TUESDAY, JANUARY 21. 1930
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON
PAGE SEVEN
FLOOD DAMAGE
LAID TO BRIDGE
BY COMMMITEE
Damage caused by the overflow
ot North Mill creek at the site of the
new uncompleted North Winter
street bridge will cost the city $310
if all the damage claims submitted
to the city council meeting Monday
night are allowed.
The six property owners involved
had stated, according to Chairman
Dancy ot the bridge committee, that
they do not want to Impose unreas
onable claims against the city but,
that, in addition to the amounts
submited by them they want assur
ance that the overflow will not occur
again.
To forestall a repetition of this
overflow the bridge committee rec
ommended that 48-inch pipes be
laid on both sides of the creek to
provide additional passage way for
hinh water. The recent overflow was
caused by obstruction of the creek
while the construction ol tne bridge
was in progress, but the bridge com
mittee believes that with all ob
struction removed the bridge will
not afford sufficient clearance for
high water, unless the pipes are in
stalled. The committees recommen.
dation was adopted.
The high water of this winter was
also almost to a level with the deck
of the North Cottage street bridge.
As to whether that bridge would
have afforded enough clearance had
the water not been blocked at the
Winter street bridge. Chairman
Dancy said that was a question that
would have to be answered by the
actual experience of high water.
The residents claiming damages
lost shrubs, flowers, portions of
lawns, and one ot them, F. Ethel
Lan had over three feet of water In
her basement, which washed ner
wood from the basement.
The claimants and the amounts
asked by each are: P. Ethel Lau,
$65; W. F. Pooiman, $25: P. A. Elker
$100; Mrs. L. C. Farmer. $75: N. C.
Kafourv. $20: H. C. Eplcy, $25.
It was said that If the city re
sorted to dredging the creek to give
a free flow of water, dredging would
be necessary every year.
MELLON A TARGET IN PROHIBITION CONTROVERSY
u) i,M mmmmammamjtKll El
ARMS PARLEY
TO WORK AMID
TUDOR RELICS
Demands on the part of Senator William E. Borah (left) ot Idaho and Senator Smith W. Brook,
hart (right) Iowa for the resignation or removal of Andrew W. Mellon, secretary ot the treasury,
as head of the prohibition forces have grown out of tho current prohibition controversy In Washington.
QUESTION OF
HONOR
(Continued from Page 6)
Mexican that very evening The
main thing, though was to get to
Glenn before it was too laie. Every
thing else could wait.
Oddly enough, she did not once
stop to consider that sne was oe-
MEXIGAN DEBT,
LAND PROBLEMS
FACE MORROW
Mexico City, (United Press)
When Ambassador Dwlght W. Mor
row returns to his post here In the
spring he will find, It is expected,
that the completion of his work will
center on the two remaining Issues
between the United States and Mex
ico. International debts and the
land expropriation problem.
There is hope that some proress
towards the solution of the debt
matter may be made in New York
and Washington during the ambas
sador's absence In London wnere
he is to be a delegate ot the naval i
conference. I
Strictly speaking, the United
States and Ambassador Morrow
are not directly interested in the
matter of Mexico's obligations to
foreign credlttors. However, since
the recovery ot the country in a
financial sense is entirely depend
ent on the eeneral settlement, the
ambassador has made this one of
his principal objects of study dur
in the two years he has been in
this caplttal.
It may be regarded as certain
that any agreement which can be
negotiated through the extra-official
efforts of Morrow will be wel
comed by the International Com
mittee of Bankers and the foreign
creditors of Mexico as a whole.
Few Women
Qualify For
Foreign Service
Washington J") Few wo
men have made the grade for
government foreign service de
spite the fact it was seven
years avo that a woman blaz
ed the trail into this firld.
The examinations are held
twice a year. No women pass
ed the most recent one.
In the one held last spring,
Mbs Nelle B. Stofsdall of
Bonth Bend. IniL, and MUs
Margaret Warner of Lincoln,
Mat., passed and are now
serving as vice consols In
Geneva and Beirut. There
are now only four women in
foreign service: Miss Pattie
Field at Amsterdam and Miss
Frances Willis at Valparaiso
being the ollfer two.
