gLOCALSf
Ida Hatcher has filed complaint-
for divorce e gainst Charles Hat
cher charging cruel and inhuman
treatment. They were married in
April, 1902 and during the long
course of their married life she
states he dtd little toward her
support and particularly little dur
ing the past 10 years. She also
said that nine years ago he would
scratch her with his linger nails,
and once he threw her across the
room and slapped her. She also
charges Uiat he drank to erccss.
She say she left him in 1921 and
has not lived with him since.
Refinance your car. Pay mcothly.
See P. A. Eiker, Liberty 4c Ferry.
Verdict for the defendant has
been returned In circuit court in
the case of Henry Hcndrickson
against I. N. Pearson. Joseph Ru
bens was foreman of the jury.
Old papers for sale 5c per bundle.
Capital Journal.
Judgment for money has been
granted in circuit court to E. P.
O'Bryan against Shurl R. Pearson.
American Legion old time dance
at Mehama Thurs. Jan. 9. 8
Bruce C. Bean, arrested on a
charge of speeding with a truck,
paid a $10 fine for the offense In
Justic court Thursday.
High grade piano, $125. Terms at
P. N. Woodry's Auction Market.
An order has been filed tn cir
cuit court In the case of Charles
K. Spaulding Logging company
against L. O. Bulgin dismissing the
action as to trie Peninsula Electric
company, settlement having been
reached.
Old time dance M. W. A. hall, Che
mawa Thurs. Good muaic 25c-50c. 8
In the case of W. L. Hants
against W. J. Trudgen judgment
for money has been entered in cir
cuit court.
Cloth and fur coats relined. Pur
scarfs reduced. AH work guaranteed.
Etta Burns, 2nd floor Milrers. 8
Application has been filed with
tiie county clerk to have the case
of Edna B. Townsend against
Sherman Clay & Company placed
on the trial docket.
Big reductions in new and used
furniture, rugs, linoleum, heaters,
ranges, x tc. at the P. N. Woodry"s
Auction Market on Summer St. 8
Carl Ott will- be given a hearing
in justice court late Thursday on a
charge of using obscene and pro
fane language In a public place.
Ott was arrested by a stat; traffic
officer at Play more park, Decem
ber 28.
Beautiful ship models given free
Willi quart Flex enamel. Building
Supply Co. Front St. north of State.
Phone 487. 9
Lola "C. Alter has filed suit for dl-
vorcj from Hush W. Alter charg
ing desertion. They were married
at Jacksonville in December, 1925.
Special on Vabpar enamel: quarts
$1.80; pints 51; Vi pints 60c. Build
ing Supply Co.. Front St. north of
State. Phone 487.
Decree of final settlement has
been filed in probate in the matter
of the estate of H. L. Earl of which
R. D. Gray Is administrator.
Special I'r'day and Saturday
prltfi 011 many items unfinished
furniture greatly reduced. Hardwood
end tables, book racks, magazine
racks, and many other items at
closeout prices. Building Supply Co.
Front St. north of State. Ph. 487. 9
Wallace A. Jenkins In seeking a
divorce from H. E. Jenkins charges
that the defendant was fault find
ing, jealous and subject to fits of
temper They were married at
Marysvllle, Calif., in May, 1920,
Black walnut antique chest of
drawers, hand carved pulls, solid
black walnut fall leaf extension ta
ble, with 5 leaves, at F. N. Wood
ry's Auction Market. 8'
A special venire for six new jur
ors to scrvs in circuit court was
called for by Judge Kelly Friday
with one jury out and an effort
being made to secure another one
from the regular list.
Permanent wave $5 now. Special
at Miller's Beauty shop. We have
four operators. 8
Smith vs. Janzen set for hearing
In circuit court Friday, was contin
ued on agreement among attorneys
It wa3 announced Thursday.
Rummage sale. Fri. & Sat. Adolph
Bldg. between High & Liberty. 8
Officers installed at a meeting of
Centralia temple No. 11, Pythian
Sisters, in Fraternal temple Tues
day night, were France Green
wood, past chisf: Mary Atlin, most
excellent chief; Norma Terwilliger,
most excellent senior; Azzel Hixon,
most excellent junior; Lucille
Compton. M. of R. and C; Laura
Johnson. M. of S.; Kathcrine Dris
coll. protector; avvrtle Burke, guard.
Masrgie Knighton was the In
stalling officer, assisted by Mary
Pugh and Susie Parmenter. Mrs
Georgia Shearer wa3 the musician.
Dance. Mellow Moon every Sat.
Thomas Bros, dance band. $
A "pep" assembly was held at the
senior hl;h school Thursday noon.
