Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, December 30, 1930, Page 7, Image 7

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    TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1930
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
pa;rsevkn
Sheridan Is making retdy to wel-
come a urge crowa in uucu
Legion men and women Friday at
the annual Yamhill county pow
wow, according to Ed J. Bayliss,
post commander of that city who
spent Tuesday on business In Balem.
The drum and bugle corps of Cap
ital Post No. 9, Salem, with the
American Legion Auxiliary quartet
and special music frcm the Tilla
mook post will be given. All state
oil icers of the Legion and Auxil
iary will be present. The enter
tainment includes a barbecue feed
and dance. Bayliss, woo Is now In
tlie creamery business, was accom
panied by Mrs. Bayliss. They are
former residents of this city.
Benefit dance Kentl hall. New
Year's eve. Independence Firemen.
Music by Mystic Knights of the Sea.
Adm. 50c. Ladies free. 311
Clarence Townsend, of the OK
Barber shop, will be In Pdrtland
Friday evening to attend an exec
utive board mee'ing of the Oregon
late federation of labor. He Is
representative for district No. 3.
Paint, wall paper, oit goods. Hut
Cheon Paint store, 154 S. Com! '
The seven mnnt'is old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Claude White died Mon
day. While is a Salem barber.
Cat hulls, at the mill 15 per ton;
$7 delivered. Fischer Flouring Mills,
Silverton, Oregon.
Linn Ncsmlth, of Eugene, who
came here to spend Christmas with
his aunt, Mrs. Sarah C. Burch,
near Kirkreall, Is remaining lor the
1931 session of the Legislature. Ne
smlth formerly lived at Klamath
Falls.
Dr. A. D. Woodmansee. Practice
limited to extraction of teeth. Oral
surgery nnd Dental X-rar. 815 First
National Bank bldg. Ph. 342. 310
Chief Justice O. P Coshow, of
the Oregon supreme court, will have
as his subject the "Outlook for
1931" when he addresses the Ro
tary club luncheon Wednesday
noon.
Carnival r.kat? Dreamland, Wed. 7
pjn. Skate Old Year out, Hew Year
In. One price. 311'
The annual election of officers
for the Snlem Business Men's league
will be held Friday evening. The
president cf the Icagu?, oj the King
Bing of the Chcrrlans, Is 9 member
of the hoard of directors of the
chamber of commerce.
Old time dance at Tumble Inn,
Thursday, New Year's night Come
nnd have a wonderful time, all of the
time on that night. I1
H. V. Collins, the new manager
of the telephone company. Is ;
nounced as a new member In the
weekly bulletin of the Rotary club.
New Year's eve dance Wednesday
nlte at Tumble Inn. Finest dance In
the valley. No raise In prices. $50 in
favors free. Enough to blow the roof
off. This dance will be a knock-out.
Don't miss itl 311
Angle L. Warren has filed com
plaint In circuit court against
George D. Grace to collect $13,625
alleged to be due on a note.
Carnival, turkey dance. Crystal
Gardens, New Year eve. Dance the
Old Year out and New Year In. 311
Final orders In probate have been
filed in the estates of William El
mer. Lloyd T. Rigdon, adminis
trator, and M. C. Luellan, O. B.
Hutchcons, administrator.
Dance, Mellow Moon every Wed. &
Sat.. Admission only 25c 311
H. S. Bond and M others residing
In Turner and vicinity have filed a
petition with the counnty court
asking that the dance hall license
at Turner be discontinued. The
dance hall Is operated by Ball
brothers who have not yet asked
a renewal of license. The pctl
turners do not state their reasons
for asking the discontinuance.
Buy that coat at Miller's tomor
row at half price! 310'
Mrs. C. A. Park, who fell In her
home Christmas eve and dislocated
and fractured a shoulder, is con
valescing satisfactorily and is now
receiving many visitors.
Classes In beginning Shorthand
will be started at the Capital Busi
ness Coliege next Monday in both
day and night school If a sufficient
number register. Office open each
day this week. Call, let us arrange a
course lor you. 310'
Miss Elizabeth Looney of Jeffer
son Is staying with Miss Grace
Elizabeth Holinan for several days.
Both ghls are pledges to Alpha
Gamma Delta sorority at Oregon
Agricultural college.
