Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, December 3, 1938
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ekwj Gale
swerves
WPA Promises
To Cooperate
Witt? Gottnty
Coming Layoffs Will Be
Made to Allay Burden
:. on Relief ; Body
instructions Are driven
- to Make no Assignment
- . of new Workers
Qualified cooperation with
Marten county relief heads as to
WPA layoffs which are in
prospect was promised by G. It
Boatwright, district engineer
yesterday when - Rev. George H
Swift, chairman, and M. E. Hol-
comb, secretary, of the county
relief committee called on him
to find how recent WPA stand
still orders would affect the re
lief budget.
Ask Selected
, layoffs
The relief officials asked that
any layoffs to be made by the
WPA be of persons who would
become the least burden to ihe
committee. They pointed out
that they are already facing a
steadily growing winter demand
-for emergency direct relief.
Boatwright said he could not
follow such a policy exactly M
would "try ta work out some-
- thing" suitable to the commit
tee. He is required to assign
ex-WPA workers returning fro'i
private employment if they have
not been off the work relief
rolls for more than six months.
he explained.
"The result Is that It will be
necessary to release some per
sons now at work when former
WPA workers come back, re
certified," Boatwright explained
after the conference, "but as far
as possible we'll release those
who will work the least hard
ship on local relief authorities."
New Assignments
Not to Be Made z
Ordered - a.' month ago not to
Increase its " rolls ef active la
borers, who on November 1 num
bered 1951, the local WPA of
fice received additional instruc
tions yesterday that no new r -
signments of workers should be
made. As of Thursday tliere
were 1924 Marlon county resi
dents working on WPA projects,
the largest number of the. year
except for November.
.Relief officials gleaned some
hope that WPA layoff would
not be numerous to the point f
being drastic in report by
Floyd Bilyeu. WPA state field
representative that Oregon's
quota for December had been
fixed at 18,000 workers, only
260 below the number actually
on the rolls early this week.
Wmmw Fight Qw
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evts
Huckestein Estate
Is Set at $5000
The late August Huckestein,
one-time Salem postmaster, left
an estate estimated worth 15000,
of which 12000 was in personal
property, according to a probate
order entered yesterday appoint
ing his son, August E. Huckestein,
as executor. Jesse Campbell, T.
H. Galloway and A. A. Taylor were
named appraisers.
The will gives the widow, Mar
tina Huckestein, $500 and a life
estate in the family home at 941
North Capitol ' street, with a
daughter, Wllla T. Huchestein,
laving a half-Interest in the prop
erty subject to her mother's life
Interest. Other bequests include
1200 to St. Joseph's church and
f 100 each to two grandchildren,
Marjorie Mary and Richard D.
Huckestein. The residue is to be
divided equally among six chil
dren. By a further provision the
bequest of anyone contesting the
will Is to be limited to $10.
Mahoney to Visit
Chief Executive
WASHINGTON, Dee. 2.-(V
Wlllis E. Mahoney, Klamath
Falls, Ore., unsuccessful democra
tic candidate for United States
senator, advised friends here to
day he was at Atlanta, Ga., to ac
cept an invitation to visit Presi
dent Roosevelt at Warm Springs.
Mahoney said he would confer
with Postmaster General James
Farley at New York before re
turning' to Oregon.
H reported he had been of
fered a high position. Mahoney
talked with Frank Walker, former
chairman of the national . emer
gency council, and Harry L. Hon
kins, relief administrator, at At
lanta. . v
CIO Attorney
A 1 7 !
asks voiaing
Of State UCC
Pressman Writes Socia
Security Board About
Picketing Law
Says Jobless Insurance
Law Voided bv Passin
of Labor Bill
f? serf Affair
v w a mm A
Extortion Plot
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2-jp)-Pressman,
general counsel of the
CIO, asked the social security
board today to disapprove Ore
gon. s unemployment compensa
tion law and thus deprive Ore
gon employers of federal tax
credits they now enjoy.
Denouncing what he called
the state's anti-labor initiative,
ne wrote the federal board:
Labor Policy Is
Branded "Back-ward"
"Any state which adopts a
backward and reactionary labor
policy in conflict with the policy
of the federal government can
not expect to receive the bene
fits of federal legislation."
Pressman contended that the
state unemployment companra
tion law had been amended by
the initiative because the latter
applied its definition of a labor
dispute to the Compensation sta
tute. This definition was ia con
flict with, the social security
act's definition of a labor dis
pute, he said, and as a result
claimants f unemployment com
pensation benefits in Oregon
would te required to accept
jobs which were vacant due to a
strike, lockout, or other labor
dispute as defined bjf ,4he fed
eral law.