CABINET PAY
HIKE SEEN FOR
GREAT BRITAIN
PROVIDE LAND FOB
YOUNG ENGLISHMEN
rw th interasu of the man These include British, uutcn, owiss,
whom she had promised less than Belgium and German Interests,
ih. hnnr ine to marrv. The ' Mexico's bills to the outside world
nhicnion to him. the debt to her total more than $500,000,000 plusi
aunt-all were swept away pver- about $200,000,000 interest charges
.,Kimi th inntintlve lm- which are In arrears. The half-
pulse to save the work of the man billion dollars represents securities
she loved She did love him; there
was no use trying to deceive her
self about that any longer.
(To be continued)
TRAFFIC PROBLEM
ACUTE FOR ROME
Rome (IP) Th traffic problem In
Rome has arrived at the point where
something must be done and the
municipal government has decided
to remove all the trolley lines from
the center of the city and to re
place them by bus lines. Work
has already been started on this
in some sections. Just how it is
all going to work out, no one is
as yet competent to Judge.
Rome has a traffic problem all
Its own. The streets being of
medieval layout are naturally nar
row and were designed for alow
moving vehicles such as used to
traverse the city through the mid
dle ages. The coming of heavy
motor traffic has increased the
nroblem.
Great congestion is everywhere
evident." especially inside the trol
ley cars. Various plans and pro
jects have been drawn up lnclud
hut one which is designed to give
the Eternal City a subway. Much
widening of streets has been done
and attempts have been made to
work out a system of one-way
streets but these' have only been
half-wav measures.
Besides, horse cabs are still in
use In Rome so that oftentimes a
horse cab will dictate the speed of
the traffic, holding up a long line
of motor-cars. The traffic regula
tions have tried to ellminlate this
Inconvenience as much as possible
by prohibiting horse-drawn vehicles
the use of the main thoroughfares
during the rush hours.
COSTLr DUTY SKIP
Woking. England (U Sir Thomas
Inskip, attorney-general in the late
conservative government, has been
fined 15 shillings for driving without
a motor license. His old one ex
pired in August, and he "skipped"
the dutv of renewing It.
held by persons in Europe and the
United States.
Besides this sum, there Is a tre
mendous total of claims. Commis
sions from Spain, Germany, Italy,
the United States and Enjiana are
now attempting to settle In a gen
eral way the amounts due to na
tionals of these countries for prop
erty and personal damages Incurred
In the various revolutions.
J. Rueben Clark. Jr., former un-
der -secretary of state In Washing
ton, and Morrow's chief aide in
the petroleum agreement negotia
tion's, is at present In the embassy
In Mexico concentrating on the
agrarian matter. Possibly by the
time the ambassador returns, Clark
will have worked out some tentative
plans for submission to the Mexican
government whereby in the future
such lands as are taken will be paid
for promptly. To date, 15,000,000
acres have been seised.
Of this amount, 1,750,000 belong.
ed to foreigners of which United
States citizens lost 400.000 acres.
One houndred and seventy-four
claims for expropriations have been
filed by Americans lately, seizures
of United States citizen's property
have considerably diminished.
MASSE V TO LEAVE
Amity Virgil Massey, who has
been 111 here for the last two weeks,
has regained his health and Is re
turning to his home in Castle Rock.
Wash. Massey was formerly en
gaged In the practice of law at
Woodburn and a few years ago
served as city attorney at tliat
place.
Sydney, N. S. W. (IP) A company
is being formed to provide a scheme
of land settlement lor lads coming
from England.
It will have the title, Little Broth
er Farm Settlement, Ltd., and the
prospectus has been issued. The
company will acquire land within
a reasonable distance of markets,
suitable as a group settlement for
Intense culture, upon which Little
Brothers who have reached the age
of 21 years and have keen in the
Commonwealth lor not less man
three years, and are in possession
of banking credit of not less than
200 pounds, may oe fettled under
conditions to be determined by the
board of management.
