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i The : 02EG0N STATESMAN, Ealen, Orespn, Sunday. Uoriifos, Jaatary 1, 1839 PAGS SEVEN r Jsw4a jT Kit lNand tpj- . - i ideal Mevs Briefs II Load limit Set Load restric tions were placed on truckers op erating on Marlon county grareled and oiled roads, etfectrre as of ton day, by the county, court yester day. The load limit was fiied at lid pounds per tire Inch per wheel. Tne court set' for 10 a.m. Tuesday a hearing on the question ot requiring a permit for Kern Klbbe, contractors, to haul reTet ment rock destined for the San- tiam flood control project, oter oiled roads' between Marlon.' Jef ferson and Talbot ' ., ,, . l Wharton at ' Klwanls Wallace JB. Wharton, newly appointed tax commissioner, will be the speaker at the Salem Klwanla club Tues day noon." His - talk. "Some Ob- serrations on sute. Governmental ,wui oe Dasea uyua aia MveiivTiwi tn the past several years as bad ret. director .and executive secre- ry to Gorernor Charles H. Mar tin. ' Marriages Decrease M a r 1 o n county issued 455 marriage li censes la 1138 as against 485 in 1917, Lee Ohmart, . deputy county clerk, reported yesterday, Decem ber license applications totaled 20, 1 or - but nine under those tor the same month ot .113 7? The new marriage law; which went into efr I feet early -last , month, was held not responsible for the pecember decrease Bimmwd la Hawaii Dr. E. S. Hammond of this city has recently heard from ' their ion, Wesley, formerly of Salem, now .located at Pearl harbor, where he la en gaged In the chemical laboratories of the TJ. 8. nary. He reports a fine Christmas spirit prevailing la that locale, ; and sends greetings to Salem friends. m v 1-1 wimow Matcawa rvgi - sna iM'nnn HiircimiisR wh-!bl. & uu v i T " ' . . i way prevents me numing ui regular Salem Cnamoer ex COm-l merce luncheon on Monday, The luncheon ... . . r . : ,.7. : TSgrtll be featured by ' Inflation of new ouicers ueaaea oj i. a. dlshar as president. Luts Florist. U7i N. Lib. 1592. Mrs. Thome Returns Mrs. W. 1V: Thome, who recently spent several weeks with relatives at Los 'Angeles, has returned home. Accompanying her were Dr. W. M. j Thome and son, William, who motored to Los Angeles to attend the funeral of a sister-in-law of Or. Thome. 'Visitors Depart Mr. and Mrs. 'Kenneth M a g n e s s ot Shelton, Wash., have returned home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Wick. parents - of Mrs. Magness, (33 Ferry street; Mrs. Wick, who mo tored to Shelton with themr has just arrived home. Visitor Leaves Miss Lucy Tiw TTIrvlna mnainian anil I writer, -formerly of Salem, has r 4Tturned to Portland after a holl- Sr day visit at- 4be home ot her nephew and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Scott. Hiss Matthews fa East Friends of Miss Amanda Matthews of haw, who Is spending the winter In the east, are -adTioed by letter that she vhad a pleasant holiday season with old friends at her native city Muskegon, Michigan. Mr. Stewart Better Mrs. Al rln Stewart, who several weeks ago sustained a painful Injury by a fall, and has since been ill with Influenza, has recovered suffici ently to be about her home. ' Trues: ire 1 1 r e m e n were called to the intersection ot Capi tol and Court streets yesterday, where the wiring In a truck had caught fire. Outside of the wiring, scorched paint was the principal . damage. Miss Thome' Visit Miss Mar garet Thome; a student at MuUno mah Bible Institute, at Portland, la spending the holidays with her parents. Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Thome, 1241 Chemeketa street WPA, Relief Closed The WPA and county relief offices iwill ob- I aarra the New Tear's holidar In v(y Salem Monday along with other city; county and state offices. Log Permit Given O. J. Down- yesterday secured a 1931 per to haul logs through MUl City d . over the : bridge there, i He held a similar permit in 19SS. Brether Dies Mrs. W.'H. Ilarpst'has been called to Treka, Calif., by the sudden - death of Obituary -Mary Baer. at a local hospital December $1 at. the age of 10 years. Survived by parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Baer, Marshfleld. . Funeral announcements later by -;, the Clbugh-Bafrick company OLSONyFlorist Cccrt a ni-h Ph. 7166 Herbal -remedies' for ailments: 'of stomach, liver. kiJaey, skin. Mood. glands. - A trlaary ays- tsm of menA women, tt years 'ia service. Naturopathlo Physi cians. - Ask your. Neighbors about. CHAN; LAM. j2i onnn mnn CJ1NESB XEDICINB Ca. $33 W Court CW Corner, Uberi ty. Office open Tuesday ft-Sat arday nly. 10 A M. te 1 J". U- I to TP. U. ConsultaUon. blood 1 1 pressure A nrine tests are free i 1 1 t Coming Errata : Ju. J -Nazareme choir peats Christinas ' tuUU,-T:S0 Mrs. Wolfe EecoTerfaut Mrs. Stephen Wolfe Is recovering from the effects of a recent Injury by a fall., Ill at HomeMrs. J. E Crosby 88S North 23d. has been seriously 111 and is slightly improTed. She Is 0l to metre some nsitors. Seal Sale Leader Express Thanb Hoxie Tells Appreciation . . . . ior Assistance liuriiig Recent Campaign . From his bed in the state tuber culosis hospital, Tommie Hoxie, Salem Christmas seal sale chair man, yesterday wrote a letter of appreciation to all who aided the geai ariTe: . To the Citizens of Salem Christmas has come and gone, and now we must look forward to a new-year. During 19S9. we of the Marlon County Public Health association can farther our work in the pursuit and eradica tion of tuberculosis, because you people supported our seal sale this year in a grand way. While we did not quite make our quota of H000, we did come very close. I wish to express my personal appreciation for your support. Ton may never know the time and energy expended by the wviaukcei wuiacia vi mc auicu' can Legion and the auxiliary; tLe ..a. a. , m . i vutuairar ui cuannercef our own re department, the 20-SO club: Rolm TJn KlwanU Potor anA Woman's clnbs; the junior cham ber of commerce, and countless oer or commerce, ana countless IndlTldulls. Tne 0regon gutes. man, Capital Journal, radio sta tlon KSLM, and many other firms add persons too numerous to men tlon here. To each of these, my undying gratitude, and the gratl tude of the numberless men, wom en, and children who will be aid ed by the funds raised this year. I sincerely hope that the new year, 1939, will bring to each of you good health and prosperity Good health first, tor without our health, there can be no prosperity. Again I say 'Thank you" and Rest wishes to all. Tommy Hoxle, Salem chairman Returns stood at $4188.38 yes terday following receipt of S3 68 irom Sll verton Rainfall in 1933 Was Neac Normal 38.55 Incites Far Below Record of Last Year; River Stage low The old year rung out last night reverted to normalcy in rainfall, with precipitation totaling S8.55 inches, in contrast with 1937 which set a new Salem record of 63.62 Inches. The 1938 rain total exceeded tho average by only .81 Inch. All 12 months added to the precipi tation mark for the year with March contributing the greatest amount, 8.42 inches, and August the least, .06. followed by June with .08. 8.18 Inches in December Last month accounted for 5.18 inches of rain in the year's figure despite a mid-month nine-day dry spell. It fell .68 inch below the December average, however. Heavy Christmas-New Tear's holiday week rainfalls ' sent the Willamette river up to the 21.5 foot mark a year ago but last week's light rains failed to raise the stream above yesterday's 4.9 foot reading. Emmett Williams, Funeral Tuesday Emmett Walton Williams. 10. employe of the Southern Pacific railway, died at his residence here yesterday. He was a former resi dent of Albany and was born Aug ust 20. 