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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1939)
Ik CIUXGIf STATESMAN, Salea, Oresen, Scadaj llcrniis; Jciy .im , JBadgett Quads TaJdnr Their Place in the Sun Olympic National Parkouhin Scenery Olympic Jaunt Bizarre Sights 7ritcr Finds Incongruous Items Left in Court From old Trials ; Easy to Take W.- -t . -.V' 1 T . mm I f -t 4 - . E Washington Loop Journey Through National Park : Made in Weekend c ( 1 rial Exhibits By BETJLAH CHAPMAN When the seven state supreme court Judges dotted their black : robes and adjourned coart f of the ' summer Thursday, they left be hind ta the supreme coart build ing, besides the orderly docu ments ot records of the cases "they bad decided, an incongruous ar rav of odds and ends that bad been' presented as material evi dence la various eases. , f Bedbugs., guns, a human' eye. a cornet, boxes of lead, parts of an old "still" these are among the items to be found in the supreme court attic which might lead one to saspect the dignified Judges of having a collecting mania. In almost every case appealed to the higher tribunal there are some Items marked "Babbit A" that must be considered with the testimony. When the case is de cided, these exhibits remain in the courthouse unless removed by a . special order of the court. Fer veil over SO years such exhibits have been collected and since the 'j erection of the present supreme court building la 1914 they have been gathering dust la the attic there. What use they caa ever be ".J? aa open question, bat certainly ifcey turaish amusement to any one fortunate enougbt to be al lowed to' rummage through them. Somebody Itched Tucked away in the corner of a big drawer Is a small mayonnaise jar in which about two dosea very dead hedbags may be seen. ' At tached to the Jar is a roll of sheets la whkh the bedbugs were sup posed to have had their abode when alive. The sheets are wrap ped In a newspaper bearing the date. November 11. 1916. Behind these mummified vermin lies the atery of a Portland man who had bought a boarding house in . 191$. He wanted to renege oa the purchase and claimed that - the bouse was not as it 1 -d been represented that, specifically, it ass lousy. The little bugs were Introduced to prove the condi tion of the boarding house. In another drawer is a human eye preserved in alcohol. This was oaee Introduced la a ei.se in which a man had got a piece ot steel in his eye. Whrn he lost his eye be sued his doctor for . Incompetency in caring for It. The eye was evidently In troduced to prore that there had been aa eye aad that the man had really lost It. Bfke TeDs Tragedy Mote reminder of a tragic death Is a boy's bicycle with . both wheels badly bent. Ia the , wire basket oa the front is still to be seen the cap and lunch basket of the small 1. d who was hit by a track near Portland ser eral years ago. A contested will accounts for a small metal strong box lying on the top of a high shelf. The box has obviously been broken into, for a Jagged line around the top has been cut, permitting access to the inside without us- iag a key. The. work was ap parently done with an old-fashioned can opener. - Reminiscent of prohibition ' days are the parts of aa old -still- which also rest on the shelf. --. - r-v i ' A cornet which once played In i a circus band has long lay ia its ease among the other exhibits, It figured la the ease of TUpps vs. Portland, Engine aad East- era Railway company. It seems that while the circus band was parading ia Albany, the street car turned a corner aad ran tato the cornet player, ramming the iatrument into his face. The bent Instrument helped procure damages for the player. iV" Can Recalls Harder Cans, ' too, find their place ta the collection. ; A shotgun bears a card Indicating that it mm vu n.x.a u a v vus vi State versus Trent, a - idely aablicixed case of a tew years ago in which a Yamhill man shot at some people he suspected f stealing watermelons. - Beside U is a rifle which figured in the Coos county murder ease of Rate vs. Pleer. : - s v If one-were trying to tbiak of the thing most unlikely "to he introduced as an exhibit, a limb from a tree should" be a fairly good guess. But vea that is to be found among this collection. Tae limb - was . iatrodaeed ta Boy's Photo . ,w.v .. I i . v.; f - '. ... .. , f.)t .. i t - ' . . " . . - ' ." 