Last day of Year-End Clearance
t Miller's tomorrow! 310'
The First Christian church will
hold Its annual fellowship dinner
and business cession New Year's
day in the church rooms. The din
ner will be held at 1 o clock with
all members and friends of the
church bringing their own lunch
eon baskets, a cong fest and short
talks will be followed by the an
nual business meeting with re
ports from all departm?nta and
elections of officers.
Security Benefit Ass'n. dance
Tues. Yew Park hall. Everbody come.
310
The Salrm Heights bus, driven
by J. C. 61el?hter crashed Into the
Piggly Wiggiy ftore at South Com
mercial and Miller streets Monday
evening. According to a rep:rt filed
wun me ponce nobody was injured
Sleighter was driving south when
a car travelling In the opposite di
rection made a left hand turn to
ward Miller sneet then stopped In
the Intersection. The bus turned tc
the right In order to avoid hitting
this car and then when two or
three other machines loomed up
on Miller street, sleighter picked
the store as a bumper rather than
risk smashing the machines.
Mrs. Mary Gatliff now at Capital
Beauty bhoppe. Flione 366. 1
Wesley Hathaway was booked at
the police station early Tuesday
mommg on a drunk and disorderly
charge.
Old time dance Chcmawa M. W.
A. hall. Thure. night. I
Boys making tours of industrial
plants of the city under the spon
sorship of the Y. M. C. A. will visit
the state penitentiary Wednesday
afternoon. Originally it was plan
ned to take but 30 boys through
the prison but so many more than
that number had applied that Su
perintendent Meyers agreed to ad
mit two groups of 40 each. The first
bunch will start the inspection at
9:15 sharp. A tour of the Kay wool
en mills is planned during the fore
noon. Last day of Year-End Clearance
at Miller's tomorrow! 310
Alvln Krleger was placed In the
county jail Tuesday after he had
failed to make agreed payments
arisinij from a non-support suit.
Krteser, who had been arrested on
the same charges before, waived
hearing when brought Into justice
court Tuesday and was bound over
to the grand jury. Ball was fixed
at $1000 which he failed to furnish.
C. L. Newton paid a $10 fine In
justice court Tuesday. He had been
arrested for driving an automobile
with improper lights.
New Year's Carnival dance Haunt
ed Mill, RickreaU, Dec. 31. &Q-2SC. 311
The passing of the old year and
the ushering In of the new will be
observed at the Free Methodist
church. Market and North Winter
streets with watch night services
commencing at 8:30 p. m., Wednes
day. Talks will be made by Rev. M.
C. Clarke, Rev. Emory Goods and
a Mr. Jackson. A male quartet will
render ssveral songs while Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Patterson will have
charge of "old time songs by old
time people."
Dance, Mellow Moon every Wed. &
Sat.. Admission only 25c 311
Twenty Olrl Reserves of the En
glcwood triangle held a tea for
their mothers Tuesday afternoon
in the Y. W. C. A. rooms on Li
berty street. Miss Florence Mar
shall, advisor to the triangle and
Mrs. Elizabeth Gallaher. Y. W. C. A.
secretary, received. Miss Dorothy
Kent and Miss Helen Boardman
assisted. Mrs. W. A. Marshall pour
ed. The program opened with a talk
by Mrs. Gallaher on Girl Reserve
work. Readings and musical num
bers were given by Mable McGuire,
Phyllis Gardner, Ellen Ackerman,
Dorothy Joyes, Ruth Alice Grant
and Dorothy Dunkin. A tap dance
was offered by EHen Ackerman.
The girls sang Christmas carols
and Girl Reserve songs.
Dunsmoor Bros, just finished dec
orating lobby of Broadway Bldg.,
Portland. Gov. -elect Meier new apt.
is our next decorating job. Through
Cuyler Van ratton. 310
Remodeling of the Y. W. C. A.
rooms Is slated to get underway
Friday of this week. Extensive
changes will be made in the re
ception and club rooms, the rest
rooms and the dining room, space
for social functions and entertain
ments enlarged and many of the
rooms to be remodeled. The changes
will be made In conjunction with
remodeling to be done In the build
ing occupied until the first of the
year by the Roth Grocery com
pany, and which a chain store has
secured for a long lease after that
date.
