MONDAY. JANUARY 4, 1932
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON
I' LOCALS 'I
Mr. and Mrs. Jay 8. Hewitt and
daughter returned Sunday morning
after a week's trip to southern Cal
ifornia. While in the south the
Hewitts visited Catalina Island and
viewed the parade at Pasadena New
Year's day. The New Year's cele
bration of the citizens of Los An
geles was witnessed. Broadway was
roped off for several blocks and
thousands of persons milled about
for many hours. Weather condi
tions were none too good. Water
was standing all over the country
between Ban Francisco and Los
Angeles, Hewitt states. Rail traf
fic was heavy. Hewitt is chief clerk
In the Salem downtown office of
the Southern Pacific company.
Dance, old-time every
Sat. Chambers bldg.
Tues. &
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High school students returned to
classes Monday uftcr a 10-day va
cation to find new flooring at the
main entrance and stairs in tl'e
school building, rooms and halls bare
of holiday decorations and but one
month's work ahead of them before
the spring term starts. A full pro
gram of activities was scheduled
for the week. The A. 8. B. coun
cil met Monday to pay bills and
check up on routine matters, and
the Clarion business staff and home
rooms also held sessions. Tuesday
the physics and biology sections of
the Science club and the Girls' Let
ter club, boys' doubl" quartet and
Girls' League cabinet- will meet.
Meetings for the Techne club,
French club, German club and
girls' double octette are set for
Wednesday. An assembly for Jun
iors and sophomores will be held
Thursday. The Glee club and
Snikpoh club will hold meetings
Friday.
Dance, Jan. S St. Joseph's hall.
Commodore Orchestra. Adm. 25s. 4
The winter term of the University
of Oregon extension classes will
open this week at the hih school
building. The school administra
tion class will begin on Monday
nightw ith Superintendent George
Hug as Instructor. Twenty-one of
the 38 students registered for this
class last term have signed up for
the n inter term and more are ex
pected to enroll at the class meet
ing. - Some are planning to begin inten
sive study at the Capital Business
College next Monday. There should
be many more. One of these days,
normal business will come back. Will
it find you prepared for the oppor
tunities? 3
Decrees of foreclosure have been
filed with the county clerk In the
cases of Portland Mortgage com
pany against Charles E. Kuowland;
Prudential Insurance company
against H. E. Wilde; Portland Mort
gage company against Susan
Benson.
Dance the old-time Leap
dance at Mehama Thurs.
year
3'
Returns on executions filed with
the county clerk show in the case
of Union Savings & Loan associa
tion against W. L. Gnskill property
sold to plaintiff for $3000; in case
of W. A. Rentschler vs. Peter J.
Meaney property to plaintiff . for
$1243.61.
Dry wood, coaL prompt delivery.
Phone 5000. Salem Fuel Co. 3
Orders have been Issued by the
county clerk closing to truck traf
fic the Fern Ridge market road
and also the county road In district
No. 23 extending from the Harris
place to the Brown and Lacy places
at the market road intersection
The orders are made as truck traf
fic is already cutting up the roads.
Old-time dance Tues., Jan. 5.
Chambers bldg. Admission 35c. 3
For ouick sale, $450. Clear lot,
located close to Parrlsh Junior high
school on Garnet St. Call Mrs. Fos
ter, 7523. 3'
Dance. Kent! hall every Sat. nite.
Adm. 25c. Harmony Vagabonds. 3
1001 Items to choose from. 45c. Ga
loshes, slippers, buckles, shoes. Full
fashioned silk chiffon hose. See our
windows. You'll be surprised Kafa-
teria Shoe Store. 4
the trip. All sue children were
home for the anniversary, the other
five living in the vicinity of Man
gum. With the children, grand
children and honored guests there
were 27 present. Cheek started
homo the day after Christmas.
Harry Humphreys, of Stayton.
was a business visitor in Salem
Monday morning.
John W. Simmons, Salem route
2, was elected president at the an
nual meeting of the Polk county
telephone company, the oldest far
mer line in the district, held at the
chamber of commerce rooms Satur
day. John W. Childers, route 1, Is
vice president and R. C. Shcpard.
route 1. aecretary-tren surer. The
company, organized 28 years ago,
operates 100 mites of line and has
130 subscribers in the sprmgdaw.
Zena, Lincoln, Brush College,
Mountain View and Popcorn com
munities. It has an exchange with
the Pacific Telephone Si Telegraph
company.
