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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1935)
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 193S 10 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON CHANGES MADE WPA PROGRAM COUNTY WORK e,lt.ha nnri new decisions In am a nmintv work were made this morning; at a conference of county court officials, a wpa represent tive and County Engineer Hubbs and an Important addition made to the program to get under way next week. This latter, of great import ana tYi Nnrt.h Salem people, was a decision to open up the drainage ditch which runs norm irom mo Silverton road about a mile where it empties Into a gully and finds lis way Into Little Pudding river. This ditch is said to be too small to take r , .ni.r which it draws from in high water periods Jt takes off from the suverion pavement a point about midway between ths rfof. fair crounds and the Middle Grove school and Is supposed to take care 01 the warer as iur fhA fol trrniinrin. However. It Is said it doesn't fulfill the job and the WPA crew will be put at wum to take care of all of the water for thof rMctanw John Anderson will be taken from the Champoeg work where he has Been doing auiy s fnMman ant switched un here to have charge of the crew on this ditch. rft,tw rvimmlKsinners Melson and Hewlett also decided that the crew which has been doing WPA work on the Silverton school nM,1r,e and which it was exoected would bo transferred to a Job near Lablsh Center will ne sent up m the hills above Scotts Mills to im prove two roads connecting the Crooked Finger and Abiqua roads, Numerous delegations have been in Salem about those two roads, and one of them has to be improved in order to get mall, the mail man re fusing to deliver on a considerable nnrflnn rtf .h rOlltR heCaUSO Of itS condition. This is known as the Briar Knox school road. The otner road to be Improved Is known as the Charles Hinz roaa. worn mi IVtnu k An nfjirl. ROOIl. In addition a switch was made falrlnir a r.rpw from the Van Nuvs road and it will' be sent to the Whipper road which starts Irom tnc Parrish gap road looping around and returning to the place of be ginning, serving a large territory. This road will be widened, brush removed and the road straightened as well. Tim pl. m fnr WPA Drolects In the county as It looks now in addi tion fhftKA nrniects lust enumer ated Is as follows: Near Silver Falls, 7.2 miles; east of Silverton two miles on the Abiqua road; near In dependence ferry, 5.8 miles on Bcu na Vista road; near Buttevllle, 2.9 miles county roaa; near jeiieiuii 1 1 nillos nn Hmll-.h mad: near Turn er, 1.6 miles on van Nuys road; Marion-West Stayton ditching Job; near Sublimity, 3.4 miles on Coon Hollow road; near Salem, Champoeg and Mt. Angel ditching Jobs; near Auburn, aitcning joo; near ouit'iu nlrf Tiimiim. ma.1 ornnernl imnrove- ment; near Mt. Angel, 0 miles of road; St. jjouis-racmc niguway road, 3.5 miles; near Hubbard, ditch ing 3.4 miles county road; near Champoeg, Improvement 3 miles; hear Aurora, ditching, 4.6 miles; near Woodburn-Hubbard road, 3.4 miles; wrecking old county shops; draftsman on county road maps; sanitary toilets and septic tanks, and the project for county road signs. Some of the foregoing projects have been done or are being worked on. These projects do not cover all the work, by any means, contem plated under the $'J5O,O0O blanket WPA road project which is still be ing worked out. CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO PRESENT DRAMA The First Christian church, Cen ter and High streets, will present Its Christmas program Sunday evening at 7:30. The first part of the even ing will be devoted to a concert by the choir, with incidental solos by Kclitli Jones and Frances Dcnison. Other numbers will bo brought by tho men's and women's quartettes. Helen Nash, soprano soloLst, will sing one of Geoffrey O'Hara's com positions. John Schmidt will direct the choir, Lois Plummer will be at the organ. "The Girt," a ono act drama by Madco A. Foley, will be presented by the dramatic department of the Cru saders for Christ during tho second portion of tho evening's entertain ment. Dculah Graham will direct the performance. Tho cast of char acters includes: Joel, Orval Cooley; Hulda, Beth Deljapp; Malachl, LIs ton ParrLih; A Stranger, Melvin Holt; Gabriel, Charles Losh; Mar tha. Joy Cooley. HOWS YOUR HEADACHE? 