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PAGE TWO Tie OREGON STATESMAN, Saka, Ortson, Wednesday Morning, March 10, 1937 Session Votes i 21 Memorials Townsend Plan Tops List; ; Adequate Defense and Other Pleas Blade - Twenty-one memorials .were adopted by the two houses during the legislative session. . Fourteen of these originated in the house and seven in the senate. Outstanding in the list was the "so-called Townsend old age me morial. , Another memorial urges con gress to appropriate funds for a more Adequate defense of the mouth of the Columbia- river. This memorial was introduced by Ilepresentative Norblad and Sen ator Francisco-rich. . . Other memorials follow: '. Urging congress to appropriate money for building and operating fish hatcheries above and below the Bonneville dam. " Petitioning congress to enact legislation looking to negotiations with Canada for a scientific re search relative to pilchards and ' tliM Mn4ina fill Hospitalization Asked Urging hospitalization at the - veterans hospital at Roseburg. ' "Petitioning congress to refrain from ratification of the Argentine sanitary - convention (relating to hoof and mouth disease). Seeking federal funds for the . control of white pine blister rust ;oa Oregon timber lands, f Relating to the improvement of i Depoe bay. - Providing for inactive duty pay i for reserve officers of the United States.. Petitioning congress to enact : a law providing for amortization .of land bank commissioner mort gages over a term 01 years so mai vprincipal and interest payments 'Shall not be greater than five per cent of the original loan, with in terest on the unpaid (balance not to exceed three per cent per an num. ' Urging appropriation of funds to enable the national forest res ervation commission to complete the purchase of the privately own ed timber within?! the . Ochoco na tional forest. " r ; Petitioning legislature of Ne vada to provide a brand inspection law for sheep and cattle trans ported through the state from points in Nevada. Want National Cemetery t Providing for establishment and maintenance of a national cemetery In the state of Oregon. - Provdng that CCC men be per mitted to construct highways in irrigation districts. Petitioning federal officials to name one of the battleships now under construction for the state of Oregon. Urging congress to enact Harri-aon-BJack-Fletcher bill providing lands for education. . Seeking federal funds for weed control. ;. Petitioning congress to pass senate bill No. 816 by Senator .Pope." : ., . " , ; 'Urging congress to Increase pay of star route mail carriers. ' . Urging congress to appropriate funds in amount of $50,000,000 for weed control in the United States. 7 Legislators' Pay To Be on Ballot Voters of Oregon, at the next general election, again will vote on a proposal to increase the com pensation for legislators and ex tend the length of the legislative session from 40 to 60 days. This resolution was introduced by Senator Dickson and others and-was adopted by both houses by a substantial vote. The salary of the ' legislators would be Increased from $3 to $8 a day under the resolution. The voters also will pass on- a resolution by the senate banking committee relieving stockholders of state banks and trust com panies of double liability. - Another resolution would give the governor 20 days after the close of the legislature to approve, disapprove or file bills without his signature with the secretary of state. He now has only, five days. i STATE Today-f First run, Ge6rge Arlias Un "A Man of Af- falrs7 plus chapter one of "Dick Tracy.- Friday Eastern circuit van- devllle on the stage and Martha R a y e in "Hide- away Girt." CAPITOL Today Double bill, Clark Gable and Marlon Davies in "Cain and Mable" and V Bob Steele in "Trusted Outlaw.