THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
RIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1936
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Evading Responsibility
Asserting that "logging trucks are wrecking Douglas
county bridges almost faster than they can be kept up," the
roadmaster of that county makes a plea for greater financial
assistance from the state highway commission in maintain
ing county roads.
The situation is not peculiar to Douglas county, nor is
the plea for more liberal state assistance original with the
Douglas county roadmaster. All of the counties, especially
, those in western Oregon are in the same predicament. But
solution of the problem does not lie in further diversion of
state highway funds from vitally needed construction to
local maintenance. .
The remedy exists in one of three reforms or a combina
tion of them:
1. Heavier construction of roads and bridges.
, 3. stricter limitation of loads and speeds.
2. Increased license fees and taxes on certain types of trucks to
oring their contributions to road maintenance up to a figure proportion
ate to the damage they do to the roads, coupled with a system which
will make these Increased revenues available directly to the governmental
agency responsible for the maintenance of the roads used.
The Douglas county court has full, authority to correct
the condition of which its roadmaster complains. Under the
law it may "sign" its bridges for safe loads and enforce such
' restrictions. The county court is required by statute to
recommend to the public utilities commissioner, at the time a
log hauler applies for a permit to operate on county roads,
the load limit, speeds and other
granting the permit.
If such restrictions are not observed by the hauler the
county court may recommend to the utilities commissioner
that the permit be cancelled, and the commissioner has no
choice other than to order the cancellation.
The county court and its engineers should know what
loads and speeds various local roads and bridges will with
stand with safety and without undue damage. The chief
difficulty lies in the fact that these officials are too subservi
ent to local pressure and influence and do not impose suffi
ciently drastic restrictions or enforce those which they do
impose.
There is no equity in a system which subsidizes the log
haulers at the expense of the motorists of the state.
When local officials complain of such conditions as this
and seek to shift the burden of subsidizing local industry to
., the state at large they are simply seeking to dodge their own
responsibilities. Coming from Douglas county, which has
benefited, from greater state highway expenditures than any
other county in the state and still clamors incessantly for
more, the suggestion is conceived in poor grace.
Douglas county is decidedly out of order in proposing
any plan that will curtail needed highway construction in
other counties which have contributed cheerfully and far
more generously than it has itself to its nine million dollar
network of state highways, while those counties are still
waiting for their share of road funds. .
Refreshing Frankness
Gregory Zinovieff, one of the original leaders of the Bol
heviki when under Lenin they seized power in Russia by
revolution, in his court confession of a bloody conspiracy to
assassinate Josef Stalin and return to power through terror
ist methods, declared : .
I went all the way from opposition party power to counter-revolution
and terrorism and actually fascism. The evolution of our struggle to
regain power naturally led to terrorism.
Leon Kameneff, another Lenin leader, admitted that a
blood-thirsty lust for personal power motivated the conspira
tors, adding "naturally political groups deprived of power
feel their policies are superior" and that the plot for terror
ism was a desperate effort to regain lost power.
Such frankness is refreshing, for these are the motives
and methods of all dictators and would-be dictators and those
who ruthlessly seize power, from the earliest recorded his
tory down to date. Political theories are simply camouflage
for popular support for the will to power over blood-stained
trails. Terrorism is a primitive weapon but has been openly
adopted and become part of the philosophy of both fascism
and communism.
Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin in Russia seized and maintain
ed power by just such ruthlessness; Mussolini's rise to power
was over the assassinated bodies of his opponents and his
path to glory entails the slaughter of millions; Hitler's as
cension was by similar terrorism and possible rivals are elim
- inated in blood purges and pogroms. In the long run most
of such paranoica! dictators are destroyed by their own meth
ods just as the gangsters and racketeers whose methods they
have appropriated.
Chaos Would Result
If Governor Landon should be elected president, political
chaos would result, for both the senate and the house will be
democratic. In the last congress out of 435 house members,
315 were democrats and only 104 republicans. In the senate
there were 70 democrats and only 23 republicans. The demo
crats can lose many members of the house and still have a
working majority. Democratic control of the senate is cer
tain for another four years.
Even if a radical bloc Is elected to hold the balance of
power in the next house, it will not go along with Landon
and the senate would hold veto power on all measures. It
would be a leaderless conflict on both sides resulting in con
fusion. The Landon program, if any, would get nowhere.
