The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, November 28, 1937, Page 3, Image 3

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    Art Appreciation
The 48 famous paintings
ffered by The Statesmau
re being purchased by an
ever-increasing number of
this paper's readers.
Weather
Cloudy today, probably
rain Monday; Mas. Temp.
Saturday 57, Min. 48, river
14 feet, rain .01 Inch, south
southwest wind.
POUNDDD 1651
EIGHT Y-SKVENTH Y EAR
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, November 28, 1937
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
No. 211
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m Popnolatioii
TInitM States Shows Concern
Over China Open Door Status
Warning Sent
:ary
Hull to Japan
Nation to View- Askance
any Tampering ' With
Chinese Customs
England Taking i Similar
Stand; Invaders. Make
- " Furtlier Progress
WASHINGTON, Not.? ZT.-(fPy-Secretary
Hull, concerned for the
future of China's . commercial
' "open door," -warned. Japan today
the United States could not look
-with equanimity on any attempt
to. tamper -with the Chinese mari
time customs system.
Acting on his instructions, Am
erican Ambassador Joseph C.
:Grew formally notified the Tokyo
foreign office the American gov
ernment would be "very much
, concerned" if the Japanese con
querors of Shanghai and other
. parts of China disturbed the in-
: tegrity of the Chinese customs ser
vice. The secretary of state announ
ced also the state department was
maintaining close contact on the
subject with other governments, J
some . of whom, notably Great
.Britain, have lodged similar rep
resentations -with the! Japanese
: government. v
Growing Anxiety I .
Is Not Disguised
Whether Washington and the
other protesting powers contem
plate further action with respect
to the customs situation was not
i made known. But officials here
did not attempt to disguise their
: growing anxiety over the possible
consequences to American trade
, and financial investments in Chi
na If the customs ports were
seized.
'Uppermost In their calculations
was the question -whether such big
shipping centers as Shanghai and
other coastal cities might be treat
ed like the interior Chinese cus
toms depots which - were taken
over In the Japanese conquest of
Manchuria in 1932-33.
Since then, trade authorities
said, American and other foreign
exporters have been able to enter
the Manchurian market only with
the small categories of goods Jap
an was unable to supply.
Approximately 65 percent of
America's annual exports to China
proper, amounting In - 1934 to
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dditics
... in the Newt
CINCINNATI, Nov. 27HP)-H1"
hands caught between the cables
and pulley of freight elevator,
10-year-old- J I m-m y -Leadbetter.
hung for more than halt hour
tody at the top of a 40-foot ele-
.haft , KtirrMim ' believed
they could save the injured mem
bers. '' :.'-L... : :;f- ;:
The accident occurred -as Jim
my -and a companion were ea gaged
. In ? Joy-riding" in, a -vacant build
ing On one. trip, as-tbe elevator
stood at - the top floor,,' Jimmy
rasped the cable to steady; himself.
Without warning,' his companion
started the cab. Frightened, he
continued downward despite the
boy's screams, and ran 10 blocks
to notify the youngster's mother. -
t wyiiu iftu . Ul, LUG
life-saving squad had to lash Jim-
mv'a body to a shaft suenort be-'
s fore' he could cut the cable and
free' the lad. . ' ; i
INDIANAPOLIS, Jfovi 27-(
Maybe it was an early example
of the Christmas spirit; '
A robber entered the taxi
rab of Wilbur JIart today and
demanded hia money, H t re
ported to police., f - I '."'
. I haven't very mncV Hart
answered the robber. "I never
earry anything bat small change
for fear of being robbed. I bavc
family to support.' v
The holdup man, hesitated
moment, then said,' "Weil,- I've
got ' money here, take this,"
handing Hart a half dollar and
leaving. '
KANSAS CITY, -Not.. 87-4V
Willlam H. Sawyer 8 0, 41ed happy
today. t ' - '7:.' 1- k) "
A. daughter. Miss Lena Sawyer,
said her father "had Just held on"
to testify Is a law salt he won
Wednesday when- he was awarded
a $1,775 Judgment. Ha was car
ried to- the , courtroom and peca
i4. tk witaaaa chair tax aa. honx
iy secrei
Portugal Is Walking Tight Rope
With Loss of Colonies Main Fear
y! I President General Oarfwonaj
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: ; jVIew of Lisbon, Portogneae capital 'Off O
International observers are bow taking Into consideration the dilem
ma of Portugal, Europe's fifth largest empire but weak in military
defenses. Always friendly la the past to England which took her
side against encroachments, Portugal is leaning toward the fascist
entente as a policy she now apparently regards most likely to pre
serve her vast colonies.