1 . a i. i ' - When Ted TJnderhfil anarped a picture of tha firft kh kin; and queen as they rode past hhr home at Vancouver. J3, C, he netted himself a small fortune lor the picture's fame has spread and requests for Yar-rrtBt bava poured ta oa hint frosa aa ant the .- i..t.Vyl. . ; f 1 ox case against the Mountain States Power company about 10 years ago. A fire in Coos county was claimed to have been started from electric wires that were tot properly insulated. The limb was introduced to show how it had been scorched by the wires. A heart-shaped box once filled with candy holda the story of a prominent Portland man who was sued 'for breach of -romise by the disappointed woman to whom he had sent the gift Old account books cf banks that became Insolvent and of companies that were sued seem to occupy every nook not other wise filled. Haps and '1-ray films also are numerous. Exhibits from more recent cases are still oa the third floor Among these are a Packard hub cap. an enlarged picture i.bout 4 by feet) of a dead man aad a gaily colored rubber ball once used to amuse swimmers la a tank. i Exhibits may be withdrawn by a special order from the court. This is usually done where the item ia of some value. But no matter hew aseleas they msy seem, most others are left indefinitely in the care ot Arthur Benson, supreme court clerk. SilTerton Council Keeps Odd Hours SILVERTOX Odd hoars seem to be a habit off the city council. Wednesday . morning the rouacil waa railed at 7 a. m. to obtain '' the aaorum accessary ta transact basiness. Monday night's aaeetiag has been set for 6:30 so that base ball faaa cam be through in ' tisae to attend the second round of gaaaea at McGlnnls . park. Bids wilt be opened for the chlormator to be used at the new sewage trratneat plant. Singes Finger At Aamsville AUMSVTLLE One casualty from the Fourth of July cele bration here was Richard War ran, small son of Mr. aad Mrs. Everett Warren, who suffered some badly burned fingers from a nreeracker. - v . ' of King Nets Him Small Fortune CovfrittihT J. K. Underbill caw us .-Hi V, Horseback' travel as well as motor Katkmal Park. Below, route takes Dflciw IIDe dnfflCuuenn By ULLIE L. MADSEN Mostly answers to Questions: Oecaalonally ' I get complaints about Portaaeas not doing; weU. This may usually be traced to the fact that the soil is too heavy, too rich. One of the nice things about ' Portulae cas is that they are perfectly wil ling to accept conditions not welcomed by. m os t plants. Poor quality soil, son that to light, sandy, ' a nanny location, a trace of lime and you have the condi tions under which Portulaecas thrive best. With a light, dry soil, irrigation helps. This same condition holds true for the average Wallflower. Wall flowers are so easily grown that failure on their part to do well can nearry always be chalked off as wrong cultural methods. Wallflowers should be started from seed this month. By next spring you'll then have plenty of bloom. Pansies, Sweet Williams, 'Vio lets, Canterbury Bells, Hollyhocks, Pyrethrum, Coreopsis, Snapdra gons, Gaillardlas, are among the plants to start from seed in July for next spring's bloom. Cuttings Start sow There are a number of shrubs which will also start now from cuttings of half-ripened wood. Among those easily rooted are Eerrias, Deu trial, Forsythia, Phil adelphus, Abelia, Sypreas, Wei ga ll a. If yon lfl. to experiment, try the hormones which are said to hasten - root growth on cuttings. Lots of the little evergreen trees caa be started by cuttings now. If yon are using the hormones, Just dip the ends of the cuttings into water and then Into the pow dered hormones. A box of half sand and half peat set down Into the cold frame and kept moist is good. I have started a number of cuttings la a box of beach sand and nothing else. The box was kept ta a dark corner at the north east corner of the house and the sand was kept moist. I bare never had better luck than when I have used beach sand. Perhaps the touch of salt in the sand helped to keep out fungi. Remove Boee Stocks As soon as your rambler roses have finished blooming, remove all old stocks to the ground, keeping only four or so ot this year's growth. Spray these well and keep the soil loosened at their base Feed . your Chrysanthemums, your Japanese Anemones, your Violas with weak manure water now. Not long ago I visited a gardner who was ambitiously hoeing her