THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON
PAGE SEVEN
. HEALTHY YOUTH ANTICIPATED IN RADIO INDUSTRY
SATURDAY, QECEMBER 21, 1925
ATWATER KENT
CONTEST TO BE
HEARD LOCALLY
New York VP) Sinking youth of
the nation will come to the radio to
determine which boy and girl are
the country's best.
Over a coast to coast NBC net
work Sunday evening, December 15,
during the A. K. hour, 10 boys and
girls will participate in the finals
of the third annual national radio
audition, sponsored by the Atwater
Kent foundation. The contest will
be heard locally from Pacific coast
stations In the NBC chain between
0:15 and 7:15 o'clock.
The 10 are winners In five dis
trict con teste, each sending a boy
and a girt as 1U representatives.
They were selected in elimination
tests that ranged from local to dis
trict contests, conducted through
the cooperation of various radio
stations.
All finalists art to receive- mu
sic scholarships, in additions to cash
aw: . Identical prises wilt go to
both ooys and girls. The boy and
girl winning first place will each
receive $5,000, a gold decoration and
two years' music scholarship. Other
awards will be: second $3,000 each
and a year's scholarship; third.
$2,000 each and a year's scholarship,
fourth, $1,500 each and a year's
scholarship, and fifth. $1,000 each
and one year's scholarship. A jury
of noted musicians will act a:
Judges.
One of the finalists, Calvin Hen
dricks of Los Angeles, has been
blind since birth. Four of the boys
are tenors and the other is a bari
tone. Two of the girls are sopranos
while the others are coloratura so
pranos.
The five district winners who
thus will have an opportunity to in
crease their chances for musical
careers are:
Eastern district Agnes L. Skill
lng, coloratura -soprano, of Spring-
vale, Me., and Charles E. Carlile,
tenor, of Central Falls, R. I.
Central Genevieve Rowe, color
atura soprano, of Wooster. Ohio.
and Carlyle W. Bennett, tenor of
Chicago.
Southern Frances Tortorlch.
soprano, of New Orleans and Ed
ward Kane, tenor, of Atlanta, Ga
Southwestern Josephine Louise
Antoine, soprano of Boulder, coio.
and John Jameson, tenor of Den
ver. Colo.
Pacific Flov Hamlin. ' r.atura
soprano, and Calvin 1 jndricks.
baritone, both of Los Angeles.
to time for the promotion of the !
public welfare and progress by ex
pending of public funds.
At Uie same time they say the
most satisfactory answer would be
the wiping off of the tax rolls of
any apparent bank tax indebtedness
by the first of the coming year. By
such method It is stated the repre
sentatives of national banks could
appear gracefully in the future and
advocate any measures they might
see -fit for the city, county or state.
BANKERS BACKED
INCREASED TAX
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SCIO SAWMILL
DEAL PENDING
Sclo Parties from Portland In
terested in the proposed Ballin mill
deal in the Liska and Beran lo
canty recently visited the premises,
presumably on business connected
with the pending negotiations. It
Is believed by some that the sale
of the Ballin milt will be consum
mated and that operations in the
timber will start as early In the
spring as climatic conditions will
warrant.
Satisfactory headway Is reported
on the extension of the Lulay rail
track 2000 feet Into timber acquired
some months ago by the Lulay com
pany. The work will extend well
into January, it Is stated. The saw
mill Is closed during most of the
track-laying operations, although
the company's planer at West Sclo
and shipments from that point con
tinue on part time.
EIGHT YEARS AS
ENTERTAINMENT
MEDIUM CLOSE
have been more or less in the fore'
front of such moves, state citizens
and taxpayers of the county.
In the light of these money
spending activities the same per
sons have expressed surprise that
the national banks of the county
have not been just as anxious to
furnish their fullest financial sup
port to such moves by paying in
full taxes assessed against their cap
ital stock.
Even though the national banks
have been guarded in their stand
by a federal court opinion, state
those interested, nevertheless trte
. surprise has been just as great be
cause they say bankers are certainly
aware. If anyone is, that all such
activities cost money and a lot of
it. And they cannot understand
why, with the bankers advocating
progressive measures they should
stop in their advocacy and not
throw In to the fullest extent of
any moral obligation that might
exist their financial backing as
well.