Word has been received that Earl
Branson, former Salem aviator, had
been operated upon at the Roseburg
hospital for acute appendicitis, and
was In a critical condition. Latest re
ports hold slight hopes for his re
covery. His mother and father left
Salem at once to be at his bedside.
The North Salem W.C.T.U. will
hold a bvtaness session Tuesday af
ternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home
of Mrs. Necia E. Buck, 1125 Shipping
street.
Captains of membership teams
of Capital Post No. 9. American
Legion, will meet Monday night at
the office of R. H. Bawett, in the
Guardian building, at 7:30 o'clock.
Th? t?am captained by J. W. Mar
croft is reported In the lead with
approximately 275 members signed
up by all teams for the new year.
Dance. Jan. 5 St. Joseph's hall.
Commodore Orchestra. Adm. 35s. 4
Walter L. Fuller has received word
of the death of hts youngest sister,
Viola Irene, Christmas day at the
home of their parents in Jamestown,
N. Y. She visited her borther here a
few years ago. Survivlnger, besides
her brother here and her parents,
Mr. and Mm. J. W. Fuller of James
town, are two sisters, Mrs. Alvia
Wample of Jamestown, N. Y., and
Mrs. Joseph A. Baird of Pittsburgh,
Pa- and one brother, Sherman Full
er, formerly in business here but
now living in Dunkirk, N. Y.
L. J. Vibbert, who received serious
Injuries when knocked down by an
automobile while crossing the street
in front of his residence, 1190 South
Commercial, has recovered suifl
ciently to be taken back home,
where he Is recuperating. Vibbert,
an old time carpenter and contract
or, worked on many of the older
bulldiniu In Salem, including the,
state fair properties.
The home of E. A. Ligon ,1610
Kansas street, was entered by burg
lars some time Sunday night. It was
believed not much loot was taken,
but the house was ransacked thor
oughly. Charged with automobile theft at
Albany, Alex Kazakoff and Andrew
Kalpakoff were arrested here Sun
day and later taken In charge by
Sheriff Herbert Shelton of Linn
county.
C. R. West of Hubbard Is in the
county Jail on a charge of obtain
ing property by false pretenses.
When haled before Justice of the
Peace Hayden, West took 24 hours
to decide what plea he would make.
In the matter of a motion for
a new trial in the case of Jennie
Woolery against B. J. Miles an or
der has been entered continuing
the hearing until January 30.
An order has been entered In
circuit court dismissing the case
of Louise Neufeld asainst Oeorge
Neufeld. '
Orders confirming sales have been
entered in the following cases In
circuit court: Mrs. N. a. uasey
vs. F. Brady; S.R. Kennedy vs.
Mortgage Investment company: H.
P. Jensen vs. W. H. McNeal: state
Savings St Loan association vs. Al
fred H. Berg: Bessie updcgrau vs.
Forrest D. Smith; Robert Clark vs.
Mrs. Delano Bell.
An order has been granted In
probate approving the account of
C. M. Byrd as guardian of Charles
Flowers, incompetent, and granting
the fee for guardian's services.
Installation of officers will occupy
the KiwanU club Tuesday noon
with the ceremony directed by Dean
Oeorge H. Alden. The new offi
cers are Dean Roy W. Hewitt, pres
ident; James H. Nicholson, Immedi
ate past president; Douglas McKay,
vice president; Dr. Henry E. Morris,
district trustee; Oliver Myers, treas
urer, and Willard Wirts. secretary.
Directors are Otto K. Paulus, Rev.
Earl Cochran, Harry Collins and
Ben J. Ramseyer.
Although the swimming team of
the Salem Y. M. C. A. had scheduled
three meets for January there Is a
possibility that two of them will not
be held, R. R. Boardman, physical
director stated Monday. The meet
with Longview, scheduled for the
Washington town's pool next Satur
day has not been definitely arrang
ed due to the fact that Longview
has not gotten its team organized.
A meet with Eugene to be held
there Saturday, January 16, may be
called off. The swim with North
east Y of Portland, here on Janu
ary 30 will probably be carried out
as originally planned.
Officials of the Sunday school
basketball league were meeting
Motiday afternoon checking the ell-
nihility of nlayers of the various
teams. Play in the league will be
resumed Monday night alter a two
weeks layoff.
T. S. Wang, a senior at Willam
ette university expects to sail from
Seattle January 1G fcr China his
native country, to assist his govern
ment In the light against Japan.
Wang is one of four Chinese stu
dents to be recalled from this coun
try. The others have been attend
ing eastern universities.
