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The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
Thursday, April 21, 1938
CapitaUiJournal
SALEM, OREGON
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Do the Job Properly i
PArpful DRrusal of the laws of the state and closer ex
amination of the powers of the capitol reconstruction com
mission have moved the attorney general to reverse himself
on a previously rendered informal opinion and to nolo.
1 Thnr Iho ranirnl commission has authority to ex
pend its funds for construction of a central heating plant on
any land owned by the state and not necessarily upon the
grounds of the old capitol site or the four blocks immediately
north, which the commission was authorized to purchase.
2. That the board of control has authority to purchase
additional land for a heating plant.
8. That the emergency board has authority to appro
priate funds during the recess of the legislature for the pur
chase of such a site by the board of control, provided an emer
gency exists.
With the maior nortion of a $160,000 saving, represent
ed by the difference between the estimated cost and con
tractor's bid on the new state Horary DUiiaing, avauaoie
for the construction of a heating plant to serve all of the
hi.ilHIno- In the canitol erouo. there are few who will deny
that an emersencv exists in the need for such a plant. The
alternative to its construction at this time is the plan to ex
tend throuch makeshift additions' the underground plant
which served the old capitol. This will embody the razing of
the unsightly old stack, left standing when the ruins of the
old building were cleared away, and its relocation in the cen
ter of the park east of the magnificent new structure.
However disguised, such a stack rising in the midst of
the trees and shrubs on the capitol grounds would be more
or less of an eyesore. Nor would the plant be properly lo
cated to most efficiently serve the entire group.
The old plant is available and adequate as it stands to
serve present buildings and the new capitol, and there is
ample time before the library is complete and occupied to
build and equip an entirely new plant on a suitable location
one designed to serve the needs existing now and contem
plated in further development of the ultimate group. There
is no economy in makeshift alterations that will be rendered
obsolete by the demands of the next few years.
The capitol commission, the board of control and the
emergency board should immediately put the wheels in mo
tion to acquire a suitable site and build a proper heating
plant while federal funds included in the library appropria
tion are available.
Make Roads Lead to Salem
A Portland friend and admirer of the capital city of
, Oregon, whose business and pleasure trips bring him to
. Salem frequently, offers the suggestion in a letter to the
' editor that the roads adjacent to the city be made to "lead
to and not away from Salem."
Casual conversation makes the statement seem am
bigious and gives rise to the query, how can highways radiat
ing from a city lead away from and not into it? But analy
sis of this volunteered suggestion makes it appear less ab
' surd than It would first seem when explained in the author's
own words. He writes:
Roads lead to Salem from all over the country; visitors are sure to
. make Salem In the future to see the new capitol who In the past have
passed your city up as "Just another town."
There are roads from eastern Oregon and from southern Oregon, as
well as from Portland which lead people away from Salem; they are roads
wnicn. It made more beautiful and worthwhile, would lead Uie tourist
'. travel all your way. Some of these roads are now uninviting and probably
. the reason why a large portion of the travel passes Salem by.
That river road south from Senator McNary's farm; the river
. road leading out to the golf club; that river route leading In through
West Salem, which will be a part of Salem itself when the population In
. creases sufficiently: Uie road in from Portland known as the Pacific
highway, and those In from the east and south and other sections of the
state should not only have the advertising signs removed, but be other.
wise beautified with funds from somewhere.
The friend suggests that the problem of providing more
money for roadside bcautification and improvement of high
way approaches into cities is a proper one for the legislature,
provided that people of vision and with a true appreciation
of such work in promoting tourist travel are elected to that
body. But he also believes that it is up to the enlightened
people of Salem and other cities to do something about it.
"It Would SCem to me." ho vntitnrnn "thof (l,o ,,,,, m
ciuds oi oniem could be awakened to the possibilities. What
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What to Do
By Beck
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Sips for Supper
By Don Upjohn
We noted today that while
George Edwards, the genial, court
eous and efficient city cop, has
adopted the summer style In cop's
caps with a white top and blue
underpinning, that his Is not of the
ventilated variety which allowed
the wind to whistle across the bald
pate of Lee Wintersteen, It seems
that Oeorge figures a cop. to do
his duty, should remain a little hot
headed.
A large photograph of our state
attorney general adorns one of
Miller's windows to th north and
Is a very handsome photograph of
a handsome subject But the cap
tion underneath same has been ex-
Novelties
In the News
tot the AiaoolsttS Preu)
Season Opener
wateroury, conn. sport Editor
William P. ODonnell of the Water
bury Republican became a proud
father on the day major league
clubs started hostilities.
"The baseball season opened of
ficially yesterday." he announced in
his column. "William P. ODonnell,
Jr., seven pounds, ten ounces, threw
out the first bawl at St. Mary's
hospital." I
Galax, Va. One, two. three.
