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THl'J CAPITAL' JOUKNAL. SALEM. OKEliON
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1934
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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
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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
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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.
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