Frank Erlckson, a graduate of
Willamette university of several
years ago, and employed by the
California Packing corporation, has
returned to bis work in Oakland,
Calif., after spending his annual
vacation with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Erlckson here. Young
Erlckson was guard on the Bearcat
basketball team for a number of
seasons. Mary Erickson, daughter
of the Salem family will leave later
in the week for Berkeley, cam.
where she is teaching fellow In the
University of California.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Hodges and fam
ily spent Friday and Saturday of
last week with Mr. and Mrs. Fred
L. Miller of North Fifth street.
Hodges, who is connected with the
Tacoma municipal playground de
partment. at one time was Y. M. C.
A. secretary for Marion county.
Classes In every department of
the Y. M. C. A. were resumed on
regular schedule Monday following
the Christmas vacation period.
With few exceptions, classes have
been larger this year than for
number of seasons.
The first marriage license of the
new year has been Issued to Fran
cis A Burgy, legal, Portland, and
Gwendolyn Jarman Stoltkcr, legal.
Salem.
Returns on executions have been
filed with the county court in the
cases of Poitland Trut St Savings
Bank vs. Floyd C. Merer, property
sold to plaintiff for 1299 M. and
Benjamin Franklin Savings Sz Loan
association vs. C- P Beycrl. pro
pertv sold to plaintiff for S3954.59.
Sheriffs certificate of foreclosure
has also b.en filed in the case of
Georue Lassas vs. Walter Hembree
showir.ff property sold to plaintiff
for $2250.16
Monroe 8. Cheek, service station
operator, returned to Salem late
Sunday nifht after a month's mo
tor trip that tcok him to Mancum,
Oklahoma, his former home, where
he attended the golden wedding
anniversary of the parents Dec. is
He left here Dec 4 and covered
5000 rml?s on the trip. Cheek re
ports six feet of snow at Shasta
Citv. Calif- and the highway cov
ered wUh snow for 100 mile. He
was told there was little differ
ence between conditions on the Pa
cific highway and the Redwoods
highway so he took the route over
the Sikivm!. Flood were encoun
tered In CVIfornia and also on the
desert in Arizona, but caused no
trouble other than slowing down
J. E. Hnynes, of Portland, is In
the hospital here with a broken
leg, internal injuries and severe
bruises as a result of a collision
between his automobile and a stage
five miles north of Jefferson late
Sunday afternoon. Haynes is said
to haf turned out of the traffic
lane to avoid the bus, but his ve
hicle skidded and swerved back into
the paUi of the heavier machine.
The stage was stopped within 30
feet and state police who invest!
gated hold him blameless for the
accident. Both vehicles were badly
damaged and It was necessary to
send another stage to transler the
passengers and bring them to Salem
Haynes was brought here by an Al
bany ambulance.
A big tri-motord passenger plane
of the United Airlines, stopped over
night at the Salem municipal air
port, leaving Monday morning to
continue the flight to Portland and
Seattle. The big ship, enronte from
Los Angeles Sunday evening, stop
ped here when advised that dense
fog would prevent Its landing on
the Portlpnd airport. Two automo-
mlle loads of Da?rncers were sent
on to Portland from here by bus.
while the crew of the big air-liner.
Including Capt. C. B. Steadt. his
co-pilot and stewardess remained
here at the Senator hotel. Tne sa
lem airport is the largest landing
field, most nearly free of obstruc
tions, on the Pacific coast route
with ptlots up and down the line
prefertnc It to several others near
by for overnight or emergency land
ings.
Howard William Hendiickson Is
in the county jail in lieu of paying
$2o fine following his arrest at
the Chicken Roost for being drunk
Saturday night. He pleaded guilty
to the charge.
Justice of the Peace Hayden,
Monday suspended for 30 days the
motor vehicle operator's license held
by Gladys Weddle of Stayton after
she had been arrested on a charge
of reckless driving. She pleaded
guilty.
Glenn Locey and Jesse Keene
furnished $100 ball each Saturday
and were released from the county
jail where they were held on
charge of larceny. Miss Pearl Keene,
arrested on the same charge, was
released on her own recognizance.
MRS. STOLIKER AND
FRANCIS BURGY WED
Mrs. Gwendolyn Jarman Stoliker,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. B.
Jarman. and Francis Burgy of
Portland were married at a quiet
ceremony Sunday morning at 10
o'clock at the home of her parents.