Held Violation
Of Security Act
This constituted a violation of
the federal social security act.
Pressman argued, and Oregon
employers therefore forfeited
their right to the federal tax
credit allowed employers in
states having federally-approved
unemployment insurance syrtems.
At the present time, a CIO
statement said, employers in
Oregon are paying .a total fed
eral and state unemployment
compensation tax of 3 per cent
a year on their payrolls. If the
Oregon law is disapproved, the
statement added, employers there
will have to pay a total tax of
5.7 per cent a year.
Pressman's letter said disap
proval- would not deprive Ore
gon workers of any benefits to
which they might be entitled un
der the state law.
Ditch Inspected
By Army Engineer
The mile-long section of Shel-
ton ditch between South 22nd
street and' the diversion weirs
southeast of the penitentiary un
derwent inspection yesterday by
Howard M. Rigler, VS army en
gineer in charge of flood control
projects in the Willamette valley.
Approval of the city's proposal to
regrade the ditch, channel and
lay masonry surfacings on the
bottom and sides must be secured
from the army engineers because
the ditch Is a tributary to a navi
gable stream.
Rigler will make a . report to
superior officers after engineer
ing - data is submitted for his
study.
Postoff ice Safe Cracked
FOREST GROVE, Dec. 2-UP)-
Sheriff's Deputy R. H. Busch said
today yeggs cracked the safe in
the Timber postoffice, 17 miles
north of here, and escaped with
1110 in cash Wednesday night.
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Extortion Charge
Held Against Four
CCC Enrollee and Three
Others Are Indicted by
Grand Jury
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 2.-CF)-A
federal grand Jury had indict
ments out today against four per
sons, charging use of the malls in
attempts to extort money through
threats. - . .-,
Hinton & Hardlson, 22, Gallce
CCC camp youth, was indicted on
a charge of sending a letter to
Shirley Temple, child film star,
demanding $10,000 under threat
of death.
Alexander Drummond. William
J. Jackson and Tony Bozdon were
charged with demanding $15,000
irora ur. w. is. savaee. Portland.
under threat of harming him or
nis family.
Federal bureau of investigation
agents were Instrumental in all
arrests.
Bogdon was the only one to en
ter a plea. He asserted his Inno
cence., others will plead at 10
a. m., tomorrow.
Labor Leader
Report
orters
Of Supp
Nickerson Asks Itemized
List of Contributors
to Campaign
Berger Charged
With Embezzling
Fred Berger. 27. Salem -hotel.
was arrested by sheriff's denutles
late yesterday afternoon on a
charge of larceny of money by
AM Kni.nl . t I
cuiinrniciueui lruni ni3 employer,
the Willamette Valley Transfer
company. He was accused specif-
a waybill yesterday and hot hav
ing turned it over to the company,
Deputy B. G. Honeycut announced.
The yo-jnsr man admitted In &
signed statement that he had
been taking money from R. R.
Bailer (manager) and th Wil
lamette Valley Transfer com Dan v
over a period of two years," Dep
uty Honeycut said. He was ques
tioned at length by Honeycut and
Bailey.
Fourth of Auto Deaths
Come Since November 1
PORTLAND. TW 5 ika a
fourth of Portland's traffic fa
talities for 1938 )a
w r w uwvv VrV-wUJ. A -CU
since November 1, Fred M. West,
iraiiic oureau police captain, said
today.
The year's fatalitv total vn
51. There wnra 13 Heath.
w wwfcMa lutvv
November 1.
2 Salem Boys Are Named
West Point Alternates
PORTLAND, Ore , Dec, 2-;pj-Appolntment
by Senator Charles
Mcary ot John R. Rose, Jr.,
Portland, to the US military
academy at West Point was. an
nounced today. James - A. He
Kinney and Mack Maison, both
Salem, were named alternates.
Killers of Warden at Folsom
Die In Lethal Gas Chambers
SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Dec. 2
-Jty-ThB lethal gas chamber,
operated by disapproving prison
officials, was used In California
for the first time today to exe
cute two of five "hard ! boiled"
convicts sentenced to death for
murder in attempting to escape
from Folsom prison.
Albert Kessell, 29, and Rfb
ert L. Cannon, 30, walked com
posedly Into-the grotesque cham
ber after smoking cigars and tak
ing "shots" of whisky, were
bound to metal chairs and .en
veloped in a thick cloud of ex
tremely poisonous gas for more
than 15 mltutes.