Last day of Year-End Clearance
at Miller's tomorrow I 310
A marriage license has been Is
sued to Ernest U Howe, 23, and
Marie Hanson, 23, both of route 2,
Wood burn.
Big, old time carnival dance at
Mchaina Thursday, Jan. 1. This will
be the biggest dance of the season.
Come to Mehama for a good time.
311
Final account cf Julia M. Griffith
as executrix cf the estate of L. F.
Griffith shows that she received
largely In stocks and bonds $50,707,
that expenses have been $1784.33 and
there Is a cash balance on hand of
$207.25. The inheritance tax col
lected by the state was $421.57.
Grace Ryan has been named
guardian of the estates of Harold
nnd Frederic Ryan, minors. Each
estate amounts to $456. She also
has filed her final account as ad
ministratrix of the estate of Joslc
Ryan.
Final decree has been granted
Katherine Weiss In probate as ad
ministratrix of the estate of Adam
Weiss.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Thompson
and Mrs. Joseph Best, all of Port
land were in Salem Monday visiting
with Waiter Thompson, sergeant
of police. Mrs. Walter Thompson Is
still confuted In a local hospital
from blood poisoning but Is ex
pected to be sufficiently recovered
to return to her home late tills
week.
The estate of Lee M. Lane just
admitted to probate Is valued at
$7000 and the First National bank
Is named executor. The entire es
tate Is left In a will to Estclla E.
Lane, widow.
The estate of Mary Abut valued
at $0000 has been admitted to pro
bate with Bert T. Ford as executor.
Under bn will she k.v.es $25 to
St. Joseph Catholic church, sum
to Fathers Server, UCmt and
Keenan for saying masse; $60 to
SL Joseph's church and 925 to the
parish priest there; 50 to SL Ag
nes Baby home; 129 to Sacred
Heart academy; $000 to a brother
in Wisconsin and the balance of
her estate to her sisters, Antoinette
Rubens, Gerrats, and Julia Grimes,
Salem.
STORM SIGNALS
IN CALIFORNIA
8an Francisco IP Stormy wea
ther with heavy rains tnd high
southeast winds along the coast
from Eureka northward was fore
cast Tuesday In a special noon fore
cast by the U. 8. weather bureau.
The storm center, It was reported
Is now 900 miles due west of Eureka
and is moving east -northeastward.
It will gather Intensity in Its trav
els. It was believed. Storm warnings
were placed from Eureka northward
at noon.
The disturbance will affect tem
perature and weather throughout
the western states. It was forecast.
The announcement follows:
"There arc Indications aOthls time
of a marked change in prevailing
weather conditions In the far west
ern states. The barometer is de
creasing rapidly off our western
coast and It has begun to fall over
the Interior, A situation that will
result In a general rise In tempera
ture m the Interior of the Pacific
states within the next 98 hours,
with winds becoming southerly,
cloudiness increasing, rains largely
along the coast from the San Fran
cisco bay region northward to Puget
Sound, with snows in the mountains
of Washington and Oregon, and the
northern Sierras. At noon Tuesday
southeast storm warnings were dis
played on the coast from Eurkea
northward in advance of a disturb
ance of Increasing hi tensity reported
this morning, central about 900
miles due west of Eureka and mov
ing east -northeastward."
KiPLING HAS
Burwash, Sussex (Messages of
greeting and congratulation poured
in Tuesday from all over the world
to the beautiful Tudor house where
Rudyard Kipling makes his home,
the occasion being the famous auth
or's 65th birthday.
There were few callers, however,
for Kipling's love of retirement Is as
Intense on his birthday as on all
other days of the year and no recog
nilion of the event so far as the
outside world Is concerned was ex
pected from the creater of "Kim"
and others of a long list of notable
characters.
Kipling's literary Activities now
are chiefly confined to production
ol an occasional poem.
OBSIDIANS RESCUE
MAN FROM DEATH
Eugene (;r-Unconsc!ous and at
the door of death, Albert Symonlak,
01, a transient, was rescued by mem
bers of the Obsidian club Sunday
night on the McKenzie pass, and
Tuesday was recovering here from
his harrowing experience.
