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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1929)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1929 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREC.ON PAGE SEVEV SMITH-HUGHES . DEPARTMENT IN DAYTONSCHOOL Dayton Prof. BurrU L. Young of Spokane, Wash., graduate last June of the University of Idaho, located at Moscow, received the po sition of Instructor of the Smith Hughes complete department of agriculture, which has been added to the Dayton high school course for the coming term to open Sep tember 30, at the meeting of the Dayton school board consisting of Paul Londershausen, chairman; Dr. Orr, O. Goodrich, D. E. Albright, and Rev. Walter a. Smith, secre tary, held in the office of Dr. Good rich Thursday evening. Prof. Young in company with Prof. O. I. Paulson of Salem, who has charge of the work In Oregon, will spend the Intervening time lining up the Dayton high school boys who will take that line of work. Miss Marie Johnson Is Instruct or of the domestic science course of the school for next year. THROWS BABES TO SAFETY FROM FLAMES Nez Perce, Idaho With escape cut off by flames on their burning home, Harry Kennedy, a rancher living seven miles southeast of here, wrapped two babies In bedding and threw them out of a second story window Into the arms of the chil dren's mother. The fire started while Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy were out of the house. Kennedy rushed upstairs to save the children and when his escape was cut off he tossed them to safety and then leaped to the ground. The house was destroyed. LABOR LAW BARS CHILD MUSICIAN Portland (A1) The "brightest star in musical heaven" will not shine in Portland next year because the board of inspectors of child labor fcave decreed that Yehudl Menuhin, J2 year old musical wonder, was a rrenile entertainer. The attorney-general, according to Millie R. Turnbull .secretary of the board of inspectors, held that Ye hudi came under that classification and that the child labor law held no exceptions. The youthful violinist has been booked to appear at the auditorium as one of the series of entertain ments being sponsored by a book ing concern here. New Kingwood Heights Home , -, - H' - - c .' , , . , . , - - v. 'V -'. i , , . , " , ' ' - -',' ' x :01U tin, m Thomas B. Kllngsmith Is the owner of this artistic home recently tial suburb. completed in Salem's new resided HORSE HOLDS OWN AGAINST THE AUTO Chicago (JP) There are $1,400, 000,000 worth of horses and mules in the United States, the Horse As sociation cf America announced Friday by way of proving that the automobile hasn't been such a de vastating influence after all. The number of saddle horses has actually increased in recent years, the association found. The number of horses In the United States was given as 14,920,000 and mules at 5,447,000. EXPLOSION OPENS NEWLYWEDS VISIT AT REV. GROVES HOME West Salem Rev. and Mrs. M. A. Groves were very happily sur prised Sunday evening by a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Paul Swine hart, who had been on a wedding trip to Long Beach and other Cal ifornia places of interest and were then on their way to Spokane, Wash., to make their home. They made known their presence In the neighborhood by attending church where Groves was preach ing. Mrs. Swlnehart was a close girl hood friend of Mrs. Groves when they were both living in Harrison, Idaho, a few years ago. She is a graduate nurse from the Deaconess hospital in Spokane. Mr. and Mrs. Swinehart were overnight guests at the parsonage and on Monday motored on to Spokane. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR GROUP HAS MEETING Scotts Mills The Christian En deavor of the Friends church had a business and social meeting com bined at the home of Mrs. Anna White Thursday evening. The busi ness meeting was conducted by the president, Miss Margret Coulson. For the social period music and games were enjoyed and refresh ments were served. About 18 were present. CLUAfi LAKE Mr. and Mrs. George Dodge of eastern Oregon are here visiting Mrs. Dodge's parents, the Fred Hafnmacks. Dick Van Pelt returned home with them as he had been spending the summer with his aunt, Mr. Dickey has moved his family near Dallas so as the children will be ready to start to school. Dickey will move later. They formerly lived on the LaFollet farm where he was employed. Mr. and Mrs. Evans of Salem have moved into the Roy Smith house, formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. John Bloom. The first full-page adverstlsments In newspapers of Bucharest, Ru mania, were placed by two Ameri can automobile manufacturers, and have awakened local merchants to the value of newspaper advertising. WASHINGTON FOLK CALL Palls City Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Parsons and daughter, Halen of Longview. Wash., visited Friday eve