30 of nil headache are caused by defective eyes training lo see well. Correct your eyes and ibc light tlicy work under Morris Optical Co. OPTOMETRISTS 441 Stale St. Dial tm Bolev Fined S100 for Driving While Drunk n w Ttnlev. route 8. oald a fine of $100 in police court last night where he was charged wun driving an automobile while under the ln- fliianm nf Ir.lnyientlns llnuor. He was arrested the previous night at Center and Commercial streets when his car ran out of gasoline, nnipv also received a 30 day Jail sentence and six months probation. His driver s license is automatically revoked. CALLS HUSBAND CHEFFY-WEFFY New York, Dec. 21 (P) Lady Cav endish, the former Adele Astaire, arrived today from London, where she has been for four years, and an nounced that she calls her husband "Chcffy-Weffy." The sister and one-time dancing partner of Fred Astaire also said she feeds her husband raw cabbage, "for his liver condition." Lord Cavondlsh-n of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire accom panied his wife from London and heard these disclosures with smiling approval. The former dancer said they had come to visit her brother, but that she would not appear with Astaire In motion pictures. "I'm much too happy and much too lazy even to consider that," she said. "The same thing goes for the stage and I don't miss dancing. She laughingly denied that she and Lord Cavendish have a castle in Ireland with 200 rooms and one bath. "Since that report got out, we've received 1,000.000 letters asking us what we do Saturday night," she said. Miss Astaire married Lord Caven dish four years ago. Despite her surface gaiety, she seemed saddened by the loss of their three children, who died at birth. She was muffled in furs, wore a scoop-brim beret, a dress made by a smart French couturlor, ana per fume that costs pounds an ounce After ten days in New York, she and Lord Cavendish will go to the west coast. They will return to Lon don In two or three months. PRINTS SIMILAR TO FRESNO GIRL SLAYER Sacramento, Dec. 21 (P) Finger prints of Ed Myers, arrested at San ta Cruz yesterday, show similarity with the supposed slayer of Mary Stammer, of Fresno, said District Attorney Dan Connolly of Fresno county here today. Myers was brought here during the night by deputy sheriffs from Santa Cruz. The finger prints which Conway brought to Sacramento were taken in Santa Cruz yesterday. Later to day Conway was to take Myers to the state bureau of criminal identi fication where the suspect will be fingerprinted again. Conway said Myers told him he had not been In Fresno since 1931. MRS. ROOSEVELT PASSES OUT GIFTS Now York, Deo. 21 (IP) "Uncle Donald" Johnson, who will be five years old on Christmas day, Is "de licious," In the view of Mrs. Frank lin D. Roosevelt. "Uncle Donald" and his nephew. Billy Rider, 4'4, were among 35 awe struck children who received sweat ers, candy, fruit and games yester day from the president's wife at the women's Trade Union league. Too awestruck to speak above a whisper, the children smiled at Mrs. Roosevelt and whispered breathless ly "Thank you." "Merry Christmas, anyway," said the first lady to thoso whose words got stuck. Brooks Little Lena Ray Fleck of Tillamook Is visiting her grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hnyes, I ' h " 1 , -j, RELOCATION OF OREGON TRAIL WINS APPROVAL Relocation of the Old Oregon Trail In East Court street in Pen, dleton and construction of an over. head viaduct over the railroad lines were approved by the public utilities commissioner In an order Issued to day. The project, which had aroused considerable controversy In Pen dleton, was the subject of two hear ings held in November when pro tests were filed against the speci fic project by the city of Pendle ton. The East Court street Is used at present for highway purposes, Com, mlssloner Frank C. McColloch stated In Issuing his order, and all traffic Is required to cross not only the Northern Pacific main line track to Spokane, but also the Union Pacific line and the Walla Walla branch line, within 70 feet of each other. The total cost of the overhead viaduct would be $250,000, of which about $180,000 would come from the bureau of public roads for climlna tlon of crossings. McColloch's order was conditioned upon the following provisions: "The city of Pendleton to provide for legally closing to all traffic at grade that portion of Court street occupied by Union Pacific rail road crossing. "State highway commission to construct an underground passage for pedestrians under said track. "State highway commission to lay a six-inch water main from Bene fit street east along north