1887 ta Marseilles, O. Funeral services -will be held from the Fisher chapel at Albany Tuesday at 8 p.m.. Dr. Thomas D. T a r n e s officiating. Concluding services will be at Salem mauso leum and crematorium. He is survived by bis wife, Mrs. Lena Williams, three t children, Mrs. Alice Barbry ot Corvallis, and Mrs. Chester Phillips and El mer. Williams, both ot Portland. his mother Mrs. Alice Williams of Portland; sisters,' Mrs. Faye Morrison of Vancouver and Mrs, jay Miller of Portland. brother. Arthur Williams of Portland and two grandeniidren.. . :r .. AT SALEM'S FOREMOST .' fTbm Omly ChlaMe Cafe Serving Pork Cbow - ildn for 1, 35c; V for 2-- 50e; for Chicken Chow Sltln, 75c Pork Chop Sigy2T.,35c Fried Rice " 5c : Homosnade Noodks, 25c " C1CTOW BOrSB 121 S. GMercifc-4jL .iSl;Wi 1'e. PropHrtor Delicious Ch WfflGet e uise County Treagurer'f Audit to Come Before Jnry., t During Week :''.' . The Marion county grand .Jury will convene at 10 a. m. Wednes day, to resume Its -investigations begun last month. District Attor ney Lyle J. Page announced yes terday. Among matters before the jury is the report of auditors that 123.035 difference exists be tween cash on hand' and fund bal ances in the county treasurer's of flee. A special audit report on the situation is virtually completed and - Is expected to be tiled with the county court early this week. Circuit Judge L. 0. Lewelllng will hold his annual honsecleanlng session in department two of cir cuit court; with inactive cases to be dismissed. Friday he will hear thai ease of McKlnney vs. Pfen nig while Judge L. H. McMahan that day is scheduled to try the non-Jury case of Doerfler vs Mother. McMahan will hold the law department honsecleanlng session Saturday. ! Circuit Court William P. Collins vs. Elwood W. Raymond; reply, general denial. Anne Cook estate; motion of appellants for order permitting tiling of papers omitted from transcript allegedly through no fault of their own. M. T. Molsan vs. Salem By Products company et al: report of : Warren Richardson, receiver, asking court what to do about pending actions by F. T. Glaser to recover stock purchase money and by Sid J. Matcovlch to en force mechanic's lien. Industrial accident commission vs. Delma Mitchell; complaint for 11127.34 in fees. Industrial accident commission vs.- Jewell M. Myers and Scott Toung; complaint for $799.09 in fees. John S. Frlesen vs. R. Os trander et al; foreclosure execu tion returned by sheriff at request of plaintiff. Federal Land bank of Spokane vs. S. A. Harris et al; sheriff's return showing real property sold under foreclosure to plaintiff for 14057.99. Sarah E. Emmerson vs. Eliza beth Cooksey et al; same plaintiff vs. W. W. van way et al; de murrers of defendant Rachel Ann Patton. Prnhrte Court John Peter Schaefer guardian shin; transfer to circuit court - Uri J. Lehman estate; order naming Lydla V. Lehman admin istratrix of $500 realty estate and W. C. Wlnslow, Roy Harland and Helen Coddlngton appraisers. Herman O. Koschmeder estate: real property homestead set aside to Caroline Koschmeder, widow. and $400 allowance granted. Frances Van Laanen estate; appraisal, 80Q, including $491.28 cash in possession of John Van Laanen and S108.7Z In bouannoid Nfurnishlngs, by Thomas H. Gallo way, Vivian Hendricks and Cath erine Zorn. Josephine Chapel estate; George F. Vick named administrator of $800 real property estate, Charles Vick. 8. M. Earle' and Wallace Linn appraisers. M. E. Pogue estate; closing or der, Althea A. Pogue, adminis tratrix. Oscar Benson estate; legatees' receipts, George Genson, Essie Specht and Willard Benson. H. E. Jorgensen estate; inherit ance tax fixed at siz4.7 on $10,094.90 net estate; final hear ing set for February 6: $8292.08 received. $1485.33 paid out. Marriage Licenses - '' James Meyerhofer, legal, farm er. Aumsvllie route one. ana Agnes Bertha Zach, legal, house keeper, Woodburn route one. Justice Court Eugene V. Rhodes; . $5 tine, drunk on highway. Jones Officer of Economics Croup Pvf WflHam f! Jhaa nail f i. i vti. niA. A.