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'4 THl'J CAPITAL' JOUKNAL. SALEM. OKEliON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1934 CapitatJiJournal Salem, Oregon Established March 1. 1808 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday t 13) & Commercial Street. Telephone 4681. News 4882. GEORGE PUTNAM, FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE UNITED PRESS SU11SCK1PTION RATES By ctrrlcr 10 cents a week; 45 cents a month; $5 a year In advance By mail In Marlon. Polk, Linn and Yamhill counties, one month 50 cents; 3 months $1.25; 6 mouths $2.25; 1 year $4.00. Elsewhere 60 centi n month: 6 monlhs $2 75: $5 00 a yeai In advance. The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication ot all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also local news published herein. "With or without offense to friends or foe I sketch your world exactly as it goes." Byron California Primaries Primary results in California emphasize the demorali zation that has overtaken the old parties. Hiram W. John son, progressive republican, party bolter and supporter of Roosevelt won both republican and democratic nominations to succeed himself as United States senator. Upton Sin clair, former militant socialist, won the democratic nomina tion for governor, running on a platform of advanced eco nomic reforms, by the largest vote of any democratic can didate in the history of the state, over George Creel, who claimed support of the administration. His opponent will be Frank F. Merriam, republican incumbent. In California, the issue will be clearly drawn between liberals and conservatives. Eventually some such clear cut division will separate the two parties nationally and the label mean something once more. At present the two parties are in a state of flux. Sinclair has been a courageous crusader against econom ic abuses for 30 years, through his many novels, which were journalistic rather than literary, and has wielded a tremen dous influence. His "Jungle" printed in 1906 inspired regu lation of the stockyards and packing plants. Other books, such as "King Coal", the "Brass Check", the "Goose Step", "Oil", "Wet Parade", have graphically exposed the hypocricy and ruthless human exploitation of great financiers and in dustries. Of his honesty and sincerity there is no question, hence he cannot be called a demagogue, and responsibility and legislative opposition will curb his visionary tendencim. Sinclair proclaims himself a true representative of the New Deal, only he would carry it much further than Roose yelt, through his "epic plan" which formed the basis of his platform. "End poverty in California" will be his purpose if elected and his plan includes: Farm colonics where unemployed may earn their living. The taking over of bankrupt Industries by the slate to be operated ny the unemployed. Revision of taxation. Old age pensions. New Deal Cost In his radio speech last night Secretary Morganthau estimated that the cost of the New Deal during the first 18 months may run as low as $505,000,000 when all factors arc taken into consideration, though the gross public debt has increased $6,000,000,000. This some erroneously figure the New Deal s cost, by ignoring sets have been also increased, into cash, for reduction of national debt. The secretary itemized these assets as follows: 1. An Increase in the treasury's cosh balance of $1,000,000,000; 3. The "profit" of $2,800,000,000 gold content ot the dollar; 3. The increase in tua net assets financed by the government, amounting on June 30, 1934, to $1,095,000,000. Of the $2,800,000,000 which the government profited when it seized all gold and then devalued the dollar $2,000, 000,000 has been put aside for a stabilizing fund to keep for- l t. i :.i i i jt. i 1 1. iMgi! uxciiiingu ut luvui cuiiMuuruu suiuiuie, ii is unuui juin and key. So there is no saying when the currency authorized will be issued. Budget estimates have been lived up to with one excep tion, the $525,000,000 for drought relief. Emergency expen ditures were less than forecast by $3,000,000,000, and that expenditure depends upon unforseen developments. Hut even if expended the combined deficit from January, 1034 to June, 1935 "would still be no more than the $8,000,000,000 originally planned." Repair Your Homes The government's program of loans for home rehabili tation, modernization and repair should be fully taken ad vantage of by Salemites, for in no other way can the city be more beautified and the return of prosperity through in creased employment belter insured. One has but to glance through any section of the city to see the sad need of paint and repairs. Many of our houses have a forlorn and dilapidated appearance caused by their neglect the past few years of depression. They should be spruced up to