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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1938)
The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, April 13, 1933 PAGE THREE 27 Martin Urges Fund Release' $1,970,000 in Land and I Highway Money Wanted for State " Release of approximately ,$1,-. 9?0,000 of federal land funds and forest highway funds to the state of Oregon was urged by Governor Charles H. Martin in a. telegram sent to Present Roosevelt yester day. - These funds are being held up pursuant to the president's mes sage sent to congress November - Oregon's forest road allotment was fixed at $1,800,000 and fed eral land funds at $170,000. .. The state highway department. at the request of Governor Mart tin, Tuesday tabulated a list of the projects, included in the 1939 fed eral lands allocation. These in clude: - Bear Springs-East section of the Warm Springs highway, $23,- . ooo: ' . Bly Mountain-Beatty section of the Klamath Falls-Lakeview high way, 175, 00 - Blue Mountain Pass-north sec tion of the Idaho, Oregon, Nevada . highway, $70,000. Allocation of forest funds - was : made by the bureau ' of public roads, Btate - highway commission and forest service, acting concur . rently, to a number of projects, as follows: ' r ' J. ' - V Santiam Roads Involved Tiller Trail $85,000, Willam ette $150,000; Santiam $175,000, North -TSantiam $100,000, Klam ath Falls-Lakeview $100,000, Fremont $120,000, 'Pendleton John Day $75,000, John Day Burns $125,000, Flora-Enterprise $100,000, Cascade Lakes $35,000, for location surveys $25,000 and maintenance $39,000. uovernor Martin said he was quite concerned in obtaining re lease, of 'the funds programmed for. projects through the forests and public lands because of the need of employment. "Oregon is a state with few railroads and must depend upon motor transportation to develop trade and commerce among its ' oX. i;.T "The United States government owns 0 per cent of the area of this state. Since the state levies no taxes on these lands, it has long been construed that in equity and justice the federal govern ment should pay for the roads traversing its property, i "The state, is hard pressed in building needed roads across Pri vate lands and these federal funds should be, released." iVo Tracts Sold In Salem Heights SALEM HEIGHTS Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vogt purchased one half - acre of - land from A. E. Battles and are completing new house thereon. 4 "t "". " - Mr. and Mrs. Chai le"s Battles purchased one acre also v from A. Hi. Battles. Tney have re modeled tha house, : and are just completing a new garage. Mrs. F. A. Anderson is serious ly ill with a heart attack at the home of her daughter, Mrs, Christine Ackley in Portland. Brush College' Sunday School Plans Program; Helpers Meet Thursday BRUSH COLLEGE Mrs. Carl Harriett and Mrs. A. R. Ewing are. committed on arr.ngeuients for the Easter program which will be presented at Brush Col lege Sunday-school, Sunday As sistant superintendent Oliver Whitney will preside. Mrs. Gl e n : Martin and Mrs. Louis Singer'are to be hostesses . to the Brush College Helpers at the Martin home Thursday at 2 p.m. Oregon history will be the new project. No. 41-76 BYNOVS1S OF ANNUAL STATEMENT Of the Northwestern fir and Marine Insurance Company of Mioneapolia, In the State of Minnesota, on the thirty first day of December 1937, made to the Insurance Commusioner of the State of Oregon, pursuant to law; CAPITAL Amount of capital atock paid up, $1, MO.OOO.OO. - ' INXOME Net premiums received during; toe year, $643,817.29.) Interest, dividend: and rents received during the year $106,176.09. Income from other sonreea received during the . year, $20,266.57. . To'jiI income. $770,259.75. DISBUSF.MEXTS Net losses paid during the year la - eluding adjustment expenaes, $255,- 121.38. - Dividends paid en capital stock daring the veer. $100.000 00. Commissions and salaries paid during the year. $233,179.86. Taxes, licenses and fees paid during the year, $34,383.38. Amount of all other expenditures. S76.449.09. I Total expenditures, $699,833.69. . ADMITTED ASSETS - Value - of real estate owned (market vain). 1225.612. 14. : - '. - Tain ot stocks owned (market value), ' St47.4R0.O0. : Value of bond ewned (market), $1, $16,430.86. Loans on mortgagee and collaterals. . 9152,881.99. i . . Cash in banks and oa Sand,193,' 055.25. '- : - -Premiums in course of collection writ- ten since September 80, 1937, $118, 190.61. . r . o - Interest and rents due and accrued, $23,693.83. I Other assets. $33,867.88.