line of Court street under the railroad tracks and furnish and Install fire hydrant opposite the Catholic school. SENATORSCHALL BETTER TODAY Washington, Dec. 21 (P) The con dition of Thomas D. Schall, blind Minnesota senator injured Thursday by an automobile, was reported "slightly Improved" today in a bulle tin issued by Dr. George W. Calvcr capitol physician. The bulletin said: "Senator Schall's condition is re garded as slightly improved. While unconscious mast of the time he rouses occasionally. His condition is still considered very critical but somewhat more favorable." From Mrs. Hugh E. Blerman of Washington, sister of Mrs. Schall, came more encouraging news. She said the senator "moved his left hand." which she felt tended to dis pell to some extent the possibility Ills left side was paralyzed by the injury to his head. We feel he is really coming back to consciousness," Mrs. Blerman said. Physicians advised her, she said, he had "improved 25 per cent," but they cautioned against "being too optimistic." "He opened his eyes this morn ing," she said. "We are really encouraged for the first time since the accident." The 58-year old legislator suffer ed the head injury, Internal hurts and fractures of the left leg as he crossed a highway at Cottage City. Mr. O. R. Leen, of his secretarial staff, was less seriously injured. Jefferies to Speak For Townsend Group Scio John J. Jeffries of Portland Is to speak at the meeting of the Sclo Townsend club Friday, Janu ary 3, according to plans announced by G. L. Flanagan, Sr., president of the local unit. Owing to tho busy holiday season, the turkey dinner scheduled for December 20, was postponed. Election of officers soon Is to take place. PHONE MEETING SET Sclo The annual meeting of Oie Sclo Mutual Telephone association Is set for Saturday, January 4, ac cording to the by-laws. Top of New Reservoir May Be Temptation to Salem Tennis Players There will be room for four municipal tennis courts on the concrete slab top of Salem's new city reservoir when it is completed, Manager Cuyler Van Patten of the water de partment said last night. However, it is Van Patten's tentative inten tion to have, If the commission is agreeable, the shops necessary for the reservoir and the filter system located over one unit of the reser voir. The dimensions of the reservoir, according to plans completed by the engineers, will be approximately 200 by 400 feet. The location Is the northwest corner of the Rural and John streets intersection. The deep est point of excavation will be 24 BEND ROBBERS TRACKED DOWN Bend, Or., Dec. 21 (LP) Two men tracked by officers for 48 hours through the high desert country east of Bend were captured on Bear creek and are being held in jail at Prineville on robbery charges, ac cording to word received here this morning. Officers reported the men gave the names of Gordon Hale and Delbert Shaw. The men were wanted for ques tioning in connection with the rob bery of Joe Garske, Dry lake rancher. Wednesday morning, Garske was robbed of about $40 by three men who tied him in his own bed with rope taken from a well, fled in Gar ske's car, taking his rifle and am munition. The car ran out of gas near Brothers and was abandoned, One of the trio, found wandering in the sage brush, was brought to Bend with a few hours, but the other headed into the hills. With the temperature near the zero mark each night, officer1 tracked the pair into the Bear creek area and closed in from both sides, Realizing they were trapped, the men had hidden Garske 's rifle about two miles from where they surrendered. The gun was found by the officers. The boy held here gave his name as "Swede Pile, but has since ad mitted he is Marcellis John Blanch field of Puyallup, Wash. LEAP TO DEATH CALLED SUICIDE San Francisco, Dec. 21 (P) Olga Steck's 12-story death plunge was a closed chapter in police records to- orny. A coroner's jury found the former Follies star came to her death by 'suicide" and officially ended what for a brief time police suspected might have been foul play. The Jury heard testimony from Thomas L. Matkins, middle-aged bond salesman and once Miss Steck's husband, and Everett E. Saxe, widower of the one-time stage beauty, and decided she came to her death "by jumping with suicidal In tent." Matkins explained he quarreled with Miss Steck when she assertedly demanded $250 for a trip to New York to stage a come-back and he refused. Then she insisted on stay ing with him over-night, he said, and he proceeded to pack a grip. The