Old Age Aid Will
Increase Greatly
Over Third of Million to
Be Added to Present
Total Next Year
More than a third of a million
dollars in .old age assistance
grants will be distributed among
approximately 1500 elderly Mar
ion county men and women next
year, according to statements
made yesterday by Glenn C. Niles,
executive secretary of the county
relief committee.
With the county contributing
$90,000, the state' the same sum
and th3 federal government
double that amount, $360,000 will
be available for old age assistance
here in 1938. Niles estimated the
reduction. January 1 in the age
limit from 70 to 5 years would
bring 600 additional persons into
the -old age' assistance eligibility
ranks during the coming year. The
county aC present' is 'contributing
toward the support of 950. men
and women who are 70 years of
age or older. ' .v
I Old age assistance applications
will be accepted from persona be
tween the ages of 5 and 70 years
beginning Wednesday, Niles said,
But first' checks will not go out
to approved applicants until' the
last day of January. -
To meet the burden occasioned
by the reduced age limit, ' the
county court has raised Its old age
assistance appropriation for, 19 3 8
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Three Time Loser, 63, Says
Drink Caused
-Already a three-time loser on
check charges, 63-year-old E. O. ;
Beach pleaded guilty, told a story
of early loss of a beloved wife and
a subsequent fight against
"drink." then asked no quarter
from the court when .he appeared
before Circuit Judge L. U. Me
Mahan yesterday afternoon on a
charge of .forging a check on the
Salvation Army here last year. .
: "The strangest . case I've ever
had," Judge McMahan comment
ed.' District Attorney L y I e 3'.
Pago and observers at- the "In
chambers" aession of the court
were Inclined to agree.
Beach's tale Bounded like, a
Woman's : Christian Temperance
union play of pre-prohlbltlon days.
' "I should be punished," Beach
told the court, his chin trembling
slightly. "But I 'Just can't help
saying that Tve-been fighting an
awful ' fight In these years past.
My wife the only one I ever had
died ol conaumiiion nhttIXM
Greyhound Finns
Ask big Damages
Over 6 Million Suit Says
Strike Aims to Divert
Traffic to Rails
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Nov. tS-ff)
( Sunday )-AVrnree buses -were
damaged and a bystander was in
Jured early this morning in an
other outbreak of strike violence
at the Syracuse Greyhound term
inal.
A crbwd estimated by police at
900 gathered about the station as
buses prepared to depart for
Cleveland and Rochester. As they
drove from the building bricks
and stones flew, breaking windows
and denting the bodies of the
machines.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 27 - (JP) -
isine ureynound bus lines in a
$6,300,000 ; damage . suit today
charged the brotherhood of rail
road trainmen called the 16-state
bas drivers' strike to divert traf
fic to railroads. j .... '
"That a a smoke screen," coun
tered S. R. Harvey, assistant pre
sident of the. union. "There are no
conflicting Interests whatever be
tween drivers and railroad men
in the brotherhood. " - -
Greyhound service' meanwhile
remained paralyzed f at -Philadelphia.'
Seven of eight lines running
through Newark,' N.- J., suspend
ed operations.. The New England
Greyhound ' line abandoned Its
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Check
26 years old. I began to drink
when I was about 86, but not b
c&uie of losing her; why, I doo't
know. And when I drank I was a
different person; I did thlnga and
then didn't know afterwards I had
done them.
Beach's appearance yesterday,
as a man of refinement, who m
his youth bad been a salesman of
office equipment, and .later of
automobiles, puixled his listeners
as he proceeded to confess that he
had been Jailed first In Connecti
cut on a check charge, insufficient
funds,' had been caught sawing an
iron jail bar in an effort to escape
and return to his young wife, the
granddaughter ' of a Wisconsin
governor, and then had gone to
the state prison. In later years he
served . sentences in " Texas and
Illinois penitentiaries on similar
Check offenses. .
