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SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1929 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON PAGE NINE rLOCALS$ The Molalla Electric company has wiled an application witn the coun ty court for the location of an elec trlo distribution pole line between the city of Donald and West Wood, Woodburn. MacDowell Club present Prof. Paul Petri at Roberts Studio, April 15th, 8:15 p. m. Adm, 60c. Public Invited. 80 Dr. -U. a, Dubach, dean of men at O. A. O., addressed a general as sembly of Salem high school stu dents Friday morning on "Prepara tion for the Future." During the re mainder of the day Dean Dubach held individual conferences with a numbr of the high school seniors. Mrs. Dubach accompanied him to Salem. Friday evening Dean Du bach will be one of the speakers at the Epworth League at Jason Lee. Husky, high grade baby chicks. Your favorite breed. The Flake Pet land. 89 Dr. Edward Lee Russell, medical advisor for the county child health demonstration, will address a meeting of the rush college club in Brush College schoolhouse In Polk county Friday evening. Want used furniture. Phone 611. ' Because the associated student body all school frolic will be given on the evening of May 3, the senior class of Salem high school will present the class play on May 17 Instead of the date first i nounced. The senior play this year will be the comedy A Full House." When you eat with us regularly, you will find the State Cafeteria very economical. You eat what you want and pay for what you eat. State cafeteria, Good food, well pre pared. ' . Nineteen more girls than boys will be graduated from Salem high school on Juno 7, says Principal J. C. Nelson. The class of 277 gradu ates, the largest in the history of the school, will include 120 boys and 148 girls. 'The percentage is 53 and one-half girls. Sacrifice sale of used cars. All cars priced by Northwest Used Car Manual. Late Dodges, Studebakers, Fords. Nashs and others. Marion Oarage, Phone 302, Open day and nignt. The executive board of the newly organized Salem Zonta club met at dinner at the Spa Friday evening to complete organization work. The next regular luncheon meeting of the entire club will be held at the Spa Tuesday noon, April IB. Mrs. Ella Schultz Wilson, president of the Salem Zontos, has announced the following appointments of com mittee chairmen: classification, Roberta Butler; pfogram, Winnie Pettljohn; service, Ruby Whittmore Morris; publicity, Helen Yockey; attendance. LaVerne Winkler; in tercity, Janice McAfee; and fellow ship, Ora F. Mclntyre. Old Time Dance Crystal Garden every Wed. and Sat. night. The Argola now upstairs over Fltts' Market at 222 North conn, The samo home cooking. Dinner (including Sunday) 50c. Specially priced lunches.. 80 Appointment of Roy R. Scott as general agent, perishable freight Southern Pacific, with headquarters in San Francisco, was announced vesterdav bv William C. Fitch, manager perishable freight traffic deoartment for the railroad. Scott succeeds L. H. Trimble who was re cently promoted and transferred to Detroit as general agent for the company. Salem doctors do not only okey our products, but use them for their own families. Three more Joined our list this month, curly' Dairy. Phone 2420. Hussey's Red Cross Pharmacy is riving away a Scotch Heatner nana scrub brush with four cakes Jergen's Violet Glycerine soap. Regular esc, special 39c, wi A son was bom Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wiles, 810 Hoys street, Don't forget Old Time Dance. M, W. A. Hall. Chemawa, Sat. nlte. Lunch served. Good Buv Salem's coming home- sites. 10 acres close in, view and ' good surroundings. Priced low. own er, Box 85 or call 782-R. 81 The Belcrest Memorial associa tion of Salem has filed with the state engineering department an application for authority to appro priate water from the seepage springs on the east slope of Crolsan canyon for the Irrigation of six acres of the cemetery tract of the association south of the city. Ladies' Aid Society of St. John's Lutheran church entertainment Saturday evening, April 13 at 8 p.m, in Nelson Auditorium. Admission Adults 25c; children 10c. Everyone welcome. Dance, Haunted Mill Sat. nlte. Mrs. S. C. Dyer has placed a piece of wood from the apple tree under which General Lee surrendered ft) General Grant in the Civil war, the anniversary of which occured April 12, in the window of Hartman' store. The piece of wood which Is bound in gold In the cnape oi book was given to