prevent deterioration. The building trades have suffered from long unemploy ment and die dealers in supplies from lack of business. Prop erty owners will reap returns through higher or easier rent als or have more comfortable homes in which to reside. Salem has long had the name of city beautiful. It is fast losing it with symptoms of decadence. No better opportunity for needed improvements was ever offered. Take advantage of it. You can got from $100 to $2,000, depending on income, to be paid back in easy tonus in from one to three years, with red tape eliminated the only requirement being that the property is clear of past due lions and that mortgages, if any, are in good order. The loans are made on promissory mites, with the bank er insured against loss by the government, and only the sig nature of the property owner required, except in special cases. Continuation of No Inflation From Page One who Is Just returning from abroad. He said he expected to discuss only foreign affairs with both. Keeping a strictly tentative sched ule, the president said he was most hopeful of going to Newport in the middle of September to attend the International yacht race, in which lie lias always had a keen Interest As for the threatened textile strike and the refusal of garment manufacturers to abide by his order for shorter hours and higher .-.gcs. the president smiled and said there .was no comment Just now, ! Likewise, Inquiries about yester day's primary results failed to draw Response other than a reiteration of tile statement that he was taking no part In the primaries. The talk today wllh Norman Dav is offeri opportunity for a rompletr review of the two-year-old world disarmament attempt at the Geneva i Editor and Publisher the all important fact that as and will eventually be turned resulting from the reduction In the of the agencies wholly owned and conference. There is no Indication of a ermnic In the American atll tudc that it Is up to Europe to set- tie ils political quarrels us a basis for disarmament. PaiH, Aug. 29 (IF) France's fear ot a "to cent dollar" grew today following Iho speech of Henry Mor genthau, American secretary of the treasury, which was nervously In terpreted here as forecasting further inflation. As the gap between world prices and high gold prices Is widened, both supporters and opixincnts of a cheaper fratw agree that French fi nancial and economic problems have been made more acute. London, Aug. 39 (PI Financial London discussed with Interest today the Washington speech last night of Secretary of the Treasury Morgen thau and could find no signs ot In flation In details of the address ca bled here. Financial writers stressed the point that if gold profits are to be used to write off Indebtedness that is the "reverse" ot nidation. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Aug. 29 The cotton textile mill owners have a very good reason for sitting around, twiddling their thumbs, In the face of the W?M impending strike. They know some thing. Their figures of stocks on hand are never made public, but are circulated pri vately among leaders in the trade. These show that cotton textile manufac PAUL MALLON turers had on hand a few days ago enough finished grey goods to sup ply demand for a normal month. In fact, their stocks are so high that they would probablv hnvn sought a continuance of the NBA oruer curtailing code production, had they not suspected a strike was coming. Furthermore, the old order cur tailing production expired last Sat urday. So they have a week of un limited production now at hand be fore the strike breaks. If they oper ate at capacity, they can boost pro duction 33 1-3 per cent above what It has been, thus piling up addi tional stocks. ..Dangers These manufacturing ati-id are at least equalled oy ad ditional stocks in the hands of the garment makers, dyers, retailers, et al. (The grey goods include only muae wmcn nave not yet been dyed). This means that, a tor as the public is concerned, there Is at least a two months' supply of cotton goods at hand for the strike. The price probably will go up, but not very much, unless the silk, woolen and rayon workers also walk out. In that possibility lies the main im portance of the strike, both to the industry and the public. If silk, woolen and rayon goods continue to be manufactured, the average buyer automatically will accept these substitutes. Habits thus formed sometimes remain aft er strikes are over. The experience in the coal industry ten years ago Is proof of that. Repeated strikes encouraged the developments of substitutes, so that the coal operat ors never have recovered their mar kets, even to this day. Hayseeds O. Henry's assumntion that New York is the biggest hick town in the world was fully justi fied by the way Wall Street bit on the Angas