ning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons are visiting with her par ent Mr. and Mrs. Warren Frink over the week-end. ALBANY PEOPLE CALL .mity Mrs. J. W. Faley. Miss Bsrnice Fftey and Mrs. G. Mosier and sons of Albany, were calling on friends in Amity Wednesday after noon. They were enroute to Albany from Wheeler where they had been visiting for a few days. Amity W. H. Touey, Rev. W. E. Btanton, William Patty, E O. Morse and Prof. A. E. Murphy, are mem bers of the boy scout committee and plan to organize a boy scout troop In Amity. Bend, Ore. (JP) A chilling current of air from a subterreanean source was released by a dynamite blast of highway workmen near here. Geologists believe an unknown lava cavern crosses central Oregon and that wind enters its mouth, is cooled in passage through ice caves and by forced draft is expelled through the newly opened orifice. The flow of cold air seems inexhaustible. Germany led the world in the icrease of merchant shipping dur ing the last fiscal year. Oberammergau Plans for 1930 Passion Play Ooerammerjrau, Germany (.VP.) Will Bia Lang, daugh ter of Anton Lang, the famous portrayer of the role of Christ, or Hans! Relslngcr, daughter of the Oberammergau post master, be honored with the role of the Virgin Mary for the Passion Play or 1930? t Another question which In terests Passion Play devotees is whether Anton Lan$ will again enact the tills role. Lang himself la anxious to yield It to a younger man. , Should he decline, tradition nlU assign tj him the part of the speakci of the prologue. Decision on the cast comes In September. Rehearsals be gin in December, AUBURN RESIDENTS PLAN IMPROVEMENTS Auburn Walter Mathey i3 hav ing a new modern electric water system Installed in hsl home here. Ross B. Clark is remodeling his home here an dhas built a new dou ble garage. He is raising western fur, Chinchilla rabbits quite extensively and Is entering quite a number at the state fair. TO STOP LOANS TO BOXING COMMISSION Portland, Ore. (P) By an unani mous vote of the -city council, the special ordinance under which $400 of the civic emergency fund is said to have been loaned to the boxing commission was killed Friday. The council also directed the de partment of fincance to examine the books of the boxing board and report findings to the councilmen at a later meeting. Mayor George Baker Thursday demanded the boxing commission to show cause why they should bor row $400 from the emergency civic fund, used almost exclusively for dealing with the indigent. The loan is said to have nearly bank rupted the fund. REBEKAH OBSERVANCE OF ANNIVERSARY SET Falls City Magnolia Rebekah ledge No. 140 will celebrate their 18th anniversary Saturday night with a short program after which a social evening will be enjoyed and light refreshments will be served. A new railway Is to be constructed in Singapore, Straits Settlement, will afford the city nine one-quarter miles of additional track, two new p-ssenger stations, overhead brid ges and a dock terminal. ' I PAINTINQ-DECORATING t I f ."-. m . mi m .,.-jjjsjiBr- . Br H & ' ""i" " " r " . ' PAINTING DECORATING PAPER HANGING We try to do the best Job possible. We also have and sell four lines of wall paper. PHONE 206 PHOE 2664 DUNSMOOR BROS. Substitute V , ffj' wH'--" ff tijjffltffllB owe? for ft i). JIUiynHinO' LllulftsPTipiin '". wrSJmJfCSfi Pi n wllh " Quality fl ffl lTi IfffiijMi ObuaUo Easy Terms Arranged Re-Roof on' Easy Terms Bad weather is just around the corner, is your roof prepared to meet It? Summer often plays havoc with many roofs and we suggest that you save ' redecoration and needless repair expense by having us re-roof your home with Pioneer Yosemite Rock Surfaced Composition Non-Fading Shingles. We apply Them Right Over the Old Wood Shingles. Don't gamble. l)eal with a specialist. Re-roofing is our Business. Carlton Pioneer Roof inc Co. TELEPHONE 7 A. B. CHRISTENSON, Manafer AUTHORIZED APPLICATION AGENTS 17 N. FRONT STREET Eugene. Ore. OP) Actual con struction of the Rainrock-Cushman section of the Sluslaw highway will be started in October, this year, H. D. Lynch, engineer for the federal bureau of public roads, said Friday. The announcement followed the unofficial sanction of the agreement drawn by the Southern Pacific at torneys by the state highway com mission and the county courty whtcfrt was lorwaraed to the court Friday. Bids will be opened in October and the successful bidder will be in structed to proceed immediately. County Judge O. P. Barnard said Friday the agreement probably would be approved, and that the county Is ready with deeds to the right of way. The controversy arose over an Indemnity clause. It was said the state and county would be forced to furnish bond to indemnify the rail road company from all losses and claims which might occur during construction. By terms of the agreement the bond will be posted by the con tractor. The bond will be 1100,000. NURSE ON VACATION Salem ii iut1no mil-sat In fVi a n jO. W, Keene offices during the tune uuk roe regular nurse, Theo Jen- en. is taklnff hp npnMm tehlih she is spending at the coast. RulL Ens-land l nnnxlHArlno, Plan to abolish 10 railwav Rtrert crossings at a cost of t6.250,000. START BUILDING SIUSLAW ROAD HAYESVILLE DISTRICT EXHIBIT NEARLY DONE Auburn Delegates from the Bay esville Sunday school district met to complete and decorate their display booth Friday. A group of men from the district who volunteered to do the carpenter work, were busy all day Tuesday making tables, lockers and other equipment. H. M. Meade furnished the workers with dinner at his restaurant on the grounds. 