June Fitzgerald, song leader, and 1
Byron LilUe. yell king, were In j
charge. The preliminary program
for the song and yell contest next
week Thursday was a feature of
the meeting. A scng written by
Helen Child, was sung by a sextet
which Included the author. Dorothy
Dalk, Edith Clement.- Edith Glai
syer. Margaret Nunn. and Margaret
Chapin. A xecond song written by
OertiMd Win low, was given by
quartet. T.uth Howe, Frances Reid.
Ocrtrvde Thornton and Savllla
rhelps. Both sons were patterns
to be used In the song and yell con-
test when each of the three classes
are expected to enter at least one
song and one yell for competitive
judging. In addition to the two
songs, eklts were offered by two
home rooms.
Hilene, the effective motor oil re
moves carbon. More gas mileage,
more oil mileage, more aompression,
more power on hills. Let us fill your
cranUcase. Tom's Service Station,
free parking to all customers. 8
The cast for "Pomander Walk,
three act comedy which the Techne
club at the senior high school will
present February 20 and 21 will be
completed when two more students
are selected. The 14 students who
were selected Wednesday afternoon
by Cecil McKercher, coach, and
Ruth Brautl. advisor for the club,
were Fred Blatchford, Ward Horn.
Kathleen Fttzpatrick, Kathleen
Phelps, Billy Dyer, Velma May,
Eleanor Henderson, Eleanor Wright,
Robert Eyre, Raymond Qraber,
Bruce Cooley, Blanche Recce, How
ard Cross, and Ralph Stearns.
Free lamp with every davenport.
C. S. Hamilton Furniture Co. 9
Cars driven by Bert Smith, deputy
sheriff and H. O. Hicks were badly
damaged Thursday morning as the
result of a collision at the corner of
South High and Rural avenue, ac
cording to a report filed with the
police. Smith was going south on
High street, while Hicks was pro
ceeding west on Rural avenue.
Smith attempted to turn into Rural
avenue to avoid the crash but owing
to ths slippery condition of the
streets, the Hicks car skidded with
the resultant crash. The Hicks ma
chine climbed a steep bank and
came to a stop In Dr. Mott's front
yard. Nobody was Injured.
Old time dance. Cast ilia n hall Sat.
Salem's popular old tim; dance
band. Congenial crowd. 25c-50c. 10
The Three Link club will hold an
important business meeting Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock in the I. O.
O. F. hall.
Sa'.em Heights com. club cooked
food sale. 8. P. ticket office. Satur
day. 9
Clifford Harbough v,rs taken into
custody Thursday by Deputy
Sheriff Burkhart. He was taken to
McMinnville where he is wanted on
a non-support charge.
Shed dry wood, coaL T;I. 13. Sa
lem Fuel Co. 8
Prof. W. P. O. Thatcher, of the
journalism department at the Uni
versity of Oregon, was the guest
speaker at the Thursday noon
lurcheon of the Salem Ad club.
Prof. Thatcher discussed various
phases of advertising.
Vine3 and cuttings of the Fiala
grape, now ready. Fiala vineyards,
Rt. 1, box 05, Phone 132F2. 9
R. R. Turner of Dallas, who Is on
the commission appointed by the
last legislature to investigate the
feasibility of having state-owned
text-books has written to Superin
tendent George W. Hug for his op
inions on the subject. Turner sent
in a long questionaire relating to
all angles of the question. Arthur
Brock, employed at the state print
ing office. Is the Salem man on
the commission.
We have plenty of IG-lnch wood
$5.50 cord delivered from car; $6.25
cord from stock. Cobbs-Mttchell Co.
Phone 813. 340 So. 12th.
Dr. Estella Ford Warner returned
Thursday from Medford. where she
had been visiting with Miss Mildred
Carlton since last Friday. Dr. War
ner found much snow on the high
way coming north, but the road was
in good shape considering the win
ter weather.
Closing out all new and used heat
;rs including all cast, Wal. enamel
finish circulators, at cost, at F. N.
Woodry's, Summer St. 8
Miss Mabel Rob.'.tson, dean of
girls at the high school, left Thurs
day for Eugene, where she address
ed a university class in girl advisors
Thurrday afternoon. Friday Miss
Robertson was the speaker at a
meeting of deans of girls in vari
ous high schools. Miss Robertson
was chaperone for the Salem high
school students who attended the
state meeting of high school student
body officials and editors of high
school papers and annuals.
C. A. Howard, state school sup
erintendent, was in Portland Thurs
day to address the school board
convention of Multnomah county.
Arrangement of tne budget was pre
sented by R. C. Flanders, of the
tax supervising and conservation
commission while S. S. Duncan.
Yamhill county school superintend
ent, spoke upon the value of visit
ing day to teachers.