pamphlet. Competent authorities contend that this little book, written by an English economist, had more to do with the recent stock market rise than anything else. The title of it is "The Coming American Boom" and Its thesis Is that there Is so much money piled up In banks now that, at the first sign of re stored confidence, speculation will run rife. The Wall Streetcrs read it. de elded the boom was here, and shot prices up. A few days later, they began to discover minor passages in the pamphlet suggesting a lack or iunuamcmal Knowledge regard ing the American financial system But I he funniest part Is that the mom thesis is old. It was first pointed out publicly bv our own federal board in a monthly bulletin Issued six months ago. Wall Street never noticed It then. All of which cerlainly shows that you farmers out west are missing your opportunities, trying to make a living on the farm, when you could go to Wall Street and scl! gold bricks to Iho bulls and bears. Fortune The prospective new governor of the Federal Reservo board, Marriner Eccles, got Into the New Deal in a peculiar way. Tho Inside story Is that Stuart Chase, the well known financial authority, was going to make a speech In Eccles' home town out west and Eccles came out to hear him. Chase was late, so the presid ing officer called on Eccles, the lo cal banker, to make a speech. When Chase arrived, he found Eccles making n better speech than he had Intended to make. He was so impressed that he reported Ec cles to Prof. Raymond Molev. Shortly thereafter, when the ad ministration was looking around for treasury asssistant not connected with any New York banking inter ests. Molcy recommended Eccles. His treason connection has been so satisfactory that Treasury Sec retary Morgenthau is strongly sup porting him for the reserve board job. I.iliorly leairue The powers be hind the new American Liberty League ore planning to come out soon with a new list of backers showing a wider distribution of support. They would like to get some prominent names west of the Allclhanles, like those of Jim Reed Newton Baker and outstanding poo. pie of that tyie. Incidentally, you may have no ticed that, at the same time tho name of Al Smith was announced as a backer of the Liberty League, Al's old political ally, Boss Hagito. of Now .lersey, publicly announced himself for Roosevelt in '36. Hague was lost on the Roosevelt band wagon last time, but Is first this time. Notes The Rlchberg report on New Deal progress s going to be made a campaign text book for democratic congressional candi dates. Commerce Secretary Roper's so bering speech on the New Deal at titude toward business took the same moderate tone as speeches by Chairman Kennedy of the securities commission and Assistant Com morro Secretary Dickinson. There win uo more of them. A number of the New York spec ulators have been quietly going In cheap gold and silver stocks on the Toronto exchange. The extent of their operations la Indeterminable. but each purchase represents A flight of capital. The maximum number of work-1 Hold That Pose! X Dick Powell, Ruby Kceler and Joan Blondell, leading lights Warner Bros., newest musical "Dames" which will be shown at the Elsinore starting next Sunday, IN MUSIC SHOW Warner Bros latest musical spec tacle "Dames" which comes to the Elsinore theater Sunday, carries an unusually large and talented cast headed by six stars. And in addition to the principals, there ore 300 of Hollywood 3 most beautiful chorus girls, who appear in the novel Bus by Berkeley ensembles, dcmocs nun. dreds of extras. John Blondell heads the list of principals, playing the part of a gold digger chorine while Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler provide the ro mantle interest, the two screen lov ers appearing opposite each other lor the fourth time in pictures. The other stars include ZaSu Pitts, who has a comedy role as Ru by's mother, Guy Kibbee in the role of her husband, and Hugh Herbert as an eccentric millionaire who pro mises to leave them his fortune on condition that they prove to be line moral nore. Others in the cast include Arthur Vinton, Phil Regan, radio's "Singing Cop," Sammy Pain, the noted song writer, Arthur Ayiesworth, Johnny Arthur, Leila Bennett and Berton Churchill. The picture is a mammoth musi cal comedy spectacle with hilarious situations and a glamorous romance, Catchy music and lyrics were writ ten for the specialty numbers by tinuc tenuis vi w song writers, Warren and Dubin. Pain and Kahl, and Dixon and Wrubel. Ray Enrlght directed tne picture. mm mm Woodburn Woodburn fans who were unable to see the Legion Jun iors in action at Astoria will have a cnance to see a replica of the chain, pionship game next Sunday when the Woodburn champions will meet tne Post Office Pharmacy team of Portland