There is no possibility of a Landon landslide. In the
1932 election, democrats won 1454 counties out of 1300 west
of the Mississippi, which means that the majority of county
officials, who really deliver the votes, are democrats. In 1934
the democrats made enormous gains, the republicans electing
only nine governors. In the recent primaries New Deal can
didates have emerged victorious, while the registration fig
' ures show great increase in democratic voters all over the
country.
Despite the fake straw votes; which do not reach tht
rank and file, the betting odds favor Roosevelt and will con.
, tinut to and will grow heavier as th campaign swings into
action as the realization gains that Landon election would
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News Behind
The News
By Paal Mallon
Washington, Aug. SI President
Roosevelt scooped his diplomatists
completely when he decided the
Spanish crisis was
so c r 1 tical he
would have to cut
short his drought
trip.
His lads In
charge of this end
of the Spanish
show had not
heard of anything
going to happen
in Spain between
September 3 and
11 whirl, a'Aiilrl
''' require Mr. Roose
velt's presence at his desk.
You would think, In a situation
like that, they would run around
and try to find out what was up, or,
at least, put on their gravest faces.
All they did was to sit around and
laugh. .... T
Background The Spanish crisis
was so dire two weeks ago that
State Secretary Hull decided to take
a vacation. Recent developments
have been so alarming that, upon
the day the president made his an
nouncement, Mr. Hulls office said
the secretary planned to remain
away another week, lolling In the
beautiful hills of western Virginia.
Likewise, modern communications
methods keep the president Just
about as weU informed In mid-ocean,
or at Hyde Park, as In the White
House. Wired and wireless tele
phones are kept constantly open.
In the Ethiopian crisis, he made
his major move, in the form of the
arms embargo, from a battleship in
the Pacific. Earlier, he made his
historic statement, breaking up the
unsatisfactory London economic
conference, from a yacht In the At
lantic. Observers closest to the diplomatic
inside also agree that Under-Secretary
Phillips will probably handle
any Spanish crisis no matter where
Messrs. Roosevelt and Hull are. He
has been handling It right along.
Throat Diplomacy The rumors
now current that the president has
information Indicating a general
European crisis early In September,
therefore, do not appear to be Justi
fied. The way the lads at the helm
size up the situation is this:
Mussolini might be madman
enough to start a war. but they do
not believe It. They would set the
odds anywhere from 10 to 1 to 100
to 1 that he will not. The game he
is playing Is obvious to them. It Is
the same one he used against
Prance in the Ethiopian crisis, the
threat-fear game to keep Franre
quiet. That explains to them why
he Is always Inspiring belligerent
press dispatches from Rome.
While any situation like this in
Europe I serious. It Is not neces
sarily grave. Nationalistic diplomacy
of all European nations has prob
ably overrmphaslrrd the possibilities
of aar In the public mind.
Whimsy The more logical expla
nation for Mr. Roosevelt's decision
wss offered hy one of his saee coun
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sellors here, who told an alarmed
group of callers:
"I do not know how true it is. but
I have heard there Is a political
campaign going on." The president
enjoys nothing more than a little
whimsy now and then. A number of
his advisors told him from the start
that his protracted itinerary on the
drought trip was needless, econo
mically, administratively or politi
cally, because there Is nothing out
standing he can do about it more
than has already been done.
The Spanish crisis, therefore, may
prove to be more of a handy excuse
than a danger.
Preparations Largest arms pur.
chaser here during July was i
country of which Americans rarely
hear, the Dutch East Indies. Licen
ses for the export of 1 ,400,000 of
war materials were issued to that
Netherlands possession by the state
department. No one here had any
previous notion that the Dutch East
Indies were getting ready to go to
war with anyone.
The answer Is Britain and the
Shell Oil company. Oil Is what runs
battleships. The Dutch fields are
largely under control of the British.
In case of trouble in the far east,
they would be the center of dispute
between the Japanese and British
fleets. .;
The newly purchased "munitions"
are really military flying boats.
These are to patrol the coast line,
which covers 49 degrees of longi
tude, a distance as great as from
New York to San Francisco.
U. S. Intelligence authorities have
heard that East Indians have been
having trouble with Japanese fish
ing boats, similar to that In and
around the Philippines. Japanese
fishermen are always coming In,
mapping and sounding the harbors.