Unmindful of warnings of those
who know the pass In the winter
time. Symoniak started out on foot
for Bend where he expected to find
employment Some of the Obsidians
saw him walking up the highway to
ward tne pass, rearing he might not
find shelter for tlie night, Ed John
son, Harold Trotter and Carl
Knowles started out on snowshoes to
overtake him.
They reached him at 11 p.m. near
Frog camp. Symonlak had trudged
seventeen miles through the toft
snow.
The men found him lying uncon
scious, his feet partly frozen. They
found shelter for him, ministered to
him during the night, and brought
him to Eugene Monday.
NEW REMEDY FOR
COLD SURE CURE
Toronto (Andrew Ctiimow
was a home remedy fan until he
caucht cold and It settled In his
chest.
Then a friend dropped around
and told him of a sure cure.
"Pour some rubbing alcohol on
your chest and llgiit It," the sym
pathetic friend said, 'you will for
get all about the cold."
Andrew did as directed. And for
got the cold.
Under his bed In a local hospital
Is a large club. It Is for the next
friend who tells him what to do
for any ailment he may have.
PROBE MURDER OF
FRANK SMILEY, 4B
Yakima. Wash. (V In vest lea t Ion
of the murder of Frank Smiley, 46.
formerly or Pendleton, Ore, was
undertaken by officers at Sunny-
side Tuesday. The widow. Mrs.
Mary E. Smiley, and a daughter.
leit laKtma Monday nisht for Sun-
nyside, following Identification of
the bedy Monday by Portland po
lice from fingerprints. The body'
was found Christmas day. lying In
a ditch and wrapped In canvas.
Smiley eerved jail terms In Pen
dleton and Walla Walla.
Mrs. Smiley said she saw her hus
band at the Pendleton round-up last
fall and understood he had been
working In the Yakima valley.
SNOW AT PENDLETON
Pendleton, (TV Fine partlclea of
snow were falling here Tuesday,
accompanied by an eat wind. The
temperature hit a minimum of 22
degrees here Monday night.
HEWITT TELLS
KIWANIS ABOUT
SOUTH AMERICA
Poll tics tn South America arc
not organized on the basis of prin
ciple as In the United States; graft
is common and government oy oue-
elghth of the masses corrupt with
tho "outs seeking to oust m "mr
but In a majority of instances lack
ing the necessary leadership, Dean
Roy Hewitt, speaking of his ob
servances on his recent trip through
that couutry, told tlie Kiwanls club
Tuesday noon. He Is of tlie opin
ion tliat debts In the United States
will not be repudiated as the neces
sity for credit O .understood by
those In charge or seeking to be
In charge of affairs.
Until the United States can un
derstand and apply the psychology
of trade with foreign countries It
cannot hope to successfully com
pete with nations that recognize
the situation and as a result Ger
many is making great progress to
wards dominating trado la South
America. Dean Hewitt declared. At
the close of the world war the
United States virtually had a mon
opoly on trade with the co"ntry to
the south but Is losing out. Several
causes were ascribed.
The United States manufacturers
refuse to merchandise their goods
as to standards of the nation with
which they trade, and persist In us
ing United States measures and
signs Instead of making the goods
as desired and understood by the
purcliaser, Hewitt said. Another
mistake Is made in refusing to learn
and use the languages most com
monly used there, chiefly Portugese
and Spanish, demanding English be
used or conceding1 French and Ger
man. The third handicap is a high
protective tariff, which Hewitt de
scribed for the United States as a
sectional and not a political issue.
Hope was expressed that some day
a reciprocity tariff aotld be adopt
ed and trade relations strengthened.
Germany caters to the psychology ol
the nation with vaich it trades,
names Its new and great ocean
liners after the naHonal heroes of
those countries and is rapidly gain
ing control of the entire South
American market.
PART OF BULL RUN
LINE ABANDONED
Permission to abandon th IS mile
stretch of the Bull Run lnterurban
line from Barnes road to the end of
the line, was granted the Pacific
Northwest Public Service company
Tuesday. The order was issued by
the public service commission, and
also grants permission to discon
tinue pasenger operations over the
road between Llnneman Junction
and Barnes road, a distance of 7.7
miles. The commission held there
was no longer sufficient patronage
to Justify continuation of this ser
vice. The Investigation Instituted by the
commission on its own motion Into
hotel telephone rates and sen-ice
outside of Portland was dismissed,
when the commission learned the
rate question was determined satis
factorily through agreement reached
at a conference In Portland last
week.