Dr. f X. Stanley, prison phy
sician, said Cannon Sled 12 min
utes after his Lrst Inhalation ot
the gas and Kessell in 15 min
Hanging, said the veteran
prison physician, "Is simpler and
quicker."
' Warden Court Smith, veteran
of capital punishment, said
nothing but he previously had
referred to the process as "ter
rible." Her left the prison for
th- day immediately after com
pleting supervision of the exe
cution. "The whole' 'thing is inhu
mane," said the Rev. George
O'Meara, Catholic chaplain of
the prison. Along with about BO
others he witnessed the execu
tion after administering last
rites to Kessell. .
Dr. J. C. Geiger, San Fran
cisco health director, also a
witness, ' said th process was
"definitely painful." "The the
ory of instant death is hooey."
I he added. . - -
Says "Business Council
Is Phoney to Conceal
Bill's Backers
PORTLAND, Dec. .WiP)-Dell
K. Nickerson, executive secretary
of the State Federation of Labor,
asked the secretary of state today
for an accounting of contributions
in support of the anti-picketing
measure approved at the Novem
ber 3 general election.
Nickerson said he acted as
Multnomah county registered
voter. Secretary of State Earl
Snell Informed Nickerson he or
any other voter was welcome to
the Information.
Itemized List
Is Sought
Nickerson asked an itemized list
of Individual contributions from
H. L. Shoemaker, president of the
Associated Farmers of Oregon
George N. Peck, president of the
Eastern Oregon Wheat league
and such other persons or or
ganlzations as may have knowl
edge thereof."
Charges Council
Non-Exlstant
Nickerson said the Associated
Farmers listed $32,336.65 and
the Wheat League 12000 from
the Oregon business council. The
labor executive charged no such
council existed and was a "ficti
tious organization" to conceal the
Identity of contributors.
. TheAFL announced it would
challenge constitutionality of the
anti-picketing law, which regu
lates strikes, boycotts and pro
vides for open union records, and
was sponsored by the , Associated
farmers ana other organizations
Nickerson said statements filed
by Shoemaker and the' farmers
did not conform with law. and
that the Oregon business council
entirely failed to report to the
secretary of state.
Lebanon Is After
Big Plywood Firm
Negotiations Are Begun
to Move Hoquiam Mill
Into Valley
LEBANON, Ore., Dec. 2-(JFj-
isegotiations were pressed today
by a city Industrial committee
with the Harbor Products corpor
ation, the world's- largest plywood
manufacturing concern, for trans
fer of major mill units from Ho
quiam, Wash.
Lebanon voted a $17,000 mu
nicipal fund surplus at a special
election last week to develop city
owned Industrial sites after the
company inquired concerning a
possible location. City spokesmen
said the corporation had offered
to lease a site for ten years at four
per cent a year on the public's investment.
Construction of a peeler plant
and investment of $200,000 in
equipment and machinery was
proposed by the company. The op
eration would employ about 125
men. The addition of other units
was suggested for the next five
years.
The bulk, of the Harbor con
cern's logs have been purchased
from Santlam forest loggers be
cause resources in the Hoquiam
area have boon reduced. The San
tlam offers one ot the northwest's
largest stands of ripe, nncut tim
ber. .
Committee representatives as
serted the company would save
vast transportation costs by open
ing a plant here. They added a
decision would be reached within
a few days.
SteusloffWffl
IS TO
$95,000 Worth
Salem ; YM, Preshvteriari
Church Eaeh to Get
; $2000 Bequest
Tnree Children Receive
; Residue of Estate hy
i - WilFs Terms
t .The First Presbyterian church
and the . Salem YMCA each will
receive $2000 from the $95,500
estate of the late W. H. Steusloff,
one of the founders of the V&llev
Packing company, according to
a copy of the will filed in probate
court yesterday. The will provides
the church shall use the money to
pay off indebtedness and the
YMCA shall place its legacy in Its
permanent endowment fund.
Other beauests Included:
Eight shares of Va'ley Packing
company stock each tc A. R. Tar
tar, credit manager, and E. M
McKee, secretary, and one share
to lvan steuslorf, a grandson.
Lodge Is Left
To Daughters
The Steusloff Kawanda lodge at
f acme City to his two daughters.
Dorothea Steusloff and L. Mav
Chambers. ,
All purely personal effect, in
cluding Jewelry, and the house
hold furnishings to Dorothea
tension.