-r.JZ. . win m. a stkivii ufjrvaa ssaa w aatw . ette university. ' was elected a member ot the board of directors of the Pacific Coast Economic as sociation durlngi that organlsa tion's annual meeting in Berkeley, Calif., last week. Prof. Jones has Just returned from attending, the - meeting - of this group which has as members, economists and economics profes sors of the 11 western states. World Famous AKRON TRUSSES d ' incorrectly Fitted . i'We Guarantee Comfort and ,lT;ci;;58ecurlty--: ' -CAPITAL DBfja 8TORB J405tateorUbyA Dish incse es OltlENTaL RE8TADRANT Chlckem tS Mejchaa Lnch ta Town O We cater to banquets and. - private partiea. : Ph. 7082. Special Sunday Chicken Dinner lOe. Of course. Turkey Dinner ' 19c Special Merchants Lunch T ' 15e prepare4 by expert Chl aest'eooB.;L?"';J ; Orders to take ont" any time. Open Day . or Nlghtl ' Sanitary Kitchen., t U3 & tivsh Bxafc-Ph. 7C82 83 Tears tn the .ftataee . ... Jury 'Accused Broker . : .'. WShua P. BtKbaer, Ji aadi xorettm Teunf . Charged with using; the malls to defraud 'to . connection with the Pniltppine railway bond case, William P.- Bdekner, Jr wealthy New York broker, free under $3,00 bond, la pictured with, screen actress : Loretta Toung, whom- he; Tiatted ia Hollywood oyer the tairiatmaji holidays. . Asked if their reported engagement woold be announced while Mr. Buckner Was in the city, Miss Toung said, -Mot yet." A federal court granted the financier penriiasion to make a two-weeks' visit in California for "bosineas pnrposek'' Hosts of Trout Freed in County Over 600,000 of Finny Tribe Put in Water ""During Yeasf 1938 There were 131,000 Eastern Brook, 200.000 Cutthroat and 305,000 Rainbow planted in Mar ion county streams during 1938, according to the state game com mission report of Supervisor F. B. Wire as made to Walter B. Minier, president of the Salem Hunters and Anglers club. The Roaring River hatchery lib erated 360.000 Rainbow and 225, 000 Cutthroat in the following streams: Cutthroat in A b 1 q u a creek 40,000, in Battle creek 3000. in Beaver creek 5000. in Butte creek 50.000, in Driftcreek 10,000. in Mill creek 20,000, in Little North Fork Santiam 22,000, in Silver creek 30.000, in North Fork Silver creek 6,000 and in South Fork Silver creek 40,000; Rainbow in Butte creek 20,000, in Breitenbush riyer 30,000 and in North Fork Santiam river 300, 000. j In Clackamas, Lane, Linn and Marion counties there were 724, 900 Eastern Brook planted in 1938 as compared to 870,000 in 1937; 2,718,520 Rainbow in '87 and 3,185,561 in '38; 760,000 Cutthroat in '38 and 635,000 in '37; 100.000 steelhead in '37 and 20,127 in '38; and 100,000 Silvers in J8 to none in '37. $1597,314 Set as County Tax Take Delinquent Tax Payments Are Less This Year Than in Last Marion county collected ap proximately! $1,597,314 In taxes during 1938, T. J. Brabec, deputy in charge ot Sheriff A. C. Burk'a tag department, announced yes terday afternoon. He said total collections for the year amounted to slightly more than 1 00 per cent of the current 1938 roll alone. Taxpayers slacked off In turn ing In payments on delinquent levies In 1938 after a rush In 1937 that wiped out many old bills. The proportion of total pay ments to the current roll that year was greater than in the year Just endedi Late Paying Rash A last minute rush thst kept the tax department busy np to 1 p. m. closing time yesterday brought 89339.21 ever the count lor iae last ua7 i to u.u m .... . . . . it . - a I year. I Brabec turned over I22.094.9S k J ' c Tea, txra yea C- bcSats rzzi w&l to-too poocsi ct raibd ta4podSMe!t - r . s tAt, arcSatHZ&fm rjeoiil Hurt ccrfr cLis te luuiwua iasstmsjctL to a araw iwocraa ifazidatccfar d twgulcs btewa'll!a st sjsesre riiiifc fttCCT. Cssad ysavl Op am TOUa ISi'il'T'ii It wJLi eesawst Ssdayt . . I , 1 1 i - - SALES1 FEDERAL . SAVINGS 6 LOAN ASSOC lao Sw liberty Street Visits Actress ', , Returned On Check Charge Mrs.: Helen Reed Held at Hospital Here; Infant Taken in Care Marion county yesterday took a six-months old twin baby into ens tody when the child's mother. Mrs. Helen Reed, 23, was returned here from Portland to face a charge of obtaining money under false pre tenses. Mother