PLAN RETENTION
OF FOOTBALL RULES
New York fli Retention with
out change of the present football
rules was recommended to the Na
tional Collegiate Athletic associa
tion Tuesday In tlie annual report
of E. K. Hall, chairman of the foot
ball rules committee.
Tlie hall report said that the
period ''of real changes" Is "for the
time being at an end."
"The rules should be standard
ized substantially as they are," tlie
report said, "and future changes
should be restricted to those which
make for greater safety to the
players, better sportsmanship or
further Improvement of the text,
and to changes that seem clearly to
be necessary to maintain the bal
ance and the Integrity of the game
substantially as It stands today." j
The report came as a surprise to
many football critics who had pre
dicted a recommendation of the
abolishment of the point -after-touchdown
and several other rule
changes.
PROMISE DIVIDEND
FROM FAILED BROKERS
Portland (JiA 6 per cent divi
dend on the salvage from the de
funct brokerage firm of Overbeck &
Cooke, will be paid probably before
the first of February, J. C. Dilling
ham, trustee In bankruptcy, laid
Tuesday.
A total of 30 per cent on the dol
lar, 15 per cent of which has al
ready been paid, will be turned over
to creditors of tlie firm, failure of
which In 1928 brought tragedy and
loss of accumulated savings to many
Oregon homes.
Refund by the Internal revenue
department of $49,510 for over-as
sessment of the firm for 1024, 192S
and 1926 Is responsible for the per1
cent dividend to be paid. I
When this Is disbursed appro xt-mit-ly
$105,000 will have been paid
to 1w creditors of the company. J
The company failed with a loss to1
clients and creditors estimated at
$2,100,000. I
West Salem Miss Esther Porter,
whose home U in Claremont, Cal.,
arrived ten days ago for a visit with
a number of relatives and friends,
among them being her brother-in-
law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
McDowell and family. She started
on the return trip Monday, plan
ning to visit for a few days at
Junction City with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Porter, before
going to her southern home.
FORMER RESIDENT OF
INDEPENDENCE DEAD
Seattle. Wash, Mrs. A K
Oreenua, 71. native of Independence.
Or, and resident hers M jeara, died
here Monday. She was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Neely, Ore-
goo pioneers. Her husband and three
married daughters survive her.
MALTA FEVER
PROVES FATAL
The first death from malta fever
ever recorded In Marlon county
occurred Monday at Stayton when
Kay r. newby, 36, died after a
month's Illness from the disease.
This case of malta fever Is the first
reported to the county department
of health this year. One case was
reported In 1929, and a flurry of
eight cases occurred In 1&28, but
no deaths resulted.
The disease, caused by Infectious
abortion among cattle, was traced
to an Infected herd delivering milk
in Stayton and all infected cows
have been disposed of. No other
cases have been found In the stay
ton vicinity. It Is pointed out by
Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, county
health officer, that all reported
cases of Malta fever have been In
tho rural districts.
Newby Is survived by his widow,
Helen, daughter of Mis. O. S.
Eowne of Salem; his parents, Mr,
and Mrs. A. L. Newby of Bradshaw,
Texas; one brother, George, and
four sisters, Olive, Sally Lou, Ma
bel and Annls, all of Texas. Newby
came to Oregon In 1924. and lived
at Salem until nine montlis ago
when he and Mrs. Newby moved to
Stayton. He was employed by the
Shell Oil company.
Funeral services will be held
from the chapel of W. T. Rigdon
and Son here Wednesday after
noon, at 3 o'clock. Interment will
be made In a Salem cemetery. Rev.
George Swift, rector of St. Paul's
Episcopal church, will officiate.
MAY NOT APPFAL
rJERGER ORDER
Youngstown, O. OP) Doubt that
tlie Youngstown Sheet and Tube
company will appeal the decision
of common pleas Judge David C.
Jenkins overthrowing the billion
dollar Sheet and Tube-Betlilehem
Steel corporation merger, was ex
pressed In some quarters Tuesday.