Funeral services for Mrs. Delia
Cottonware, 71, who died at Che
halis. Wash., will be held from
Vader. Wash- Saturday with inter
ment at Chehalls. Ed Cottonware,
of Salem, a one of nine surviving
children. Mrs. Cottonware was
born in Cowlitz prairie and died at
Chehahs Wednesday.
Judre Walter H. Evam. of the
Multnomah county circuit court, will
sneak at the Lions club luncheon
Friday noon. He will be Introduced
by Justice George Rossman of the
state supreme court. DJiin? the
absence of James Fitzgerald, who is
making a business trip east, Frank
Dooltttie, as second vice president.
will preside as president. C. F.
Giese is first vice president but is
unable to attend the weekly lunch
eons. A Jury in the ease cf William
Sheridan aga't Kenneth Witzel
in circuit court Friday brought it:
a verdict for the plaintiff for
$9634 and Interest, the amount
asked for. Walter E. Parrtsh -va
foreman. While U case involve:!
only a littb over M it is figured
ths cost to the county to quite a
little In excess of the Judgement
caught. The case consumed a good
share of two days. Pay to juror
amounted to $99, to the bailiff $6.
the deputy clerk about $5 and the
judge's salary around $25 for the
time consumed. This would total
$135 and deducting the $15 fees
paid by the litigants would leave
cost to the county or $120 or a lit
tle over $26 over the Judgment Involved.
Decree cf foreclosure on real
property has been granted in cir
cuit court tn the case of Joseph
Thlel against John H. Freeman.
Final decree has been entered
in the estate of Willis M. Hubbs of
which George W. Hubbs acted as
executor. The executor slates he
has turned the Hubbs Planing mill
at Silverton. its equipment, a patent
right on an ironing board and shup
accounts over to Lillian F. HuubJ,
trustee under ths will.
UTILITIES FILE
EXPENDITURES
Washington .3V-completing their
reply ta testimony on the distribu
tion of free pamphlets on utility
subjects to schools of many states,
counsel for the utilities companies
sought to introduce Thursday before
the federal trade commission an
analysis of advertising expenditures
of the industry to show that the
total spent in newspapers for 1928,
was $6,425320, not $28,000,000 as as
serted. Asserting that public power utility
associations of the country stcod
charged with disseminating in
schools propaganda against public
cr municipal ownership, B. F. Wea
dock. their counsel, gave to the com
mission a state by state list of pam
phlets and read into the record of
the utilities investiKation approval
of educational authorities given each
publication.
Going down the list from Illinois
to Tennessee, Weadock made the
categorical assertion that each pam
phlet contained no direct reference
whatever to public ownership of
utilities. He explained the publica
tions were Issued to give school chil
dren information regarding the op
erations of public utilities and that
they were prepared or distributed by
the state and regional utility bu
reaus allied with' tiie joint commis
sion of tiie National Utility associa
tions which he reprcG3nted.
He read into the record letters
from state superintendents of edu
cation for many state3, which either
approved of the distribution of book
Jets or gave to the state utility in
formation offices mailing lists of
scnool principals.
Weadock qualified the statement.
when he read an extract from the
pamphlet for Oregon tn which me
thods of financing private and pub-'
lie utilities were compared.
At the suggestion of Commission
er Mcculloch the record was made
to show that all letters from state
superintendents and other high ed
ucational authorities were in re
sponse to solicitation by the utilities
bureau which had sought official
approval for placing the pamphlets
in tne schools.
Order of dismissal based on
settlement has been filed with the
county clerk in the case of Albert
Frank against R. F. Darby.
An application has been fi'.ed in
connection wtih the case of Se
curity Finance corporation against
N. C. Nelson to have the cause
placed on the trial docket In cir
cuit court.
Return on a foreclosure on real
property in the case of Bonteele
company against Allan Bellinger
has been filed with the county
clerk showing property sold to the
plaintiff for $5000.
Gus Copulos, three cushion bil
liard exponent who is now engaged
tn a national tournament in the
east is known here in Salem, where
he visited about IS months ago.
Copulos is a brother-in-law of
Carl Armpriest, local business man.
A surveyor's report filed with the
county clerk approves vacation of
a railroad crossing near Silverton
in a road leading northerly from
an extension of Second street in
that city. The crossing is useless
as tha old road has been replaced
by a market road.