The residue Is to be divided
equally among the three children.
Miss steusloff and Claude H
bteusloff, who are named execu
tors, and Mrs. Chambers.
A codicil attached to the ni
ip August, 1937, revoked a $100
bequest to Lorena Smart, who had
died after the original will was
maae.
The " court named Georc-o w
itlcneCA. R. Tartar anri fl T
Elliott as appraisers.
Personal property in the pstato
was estimated worth $95,000 in
me petition for probate.
Late Sports
VANCOUVER, B. Dec. 2.
( CP) -The luckless Spokane Clip
pers sank deeper into the cellar
of the Pacific coast hockey league
tonight when they dropped a 6-4
decision to the Vancouver Lions.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. t.-iffr-
Jef f erson high school,' Portland
Interschol&stic . football champ.
has been beaten at last but it
took a combination of the best
players ot the other city elevens
to do it, 5 .
Jefferson Dowed to the Portland
prep all-stars 13-6 tonight in the
annual milk fund charity game. "
EUGENE, Dec. a(ff)-Univer-sity
of Oregon cagers, defending
champions of the northern section,
Pacific Coast conference, won to
night from Multnomah club. Port
land, 83-25, . .
Daladier Seeking
Peace Internally
Premier Warns Employers
not to Fire Workers
for Striking
PARIS. Dec. 2-ZP-Thr5.
by the colonial ambitions of both
Italy and Germanv. pmior nQ
ladier today soueht the in
political and social peace he
considers essential to the de-
iense or the world's aprnnA ii
est colonial empire.
Meanwhile. to nrevunt am
ployers from taking undue ad
vantage of his vietnrv
ganized labor in Wednesday's
o ficucioi uriie, ua la
dier warned them to hanlln
their workers with care.
Daladier advised emnlnvwa n
take back all work.
merely had obeyed union nrriAra
in heeding the call to strike In
protest against th Daladier
economic program.
Thousands had been tlritwn
out of work at least temnorarllv.
The government's advice carried
a tacit warning that refusal to
take back most of the strikers
would bring grave trouble.
Socialist deputies estimator
80,000 workers had, been dis
charged but the General Confed
eration of French Employers de
clared there was no "question of
a mass lockout or discharges tak
ing the form of reprisals."
More than 20.000 work
were still on strike and there
were minor disorders today,
Daladier said tonie-ht ih
government's action In breaking
the general strike movement did
not affect the collective ex
tracts between worker and em
ployers.
Shattuc license
Suspended 5 Days
PORTLAND, Dec J.-(ff)-Beer
and wine licensees vera warned
by the state liquor control com
mission today that unless they
stopped! displaying their wares la
windows, such displays would be
banned.
"It Is hoped that objectionable
displays ot alcoholic beverages
may be corrected through volun
tary action - on the - part- of li
censees,' a letter ow warning to
dealers from the commission said.
"If not it will be necessary for
the commission to give serious
consideration to forbidding all
window displays of alcoholic bev
erages." ".
The commission suspended the
license of Robert W.' Shattuc, 154
South High street, Salem, for five
days. He was charged with selling
to minors. The license of William
O. and Bessie Chinger, Grand Cof
fee Shop, Rosebarg, was suspend
ed IS days for the same offense.
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Father of Three Loses
ife
Litre or urowmne wiiiie
mm
ihg6riSmtillake
Body of Charles E.' Ruseell, 32, Found Floating
;, : Near; Boat by His Brothers After He - :
Failed to Join Them -
; r Charles E.' Russell, 32 met death by drowning iate yes
terday aitemqon as he trapped otteron a small marshy lake
Russell was last seen at 8 p. m. and later, when he failed
to appear, his two brothers and others who were cutting wood
near the lake,- began a search for him. The body, lying face
' " ' ' ' "i odown in shallow,- water, beside his
17 " I - i small rowboat, was discovered at
espionage Agenis
Given Sentences
Two to Six Years Handed
Three Convicted Spies
in NY Court
NEW YORK, Dec. 2-(JP)-With
a grim reference to pun
ishment for espionage in Ger
many, Federal Judge John C.
Knox today Imposed prison
sentences of from two to Eix
years on three men and a woman
accused of selling United States
military information to nazi Ger
many.
"Had these defendants been
apprehended within the confines
of Germany," Baid Judge Knox
sternly, "their fate would have
been much more tearful. As it
is, the agents of a totalitarian
state are receiving the mercy of
a democracy."