"finally, I got to working for
the Salvation Army, first In Los
Passing
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School Tax Is
Only Property
Levy by State
Income Taxes -Virtually
Wipe out That Burden
Upon Real Estate
Permanency Is Doubted;
Total Budget Higher
Than 1937 Figure
Technically sDeaking. there will
be a state-property tax of $1,796,
235.69 next year, but the state
government will never see any of
it. It will be the elementary school
tax, levied and apportioned as a
state tax but paid to county om-
clals and disbursed by county
school superintendents and is gen
erally considered a local levy.
For 1937. the total Btate prop
erty tax was $2,817,939.86.
This is the second time the state
property tax has been eliminated
due to Income tax receipts. The
first time was In 19 3 z. Both last
year and in 1935 the property tax,
while hot entirely wiped out was
reduced materially within the six
per cent limitation.
In 1935 the property tax for
state nurooses was reduced from
around $1,348,950.43 to $903,-
511.63 and in 1936 to 1884.640.
Reduced Income - - .
Receipts Feared
Tax department officials said
that while the property tax elim
ination for 1938 was cheering
news, decreases already looming
in next year's income tax receipts,
might make it necessary to restore
the property tax in future levies.
Income tax receipts for 1938
were estimated In the new levy at
$4,337,704.67, a reduction of al
most half a million dollars from
the estimated receipts of $5,300,-
000 for this year.
Biennial appropriations were
listed in the tax levy at $17,659,-
424.87, or approximately si.ouv,
000 In excess of that Included In
previous budgets and tax levies.
Included In these were $850,000
tnr ennstrnction of a new library
and office building and Increased
mlllage for higher education, me
half mill levy for the world war
veterans state aid commission,
amounting, to $449,058.92, not
levied last year, also was lnciuaea
in this year's tax levy.
New Appropriations
Shown in Budget
In addition to the unusual ap
propriations contained in former
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More Rain Is Due
Soon, Predicted
Cloudy conditions today and
rain Monday were in the weather
bureau forecast for the weekend
last night. Only .01 inch of rain
fell in the 24 hours ended at 7
a.m. yesterday.
'. The Willamette river dropped
gradually from Its 16-foot peak of
Friday night and by yesterday af
ternoon was down to 14.1 foot
point. '4-'' . "' V i
1 County officials predicted the
Salem-Silverton . highway at the
Pnddlnr river bridge would be re
opened, for traffic b e f o r the
weekend closed. Overflow, water
from the river covered the high
ways all last week at that point to
depths ranging to more than four
feet. " .
Oregon Gly Will
Rest on Laurels,
Not Play Vikings
-Th Oregon high ichool foot
ball championship situation tfU
remain at "atatua qno" with
both Oregon City and Salem un
defeated, it was revealed last
ight Coach Harold Hank of
Salem high said Coach Harold
Disaick of Oregon City had
tnrned down Salem's offer of a
post-season gam, -v" H
- Pimlck was quoted as saying
; he' wat personally' willing to
schedule ' the game but that
sentiment In Oregon City was
against it. the flew there being
that Oregon City waa the nn
disputed champion ai a result
of Its victory dver Bend. 14 to
13, on Thanksgiving day.
Accident Shot Fatal t
EUGENE. Nov."7.-)-Gordon
A... McNeil, 44. . died Friday from
an accidental gunshot wound
Limit on Farm
Program Cost
Sought by FR
Budget Balancing Issue
Stressed by Letter to
Senator Barkley
McNary Urges That Bill
Be Dropped Until It
Is Drafted Anew
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-fl5)-President
Roosevelt gave congress
a strong hint today that he wanted
the cost of the new farm program
held to a billion dollars a year.
In a letter to Senator Barkley,
the democratic leader, the presi
dent reinforced earlier budget
balancing statements with the
emphatic assertion:
"It is obvious that a constant
increase of expenditures without
an equally constant increase in
revenue can only result in a con
tinuation of deficits.
"We cannot hope to continue
on a sound basis of financial man
agement of government affairs
unless the regular annual expend
itures, are brought within the
revenues."
Mr. Roosevelt said he felt "ev
ery effort should be made" to
keep spending under the new
farm program within an already
voted $500,000,000 appropriation.