A number of people sending in
money for dog licenses based on
the old law has caused County
Clerk Boyer to call attention again
to changes In the dog license law
which have increased the license
on male dogs when paid before
March 1 from Si to $2 and on fe
male dogs to $3 and when paid
after March 1 to 14 on males and
$5 on ferns les. Many people are
mailing i nlicense applications ac
companied only by a dollar fee as
provided under the old law and
these have to b- returned, neces
sitating additional trouble for both
the applicant and the clerk's of
fice. TTie large majority of home
leu men must have sought
warmer climes, in tne opinion of
local police who back up their
statement with the fact that but
seven 'sleepes, were accomodated
in the ba.sement of the city hall
Wednesday num. oeneraiiy a cold
snap such as the city it experienc
ing would bring 15 or 20 men into
the quarters where cots and fuel
are furnished. Four foot cod wood
is furnished the men who are
forced to cut It Into proper lengths
before it can be turned in the
stove.
The next hike planned for the
Chemeketans by the local nalkt
committee of that organization is
scheduled for Sunday. January W.
Th destination of tre group will
be the Independence Scout cabin,
located in the hills about a mile
b.ck of the Orville station on the
Oregon Electric line south of the
city. It is planned to drive in pri
vate cars to Orville where the
hike will start. If wealher condi
tions arc favor9ble a climb to the
Sky-line walnut orchard will bs
made. Registration for tre hike
ill be made at the Y. M C. A.
Dr. A. D. Juhcn will be leader.
HUNTINGTON
CONTINUED AS
SCHOOL COACH
Interest In the bask .ball season
and athletic activities at Salem
high school took t sudden spurt
Thursday with the announcement
that the state high school athletic
association had sanctioned the con
tinuation of Hollis Huntington as
part time coach for the remainder
of the year and had invited the Sa
lem basketball team to participate
in the state tournament as the host
team regardless whether or not they
win the district championship.
J. L. Gary, secretary of the state
high school athletic association, re
quested an official letter from Sup
erintendent George W. Hug of the
city schools asking for permission
to continue the use of Huntington
as part tim3 coach, in order to keep
the association's decision on file,
but stated that permission would be
granted Immediately.
Huntington's job came tip for
question at the association meeting
in Portland during the holiday sea
son, when the smaller high schools
in the state clubbed together and
put over the ruling that high school
eoaches must be full time teachers
in their school. The ruling was a
direct slap at Salem. Eugene and
the larger schools that found It more
convenient or effective' to use part
time coaches. What Salem high
school will do for a coach next year
is still in the air.
In the same letter to Principal
Fred Wolf in which Gary invited
the Salem team to enter the basket
ball tournament at Willamette uni
versity later tn the season, he also
acknowledged the list of basketball
playera sent by Wolf, for registra
tion, but found two of the boys in
eligible for the team. One was Rob
ert -Bob" Kelley, who Wednesday
turned over his football and basket
ball letters and student body ticket
to Principal Wolf as punishment for
his part in the strike for compli
mentary tickets for team players.
The other is Fletchard Johnson.
Kelley was declared ineligible be
cause of his age, being over 20. the
age limit set by the state associa
tion. Johnson, who is one of the
star players on the team, was de
clared ineligible because he is car
rying but three subjects, where the
state association rules require re
gistry in four. The fact that John
son is taking three major subjects
and is doing better work in them
than many of the students who are
taking four provided no excuse.
FEARS FELT FOR
TRIO ISOLATED
Stockton. Cal. -Pi With commu
nication cut off and a storm ap
proaching, apprehension increased
for the welfare of John Nightingale,
superintendent of the Stockton air
port, his wife and seven-year-old
son, believed snowbound since last
Saturday in thair cabin in the high
Sierra, 45 miles east from Sonora.
Anxiety was also felt for the
safety of Henry Merma, John Mel
ius and Irwin Burgess, power com
pany employes, from whom no word
has been received since they set out
Wednesday in an attempt to reach
the isolated cabin on Niagara flat.
Merma carried, in addition to emer
gency rations and snow shoes, a nor-
taoie telephone with which to top
the company's lines along the way.
Tests Wednesday night revealed
the wires were down beyond Cow
creek and the telephone would be
useless should disaster overtake the
rescuers in their mission of mercy.
Bitter cold, with the temperature In
some sections at 15 degrees below
zero, m addition to six foot snow
drifts impeded the progress of the
tnree men.
At daybreak two airplanes were In
readiness to take off in a survey of
ine region near tne Nightingale ca
bin.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
FOR LAW PROBERS
Washington, (X A resolution to
direct the law enforcement com
mission tp conduct public hearings
was Introduced Thursday by Rep
resentative Black, democrat. New
York.
The commission would be direct
ed to proceed with an investigation
of the "desirability of further ef
forts to enforce the 18th amend
ment." It afco would be required to trans
mit minutes of its proceedings to
the house.
EXTEND RICE BAN"
Tokyo (IPX LP i The imperial or
dinance promulgated in 1028 for
the restriction of imports of foreign
rice has be-en extended for one year
by imperial order. The ordinance
was to have expired December 31.