at Legion park here. Tho locals defeated the P. O. team at As toria 2 to 0 at Astoria to win the state championship and the two teams arc anxious for another game. ine game win start at 2:30 o'clock Continuation of Western Oregon Prom Page One drought area. "That area could be made a pro fitable refuge for thousands of families that have been existing on marginal lanas in me middle west, one official said. "Not only would any families who moved to that area be placing themselves In a position of economic security, but would be escaping from the dust, dryness ana neat or tne plains Into a ell male that Is unequalcd In this country. The department was Informed that the land had never been utll teed because of tho exnense f doming stumps, but a new method had been perfected by which the slumps comet do burned out rapid ly at a very nominal cost. Much of this land, the Informant said, sllll was held by the logging companies that removed the for ests and could be purchased at "very reasonable prices." On some of It, tho department said, there already arc some good stands of second growth timber, which could bo spared for cropping while other lands would bo available for other agricultural purposes. In Alaska, however, Jacob Baker, assistant administrator of the fed ernl emergency relief administra tion, suggested that thousands ol families could find homes In the Anchorage area, where they would be able to prosper from the soil. VISITS PARENTS Mehama Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tee ters and family visited Mr. Teeter's parents In Cottage Grove the first of the week, returning home Friday. era In all brandies of the textile Industry was 1.096.000 In 1929, which Indicates that the current popular estimate of 800,000 la some what large. The current forgotten man ap pears to be Budget Director Doug las, once the best Informed New Dealer, now the least noticed. PAGE'S TROUNCE ALBANY 17-1 IN 1ST ROUND Wednesday Night 7:30 Toledo vs. Woodworkers. 8:30 Eugene vs. Kay Mill. 9:30 Astoria vs. Enke Dye. 10:30 Hood River vs. Bosso & Price. Tuesday Results McMlnnvilie 12, Lebanon 20. Oregon City 0, Piedmont 1. Albany 1, Pade's 17. Corvallls 2, Milwaukie 5 With Pade's, No. 1 team In the state Softball tournament safely over the first barrier as the result of the first night's play on Sweet- land field, Kay Mill, No. 2 entrant will endeavor to take the first hur dle in stride Wednesday night at 8:30 o'clock when it engages Knights of Columbus of Eugene. If Kay Mill should perform as well as did Pade's there should be little doubt as to the outcome. Pade's will rest until Thursday night when they will meet the strong Milwaukie club in the second game After two innings of indecisive action, the big guns of the Pade of fense started booming and soon had Albany on the run. By the time the engagement ended the home town boys had piled tip 17 tallies to one for Albany. Pade's scored In every inning except one. Fortified by the addition of several players from the balance or the Salem lea gue. Pade's club is considered one of the 16 to beat for state honors. Following the sixth inning Mar vin Ritchie replaced Sam Stein bock on the mound for Pade's and performed well as did Gribble on third, Parrish at first and Groves behind the bat. The evening's entertainment was opened by the McMinnvi lie -Lebanon affair and while some fans at first thought the two clubs had become slightly confused and believed they had been invited to a cricket tour nament instead of Softball, It finally i developed the boys were really try-! ing to play the game. After a couple i of innings It was announced a time limit of 75 minutes had been clamp ed on and when six innings had been concluded Lebanon .was out in front 20 to 12. Oregon City last year's champ ions, with "Slim" Parks on the mound, defeated the Piedmont youths G to 1. Oregon City, in their red and white uniforms, looking like a group of jockeys, was one of the outstanding clubs of the even ing. Except for two innings when Oregon City garnered three runs in each, the contest was close. Point er, Piedmont chucker, had a lot of smoke but encountered difficulty in controlling it. Milwaukie beat Corvallls in one of the most hotly contested games of the series of four. The final out was not made until 12:25 Wednes day morning. In Martin, Milwaukie presented one of the best pitchers seen so far He fanned 15 Corvallls batters and held the Benton county champs scoreless until the eighth when he became unsteady, walked three and yielded one hit for two runs. Wednesday night's games should be better than those of Tuesday; since Enke Dye and Bosse-Price of Portland are considered two of the best clubs in the tournament. Should Enke Dyo beat Astoria and Bosse-Price eliminate Hood River tonight, they will meet In one of the