' Note Second largest domestic
arms purchaser was China. She
bought 1800,000 worth of military
plane engines, gun racks, etc,
HOP PICKER FINED
FOR LICENSE LACK
Independence George McCrea.
who Is employed on construction
work near Helmick park and whose
family Is picking hops at the Homer
Wood yard, was arrested on Wed
nesday by state police for operating
a motor vehicle without an oper
ator's license. McCrea had driven
the car from Washington without
any license on the car, but was car
rying a receipt showing he had lelt
the money for a license with an in
surance company there to purchase
for him. He never had had a license
to operate. He has a wife and four
children and claims he is Just get
ting by on 90 cents an hour besides
his family wages In the hop yard
He was ordered to put the car up
until his Washington license arrived
and to purchase an Oregon opera
tor license, and was fined is and
costs in the local JusUce court.
Leave Drought Area,
Will Live at Gates
Gates Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Oliver
and five children from the drought
area of the Dakota, have purchas
ed and are now established at the
farm formerly owned by Mrs. Velma
White cast of Gates.
The Oliver family are delighted
with the country. Mrs. White and
her family have moved to Mill City
to make their mldenre
SALEM. OREGON
WCaiMaJoii7nal
Vol.
Aye! Rahlly now! Say did I
bring back a "ripping accent from
the English city,
Vancouver, B. C.
But give me Sa
lem over any of
the - many cities
visited on my re
cent vacation tour.
Cete Cohen,
M.nrle Saffron,
Amie Maizels, and
myself made the
trip.
Z.G.N.
"ZOLLIE" This is being
scribbled before the Olympics and
picnic, which Is being held at Oiin
ger today. Therefore, all announce
ments of prize winner will be made
in tomorrow's Capital Journal.
Z.O.N.
The coolest spot in town. The
Grand theatre Is Just that. My boss,
Mr. Schmidt has had an all new
cooling system - installed. You can
feel the fresh cool air floating all
around. What a pleasure!
Z.G.N.
Kids! Can you believe this? I
wouldn't have nine weeks Ago, but
it's the truth. Each Saturday, the
Grand has been completely filled by
1 o'clock.
People are kidding me that we
should set up a tent on the Court
house lawn to take care of the over
flow. ....
You've been so swell about the
way you have been attending that
I promise you you'll always find
the best show in toun at the mat
inee. Z.G.N.
Uncle Brad says: 'A lot o' people
who boast o' havin' an open mind
mistake a vacancy for an opening."
Z.G.N,
I'm betting we'll huve one of our
largest turnouts tomorrow. Cause
look at the line-up for the show:
On the screen, Harold Lloyd in
"The Cat's Paw," another chapter of
"The Fighting Marines." and a mu
sical merriment of fun Alice Faye,
Ted Healy. Patsy Kelly, plus a host
of other favorites In "Sing Baby
Sing." "
The stage broadcast will feature
talented Lucille Shannon, who has
Just returned from a tour of vaude-'
ville, Estella Rorabaugn, Cleve Bart-
lett, Frances Hope Kring, Ethyl Mae
Williams, Ada Jean Lama, Doris
Vincent, Dale Basset, and Gordon
Winchcomb, puphs of Prlscilla Mel-
singer, the Leslie trio, Brad Collins
and all the boys.
Z.G.N. ,
Don't pass up a good time. Be at
the matinee at 12:30. '
So long. ZOLLIE.
Gang Band Nearly
Ready to Practice
"Zollie's Bang" members will soon
be "tootln their own horns." The
band, which is belnj organized by
Doug Jaquith, of the .laqulth Music
Co., will be ready to start very
shortly now.
If you haven't registered as yet,
do so immediately. There will be
no charge for instruction, but your
own instrument must be furnished.
STATE COSTS GO UP
$400,000 BIENNIUM
8tate requirements, under the
budget for the next biennium, cov
ering supplies, materials and other
commodities, will total $400,000
more than the past two years, Dan
Fry. state purchasing agent, esti
mated today.
Fry based his estimate on steadily
rising prices, which, he said, were
already more than 10 per cent
greater than two years ago.
As a result of the increasing com
modity prices officials said It was
doubtful if any Important capital
tutlays would be recommended at
the next legislature. Capital outlays
Include construction of new build
ings and Improvement to the ex
isting state plants.