- Total admitted -assets, $2,833,212.56. ' LIABILITIES -ir Gross claims for losses unpaid, $82, 180.16. Amennt Of unearned premiums en all outstanding risks. $575,703.53. - Due for cemmisaioa and brokerage, $7,- 2VW.OU. ! - , . Alt ot1ier. liaiilities, $250,459.53. Total liabilities, except capital, 1915, 543.22. I- .. Capital paid np. $1.000.000.00. , Surplus over all liabilities, $917, - 667.34. J.. . " -- Surplus "as regards policyholders, $1,- 917.667.34. Total $2,833,212.56. BUSINESS IN OREGOJf FOB THE TEAR Vet premiums received during the year. $2,488.23. Net-. ' losses paid ; during : tbe year, $679.79. - Net losses Incurred during the year, 8726.10. -Name of company, Northwestern Tire and Marine' insurance Company. - . ' Kame of president. John H. Griffin, Name of seeretryM Oscar J. aitmn, Statutory resident attorney for service, Insurance commissioner i viregon. Surplus of Used Cars Combatted, D l Lip) 81 ni '-Si - f 'If T I 'lU ' t K 11 l lj Production at half capacity t ftiaJJUllln" Dismayed by the slump it has suffered during the past two months, the automobile industry is seek ing some way out of its dilemma. One factor re tarding production has been the excessive number . of used cars clogging dealers' agencies. National used car week moved some 175,000 of these and River Road Job Contract Drawn Contract form providing a 60- foot right of 7-to be provided for the county for the proposed surfacing and oiling of the South River road by the state highway department has been submitted to the county court. Unless changes are made in the contract it is pro bable the court members will sign the agreement within the week. The contract provides that the county shall grade the roadbed a width of 20 feet for the distance to be surfaced at a cost of $15,-000.-Work to be done by the state is estimated to cost $25,000 but in event it should cost more the itself to make up the from whatever funds are available. The state is to com plete its share of the work by Sep tember 1 of this year. T h projected improvement calls'tor surfacing' and oiling from Roberts, where pavement, iow ends, to a point near Oroville. Henry J. Kloster Dies at Silverton SLLVERTON Henry J. Klos ter, 88, died late Tuesday after noon at the home of his son, John Kloster. Born in Norway February 7. 1850. Mr. Kloster came to the United States in. 1870 and to Sil verton in 1892. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Johanna Kloster; the son. John of Silverton: six grandchil dren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services " will be held Friday at 2 p. m. in the Trinity Lutheran church, Rev. M. J. K. Fuhr " officiating. Larson & Son are in charge of arrangements. Interment will be in the Evens Valley cemetery. Marjorie Cole Hostess For Sunday School Unit TALBOT Miss Marjorie Cole entertained with a party Satur day night at her borne in honor of the Good Cheer Sunday school class. Refreshments were served by Hazel Turnidge, Aneta Gil- mour and Marjorie Cole. Others present were Kreta and Clair Calanan, Lois Gllmour, Betty and Bernice Meyers, Marvin Cham bers. Eldon Turnidge. Bab Foxx. Fritx ' Knleling, . Virgil Gould, llene Blinston, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Meyers, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Turnidge, Ronald Allen. Gaynell, Robert, Donald and Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Cole. Radio's Czar Heading the National Association of Broadcasters is Mark Ethridge. Louisville, Ky, newspaper editor, who was temporarily appointed to the post and will have duties in the radio world similar to those of Will Bays in the,xnpyies. : V,i , t v A ' v : .... .. ' 11 ,- v. l . lri imi - 7 3v r enabled dealers to purchase more new models Production is now at about 50 per cent of capacity,' however, and the total units produced in 1938 is not expected to be much over 3,000,000 in com parison to 5,000,000 built last year.Jnclusiv of, trucks- and passenger cars. " ' 30-Hour Week Is Started for Mill SILVERTON Silver Falls mill workers at Silverton began a 30-hour a week schedule Monday instead of the 40-hour schedule under which they have been working. The new schedule Is di vided in five-hour days. Work, in the woods will be gin the latter part of this month. Zimmerman Waits Till Primary Past If Peter Zimmerman, Yamhill county, is a candidate for office at this year's general election, he will not decide for what office he will run until after the primary election, he indicated here yes terday. Zimmerman told friends . here he was interested in the nomina tion of Sam . Brown, Gervals rancher, for governor, This statement was accepted to mean that if Brown is defeated for the republican nomination for governor Zimmerman may make the race as an independent can didate. Achievement Day Slated April 15 UNION HILL Achievement day will be observed at Union Hill school April 15. The 4H cluhs of McAlpin and Victor Point have accepted an invita tion to join in the event. Ex