Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1938)
PAGE TEN The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning:, December 29, 1938 Electric Sales Curve Is Down Commercial Use Drops in October, Ending Gains for 5 Months October commercial sales of electricity for " October dropped approximately one and one-half million kilowatt hours "below September, Rtate Utility Commis sioner Wallace reported Wednes day. . r '7:;;7 This reduction terminated a fire months steady rise and caus es disparity between 13 J and 137 to be increased from 4.09 per cent In September ' to C.59 per cent in October. , Residential and domestic serv ice Including rural ceased to fol low past precedents t increase oyer the preceding months and fell 171,624 kilowatt hours short of the all-time high et Jn Sep tember. October sales were 334, 278 kilowatt hours greater than August and 9.79 per cent great er than October of last year. Revenues Increaso - Wallace report showed that while the residential and com mercial kilowatt hour sales were U-ss than in September, the rev enues.' for these classes of service Increased. Although sales to ultimate con sumers, such as commercial and residential, dcopped Lelow Sep tember, they are still 300,000 kilowatt hours greater than In August. Sales to other electric utilities continued to surge upward to 23,891,224 kilowatt hours, an lr crease of 1,688,844 kilowatt .hours over the all-time high set in September and 111.15 per cent greater than 'n October, 1937. The large increase was due mainly to increased sales by the Northwestern Klectric company. Drager to Assume House Clerk Post . Fred Drager, guard , at ; t h e state penitentiary, Wednesday was granted temporary leave of absence until after the 1939 leg islature. . - J Drager, veteran chief clerk of the house of r epresentatives, a.aln will serve in that capacity when the legislature convenes January."' - The Oregon legislature, is now operating under a number of rules drafted by ' Drager and his desk u assistants. : Business Group's Annual Meet Due Abe annual meeting of the Sa lem Business Men's League will be held at the chamber of com merce rooms Friday night at 7:30 o'clock, Carl Hogg, president, an nounced yesterday. ; Election of officers and direc tors will be the main business. The new president of the league will sit on the board of directors of the chamber of commerce, along with the , chamber officers and directors and the ' Cherrian king bing, who in 1939 will be Harold Busick, local grocer. Estate Tax Rule Upheld by Court 1935 Law Denying Offset - for Federal Levy Is j Declared Valid Constitutionality of a 1935 law providing that the federal estate tax cannot be deducted from the value of an estate for the purpose eLcjomputlng Inheritance tax pay able to the state, was upheld by the state supreme court here Wednesday. ' The court held In favor of State Treasurer Holman,- who was sued by the First National bank of Portland and Blaine B. Coles, ex ecutors of the estate of Lucius Al len Lewis, who died in Portland three years ago. He left an estate of $187,374. The executors paid a federal tax of $11,934, but Judge George Tazwell of Multnomah county ruled that the state tax : due amounted to $4810. If the fed eral tax had been deducted from the gross value of the estate, the state tax would have been $4,014. Justice Bailey wrote the opin ion which upheld Judge Taswell. Other decisions: Portland Sand and Gravel com pany, appellants, vs. Biggs and Hally Burton and the Aetna Cas ualty and Surety Co. Appeal from Multnomah county. Suit involving road contractor bond. Opinion by Chief Justice Bean. Judge John P. Winter affirmed. - Ruling Modified In the matter of the estate of L.-A. Tucker, deceased; Ellen Tucker, administratrix, appellant, vs. Lloyd Tucker and others. Ap peal from Linn county. Suit in volving disposition of property. Opinion by Justice Belt. Judge L. O. Lewelllng modified. Ethel Melton vs. Southeast Portland Lumber company, appel lant Appeal from Multnomah county. Suit for damages for death of husband. Opinion by Justice Rand. Judge John P. Win ter affirmed. Stella M. Rew vs. Henry Dorn, appellant Appeal from Umatilla county. Suit to collect damages for personal injuries. Opinion by Justice Rand. Judge Calvin . L. Sweek, affirmed. Justice John L. Rand will suc ceed Henry L. Bean as chief jus tice beginning next Tuesday. Townsend Croups To Note Birthday The four Townsend clubs of Sa lem will sponsor a mass meeting January 13 in celebration of Dr, F. E. Townsend's birthday and the fifth anniversary of the Townsend plan. Charles W. Witterman, new Townsend national representative to Oregon, will be the speaker, The program will be held at 8 p, m. in the auditorium of the old high school. Holman Objected " To Carkin in 33 Voted Against Choice of Tax Commissioner 4 Years Ago, Shown State Treasurer Rufus C. Hol man, republican, four years ago refused to sign the ..official com mission of John H. Carkin, re elected by the