Mrs, Dyer' mother, Mrs. F. A. Clark, by' an of ficer in the northern army. Rent a car. U Drive. Phonj Woods Auto Service Co. C09 Thomas Bros. Mellow Moon Sat, Although land owners of the Warm Spring irrigation project voiced considerable objection to the state reclamation commission' plan of reorganisation of the dls trlct, there was almost unanimous agreement to it after It had- been explained by State Engineer Rhea Luper. Luper has returnea to Sa lem after a trip to Vale to explain the plan In detail. Part of the plan requires the issuance of $450,000 in refunding bonds and the cash pay ment by the cJLstrlct of $400,000 to the present bondholders. The out standing bonds are (1,550,000, Shed dry wood. Coal. Tel. 13. Special Marcelling 75o. Phone 014. Elite Beauty Shop, 442 State. Through a reorganization of de partments In the motor vehicle reg istration division of the state de partment the division is enabled to dispense with the services ox about 20 employes, Secretary of State Hal E. Hoes said Saturday, one change brought abouUby an act of the 1920 legislature doing away with the printing of motor vehicle regis tration directories. It is estimated that this alone will give the state about $20,000 a year In printing and labor,. Mammoth Bronze turkey hatching eggs in quantities. The Flake Pet- land. ' Rummage sale by First Congre gational church. April 13 and 15. 420 Court St. 80 Mrs. Adeline Pooler, a resident of the Pratum section and of Salem for a great many years, Is seriously 111 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Effie Back on Chemeketa street. Mrs. Pooler, who has been In ill health for some time, sus tained a fall Thursday. No bones were broken but the shock has left her in a critical condition. Mrs. Pooler ponxd her 89th blrthdliy last December. 1926 Chevrolet Coach, new rub ber, in best of condition. Used Car Corner, 54 block west Ladd & Bush. Real Good time Hazel Green Sat. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cammack transacted business in Salem Sat urday. Dine with Miss Salem at O'Leary's tonight. We need a barber at Salem Heights. I have a nice clean room. Will let you nave at io per montn. Lots of Bobs out here. See H. G. Wiggins, at Associated Store No. 15. at Salem Heights. t Approximately one-half the peo ple seeking work tnrougn tne u. S. employment bureau during the week found employment, it is re ported by Sim Phillips, bureau manager. There were 131 men ana 32 women registered with calls for 82 men and women and 67 reportea placed. Eighteen of the 48 common laborers found work as did 16 of the 28 woods laborers, ten of the 25 agricultural workers and nine ot the 15 farm hands. There were no calls for the three carpenters, three salesmen, two painters, .two cooks or one auto mechanic, ah live saleswomen found employment as did six of the nine housekeepers and three of the eight women agri cultural workers. There were nc calls for the three rstaurant work- rs, three nurses, two chambermaids or two cooks. Valve irlnding specialists. Preci sion machines. Expert mechanics. Fitzgerald-Sherwin Motor Co., No. Liberty at cnemexeta. Oood Pianos for rent. H. L. Stiff Furniture Co. Tmnroner liirhts caused the ar rest Friday night of k. a. uison, 440 Ferry street. Dr. Stone does office practice, treats akin diseases and cancer. Of fice next door to police station. 89 A chimney fire at 3075 McCoy avenue was extinguished late Fri day without material damage. Special Sunday dinner $1.00 at Marlon Hotel. 89 Dr. C. L. Pickett, for 25 years a missionary in the Philippines under the Foreign Christian Missionary board will speak at the First Chris tian church Sunday morning ana at the Court street -church Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Dine with Miss Salem at O'Leary's tonight. 89 Funeral services for James L. Schultz, 67, were held at the Port land crematorium Saturday after noon at 2 o'clock. He was married in 1895 to Miss Julia L. Chamber lin, formerly of Salem, in Seat tle, a member of a prominent Ore gon pioneer family. Schultz was born in Franklin county, Indiana, Sept, 5, 1861, coming west in 1889, yearslocatlng in Seattle. The last 29 vears of his life were spent in Port land, 20 of these with the Ladd & Tliton bank and its interests. He is survived by a brother and two sis ters. Complete furnishings of Belvicw Hotel for sale. Inquire 148 N. Com' 89 Frank Devlin, city mail carrier, who has been ill with a serious cold for several days, has recovered suf ficiently to enable him to report for work again. $28.00 value for $19.75. Columbia portable and 4 records. H. L. Stiff Furniture Co. . 