- Thursday Double bill. Borderland- with Bill Boyd-ahd "Charge of the Light Brigade" with Errol ' Flynn. ELSFXORE "T o d a y Double bill, Kay Francis in "Stolen Holi- day" and "Don't Tell the Wife." GRAND Todays Double feature, Bruce Cabot In "Legion of ' Terror- and Jane Darwell la "Laughing at Trouble - Saturday Grace Moore in "When You're In Love." ' HOLLYWOOD Today T w o features, "13 Hours By Air- with Fred MacM array and Joan Ben nett and "The Longest Nlghf with Robert Young and Florence Rice. Friday John W a y n In "Conflict- and "Desert Gold-- with Buster Crabbe. The! Call Board Veteran Skipper Wins Race to Open Season Steamer South Park entering port j : : -x To the whaleback steamer. South Park, captained by the veteran akipper. Clyde St. Tobin. went the honor of opening the 1937 navi gation season on the Great Lakes. The South Park completed Its trip from Detroit to Cleveland with a load of automobiles only minutes ahead of its rival, the William Fitch. The Coralia, un der Capt. Elmer A. Massman, who has won the race for many years, was eliminated when the boat was caught In the tee outside Cleve land harbobi Dance Final Event Of Spring Opening i - - i (Continued from Page 1) Besntr Shop, Irene's XarlneTU Shop. Beok attest i Commercial Book Store, Cooke'a Sta tionery Cs., Heedfcam'a Book Store. Capitol Theatre, EUiaore Theatre. Sects Haas Sttcee Star Exchange, Salem Bargain Heeie, Capital Hardware ana Farnitnre Co. Ladd Bush. IT. a national Bank, First National Bank. Electric and Oaa AppUanee - Hog Bree P. G. E. Co., Fertlana Gas k Coke Ct Salem Appliaaet Ct. 8aot 8terei Bleefaa Shorn Store, Style-Areh Shoe Store, Bie Goebel. Acklin Bootery, Enatar Brown. Meat .Market Midget Market. t Grocery Stores I Eusirk'a. Shreder-Berj. Safeway Store 111. Piggly Widely. Paramount Market, Cross Market. Colombia Market. Sportlnf Goods Stores Cliff Parker, Inc. r i Florlsta 1 C. F. Breithanpt, Adams, Florist, Oscar 1. Olsoa. . ; ' The Quelle, The Spa. Golden Pheasant. Randall's Sandwich Ship, Porthole, Don's lionch. Cenrt St. Dairy Store, Shattnc'a Sandwich Sbop." Confectionery The Ace, Rnderson's Candy Shop. St k 10t Sttrte Grand-Silver, Metropolitan Stores, X. W. Woolworth Co. Paint Stores . : ' Hntcheon Paint Stores, Pittsbnrg Paint Store. ; i Ante Dealers - l Valley Motor Co., Carter-Chnrch Motor Co.. Salem Ante Co Otto J. Wilson, Doo little Motora, W. L. Anderson, Ine, Bonesteele Bros., McKay Cher. Co., Loder Bro., Anderson Ante Co., Bozell A Grim son. ; Aato Acessories Western' Auto Supply Co. Cigar Stores Smoke Shop, Bligk Billiards, Bowl Mbr.' . ! j Men's;. Work Clothes ; Army A Nary Store, 'ls Neuman. Beal Estate i J. Y. Ulrica. Co, Wot. McGilchrist. Gift Shops m , The Treasnre Cheat, i, ! 726 Farmers Sign Work Sheets Here S e t e n hundred j twenty-six Marion . county farmers had signed -work sheets for the 1937 soil conservation program with County Agent Harry L. Riches. With the 1400 signers for 1936 program carrying over automat ically, the new entrants bring the total number of farmers enroll ing in the soil building move ment to more than 2100. AU farmers contemplating par ticipation in the program must file their work sheets by March 15 if they wish to receive benefits paid for soil bunding practices. Riches emphasized.! Farmers may sign up at Riches' office, Salem postoffice buildings or by seeing any of -the community committee men. Benefits are offered to farmers who can carry on a. soil building program by diversion of land from depleting to soil-conserving or neutral crops, or by bunding up their land by application of lime and similar materials. Riches said.- I , ency Board Members Chosen Speaker Boivin 'of the: house Tuesday appointed Representative Hennle and Grant as members of the state emergency board. Sen ator Wheeler was appointed by. President Franciscovieh of the senate. , The board is composed of sev en members. These include Pres ident Franciscovieh of the senate. Speaker Boivin of the house. Sen ator Walker, chairman of the sen ate ways and means committee, Representative Semon. chairman of the house ways and means committee, two members of the house and one member of the sen ate appointed by the president of the senate and speaker of the house. i .;-.;. The legislature appropriated f 100.000 for use of. the board dur ing the biennium. i She is Coming MAID ! OF SALEM Emerg - i Oapt, Oyde Tobia) -ii i aiia M.mm. -lvsv jl J' AT MtM-WM J.1A Excess of Estimated State Revenues Indicates No Probability of Deficit CC. CHAPMAN, expert on state finances, completed Tues- 0 day a tabulation of state appropriations made by the legislature for the biennium. His estimate is labeled "tentative" awaiting1 both the final action of the governor on last-minute