Mr. and Mrs. Warner of Sa
lem received several cuts from
glass when the car they were rid
ing in was struck by a machine
operated by F. C. Kites, Route t.
Salem. Wednesday afternoon near
the Lloyd Reynolds place north of
tiie city. Tre report of the accident
turned in to the sheriff's office
failed to give the initials cf tiie
Warners. Mrs. Warner was cut on
the knee while her husband re
ceived cuts on the face and hand.
Slippery pavement was given as
the cause or me accident.
Citation has been Issued out of
probate for a hearing on February
1A tn ihn miiu .hv nnwi-rtv be-
! longing to the estate of Ocorglna
Scott should not be sold.
Til Salem fire department re
sponded to a fire alarm from
nisi In a dwelling on Knapp street
Thursday at 1:30 p. m. the house
belonged to Al M'indt, deputy city
recorder. m
URGES REDUCTION
AMONG PERSONNEL
Washington (IP Reduction of
regular army personnel was sug
gested Thursday tn a speech in the
house by Representative Barbour,
republican, California, as one way
in which President Hoovers pro
posal for curtailment of military
expenses can be carried out.
Barbour is in charge of the war
department appropriation bill now
before the house.
ALLIED DEMANDS
TO BE ACCEPTED
The Hague (IP) Germany dele
gates to the second reparations con
ference, accepted, in principle.
Thursday, the demand of the allied
powers for sanctions or guarantees
or guarantee of payment.
The German delegates met to de
vise a counter-proposal to a mem
orandum in which France, Britain
and Italy insisted upon sanctions.
The Germans, however, agreed to
drop their original demand that the
conference protocol be written with
out mention of sanctions.
The main delegates of the six
principal powers met to discuss fi
nancial questions to be cleared up
before the Young plan will be ready
for ratification.
The Bulgarian reparations settle
ment negotiations were still dead
locked. Bulgaria remained firm in
her stand that she could not pay
above 10 million gold francs annu
ally without a five-year suspension
of payments.
MOB STORMS
MUSEUM TO SEE
New York (Pv A crowd of 4.500
stormed the American museum of
natural history Wednesday night in
an attempt to see a motion picture
on the Einstein theory.
Police reserves were called to re
store order when museum attend
ants were overwhelmed.
The Amateur Astronomers asso
ciation, under whose auspices the
picture was shown, sent tickets to
the 1,500 members in the city. At
the time set for the exhibition po
lice estimated there were three
persons for every ticket assembled
at the entrance of the museum,
the auditorium scats only 1,400.
Eight uniformed guards were sent
among the crowd to announce that
preference would be given those
with tickets.
Jeering and hooting the guards,
the crowd surged forward, sending
those nearest the door against a
gtllled Iron gate.
The gate was broken down and
the mob pushed its way into a
room devoted to Alaskan Indian
data. At the far end of a passage
way between glass cases cf speci
mens, the crowd encountered a
heavy wooden door leading into the
auditorium where the picture was
to be shown. The door burst from
its hinges.
Museum guards who were helpless
against the stampede called .police
reserves. After a 20 -minutes bat
tle order was restored.
Two showings were given to ac
commodate the throng.
AUTO-BIKE CRASH
FATAL TO ROBINSON
H. C. Robinson died late Wednes
day night in a Salem hospital from
injuries sustained New Year's da;
when the bicycle he was riding on
the highway just south of town
was hit by a car driven by L. Frohm.
The local man was taken Immedi
ately to the hospital following the
accident, and remained there until
his death. No charges have been
preferred against Frohm.
Robinson was a resident of Salem
and vicinity for the past IS years.
and was a carpenter by trade. The
tamlly home was at 1810 south
Thirteenth street. Besides nis wid
ow. Mattle C. Robinson, and his
daughter. Mildred Robinson, both
of Salem, he Is survived by the fol
lowing brother and sisters: Sam E
Robinson, Miss Llllle Robinson and
Mrs. Bessie Shown, all of Tennes
see.
Funeral services will be held from
the Rlgdon mortuary Friday after
noon at 2 o'clock. Interment will
bo In the City View cemetery.
COOLIDGE SPEAKS
ON RADIO TONIGHT
St. Petersburg. lFa. tP Former
President Calvin Coolldge will make
a radio address here Thursday night
on the economics of life Insurance.
which will be broadcast over a na-tlon-wtd
nflwork.
Mr. Coollde. who arrived Wed
nesday, will begin speaking at 9 JO
p. m. Eastern Standard time, at a
dinner for delegates to tne annual
midwinter convention of the New
York Life Insurance company of
which he is a director.
