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PAGE TEN The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, December 14, 1937 College Piano Award Fought Ervvin Claims State Funds Wasted Due to Grudge; Denied by Petrie l ' New complications over the pur chase of 11 pianos for Oregon State college, which etirred. up comment when the contract was awarded to the Sherman - Clay comnanv of Portland recently, de veloped Monday when Warren Ir win of the Collins-Erwin company, low bidder, protested the award. He demanded the board's action be; reconsidered and his concern's offer accepted., ' IThe bid of the Collins-Erwln company was $3160 as against $3700 by the Sherman-Clay com pany." -iErwln alleged that Paul Petrie music director at Oregon State college, had recommended purch ase of the - Dianos from a rival company because of a long stand ing grudge. ask you not to throw away the taxpayer's money." Erwin con- tinned. ' . ' Erwin submitted records to show that pianos sold by his con- - earn were used In many or the leading, schools and mnsic Institu tions in the United States. Tetrie denied emphatically that the funds for these pianos were furnished by the state. ! "The students pay for these pia nos on a fee basis," Petrie contin ued. - J Petrie said he recommended ac ceDtance of the high bid because he thought the Sherman-Clay company deal was In the best in terests of the college. "My elec tion was my professional Judg ment." Petrie said. ' - . 1 John J. Lansbury, head. of the music department at the Univer sity of Oregon, corroborated Fe trie's statements. s - I The board decided to refer the bids back to the state board of higher education for final recom mendatlon. i The board awarded the contract for a new pump at the Oregon state hospital to Donald M. Spen cer. Portland. His bid was I as 6 I ; Martin Criticizes Club's Labor View Governor Charles H. Martin mildly criticised yesterday the action of the Marlon County Democratic society here Friday night, in refusing to Indorse his plan for endl'-j the Jurisdictional labor dispute which has been raging in Portland for 119 days, j A resolution indorsing the covernor's action was introduced by John Bayne, prominent Sa lem democrat, but was tabled. j . Mrs. Nelson Hostess For Mothers Grcle I GRAND ISLAND The Moth ers Circle club was entertained Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles E. Nelson with a good attendance present: During the business session final plans were made for the Moth ers' Circle carnival which will be held at the schoolhouse Sat urday night, December 18. " Arkansas Child-Wife Is Mother at Age 12 v-j s I " " j? - ' : ' f "S . - - - t t - I Jy, - - ; fi ." ' v-i-V- a vu.1- n---r l -Illnl 11 V IMIF V......A mi ftJf.-rf-. Mr. and Mrs. Willis HockersmiUi with soa Although only 12 years old, Mrs. Willis Hocker- I a seven-pound son. Here she la with her 19-year- smith,. child-wife of Berryville, Ark., gave birth to J old husband and baby. Examinations for UCIC Jobs Slated Second Competition Is Set for Early in 1938, Thousand Qualify More competitiye examinations for positions with the state unem ployment compensation commis sion are in sight, announces Carl H. Cover, personnel director. At recent examinations for higher po sitions 2000 participated, and about 1000 qualified, according to Cover. The new examinations ' will be held the first week in January and the latter part of February. There are positions to fill in nine classi fications, from junior clerk typ ist with salary from $900 to 1, 020 to senior rules and regulation officer .where the salaries range from 12,200 to ?2,700. "All appointments for classified positions are on a merit basis," said Cover. "The written examin ations are just part of the basis of rating of the applicant., There are oral examinations, also the ed ucation and experience factors by which the boards make the grad ings. Political affiliation has noth ing to do with the rating. When the eligible lists are made ap pointments must be made from them, so that persons who may not be immediately chosen are in line 'for appointment later on, if they Qualify. "The staff will be a large one. so there wjll be opportunity for promotions open to those who take the lower positions." Information about the examina tions may be obtained from -the of fices here in the old high school building or at 308 Pittock block, Portland. Farmers Union News TALBOT Sidney Talbot Farmers', union met. in regular session in the schoolhouse here Friday with a large attendance. Vice-President George Potts, Jr., was in charge. Dr. D." B. Hill of Salem was the speaker and showed his health and scenic films. Delmer Davidson gave a dairy report and D. E. Turnidge reported on the flood control project. A special meeting will be held In the Talbot schoolhouse, Mon day night, December 20 at 8 o'clock to discuss the flood con trol project and to organize a flood control district. Bill Wiederkehr, Nelson Gil