tournament's feature contests on Thursday evening. The scores: McMlnnvilie 12 11 Lebanon 20 11 Hagen, Copeland, Neeley and Price; Larsen and Reeves. Oregon City 6 4 2 Piedmont 16 4 Parkcs and G. Hatton; Pointer and Wetzel. Corvallis , , 2 3 3 Milwaukie 5 7 0 Swain, Lee and Daily, VanValent, Bady. Albany AB R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 R 2 3 1 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 Whitney If 4 McCrary cf 4 Bogan 3rd 4 Barnes ss ..3 Dooley p 4 Rupert p 0 White p 0 Robertson lb 3 Davis 2b 3 Reeves c 3 Scott rf 3 Totals 31 Pade's AB Kitchen 2b Foreman rf Salstrom rf Steinbock p Clark cf 0 Ritchie p . Bone cf ... Scales S3 .. .2 4 5 4 ......2 4 4 1 1 2 0 44 Hill If .... Marr If ... Gribble 3b Adolph lb Parrish lb . Girod c ... Groves c . . . Schneulle c Totals . . ME0AL1ST HOOelS TAKEN BY BENTLEY Gearhart, Ore, Aug. 28 fP) H. B. BenUey, Ashland, Ore., yesterday won medalist honors for men over 32 in the qualifying round of the Oregon const seventh annual mid summer golf tournament, shooting a 73 for the 18 holes. George War ren, Portland, was second with a 74. Dick Hedges, who shot his quali fying round Monday still holds medalist honors for men tinder 32, though considerable competition has developed with frequent low 70s menacing his 60. In the womens division. Miss Charla Ilgner, Portland, medalist in the qualifying round yesterday defeated Mrs. A. E. Fond nil, 7 and In the first round play. Mrs. Daisy Mauck, Portland womens' champion, beat Janet Mccklem, 5 and 3. CAMP CLOSED Mehama Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Phillips and daughter, Beverly Ann, are down from Hammond Lumber camp 17 above Detroit, camp beinc claed on account of the low humidity. Dallas Court House Team Defeated, 2-0 Dallas Walter Craven pitched bis kltball nine, composed for the most part of twilight leaguers, to a X victory over the Court House team In a seven-lnning'tllt Monday night. It was a pitchers' battle until Dean Vermillion cracked a two-base hit Into center field to pave the way Tor the first score of the winners. The teams had previously met In a 3-3 tie. Another game has been slated for Wednesday night, Bat' terlea were, for the winners, Crav en and Fleming, and for the losers, Dunn and Shreeve. SIGNS, 7-1, (By tho Associated Press) The Missions were in complete agreement with the rest of the Coast league today that Fay Thomas of Los Angeles throws the circuit's fastest ball. The husky right hander stopped the Reds 7-1 last night to send the Angels three full games ahead of Seattle. The Indians encountered more California trouble at Oak land and were beaten 3-1. In registering his 23rd triumph of the season to hold his place at the top or the coast league miners. Thomas struck out 14 of Sergeant Gabby Street's boys and held them scoreless in the last eight innings, The Angels banked away at Clar ence Mitchell and Pete Daglla from the opening inning on, collecting a dozen blows, among them Jimmy Reese's triple and single. Skipper Ray Brubaker was the hero at Oakland as he speared Fred Bergers ninth Inning drive to start a double play and check belated Seattle rally. The Oak manager was forced into the game when Third Baseman Eddie Mul ligan was spiked In a fielding play. Leroy Anton, Oakland first sacker, headed the assault on Rudy Kallio and Lou Vinci with a four bagger and a brace of singles. Shoving over two runs in the ninth, Hollywood trimmed Francisco 6-4 and took a firmer grip on third place, only two games behind Seattle. Despite ragged sup port, Wally Hebert pitched a cred itable game for the winners. Portland renewed Its basement title with Sacramento by pounding Glenn Gabler for 12 safeties and a 6-2 win. Ed Bryan was nicked for 11 hits by the Solons but scattered them through eight innings and was never in much danger. The Portlanders put together four hits for three of their runs in the eighth. The victory lifted the Beavers to within a game of the seventh place Solons. STATE FAIR DRAWS MONEY FROM DOGS Portland, Aug. 28 As a result of tho GO-day dog racing meet con cluded here Monday, a total of $84,- 474.16 will be the state of Oregon's share, Murray Kemp, manager of the Multnomah Kennel club an nounced here yesterday. Kemp said $75,000 has already been paid Into the state treasury. Of tins amount, szh.oou win go into the Pacific International Livestock exposition operating fund and an equal sum to the state fair at Sa lem. County fairs will receive $19,000. Wagers on the greyhounds this year totalled $2,618,946, of which $2,290,931 was paid back to the pub lic at the cashier's, windows. Continuation of Farm Prices From Page One low the levels of 1923-29. 2. Rental and benefit payments made to farmers totaled $311,000,000 between August, 1933, and June, 1934. 