Azaleas and Rhododendrons. "I know," she informed me at once, "that some peoji? advocate aot hoeing them. But I'm Beat. I can't stand to see weeds aad un cultivated soil." We talked of ether things a bit aad then she went on, "I wonder what's the aiatter with this Atalia. It's been here years and it never .gets big ger aad it doeaa't bloom much." She really answered her own Te4ttei3 : - - t- V ' i TJntted States and Canada. More than 20.000 prtata have been son and Ted alrsady has netted mere than 300u- Ted claims thert's nothing nscsual shout hXa snspsTtot except perhaps that persccal Kcax seeasa to have gtrra tt, travel Is pleasant fa the Olympic! by Motorlog party. Yonnn Qpuw? niurr with her first statement, i Amiens and Rhododendrons resent being cultivated. Their feeder roots grow near the surface of the soil and these should not be hoed off. Neither should they be allow ed to bake in the heat of the July and August sun. Give them good loose mulch now. Peat Moss, if yon can ; leaves and leaf mold ! if you can't1 give them the peat. If yon give the shrubs a few good soakings of water now you will also have more blooms next year. Remember these ever greens are setting' their bloom buds now. Abelias Repay Care Abelias will soon be repaying yoa for extra care. Give them few doses of balanced ferti liser now. Keep your violets' growing well. Cat back your P"!1"- GiT gladioli and dahlias plenty of water. Watch for suckers at the base ot yoer roses. These should be kept down. The same may be said for the lilacs. Lilac suckers take the strength from your shrubs. Good soil for seed boxes for delphiniums consists of 2 parts leafmold, two parts peat moss and one part sand. The three ingredients should be thoroughly I luueu. .ucipiunuani seeds germi nate best right after they have ripened. Poor air circulation and too muca moisture wui cause delphiniums to dampen off. A treatment with swmesan will kelp this. fohow the directions on the container. Delphiniums should be water ed early ia the morning. Late la tue aiiernooh la apt to cause mildew. If the grass in the fairy ring is completely dry, don't expect It to come to lite arain na matter how, much yoa Irrigate. If the funai is really coaauered. need the patch it yoa want the place to be green. In some places lawn moths bother the grass and make brown patches. In that case soak the greea edges with a teaspoonful I ther than acidity. Give the II of liquid rotenone ia a gallon I lcs plenty of bonemeal in early of water. It's not use to nour it oa the dead grass as the grubs wui have left that for greener pastures. Ore for Cactus Christmas cactus care shoald begin bow for winter bloom. As a rule two months' rert after blooming season is sufficient. Water as yoa - do geraniums. When buds begin to set in the fall, withhold water for a week or tea days. When the plant ac tually begins to bloom give it more water again. Keep it in as nearly an even temperature as possible. Tne ramDier roses are par ticularly-susceptible to mildew. The old varieties are being re placed by the more mildew-re sistant new varieties. Dust then once a week with dusting sul phur. B. D. R.: Yes, there is a fer tiliser on the market prepared especially to control the fungi found so much on lawns. The treatment is put out by a Port land manufacturer. Mercuric preparations are used as a spray for affected portions of the lawn. A low damn place, too heavy sous, poor drainage are all causes of tha disease. Some times ft la necessary to take ont tae sou to quite a depth and add' fresh aew sou. Everything seems to hare mil dewed these past two weeks. Half the Inquiries I received i have been concerning this. Ia , eases where the disease Is too advanced cut down and burn the aiseasea piaats, limbs or branches. Keep mildew-suscepti- Die plants ousted with dustlnc sulphur. Use a dusting gun if I possible. Be sure to reach every portioa of the - leaf and plant Phlox have been badly affected during the past two weeks. Keep the soli loose. Don't water at night and take, care to get the moisture on the soil and not the I Plant.. . Spray Aster Beetles To kill the aster beetle which also ' feeds on Marigolds, spray 1 tne-Dtossoms l tnose in bloom i with lead arsenate. These serve a halt. , Hand trichina each morning la one of the most ef fective controls. The Madonna lillea . may be moved In late August, which is their dormaat time. Plant about eight inches deep. Set on bed of powdered - charcoal. : If you (Mrs. EV L. D.) have been both ered-by botrytls fungus on the lilies, choose a new' location, or at least completely fresh sou. Thia. disease la doing much dam age to the lily beds. I have ! noticed that some dry Bordeaax dag . in around the plants will help control. The plants should fiPEClAL. Wavc, Complcts TSc Fens, on . Pus Wave, Sf .so kCsnuplete. 