mour, C. F. Johnston,';Ben Simp son and Oscar Hoven were ap pointed to consult the Marlon county court In regards to oil ing roads in this vicinity. The next regular meeting will be January 14 with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Burnett, John Calavan, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Colgan, O. A. Coomes and Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Cole the supper commit tee. Warren Gray of Marion, the county Farmers' union secretary, extended Sidney-Talbot members an invitation to visit their meet ing Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Brown were voted members. Officers elected and installed for the coming year were: Presi dent, George Potts, jr.; vice president, E. B. Henningsen; Secretary, Delmer Davidson; treasurer, Ethel Blinston; con ductor, D. E. Turnidge; door keeper, O. A. Coomes; chaplain, N. S. Naue; executive commit tee, N. C. White, John Calavan, and Ralph Dent. resume of the Willamette valley ood control project at the open meeting of Spring Valley Farm ers' union at the Zena school- house. McClellan gave an estimate of the damage done by the floods of 1861, 1894 and 1927, which covered thousands of acres of rich farming land. The army engineers' survey showed that seven reservoirs laced at strategic points on various turbulent streams would eliminate a great deal of flood damage and bad floods that oc cur yearly would be practically eliminated," he said. If the Willamette river can be made navigable to year round travel It would benefit the peo ple in the neighborhood of a half million dollars a year. Reser voirs besides assisting navigation will also be used for irrigation purposes in the dry season. Each reservoir would be in a position to furnish power, assist In flood control, irrigation and naviga tion, he explained. Ralph Shepard of Salem gave a short talk and report at the meeting in Portland when J. D. Ross gave a talk on the Bonne vill dam project. Charles Mc- Carter, president of the local, ap pointed Chris Yungen and Frank Windsor as the committee for arrangements for January. ZENA Dan McClellan of the state engineers' office, gave a She Looked for Happiness in the Skyways ,',-- She found adventure and romance that will thrill vou! iTloe miv daily serial by Marie Blizard Give .Her Wings "Are you as game as you are lovely?" askeli the barnstormer, there's a great future in flying for a beautiful girl!" . . - - Here is the fast-moving saga of Julie Aller dyce, whose daring is equalled only by her beauty and burning ambition. Seeking escape from me prosaic banalities of routine existence, Julie is asked a casual question and makes of it a meteoric career that sweeps across the headlines of a startled nation. ..v--r."'' But she soon finds that the clamor of the throng rings with a false note, for in all her plans she had failed to make provision for die inexorable beck-: oningof lovc.. . v ; Dream with Julie "Allerdyce . . . thrill with her as she rides a speeding bullet over a continent and into me hearts of a nation. 1 Begins Wednesday Daily in The Oregon : Statesman Cost of Oiling Job Protested Woodburn Delegation Has Hearing Before Court; ' Estimate Exceeded A $4110.19 charge for road oiling done at Woodburn last sum mer by county crews was pro tested as excessive by a delega tion of Woodburn city officials who called upon" the county court yesterday afternoon. Acting as spokesman, , Blaine McCord, Woodburn city attorney, declared the county's charge was nearly 20 per cent higher . than the estimate given. The meeting broke up after extended discus sion with the understand that as far as the Woodburn officials were concerned the matter would be left in abeyance pending a fur ther study of the county's billing. , The oiling Job, which consisted of ' oil-surfacing East Lincoln street in Woodburn from the end of , the pavement to the Pacific highway, a distance of 2200 feet, was estimated at 13542. The street was surfaced from curb to curb, or over a. width of 26 feet, with a . "heavy specification," County Commissioner Roy S. Mel- son said. May Cut one Item The court undertook the job after a group of Woodburn citi zens headed by Dr. .Gerald B Smith had petitioned their coun cil to have the Work done at the cost estimate given. The adja cent property owners were to bear the expense. The only concession the court Indicated it 'might make was a reduction in the $184.35 part of the cost set up as administrative expense. The cost overran the es timate because of an unantlcipat ed requirement of an extra 300 yards of surfacing rock, it was explained. Other Woodburn officials at tending the meeting were Mayor H. M. Austin and Councilmen E. J. Allen and W. D. Simmons. One outcome of the Woodburn difficulty may be that the court hereafter may refuse to under take special city paving jobs with out a definite agreement with the officials involved, membera of the court Indicated. American-English Relations