Then, without mentioning the
headsman's axe directly, he
added, "we have no sawdust
sprinkled on our prison yards.'
Red-haired Johanna Hofmann
26, former hairdresser on the
German liner Europa, who r;as
accused of acting as a messenger
for agents working in this coun
try. was sentenced to four years.
The severest sentence, six
years, was imposed on Otto Her
man Voss. 38, airplane mechanic
accused of turning over aircraft
information to German agents,
Erich Glaser, 28, former Unit
ed States army private,' who was
stationed at Mitchell field, Long
Island, and Guenther Gustav
Rumrlch, 32, United States army
deserter, were sentenced to two
years each.
Older Boys' Meet
Draws Large Body
Dean Dubach Tells Boys
Greatest Life Asset
Belief in US
Twenty-one schools were repre
sented by the 188 delegates who
registered for the 19th annual
older boys conference which
opened here last night.
Marion E. "Gus" Moore, boys'
work secretary of the local TMCA,
who Is in charge ot the confer
ence, reported these figures last
night and said eight high school
principals and five teachers ac
companied the boys. A number is
expected to register today.
Dubach Talks
The conference opened with an
assembly at Salem high, followed
by a banquet and program. Dean
U. O. Dnbach, Oregon State col-
ege, delivered "the principal ad
dress, taking as his subject "After
High School. What?"
Dean Dnbach assured the boys
there is a place for them in life
and told them their greatest asset
in life would be a belief in Ameri
ca. Three principles he gave them
to follow were: What you can do
well, what you like to do and
what is the most worthwhile thing
for yon to do.
The Conference . was called to
order by Conference President
Wallace Brown of Hubbard. Don
ald Young, chairman of the TMCA
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about 7:30 o'clock by , Ward C,
Russell and Ralph Boje who sum
moned the Salem first aid car
Two hours work on the victim
with the car's resuscitator failed
to revive him. A coroner's deputy
said he apparently fell out of the
boat.
Russell, with his three small
children," Alvin Earl, Edward Le-
Roy and Charlotte Nadine, lived
on the farm of, his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Russell. He and his
wife had been divorced about two
years ago.
uesiaes nis cniidren and par
ents he leaves a sister, Mrs. Ha
zel May Patterson of Gervaia,
.three brothers, Niles J. Russell of
Aurora and Ward C. and O. N.
Rtfssell of Salem
The body was brought to Salem
by the W. T. Rigdon company,
Fislier Body Plant
Closed by Strike
Piece Work Abandonment
Is Sought in Two of
Departments
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FLINT, Mich., Dec. 2-(JP)-
isner Doay piant o. l, a center
of activity in he 193? General
Motors sit-dowtl strikes, was clos
ed by a walkout of United Auto
mobile workers (CIO) today after
union employes voteii 3434 to
433 to strike.
ine siriKe was voted after a
long dispute concerning demands
of two departments in the plant
for day wages instead of piece
work pay.
General Motors Corp., of which
the Fisher Body Co., Is a division,
said 6400 men were affected di
rectly. In addition, the final as
sembly line of the corporation's
Buick plant suspended operations
when its supply of bodies was
shut off.
Officials of the Flint local of
the UAW said the strike was
authorized by the international
union. General Motors spokesmen
said the strike violated the
union's agreement with the cor
poration. The Buick and Fisher plants
have not been operated on Sat
urdays, so that in the event of
settlement, wprk will not be re
sumed before Monday.
70-Year-Old Man
Gets Seven Years
ROSEBURG, Dec. 2.-VWil-
liam Mayer, 70-year-old retired
botcher, was sentenced to seven
and a half years in state prison
today by Circuit Judge Carl Wim-
berly following a Jury'a finding
that Mayer imprudently drove an
automobile and caused a collision
resulting in two deaths. .
Mr. and Mrs. Allen F. Moore
were killed Oct. 22 when 'their
automobile was struck, by May
er's, who said he had been quar
reling with his wife. Mrs.. Mayer
was not in the car.
Judge Wimberly told Mayer he
agreed .with the jury's finding
that : Mayer was suffering from
blind rage" and not temporary
insanity or lapse of memory, as
Mayer pleaded. ,
The court ordered immediate
medical attention for "Mayer, who
complained of being ill.
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Comes
ite
After Storms
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Southerly Gale Holds 2t
Ships at Columbia
River Mouth
Bend Covered by Snows
Airlines Cancel Hops; -
Man Is Killed .