89 A. Claggett, Route 8, had a car stolen Friday night, but it was re covered early Saturday morning on Church street, between state and Ferry, police reports Indicate. Nice drive, cozy dance. Sat. Tum ble Inn. "Footwarmers- from saiem. A group of Willamette university students, who have been taking Y. M. C. A. work under the instruc tion of C. A. Kells, went to Port land Saturday In company with Mr. Kells, The object ot the trip is to get first hand observations of a large institution. Each one of the officials of the Portland Y will de vote an hour or so to the visiting students. Thomas Bros, Mellow Moon Sat. Dr. and Mrs. a. O. Bellinger, Mrs. Elliott Colony and Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hamilton are spending the week end at Crescent and Odell lakes at summit of the Cascade moun tains. The1 trip was made by auto mobile to Eugene and thence by Southern Paclfto train to the lakes. Winter reigns supreme In the high Cascades, according to travelers coming over the route. The Salem party expects to enjoy snow sports. Special dance Sat, Mchama. 89 Karl E. Hinges, 1540' South Lib erty street, paid a $5 in police court Saturday. Hinges was arrested on February 23 and charged .with speeding. He neglected to answer the summons, however, and it was not until Saturday that he received a une. Attention Golfers Salem Golf club invites your patronage. J. V. Burke, ex-presdlent of the oetunct Bank of Kenton. Portland, arrived at the state penitentiary at o'clock Friday to begin his seven year sentence for mlsaooli- cation of the funds of that bank. Burke was accompanied by Deputy onerm Tauey oi Multnomah county. No arrangements have yet been made for Burke's occupation wnue r is in tne prison. Dance Tumble Inn Saturday nlte. Music by "Footwarmers," Salem or chestra. Bert B. Flack, income investment. First National Bank Bldg., Salem, With the threat of the $2 pen alty which will be added after April 15, dog owners of Marlon county are swarming Into the county clerk's office by the scores with ap plications for licenses. Under the new law licenses for male dogs are $2 and $3 for females. After April 15 each license will cost $2 more. Saturday afternoon the license total for the year mounted to 3415 with applications still coming in. Harmony Knights, Hazel Green nui sed. McElroy's' Greater Oregonlans of Portland, Wed., at Mellow Moon When 16-year-old Frank Willis of Woodburn, was brought into Juven ile court Friday afternoon on the charge of participating in au auto mobile theft, his testimony caused the court to bring in also Chester Gibby, a 15-year-old Woodburn boy. Under questioning the two boys made some statements which re sulted in the court's decision to hold a re-hearlng next Tuesday aft ernoon. Meanwhile county officers are bringing some more Woodburn youths under scrutiny. It is thought that a number of small thievery cases in the Woodburn district will be solved when the matter is thor oughly sifted. Fostoria glassware Is always ac ceptable. Large selection in our giftry, Pomeroy & Keene. All Interested in the Building Trades ball team, report at Oxford Park Sunday p. m. at 1:30.' Because one of the Jurors observes tne saDbatn rigidly on Saturday, and asked to be excused from Jury duty, the case of Geelan vs. Eld- riedge, peppermint oil deal, being heard in circuit court Thursday and raaay, was continued until Mon day. "Miss Salem" and other beauty contestants at Mellow Moon tonight. The case of O. O. Cammack vs. Frank Settlemier, growing out of a sale of nursery stock, occupied the attention of circuit court Saturday. A small sum of money is being ask ed for. v. . 1926 Ford Coupe with Ruckstell axle and lots ot extras. $276. Used Car Comer, K block west Ladd & Bush Bank. 89 Alvln R. Fisher, past commander of the G. A. R-, died Friday even ing, April iz, at tne family home, mo nicxery street, at the age of years. Besides his widow. Fannie E. Fisher, Mr. Fisher is survived by i our emiaren: H. p. Fisher of Gar field. Washington; Ray O. Fisher, Lebanon; Mrs. Carl Boock, Salem and Mrs. Harold F. Sullivan, Port land; and the following sisters: Mrs. Will Schenfleld White Sal mon. Washington; Mrs. Olive Smith, Montlceno, Washingtn; Mrs. Harry Gllstrap, Portland; and Mrs. Rand Sproul, Presenton. Kansas: also ten grandchildren. Mr. Fisher was a member of the Jason Lee church and of the recentlv orean. izea uctogenairian society. Funer al services will be held at Riedon's Monaay morning at 