Some such questions are expressed
daily on most any street corner, in
lobbies of public buildings, or where
citizens happen to meet and discuss
public questions.
It has been intimated that these
questions are apt to be asked bank
ers on future occasions when they
appear to advocate such other pro
posals as may come up from time
RADIO WRITER QUITS
PRESS ASSOCIATION
New York (IP) William J. Fagan,
radio editor of the United Press,
has resigned that post to Join the
staff of the Columbia Broadcasting
system. In addition to executive
duties, he will be heard on the air
over the coast-to-coast Columbia
network announcing news and
sporting events and as a concert
baritone.
Fagan came to the United Press
organization in 1918 as office boy.
He worked up through a number of
positions to that of radio editor, to
which he was appointed in 1924
when broadcasting became an im
portant factor in American life. In
addition to writing a weekly column
and supervising radio news for the
United Press, he has reported de
buts and premieres at the Metro
polian opera house and other mu
sical events of nationall importance.
His summertime nightly sports
talks over WEAF and associate N.
B. C. stations for the past four
years have gained Fagan promin
ence as a broadcaster. He also
has made many concert appear
ances as a singer.
U. S. ARMY BAND OPEN
FT. SNELLING STUDIOS
St. Paul, Minn. (P) An army
broadcasting studio has been opened
at Fort Cnelling, Minn., under the
direction of post officers and radio
engineers of KSTP.
The Third Infantry band, organ
ized in 1784 as a unit of three men,
a fife and drum corps, played the
inaugural program. The band now
has 28 men.
Sergt. Wayne Lovejoy, who direct
ed the first program, will wield the
baton during future broadcasts
planned from the new studios over
KSTP at 3 p.m. on alternate Sun
days. He Is acting in the absence
of Warrant Officer Carl Dillon, who
is on leave after 30 years of army
service.
Fort Snelling is the first post in
the country to undertake boradcast
ing on an extensive scale.
West Salem The play "The Path
Across the Hill," was given Friday
night by a cast of players from the
Epworth League 6f Ford Memorial
church. The parts were well tak
en and the large audience was very
appreciative. The league will pre
sent It in a number of nearby
communities a little later on In
the season. ii'lWJ$
New York, Better broadcast
radio, with television slowly becom
ing more distinct In the background,
led the 1929 parade of the air.
Radio awaits 1930 with a feeling
that its eighth year as an enter
tainment medium has taken It into
healthy youth.
Within the industry itself there
has been further evidence of stabi
lization In an effort to find a more
even keel.
Prosaic figures give an Insight
Into progress. Estimates made by
Bond P. Oeddes, executive vice
president of the Radio Manufac
turers' association, place the num
ber of radio receivers sent from the
factories at 4.000,000 compared with
2.600.000 the year before. A total of
75.000,000 tubes have been put on
tne maricet compared with 50,uw,
000 In 1928.
Mr. Geddes said these figures
represented a value of $850,000,000.
Last year the amount was $650,000,-
ooo.
Television was given somewhat
of a spurt. In the laboratory at
least, with the announcement of
the development of a tube a spe
cial cathode ray "kinesope" that
eliminates moving parts In tele
vision reproducers.
Broadcasting, as represented by
the two national chains, National
and Columbia, introduced many
novelties together with a general
advance In program presentation.
Individually, stations also sought
the best in program building, with
an Increased trend toward high
power transmitters. Stations using
50,000 watts grew in number, and
plans were announced by others to
boost power.
Programs themselves showed
more of the influence of the drama,
and sketches of all sorts took up
more space in the air channels.
Often strictly musical programs
were altered to include a hint of
the stage. Impetus was given edu
cation by radio as more of the class
room type of programs were pre
sented.
The year experienced the suc
essful rebroadcast by an NBC
group of stations of programs orig
inating across the Atlantic. Pick
ups from airplanes of important
events was climaxed with the broad
cast oi tne experiences of a par
achute jumper as he dropped to
earth. Special short wave transmit
ters and rectlvera were used.
Increased use of the radio for
sponsored programs added many
new entertainers to the ether lanes.
More electrically recorded features
were presented.
Outstanding In the news broad
casts were the inauguration of
President Hoover, and the arrivals
and departures of the Graf Zep.
pelin.