next thing he knew, he testi fied, Miss Steck "swished" past him and dived out the window. Panicky, he ran to the home of friends. He said he feared the adverse publicity and the effect on his two sons. Acrimoniously. Saxe examined Matkins in an effort to disprove the suicide theory but was halted by po lice inspector George Engler who said the questioning was "a waste of time." Saxe testified his wife "abhorred" the mention of suicide and "liked life too well for that." Miss Steck, 41, was a night club singer. HOW THE WHOLE WORLD WENT ASTRAY ON A GREAT VITAL TRUTH Strange I Never Heard that Before," you will hear on every hand after this lecture. Not a dull moment in It, SUNDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 227:30 BIG TABERNACLE COTTAGE AND MAIUON STREETS SALEM, OREGON Another Overflow Meeting Tonight So Come Early for a Seat NOTICE SPECIAL XMAS WEEK PROGRAM! Tuesday, December 24 No Meeting Tonight. But make sure to be out tomorrow nlglit, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2.17:30 P. M. VENDEN BROTHERS WILL GIVE THEIR GREAT THRILLING STEREOPTICON LECTURE ON PALESTINE (Holy Lands) The Most Interesting Country In the World A year ago the Venden Brothers spent several weeks traveling and studying in Palestine, Egypt and Europe. You wlU be thrilled tonight as you travel with the Vcndcn Brothers through Holy Land and see and hear In the light of history, prophecy and present happenings. You certainly cannot afford to miss this lecture. A small admission charge of 35c for adults and 15c for children under 14 years of age Is being made to help meet the heavy expense Involved In having so many pictures made Into slides which are beautifully tinted. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26 7:30 P. M. "Will There Be People In Heaven Who Have Never Been Baptised!" Various Forms of Baptism, Etc, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27-7:30 P. M.-"Thr Great Propheey that Must be Fulfilled Before The Nation Can Break In Armageddon." SUNDAY. DECEMRER 29-7:30 P. M.-"Why Will An Evolutionist be Shut Out of Heaven?" (Even If He Is A rreaehert feet and the concrete slab top, 8' inches thick, will be about three feet above the ground level. The excavation will remove an estimated 43,000 cubic yards of earth Contract for excavation will be let by bids. It Is said there is no equip ment locally owned elaborate enough to handle the job and bids are looked for from outside cities. The reinforced concrete construc tion of the reservoir will be in sec tion with expansion joints at three foot intervals. Bids will be adver tised for as soon as the city council approves the $200,000 bonds recom mended in the special committee re port and provided for in an ordi nance bill introduced last Monday night. Passage of the bill by suspen sion of rules was blocked by Alder' man E. B. Perrine who thought no reservoir would be necessary if the city eot mountain water. The reservoir location is suitable to water supply from any source. Should the Willamette river be cho sen as the source it is probable the filter plant will be located across John street just east of the reser voir. The water commission at its meet ing last night decided to take up for consideration a request from ' Charles Vick, promoter, of an addi tion on Garden road 'just outside the city, for a 2000-foot extension of a six-inch main. Under the rules of the commission extensions outside the city are permissable if the an nual revenue from them amounts to 12 per cent or more of construction cost. The commission decided to hav; an audit of its accounts as of De cember 31. Mayor V. E. Kuhn, Alderman Walter Fuhrcr and Merrill D. Ohl- ing and Manager Van Patten yes terday made a trip of inspection to possible water sources now being considered. The North Santiam was inspected above Stayton and in the Gates district and the Little North Fork above Mehama. Van Patten told the members of the commission last night that a new billing machine will be in the office between Christmas and New Year's. It will not be the one that has been ordered, but a similar one that is to be demonstrated before the other arrives. At present the city's water billing is being done in the Oregon -Washington Water Ser vice company's offices at Vancouver, Wash. NEW OFFICERS FOR CHERRY CITY SCOUTS New officers for 1936 were ap pointed at a meeting of Cherry City district, Cascade area, Boy Scouts of America, held last night at the chamber of commerce. The district includes Salem and West Salem, north