While leaders of the pro-merger
faction maintained silence on their
next move In the conflict with the
Cyrus S. Eaton forces, It was known
that many of the merger backers
regarded the judge's decision as a
questionable victory for Eaton, dom
inant Sheet and Tube stockholder,
because of ctock value losses he
sustains as a result of winning an
injunction to block the consolida
tion.
The court's decision automatically
dismissed suits filed by laton and
his associates, during their anti
merger fight, asking the court to
place a valuation on shares dis
senting In the consolidation. The
corporation code provides that if a
shareholder refuses tlie valuation
fixed by his company's directors he
can sue and have a court fix the
value.
Last April 30, when Eaton's antl
merger fight was at Its height,
Sheet and Tube directors fixed $110
as the "fair cash value" of dissent
ing shares, a figure which was
promptly refused by Eaton and his
associates.
A series of suits filed by the dis
sen ting stockholders, demanding
prices ranging from $1B0 to $250
per share, the prices paid for stock
when the rival factions were bidding
for them in open market during a
fight to obtain enough proxies to
overthrow or ratify the merger. The
suits had been set for bearing on
January 12.
A decline In the market value of
the stock enters prominently into
the complexity of issues arising
from Judge Jenkins' decision. The
stock Is now quotea nt $70 a share,
or $40 less than the fltmre refused
In April by Eaton and hs asso
ciates.
TRUCK BEDS GUT
TO 3 YARD BASIS
Orders have been issued by Coun
ty Road master Johnson that all pn
vate truck owners who expect to
rent their trucks to tlie county for
road use next year and who have
4-yard beds on their trucks, must
cut them down to a 3-yard basis if
they wish to bo granted such em
ploymen.t
All county-owned trucks have 3
yard beds for handling of gravel.
The county court believes that tlie
smaller sized bed with its smaller
load is a considerable protection to
tho roads and that the three-yard
load Is tlie largest that should be
hauled. Roadmaster Johnson states
it is almost Impossible for a crush
erman to get an accurate 3-yard
load into a 4-yard truckbed and as
a result truckbeds, he states, must
be made uniform to meet the re
quirements. He states during the
summer season from 15 to 20 trucks
are rented for use by the county In
road work.
GOATI MUN3I LOOSE
SOMEWHERE IN CITY
Portland J) There'! a Coatl
Mundl loose In the city I
It Is not a piece of wearing ap
parel, as startled police assumed
when they received the report, but
a South American animal
Captain A. R. Pearson explained
the strayed coatl mundl Is his pet.
described It as "a cross between a
raccoon, young bear and a rat,
brownish In color and with a tall 18
inches long. The tall is black and
white.
The animal hat an Inquisitive dis
position, the report said, and a very
,ior.g nose.
30,000 AUTOS
VISIT CHAMPOEG
DURING YEAR
Over 30.000 automobiles visited
Champoeg park In this county dur
ing th year 1930, according to a
letter received by County Commis
sioner Smith from Albert Toiler,
caretaker at the park. He states that
up to November 1, there had been
28.806 cars and while he has not
counted November and December
there were over 1000 cars during
November and 567 during December.
In addition he states that there
were 781 came by steamboat, S3 by
rowboat, 42 by launches, 36 by teams
and 34 on horseback, with 82 by bi
cycle, 41 by motorcycle, and 711 on
foot. Placing the number of cart at
30,000 with an average of four to
the car he states, over 120,000 people
visited the park in 1930.
"The road leading from the main
highway to the pioneer memorial
building has been kept in excellent
condition and not a solitary acci
dent has occurred," he writes. "Your
Mr. Cook and men under hira have
given attention to bettering condi
tions In order that thousands may
travel in comfort and safety. There
Is a general wish for a short cut
highway between Salem and Port
land and thousands have so express
ed themselves this year. All antic
ipate a bridge between Oregon City
and Newberg. It must come If the
other fellow will construct the same."
He also expressed his thanks to
the county court for cooperation
given on the roads. He stated that
both big road signs at tho end of
the bridge In Newberg are gone.
REAR IN JETTY
OF COLUMBIA
Astoria, Ore. (IP) Increased size of
a break or depression in the south
Jetty of the Columbia river Is be
coming a menace to depth of water
in the river entrance, declare local
shipping men and entrance pilots
who have been watching the situ
ation carefully for the past year
and a half.