10:30 oclock, Notice of appeal to supreme court irom a circuit court decision oi February 27, 1929, ot a case de cided against the city of Salem and in favor of O. J. Berger, has been filed in circuit court by Fred Williams, city attorney. Bereer brought suit against the city after tne zoning commission refused Berger permission to construct a filling station on the corner of Capitol and Center streets. Cir cuit court decision stated that the zoning commission ordinances do not apply to his suit, A dwelling to cost $2000 will be built by J. B. Peters at 1790 South 20th street. Permit for the struc ture was Issued Saturday by the city building Inspector, DOCTORING ANIMALS KANSAS GIRL'S PLAN Manhattan, Kas, (ff) It Is Helen Rlchta ambition to be a veterinari an of small farm animals and pets. this ireanman bionae with boyish bob Is the first girl ever to enroll In the veterinary medicine curriculum at the Kansas state ag ricultural college. A girlhood spent on a farm. where she acaulred an early inter est In animals, led to her desire to become ft small animal practitioner. STUDENTS GIVE YOUTHFUL ZEST TO 'SEVENTEEN' with a freshness and sincerity that professionals would find diffi cult to equal, 13 Salem high school students, members of the Techne club, presented Booth Tarklngton's nlay "Seventeen" in tne nign school auditorium Friday evening before an audience of 600 students and townspeople. Tarklngton's play or tne lovra, the tragedies, the embarrassments and the ambitions of the seventeen year old who Is "neither man nor child" was well known to practic ally every one in the audience but the Salem young people, many of them actually at the important age of "seventeen." gave a new inter pretation to the clever lines or tne play, Miss Cecil McKercher, Eng lish teacher, directed the produc tion. Leonard Shaffer, new in drama tic work at Salem high, made a renutatlon for himself in his pre sentation of Willie Baxter, the 17 year old. Rose Peterson as Mrs. Baxter, w line 3 motner, ww uiw of the most convincing characters in the entire cast. Jean Eastridge as the small and very inquisitive sister of Willie, achieved a natural ness and nonchalance that a profes sional actor might envy. The audience was treated to tne unusual sight of a Japanese boy with a French curl. It took the pro- eram to prove that Genesis, the "colored man" who helped about the Baxter . home, was actually young Ben Terusaki. His southern drawl added to his black face and curly black hair completed the im nersonatlon. Other members of the cost were Fred Blatchford as Willie's father; Ellis Harris as Johnnie Watson: Velma May as May Farcher; Lois Wilkes as Lola Pratt, the "baby talk lady"; Fritz Arman as Joe Bullet: Joe King as Mr. Parcher; Virgil DeVoe as George Cooper; Lu cille Downing, as Ethel Boke ana Grace Holman as Mary Brookes. Several features were presented between acts by Elizabeth Waters, solo dancer: Lucille Downing, so prano; and by Williard Moses and Orvllle Hawk. The high school or chestra directed by Miss Lena Belle Tartar played during the evening. PTERODACTYLS Yeovil, Eng., (IP) Back a million years to the atesozoic period when the air was people with those weird flying monsters, the featherless Pterodactyls, science now has gone In Its latest attempt to solve the problem of safe flight. Whether the full solution has been reached Is still a question but certain it is that a wholly new form of airplane has been designed and flown. This new type of airplane known as the "Pterodactyl" has been de veloping many years under the di rection ot Capt. O. T. R. HiU, late of the Royal Force. During the last three years Capt. Hill has been making successful flights with ex perimental machines, differing in detail, but all embodying the same principle ot construction; namely, a tailess monoplane wing driven by a pusher propeller, and having a peculiar form of wing construc tion that practically eliminates any possibility of the machine "stall ing" in the air. It is this non-stall ing feature, it is said, wmcn manes the new machine safer to handle than any type of airplane that has so far been constructed. ONLY MUSICIANS NEEDED IN CORPS The popularity of the United States marine corns with the vounff men of the country has In creased to sucn an extent auring the nast few months, that the ranks are entirely filled with the exception of musicians, uergeant William H. Mcclain, stationed here as recruiting officer stated Satur day. During the nast tew years many members of the marine corps have been stationed