and baby were placed in the detention room at the Deaconess hospital. Mrs. Reed was arrested at Bea verton and taken to Portland to be held for local authorities after she had been given a 30-day sue pended Jail sentence for issuing nsi cnecss at Vancouver, Wash tier husband, George Reed. 54 will be returned here to face t similar charge upon completion of a 30-day term In Jail in that city. Two Other Children The other Reed twin and a six- year-old child were placed In charge of Mrs. Reed's mother, Deputy Sheriff B. J. Honey- cut and Nona M. White, probation oiticer. reutrned the woman here from Portland. The Reeds are wanted in conrtlon with a check given for a purchase of furniture from the Stiff furniture store at Silverton last summer. Auditors Check Funds of County More than usual change count ing took place at the courthouse yesterday as state auditors called for a year-end check of cash on hand as a starting point for the 1938 audit. It was the first time auditors had secured such data in lieu of checking back from the succeeding year. The auditors spent most of the late forenoon in working up the balances in the treasurer's office, then moved to the offices of the county clerk, recorder, school sup erintendent, sheriff's legal and tax departments for closing hoar counts of money In cash drawers. to the county treasurer's office in the final 1938 tax turnover. Vb Sons The Seeds of M YOUTHFUL iRAins ? - f MARIHUANA fSf-X I u 1 I ' m ' M Aid Car Help 1503 fcrear mm?-.-.- Period Between Noon and Most of -J atyVAecidents Aeeldents are more apt to occur Ht ata,4i . batsmen noon " and . . m according to Ihe 1938 year i Mnart or t&fl nova . mci- len Tlrst aia car, wi " the total I0S patients treated dur ins the rear 38 per cent were giv en aid between tnose nours The hours t p". tn. to midnight are next most dangerous- to life and limbv 28 per cent of the acci dent eases having . occurred men while the least number ot acci dents happened between the hours of S a. m. and noon, 17 per cent. 154 Women Treated . For women the hours between noon and a p. m. were the most hazardous, 42 per cent of the 1S4 women patients of the year having received treatment between those hours.! But the hours 8 p. m. to mldnisht produced the most men patients, 133, or 88 per cent of the '141 males given aid. . Car! wreck victims w e r e the most numerous, aid men treating g total of 97 and actually travel ing to the scene ot 84 , Four Suicides listed ' . Aid j men were, ' called to , the icene ot Jfour suicides and treat ed one attempted suicide. Sixteen eases were marked "dead on ar rival,": death occurring from vari ous causes. Captains C. M. i Charlton and P. Lb Clark express thanks to the general public and the city pqMce department for the fine coopera tion they have received In operat ing the car. It Is their desire, how ever, that the public be informed that this city aid ear does not answer straight ambulance calls. Six such demands were made on the ear. during the year, none of which were answered. Simplicity to Be Keynote of Event Inaugural Ball Is Slated Monday, January 9, at Armory in Salem Extreme simplicity will mark the inaugural ball to be held In the state armory here Monday night, : January t. In . honor of Governor-elect Charles A. Spragne and Mrs. Spragne, it was announ ced Saturday. This j was requested by both Governor-elect Spragne and Mrs. Spragne. A public reception will be held in the executive depart ment Monday night, preceding the balL Governor-elect Spragne and Mrs. Spragne will. receive. Oath-Taking Monday The oath of office will be ad ministered by Chief Justice Rand of the state supreme court at a joint session of the senate and house of . representatives Monday afternoon. Arrangement committee offi cials said requests for tickets to the. ball were being received from IlQlilE EiflORS. Lous; Terms Easy Payments Abo F HA Loans i n in lino a QQDEQTQ Inc. Gaardlas) BMs Phone 4toa .t - all sections et Oregon. 