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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1929)
fa;k sixteen THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1929 OLD DONATION CLAIMS CAUSE OF CROOKED ROADS ' The old donation land claims on which the settlement of the Wil lamette valley ni founded are the real reason why our loads and highways are so crooked," comment ed County Engineer Hedda Swart. -When the first settlers came In here alone In the 40's of the last century they were squatted and put UD their shack wherever they hap pened to land and It looked the best to them. When there were enough settlers here for the gov ernment to take notice, the dona tion land claim act was passed. Under this the settlers were allow ed MO acres for a married man or 130 acres for a single man. How ever, the settlers could pick their own claim, where they wanted It. allowing the settler so many cor ners. Naturally the early ones here nicked out the cream of the land here and there and there was no system or symmetry to It. The country was not laid out In section lines but In farms of all kinds of shapes. , . i "Why, there was one donation land claim dawn near St. Paul, the John McKay dalm, which had 1 comers. This, was- more corners than the government would allow but the government couldn't help Itself. Claims had been taken all around this one and this was what ; was left. It had a handle on It like a fan and the boundary lines round it followed a zigzag 'trail to fit Into the boundary lines of other claims already taken up. This claim had more comers than any ' other donation claim In the coun- ' ty. McKay, as It was, with his wife only got 620 acres Instead of 640. "When road building started It naturally followed the claim bound ary lines and so the roads went back and forth as the boundary lines happened to run. Back east the state were laid out in section lines and the roads followed the section lines so they ordinarily run straight. But It's not so here. That Is one reason why we have to do lot of Ironing out of comers and curves. When the market roads were first laid out they followed the lines of the' old roads which followed the claim lines." MISSION SOCIETY AT HAZEL GREEN ACTIVE Hazel Green The Women's Mis sionary society will hold their reg ular meeting Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Pearl Van Cleave. The leader for the meeting will be Mrs.. Elizabeth Davis and the subject will be "I am Come a Light Into .the World." The worship service will Include a medley of Christmas carols and various prophecies concerning Jesus. The Women's Missionary society's annual program will be given Sun day morning, December 15. at the church. The entire worship and church service will be given by the members of the society. itself In favor of this Idea. At the same time plans were made to hold a meeting In the near future in one of the rural districts for the pur pose of discussing cooperative farm work In all its phases. The discussion will be a oy George Hubbs, Bilverton, v U e prwtdent of the federation. PREDICTS LIVELY MOVEMENT IN REALESTATE "I look for one of the biggest movements in Salem property next summer that has been seen for many years," said a prominent Sa lem realtor Monday. "I refer par ticularly to residence property and also adjoining farm property for that matter. "And I have a pretty good reason for making this prediction. Salem has a large number of people right now living in rented houses who have been In Salem but a few months. They have come here from various places in the east. I know of a score or more such families and other realtors are In touch with 'a great many more of thera. They all have more or less money and all came out here to Invest In 8a- em Drooerty. "But the easterner moved more cautiously now than he used to In Investing money in the west and In determining where he wants to make his home. These people have come out here attracted to Salem, they like It and they are going to settle down here and buy property. But they are trying It out for a summer and winter until they are thoroughly satisfied that this is the place they want to live. By next spring most of them will be ready to invest In property either In the city or in this neighborhood In the country. "There was a time when often an eastern farmer would sell out and buy property out here before he had ever even seen it. But that time Is past. They give out to the coast, go up and down the coast from one end to the other, pick out the place that looks best to them and then don't invest until they have thoroughly satisfied themselv es by a residence there for awhile. But a lot of these people are going to buy homes here next summer and a lot of them are going to buy farms. More of them are coming In practically every day who will do the same thing. "As far as downtown property is concerned. There are not so many people who own downtown proper ty In Salem who want to sell it. Hut I think there will be some pretty important movements In that before the pomtntr year l out." STORM TOLL IS KNOWN TO BE OVER HUNDRED London or) Numerous ships which nave been battered by the terrific storm which baa been pounding the British Isles and the continental seaboard for the past week, began limping Into port Tuesday. The