to Chemawa and south as far as . Rosedale. Among objectives stated for 193G were five new troops of Scouts and three new Cub packs, the cubs being the Junior Scouts. Dr. B. F. Pound presided and was appointed chairman for 1936. Oth er officers for the new year are: Vice chairman, Charles Hudkins, secretary, Walter Clark; district commissioner, George Naderman, and the following committee chair men: finance, George Bhoten; court of honor, H. H. Belt; organization, Cliford Harold; rural scouting, King Bartlett; cubbing, Bob Board man; leadership and training, Har ry Wiedmer; health and safety, Walter Lansing. Committees on camping and senior program are yet to bo appointed. ' James E. Monroe, Scout executive for the district, said the next regu lar meeting would be the last Fri day In January and in alternate months thereafter. 9 INDICTMENTS BY GRAND JURY 5 TRUE BILLS The Marlon county grand Jury re turned nine Indictments this morn ing five true bills and four not true bills and adjourned to meet again January 6. No mention was made In tile report of the gambling invest! gation, Kellaher case or the case of A, N. Drawson involved in an auto. mobile accident which resulted In the death of Mrs. Arthur Andresen. The Jury took continuance to Jan uary 6 as one of the Jurors, John Manning, desires to go to California over the holidays. Included In the not true bills was one releasing James Preble, local union business agent, from a charge of assault and battery on Paul Trag- llo. The five true bills returned are as follows: Bemice Dobrosky, assault and bat. tery on G. R. Mudd .alleged. John Stone, assault and battery on John D. Royce alleged. Clarence Rosheim, driving a mo tor vehicle while under Influence of Intoxicating liquor alleged. Howard Dickey, uttering forged check alleged. Harry Walker, pointing gun at Charles Pratt alleged. In addition to the not true bill releasing James Preble, other not true bills were returned as follows: Releasing Henry Becker from a charge of adultery. Releasing Herman Dobrosky from a charge of assault and battery on G. R. Mudd. Releasing Arthur J. Prien from a charge of uttering a forged instru ment. In the case of Howard Dickey, charged with uttering a forged check, Deputy District Attorney Page advised Judge McMahan after return of the Indictment that Diet ey is but 17 years of age and he was certified over to the Juvenile court. Raymond Shields, who was up on appeal from Woodbum justice court on a sentence of six months in tho penitentiary for alleged possession of a stolen automobile, was given a sus pended sentence and certified back to the juvenile court where It is un derstood he will be returned to the boys' school at Woodbum. While the case was on appeal Involving the question of the authority of the Woodburn Justice to impose a sen tence to the penitentiary for a fel ony, the matter was not involved in the disposition of the case. Shields' attorney, Guy O. Smith, made the motion for the suspended sentence. Judgc McMahan warned the boy that a two year prison sentence might be imposed on him for the crime and the sentence was then held over his head by suspension. Sclo Mr. and Mrs. Bob Truax of Portland expect to spend Christmas vacation at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Rodgers here, parents of Mrs. Truax, and with Truax' moth er, Mrs. Elizabeth Truax, in Albany. Men's Fine Silk Ties $1 Men's Leather Wallets $1 Men's Suspenders $1 Men's Handerchiefs, box $1 Women's Fine Hosiery . $1 Women's Compacts $1 Women's 'Kerchiefs, box $1 Large Sewing Cabinets $1 Tooled Leatherette Gifts $1 Cake Plates , $1 Pictures (framed) $1 Etchings (framed) $1 Game Boards $1 Streamlined Trains $1 Silk Scarfs $1 Women's Handbags $1 Gift Novelties $1 Cookie Jars $1 And many, many other gifts priced two for $1, three for $1 and four for $1 at Miller's Today! Clothes Wringer In Holiday Service Fremont, Neb., Dec. 21 m Mid land college art students merely turned an old fashioned wringer in to a new style wrinkle today and began wringing out the old year greeting cards. Anna Kreinheder, art instructor, said the class used the old clothes wringer, linoleum scraps, knives and printers ink to turn out their greet ing cards. "While the result may not pro duce acceptable examples of cubism of expressionism," she said, "It is an Inexpensive method of making un usual Christmas cards." ITALIAN ARMY ORDERED TO RESUME WAR (Continued Irom page 1) secretary, told an audience of con servative party workers: "I trust the nations of the