MILD IS HVYEDKX
RtArkholm iA It Is the mildest
winter in 140 years. There Is no
snow In Stockholm, no ice in any
cf the Baltic tort. Folks have to
go north for skiing.
RE11KV TO LYONfi
Lyons Mr. and Mrs. Onie Whits
ton have returned home from a
trip In California. They visited In
Los Angeles and Sacramento.
Heath Hall and Kelton Butler.
Salem student at O. A. C. have
both been pledied to Theta Xi
.fraternity.
VALSETZ MEN
THOUGHT VICTIM
OF MOONSHINE
Falls CUBootleg whiskey it la
thought claimed another victim
Wednesday night when Charlie Ast,
60, died at his home on the Valseta
road from acute alchollsm and ex
posure. Whether a blow Ast re
ceived on Ms head Tuesday morn
ing on his way to his home from
Falls City had any part in me
cause of death will be determined
by the Polk county coroner.
Ast accousted Mr. and Mrs. rrana
Morgan, an elderly couple, in their
home near Falls City Tuesday. The
elderly couple became frightened at
Ast's actions and called oeputy
Sheriff Zimmerman for assistance.
Before Zimmerman arrived another
neighbor, George Devers, came
along the road and saw Ast cursing
and shouting at the Morgans, and
went Inside the farm yard to help
them. Ast picked up a large ooara
and bit Devers with It, whereupon
Devers grabbed another board and
hit Ast u-r the head. When Zim
merman arrived. Ast was sitting on
the steps to thi Morgan home,
holding his head. Zimmerman told
the old man to go home, and Ast
got his horse that was tied near the
Morgan place and rode off.
That was the last seen of Ast
until Wednesday afternoon when H.
A. Bowman and Ellis Breeden went
by the Ast place and looked in the
windows to see Ast lying on nis oeo
in his nightclothes with no coverings
over him. Ast was thoroughly entil
ed but his heart was still beating
when the two men broke in the
door, built a fire and called Dr. C.
P. Horn. Death occurred several
hours later, and was diagnosed by
the attending physician as from
acute alcoholism and exposure.
Ast's two sons from Portland ar
rived In Dallas Thursday morning
to take charge of the remains.
Ast's second wife divorced him last
summer for cruelty. His first wife
died a number of years ago. Fun
eral arrangements will be announc
ed later from Dallas.
COUNTY CLERKS
Hal E. Hoss. secretary of state;
David O'Hara. manager of the elec
tions division of the state depart
ment, and I. H. VanWinkle, attor
ney general, will be among the
speakers before the 17th annual
convention of Oregon county clerks
and recorders which meets in Port
land January 14.
Hoss will talk on the nswly in
augurated uniform accounting sys
tem for Oregon municipalities.
O'Hara will discuss the changes
made by the 1B29 legislature in the
state election laws, and Van Winkle
will talk on the budget system. All
three will be on the first day's pro
gram. On the same day c. c.
Chapman, editor of the Oregon
Voter, will speak on "The Budget."
Speakers scheduled for the sec
ond day are S. E. Skene, who will
speak on the Torrens system; V. W.
TomUnron, district director of na
turalization, who is to talk on
naturalisation laws: H. J. Black-
man, Hood River county clerk, on
what instruments should be record
ed and what filed, and D. J. Ryan,
Clackamas county clerk, who will
report for the legislative committee.
DEMOCRATS SEEK
NEW ARBITRATORS
(Comiiiued from Dflge 1)
develop a comprehensive plan of
action for the coming campaign, an
agreement of belligcraut factions
to sign an armistice, and an under
standing reached as to an outstand
ing candidate for the governorship.
Ilotlung of the kind transpired.
Os West entertained the members
of the state committee or their
proxies at a bounteous luncheon
that waa devoid of any apparent
peace overtures; the committeemen
spent the afternoon in animated
discussion of what should or should
not be Included in a set of pre
pared resolutions which referred
with a measure of sharpness to
President Hoover's administration
and a court action Involving Na
tional Chairman Huston, a matter
of some $80,000 and an alleged
poker game, and Governor Norblad's
action in precipitating himself into
the election contest over the death
bed of his predecessor, and a series
of animated appeals by West, Wal
ter Pierce. Oeneral Martin, Mark
Weather ford. Senator Ed Bailey and
Elton Watktns for a "militant and
aggressive" campaign.