In China, Nicara gua and other foreign countries, and the thrill of foreign travel and new and unusual scenes has so appealed to these men that thev have extended th-eir enlist ments in preference to returning to the United States. Enlistments are still open for musicians. Marine corps bands are stationed at Quantlco, Va, Parrlsh Island, S. C San Diego, Calif.. Hawaiian islands. Peking, China: Haiti, tne virgin isianas and other foreign countries. In addition each regiment has own band. The men of these various bands were not all accomplished musi cians when they entered the ma rine corps, sergeant Mcuiain states, but through study and training under competent teachers they are now qualified to accept attractive positions upon un charge. Mantorvllle. Minn. (IP) One of the rarest bank notes ever Issued by the United States government a $7 bill Is In possession of the J. Cooper family here. The note, which the government never has redeemed, was given Coo per's grandfather in 1776 for serv ice in the Continental army. It was signed by J. W. watklns and N. Sellers and Is dated July 22, 17776, On one side It "entitles the bearer seven Spanish Milled dollars or the value thereof In gold or sliver, ac cording to a resolution of Congress. The reverse side bears a picture that of a tree standing In a sauare. The bill has been in the posses sion of the Cooper family since it was Issued, MAKES RADIO SEARCH -FOR HUBBY; DIVORCED Maiden, Mass. OF) Radio has bob bed up In probate court as a factor In divorce proceedings. Mrs. Sarah J. Edgett seeking di vorce from her husband, introduced evidence to show that five different radio stations have broadcast pleas to Ernest J. Edgett to reveal his where abouts. In spite of all this, she said, she has had no word from him since he went to work one day in 1923 and failed to return. Detec tives also were employed and with lack of success. The court granted Mrs. Edgett a decree nisi of divorce on grounds oi desertion. v DIVIDE ROUTES FOR GATHERING SCHOOL PUPILS With a gentleman's agreement that one high school district will not go into another high school district and solicit students, rep resentatives from the Stayton, Turner. Aumsvllle. and Jefferson high school districts and the dis trict boundary board have reached a decision on the routes over wmcn each district will transport pupils under the new high school trans portation law. According to tne agreement the four contesting districts the different high schools win be al lowed to furnish transportation over the following routes and ter ritories. Jefferson will be allowed to run high school busses into Marion as far north as the Marlon-Stayton road and will draw its pupils from the territory lying south and west of that road, it will inciuae tne Sydney. Looney Butte, Parrlsh Oan and Talbot districts and the Folnnew district oeiow me an- keny hill. Marion county will ac quiesce In any Linn county routes approved by tne Linn county ais trlct boara. The territory lying north ot tne Marlon-Stayton road will be op tional with the residents- of the district. They may elect to attend either Turner, stayton or jeiier- son hljh schools and the transpor tation monev. not exceeaing oi course the maximum allowance of $40 a year, will be paid by tne county. The low land in the dis trict lacking in sumcieni cross roads compels the Turner busses to bo into Marlon to reacn tne Pleasant View district. This ne cessitates a doubling In part of the route. Added to the optional nortn Marlon district, Turner will have the Pleasant view, oioveraaic, Summltt and Battle Creek districts and may run routes into Illahee, Sunnyside, Prlngle, and Pleasant Point districts for any pupils who prefer Turner to Salem. The boundaries of the Aumsvllle district will be settled only after agreements two icnvucu wv. Stayton district. The Aumsvuie and Stayton representatives will meet together to make exchanges and settle routes. In the main they are each given the territory now held. In addition to conferring with Turner regarding the Crawtord district and with Aumsvllle dis trict on a number of points, the Stayton district Is ' Instructed by the district boundary board to meet with Silverton to decide on. the line which will mark the southern boundary ot the Silverton area and the north boundary oi the Stayton district through the McAlplne territory, Vlotor Point and Sliver Falls. Silverton high school will serve the Evergreen, Brush Creek, Evans Valley. Central Howell. North Howell east of the schoolhouse, Bethany, Mountain