Rev. B. Earle Parker officiated. The
marriage comes as a surprise to Sa
lem social circles for the engage
ment of Mrs. Stoliker and Mr.
Burgy was Just announced Saturday
afternoon at a large tea. The wed
ding was expected to be an event of
early spring.
Only the Immediate family and
Intimate friends of the bride were
present. Loyal Warner of Salem
acted as best man. The bride was
unattended. Miss Yvonne Smith
sang and Miss Mary Cupper play
ed the music.
Mr. and Mrs. Burgy left for i
wedding trip north. They will
make their home In Salem on their
return. Mr. Burgy Is connected
with the Chamberlin Building
Equipment company of Portland,
100 NEW STUDENTS
FOR HIGH SCHOOL
Preparations for the second se
mester of the school year is being
made at the offices of. the city
school superintendent and the high
school principal. About 100 stu
dents are expected to enter the high
school February 1, when the new-
term starts, from the two Junior
high schools. The number of ele
mentary school children advancing
to the Junior high schools will be
determined this week. No estimate
has been placed on the number of
children entering the first grade of
the public schools for the first time,
or the number of students graduat
ing from high school at mid-year.
R. W. Tavenner. assistant princi
pal at the nigh school and super
visor of secondary schools, stated
that changes In the curriculum at
both the high school and Junior
high schools would be minor and
very few would be made. One sec
tion each of chemistry and typing
will be started at mid-year in the
high school and the one-semester
psychology course will be repeated
II enough students are Interested.
John Curry of Polk county was
taken into custody Sunday night by
the police and held for Investiga
tion. He was riding a bicycle with
out lights and told the officers he
Intended to sleep in a garage on
I Church street.
DELINQUENCY IN
TAXES INCREASE
According to the semi-annual re
port filed with County Clerk Boyer
by Sheriff Bower, tax collection de
llnauenelea u of November 5, time
for payment of the last half of taius.
totaled S485.359.ss or atwut a so per
cent Increase over the delinquencies
of the preceding year when on a
corresponding date they amounted
to 323, 153.62. it tne size 01 ine rou
is taken into consideration as of the
two years the percentage of increase
in the amount of delinquencies
would have been even larger as the
roll for 1931 was $2,026,166 and for
1930 was $2,118,003.92, so while tne
1931 roll was considerably smaller,
nevertheless the delinquency at the
final date for payment was larger.
The report showed total tax ana
interest collected for the six months
period was $1,543,646.45, with errors
and double assessments placed at
$1451.23; separations at $3494, which
with the total delinauency of $485,-
359.58 brought the amount up to the
total of the roll.
The Increase in delinquency Is
credited to two things, one the na
ture of the times and the other to
the new law charging only 8 per
cent instead of 12 per cent on un
paid taxes. Many believe the latter
is more responsible than tlie former,
as they state that under the 8 per
cent law numerous taxpayers who
could borrow tax money at tne
banks at 8 per cent merely let it ride
with the county at the same figure
without necessity of troubling the
banks.
FALL'S FATE BEFORE
U.S. PAROLE BOARD
Washington. Jan. 4. (LP) The
three members of the fedral parole
board returned to their offices to
day for their first meeting of the
year and it was Indicated action
would be taken this week on tne
parole application of Albert B. Fall,
former secretary of tne interior.
Fall has served more than live
months of his year's sentence in the
New Mexico state prison ana be
came eligible for parole last No
vember: it was understood the
board members A. P. Wood. I. B.
Tucker and Dr. Amyn stannard
have before then a recommenda
tion for parole from New Mexico
authorities.
HOUSE GLEANING BY
COURT POSTPONED
Circuit Judge H1U Saturday aft
ernoon postponed the houseclean-
lng In department No. 1 for two
weeks pending return of Judge Mc
Mahan but set cases for the Janu.
ary term in Judge McMahans
court starting with Monday, Jan
uary 11.
The cases set by Judge Hill for
Judge McMahan were as follows:
January 11, waring vs. vicx; iz,
Sacre vs. Ransom: 15, Smith vs.
Vilstruys; 16, Pearson vs. Llvesley;
Scott vs. Mortgage It Loan com
pany: U. Zolloer vs. Kaser; 21.
Davis vs. Puckett: 25. Nles vs. Chit
tenden: 27, Eena Co. vs. LaPol-
lette; 28, Lane vs. Relchen; 29,
Lantls vs. McElhaney.
Judge Hill Monday afternoon In
his court was hearing arguments In
the Intangibles tax cases of Se
curity Savings It Trust and Green
both against the state tax commis
sion to test the validity of the In
tangibles law.
