral bureau 1 of investigation be
fore dawn, j coupled with publica
tion of the ' fifth of n, series of
-Mable - Ann" advesrtisenieJita,
left obserrers mTBtlfled. v v ' ;
Informed sources said' the 10-
year-old v boy had not been re-
turned to l , his horn e, ' despite
strengthening rumors his father.
Dr. W. W. Mattson had paid
$28,000 demanded ransom.
Action Follows
Hands-off Request .
Swift action by the agents fol
lowed closely , Dr. " Mattson's re
quests -that i all peace officers
and newspapers refrain from
anything t hat might Interfere
with Cbarles safe return.
The new advertisement in the
classified columns of the Seattle
Times said: -Mable We are still
waiting, i All arrangements have
been carried out In accordance
with instructions ', contained ' in
notes received. Be certain to gireJ
me Information so .that I may
guard against imposters and hi-
jackers. and be more specific inJ'ftrst annual state planning eon-
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your instructions Ann.1
r Fresh; rumors cropped up to
night, among them that - Dr.
Mattson had expected to make
his contact .in the . early m orn-
lng ; hours with Charles' captor
and ; had failed because of inter-
at- v. hu....
ference, .'possibly by "imposters'
or . "hi-jackers -mentioned in the
latest advertisement.
Scott Mills Man Taken
On Game Charge Has Coon
A state policeman who hiked
through ' now Into , the " Crook
Finger district above Scotts Mills
on other . business yesterday ar
rested v Jamfes CuUey of Scotts
Mills on a charge of : hunting
without a license and directed
him to appear In Silverton - jus
tice court at 2 p. m. today. Cnl
ley, - the officer declared, had
shot a coon; v.j..rj,:.
MarionLip
eislaiors
Plans NptHiettForm
By JOHN D. MINTO
Marion, county legislators are
going into the 1937 session with
few predetermined Ideas on leg
islation and "with few prepared
bills, but with " their eyes open
for the interests of Marion coun
ty and their - Individual legislat
ive aims. Such Is the conclusion
from statements made daring the
last several days.
Senator Douglas McKay hat al
ready announced that he wiU
sponsor legislation, to put the
cute In position to take advan
tage of the federal program for
the development of flood and Ir
rigation control on the - Willam
ette and Columbia " rivers and
tributaries.. He stated that tne
program : is not lined up- defin
itely yet but some sction will
piobably be asked during the
session. ' ,- ,
Proposes Loan, :'. ;'.r.v.';-:-'-:.:?
Interest Reduction 1 v ; V f
Jn addition Senator McKay will
introduce hi email loan : bill
seeking to. reduce the - interest
on "loans under ' $3C0 to 1 ' lr
tect. .uto loans were reduced
to 2 per cent at the last-session
and UcIIay states he is . roina
to try to complete the job by
Friday Eve
Continues Steadily With
h , i ) -
snap began breaking rapidly
r s
saw the mercury again drop
of the seven-degree marie
fallis? but eight degrees from
started rising at 9 o'clock last
Wgnt. lij p. m. reaa a
or io;i. Z3. ana or iiiii, -
j While warnings of strong south
erly gaies ana 01 rain were ww
cast lor the coast, higher tempera
ture and possibly snow were pre
dicted by the weath bureau for
the inland today and sunaay,
PORTLAND. Jan. 8-WVWin
ter found Its grip on the Pacific
northwest slipping tonight in the
face of new forecasts for "occa
sional snow ... rain on the coast
t j, v sllgbtly higher temperature
Saturday.".-'
I I In Potlland, where the mer
cury slumped to II on two suc
cessive days, the temperature to-
.night was ; two ; degree higher
than at the same time yesterday.
A three-degree difference was re
pprtea ixom juugne, iz mues
SOUth. " . ' .i .... .
I fLack ct pew snow and wind,
as well as an absence of reports
of unusuarsuffarlng-er-lUj esses
led ' to tha belief the coldest
weather In years would leave but
IStUe havoc In its wake.
Substitute Plan
For Prisqn Given
Reform System . in Place
of New Cell Block
Is Recommended
PORTLAND, Ore. Jan. 8--6PV-
A prison surrey designed to elim
inate the need - of a new cell
block at the Oregon' penitentiary
by. establishing an adequate re
form system was renorted to the
ici cuuo ak i ia closing sessions
today by Dr. Philip A. Parsons,
University of , Oregon sociologist.
! The survey said it would cost
from 8150,000 to 8200.000 to re
lieve "inhuman crowding while
7tha -mLmm Tpann -,n iT
i1??. Mn" result can be accom-
pUshed by insUlling the "best re
formatory program at no great
er expense. In addition, the pro
posed system would be directed
toward permanent rehabilitation
qf higher , type prisoners.
Report Not Tet .
Before Governor
j ur. parsons . said tha : renni
had : not,, yet . been - presented to
governor Martin.