7 Because et the large crowd an ticipated additional floor t spaee his bees secured in buildings ad- Joining the armory.' " ' . . . ' Cascade Scouts' 1 Board Is Elected Willis Clark' Is President jhfor Year; 'Menibership il TnTroops Grows ; ;!; . ,1;:..'; .-.;"' .. "".. ' V '- ; The executive board of the Cas cade area council, Boy Scouta of 'America, elected officers Friday night at the regular- meeting in the chamber of commerce.4 . The nominating committee's slate was : elected unanimously- as follows; president, Willis Clark; vice-president, Harry Scott; treas urer, T. A. Wlndlshar; scout com missioner; Rex Sanford national council member. A. ; C." Baag; scout executive. . J. E. Munroe. Members ot the ' executive board for 1941 are as follows: A. C. Haag, Charles Hudklns. Rev. G H. Swift Harry j Scott! ot Salem, Dr. A. S. Jensen, Monmouth. Fer ris White, Albany, Fred Johann- sen, Lebanon, J, A. Inglls, Dallas. New' members were elected to the board terms to expire in 1840 and II 29; respectively Hugh Scott and M. Bv Flndley, : : --: InstaU January 1 v .. The new , officers , will ho in stalled at the annual meeting Jan uary 19 under tbe direction of T. A. Wlndlshar. chairman of the an nual meeting committee. The pub lic la invited to attend the meet ing at which time scouts will re ceive eagle badges. Membership In Cascade council grew to 740 during the past year from the 80S enrollment of 1937. -x . Telephone Assets - Drop 10 Million Telephone utilities .operating in Oregon during 1937 had as sets of $461,479,975, a decrease of 310,000,000 from the previous year. State Utility Commissioner N. G. Wallace reported to Gov ernor Charles H. Martin Satur day. .' ' a j The net operating income was $11,245,370, a drop ot almost $2,000. Resolve To Play Safe in a "Be Wise Schaeferize" at Schaefer's Drug Store 1S5 N. Coml. Phone S107 - 702S i We believe you can manage your own social affairs, so we have no Cfcsi3ihd aileartlilrob'coIunln.,? : But we do have ? claicif ied3x- for Lost & Found for Wanted; and For Salc for Apart and not search blindly! : Just Dial 9101 .1 ..-.-i -i r , .STATESMAN - a --W - '"- -- " - . ' - ." -:-J. - - " " " " " -1 "-" - - - - - v'-- - Police Rushed By Bicyclists Nearly 1500 Applications in for License Tags Required by Law t v The city police , station bussed I with bicycle business yesterday, a i , steady parade pf Salem'a youth. J making Its . way ; : through the tfoors to fill out license applica tion blanks and take the examin ations that are prerequisites to procuring bicycle licenses and cer tificates ot registration made ne cessary by a recently passed city ordinance. j Nearly 1500 applications have already been filed, according to Officer Lou Burgess who is In charge, and it is expected registra tion will reach nearly 3000. -Xearp.d Applies. Tiniest applicant was 6-yeer- old Russell Anderson. He stood three feet 10 inches in his "stork lng" feet and had to tip his head far back to gaze up Into the eyes of the law as he. with the help of his mother, made application. He rides a "popy" bike, but he has to have a license. It win be somewhere around Jan, 10, according to Officer Bur gess, before certificates of regis tration and license plates will be arguable, i Hover neglect Yont Eyes No amount of money can replace them." The eyes of children as of adults are subject to myopia, astigmatism and other optical ailments. Given proper attention, these ills may be adjust . ed and corrected. At the first sign of a squint or a complaint of headache bring your child in for a thorough examination OPTICAL CO. Optometrists 444 SUte St. - Ph. 5528 Why Suffer I Longer? WESK orcss rim uts enr SUCCESS CHINA. Ho ssstStr vtth vhst' aHmest joa are AITUC71J- euaordert, sansltia. liver, kldaar, tnoartx. Saa. apanoB. weaaa, wtkKit, sail ana Charlie Chan BcrbCe. a. B. Feng, I iyssae practice In China. Otrjss neos S to S pjn. except stun day and Wednss cay. s to is us n i f t" ! A, .- 4 r, . j of char re. ! s1 -: A 1.