hibits will be on display in the afternoon. Wayne Harding, county 4H leader, will be present. I. P. Pomeroy of Camp Mill City will judge the forestry exhibits. Each 4H club will give a demonstra tion of its project. Mrs. B. E. Bower will enter tain the members of the Union Hill Womans club at her home Thursday afternoon. Taffy Pull Enjoyed by Fruitland CE Society At Runners9 Residence Frluldand A taffy pull was held at the home of Inez Run ner Saturday night by the Chris tian Endeavorers. . Taffy makers were Mrs. K. O. Rni.ner and Mrs. Fred Gery. About- 20 ' persons attended. . - . :- - ':t Miss Marie Mahood who is at tending Portland ' Bible . school is visiting the Gerig family dur ing her spring vacation. - " Mrs. Emma Runner, Mrs. K O. Runner, Mrs. Roscoe Woolly, Rev. D. - L. Kauf f man attended the missionary rally in Dallas late last week, . , - J-paTci DAT IV 1 -cuts current 1 I SW?S 1 cost dePe$t . V"J (TSSi and baUog fea- ever! Saves more VST 1 tures than any 1 0a food . . . i nrr nnTii X othet 2 l ...upkeep, tool fJ jUU UUIir UW(, L I El FCSI AS UTTUE AS 1 V, L Come to. e 11 1 sav all 4 , I p An LT V Still Problem Sparks Heads for Educators' Meets Lestle J. Sparks, professor of physical education at Willamette university, entrained last night for Salt Lake City where he will at tend a four day meeting of phy sical educators. Sparks will go from Salt Lake to Atlanta, Ga. to attend the na tional convention of the Ameri can association for Health and Physical Education as a delegate from the Oregon State associa tion, of which he is president. Sparks is a member of the leg islative council of both the physi cal education group and the de partment of school health and physical education of the National Education- association. Making the trip to Salt Lake with him were several members of the University of Oregon and Ore gon State college physical educa tion staffs. Lansing Victor In Damage Suit Clyde E. Lansing, defendant in $288.99 automobile damage ac tion brought by A. R. Walker, was awarded a verdict by a jury which heard the case in Judge McMahan's court yesterday. The case of Lloyd E. Maas, by his guardian. Otilie Maas, against the state industrial accident com mission, was being heard yester day afternoon and' will probably go to the jury this morning. Maas is appealing findings of the commission which rejected his application for compensation for mangling of a finger while engaged in wood cutting on the Stella Culver farm near Rickey. Edward Zinn Dies, Former Resident . Edward Nelson Zinn. 61, a resident ot Salem for 14 years until he moved to rortland eight years ago, died early Tuesda? morning in Albany. Funeral services will be . held Thursday in Portland. Mr. Zinn was born la Ontario, Canada, May. 8, 1876,. and came to Oregon 24 ' ytars ago. He was married in North Dakota in 1903 to Bertha TJlrlch, who; sur vives. Other survlvoi-s include two children, Mrs. Ames C. Wells of Albany and Earnest J. Zinn of Spokane: a brother in Canada; and three grandchildren, Joane and Larry Zinn of Spokane and Loris Wells of Albany. : B25 Court Street Salem Will Have Direct Air Mail Daring Special Week May 15-21; Cachet Is Also Plan Here As a special feature of national air mail week, May 15 to 21, Sa lem will have its first front door air mail service, on May 17 and May 19, Lee Eyerly will operate an airplane on roundtrip service between Eugene, Corvallis, Al bany, Salem and into Portland to connect with the east and south airmail lines. ". ' Arrangements for this local ser vice were made with Eyerly by the chamber of commerce with cooperation of Postmaster H. R. Crawford. ' Carry Passengers Too Eyerly will carry passengers as well as air maiL Also in connection with air mail week observance here, the Salem Stamp society is making plans for a special air mail cachet to be used out ot Salem during the week.v . . '.; :"- Design for the cachet probably will be the new capltol or a map of Oregon;' but final selection was left In the hands of Ed Payne, C. S. Douglas and I. A. DeFrance of the stamp society. ' Carl F. Smith of the state highway de partment will probably be asked to draw the design. Mrs. Edna S. Dowd Called by Death Mrs. Edna Shoemaker Dowd, for many years connected with the Western Union offices here, died at the home of her brother at 1997 State street Tuesday. She was 51 years of age. Mrs. Dowd was born at Gait, Mo., August 17, 1886. After working here for many years she was connected with Western Un ion offices at Long Beach, Calif., and Yakima, Wash. Survivors include her widower, M. L. Dowd; a daughter, Mrs Sharon Combs, Hamilton Field, Calif.; her mother, Mrs. Ida Bun nell, Salem, and other relatives. Funeral services will be held here Thursday at 1:30 p.m. from the Clough-Barrick chapel. Inter