3. Farm income aggregated $5, 083.000,000 for 1933-34 as compared with $3,881,000,000 for 1932-33. 4. Surpluses of major crops have been cut to about normal but the drought has "laid the basis for new surpluses." Control of crops should continue. 5. Government agencies now hold more than 25 per cent of all farm debt as compared with 12.1 per cent at the beginning of 1930. Rlchberg first noted that the AAA is "the agency charged with re sponsibility of restoring the equit able balance between the price of things the farmers sell and the price of tilings the farmer buys. "Surpluses of agricultural com modities were among the principal price depressing influences," Rlch berg said, "in March. 1933, prices of seven basic commodities were 51 per cent of their 1910-1914 level. "Prices of seven commodities orig inally designated as basic have risen from 51 per cent of the 1910-1914 relationship to 95 per cent, exclu sive of benefit payments," he added. "Including benefit payments, the farm price of these seven commod ities was, In August, 1934, about 116 per cent of pre-war. On August 6 prices paid by farmers for the things thsy bought were estimated to be 122 per cent of pre-war prices, which would mean that for the portion of domestic consumption, the farm price of these seven tr.de commodities plus benefit payments had risen to 95 per cent of their pre-war 'parity.'" 1 We um no drags or operations. Most FEMALE COMPLAINTS, APPENDICITIS, GALLSTONES and ULCERS of the STOMACH can be rrmoved. Guaranteed remedies for ARTHRITIS, PILES, SKIN DISEASES, RHEUMATISM, and ailments of GLANDS, KID NEYS, URINARY, BLADDER ol men and women. DR. CHAN LAM CHINESE MKDICINE COMPANY 393 'J Court St, Corner Liberty Office Honrs: 10 A. M. loir. M. P. M. to 7 P. M. Every Tuesday and Saturday Only Licensed N. D. Physicians 16 Year. In Busineaa Consultation, Blood Pressure and I'rine Test are Free of Charge Dr. T. T. I ira FOX DEFEATED BY F1RP0 IN T Portland, Aug. 20 W Young Pir- po, the former Burke, Idaho, miner, retained his Pacific coast light hea. vyweight boxing honors here last night when he turned back the chal lenger. Tiger Jack Fox of Indian apolis, before an enthusiastic cuwd of 6000' fans ot Multnomah stadium, Referee Tom Louttlt was undoubt. edly influenced in his decision by Flrpo's aggressiveness, for had it not been for his efforts to make a fight of it, the bout might have been tame affair. On the score by rounds Firpo was credited with five, Fox with three and two were even. Both men scored knocked downs In the fifth round, the most spec tacular of the battle. Firpo went down first from a right to the chin. He bobbed un before a count could be started. A left and right to the cmn sent the Tiger down for i count of one. Fox was late in starting, permit ting Firpo to do most of the work In the early rounds. Fox' best round was the ninth in which it looked for a moment as If he would knock his opponent out. Firpo weighed i n and Fox 174 pounds. raceme Fontaine, 125. Missoula. almost took the spotlight from the big lenows By his clever work in defeating Elmer (Buzz) Brown, 128, Portland, In six rounds. Whltey Neal, 128. St. Mary's. B. C. took a four round decision over Ed die Spina, 131. Portland: Tommy Koss. io, Tne Dalles, and Bill Ov ertly, 14914 Spokane, went four rounds to a draw; Billy Lee, 137, Reno, and Jimmy McLeod. 135. Ta- coma, drew, six rounds; Al Spina, Portland, won over Johnnv nayes, reona, six rounds, and Ker mit Stewart, 130, Portland, battled to a draw with Al Mustola. 128. of Clatskanfe, four rounds. Continuation of PWA Selects From Page One guna dam in the Colorado river In 1905 and 1906. He was engineer on surveys for the prpoposed American River water supply for San Fran cisco in 1906 and 1907, and Instruc tor in civil engineering at Stanford in 1907 and 1908. The next two years he spent In Europe and E?ypt. In 1909 he was engineer on topo graphic surveys in Michigan, and the following year engineer on sewSr construction in California. He was hydro-electric engineer and dis trict engineer for the United States forest service at San Francisco from 1010 to 1922. In 1920 to 1922 he was engineering representative in California and Nevada for the fed eral power commission and the latter year in construction engin eering work in San Francisco. He was adviser for the United States fuel administration in California in 1917 and 1918, and captain and topographic officer of the 211th en gineers, United States army, at Camp Mead, Md in 1918. He has served as a member of the construc tion board of the San Gabriel river flood control, financial commission; of the sewage dispotal research commission of northern California, member of the California forest re search advisory commission, mem ber of the governor's commission to Investigate causes leading to failure of the St. Francis