But if this were impossible, he
added, "I then urge that steps be
taken to provide the necessary in
crease In revenue to meet any ex
penditures under the new farm
program in excess of that sum."
Barkley told reporters it would
be difficult to estimate how much
the new program would cost, but
if it attained its purpose of stabil
izing farm prices and eliminating
surpluses the sum probably would
be small.
"I feel sure," he said, "that if
any additional revenue is needed,
congress will raise it so as not to
make any additional burden on
the .treasury."
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Boy, Five, Reports
His Parents Slain
WHEAT BASIN. Mont., Nov. 27
(JP) "They shot mama and papa
last night,"
Thus did five-year-old Larry
Kuntz disclose today a story that
two hitch-hikers killed his par
ents and left the boy beaten sense
less in an automobile 'with the
bodies of his father, Mike Kuntz,
38, and his mother, Mrs. Kuntz,
28. '
Directed by kittle Larry, Mike
Zlsser and Hubert King found the
bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Kuntz in
their automobile inside a grain
elevator which . Kuntz operated
since coming here from Bismarck,
N. D., several weeks ago..
Undersheriff Jack Benjamin
said both bodies had several bul
let wounds. He said no gun could
be found.
Benjamin'' reported tonight he
had arrested a man and his wife
at Columbus, Mont, lor Question
ing In the double slaying. Ques
tioned by P. R. Heily, Still water
county attorney,- they gave their
names as Hugh Downard, 40, and
Mrs. Downard, 28, and denied the
slaylngs.
The Hunts boy, Sheriff Benja
min said, pointed at the couple
and said: "That -man looks like
the man, but the woman doesn't
look the same." :
Two Are Injured
In Auto Mishaps
Jesse Arnold, Janitor at tho
state highway building In which
the state police office Is housed,
was knocked down on the highway
between the building and 25 th
street last night by an unidenti
fied ear and a bone in his left arm
broken. .
Jle was taken to the Salem Gen
eral hospital by a state police offi
cer, was treated there and remov
ed to the Veterans hospital in
Portland. ?
Mrs. Victor Hammer was taken
to the Salem Deaconess hospital
for treatment of leg laceration
suffered when the automobile in
wbjch, she was a passenger went
Into the ditch near Salem. Mrs.
Hammer, a resident of route sev
en, was able to leave the hospital
after, treatment
Pittsburgh Suburb
Has Costly Blaze
: PITTSBURGH, Not. 2 $--Fire
swept through, a business
and residential block In suburban
Homestead early today, destroy
ing at least 10 stores and rout
ing 30 families. '
" Four women who Jumped from
windows were sent to ft hospital.
Outlook for Solution
Of Lumber Tieup Dim;
Peace Session Monday
Sawmill Operators Won't Attend, AFL Definitely
on Record Refusing to Join in Election;
Direct Appeal Is Sent to President ,
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 27 (AP) A new force inject
ed itself into the AFL-CIO jurisdictional dispute today when
the Industrial Employes' union,' formerly the Iibyal Legion
of Loggers and Lumbermen, offered Mayor Joseph K. Carson
its help in reopening sawmills,
Angus Chisholm, president
Woman in Attack
Case Surrenders
Returns After Flight to
Huntington; Qaims
Self Defense ';'
PORTLAND, Ore... Nov. 27-P)
-Her nose bruised, Mrs. Maud M.
Hughs, comely 45-year-old bru
nette whom Frank Ellithorpe al
leged attacked and slashed him
15 times, with a meat cleaver
Thanksgiving day, surrendered to
police today. e
She was held under $10,000
bond, pending charges Detective
Al Eichenberger said would be
filed. Ellithorpe, manager of a
dormitory and mess hall at Ma
son City, Wash., was in a critical
condition.
Eichenberger said Mrs. Huphs
admitted striking Ellithorpe, her
friend of 10 yeaiiut claimed
self defense.
Ellithorpe, the detective said,,
claimed Mrs. Hughs struck him
from behind after he had turned
off gas Jets she opened to show
how she would "end it all." He
alleged that while he lay on a
bedroom floor, where a neighbor
found him 10 hours later, Mrs.
Hughs took $200 from his pock
ets, Eichenberger said.