The scheme provides for the mar
keting or vegetables, poultry, pigs,
etc. Land acquired by gift or pur
chase will be divided into suitable
farmlets up to 10 acres. No divi
dends exceeding six per cent will
be paid,
RUSSIANS BUY SHEEP
TO REBUILD FLOCKS
Sydney. N. S. W. (IP) Just before
the Federal Ministry decided on pro
hibition of the export of stud meri
no sheep from Australia, the Tex
tile Import company, a Russian
trading enterprise, purchased 8000
sheep from Australian owners for
shipment to Russia.
The shipment was the largest ever
sent from Aus tails to Russia. The
sheep were taken on board the Nor
wegian motor-ship Thalatta at Syd
ney and carried to a port In the
Black Sea.
Late last year 200 merinos ship
ped at Sydney were landed at Nov
orossisk, a Black Sea port. Thence
they were taken by rail to country
believed to be suitable for sheep
breeding many hundreds of miles In
the Interior of Russia. Tne-Textile
Import company has Its headquart
ere In Russia and has been operat
ing in Australia since 127, princi
pally as woolbuyers.
London (IP A special committee
representr.tlve ol all English parties
is now at work to consider the ques
tion of ministerial salaries. , The
committee's work is expected to re
sult In an Increased wage lor Eng
land's mmisters.
Nine years ago a similar ccmmlt
mlttee recommended that, apart
from the Lord Chancellor who re
ceives 10.000 sterling a year, the
scale for ministers should be: 12 at
5,000 sterling, six at 2,000 sterling
5,000 sterling, four at 3.000 sterling,
six at 2.000 streling and three at 1,-
000 sterling. The report was adopted
making ministerial salaries total
124,00 sterling annually.
Ministers of successive govern
ments find that the salaries paid
do not cover expenses. Officials at
Whitehall say that It is notorious
that most Prime Ministers of this
century have left oflice poorer than
they entered it.
The case of Ramsay MacDonald
is a common one being referred to
these days. He receives 5,000 sterling
a year. This Is brought down to 3,
500 sterling by Income tax and
super tax. His income Is less than
70 sterling a week. Out of this
amount he has to entertain, ana
pay for the upkeep of 10 Downing
street.
Luncheons, dinners and receptions
which are necessary take a port of
this weekly income. All hospitality
extended by him is not paid for by
the government hospitality commit
tee.
Cabinet officials - point out tne
fact that living costs more now
than it did formerly and that there
is an increased demand on public
servants In high offices.
London (IP Four centuries of
time and the finest existing ex
amples of Tudor grandeur will peer
down at the delegates of tne great
naval nations of the world when
they convene at St. Jams' Palace
this month for the Five Power Con
ference to discuss naval llmtlation.
By curious coincidence the great
conference will begin Just 400 years
after Henry VIII began to build the
"magnificent and goodly house" of
St. James' palace still remains the
were prepared by Thomas Crom
well, whose namesake, a little later,
was to figure so prominently In the
affairs of the Palace.
Notwithstanding the ravages of
time, tires and unfriendly climate
St. Jame's palace still remains the
"mazniflcent and goodly hourse." Its
battlements and towers almost-living
symbols of another age, another
spirit, another era in tne aiiairs oi
men. .
To reach the conference room the
delegates of the naval nations will
have to pass through Friary court,
an outdoor court where for centur
ies tall guardsmen have stood at
attention a generations ol kings
and queens and royal princes passed
in and out.
To reach the- floor where the con
ference roora is located the dele
gates will use. the main stairway, de
signed by the great Sir Christopher
Wren and subsequently early in toe
Eighteenth Century, altered by Wil
liam Kent. Then they will pass thru
the Tapestry Room, entirely cov
ered with priceless tapestries espec
ially made for Charles I, illustrating
the armours of Venus and Mars, and
bearing the monarch's monograms.
This room contains a magnificent
fire place. An Interesting feature
of this fireplace Is the cipher H
and A (Henry and Anne), Joined
'by a true lover's knot. On the right,
probably carved out later, is the lone
initial H.
Then they will enter the confer
ence room itself, known to history
as Queen Anne's Drawing ' Room,
one of the most imposing rooms hi
all England. The color scheme Is
soft red. The floor Is entirely cov
ered by a red, figured carpet; the
walls are covered with warm-red
silk ot beautiful, simple design.