300 DEADHEADS AT RING BOUTS Portland, Ore., (AV-City officials investigating the borrowing of $400 from the Civic Emergency fund by the boxing commission which near ly depleted the fund, said Friday they had discovered that about 300 passes to ringside seats at all fights were being given away. A mailing ust containing isa nar.es has been served each week, according to Investigators. The re mainder of the 300 tickets, they said, have been passed out to a varying list. Investigators estimated that the pass system taxed each week's re celnts about S825. one reason, thev said, which caused the boxing commission to lose money on prac tically every fight staged in the city. The finance department was di rected bv the city council to ex amine the boxing commission re cords. So serious has become the used- car problem in Danzig that dealers are refusing to accept trade-ins. Watch! Kingwood Heights Grow Several New Homes Under Construction Pure Water! Wondetful View! Pure Air! Drive Up and See Salem's Beauty Spot GRABENHORST REPORTS SALES September real estate sales re. ported by W. H. Orabenhorst & Co. Include the following: Oarreth Rynhart recently from California purchased a 10 acre tact one mile north of Keiaer school. from Ivy E. Welch. Consideration 31S0. L. L. sloper buys two lots located in Kingwood Park. Consideration 1350. A. E. Allen recently from Montana purchased modern home located at 172S N. 10th street from J. B. Peters. Consideration 15600. M. M. Trindla mirchased new mo dern home located on N. 30th street from J. B. Peters for I3O00. a. a. Tucker purchased home lo cated at 2147 South Winter street. Consideration glSOO. Ernest u. Good ale purchased mo dern home at 1040 Madison street from J. B. Peters for $200. Dolly Harnett buys modern six room home on N. 19th street In Kays additions from 8. B. EatMUnaa for $9600. Joe Beaty and Jessie Beaty buy modtrn 6-room home located at 2715 North loth street from J. B. Peters for t3600. Alfred Lowry buys modern 5-room home located at 1725 N. Mth street from J. B. Peters for a consideration of 13600. M. C. Findley purchased a lot on comer of N. Liberty and Division streets at a consideration of 18500. Loren a Webb from Portland, mir chased suburban home site of ft ac res In Reltsel fruit and garden tract for a consideration of t'MOO. WILL STUDY AVIATION Silverton William Moore Junior. son of Mr. and Mrs. William Moores of near Silverton, who was graduat ed irom Silverton high thla spring, will enter Benson polytechnic school in Portland where he expects, to study aviation. He has already been studying this for some time during the summer months. "EVERYTHING" IN BUILDING MATERIALS Can us for Building Materials. Estimates cheerfully given SLAB WOOD EXTRA OOOD QUALITY BUY YOUR WINTER SUPPLY NOW CODDS Cc MITCHELL 149 8. Ulh STREET A. a KELSAY, Mgr. PHONE 111 20 YEARS IN-SALEM There must certainly be a good reason for any firm being able to stay in business for a number of years. For twenty- years we have built a confidence in Salem through our desire to produce hon est paint applied by skilled painters. This combination has brought to us some of the largest and most particular paint jobs in Sa lem. People who cannot afford to take a chance will get in touch with us for an estimate on all kinds of painting, Hutcheon Paint Storo 154 S. Commercial St.' Phone 594 "Buy your paint at a plfint store." r"-"" -.ir-i v,v v ft HEX A Certified BRICK HOME For Kingwood Heights The developers of Kingwood Heights are arranging to construct one of the finest examples of good home con struction in Salem. The walls of the home will be of brick and tile mrsonry built according to the recommended metkod and specifica tions of the Association which assures the quality of the material and workmanship. When completed a Certificate of Quality will be issued the owner and a bronze brick as shown above will be in stalled as a lasting mark of identification. Brick homes cost but little more than less permanent homes. Their ultimate economy and beauty are well known. One of the types of all masonry walls that can be certified. Certification insures proper construe tion and tested materials. jar ikmlf Tilt ASSOCWIOM 913 Arctic Bldg., Seattle, Wash. In Salem Salem Brick & Tile Co.