items and on recheck of figures. A deficiency under revenue estimates is put at $433,488. Tbls is regarded as not an unsafe excess because in no blennlnm are all the appropriation Items used up in full. Revenues of course mar show some shrinkage oyer estimates, but owing to the large sums carried in the general fund all the time no prospect of any actual cash shortage Is seen. Chapman's tabulation is as follows: 'Appropriation obligations of general fund, within the 6 limitation, not including SB 411, Salem build ing program , . $11,826,659 SB 411, appropriated from general. fund 300,000 SB 411, appropriated from "float'' ; 650,000 Total appropriation obligations of general fund within 6l limitation r. fl4.C76.S5l Higher education lerr, outside 6 limitation 2,249, 8S0 Oregon irrigation district bond with interest lery, outside the 6 limitation . . . 235,851 Total appropriation obligations, inside and outside 6 limitation : 117.162.370 GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS, corrected total ....SIS.326,870 OFFICIAL ESTIMATE OF REVENUES . 116.728.882 Appropriation obligations, deficiency, under revenue I 433,438 Includes millage, and continuing, standing appropriations also rental obligations of general fund within the 6 limitation. Proletarian Novel Influence Limited (Continued from page 1) era Trends in American Litera ture." Sinclair Father . Of Present Trend Looking back over the stories written some 30 years ago, he says he finds them stale, terrible, aw ful tripe, as compared with some of the best of today. He also con demned much of today's product. Some of the hot-cha stories of yes teryear, like "The Inside of the Cup," "The Leopard's Spots," etc., are mild today. It was Upton Sinclair, he said, who started the trend toward real ism with "The Jungle." In that book, he did 30 years ago what all modern writers have been do ing since. All Sinclair's books are good but he said he now finds them non-literary. Modern writers revolted against restraint; people wanted to do what was prohibited; self-indulgence should be allowed. This ue generated into just writing to be nasty and to selL He brought out that the mod ern writer does not write Jike a writer but as a speaker. This trend will go on and Increase, be declared. The highest type of Eng lish is not literary or poetical but colloquial. There was a large and interest ed audience present. Miss Grace Gilliam, president of the league, opened the meeting. John Clif ford, chairman of the program committee, presented the speaker. Activians Enjov Debate on Court Two members of the Freno State college forensic team de bated President Roosevelt's su preme court reform program for the edification of the Salem Active club at Tuesday night's meeting at the Argo. ' Miss Allean Noble championed the president's viewpoint and Howard Bonniskson took the op posing side. Fred McGrew, Wil lamette university graduate, is coach of the Fresno State speak ers.; i IttgSlellhwolrifUlT) Another tireat Comedy Drams with the Screen's Finest Actor HELD TODAY and OVER! TeuiwDAx BIllHHHilHIrAl "S f- :-x-w-jfl'X-.'i-'-Jv.- : -x- v:-:::.::.; rt:T:. :::)j-: y.--: V Zehner Indicted On Two Qiarges (Continued from Page 1) was in jail; Haskins was out on bail of that amount, set In justice court recently. Immediate arrest of the persons named In the two secret indict ments was not anticipated, it was understood. Edgar W. Hart was freed by the jury's action from a non-support charge. Charles Klrchen and Raymond Britt were cleared of a charge of assault and battery upon George Bogaslan. District Attorney Lyle J. Page said the grand jury would be called back in session late next week or at least within the next two weeks. - : . f Dubach Tells of Orient Situation Impressions of his recent five months tour of the Pacific were related by Dean U. G. Dubach of Oregon State college in his ad dress before the Loyalty class of the Calvary Baptist church Tuesday night following a din ner at 6:30 o'clock. Dr. Dubach dwelt principally upon the roles China and Japan play in modern world affairs Japan must either industrialize or expand as millions are living on the economic borderline, he said. China is awakening to a national spirit. In concluding Dr. Dubach said: 'What we are doing in a mod ern world will destroy it unless we Christianize it. The para mount need of the hour is Christian leadership." He pointed out that the leaders in China now are the products of the Y.M.C.A. and mission schools. Mattson Convicted ASTORIA. Ore.. March 9-JfyA justice court Jury convicted Arvid Mattson on a charge of drunken driving. Sentence of the former Secretary of the Columbia River Fishermen's union was deferred until Thursday.