The room Is about 150 feet long,
50 feet wide. At one end stands a
fine marble fireplace of classical
design, believed to have been done
by Sir Christopher Wren. The head
of Medusa is In the center ot the
piece.
MAN LOSES FORTUNE
liS SANDHILL SALE
Aberdeen, Wash, (IP) Failure to
pick the right kind of business when
he found a huge bluff of sand on
his lands cost O. H. Labor, Aberdeen
machlnest, a fortune.
Two years ago Labor purchased a
tract of land. He decided to utilise
a huge bluff of sand on the estate
and went Into the filling business.
Hundreds of lots were filled with the
sand.
Recently a party of Tacoma
foundrymen, viewing the property.
discovered that the sand used in
filling the lots was a high grade
molding sand and was worth a for
tune.
HOT DOG MAYOR
WANTS DALLAS
FOR COMMONERS
MISSOURIAN 118
HAS SIMPLEST
LIFE FORMULA
Poplar Bluff.' Mo. (IP) "Uncle
Tommy" Kemp likes to remember
when women used "to wear dresses."
"Nowadays they wear handker
chiefs sewed together, or something
not much bigger than handker
chiefs.'' he said.
And uncle Tommy Is rather quai-1 mently asserted.
use them at any hour. Lovers am
going to spoon somewhere, and tf
they park on tne side ox tne rasa
without lights, another car will bus
them and kill somebody."
Ordering "free days" at city swuaw
ming pools during the summer Ho
the plain people can get their Sat-,
urday night bath."
Dallas, Texas (IP) Mayor J. Wad
dy Tate would make Dallas a meeca
for the plain people, hewers ol wood
and drawers of water.
Wearers of the soup and fish run
second In his official derby. His
heart beats in sympathy with that
under the blue shirt, and to the
tongue versed In lore of the labor
ing classes he lends the most at
tentive ear.
Since be swept Into the office of
chief executive ot Dallas on a "hot
dog platform" some nine months
ago he has exerted a powerful in
fluence toward his ideal.
"I'm for anything that suits the
plain people, and whatever will help
them is going over in this town 11
I have my say," he declared.
Tate's note of democracy rings
out In the Highland Park annexa
tion controversy, ranging about an
elite suburban district.
"It It can come in Just as any
other section, It Is welcome. But
It it expects special favors tor Its
aristocracy stay out," Tate vehe-
lfled to remtnesce as he is looking
for ward to celebrating his llvtn
birthday next September.
Uncle Tommy attributes ms long
evity to his philosophy ot life which
he brought to Missouri with Dim
from southern Tennesse. 70 years
ago eat what you want, and do as
you please so long as it does not
Intrude on the right of your fel
low men.
I lust think a normal lite," Kemp
said. "I -alk plenty, work all I
want to, and eat and drink what I
please, and that includes coffee and
tobacco. When I could get It I used
to drink considerable whisky too."
Discussing the farm problem. Un
cle Toms.; spoke ot conditions 50
to 75 years ago, "Farmers never
hauled their produce to town," he
said. "In those days the townsfolk
came out and bought what they
wanted. Turkeys, tor Instance, sold
for 50 cents each; chickens sold for
15 cents or so; and other produce
was priced in proportion. Even with
the low prices tanners were well
fixed, had plenty of clothing and
lood."
How well the hot dog platform
has been adhered to since it car
ried Tate to the mayorallty Is at
tested by the following of his many
blue shirt" precedent-breakers:
Holding an Inaugural ball "First
time a mayor in the United States
did it, I guess, and nobody but a
few from Highland Park crashed
the gate," he declared.
Ordering removal ot spikes from
railings around the city hall "So
the people to whom the hall belongs
can sit on them and rest."
Selling the snakes In the zoo
logical gardens and substituting
donkeys for the kiddles to ride
"While scions of the rich are rid
ing their Shetland ponies."