View, Abtqua, Vallev View. Thomas. McLoughlln, Center View, Davis, Hullt, Porter, Willard. SUyer C1UI. Hazel ueu, and Hazel Green east of the schoolhouse. The Pratum district is left optional with students per mitted to attend eitner euverton or Salem. Briar Knob and Bridge creek districts are also optional, ALLIED WAR BILL TO BE REJECTED (Continued from Page 1) 11:30 a. m. tor the meeting in the tea room. There was about them all the grim solemnity of the open ing session of the reparations con ference on February 11. As they entered the tea room and the door closed behind them the ante-room buzzed with talk that they were already aware of the amount ot the claim and would reject It. Through courtesy to the allied delegates, however, , tney were expected to go through the fiction of studying it for a day or so. Two marriage licenses . were granted by the county clerk early Saturday afternoon. The applicants were Ellis Purvlne White of Long- view, and B?ta Marie Cannoy Salem; Lelle Eugene Llbby, 21, and Ruby Looney, 21, both of Jefferson N. J. (Nick) Haas, has recently resigned as head of the notarial di vision of the secretary of state' office because of ill health. It is the first time in more than 40 years that his name has not been on the state pay roll. Haas Is at present In Portland hospital. Fined Torlo reading lenses fitted to your eyes at the above figure We also Insure your glasses against breakagethe only firm In Salem extending this splendid FREE Service. Examination, too. TnOMPSON-GLUTBCH OPTICAL CO. 110 N. Commercial St At the Sign of toe Spes BROADCASTERS' CHARGE MAY BE SET BY SENATE Washington (m The federal ra dio commission or any otbe agency that supervises wireless communi cation in the future probably will be made self supporting. At the order of the senate, the commission Is preparing a tentative-scale of fees to be paid by all broadcasters. The senate adopted the follow ing resolution: "The federal radio commission is hereby requested to formulate a schedule ot fees to be recommended to congress as the charges which should be made for the different kinds of radio licenses Issued by the commission. This schedule shall be reported to the senate for Its consideration in con nection with radio legislation at as early a date as convenient." Senator Dill of Washington says he plans to take up with Represen tative White of Maine the early drafting of a new and comprehen sive radio measure. Provision for broadcasting fees likely will be In cluded in legislation to be consid ered at the next regular session of congrus next December. CANADIAN-MEXICAN LINK SEEN IN 1930 Inswlch. S. D. HV-The proposed Canada to canal nignway wui, oy the end of next year, connect Can ada and Mexico witn a concrete road, J. W. Parmley ot Ipswich, president ot tne nignway associa tion, predicts. By the end of 1930 the road win run irom uranaou, Manitoba, to Mexico, opposite Lar edo, Tex. Eventually the association hopes to extend the highway to the Pana ma canal, touching nine countries. From Brandon It Is to run through North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, cross Mexico, Guatemala, Salvador, Hon duras, Costa Rica and Panama. AUTO JUST WORTH COST OF FREEDOM Albanv. N. Y.. (IP) It Isn't often that the cause of the trouble is the means of salvation, but when Arthur Nett, 17, of this city, was arralnzed with four traffic viola tions, the ancient vehicle he drove saved him from a possible 65-day Jail term. Nett was stopped for passing red lights. The officer found that Nett had no operator's license, falsified his age to get license plates and that the car had Ineffective brakes. Fines on the several violations totalled $65 or 65 days. Nett phoned a Junk dealer,, sold the car for that amount and walked home. TEST STRENGTH OF FACTIONALISTS (Continued from Page 1) support nothing that so-and-so proposes." How tielr tactics are operating to the detriment ot sane business practices and efficiency and nar monv la evidenced by the defiance they are waving In the face of the mayor in the matter ot his sug gestion as to tne manner in wmcn a building inspector to succeed William Lalng, resigned, should be selected. Lalng resigned during the ab sence ot Mayor Livesley from the city, and at tne teiegrapnea re quest of the mayor the building code committee named u. b den- sen to fill the place temporarily. Immediately applicant for the permanent appointment began to bombard members of the council for pledges of their support and councllmen were moved to start booms for friends whom they