STEIWER INTRODUCE
COLUMBIA RIVER BILL
Washington. Jan. 4 (IP) Senator
Stelwer, republican, Oregon, today
announced he would Introduce in
the senate a bill for Improvement
of the Columbia river from Celilo
Falls. Ore., to the mouth of the
Snake river In Washington and to
Improve the Snake river from its
mouth to Pittsburgh Landing, Idaho.
He said improvement to provide
open river navigation could be had
for $728,000 and that the Improve.
ment should be made because the
board of army engineers recom
mended against proposed hydro
electric development on the Colum
bia and construction of dams to
provide slack water navigation.
Portland. Jan. 4 A 35,000 mile
tour of countries bordering the Pa
cific was terminated Sunday for the
University oi Oregon goodwill de
bating team when the three mem-
bers. Roger Alton Plaff, David O
Wilson. Jr., and Robert T. Miller
arrived In Portland aboard the
steamer Admiral Farrangiit.
During the tour on which the team
started seven months ago, the
members held debates In Tahiti,
Raratonga, New Zealand, Australia,
Ceylon, India, Btraits settlements,
the Philippine islands. China. Japan
and Hawaii. A crowd of about 100
relatives, friends and officials were
at the dock to greet the debaters.
Harry Snelson has ben named
by County Superintendent Fulker-
vjn as school director in Bridge
Creek school district. The school
there was opened awhile back with
out enough residents to constitute
a full school board and It was neces
sary for 8nelson. who recently
moved into the district, to reside
there for 30 days before he could
qualify a. a board member
tlcrcst iHemortal
PIMM. 3rV-lt! Mooir.leli
MSI .fJtllO Price,
A Park Cemetery
with perpetual tare
Just ten minutes from the
heart of town
Clough-Barrick Co.
MORTUARY
Annual Convention
Plans Approved
Portland, Jan. 4 (,P Plans for the
Oregon Christian Endeavor Union
annual convention, to be held here
April 21 to 24, were made by the
executive committee at Its mid-winter
meeting ending here Sunday.
The committee approved a scrip
ture declamation contest as a fea
ture for intermediate Christian En
deavor members at the state con
vention, and elimination contests
will be held prior to the state convention.
REPORTERS AT
COURT BARRED
Mt. Sterling, Ky., Jan. 4, IP
Staff members of the Knuxville
News-8entlnel were formally bar
red from Montgomery circuit court
today by Judge Henry R. Prewitt.
The action was a legal test by
counsel for the paper whose staff
correspondent. John T. Moutoux.
previously had been barred Because
of the editorial attitude of the
News-Sentinel.
Jack Bryan, another News-Sen
tinel reporter, who never had been
connected In any way with the
Harlan county mine labor cases out
of which Moutoux's difficulties with
the court arose, was represented In
absentia to the court by W. H.
Townsend of Lexington and Paul
Patterson of Cleveland, attorneys
for the News-Sentinel.
Your motion will be overruled,'
Judge Prewitt told the attorneys.
No representative ol that paper
can ever ait in any court of mine
until that raner retracts the li
belous, slanderous, false state
ments It has published about this
and other Kentucky courts," he
said.'
GHEMEKETANS VISIT
SILVER CREEK FALLS
Eight of the nine or more falls
in the Silver creek district were
visited Sunday by a group of 38
Chemeketans and their friends who
left early In the forenoon by auto
mobile going through Stlverton. The
trails recently constructed tnrougn
the park district have made the
falls much more accessible, Che
meketans state and where in former
years it was a real trip to visit some
of the cascades, the Journey can
now be made with ease. Six of the
falls visited were on Silver creek.
However, two others were viewed.
Dry creek falls and Double xans.
which are on other streams. Part
of the newly constructed trails skirt
the streams through vine maple
which will be particularly enjoyable
during summer months. With the
exception of the upper lalls, which
lie outside the state park, all falls
in the district are now easily found.
Those making the trip Sunday feel
that the district will prove to be
one of the most popular scenic spots
in the state. With the exception
of a couple of miles, the roads
leading to the park are in excellent
shape. Walter Robinson was lead
er for Sunday's expedition.
PREPARE PRIMER
FOR FIRST GRADES
Teachers of the first grades In
Salem elementary schools have col
laborated In preparing a primer to
Rive additional work in reading to
pupils In the first grade and to give
them supplementary work In tests
before they have advanced too far
in their regular first-year primer.
