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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1929)
PAIIR TWELVE THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON SATURDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1929 WINS $450,000 HEART BALM FOR PROMISE BREACH Detroit, (AV-Unleu a new trial .to granted by Judge Homer Fergu on a Judgment against John H. Culle for (450,000 will be entered after 20 days in favor of Miss Ber tha Cleavenger, in accordance with the jury's verdict in her 1730,000 breach of promise suit. The verdict against Castle, who is 37 years old and la a wealthy real estate operator, is believed to have established a new high figure in a breach of promise case. Judge Ferguson expressed the opinion that the award doubles the largest previous one. He referred to the 1225,000 verdict In the O'Brien Manning case in New York, which was subsequently reduced by the court to $125,000. Eight women and four men com prised the jury which made the award to the 43-year-old woman who met Castle when she operated a rooming house and he was a worked in the Ford Motor com pany factory. The six weeks of testimony in the trial revealed long association which began one fall day in 1927, when Castle, com ing from Evansville, Ind., sought a room at the woman's house. Miss Cleavenger said the two be came engaged within six weeks and that she loaned Castle tiSOO which he used In climbing the ladder of success. He admitted receiving $1, 0O0 which he said he repaid. Castle, who had been taking correspondence course in Salesman-J ship, began selling automobiles and real estate "on the side'' and In the course of a few years was a big operator, a partner of the late John Ford, brother of the automo bile magnate. HIGH WATER TAKES WHITE FIR SUPPLY Jtfferson Kenneth Ford of the Ford Lumber company was trans acting business In town Thursday. He reports the loss or M or 90 thou sand white fir logs, that broke loose from their lines in the Willamette river near Sidney, during the recent high water. Just before noon Thursday the Santlam river reached the highest water mark of the season, that of 14 feet, and then started to fall. Friday morning the river stood a little above the S-foot mark sj was stlU failing. ARTICHOKES DO BEST IN OREGON TESTS REVEAL VALUABLE LEATHER BELT IS MUTILATED Independence Someone entered the premises of the sand and gravel company Wednesday night and de stroyed a large 24 -Inch belt costing several hundred dollars to replace, by cutting out a strip about four Inches wide and two feet long from Its side. It entailed quite a loss to the company as It required two men to remove It from the donkey, and prepare It for shipment to Portland where the necessary repairs will be made. McMANAMY CHAIKMAV Washington (jP) Frank McMan amy, was elected chairman of the Interstate commerce commission for 1030 succeeding Commissioner Ernest I. Lewis. The chairmanship rotates from year to year. INCORPORATION PLANNED Sclo George C. Miller, presi dent, and Earl Phillips, secretary of the Scio Mutual Telephone com pany have begun the formality of having the company Incorpornt en. Corvallls Oregon Artichoke grow ers this year have produced more tonnage from their 30 acres of scat tered test plantings than the entire yield of the 241 acres grown near the California plant, is the word just brought here by B. H. Wiegand, head of the horticultural products division, who has Just returned from Santa Rosa where he spent a month as plant superintendent for the Pabst Dietary Products, Inc. Superiority of the Oregon product was not confined to yield alone, says Professor Wiegand, as the tu bers are larger and apparently more mature than those grown In the south, making possible striking sav ings In plant operation. "It took 175 workers a full eight hour day to prepare enough of the California artichokes to run the plant 23 hours," said Wiegand, "while the same crew in four hours pre pared enough Oregon tubers to run the plant 28 hours. With the south ern tubers there was 14.7 per cent trimming waste and 90 per cent of the product went into soup stock, the cheapest form, while with the Oregon product the trimming waste was but 6.2 per cent and only 1 per cent went into soup stock." The California yields were so much lower than expected that practically all the Oregon tonnage Is being shipped to the Santa Rosa plant for processing. Drouth doubt-, less curtailed the yields there to some extent, believes Professor