; Three hundred delegates from
ail over the state heard -ten
speakers - explore Oregon's - Vast
resources, discovering that here
ana there overlapping conditions
hnd conflicts must be reduced by
predetermined economies. ; : ; i
ut. Parsons. Ja member of the
wa to rage 2, CoL 8)
Assert-:
getting all loans down ' to the
reduced monthly rate. '
i Senator Charles K. Spaulding
does not favor the Introduction
of lot of legislation, he said.
He may have one or two bills
to Introduce later but has none
readyj for - the session' opening.
He may, before the end of the
meeting,, espouse a 8 3 auto He
nce. In addition he Is going to
watch ; the milk control act,
school bills and highway meas
ures. t
Hannah Jlartla EUent .
On Her rLms .
j In the house! Representative
Rannah Martin la the only mem
ber -who :has any, definite leg
islation to introduce, though yes
terday she would not divulge Its
nature. She stated that she may
poraibly . have more than one
bill later. ; ; ; .
. j Represenatlve Walter "Fuhrer
and TV A.L!vesley indicated ttar
tisey had no: measures to iatro--uce.
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i T a. A t '-j .......
declared that his interest, would
centea around farm .. and laser
legislation ; and; any - other "fcCls
t b a t would cartlcularlr afreet
,&ianon county. -. . . i
Bridge
Safe
From Pressur
Trucks Drag Boats From
Crunching Ice ; Hain
Boathouse Tipped (
i ;
Possibility Seen Ice Dam
May 'Back Up "Waterto
Uncertain Height (-
An Ice Jam, declared to be only
the second here In the last 72
years; formed In the Willamette
river just above the Marlon coun
ty bridge Friday, and was still
piling up late Friday night. ' Al
though -the Jam waa directly
above. the bridge, extending up
river for . half a mile or more,
there apparently was no pressure
against the massive concrete foot
ings and the span itself was In no
danger; but considerable havoe
was created on Salem's water
front, i : -
Early Friday there was no evi
dence of trouble although the
river was frozen over; but during
the day the ice,' forming in the
stream ' above, began piling np.
Twice on Friday tha ice suddenly
broke loose and went "crashing
downstream, only to be jammed
again. On t h e s '.occasions the
seething mass ot lea made a dra
matic picture. i
Boons Boathouse
Partly Submerged!
i The boathouse belonging . to
Walter L. Hain, but better known,
as Spong's : boathouse, in which'
were stored most of the canoes
which ply the Willamette here
each summer,' was tipped up on
edge and partly submerged as the
ice crowded toward the shore
chrustied It against the bank; and
the same was true of four other
floating structures at the foot of
Chemeketa street, three of them
used : as dwellings. -
; Mr. Hain and several men as
sisting him rescued the canoes,
and he reported that his loss was
practically negligible, as he had
planned to build a new boathouse
soon. -
Probably the greatest loss waa
the sinking of a motorboat re
ported to belong to Leland Prath
er of Buena Vista. It had been
moorea -, to the boathouse and
waa Jammed la beneath it. sinking
out of sight and Probably vm
crushed, j
Most Of the Other cower boats
and rowboate were pulled out of
tne ice with trucks, on cables
strung- from the street level, but
two rowboats were still jammed
In the Ice late Friday afternoon,
yrcaumamy reing the property of
persons who had not lMrn.fi
what! was going on. . . i
Three Honseboate
Are Damaged
TraglC to th AVnramta
least was the damage to the three
modest houseboats, nn. t.D.
Improved and newly painted last
summer,- was the dwelling cf
Frank Goshea. much . k.. -
known as "Chub. one of Salcs
waterfront rhursrUr. '
Immemorial. , Tied np Just belo
Wm' " fed the
Of f the two Other n. . .
KnLL011. to C-PtaIn j. m.
?r.,ff , J11 Wa" npied by "Ma2
ilaxfield, and the nth, .
jortedto be the residence of a
Francis Welsh who i. -
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5110 e 1
O) of TODAV -r
T By R. a '
O -beautiful Willamette
where canoes In summer elide
-it's now a seething mass ct
Ice with shipwreck on the side;
the weather raises havoc with
the folk who're quartered there
and the old familiar boathouse
is smashed beyond repair.
" Bat- the wind la changing tn
the south, the cold-.spell's en
the wane, we yet may greet t!:s
so!ons with, some glorious Cro
gon rain; and ' we'll turn to
other worries like the crowd
ing at the pen and how to cat 'i
those. ttieriEs:, fconbcn-cl :w
tnrr.lzr
.The Erliih e
3 S 3 J
tor-be 3 in rail tr a
Fv Jlf would stop the .;:.-:
clamping on the 1.1 J ; -1 ! .5 itc
ling only '.half a rcrr v, ::i
for CpOrtf fbii II 3 ! -
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tot fans ere tl.?.
County
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