Spain's last royal ruler," Alfonso
XIII. was horn a kins
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liVVVERBR,ES "
The ideal vacation by rail and water...to Victoria and Vancou- I
ver on a luxurious 'Princess" liner.. .by train fhrough tfi magniV
nl Canadian Rocliej. to picturesque Calgary , end home,
making comptttt eircfe lour, wllh ntw ihriIs every Jay Stop
over where you wtih...e Vancouver's Golden Jubilee from
, July 1st to September 7th... Dine and dance at Banff Spring
Hotel and Chateau Lake Louiie. two world fanud
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Salem, Oregon. Friday, Aug. 21. I93B
I BACK TO REJOIN "GANG" I
1
Lucille Shannon, "Gang"
memDer, wno nas recently
returned tn SAlem -nfri n
tour in vaudeville. This ex
ceptionally talented contor
tionist will appear on the
"Zollie's Capital Journal
Gang" program at the Grand
theatre tomorrow.
Saturday Last Day
To Register With
Zollie's Uketeers
Saturday will be tne last chance
to sign up for the "Zollie's Uketeers,"
which will begin rehearsal Wednes
day, August 26, at the Prlscilla Mel
slnger studio, located at 1032 Oak
street. Be sure to be there promptly
at four o'clock for your first lesson.
Additional members registering
were Wallace Smith, Bobby Over,
Dorothy Eyerly, Anita Faye Hogue,
Glen Alsman, Harold Reld, Mildred
Lee, Carrie Cagswell, Marian Stepa
neck, Betty Oraham, Carleen Akers,
Robert Grltton, Ann Foster, Ruth
Barton, Mlrzel Mohr, Edith Mohr,
Ruth Ostrln, Thelma Smith and
Louis Peterson,
Selection of Best
Dancer Impossible
Because of the size oi the dancing
classes, it will be impossible to select
the one making the most advance
ment during Mrs. Collins' course.
Inasmuch as many of you are inter
ested in securing the Barnes Schol
arship, it will be awaraed In a danc
ing contest to be held during Sep
tember. This will be open to all "Zol
lie's Gang" members.
Throughout the course. Mrs. Brad
Collins did not lose one pupil.
Wandering Quartet
Of "Gangsters" Back
Four of our wandering boys are
home! Bill DeSouza, Roger Miller,
Bob Yeager and Marion Draper, all
well known to "Gang" members,
have Just returned from a summer's
vacation in Marshfielo. The vaca
tion Included playing in a band
while in the southern city.
Bill, Roger and Bob will Join up
with the "Gang's" entertainers. Ma
rlon Is not definite as to his plans.
They all intend to enter Willamette
In the fall.
Comes from Nevada
On Business Trip
Sllverton Mrs. Nona Mount Kin
ney of Fallon. Nev., accompanied by
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Guy Mount,
of Oregon City, was in Sllverton over
the weekend attending to business
affairs and visiting at the home of
her sister, Mrs. John Wolfard, and
with Mrs. Helen M. Wrightman.
Mrs. Kinney Is much Improved in
health. She was unable to make the
trip to Sllverton In May to atttend
the funeral cervices of her mother,
Mrs. Rebekah Mount.
81ie returned to her home in Ne
vada the middle of the week but
plans to establish her home in Ore
gon Clty
AT ELK LAKE
Aurora Miss Martha Frances
Bradtl is spending the summer at
Elk lake, occuplng the Laura Bair
cottage. Miss Bradtl's grandmother.
Mr. William Knight ot Canby. will
spend several weeks with her.
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resort Play mile-high goll en chant
"I8 "course. fth In well-stocked lakes and
is; swim tn warm sulphur water pools, go
ding and hiking over mountain trails. Sum
travel fares are now at feu-esl -cost, and if
hi will call our offices, we will be glad to
assist tn making an tnteieittng Itinetary.
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Sheriff to Award
Soft-Ball Trophy
Sheriff Burk of Marlon County
will appear on the "Zollie's Gang"
show tomorrow at tne Grand. No,
not to close It, but to present the
trophy he is awarding to the most
outstanding player of "Zollie's Capi
tal Journal Gang" soft ball league.
The Stevens-Brown wrist watch
will also be awarded to the winning
captain, Saturday.