de sired to see elected. Politics and not the qualifications of the ap plicants became tne gauge oi a candidate's chances, and this situ ation endured until the mayor re turned from the east. Sensing the situation upon his return, and realizing that the suc cess of the new building code is dependent upon keeping politics out of Its administration. Mayor Livesley announced that he was requesting the building code com mittee to investigate the qualifi cations of apllcants and recom mend It choice ror the Job to the council. The committee met and recom mended the appointment ot Jen sen be made permanent, and the war broke. Disappointed sponsors for other candidates immediately began to howl that an attempt Was being made to dictate to them, and a si lent movement was Inaugurated to pledge a majority of the councllmen to some other candidate than that selected by the committee. One candidate who In the early stages of the contest was being sup- I lUlugaMecjon ii c ported by leaders among the rebels was sidetracked In the interests of a compromise who could command more support Thursday night of this week eight members of the council met to dis cuss the situation and to a free up on an opposition candidate. Earl BushneU was their cbotre. At that meeting one councilman openly announced th.it the only reason he had for uppoang the election of Jensen was ttut the Capitol Journal In announcing the recommendation ot Jensen by the code committee predicted that the recommendation would insure his election. "I am not going to be dictated to, that councilman declared. Another alderman objected to the authority that has been delegated to the building code committee, charging that the committee was appointed only to draft the code and that its duties ended when the code was enacted. The building code committee was appointed by the mayor under a resolution passed by the council and after the code had been draft ed was requested by the mayor to continue to act in an advisory capa city to him in seeing that Its en forcement was properly launched. The committee does not pretend to exercise any powers, recognize itts capacity and has simply been giving its time and effort to making the code a success. Subsequent to the meeting Jen sen In interviewing members of the council was told by several that they had nothing against him and did not question his ability to exe cute the duties of toe inspector's office, but advised bun that he wat "playing with the wrong crowd." Over the "grape vine" also comes the report that consideration was given at the rebel caucus to a pro posal to take action to reduce the salary of the city attorney. Ringleaders In the opposition movement have been Aldermen Purvine, Kowitz, and Johnson and the others who attended the Thurs day night caucus are reported to be Rosebraugh, Fatten, Vandevort, Herrick and Wilkinson. PAGEANT WILL BE PRESENTED "The Challenge of the Cross," pageant which will be presented by eight members of the Jason Lee Epworth League, will feature Sat urday night's session of the. Salem district Epworth League conven tion which got underway Friday night with 125 persons- registered from various parts of the Willam ette valley. Registration is ex pected to reach the 140 mark be fore the convention ends. The convention will close with a devotional service Sunday after noon with Dr. T. H. Temple, dis trict superintendent, in charge. Saturday morning's session was devoted to group discussions, There were five of these groups. The subjects and leaders included: "How can we make Epworth Leaguers realize the Importance of the Epworth League?" Hope Mum ford, McMlnnvllle; "What should the objects ot the League service be?" Waldo Munsey, Albany; "How can we make the minds of Ep- worthtans universal in scope?' Walter Freeman, HiUsboro; 'What are some of the results so far in this year of third department em phasis?" Percie Miles, Falls City; "Things that can and do make fourth department a force in char acter nuuamg," John cnenevert. Election of officers will take place late Saturday afternoon. EASTERN TOURISTS SHATTER ILLUSIONS Philadelphia, Pa. (IP) Three ad venturesome young men who recent ly completed a rapid 14.000 mile tour into tne heart of tne Trans- lord anl a. Arabia and Syria, return ed with shattering opinion about romantic illusion of the desert The travelers Robert P. Brown, of M cores town, N. J., Richard A. Tauslg and Chester P. McCreery, both of Germantown, Pa. were en tertained by three kind ot the Near East. They met the world- famous figure. Emir