The banquet meeting and the
speechmaking attendant upon It
progressed along the same lines for
a matter of four or five hours, the
sole concrete result being the exten
sion of an invitation to "self start
ers" with gubernatorial ambitions to
"come out into the open" and per
mit their qualifications to be ex
amined. Incidental to the programed events
there was, however, born in the
minds of a goodly number of the
onlookers present, the nucleus of
an Idea which, at first blush, looks
good to prominent democrats in this
part of the valley. It has to do with
a voluntary movement on the part
of upstate leaders in the party to
get their heads together, agree on
an outstanding candidate minus any
lame-duck handicap or embarrass
ing factional alliances, present or
pmntt and th?n call upon the warring
camps to make good on their pro
fession of drsire to unite behind
such a candidate.
There persLita a conviction in
these parts that the party embraces
one such ''outstanding" candidate
wh3 fills the bill, and a feeling that
even In the face of his assertions
that he h not a candidate he can
be prevailed upon tn run If suffi
cient pressure is exerted, and he to
given assurance of a united party
ready to wage an aggreswte cam
paign being behind him.
Their selection la II. B. Van Duser,
chairman of the state highway com
mission, and their plan is to 'draft"
him through a widespread Insistence
that he carry the party banner Into
the Novemter contest.
AU hope that the Portland groups
which have dominated party affairs
and activities In the past can be
looked to to bring about harmony
In the ranks has been abandoned.
While the Jackson day gatherings
developed no open clashes between
ths Haney and West-Watklns fac
tions, traditional enemies, nor pre
cipitated Walter Pierce into renewed
conflict with any of his avowed op
ponents, there was a studied re
straint in evidence which effectually
blocked any overtures toward peace.
There was present an undertone of
sentiment that any advances made
by West. Haney, Pierce or any of
their adherents might be miscon
strued and precipitate a renewal of
open warfare ruinous to the party's
goKien opportunity to sweep the
state.
The necessity and desirability for
peace and concord was ths keynote
sounded from every quarter but the
peacemaker whose motives were
above tiie possibility of suspicion
was not present. Or, If present, bis
presence was not rscosnlzed by those
in charge of the show.
SUGAR EXPERT
ASKED TO DEVISE
SLIDING SCALE
Washington Wl R. L. Purdon, su
gar expert of the commerce depart
ment, told the senate lobby com
mittee Thursday he had been asked
by Walter Newton, one of President
Hoover's secretaries, to try to work
out a sliding scale for sugar duties
In the pending tariff bill.
Purdon said he understood sev
eral government departments had
been asked by Newton to work on a
sliding scale, to ascertain if it was
practicable.
Purdon added that he worked out
several different sliding scale pro
posals and Chairman Caraway of
the lobby committee, asked him
what became of them.
"I still have them," he replied, as
a laugh arose In the audience.
Purdon added that he understood
his proposals had been transmitted
to Chairman Smoot of the senate
finance committee through the
Whits House. Later, he said, he was
asked by Smoot to discuss the sUd
lng scale with representatives of
sugar Interests in an attempt to
work out a satisfactory sugar tariff.
A sliding scale was considered by
Smoot but the plan was dropped
when opposition developed.
BOARD TO HEAR
COLLEGE SURVEY
Portland. (IP The Orecon State
board of higher educalMn will open
a two day session here Friday,
during which Dr. Arthur J. Klein.
of the United States bureau of
education will discuss with board
members the matter of a survey of
uie suues educational institutions.
Conferences with Dr. Arnold
Bennet Hall, president of University
of Oregon; Dr. W. J. Kerr, presl-
ueni 01 uregon state college and
J. S. Landers, president of Oregon
Normal s'hool. Monmouth, are
slated for the session.
The program did not list the
nature of the conferences, or what
matters will be discussed, with the
three presidents.
Acknowledgements of the be
quests from the estate of the late
John Teal of $5,000 to Oregon 8tate
and University of Oregon for stu
dent loan funds will be made by
the board.
SERENADER BREAKS
GUITAR OVER GIRL
Mexico City (At Because Marie
Reyes did not come out on the bal
cony to toss him the tradittonal
flower when he serenaded her at 6
o'clock In the morning, Juan Marti
next climbed through a window and
broke his guitar over her head.
Juan was merely following Mexi
can custom when he appeared to
awaken Marie early on her saint's
day to the strains of Las Mananl
tas, and when she refused to get up
after a half hours singing and
strumming, he became Incensed.
While the police do not Interfere
ordinarily with serenaders, they do
take a hand when the situation de
mands. Consequently Juan Is now
In Jan.
BILL fOREUEVE"
SETTLERS APPROVED
Washington MVThe Leavttt bill
to suspend payment of all construc
tion charges against lands in fed
eral reclamation projects classified
as temporarily unproductive until
the property is adjudged productive
was adopted Thursday by the house
reclamation committee.
The measure also mould provide
that during the period in whicn
payments on constroction charges
are suspended any payments pre
viously made on such areas would be
credited to the construction charge
of productive areas.