Screen grid tubes, operated by
the house current, came to produce
a better receiver. Remote control
and automatic tunning devices ap
peared In greater numbers. Eclipse
of the table model set by the con-
.sole also wni accompanied by the
virtual passing of the metal cabi
net to be supplanted by wood. The I
condenser speaker, or talking "wall
paper, ' was introduced in competi
tion with Improved dynamics.
In chain broadcasting, a fatality
occured. The American Broadcast
ing company, with headquarters at
Seattle, Wash., passed from the picture.
Purchase of a half interest n the
Columbia chain by Paramount pic
tures made closer the tteup of
screen and radio. The National net
work already was indirectly affiliat
ed with R. K. O.
Probably the years most lmpor-
tatnt technical development was the
coupling of radio with air naviga
tion for the guidance or. planes in
flight and for communication pur
poses. Special lightweight rectivers
and transmitters were improved in
design.
Relocation of wavelengths, with
the setting up of 40 cleared chan
nels for the country's better stations
a year ago, was given a thorough
try out. The plan seemed to work so
well that a movement was set on
foot to clear 10 more wavelengths.
STATE REVENUE
FROM FORESTS
OVER $265,000
$79.50
ALETHA BOULDEN IS
CALLED AT DAYTON
Dayton Miss Aletha Marie Boul-
den, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
T. A. Boulden, died at their home in
Dayton Thursday after three years
illness.
Funeral will be held at S o'clock
Sunday afteroon at the Macy li Baa
funeral chapel in McMinnville', with
burial In the Evergreen Memorial
park at McMinnville..
HANDWORK CLUB IS
GUEST BOSCH HOME
Broks The 4-H handwork club
met at the home of their leader.
Mrs. II. H. Bosch, the business
meeting conducted by the vice pres
ident, Arleta Wood. The afternoon
was spent working on lunch cloths.
Refreshments were served by the
hostess, Mrs. Bosch. In the group
were Hattle Aspinwall, Arleta wood,
Mary Chastaln, Clara Umemoto,
Genivcve Chastaln, Gladys Epley.
Evelyn Molsan, Edna LePlemme,
Millie Tschlda, Pearl LaFlcmme.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. H. H. Bosch with
Gladys Epley; Hattle Aspinwall and
Evelyn Molsan on the refreshment
committee.
YATES CHANGE ADDRESS
Silverton Lave Yates and wife
have moved from the Potter house
accross the bridge to the G. A.
Steelhammer house on South Sec
ond street. Mr. and Mrs. Yixtes
have lived In this Potter house for
the past seventeen years.
BI.At KWKI.L GOES SOUTH
Jefferson James Blackwell left
Thursday morning for Los Angeles,
where he will spend the holidays
at the home of his sister and fam
Uy, Mr. and Mrs. William Thomp
son.
. The largest federal forest re
serve in Oregon Is the Whitman
national forest reserve which
extends over Baker, Grant, Mal
heur, Umatilla, Union and Wallowa
counties, totaling 1,352,416 acres.
Tlie state's 25 per cent of the rentals
timber sales and other sources from
which the government derives an
income from the forests amounted
to $13,649.94 from this one forest
for the fiscal year ending June 30.
As distributed among the six coun
ties according to the area in each it
returned to Baker county $4,770.63,
Grant $5,323.29. Malheur (32.62,
Umatilla $832. Union $3,074.32 and
Wallowa $440.76.
The total federal forest area to
the state Is 13,29743$ and the total
amount received by the state from
the government was $265,039.51
Some counties, of course, contain
part of the area of several national
forests. The several federal forests
In Oregon, the counties In which
they extend, their total acreage and
the amount they returned to the
state are as follows:
Cascade forest Douglas and
Lane counties: 1,027,440 acres: $34,-
308. 52.
Crater forest Douglas, Jackson,
Josephine. and Klamath counties;
815,507 acres: $84312.60.
Deschutes forest Deschutes, Jef
ferson, Klamath and Lake counties;
1,303.113 acres: $57,066.10.
Fremont forest Kamath and
Lake counties; 849,286 acres; $17,
487.52,
Klamath forest Jackson county;
8.723 acres: (7.65.
Maheur forest Baker, Grant,
Harney and Malheur counties; 1,-
051.191 acres: $12,439.95.