Wiegand, but the ' natural condi tions are evidently far less favor able than here In the north. Naturally the Pabst company Is pleased with the Oregon showing. Professor Wiegand found, but there will be ro wholesale contracting for acreage for the next year, as the In dustry cannot expand faster than the markets for these specialized food products are established. Some expansion Is assured, however, and t .ere Is strong possibility of estab lishing a processing plant in this state. EXTEND BRIDGE TIME Washington. (LP) A bill extend ing for four months the term al lowed for construction of a bridge connecting Longview. Wash., and Rainier, Oregon, was passed Friday by the house. It now goes to the president. PRISON WELFARE LEAGUE BLAMED FOR AUBURN RIOT Albany, N. Y. IJPh-Colonel George E. Chandler's recommendation for the abolition of the Auburn prison ers' mutual welfare league was be fore oovemor Roosevelt Friday, backed by the colonel's auertlon that the league was "controlled" by plotting criminals and created a reign of terror which caused two riots at that Institution. Colonel Chandler acted as Mr. Roosevelt's personal investigator in an intensive study of the December 11 riot. 'Desperate characters have ob tained control of the welfare league and have held responsible positions In the league," said Chandler. "This has given them freedom and they have gone about the yard, through out the corridors and have used their league room at any and all times, even well Into the night. "In fact we have a statement from a guard at the gate that night tier nignt ne has looked through the window of this room at gam bling going on with money on the table and drinks of what character he did not know but surmised. "Prisoners have cat-called at the guards and have used vile and abusive language to them, defied their authority and when put in the cells by the guards have been let out through the league officials Immediately to laugh at the guards. "ieague members have taken prisoners out of the line as they were marching and have ordered them Into the league room and here the league members themselves have, behind closed doors, beaten up prisoners so that they had to be taken to the hospital. In fact a veritable reign of terror had ob tained In this prison through the machinations of the criminals in control of the league." here to live in the early spring. Ms physician ordered a complete rest for several weeks yet. EGGLESTONS RETURNING . BUverton Mrs. H. J. Eggleston arrived from Paradise, Mont., Fri day noon and .will visit with her daughter, Mrs. William DeLangh, until Eggleston arrives, which will be some time next week. The Eg- j glestons left here about a year icq for Montana where Eggleston has been employed by the Portland , Bridge company. PHONE WORK PUSHED Sclo Mountain States crews have made notable Improvements on : lines In this vicinity during the last week. Much of the work was done . in the Jordan region. ! Ramp are receiving congratulations of an 14 pound baby boy on De-1 In Salem, and has been named Vlr- will be remembered as Mist Georgia from their friends upon the arrival I cember It at the Bungalow hospital I tus tvrwood Ramp. Mrs. Ramp I Epley before her marriage. RAMPS HAVE SON Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Sanitary Rat Room Wholesome end clesn as home facili ties art the rtit rooms and Uvstorici of the freatV. D. System. To protect your hlth,to bicrasse yur comfort, rigid lurvciNancc is mmUrd,ln co operation with local health officers. SHELL GASOUNI AMD OIL GINIRAl TIRES AND TUBES CHANSLOa LYON ACCESSORIES VAN FLEET- DURKEUNC DUVAI.L 18 BACK Independence D. M. Duvall has returned from The Dalles, where he was recovering from a serious operation. He Is very much Im proved in health and expects to spent Christmas with a daughter In Spokane, Wash., and will return OPEN TONITE until 8:30 HUNDREDS OP PRACTICAL GlfTS FOR WOMEN Shipley's 9 irCadd ISP -here's your Christmas Remembrance from Richfield JUST CALL at any Richfield Station. There's a Blue and Gold Richfield Balloon-left especially for you by our Airplane Santa Claus. Come anytime on Monday, December 23rd or Tuesday, December 24th (but Santa Claus says "the quicker the better") LDCTIrLIEELEID LM AD.E BBS "ORGANIZED RESPONSIBILITY - ..700 SERVICE STATIONS MOM CANADA TO MIXKO To Our Patrons AU profits are dependent on yoor patronage, MAY WE SERVE YOUT CHEEK and ASHBY V. D. 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