great storm Tuesday after noon, seemed to have spent Its force and comparative calm prevailed over the stricken area. There was warning, however, that further dis turbances were likely to approach from the Atlantic. ' Meanwhile at least 111 lives are known to have been lost on sea and land while reports from France said it was feared the storm hsd taken a toll of 71 French seamen. In all 69 ships were wrecked or damaged In the storm which has been one of the worst to strike the eastern Atlantic In the past century. At present the chief worry so far as Great Britain was concerned was the extent of the flooding of the Thames and other rivers. The swol len Thames In Its upper reaches has gone to a higher level than the 128 floods and Is rapidly approaching the same level near London. Police have been detailed to keep special watch on the embankment near the Tate art gallery In London near the point where a break oc curred In last year's flood with hea vy damage and loss of life. The con crete wall nearby has been cracking and the embankment road was closed to heavy traffic. While scattered reports of dis tressed vessels still continued from nearby areas, there was a smoothing down of the angry waters and the tempestuous channel was reported fairly calm. All but one of a fleet of trawlers from Loewstoft came back to port Tuesday showing evidence of a se vere battering for the past four days of terrific weather In the North sea. Among ships reporting trouble were the Swedish Frieda which was temporarily repaired after a bad collision with an unidentified craft and was beng brought to port, all hands safe: the Spanish Mar Rojo, which proceeded safely after being In danger of nestings; the (000-ton west African passenger and freight steamer Aba, last reported in dis tress Saturday near Brest, and un reported since. Others were the Oreen steamer Zacharlosa, the steamer Valacls, and was "holding Its own" off Cape Fin the Italian Leonardo da Vinci which Isterre. The French steam trawler La Cascogne made port with six survivors of the Italian steamer Chlert which was overwhelmed by a big wave at 10:30 pjn. Sunday 20 miles off Ushant light. The City of Hamburg, Germany, suffered considerably In the gale. There was much damage along the waterfront and two persons were killed. The coast of France suffer ed heavily also. At Dunkirk, Calais and Boulogne much property was damaged and lower parts of Calais were flooded. NINE KILLED Brussels iff) Nine persons were killed and 40 injured when a work man's train left the rails Tuesday at the entranre to Namur station. Optician the skilled me chanic who makes glasses. Optometrist the scientist who properly examines eyes. We give yon the combined service of Optometrist and practical Optician at the one cost. Let us examine your eyes today. POLICE PATROL EYES HOME OF JAMES NORRIS Chicago, (LP! Discovery of a dynamite bomb In the dining room of the Lake Forest mansion of James Norris, wealthy broker with connections here and In New York. Jus as he and several guests were about to sit down to dinner had led to a guard of five private de tectives armed with shotguns pa trolling the estate Tuesday. Police guards were protecting Norris who owns the controlling in terest In the $7,000,000 Chicago Stadium and Sydney 8. Strotz. also a wealthy broker and an heir to the fortune of the late C. N Strotz. A butler discovered the bomb on on a window sill Just as Mr. and Mrs. Norris and their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Stotz were about to sit down at the dining table Sunday evening. The fuse had burned half way along and gone out. The men took the explosive, which police said would have killed every one in the room and wrecked the house, had it exploded, out of the room without saying anything to their wives. Norris telephoned for police aid and the heavy guard was posted. Police also suarded the stadium Tuesday on the theory that the plot grew out of Norris' connection with the big Westslde structure. A bit' ter struggle for control of the sta dium resulted in the ouster of Patrick T. "Paddy" Harmon as manager recently. Norris, formerly a New York broker, came to Chicago less than a year ago. He purchased the I,altp Forest eetate from Joseph Cudahy. Gardeners working on the estate had seen no one lurking about during the day, leading the police to believe that the plotters raised a window and placed the bomb on the sill at dusk, probably about the time the 6trotxes arrived. KARLEBECKETO BE BOARD HEAD The Salem Realty board Monday night at its annual meeting at the Marion hotel, elected Karle Becke president; S. M. Earle, first vice president; L. A. McAllister, second vice-president; W. M Pennington, secretary; W. O. Krueger, treasurer; E. B. Grabenhorst, Paul Hendricks and William McGUchrist, Jr., mem bers of the executive eommlttee. The retiring president Is J. F. Ulrtch. Ulrich gave his retiring address a. nreslrient A salejt rllnlr nn h.ni tions in the real estate market was neaaea oy l,. e.. uuerer, ana a gen eral discussion of the real estate brokers law was also had. FALL AT HONOLULU IS FATAL TO RUSSELL' Honolulu. T. H. (IP) Falling MO ftr rwttp t h h Niiwnv De.ii cliff near here, William f Russell, 33. of Montclair, N. 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