Mt. Hood forest Clackamas,
Hood River, Jefferson, Marlon,
Multnomah and Wasco counties;
1.036.936 acres: $9,125.65.
Ochoco forest Crook, Grant,
Harney and Wheeler counties; 721,
973 acres: $4,253.71.
Santlam forest Clackamas, Jef
ferson, Lane, Linn and Marlon
counties; 614.914 acres; $8,788.08.
Siskiyou forest Coos, Curry,
Douglas and Josephine counties;
1.033.252 acres; $1,263.52.
Siuslaw forest Benton, Coos,
Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Polk, Till
amook and Yamhill counties; 531,
314 acres: $727.06.
Umatilla forest Grant, Morrow,
Umatilla, Union, Wallowa an
Wheeler counties; 939.464 acres;
$5,937.65.
Umpqua forest Coos, Douglas,
Jackson, Josephine and Lane coun
ties; 1.015,731 acres: $4,158.47.
Wallowa forest Union and Wal
lowa counties; 969,618 acres; $11,
516.11.
Whitman forest Baker, Grant,
Malheur, Umatilla, Union and Wal
lowa counties; 1,352,476 acres; $13,
649.94.
SILVERTON BEACON
N EARING COMPLETION
Silverton The department of
commerce now has a crew of men
at work at the local airport instal
ling a 24-lneh, 2,000,000 candlepower
beacon which Is expected to oe
ready for use soon. The Portland
Electric Power company will wire
it as soon as they receive orders
from the government.
DALLAS CRASH
VICTIM DIES
KIRKWOOD IS BACK
Hopewell Tom Kirk wood has re
turned from California, where he
went to visit his son wlio had been
in poor health for some time.
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Dallas Elmer Hayes, 23, died Fri
day morning from injuries received
a week ago wnen ne and irvine hoi
man were caught between the
bumpers of two cars while pushing
their own car. Funeral arrangement
have not yet been completed.
He Is survived by bla parents, two
sisters and a host of friends.
Irvine Holraan was operated upon
Friday morning. He withstood the
ordeal well and the doctors think
now that he will recover. HI right
leg, which was torn at the knee, was
amputated several Inches above the
joint and the left leg was put in
an extension plaster cast after set
ting the broken bone.
MEETING PLACE
BEING SOUGHT
DALLAS CLUBS
Dallas Rer. Orval D. Peterson
has been appointed by chamber of
commerce as chairman of the com
mittee In charge of general arrange
ments for the annual meeting of
the club to be held January S at
6:30 o'clock in the evening.
Dinner ticket, and program com
mittees will be announced later as
they were not appointed at the last
meeting of the club Wednesday.
A Joint committee consisting of
R. 8. K reason, Earte Richardson
and N. L. Guy, chairman, repre
senting the chamber of commerce,
and R. R. Turner. TJyod Soehren
and Dr. A. B. Btarbuck, ehairman
of the Kiwanla club, wiU report at
the annual meeting upon their
search for a suitable place where
both the civic organizations could
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BILLY JOHNSON IS
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8Uverton In the poster -contest
held by the local Junior high school.
which advertised the Junior high
operetta, "Tommy Murphy's Christ
mas," given at the Eugene Field
auditorium Thursday evening, Bil
ly (Edna) Johnson won first prize
Ruth Strand, second, and Michael
Hannon, third.
The school received about $150
at the doors Thursday night for
their operetta, and played to
packed bouse.
WEEK IS OBSERVED
Hopewell The S. D. A. church
Is now having its week of prayer.
Two meetings are held dally in the
afternoon and night. Rev. Watson
spoke at the church Wednesday
evening. Services begin at 7:30 o'
clock.
STAR HAS MEETING
Jefferson At a special meeting of
Euclid Chapter O. E. 8., Wednes
day evening, Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley
Thurston took the Initiatory de
grees, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lytle
of Scio, were received by transfer.
At the close of the meeting re
freshments were served to a large
crowd of members.
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Mill City Alfred Ward, a student
at O. A. C, Is home for the Christ
mas Tacatlon. Arthur Mason and
Charles Kelly of the University of
Oregon, are also home for the
Christmas vacation. They all win
return for school January g.
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where they will visit their son, Wil
lis, and other friends and do some
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