The vocabulary in the primer com
piled by local teachers Is the same
as in the regular text book. Tne
primers were mimeographed during
the Christmas holidays and were
ready for distribution Monday
morning.
Orace Hendrickson of Park school
prepared the tests In the Salem
made primer. Orpha Mitchell of
Grant wrote the first chapter:
Grace Fallen of Lincoln school and
Betty Broadbent of McKinley pre
pared the second chapter; Llta Wat
ers of Washington and Sadie Grant
of Englewood worked out the third
chapter and the fourth chapter of
the primer was prepared by Merl
Dimick of Highland schooL
WALDPORT CITIZEN
BELIEVED DROWNED
Waldport, Jan. 4 OP Neighbors
and county officers today were con
dueling a systematic search of the
Alsea river banks for some trace
of Bob Strobe, 21, who left his home
Thursday to come to Waldport for
mall. It was necessary to cross the
river in a row boat. No trace of
htm or of the boat has been found.
It U believed the boat was swept
into a swift eddy and Strobe was
drowned.
M'KAY SUGGESTS
15 POINT PLAN
FOR CHAMBER
Going Wilson's 14-polnts one bet
ter and yet keeping within the So
viet five-year plan. Douglas McKay,
incoming president of the chamber
of commerce, presented 15-polnt
objective program for the organiza
tion this year. Projects suggested by
President McKay are:
Continued cooperation with the
state highway commission, looking
towards starting construction on the
Salem -Oregon City section tills year;
a Marion county plcnie at Silver
Palls state park to advertise the
scenic district and to continue work
ing with the county court with a
celebration In view when the road
Is completed beyond Detroit, through
Linn county and over Hogg pass,
which will bring Bend to within 137
miles of Salem; visitation of various
community and grange groups in the
county in the interes tof good fel
lowship: preservation of that area
north of Three Fingered Jack from
Marion lake to what is known as the
Eight Lake district, to maintain it
as a primitive area;
Cooperation is sought of the state
agricultural department in bringing
about a standardization of farm pro
ducts; working with the Pacific
highway association to properly ad
vertise highway No. 90 from south
ern California to Canada by way of
Salem; permanent convention com
mitter for 1933, with IS conventions
assured for this year; receptions at
chamber of commerce rooms for new
comers with an annual reception for
school teachers; standing member
ship committee; further education to
buy Salem and Oregon-made pro
ducts with cooperation with the Sa
lem Trades Union and the Women's
Greater Oregon association; special
committee to contact new arrivals
and to see that tourists are provided
with complete information about
Salem and vicinity; continued issu
ance of publicity; work with Salem
Business Men's League to prevent
all sorts of fake advertising and fake
selling schemes in the city and to
cooperate with all chambers of com
merce In the state to build up good
will for Salem.
Henry Crawford, retiring presi
dent, briefly sketched the accom
plishments of the past year before
tinning the gavel over to McKay.
Details in the life of a president of
the chamber of commerce were re
lated.
With the exception of Earl L.
Fisher, vice president, who had not
returned from a business trip south,
all officers and members of the
board of directors were Introduced
by McKay. Those taking office are
T. M. Hicks, secretary; L. B. (Ted)
End t cot t, treasurer; Hoi lis W. Hunt
ington, social department; T. A.
Wlndlshar, civic department; Wil
liam P. Ellis, legislative departmnet;
W. M. Hamllcon, Industrial depart
ment; Lloyd A. Lee, agricultural de
partment; Gus Hixson, King Bing of
the Oherrlans, and B. E. Sis&on,
president of the Business Mens'
league.
MEIER TO REALIZE
DESIRE FOR FIGHT
(Continued from page 1
Portland, Ore.. Jan. 4, Ai Fire
early Sunday all but destroyed the
Oregon Electric railroad shops
here. Railroad officials said they
anticipate the loss will be at least
$100,000.
Fire Investigator Hoover expres
sed belief that some defect in the
wiring of a transformer caused the
blaze. Alfred J. Davidson, general
manager of the railroad, said the
shop was the only one available
for repairs to electric train equip
ment, and that It is possible re
pairs for a time will be made In the
Seattle, Portland ic Spokane rail
roai nop In VancoiiT-r, Wsh
first and pick up tlie loose ends of
various matters with wmcn ne nas
been out ot touch, and said there
would be several meetings Tuesday
Including an Important meeting of
the board of control.