- ? "13 Hoars By Air with JKred MacSlnrray and Joan Bennett "The Longest Night" i : Robert Young : ' Florence Rice Added-. ; Voice of Experience : Metro News RMW 1 School Funds Audit Opposed Board Turns Down More Sponsored hj I Cupper; McMahan Is Topic . . : (Continued from page 1) ' tics of paying teachers a full month's salary after' two weeks of school was resulting In an over payment, "a matter of 810,000, that could be easily smoothed over if I am right." Others Confident Practice Correct "If that's the Issue, I'm against it because I think -we are right now," Mrs. Wright Interposed. Di rector Bradfield said the clerk had told him teachers had been paid only the amount In their contracts and declared he therefore "felt we had not overpaid them. His only reason for supporting the audit proposal, Bradfield said, was a feeling It would show the way to savings through elimination of duplications. , Mrs. Wright declared she was willing to consider a revised dis trict financial ' setup but joined with Neer in maintaining a new plan of control could be establish ed at less than the $700 or $800 estimated cost of a state audit. Chairman Neer Inquired indi rectly as to the source of Judge McMahan's information regarding board matters and spoke of the judge's having called him on the telephone. There's no tie-up between me and Mae at all." Cupper asserted. "Mae called me on the phone and asked me about attorney's ' fees. ... Hs talked to me on the court house steps about this later and what he was going to do In this water setup, but that hasn't any thing to do with us here." Bead Parents Get Pledge of Bwpport Seventeen men and women, members of the Salem high band parents' organization, , won the board over to advancing $300 to ward purchase of 6 4 new uniforms to enable the band to enter the state tournament at Oregon 8tate college next month. The allow ance was granted with the under standing the student body would cooperate to the extent of at least $200 and with the recommenda tion that the band hereafter re ceive a small percentage of stu dent funds. Speakers for the dele-' gation Included Mrs. J. M. Lamb. John Marr, Dr. C. A. Downs and Dr. Prince W. Byrd. The board awarded a contract to rewire the Grant school build ing to Bosler Electric company for $30. Mott Objects to Smith Power Bill (Continued from Page 1) appeared before the house rivers and harbors committee and ac cused Rep. Martin Smith of Ho quiam. Wash., of "prematurely" introducing a bill authorizing ap pointment of an administrator for Bonneville dam. He urged the committee to defer action on the bill on the grounds it 'does not represent the views of the Pacific north west delegation." Bill Was Merely Memorandum, Says Further, he asserted Smith merely had Introduced as a b'U a memorandum "handed to us by the president for our consid eration." "The president did not Intend this bill, which apparently was drawn by the Interior depart ment, as such," Mott testified and added he was "not satisfied with turning the authority of Bonneville over to the secretary of interior." That's what it virtually amounts to," he added. "The secretary would appoint the ad ministrator." The Oregonian said he wanted a bill modeled along the lines of one Introduced last year by the n o r t hwest delegations, which "would give control of the dam, plant, fish ways and locks to the war department and place distri bution of power and rate making in the hands of the power com mission." He declared another measure was under preparation carrying out "most of President Roose velt's suggestions of power ad ministration" but which also would meet the demands o f "most of the people of our region." f - - " ' j Hollywood dares Y Ji V Yv- "pMfe wens co into ( heopaB...rip$ths jTi r T.0" ' $y S V SAME MIWEU.' ; 9ltii I Safe and Sane Session Ended