Feslal, King of Bagdad; his brother, Abdullah, Emir or Transjoraania; and tneir xatner, Hussein, now living under the pro tection of the British government in the island of Cyprus. Dusky beauties of the desert are non-existent, the youthful travelers said. The women, tney said. mem drudges. The bandit tribes men, Instead of sallying forth in pay garment, mounted on beauti ful steeds and armed with anti quated guns, now use motor-car and machine-guns In their lorays, they said. Albert Jackman has entered demurrer to his wife. Hozel'a sultl for divorce. She ha not sufficient cause for suit says Jackman, The Home of High Test Gasoline and Kelly Tires We Never Close "JIM" "BILL" SMITH and WATIUNS NEW AIR BASE FOR PACIFIC IS NOW PROBABLE Washington UP) Laying plans for the operation of the navy's two new giant dirigibles to ne mure m Ohio, congress has been asked to establish a lighter-than-alr base on the Pactflo coast. Extended flights to prove the worth of airships for both military and commercial purposes are plan ned. The flights, navy official have Intimated, may be made across the Paclflo to the Hawaiian islands if the west coast base Is aproved. Cost of the base Is esti mated at $5,000,000. Since the new airships are to be' assigned to the fleet for tactical duties, navy officials say a base should be provided on the west coast, where the ships would be close to the battle fleet and Its air craft squadrons. Better conditions prevail over tne Paclflo than over the Atlantic which would make feasible the op eration of the new dirigible on a regular schedule between Calif or- -nla and the Hawaiian islands. Contact with the American out post in the Hawaiian Islands tor both commercial and military rea son ha been considered impor tant by the government tor year. The present naval air base at San Diego has been considered by navy official to be too crowded for successful operation of aircraft Two hundred and forty plane are now operating with fleet on ma euvers at sea, and planes in re serve must be maintained at shore ises. Establishment of an edaquate air base at some point on the pa clflo coast decided upon after a survey of possible sites would make possible operation ot both heavler-than-atr and llghter-than-alr craft from the same base with an ap preciable saving of funds, navy officials say. MRS. SEVERSON, 81 DIES AT SILVERTON Silverton Mrs. Seversen, 81, grand mother of 36 and great grandmother of 21, died at her farm, home nine miles south or su verton early Friday night after an illness of one year. She was the mother of seven children, three son and four daughters, all of whom are dead. She was born in Norway, May 15, 1848 and spent the last 24 year of her life on the farm where death occurred. Funeral services will be held from the Trinity church Mon day afternoon, 2 o'clock, with Rev. H. L. Foss officiating, interment will be in the Silverton cemetery. Besides her husband, Jacob sev- ersOn, she Is survived by four step sons, K. O. Strom, North Dako ta; Severt Strom, Kansas; J. O. Strom and H. C. Strom, both of Silverton, and one step-daughter, Mrs. Christina Everson, of Kansas and one sister, Mrs. Clara Peterson, of Illinois. AVIATION LUNCH GATHERING TOPIC Aviation today and what it will mean to Salem to have a Class A airport for which $50,00 was vot ed, will be discussed before the chamber of commerce Monday noon by W. A. (Scout)) Hazelwood, chief pilot and ground school in structor for the Eyerly School ot Aeronautics. Hazelwood learned to fly at Kelly field and has more than 1200 hours to his credit Judge Brazier O. Small, general chairman of the airport commission, will tell of progress being made on tne air port. Through the courtesy of Lee Eye- erly, president of the school, card will be distributed at each placet and signed. The name called from the seventh card to be drawn by B, E. Slsson, president of the chamber of commerce, will be given a ride over the city. According to the chamber ot commerce bulletin the first plane built in Salem was by Ben Taylor In 1009. About 1920 the old "Web foot" plane did considerable flying. Eyerly is the designer of the first modern successful Oregon-built air plane and now has a newer and larger ship under construction with) two others being built by students. There are now 30 student engaged in ground work and flying Instruc tion at the school which has main tained night classes since the first of the year. The machine shop, the bulletin states, is recognized by aviation men a being one of the best-equipped on the coast