Mrs. Hughs asserted, Eichen
berger said, that Ellithorpe with
her over an unsolicited conversa
tion with a stranger in a beer par
lor and finally struck her on the
nose. She said,: the detective re
lated, Ellithorpe used the cleaver
to cut telephone wires when she
attempted to call police. She said
she wrested the cleaver from him
and struck hysterically at his legs
is self-defense.
The money was taken when she
decided to flee, she told Eichen
berger. She left a Chicago-bound
train at Huntington, Ore., and re
turned here.
Art Center Plan '
To Get Attention
The proposal for establishing
an art center in Salem, under con
sideration, for several months,
will be discussed by a local com
mittee meeting with a representa
tive of the Federal Art project
here Monday or Tuesday, it was
announced Saturday by Dr. F. G.
Franklin. l
Dr. Franklin received word from
Burt Brown Barker, vice presi
dent of the University of Oregon,
that the federal project represent
ative would be in Portland .Sun
day and would come to Salem one
of the two following days. In
terested persons will be notified In
so far as will be possible, after
the time and place for the meet
ing are determined.. "
- Former Educator Dies
1 BELLINGHAM,' Wash., Nov. 27.
-)-Dr.' Edward T. Mat hes, first
president of the Jiellingham. nor
mal school, -twice mayor of Bel-,
lingham, business man and civic
leader, died tonight at the age of
Tl years. , ; . , ,
Gram Sees Peace Hope, Will
Proceed in A rbitration Move
Conflicting' terms demanded by
non-union Salem restaurant oper
ators and the Culinary alliance
failed last night to -make State
Labor Commissioner C. H. Gram
despair of seeing any good come
from his proposal for arbitration
of the' differences : of : the two
groups. 'J - ' Vr
"I am satisfied this can .be am
icably settled,"; Gram declared in
his tint statement since a com
mittee from Associated Restau
rants of Salem. Ine., met with him
at his request last Wednesday.
The commissioner said he was
"just marking time," had contact
ed neither faction but felt certain
"there are certain things that can
be overcome. - t - r jr
Before discussing the situation
informally with undisclosed per
sons last night. Mr, Gram -announced
-he would have to go to Port
land Monday morning to take part
In the attempt to settle the saw
mill dispute but would return
here with the expectation of see-
closed 106 days ago.
specified the IEU had no
Ointention of i soliciting members
among mill workers here. The na
tional labor relations board is
hearing charges of company, un
ionism against the organization.
Meantime, 15 sawmills and
wood products companies tele
graphed President Roosevelt, La
bor Secretary : Frances Perkins,
John L. Lewis and William Green
and congressmen their first appeal
for help. "Steps to bring peace . . .
and force the two major unions to
conciliate their positions," were
demanded.
Other developments were
Portland council of churches rec
ommendation for a local arbitra
tion committee; . AFL refusal to
participate in an election conduct
ed by the NLRB, and an announce
ment sawmill operators would not
attend a Monday meeting of
Charles W. Hope, regional NLRB
director; the governor; Mayor
Carson and AFL and CIO groups.
Governor Martin and Hope re
ceived appeals from Tillamook
county officials and residents to
Intercede in Jurisdictional disputes
which have thrown 2000 men out
of work there.
The Tillamook county court,
chamber of commerce and other
organizations and Individ uals
there, joined Saturday in urging
Governor Charles H. Martin to
take some action to terminate the
present labor controversy.
"Tillamook county has been de
pending very largely on the sal
vage of our fire-killed timber for
stabilizing Industry here and also
giving the county needed tax mon
ey," theletter to Governor Martin
read. - - . - ,
- "When logging operations cease
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Statewide Berry
Association Plan
Organization Along Lines
of Logan Board Urged
at Meeting Here
Organization of all small fruits
producers in Oregon along the
effective lines of the present Ore
gon Loganberry Control board,
was advocated .in a resolution
of logan and blackberry growers
passed at the statewide conference
which was held in Salem Satur
day. The resolution was presented
by John Ramage of Woodburn.
Large attendance and active in
terest in the' problems common to
berry producers ; featured this
meeting, the " crowd of growers
from all berry producing sections
of the state filling to capacity the
auditorium of the YMCA where
the- afternoon session, was held.