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 2-(JPV
Oregon, shaking off the effects (
a blow which tied up shisninr.
grounded airplanes and disrate4
communications today, welcome
a weather bureau prediction fit re
spite tonight. t
Early today the weather bareaa
forecast a second sale but correct
ed this augury later, stating the
loiiow-up storm had swerved and
missed the northwest.
Southerly Gale
Blows Self out
The southerly gale which held
27 ships at the mouth of the Co
lumbia river apparently had
blown itself out tonight -af ter
reaching a velocity of 57 miles an
hour. Seventeen ships were an
chored inside, waiting a chance to
cross the treacherous bar, made
more hazardous by shoaling sands
that forced vessels to press close
to the tip of Peacock spit.
Bar pilots said the tleup waa the
worst in the last three years.
Southward along the coast, ship
also wallowed, at sea, nnable to
cross harbor bars. At Marshfield,
several fishing boats were torn
.from their moorings.
Tillamook Head
Light Isolated
At Tillamook Head lighthouse.
waves broke over the tops ol
buildlings and snapped a tele
phone cable to the mainland. The
keeper was in communication by
iadio.
All outside work was suspended
at several coast points as waves
and wind rose.
More than an Inch of rata
drenched Portland and western.
Oregon, coming in with the gala
and an unseasonable lightning
storm. Snow fell heavily in moun
tain areas, blocking one highway
and threatening others.
Bend Blanketed
by Snowfall
At Bend, in the central part of
the state, two feet of snow fell in
two hours, while rain swept lower ,
levels of the high plateau.
Ail telephone and some tele
graph wires to western Oregon
points were out for several hours.
Air lines cancelled flights..
At least one man, Clyde M. Bar
rett, 41, Portland, died as a result
of the storm. Blinding rain and
slippery streets were responsible
for his death under the wheels ol-: i
an automobile, police, said.
Silverton Groups Ask Speed
In Improvement of Highway
Two Silverton delegations yes
terday urged the county court
here to speed plans to have the
Salexn-Silverton road designated
as a federal secondary highway to
make It eligible for improvement
with federal market road funds.
Now only 40 feet wide from Cen
tral Howell to Silverton, the road
would be widened to 80 feet
throughout and eventually com
pletely resurfaced If the federal
secondary designation can be se
cured. - - -J
The court can do nothing about
the request until the road has been
viewed and approved by the fed
eral burean ot public roads but it
will do all in its power to push
this program, the delegation was
advised. : :y,.r.:ii
The court's visitors were unan
imous in recommending that the
south branch of the Silverton road
be selected as the one for improve
ment. The north fork road ia f re-
quently made Impassable In win
ter by high water from Pudding
river. They also declared the
south road was the most heavily
traveled. .
. The county has no money for
buying right-of-way ' or moving
buildings but would be able with
its WPA crews to make the grad
ing and drainage improvements
required by the federal govern
ment. Commissioner Roy ,S. JJel
son said. A similar program, with
the federal bureau - handling the
surfacing, was carried out last
summer on the south River road
out of Salem. .- ; -
Another delegation before the
court yesterday requested comple
tion of the oil-surfacing of the ML
Angel-Qervaia road. One section
was oiled three years ago, another
two years ago but no oiling was
done on this road last yea. Ap
proximately IU les remains to
be surface - , . I
Underground Test
Of Water Supply
Shows Favorably
Tests of underground forma
tions on Stayton island where the
Salem water department la ex
ploring with a view to increasing
its water supply continue to be
uniformly favorable. Manager
Cuyler VanPatten told the water
commission last night Pumping
equipmenfwill be moved onto the
island in the near future to make
flow tests on the five holes drilled
to tap the substrata to date.
If the tests prove favorable,
one or more large, shallow wells
may be opened and low head .
pumps installed jior Use during
the heavy water use season next
summer. , :
Eighteen inches
Snow on Santiam
But Cars Moving
Eighteen inehes of snow had
fallen on the upper North Santiaw
highway between the new bridge
and the Junction, with the Seat
Santlam road but motorist were
getting through, County Engineer
N. C Hubbs announced early test
night. He believed no great Aifft
culty would , be encountered in
keeping the highway open.
An additional county truck are
dispatched to the upper highway
to assist a crew already at work
removing the snow. ' , .
More days to '
BUY and USE
CHRISTMAS
SEALS
PROTECT
YOUR
HOME .
Tey fctvs helped to cut the tuber
s!ais death rate and have saved
thousands ef live.
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