While Governor Meier did not In
dlcate what "important" business
was scheduled for the meeting of
the board of control there were in
timations and some apprehension
that the board would be called upon
to take action on several matters
pertaining to state institutions that
have been subjected to tne critical
eye of Rufus Holman, state trea
surer, during tne absence ox ine
executive.
There are plenty of matters
awaiting his attention to provide
the governor with the "fight" he
prescribes as being a good means
of reducing his weight. He has, for
one thing, the Job of Ironing out the
friction which persists In the high
way corn mis ton by reason of the
belligerent attitude taken by com
mlssioner Charles K. Spauldlng In
defiance of his associates. That
situation is coming definitely to
head, and soon, aud It Is dally be
coming more and more apparent
that there has got to be some
change in the personnel of the commission.
Thing in the highway depart
ment have come to a pass where
either Spauldlng or J. c. Ainswortn,
chairman, are going to be supplant
ed by someone else either through
their own action or that of the governor.
Equally Insistent In Its demand
for hts Immediate attention is the
crisis which has developed In the
administration of the state fair un
der Max Gehlhar. director of ag
rlculture, and which Is bring! nn
from Gehlhar an Insistent demand
that he be given the concurrence
of the executive In dismissing and
replacing as secretary and actual
manager of the fair Mrs. Ella
Schultz Wilson, secretary of the fair
board since 1924 and for nine years
previous to that assistant secretary.
When Oehlhar, undr the provl
slons of the legislative act treat
ing the department of agriculture,
took over direction over the fair
early last summer Mrs. Wilson was
retained as secretary and active
manager of the fair, although It
w nnjnrnt that hrr polifl' and
those of Gehlhar were In direct
conflict In several respects, partic
ularly In the matter of amusement '
features. Mrs, Wilson stood pat for
maintaining the fair as an educa
tion Institution and agricultural ex
hibit such the name Implied with
carnival features occupying a sec
ondary place, while Gehlhar made
It early apparent that he would
stress the amusement, or carnival
features as a means of attracting
crowds and building up gate re
ceipts. It it no secret that the first open
clash between them occurred over
the employment of a publicity agent,
Mrs. Wilson holding out for handl
ing all newspaper publicity through
the state editorial association,
through which all advertising wa
placed. Over her protest Gehlhar
employed James Preble, a cam
paigner and publicity agent for
Governor Meier during the cam
palgn of last year, and Preble swung
mto the job stressing such of the
new fair features as the rodeo, Mon
key Island, and Canoe canal, all
added by Gehlhar.
It was no secret among newspa
permen and others closely associ
ated with the fair and its manage
ment that open coulltct existed be-
cween Mrs. Wilson and Preble and
between Preble and those in charge
of the night horse show, Including
Aaron Frank, principal patron oi
the horse show, one of the sponsors
for it and Governor Meiers princi
pal and closest business associate.
Likewise, it was apparent that
the horse show patrons were not In
sympathy with Gehlhar's Ideas,
felt that he was subordinating tne
horse show as the principal amuse
ment feature of the fair and was
turning their event Into a gaudy
and undignified spectacle by Inject
ing into their programs bucking
contests and the like, it has been
made repeatedly obvious that the
horse show people would consider
the discharge of Mrs. Wilson as a
personal slap and that they would
tight lor her retention.
A similar feeling was evident
among the members of the camp
ers association, the livestock men
and those connected with the Four-
H club work, a feature which has
been developed to an important
place under Mrs. Wilson's admin
istration, that any attempt ny
Gehlhar to eliminate Mrs. Wilson
would meet with determined opposition.
The antagonism existing became
even more pronounced in the per
iod following the lair wnen news
paper articles attacking Mrs. Wil
son's management began to appear.
Among friends of Mrs. Wilson
their inspiration was credited to
Gehlhar and their actual author
ship to Preble, wlw Is now men
tioned as a possible choice to suc
ceed Mrs. Wilson. Charges of
waste, extravangance and poor
management were hurled at Mrs.
Wilson, which persisted In repeated
nubllcation until tlie annual
port of the fair was filed with the
secretary of state oy Mrs. wu-son.
Newspaper stories analyzing the
report and disclosing the lairs ae
flclt to be due to the rodeo, Mon
key Island and Canoe Canal were
assailed by Gehlhar, who is saia
to have charged Mrs. Wilson with
being responsible for their publi
cation and who Is alleged to have
charged that the figures in the re
port were Juggled to put tnese
Gehlhar features "In the red,
At a recent meeting of the ad
visory board of the department of
agriculture Gehlhar is reported to
have laid the matter oeiore ine
board members without calling
Mrs. Wilson to be heard, and to
have asked them to Join him In
recommending her discharge, and
thev did so.