ment will be at City View ceme tery. School Credential Is First Issued State School Superintendent Rex Putnam yesterday announced the issuance of the first - public school administrators credential In this state .under a new reg ulation adopted by the state board of education. The first certificate went to Dr. J. E. Cramer, superintendent of the Eugene public schools and the, second and third to James M. Burgess of Milton-Freewater and Austin Landreth of Pendleton-. Credentials are issued in the order in which applications are received and the required infor mation obtained. Sixty-eight applications for ad ministrator's' credentials have been received. To Teach at 'Creek BRUSH CREEK Iris Cheney, who has been teaching at a rural school above Scotts Mills this term, has signed to teach Brush Creek school this coming year. Miss Cheney is a graduate of Mt. Angel normal. EASTER CARDS We Have the One You Want EASTER GIFTS Gommercial Book Store 163 N. Commercial A. -A. Gueffroy, Phone 6022 (1079) An Artist's Success Story r s- -TTMMWTT" Tl'ltn" rr-r-iTiin-t rnrri'"r-.T-;n-j l tm.i r i. W -"i f v . ; - s , , , j II 1111 II llll HI !! 1IIWII III l,Hr.lMlll, I I vVV .S' 'I tK V-iw'WWi( Loren Maclver, native New Yorker, painted ten years before she gave an exhibition of her work. She had won a reputation as a "painter's painter; but no public acclaim. When her first show opened in New York's East River Gallery, she became the most-talked-of artist in New York over night. She is shown with John Erskine, famous author and educator, who ' V - - owns one of her landscapes. : v DAV Entertains State Officers State officers of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War were entertained by the Sa lem chapter t the Salem Wom an's club Monday night. Governor Charles "H. Martin and Secretary of State Earl Snell were among those present to greet the state commander, Dr. Roy Reynolds. Other state officers who at tended the meeting were: Cicero 'Patent-Ed" Navy fiftwf . M I I N- R'Sh o" Top' IW-lPh I New Hats x j?- VT is" 4l (Bonnets, salad-bowl brctoaa, S. fTt, " il-ff tailored brims, coronet off-tbe- l l " 7" 1 SV fact styles! Feltt or fiber . I y Size 22 10 2 Just Arrived! New : y r. : Coats and Suits TLiPv - c?b ' All-wool suetlet, fleece, novelty tweed! y V V -JK' Wool and rayon tpongtt Dressmaker or chic '' "' 'IS I 1 casuals in newest spring styles! Sixes 14-52. -r " vSrr. '. iv I? Man-tailored or "occasion" suit, sizes 12-20. . ? 'J - I ' . Medium weight and perfect for spring wear! - yJLr The shining answer to your spring shoe bunt ! Flattering cross-strap is gabardine with gleaming patent leather. Sixes 4 to 8. M(fl)M TTCB dPM IEIEY F. Hogan Portland, senior na tional vice - commander; Bert Paul, Portland; senior state vice- commander; Lyle Daily. Port land, state adjutant; Edward S Gavin, -Portland, oast state com mander; Josephine Ostrander, Salem, state president Disabled Veterans auxiliary; Mrs, B. Max well, Oregon City, senior vice commander; Mrs. A. A. Lee, Sa lem, state president War Moth ers; Mrs. Beatrice Shadoin, Cor vallis, state president Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary; Mrs. James TurnbulL Salem, national officer of the American Legion auxiliary. PRICES you Straps i98 AM- Dr. Earle Parker To Speak Today Dr.B. Earle Parker, formerly" pastor of the Salem First Meth idlst church and cow pastor In Eugene, will brings the Wednes day noon mediation in the series of Holy week services being con ducted each noon this week, through Friday, at . the First Methodist church here. Yester day Dr. Norman K. Tully. for mer pastor of the Salem Pres byterian church, was the speak er. The services are sponsored by the Salem Ministerial asso ciation, , with an organ prelude by Prof. T. S. Roberts at 11:45 o'clock and the .re-Easter mes sage at 12:05 o'clock. Dr. Tully decl-ired the cruci fixion of Christ's developed from a hree-way stupidity: Stupidity of the mind, of u aking . wrong choices and of short sightedness. He parceled the situation in Christ's day on earth to the present day, charsiag lack of in telligence, the closed mind and general stupidity have brought about the regretahle conditions In the world today. Delay Hearing on Pendleton Street Hearing on the Pendleton cityj council's application to reopen Court street there was postponed until May 12, State Utility Com missioner N. G. Wallace an nounced yesterday. Court street, the former route of the old Oregon trail, crosses the NP and UP tracks. The state highway department built an overhead crossing southwest of Court street, and the city council passed an ordinance closing the street. The mayor later refused to sign the ordinance but Pendle ton voters voted to close It. 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