Republican Senate Aids Democratic Governor to Avoid Boat Rocking - (Continued from page 4) was the activity of the house pen sion bloc that yielded the only highlights of the session. The issue, settled by compromise, met with : general approval of all, though the pension advocates warned they would "be back for more." The budget was not unduly d 1 m turbed. Present indications are that appropriations will out run anticipated income by dose to $133,000 but pickup of un expended balances is expected in the main to care for that amount. State employes were returned to their original base rate of pay after the cuts made during the depression years. Penal Reform Plan Goes Into Discard In a great part due to the ac tivities of W. L. Gosslin. who was working for the bills, the parole board penal reform pro gram went to defeat In the sen ate. The good-time allowance bill met with the approval or both houses. Gosslin, active to the last, aroused the Ire of sen ators in the closing hours of the session, when he threatened de feat or veto of legislators mea sures If the parole bills were not passed. ' Bills -aiming at control of strikes and labor activities met .with little success. Only one mea sure, the mildest, met a floor test and went to defeat. But, neither did labor gain any ad vantage, the labor relations act never coming from committee, thus leaving the labor situation at status quo. Bjtckswinjr, from Depression See Showing a backswing from the depression days when the desire to obtain revenue reached In all directions, the assembly turned its back on the pleas of slot machines, pin ball,, marble game nd punch board operators and adopted two measures outlawing the equipment, put more teeth in existing laws and repealed a licensing act of the 1933 session! Of the many memorials Intro duced, only two commanded at tention from the state. The Townsend memorial for the first time, was ad opted, -by both houses. The grange power mem orial, dealing with disposition of Bonneville power died in the sen- ate wthout a vote. And so with its highlights, the session Is hlstofy. And with its passing, another state capitol becomes a matter of record, for. barring an unforseen special ses sion in the next year, when the 40 th assembly of old and new members gather to enact new laws they will meet In a new statehouse. There. In surround ings more conducive of deliber ation, Oregon's history will con tinue to be written. High Court Won't Be Puppets, Held (Continued from Page 1) and years, thereafter, to get a two-thirds majority in favor of that amendment in both houses of congress. Then would come the long course of ratification by three-fourths of the states. No amendment which any powerful economic interests or the leaders of any powerful political party have had reason to oppose has ever been ratified within anything like a reasonable time. "And 13 states which contain only five ' per cent of the voting population can block ratification even though the 35 states with 95 per cent of the population are for it." - Jor ihcdr m m m nmdnlqhr SNACK the vmo tun J zAl Governor Viewing ive Bills flATOHtAj, UfarHn fiaa until Sat- aritir alshf fn munB hill nassed by the legislature which have not yet been signed or vetoed by him. Yesterday i a la r ge delegation called en ihlm with respect to the Jury b$l for Multnomah county. Others interested in bills now in his hands: are conferring with him. Tie governor and his advis ors are! working hard to give per sonal attention; to each bill, with in the itne allowed for consider ation. !.;; . ' Yesterday the governor signed the McfCay bill; to enable counties to take! advantage of the federal funds fri flood control. Many oth er bills were signed and filed. Issues Stressed " i !H; 1 ii " . Ownei i-ship,! Taxation Slain Problems. Cronemiller Teljls Kiwanis Club Greater j consideration for the industry 4H- lumber which sup ports onei-tbird lot Oregon's popu lauon nru rapoKn uj lijna d-on end Hear, extension forester Of by Lynn the state5 forestry department in a talk before the Salem Kiwanis club at fUi Tuesday noon luncheon. a Knit ilnnsLfisnrth of this re maining jmerchantable timber stand Or -the vnitea states is in Oregon sf fording this state a fine opportunity fori reforestation and a sustained yield program; in fact, timber ;is! growing in Ore gon as fast as 'timber Is eut now, but that, CTonemiller pointed out. does net 1 constitute a sustained yield program,! whieh must be localized ao that Industry is main tained hnd "ghost towns' do not developf jf f'-i 1 1 problenl Is ownership and taxa tion, CronemUIer said, pointing out the lorry I history of timber ownership in Oregon dating from farther iback than the land fraud eases of 40 years ago. "Xo Man's Lsnd Because! timber Is. taxed every vested but one. 800,000 acres of - m im si 1 ! 