league will show that they are prepared to make themselves resist any at tack which may be made on any one of their number." Thus were the lines drawn taut for a resumption of the explosive filled economic battle between the League of Nations, under British leadership, and Italy over the ques tion of aggression in east Africa. The headlined declarations in Rome and London were an after math to the failure of the French and British attempts to bring peace to the Italian and Ethiopian arms with a plan providing immense con cessions to Mussolini. In token of Premier Mussolini's determination to defy the league which means Great Britain in par ticularthe fascist grand council issued a communique after a meet ing with II Duce asserting Italy is confident of victory. Mussolini dis patched 4,000 additional militiamen and 800 workmen to east Africa. Reports meanwhile were current in London-that Britain was pre paring to sound out other nations, as well as those bordering on the Mediterranean, as to how they were prepared to support sanctions. Po litical sources said the government was not willing to press at Geneva for imposition of further sanctions until it was assured this policy had the support of other league mem bers. Diplomatic sources in Paris said the. British move to shape a league police force to support sanctions, if necessary, may be launched at a special session of the league council about January 10. France, it was added, was ready to help Britain. ARMSTRONG HOME Aurora Robert Armstrong was brought home from a Salem hos pital and has been reported as re-, covering nicely from a recent oper ation. He wll be confined to his bed for some time. OREGON SAFETY , CAMPAIGN PAYS FIGURES SHOW Oregon's conformance with ths approved practices for elimination of ' highway accidents has resulted In placing this state second on the list of states In the percentage of de crease in motor vehicle fatalities, ac cording to the report of R. H. Bal dock, state highway engineer, who has just returned from the annual meeting of tho American Association of State Highway Officials at Miami, Bla. Highway safety and means of at taining it were the principal topics discussed in various papers read be fore the meeting, Baldock said, list ing the following as outstanding dis cussions: 1. proper laws and ordinances and strict enforcement; 2. The building of pedestrian footpaths adjacent to towns and cities; 3. The elemlnatloq. 1 of the hazard of narrow pavements, slippery pavements, sharp curves, steep grades and impaired vertical and horizontal sight distances; 4. Strict requirements in the issuance of drivers' licenses; 5. Frequent In spections by police of motor vehicles, to the end that faulty and Improper equipment be prohibited the use of the highways and streets; 6. A cam paign of education by leaders of public leaders of public -ARAHT public opinion In each of the states; 7. A setup of a voluntary advisory committee In each state to carry on an effective highway safety cam? paign of education, this committee to consist of a representative of the highway department, state police, motor associations, state board of higher education, board of county commissioners and league of cities. "Many a driver has been literally whisked from a curve and dashed Into eternity by an unseen hand," said Baldock. "Tills Is due to the . powerful effect of centrifugal accel- eration which is minimized at reas- ' onable speeds by the use of the spi ral or transition curve, which curve has been used for many years in railroad building. Oregon appears to be the first state to adopt this inno vation in highway design, which ac tion should eliminate many a death trap for the unwary driver. The Oregon state highway department is continually striving to use the most modern methods In highway design, construction and mainten ance to minimize accidents. Exam ples are the non-skidalng of pave ments, the reconstruction of heavy traffic roads to eliminate dangerous curves, the use of transition curves to minimize centrifugal acceleration, the painting of the yellow line down the center of pavements, the use of flagmen on construction, etc." HOWARD KELLY HOME Hopmere Howard Kelly came home from Roger Mountain, near i Scio, for a short visit with his mo- I ther, Mrs. Neva Kelly, and his grandmother, Mrs. Eva Tanquary of Hopmere. ' The Last Minute Rush Finds Miller's Well Equipped to Render Good Service, to Show Fine Assortment, to Feature Low Prices ! Open Until 8:30 Tonight Save Time and Money I I). E. VENDEN