board of control at that time as a member of the state tax commission, a search of records revealed Wednesday. Holman again this week re fused to support Carkin for re appointment and joined with Cot- ernor Charles H. Martin, demo crat in electing Wallace S. Whar ton as his successor. Wharton Is a democrat and is now serving as state budget . director. Secretary of State Snell voted against Whar ton. ' Carkin is a republican and has served as a member of the state tax commission since June, 1929 ' Board of control members who voted for Carkin's reappointment four years ago were the late Gov ernor Julius L. Meier and P. J Stadleman, The Dalles, then serving as secretary of state. Secretary of State Snell re ceived a large number of letters Wednesday congratulating him on his stand in the tax commissioner contest at Tuesday's board of con trol meeting. Yuletide Traffic Toll; Is Reduced Only Three Die 'Against Death List of 11 on Last Christmas There were only three traffic fatalities over the Christmas weekend this year as against 11 a year ago. Secretary of State Snell announced. The three persons killed in traf fic accidents this year were pedes trians. Two of the fatalities were in Portland and one in North Bend. . In Portland, only 189 traffic accidents were reported last Sat urday compared to 289 the day before Christmas in 1937. Oregon's traffic death count stands at 20 for the first 26 days of December or 12 below the mark for the corresponding peri od in 1937. Snell estimated a reduction of 10 per cent in traffic fatalities in 1938 as compared to figures for the previous year. Application Filed For Astoria Bank Annlicatlon for authority to organize a Citizens Bank of As toria was , filed Wednesday in the offices of the state superin tendent of banks here. Th orooosed bank would be capitalized at 150,000 with $10.- 000 surplus. The last local bank disappear ed when purchased by the United Slates National of Portland in 1937. Incorporators of the proposed new bank are residents of ; As toria. Convention Slated By Baptist Youth The annual convention of the Oregon Baptist Young People's Union will be held in Salem with the Calvary Baptist church and their Young People's society act ing as hosts. Several hundred young people delegates, repre senting the various societies throughout the state will assem ble for a two-day convention commencing Friday afternoon, January 6, at 4:30 o'clock. Rev. Lloyd Anderson, a young rastor from Burns, president, will preside at all sessions. Sev eral outstanding speakers among them, Dr. A. J. Harms of Eu gene and Dr. Roy of Portland will be heard on the program. The convention will be clim axed by a banquet served by the local church on Saturday night and a play presented by the young people of the Portland area. Ronald Adams, president Cherrian Banquet, Installation Near .. . .. . - . Annual Affair on Tuesday to Be Honored by Official Guests Installation of officers and the annual banquet of the Cherrians will be held at the Marlon hotel Tuesday night, January 3, King Bing Tom Hill announced last night Honor, quests invited to attend include Governor Charles H. Mar tin, Governor-elect Charles A, Sprague, Mayor V. E. Kuhn, mem bers of the Salem city council, princesses for the prize-winning Cherrian float entered .in the Port land rose festival, and officials of other uniformed marching groups in the valley. Uniforms Requested All Cherrians who have white uniforms are being requested to wear them at the banquet. Final details for the banquet were made at a meeting Wednes day night at the chamber of com merce of the council of nobles. King Bing-elect Harold Busick and chairmen of the four commit tees arranging the affair. of the local group, is in charge of entertainment Demos Will Hold Board of Control Party Holds 2 to 1 Edge Until Sprague Takes Office Jan. 9 If there are any three-man state board of control meetings between January 3 and 9, two members in attendance will be democrats. - The board of control as now constituted Includes Governor Charles H. Martin, democrat, and Secretary of State Earl Snell, and State Treasurer Rufus C. Holman, republicans. Holman To Retire Holman submitted his resigna tion to Governor Martin Tuesday and officially will retire from the treasury department January 3. He will be succeeded on that day by Walter ' Pearson, Portland, democrat. This will give the board two democrats, Governor Martin and Pearson. On January 9, when Governor elect Charles A. Sprague is inau gurated the board of control again will have two republican mem bers. The board will then be com posed of Sprague and Snell, re publicans, and Pearson, democrat. u i iPto fifes SEMtong . Foreign Relations Question Is Eyed Croup , Studying Problems in Weekly Meetings at Local YMCA Information and ideas concern ing the present neutrality law were presented by John Yoss and BUI Laughlin at the regular meet ing of the International Relations committee of Salem on Tuesday might at the