At the annual meeting of Lsdd 6c
Bush bank Thursday, H. V. Comp
ton, Chester Cox. Jacob Fuhrer and
Roy Burton were all added to the
officers as assistant cashiers aince
the last year's meeting. Otherwise
the officers and directors were the
fume with A. N. Bush as president;
Miss Sally Bush and William 8.
Walton, vice-presidents, and U P.
Aldricn. cashier. 1 he directors were
also re-elected, the same that have
served for many years, A. N. Bush,
Mrs. A. N. Bush, Miss Sally BiMh,
William 8. Walton and L. P. A Id rich.
The Australian government will
spend 1750,000 on cancer research
this year.
AUTOS STOLEN
HERE IN 1929
ALL RECOVERED
Every one of the automobiles re
ported to the police as being stolen
during the year 1029 was recovered.
the annual report of Chief of Police
Minto, submitted to the eity coun
cil, shows. During the year 104 ma
chines were reported as utolen. In
addition to this local police recov-.
ered 35 autombiles which had been
reported stolen in other cities.
The report of the chief shows
that a total of 3133 arrests were
made during the 12 months ending
December 31, 1029. Fines Imposed
by Judge Poulsen aggregated $U,
727.10.
Traffic violations brought the
largest number of arrests. 2.743
persons having been picked up for
infractions of numerous traffic reg- .
illations.
Felony arrests totalled 107, while
144 persons were Inebriated. Liquor
possession charges brought 61 in
dividuals into the hands of the po
lice. While accident reports are listed
as totaling 1.949, in reality there
were about half that number of ac
cidents during the year, as there
are supposed to be two reports for
each accident
That traffic cops did something
besides draw their salaries in Indi
cated by the report which shows
that a total or 10.623 automobiles
were tagged. Two thousand and
four meals were served while beds
were given to 1.828 persons. This
latter group Includes persons, who
were classified as "sleepers".
I
POWER PLANT
CONTRACT LET
Seattle CSV-A contract Involving
the espedlture of $6,000,000 this
year has been let by the Engineers
Public Service corporation to Stone
and Webster Engineering corpora
tion to construct the first unit of
a $15,000,000 hydro-electric project
at Rock Island on the Columbia
river, near Wenatchee. This waa
announced here Thursday by Wil
liam H. McGrath. vice-president of
the Puget Sound power azid light
company.
Federal license was Issued and
accepted Monday for the construc
tion of the dam by the Washington
Electric company, a subsidiary of
the Puget Sound Power and Light
company, which in turn Is a sub
sidiary of the Engineers' Public
Service corporation. .
' Taking advantage of the present
low water on the Columbia, work
will be started at once in construc
tion of coffer dams on the power
house side of the river, McOratU
said.
It was estimated that the first
unit of this project will take about
three years to complete, the initial
generating capacity being approxi
mately 80,000 horse power. Pro
vision will be made In the power
house for additional units that wilt
be added as needed until a maxi
mum of 240.000 horse power has
been installed.
The site for the state's lat3t and
largest hydro-electric development
is about 13 miles south of Wenat
chee where the bed of the Columbia
river is broken by rocky Islands of
basaltic formation.
PONTIFF PLEASED
WITH ROYAL WEDDING
Vatican City, un Pens Plus
early Thursday granted an aud
ience to Cardinal Main. Arcnouuiop
of Pisa, who officiated at Wed
nesday's wedding between Crown
Prince Humbert and Princess Maria
Jose, and exchanged Impressions
with him about the ceremony and
the bridal pair's visit to the Vati
can. Cardinal Maffl later said that
the Pontiff was most happy and
satisfied with the "really worthy
and Christian manner" In which,
the marriage had been celebrated.
The Pope later received the
Grand Duchess of Luxembourg,
who presented him with 65 vol
umes of the official history of
Luxembourg bound In blue leather
and stamped with the papal seal.
He thanked the Duchess for her
gift and gave her a Jubilee medal
In gold.
suimmnSSer
hitschina hard
Shanghai (IV-Sie Chun Vu.
nephew of Alfred Sze, Chinese mln
Ltter at London, committed suicldo
Wednesday night after loss of MO..
000 through speculation In g.d bars
from Nanking.
The suicide was regarded here as
a tragic note In the slump of silver
on the markets. According to gov
ernment experts the governments
Immediate loss as a result of the
silver slump exceeds 110,000,00,
Nanking, China (PI The govern
ment held an emergency meetlnf
Thursday to consider measures deal
ing with the chaotic situation creat
ed by the slump In silver.
A 8peclsl communication ot
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to entertain the DeMolay
boys. All Master Masons and DeMo
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