Recent soundings have shown a
distinct shoaling In areas at the
river mouth and the lighthouse de
partment about a month ago shifted
some of the entrance buoys about
1,000 feet northward, pilots say.
Soundings taken Saturday by the
master of the pilot schooner Co
lumbia showed only 36 feet of water
at the intersection of Sand Island
and Cape Disappointment channel
ranges, where charts show 50 to 60
feet of water.
According to Frank Sweet, As
toria harbormaster and member of
the state pilot commission, the deep
ening of the south Jetty's depres
sion permits several types of chan
nel disturbances, since the cutting
or scouring power of the river
water, which deepened the channel
from Its original 25 foot depth to
40 to 60 feet as at present, Is much
diminished.
6 TRAPPED CHILDREN
PERISH IN FLAMES
Montreal Six of the nine
children of Henri Labellc, St. Jan-
xler, Quebec, butter merchant,
were burned to death Monday
night in a fire which destroyed
their home.
Mrs. Labclle Jumped from the
house with a baby In her arms arul
a 16 year old daughter threw out
another child and then leaped to
safety herself. The other six chil
dren were trapped and perished.
FARMERS INCREASE
AGREAGE IN WHEAT
Portland (LP) Farmers of the
state of Washington have asserted
ly planted more acreage In grain
than they sowed for the crop year
of 1930 and In so doing have dis
appointed Alexander Legge of the
federal farm board, accordinz to a
dispatch to the Oregon Journal
Tuesday from Its Washington, D.
C corresDondent.
In a letter addressed to Senator
McNary, Legge said the Increased
acreage In Washington over last
year approximated 383.000 acres.
He said Oregon and Idaho report
the same acreage as la&t year, ''but
Washington's Is greater than the
other two combined."
SEARCH FOR BOYS
IS STILL FUTILE
Key West, Fla. (Pi-Tlie Island
studded tip of the Florida penin
sula Tuesday veiled the where
abouts of three you tin, whose 13
foot fishing boat was found aban
doned Monday, three Cays after
they set out from here on a holi
day excursion.
Two small fish lay In the well of
the craft, but a gallon demijohn of
water, a small anchor and 30 feet
of rope were missing.
Tlie boys are Gilbert Thompson
and Carl Nelson, each 19, who
came here recently from Detroit
to visit their parents, and Overton
Albury, 16.
The crew ol a TUUng boat re
ported aeelnf the boys about 12
miles south of he aotne hours
alter they embarked from Key West
Saturday and search for tip youth
was concentrated In that vicinity.
WOMAN KIUsEO DV CAR
Portland W Mrs. Ingaba Huff,
77, Portland, was killed Monday
driven by J. O. Whitney. Investl
nlght when struck by an automobile
eating officers said she had been
dragged fifteen feet by the automo
bile. Whitney was arrested on a
charge of Involuntary manslaughter.
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COVERED WAGON
CENTENNIAL ENDS
Portland (-Pi In Portland nd
New York Monday night covered
wagons lumbered and creaked in
memory. It was the close of the
covered wagon centennial observa
tion proclaimed by President Hoov
er last spring. The observance be
gan April 10, the hundredth anni
versary of the departure of the
first wagon train over the Oregon
trail.
In Portland hundreds of personi
gathered in the clvle auditorium
to honor the pioneer spirits of the
west Many of the pioneers were
there, among them. Captain Oliver
Applegate of Modoc Indian war
fame; William H. Newman, one of
his scouts In the campaign against
the Indians: C. A. Ackerman,
George H. Hlmes, J. L. Carter and
L. H. Baker
In New York the Oregon trail
opening ended with 500 guests at a
banquet. Many guests wore cos
tumes of nloneer days. The me
mory of Ezra Meeker, founder of
the Oregon trail association, was
commemorated.
PLANE FARES REDUCED
Portland (LP) Coincident with
New Year's day reductions In train
fares to eastern points, the Varney
Air Lines Tuesday announced 20 per
cent reductions In air travel over
units of the United Aircraft and
Transport corporation.
The new fares will provide a uni
form rate of 3 cents a mile, effec
tive January 1, on air routes from
the Pacific northwest to the east.