Gehlhar's reluctance tn taking
action to dismiss Mrs. Wilson
said to be due to the fact that the
governor U by statute the actual
head or he agricultural depart
ment, and because several influen
tial members of the administration
family have announced their In
tention to fight any attempt to
remove her.
Tlie situation has become
acute that Gehlhar Is reported to
be ready to tell the governor that
either he or Mrs. Wilson must go,
thus creating a situation embarass
ing to any executive.
If Mrs. Wilson t retired it
generally predicted that her Job
will go to A. H. (Bert) Lee, former
fair secretary.
These are only some of the head
aches in store for the executive as
he resumes his duties here. There Is
also known to have developed con
siderable friction between mem
bers of the official family In the
governor's absence which -mi re
autre some diplomatic treatment.
An open breach exists between
Treasurer Holman and William
Einzlg. secretary of the board of
control, that is widening ana prom
lses to break out Into open war
fare. The state treasurer la also
said to have openly antagonized
other department heads by an as
sumption of authority that Is re
sen ted.
Motor vehicle accident reported
over the week-end, were: W. C. Con
ner, 765 Rural avenue, and a motor
ist named Gibson, at Miller and
Commercial. Hillard L ?hort, Sclo.
and an unidentified driver. Max
Ruef. Stayton. and Ted Russell, of
Skamokawa. Wash. Leo Cronn, 1240
Hoyt, PaiU A Lee. route 6 and Eu
gene Silke. Perrydale, on Fruitland
road.
THREE TEACHERS
DESERT SINGLE
BLISS TO MARRY
Three 8alem school teachers de
serted the state of single bleasedncss
during the Christmas holidays, re
ported Superintendent George Hug
on his return to bis desk Monday
morning.
One of the teachers, Mrs. m. A.
Goodrich, formerly Mabel Temple, is
now teaching her twenty-second
year In the local school system. She
is teacher of the fourth grade at
Highland school. Miss Temple's mar.
riage to M. A. Goodrich of Dayton
occurred December 27 at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Temple, at Lebanon. She Is continu
ing her contract this year and will
not make her home at Dayton until
next summer.
Martin J. Elle, biology teacher at
the high school and serving his first
year, was married Christmas day at
the Orace Memorial church, Port
land, to Ella M. Martin. Mrs. Elle is
a grade school teacher at The Dalles
and will remain there until school
closes In the spring.
Louise Garrison, science and social
science Instructor at Parrlsh junior
high school, was married on Christ
mas day to Roy Owens. Mr. and Mrs.
Owens are making their home at the
Beaver garage, Beaver, Ore. She
turned tn her resignation to Super
intendent Hug and Tom Dryman of
Portland, who graduated from Ore
gon State college last year, took over
her classes Monday morning at the
opening of school following the va
cation period.
Dryman comes to Salem with ex
cellent recommendations both from
the state college and from Benson
Tech at Portland, where he gradu
ated and where his father is an in
structor. Dryman was halfback on
the state college varsity football
team for three years and went out
for both basketball and track. He
has an outstanding scholastic record
in addition to being an all-around
athlete. Superintendent Hug will
present Dryman s contract to the
school board for ratification at thf.
next meeting.
ONLY 3 COMPLETE
ANSWERS IN CONTEST
Only three complete correct sets
of answers were found In the great
number of replies to the four day
series of the Capital Journal-Warn -
Bros. Elsinore theater Joan
Crawford leading man contest when
the final check was made early
Monday afternoon. Winners, who
have been mailed their awards, are
Alice Hereth, 815 Brown Street,
Dallas; Grace Snyder. 1035 South
Commercial and Ralph Kinzer, 2380
Fairgrounds.
The missing profiles. In order of
their publication, and the pictures
in which they co-starred with Joan
Crawford, according to Manager
Earl Rice, of the Warner houses,
are those of Clark Gable In "Dance,
Fools Dance"; Clark Gable In
"Laughing Sinners"; Kent Doug
las In "Paid", and Nell Hamilton In
The Modern Age".
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for their kind
ness during the sickness and death
of our wife and mother.
Guy O. Smith and Sons. 3
for
' A smoke fire starting from an oil
burner caused a fire alarm from the
Hollywood theater Monday morn
ing. The trouble was in the base
ment anti dmnfre win nMrht
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