dam. member of the state commission on water resources investigation of southern California. He holds membership in the Am erican Society of Civil Engineers, Society of American Military En gineers, Sclsmological Society of America, American Ornithologists Union, Cooper Ornithological club, California Academy of Sciences. Stanford Alumni association of which he Is an ex-president, and the Delta Upsilon fraternity. He is a member of the University, Engin eers and Commonwealth clubs. Fowler is author of "Hydroelec tric Power Systems of California" and of various papers on powei development, flood control, dam de signs and other subjects. City officials today appeared to be satisfied with the appointment, though for a time arbitration was blocked by the city's opposition to the third member being a member of the American Society. Alderman A. Hughes, chairman of the util ities committee, was pleased at t'.ie promptness of the appointment after the city council had sent word to Washington that it accepted the PWA offer to make the appoint ment. J. T. Delaney, district manager for the water company, believes his company Is satisfied with Fowler's appointment. "We have always been agreeable to arbitration." said Delaney, "since ft was first proposed, provided the third member be a member of the American Society of Civil Engin eers. Since Mr. Fowler Is a mem ber I feel certain he will be satis factory to us." Fowler was praised by Charles E. Stricklin, Oregon state engineer. With Fowler on the board." he said, "I don't think the city of Sa lem has anything to worry about. He Is recosnized as one of the loading engineers in the United States." Fowler likewise has the endorse ment of O. C. Hockley of Portland. Oregon state engineer for the PWA. "This appointment is especially pleasing to me," Hockley said. "Mr. Fowler Is a widely known civil en gineer, a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a former director of th? body. Though Dr. O.UH. fh.s our paths have never happened to cross in the IS years I have known, of him, I have heard hundreds of favorable reports of his work. He has been particularly active in the construction of nearly every dam built in California in the last IS years." It will now be necessary for tha city council to adopt a resolution authorizing an arbitration agree ment with the water company. Whether this would be attempted at a special meeting this week or watt until the regular meeting next Tues day night had not been decided to day. The next regular meeting will be Tuesday night instead of Mon day night for the reason that Mon day night Is on Labor day, a legal holiday. There is a possibility, or course, that some members of the city council may start a fight against arbitration. Some of them believe the procedure Illegal for the reason that It Is not provided for In the city charter amendment authoriz ing a bond issue of $2,500,000 for acquisition of a municlpnlly-owned water system. The PWA offered to name the third member of the board of three when the city and the water com pany were unable to agree on his qualifications, the one contending that he not be a member of the American Society and the other that he should be. After a conference here between representatives of the city and of the water company the city drew up a plan whereby tha third member would be a memoei of the Oregon Judiciary. Tills was immediately rejected by the water company. The city had apparently given up the arbitration Idea when Al derman Hughes, at the last council meeting, a week ago last Monday night, offered a motion that the PWA offer be accepted. It carried with soma opposition. The city's selection for the board, it is understood, will be John W. Cunningham, member of the Port land engineering firm of Baar St Cunningham, employed on the water project by the city. REED FLATTENS Z Don Sugai. Pascual Costillo and Robin Reed were declared the win ners in last night's wrestling per formance at hte armory. Sugai flattened Fred Mitchell of Walla Walla in the opener, taking the sin gle fall of the 30 minute bout. Cos tillo was awarded the bout with Rod Fenton by Referee Elliott after the two grapplcrs had engaged in an orgy of wild antics, which includ ed the entire repertoire of the wrestling profession. Heinz was the victim of Reeds knowledge or mat tactics during the final evening's bout. For action and showmanship the Penton-Costlllo bout was the best of the evening. Costillo refused to take the opening fall on a foul and then lost the round when Fenlon planted his feet on the Spaniard's jaw. Costillo evened matters with a body slam while the affair ended In a three way melee with Fentoa finally hitting the canvas while Ref eree Elliott gave the decision to Costillo. Reed took the first and thlrtl falls in his bout with Heinz. m