The group met in the forenoon at
the chamber of commerce audi
torium. ' ' -'
The meeting was .presided over
by ' Frank Hrubets, president .. of
the Salem Berry Growers associa
tion and of the loganberry control
board.1
A number of technical talks and
discussions of the small fruits In
dustry were presented by leaders
in the industry and Oregon State
college horticulturists.
O-
ing some, sort of compromise de
veloped . In the restaurant Situa
tion before the close of the week.
. While both the anion and the
operators have agreed to arbitra
tion, the former bas unofficially
let It be known that it required a
closed shop agreement as one out
come and the latter have declared
through spokesmen that they
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B
A L LAD E
of TOD Ay
- By a. a
Ton can lead a horse to water
bit you cannot make him
drink; that hoary saying well
applies, to Portland's labor row,
I think; the mayor and the gov-"
ernor may rant throughout the
neighborhood, but all they par
will scare Induce those men to
start in sawing wood.
Over Thousand
Climb in Past
Year Is Shown'
Total now 31,333, Based,
on Same Indices Use,d
In 1937 Estimate
Water Patrons, Count of
School Pupils, Other
Figures Included
By STEPHEN C. MERGLER ;j !
Salem has definitely entered
the advanced municipal population
grouping of 30,000 to 50,000 per--sons
by dint of a sharp rate of
growth experienced by the capital, i
city in the past year. j
That conclusion was indicated- i
yesterday by a recheck of reason-
ably reliable key utility and school; !
census indices upon which The j
Oregon Statesman was led to an- ;
nounce on November 13, 193,,
that Salem's population had;
climbed to 29,955 from 26,668 in '
the federal census year of 1930.
Yesterday's revision in accord-; '
ance withrthe city's growth showed
Salem's probable population today
to be '31,333 men, -women and
children. That total represented a,
growth of 19.3 per. cent in seven. .J
years, of 4.4 per cent or 1323 per- '.
Sons in the last year alone.
This result was given by a study
of school ' census totals for the
years 1910, 1920, 1930, 1936 and
1937, of Portland General Electric
company customer listings for
1930, 1936 and 1937 and of Sa- :
lem water department active files ;
for the same years.
1937 Water Figure
Estimate Was low
. A variation crept into the com
putations yesterday from those of
a year ago in that the index figure
obtained from the water depart- 1
ment in 1936 was only an approxi-
mation which by an exact count j
since that time has been found to I
have been low. Salem's population
last year with the correction made
must have been 30,010 instead of
29,955. -f
' That these three Indices must
be approximately correct as ap
plied to the city's population to
tals is indicated by reports from
conservative independent sources, j
The Salem postoffice has re-!
ported to the federal government i
that the city's population is now
around 30,000 persons.
R. L. Polk tc Co., city directory :
compiling agency, whose estimale i
a .year ago was under that of The;
Statesman's, recently "announced '
its 1937 estimate as 29.812. The
Salem Chamber of Commerce bas f
since urged the directory firm to -
take its counts hereafter in the
spring instead of in July and Au
gust, the vacation months which 1
take many of the city's residents'
to other .places.
AH Indices Show !
Gain During Year t
In arriving at its 1937 estimate.'
The Statesman has computed the
city's population on the basis of
a 6 per cent consumer growth re
ported by -the Portland General
Electric company in the last year,
a 2.64 per cent increase in active
customers listed by the water tie- -partment
and a 5.2 per cent gain
in school census children. An av
erage of j the population totals I
gained by applying these percent
ages to the respective totals ob
tained a year ago gives the new -
estimate, 3 1,3 3 3. i ; , t
; As pointed out by Manager W. ?.
M. Hamilton of the power com-.'
pany last! year,' the city's school .
census totals showed a but slight-
ly varying ratio to the city's popu
lation for the federal census years -1910.'
19210 and .1930. The average '
ratio derived - from .' these three,'
or 2.884 residents to every school
census child, when applied to the .
1937 school census completed ear-,
ly this month supplies; a popula
tion estimate from this source of
31,181 persons, or but .4 of 1
per cent below the estimate de-' j
veloped from 'The ' Statesman's' '
composite averages. - '
e -ryb o dy
KJhuys and uses
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