Prize Winner
DOROTHY CLARK
Who lives at 545 Court street,
with the wrist watch presented
to her b.T S. E. Keith of Miller's
for having the best scrap book
of notes concerning the "Gang"
clipped from the Capital Jour-
MANY PETITION FOR
DIRK DEJONGE PARDON
Pleas urging the pardon of Dirk
Dejonge. Portland, and Edward
Denny, Eugene, from the state pen
itentiary, have come to the execu
tive office by the hundreds. Govern
DU BAIN
"SALEM S OH'iV
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No. 7
Sport Slants
By Mendy
In the only ball game to be play
ed last week, the undefeated Cardi
nals won from the Yanks by the
score of 11-3. Prizes were numerous
and the lucky winners were BUI La
cey, George Hochstettler, Albert Al
ley, Eugene Jarvls, bill Kelso and
Francis Douglas.
The prize that went to the out- I
standing player of the, week was
awarded to George Hochstettler,
with a bat from Anderson's Sporting
Gooes store, as the gift.
Tomorrow winds up the "Zollie's
Capital Journal Gang" softball lea
gue with the presentation of the tro
phy to the outstanding player of the
league by Sheriff Burk, also the
presentation of the watch to the
captain of the championship team.
Other awards will be ribbons
which will be presented to members
of the winning team
So long, MENDY. '-"
Scrapbook Clipped "
By Dorothy Clark
Best, Judges Find
One hundred and one scrapbooks
of "Zollie's Capital Journal Gang"
news were handed In last Saturday.
Out of these Brad Coilms, and wife,
Jane, had to select the best -and
most complete book. Finally It nar
rowed down to eighteen, and from '
amongst these they selected Dorothy
Clark, who lives at 545 Court street,
as the member winning the wrist
watch, awarded by Miller's Depart
ment store. ; ,-
Honorable mention goes to Lucile
Boehringer, 260 W. Wilson. Shirley
McLeod. 148 E. Millor, Dora Blair,
173 S. Cottage, Iola Rutherford, 3104
Broadway, Alice Flagg, 1845 Berry,
Vivian Lucas, 139 8. Liberty,. Bar
bara Hathaway, 1140 Market,' Carl
Raetz, Rt. 6, Box 643. Alma Merk,
Rt. 2, Box 64, Marybelle Yantis, 26S
S. 21st, Dorothy Kastei, 445 Gerth,
Patricia Sears, 1885 Saginaw, Ger
trude Kuhn, 571 Gerth, Ernestine
Loveland, 260 Strand. Arlene Oden
borg, 260 Strand, Jean Duval, 1148
Mill, and Barbara Colgan of Jeffer
son. Get your scissors out and start
clipping today, for tne second part
of the contest. Another wrist watch
will be awarded, as well as .your
choice of a photograph of any enter
tainer of the "Gang." This next
group must be handf-d in Saturday,
October 31. Any "gang' member may
start saving a scrapbook for the con
test. ..
Miller's have a picture of Dorothy
Clark in their window, and all the
honorable mention books.
BEST KNOCK-KNOCKER
Who's there? Knock, knock! it's
Marylee McGuire, of 1905 Maple ave
nue, first prize winner of our recent
contest of this "evil." She had 37
knockles written out for the compe
tition. PRIZE WINNERS
Prize winners at last Saturday's
matinee were Gertrude Kuhn, 571
Gerth Ave., West Salem, Betty Jean
Wilson, 1220 8. Commercial street,
and Leona Belle Wallace, 310 S. 33rd.
or Martin said today.
Dejonge is serving seven years
and Denny too, for violation of the
criminal syndicalism law.
Most of the appeals came from
members of an Oregon communist
organization, the governor said.
Two Kansans are presidential
nominees in the 1938 race Gover
nor Alt M. Landon, republican, and
Ear! Browder. communist.
OUR FUR
W CREATIONS
have made the
Salem ladies -style-minded.,
i
Because of unusually low
prices for exceptionally high
grade furs and workmanhtp.
Mr. DuBsln. who personally
supervises the making of ev
ery garment tailored to your
Individual measure and per
sonality, la able to create and
ell furs at prices you cannot
duplicate anywhere.
Yon ore cordially invit
ed to inspect our Fall
Showing for Fur models
All Work Guaranteed
Mrs. Ed. Leoae, Rt. I, Salem.
Ilt.oe credit en a Fur Coat.
FUR CO.
FIR STORE"
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