4 Open Thurs. Ere. by Appt. ' Phone 3M2, 2ST 1st NatL Bank Bldg. Otr awsal i t j Tha StateMM fa ceesaraiuis wits ta Orccoa Ststa ktatar aaaociatiaa aad Tha Oregaaiaa Ia praeatias a aenas ( BMtarlogs aaaignae atuaajata trmwmt tm Ureroa aad taa Paeitie aortawetk For Oregonlans . the Olympic loop trip makes aa ideal three- day motor jaunt. It provides a Tariety of scenery, mouataina. streams, lakes, woods and bays that is not to be duplicated in any .other trip covering the same mileage. - - I '. The Olympic national park lo cated la the centra part of the Olympic, peninsula, Washington. is washed on three aides by tae waters of the Pacific ocean, the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Pu- get sound. Only 12 miles of main highway are wttnm tno para, although there are many i miles of forest roads and some zooq miles of hiking and riding trails. The Oregonian-Oregon ; State Motor association, motorlog party found much of the area trav ersed extremely ! rugged and primitive, teeming Wlltt ail Kinas K .i?!' JiJL6" i elk. Maay Indian tribes live on the peninsula, principally near the coast, for they are primarily fishmea and caaoe Indians. One of the features of the trip was a ride in an Indian dug out canoe, powered with a mod ern outboard motor.' ' Although the Indians are quite up to date in maay respects, they still manufacture their own canoes by hewing them front great cedar logs. The best close-ups ot the mountains in Olympic park were obtained from the north side ef the peninsula, the motorlog par ty reported. However, thej are visible most of ihe way around the loop. The mileage from Portland to Port Angeles, where ; the loop trip officially begins; ia 253 miles. The distance around the peninsula and back to Portland via Astoria totaled .361 miles. The party made side trips to Olympic and Sol Due Hot Springs, La Push, Pacific Beach and Port Townsend. These trips were not included fat the mileage totals. The mala Olympic loop high way is paved throughout Its en- Tr. unrh. be sprayed from early spring until after they have finished blooming, then eat Off stalks and burn. There are new prepa rations ont for this purpose. One spray manufactured at Port land la exceptionally good In con trol, I'm told. i Mn. T. P. R. writes that the has been told lilacs ! won't do well near fir or ! oak ; trees bat that here have grown marvel- I ously beneath both. I must ad- I mlt that while such positions are I unorthodox as far as lilacs are I concerned, I have had the same iuck as Mrs. t. p. n. uut per- I nP nr sou is aikaune .y na- cure. Lilacs do better la a sou I that leans toward alkalinity ra- I autumn. A small amount of Sumps J Mi a watt Envelop fer li ilr i sypartuziiuea far JjmjaMiiws nrintiag im- 1 prsa iavest- In ex 215 Soatli dcsBy a tatry-evar I i tfrsx-m . t v. 'Z- i V .-f.v- . - . ' ' . :-::.;-'- . .. : :-.:::::-..:- i -.:.-j:rx annlsaaasaaajaj ' V-' r.:. pi -i F"' x " ',4r - - ?Ti aa i n i ia I v--- ijir ' J , - - . -v tAR N M Left Takmg their first sunbath, the Badgett quadruplets 1 right, the girls are Joan. Jeanette, Jeraldins and of Galveston. Tex, line op for a picture.. Left to Joyce, The quads now are five months old. State War Vet Board Reports Aid Commission Activity in 19 Years' Serriee Uelpa Many VeU During the 19 years the state world war veterans state aid com mission has been in operation H has handled $10,88t,125 loans to world war and Spanish American war veterans enlisting from the state of Oregon, Jerrold Owen, secretary, reported here Saturday. The' commission has paid out 25.136.079 in cash bonuses to world war veterans and has ad ministered property which has be come state-owned in the amount of 18,000.0 0. To assist In lta loan operations. the commission appointed three appraisers in every county in the state. These appraisers and field inspectors viewed all property offered as security and submitted recommendations to the commis sion which passed personally on each loan. It waa mandatory, un der the law, that these loans -be granted up to TS per cent of the appraised value of the property as fixed by the commission after considering all information avail able. 13,143 Made Loans Loans were granted to a total ot 11,143 ex-srTlce men. Of this number ot properties. 