1 .. timoer aana, m majority loggea off but! 330,000 acres merchant able timber, belongs to the coun ties an sis tirUally "no man'i land' 9ttca timber land has been bought it&t delinquent taxes, far below value, logged off and then allowed to revert to the county again. j ! . Crondmljler, also discussed the fire protection and fire loss prob lem, declaring bnly 5 per cent of forest fires are caused by logging or milling operations. He decried a tendency to condone careless ness wit& fire! In the forests, pointing jimt ;the light penalties Tianall aMMssd for causlntr fires: and graphically : depicted the dis asters qf .the 19 3 Z and 13 f ma- Industry t ii . II STAHTO ttOPAY 1 liSSIjgffEQB IITJiOj1 Her Beauty j the Toast of - J - . . the fc&yesth City in the sf v u) j Woriaiil ill . - 'fVl- i it h x$in? w 1 dT CWA4 UN4MERKEL r!rTX .tlUlV' THUBSTOM HALL 5 , 6UIKM WILLIAMS f i X. , if - asm iaaaa Movaa . f : . f jid.. ? YlaCu '! . ' ' """ . Extra! Afl. Hood Ski Tournament! IJHURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY W WO DIG FEiiTIlJElEO It returns at last! The picture everyene rlasaors to see again. EtlROL FLYNN j I; OU VI A , Dp HAV1 LLAN D TliaWRCEofiKe liGIIT BRIGADE titm-J tf Wmrmtt Irtl ra TtiiMt'i DMfitt ftm. witk PAX8IC KNOWIES HENTLY STtWtENSCXN.NIGELBB.Ua nid bjr !MlcUeI Curtis ' V : .. f I ' I LAST TTMKS TODAY . agssaaa: v c. mid. j' eaths Held Suicides Laundry "Worker, Convict Are Hanging Victims ; o Messages Left . f Continued from Page 1) on his! way to fire the furnace ia the boiler room. Walker left no suicide note but left some of his personal belong ings in. the laundry office. Ac quaintances said he had appeared to be worried. latey but had not disclosed what was, troubling him. Walker Appeared - Worried, Recalled . An employe of the Capital City laundry for eight or nine years and formerly employed by the Sa lem laiindry Walker has lived la Salem jtbout It years. Hs has been living at 332 North Church street. He is 'survived byhis mother, Mrs. Mabel Leggett. and a sister in Portland, j - Dickj Haley; Tacoma, and an other man found the cap and note signed "Harold" that Indicated that Septka had jumped In the river, (early yesterday morning and brought them to police head quarters. Septka iNot Seen . Since Sunday ight . Septra, recently released from the Wbodburn hospital after re covering from serious fractures sustained in an automobile acci dent, left the home of his brother-in-law, j Adolph Bombeck, 1595 North rifth street, about 9 o'clock Sunday) night and had not been seen since. He was supposed to meet aaother brother-in-law, Wil-' 11am KJroeplin; 990 Garnet, Mon day but failed to appear. . Septga was j facing a reckless driving! cnarge to be heard la Woodbtrn justice court March 19 aa a result of avn accident fn which Frank jRiggi of -Brooks. Henry r tsiuioiiu avuu buuiu nun ia 01 aa.- lem we-e Injured. Am6ag the articles found piled on thej bridge with his suicide note were clippings from the Os wego Review, dealing with his af fairs tbere,' and a photograph, identified as that of his daughter. Louise.) Chief of Police Shriner ot Oswego) identified the note as be ing Septka'a handwriting. " Extreme depth of the Willam ette liver at the point where Sept ka is supposed to have Jumped ia makes dragging for a body im practical. Walter Gerth. river ex pert, stated yesterday. Septka is survived by his wife and daughter.; both residents of Portland. Both; came here yester day. Stillinlasing yesterday was MiS Lena G o b e 1 y, who disappeared from her home on 25 th street a week ago Monday.. I ! p jor fires, caused by the combina tion of, "the forest, a foot, fire and the weather." i 500 GOOD SEATS II0PALOKG CASSIDY v 1 WUJWfMi f