YMCA. Continuing with the problems Introduced December 27, the gen eral theme for study and dlscua slon during January will be:, What Part Should the United States Take in World Affairs?" Hope to Promote Peace Activities of the International Relations committee .are based upon the premise: "When the cit izens of the world (including those living in Salem) begin to really understand the conditions neces sary for world peace they will be able to establish peaceful ways of doing things." - t The next meeting will be held, in the YMCA on Tuesday, January t, at 7:30 p.m. Bits for Breakfast By R. J. HENDRICKS (Continued from page 4) Banks's New Orleans expedition In the campaigns of '64-5 ho commanded the siege artillery vf both United States armies at Petersburg and Richmond. He won seven brevets, the highest ne major general of volunteers He was a major in the corps f engineers after the war; was given high class duties on many pecifie assignments, : concerning rdnance, fortifications, etc. , He was sent to Sicily in 1870 to ob serve the total eclipse of the un. He was finally made briga dier general of the regular army. He" was a member of th? board determining the plans for, the ' Panama canal; appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt Be wrote a great deal on scien tific subjects. One of the many . themes he covered was undei the title: "Problems of the Pan sftfia Canal" (1907.) ,v V ":-.: Number 179 on our inimitable scroll goes with , the name .Wil 11am Penn McCann, born at Paris, Kr; May 1 8, 18 3 0, living until Jan. 15, 19017 He was warranted a midship man in 1848. (Continued tomorrow.) Our Greatest Sale of the Year . A Drastic Clearance of Present Stocks to Make Way for Incoming Merchandise Close Out Hundreds of fine bags up to 4.95. Complete f close-out at only ).95 Archait and Aldrich ' ; Custom Corset Makers . : J GIRDLES Two-way stretch parity gir dles. Tea Rose, ftCji White. BRASSIERES Close-out on several styles in either White or Xfis . Tea Rose L- VVw A 1 CORSELLETTES Close-outs. Odds and ends from our regular Af 4.95 stock !.. Iflby Specials on Kellogg Surgical Garments Extra! Special! For this sale only . . .a custom-made garment, tailored especially for you from our 11.95 materials. A wonderful bargain (o).9S (2) FUR COATS Brown - Black - Gray All the finer made New York coats, beautifully styled. We only have a lim ited number left and they are to be sacrificed in this sale. YOU CAN TRADE IN YOUR OLD COAT and have either terms or Cash Prices Range as Low as i"0Di'C0 Untrimmed COATS Closing ont all coats up to 22. SO at one low price of 12.95 Untrimmed Coats All our beautiful 29.95 and 35.00 values to be completely closed out a ai at only l?? SUITS Tailored and dressmaker suits, New York's finest fabrics, workmanship and styling. 29.95 to 35.00 values all to go at only 16.95 SUITS 22.50 Tailored and dressmaker suits all to go while they last at Selby Arch preservers Hundreds of pairs; most all sizes, not all sizes in each line. Must be closed out. Regularly sold up to 12.00. You can have them if you come early At Only 7.95 Dress Pumps & Oxfords Late arrivals of the finest shoes in our stock to be com pletely closed out. Regularly priced up to 10.75. Closing Out' Price 6.95 OXFORDS We have grouped over a hun dred pairs of fine shoes for girls and women ranging in price up to 6.50 to be com pletely closed out at one price of only 2.95 Women's Dress Shoes Orer two hundred pairs tine hoes, short lines, single pairs and odd lots formerly priced up to 10.76. If you come early yoo can buy these shoes at a real sacrifice One Hundred fine hats in all colors and shapes. Regular price up to 7.50, you can have them if you get in early at the ridiculous price Of Only jl.OO HATS Beautiful new shapes and exclusive pat tern hats in all the new shades and head sizes. Regularly sold up to 15.00. You will have to come early to I ft I get them at ... QV J DRESSES Special dress offering. We have placed in one group some of our finest dresses ranging in price from 19.50 to 39.50. You Will Have to Come Early to Get These at L2.95 DRESSES All values 12.95 to 16.95. Wools, silks, both for dress and sports wear, a asj in one group to go , ,' 3 Slips, Growns, Pajamas Beautiful silks, tailored and lace trimmed, the greatest 1.95 value in America. You can have them while they last II 9 A at only . : Jl GLOVES We still have a large stock of fabric gloves in all colors and sizes. Regular 1.00 values. You can have them now at only die Sport Shoes Closing out hundreds of pairs of sport shoes in both black and brown regularly priced up to 8.75. All to go at one price .95 Carlisle Buckaroos The finest Cuban heeled duty shoe in America in all leath ers. Sold at 8.75 the world over, you can buy them now at only Sport Oxfoids Crepe soles for the better dressed girl in black, brown and light tan. All go at one price I.95 17.05 Ml 1 I I tr flOV iLi 151 i fp R fnl R fpfnIIVNfl IYW r Ijij IJ b k gj ull UjJ h h Ujj 111 U n uil II