Subject Inasmuch as America and Eng land are being drawn more and more closely together to form what Is known as the "demo cratic front" as against the 'fascist" or "nazi" axis, the talk tonight in the fireplace room at the Salem public library by Dr. R. I. Lovell, faculty member of Willamette university who came here last fall to teach history. on the "subject, "America and England,' is felt to be particularly opportune. It is said this subject may have vast and serious Import for citizens of this country within the next few weeks or months, as the tension in the orient lessens or intensifies. Consequently, this talk is believed to offer oppor tunity to straighten out miscon ceptions or reduce prejudices. The talk, which begins at 8: IS o'clock, is sponsored by the Sa lem Arts league as the December number on its usual program. There is no admission charge, and the public Interested is cor dially invited. Mrs. Blanche Jones, president, has called a business session for members only at 7:30 o'clock In the fireplace room. Christmas Trade Heavy, Postoffice Real signs of the Christmas sea son developed at the Salem post- office yesterday, with both stamp and parcel post windows enjoying lines throughout most of the day. Business was so rushing that at some periods additional help was necessary on the windows for the first time this season. A great deal of foreign mail, both letters- and packages, went tnrough the windows here yester day, and domestic Christmas mall also took a great spurt. Postmas ter H. R. Crawford said. Salem Girl to Wed DALLAS A marriage license was Issued this week by County Clerk Carl S. Graves to Harold Houtz, 24, timber worker, Dallas, and Wanda M. Shade, 21, artist, Salem. Chamber Will Elect Monday Nominations Are Listed; Railroad Problem Is Outlined by Hart Members of the Salem chamber of commerce will ballot upon the names of Barkley A. Newman, Lawrence N. Simon and Ray A. Yocom for 1938, president of the organization next Monday noon. it was announced at yesterday's luncheon. ' Other nominations an nounced by the nominating com mittee were: i For vice- president Clifford Harold, A. A. Lee, Arthur J. Rahn. " For secretaryFrank J. Chap man, suas Gaiser, Dr. David B. Hill. For. treasurer Lelf Bergsvik, ciurord E. Farmer, W. E. Holts. Social department Monroe S. Cheek, Otto A. Hartman, Harry scott. Civic department G rant W, Day, James E. Cooke, Herbert L. Stiff. , ' Industrial department E. H Bingenheimer, B. M. Donaldson, h. C. McShane. Legislative department R e y- nolds G. Allen, Robert L. Elf strom, Allan A. Hall. Agricultural department Per cy Blundell, H. I. Standley, Floyd M.White. Members of the nominating committee were Floyd Miller, T. M. H?cks and Oscar D. "Frosty" Olsons j Charles A. Hart, general attor ,ney for the SP & S railway, ad dressed the gathering, discussing the present predicament of the railroads. He spoke in place of A; A.,Hampson who holds a sim ilar position with the Southern Pacific, who was unable to be present due to the tieup of rail service by flood and storm con ditions in Canlifornia. All Lines Suffer Rising costs of operation- due to wage increases obtained by the well, organized railway brother hoods, coupled with loss of traffic due to the present "recession" and truck and bus competition, ex plain the present crisis in the af fairs even of the soundly-financed railroads, Mr. Hart declared. The public should take cogni zance of the situation and realize its own stake, the speaker said mentioning among other things the heavy investments of insur ance companies in railroad securi ties. The present effort Is to ob tain higher rates, but there must also be a readjustment of wages which are out of line with the general wage level, the speaker said . ; :-V.V: " He "also mentioned railroads which have been built without justification, declaring that ap parently they were destined to fail bat this solution was compli cated by the investments involved. The Oregon Electric, its passen ger business vanished due to mo tor transportation development, Is being reorganized and will contin ue to function as a freight carrier, the speaker asserted. ' . Frank Hedges Dies CLOVERDALE Frank L. Hedges, 82, father of Earl Hedges of this place, died Sun day at the family home in Sa lem. He resided ; here for sev eral years. i AAA - ii 1 r wily 4 10 hi Him 1 H V. & .4 $135 3 pairs $3.75 Sav "Mir-O-Kleers" bj Kay ser and you're done it! When you Bee their gossamer sheer-J ness and clearness youTI understand why they head Christmas lists in every corner of the world! - . 7 1 1" . : I 1 rrrrr'T -7' --4. ' r yfe I 5:1 X.' . i Ida in. L.iist;iirx , Christmas Seals Bring in 1556 Returns from the Christmas seal sale In Marion county to uecem Der 1 3 toUl 1 5 5 6.5 7 from the entire county, renorta Mrs. George Moorhead, executive secretary of the sponsoring body, the - Marion county public health association. 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