Revoking the order closing city
parks at 10 p. m "The parks be-
long to the people, and they can
AMERICAN ACTOR IN
NEW PUBLIC FAYCR
London OF Philip Yale Drew,
the American actor who was a
principal figure at the inquest into
the murder of Alfred Oliver, a
Reading tobacconist, has returned
to the stage in the mystery play
In which he was playing at the
time of the murder.
Drew was the object of a public
demonstration it the end of the
Inquest when It became apparent
that no charge would be brought
against him by Scotland Yard.
The show has been reopened in
a London suburb and Drew Is sign
ing autographs every afternoon,
from noon until i p. m.
SPEEDY JUSTICE IS
METED CHECK KITER
Pendleton. Ore. W Justice la
speedy here. Two hours after be was
taken on a forged check charge.
Donald B. John was waiting to go
to the state prison for a two year
stay. He was taken soon after at
tempting to pass a woruuess enrca
on a Pendleton store and pleaded
guilty In circuit court
WH NOT? WHY NOT?
Northwood. England (IP) A danc
ing class for mothers has been start
ed here. -
Gall Stone Colic
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WOTM. Treat ttat cause In a aanaiaie. paan
leaa. iiwspenalv wmj at hoaaa. Write Bom
Co.. S10-M alaioott Temple. Minneapona.
Minn., (oi a reooemiea pracuans
Ufa preecrlrUoo oo U.er art sell bto
der trouble, for utaratnre oo treatment
which haa been sltlns aratlfrlna reealia
tor St jeara. Sold under alonef BerK
Ouarantee. Clip thli out ROW. -. adv.
Bristol (IP) Students greeted
Winston Churchill, arriving for in
stallation as Chancellor ot the Uni
versity, by singing, "Why was he
born so beautiful, why was he bom
at all?"
A GOOD ALIBI? PERFECT!
London (IP) A defendant at the
Old Bailey, acquitted on a charge
ot housebreaking, stated that at the
time ot the burglary he was at the
pictures with has sweetheart,- wit
nessing "The perrect audi."
ASK POLICE SHAKEUP
Paris (IP) Because there were 308
robberies and only 25 arrests In 1928
In the Versailles district, the Cham
ber of Deputies has been asked to
reorganize and enlarge the police J
in the -suburbs of Paris.
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Dr. C. B. O'NEILL
OPTOMETRIST
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BANK BUILDING
Railways and street car lines of
India now operate 915 buses.
COLD MEANS
NOTHING TO OLD
"SEA DOG"
Men of the sea
can't coddle their
colds. They catch
them, but get rid
of them in a jiffy.
So can you and
without "doping"
with a simple
compound that
just knocks out all j
that achy, feverish
feeling or that
watery-eyed, sore-1
nosed condition
that always makes ,
a person feel so
thoroughly miserable.
Next time exposure to wet and
cold has set you to sniffling, take!
Pane's Cold Compound. Simple
little tablets, but how they kill a cold!
Tape's Cold Compound is only 35c
Itching Ends When
Zemo Touches Skin
It's wonderful the way soothing,
cooling Zemo brings relief to Itching
skin, sunburn, wlndbum and dean
up bites, pimples and rash. Even In
severe cases. Itching disappears al
most as soon as Zemo touches the
skin. To draw out local Infection
and clear away unsightly blemishes
there's nothing better than invisible
'.'mo. Alway keep this family anti
septic on band. Use it freely. It's
safe as can be. 35c, 60c and $1.00.
arlv
HEAT Satisfaction!
WE GUARANTEE IT
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kerOil Burner Hog1 Fuel Eurners.
We know how and will honestly explain good
and bad featurea of each.
FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE PHONE 533
LLOYD F. LEGARIE
At these
reduced
prices
each home
should have its
Extension Telephone
A Residence Desk Extension Tele
phone is now only 75 cents a month!
O thet new low rates onExtensi ins
Residence Wall Extension.,......, 50C
Business Desk Extension. . . . ... , ,..$1.05
Business Wall Extension r 75c
Tire Pactfic Teleiinwe And Tixecraph Company
Woimaeim'j
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Entire Stock Values tip to $4.00
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326 State Street Next to Ladd & Bush Bank
STANLEY BURGESS, Mgr.