1QRAH FAVORS
EXTRA SESSION
FOR CONGRESS
Washington rlPV Insurgent re
publicans extended their dispute
Tuesday to th advisability of a
special session of congress aitar
March 4.
But Just around the congestion
al comer is a potentially more dy
namic Issue than all that have gone
beore. it 1 prohibition, upon
which the Wlckersham commission
now Is scheduled to report public
ly January 6, the day after con
great reconvenes.
Senator Borah, republican. Ida
ho, was annoyed by the suggestion
of Watson and Senator Reed, re
publics n, Pennsylvania, that a
special session would be bad for
business.
"Tills talk about congress dis
turbing business or that a session
of congress would be an unmixed
evil Is an effort to assign a patri
otic excuse for going to Europe or
going horjie," he said. "It Is
strange thing that we have been
fighting to get Into congress and
telling the people all the things
they want to do, and then making
every excuse possible to go homo
and do nothing. I suggest they
turn their salaries over to the
hungry until they get back."
Borah said there was much le
gislative work to be done and that
much of It probably would not be
disposed of In this abort session.
He wants consideration of railroad
legislation, farm relief, the antl
lnj unction bill, and regulation of
Interstate bus and power traffic.
Administration plans for the
present short session do not Include
all those Items. There are Indica
tions the house leaders still oppose
the N orris plan for government
operation of the Muscle Shoals
power and fertilizer plant. And Mr.
Hoover would be expected to veto
such a plan If It reached him. Sen
ate and house conierees will meet
again January 6.
Under those circumstances Sen
ator Norrls, republic?. Nebraska,
whose feud with Executive Direc
tor Lucas of the republican nation
al committee merely Is quiescent.
may be expected to side with Borah
for a special session.
GETS $23,500
Omaha, Neb. WV-Police Tuesday
heard from the lips of J. A. Elston.
79-year-old attorney of Caldwell,
Idaho, a story of his being defraud
ed of $23,500 his life savings by
two men who had promised to win
him a fortune on horse racing.
Elston told officials that he had
an appointment with the two men
'jo meet here Monday, when he was
scheduled to receive the first In
stallment of the "fortune." When
the appointment was not kept, he
became suspicious and notified po
lice. The paper fortune, amounting to
$000,000, was to be shared by El
ston and others, he said.
Tlie swindle began two weeks ago
when he went to an El Paso, Tex.
sanitarium. There he met a "Mr,
Hall of Kansas City" who intro
duced him to a "Mr. Sloan," who
represented hlnueli as an agent
for a betting syndicate which amas
sed huge winnings on the races.
EUton, at their behest, rushed
home to Caldwell, secured the $23,
500 which he had on deposit there,
and delivered It to HaU, who was to
hand It over to Sloan In Reno,
Ner. Then the bets would be col
lected and Elson was to have his
money doubled. The three were to
meet here.
But Elston was the only one to
keep the appointment He waited
24 hours before notifying police.
DOCTOR ON TRIAL
FOR GIRL'S DEATH
Portland () The preliminary
hearing of man-slaughter charges
against Dr. George Buck, Port
land physician, involving the
death December 18 of Miss Helen
C lea tor, 20. was started In munici
pal court here Tuesday.
Mrs. W. C. Cleator, mother of
the dead girl charged Dr. Buck
with performing an illegal opera
tion on the girl, which resulted In
her death. Dr. Buck told detec
tives he performed the operation in
an attempt to save the girl's life.
SEEK INSANE MAN
AS GIRLS' SLAYER
Oklalioma City. Okla. OP) Search
for the slayer of Jessie and Jcxle
Oilffith of Blackwell was concen
trated here Tuesday when several
persona reported presence of an in
sane man.
Adjutant A. L. Chase of the Sal
vation Army gave officers three
handkerchiefs given him by a man
named W. T. Capcheart, who sought
forgiven eat for his sins at a Salva
tion Army meeting. The handker
chiefs were partially Identified a
belonging to the alatn sisters.
The night clerk at the Rasbach
hotel reported a man registered as
"W. M. Shcrfa, answered Cope
heart's description. Early Tuesday
the man. rushed from his room,
shouting that a woman was haunt
ing him.
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A Park Cemetery
with perpetual care
Just ten mlnut'i from Uw
heart of town