13ft re verted to the state either thxoagh abandonment or failure to meet terms of the loans. There remain on hand 1400 of these properties. 469 ot them farms and 940 eity properties, in whkh the state has Invested 93,12t,84S. well-rotted manure dag la around the bush la February each year also improves tho M- laca. McBdI1WbI1II giving poet quality aad eppeanmee eosnbiaed tviih convenience in gonr business envelopes .TYNAN Lumber ctx aa a aTaffnsi. (mfifmmfm Zlan-V7eU Stamped gave a a eliminating heavy . S. Honey that has increase our ; - product- - " .- , .: r'j-v- Can aa today xmPU bej glad to esplsia tZsia ET3r-da:ped envelope service In detail yea xvtH be csdsr no cblstloa xyfiziovcr cd T7o Ysrill eppreeiato da sfi- Stateman Publishing Company Complete PRLOTLNG Service , , t. Commercial Street to right. Jeaaette, Jerakflne aad Prior to 193 but few sales of state-owned property were made by the. commission. At that time a state-wide sales organization was perfected, with the result that property was returned to the tax roll in increasing volume with sales of the past two years ex ceeding a million and a quarter a year, and the. total sates to date reaching 19 16 properties tor an amount of $1,892,501, in which the state had invested 24.82 9.5 showing a net profit on such sales of 82,942. Loan Peak he S5 The peak of the loan operations was reached tn 1925. Changes in the law which made the loans less attractive,' with a higher in terest rate, resulted in a few loans being granted during the past six years. The loaa privilege expired June 30. 1931. The personnel of the present commission Is Governor Charles A. Sprague, ! Secretary of State Earl S n e 1 1 , Adjutant General George A. White, Paul B. Wallacs, Salem, and Will H. Masters. Port land. TO RKUXION LIBERTY Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Balmntyne wftl attend the reunion and picnic Sunday of the Lafay ette seminary and Dallas college In Dallas. Mrs. Ballantyne ie aa alumnus ot Dallas college and Jls of the seminary. II0L3E LOins D AUG I IIS '& ROBERTS, Inc. Gsardlaat BIdg. Phone 41 OS Easy Payments 1 ." LEmvellaDipcBS Bznrelapea yoa get All the aAymBtagsa A iwttea eawelopo yoor choice of any style or wide range of qwality and colon Earn lop ta delirereai ta tow aa tovj need thm ae 3 i i . - siBKca no ucuag oa sumps ana no loose sumps Na printing restrictions you but ass any atesuaa job choose. roBihtnitami ef colors of ink; aa cats and cmrinrttre type facet, Yea caal naiSae yowr avnsiisfss envelopa aa a Taktable asettisiai of aivertiainf, Immediate delivery of aery aamonnt of stamped earelopea yoa may ;need thaa been, gana: east tm own - ayral!a HmVS?H ; it 1 ; u . Joyce Jefferson Youth Given Farewell JEFFERSON A surprise farewell party was given at the home of Mr. aad Mrs. : rank Rehfeld, Wednesday night for their son, Francis, who left Thursday to enlist with the CCC. A quia program and games formed the features of the eve ning. At the close ice cream and cookies and punch were served. Present were Waiter, John and Helen Kihs. Edith Wilson, Lu cille and Dale Jenness. .Alayne. Alicen and Betty Chilton. Anna Klampe. Mrs. Nettie Reeves, Helen Hinz, and Mr. and Mrs. Rehfeld and family, Orville. Francis, Lawrence and Anns Mae Rehfeld. ADDITION TO HOME LIBERTY V. A. Ballantyne poured concrete foundation Tues day for an addition to his house, aad is to start the building imme diately. r. t. idua. v. n, a. cans. a. a Herbal remedies for ailments of stomach, river, kidney, skin. blood, glands A urinary ays- tea of men ft women. 1 jeml in service. Naturopathic Physi cians. Ask , your Neighbors about CHAN LAM. DIL CEIAII UU CHINESE MEDICINE CO. I 3S1 Court St. Corner Liber ty. Office open Tuesday At Sat- uraay only 10 AJi. to 1 P.M I ta 1 PJL Consultation, blood pressure 4V arias testa are free ot caarga. printed envelope have naa row printing limitations- require six weeks advenes deling and a heavy invenV sua of emwelopei, regular ear of paper stock fresn vrhict with" postage ataama already - uvina; t will stay here in oar city to are a WAft Racine Phone 9101