Just like that the Dollinger child
ren lost their appendixes.
First was Ed Dollinger, 6, on
March 14. then Billy, 7, April t, and
finally unsuspecting Jessie, 14, who
came to the hospital with her dad
to take Billy home last night and
went to the operating room Instead.
citing and Intriguing the populace
no end today, same reading "Attor
ney General I. N. Van Wrinkle."
We don't know what the catch In
this may be, If any, or whether
Joan is Just slipping the "r" In as
a new political wrinkle.
Mall.
The Awful Truth
(Art Perry In Medford
Tribune)
A number of upstate politicians
allege shyly the brief and brisk
cussing oi the governor offends
their sense of propriety, and is not
fit for the ears of some of the
younger voters. It gives the com
plainants a chance to think they
are displaying righteousness, when
In reality they are exposing comedy
prudlsnnes. with all the aborlguv
al cussedness that la going on up
ine aneya or Oregon politics, it
no time to lift a sanctified eyebrow
over any expletive that may ex
plode on the lips of the chief exec
utive.
News
Behini
By &ulMallonJ
T
Washington. April 30 A federal
spending genius, possibly greater
than Hopkins and Ickea, lies burled
in governmental
obscurity. The
glories of his ef
forts to restore
public purchasing
power slnglehand
ed have been un
heralded and un
sungpossibly by
official request.
However, he may
turn out to be Just
th man for the
new spending job
which congress
now Is arranging. Listen to what
an Interested member of congress
has found out;
Paul Malloa
However, his government bosses
recognised this aversion to business
details at th outset and appointed
an $1,000 a year clerk, whose duty
was to follow Lorents around and
keep him from restoring prosperity
slnglehsnded. Th clerk got the
theatre for $30 and kept production
cost down to $1 a reel, but appar
ently went out for a moment when
the potted palms were ordered. He
now Is stuck for the $636.7$.
However, the sticking may yet
come under the head of "lll-nourlsh-ment."
The government 1 pledged
to prevent that. At least th sips
which wen taken before and after
the famous New Orleans premier
eventually may go back to the un
artistic comptroller general's office
listed as drinks for the thirsty or
some such worthy cause and thereby
save all concerned except the
treasury...
In the economy era which pre
ceded this new spending program
the farm security administration
employed a motion picture director
to make two pictures at treasury
expense. They were' widely hailed
by critics, who apparently do not
pay taxes. A brilliant Job of pre
sentation was done on both "The
Plow" and "The River" by the Dlrec
tor Par Lorents,
Precaution
Long Beach, Calif. Figures dont
lie. but they might Influence Judges.
So 75 blonde must wear old-fashioned
bathing suits when they par
ade In a golden hair contest here
May $.
Anti-Whirlwind
Denver o. W. Bowman, 64-year-
old Palisade, Colo., bank president.
suggested in a letter to Gov. Teller
Ammons that army bombing planes
be enlisted to attack tornadoes.
A bomb exploded near the base
of a storm funnel would dissipate its
energy, he said.
Ammons said the plan "seems to
have great possibilities."
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MIRRORS RIP LA CI MICH AN ICS jg
(M-sall tntflaaaiwlls wedway aato rare Ms; 1$, en4 her'
WIM Bill" Csuamriur. are driver. aasrhvr sood visibility. Rale
.repair mirror m earh Me of rarer. Riding mechanic formerly
M Jk el watching lh aparwea W ear.
Time-Saver
Mollne. Ill Harvey Clark sub
stituted a telephone conversation
for a court appearance and every
one concerned was satisfied.
Instead of returning to Belolt,
Wis., for trial on a charge of vio
lating traffic laws, Clark pleaded
guUty by telephone, heard himself
fined $100 and then deposited that
amount with th Mollne police
cniei.
Noisy Introduction
Mount Pleasant, Iowa It was
Just one crash after another when
James McManua and M. J. Kerr
met.
Their cars collided In the business
district and thry got out to talk it
over. In the midst of the discus
sion they heard another crash. Kerr's
car, parkrd on a slop, had rolled
Into McManus car.
Is
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Mcttti
Beer
in
This comment on th governor's
Inclinations to slip in a cuss word
now and then reminds us of an oc
caslon awhile back when your col
umnist. In a burst of especial glory
and pride, was assigned to sit on
th sam platform with a lot of
dignitaries. Including th governor,
at a certain school function. We
happened to be sitting adjoining
the school principal, one of Salem's
most estimable ladles who has an
especial aversion to cusswords of
aU types and varieties. The gov
ernor, a speaker of th occasion.
waa sailing along through about
th fourth paragraph of his speech
when he Interjected a "damn" with
explosive effect. The principal
leaned over to us and in low whis
per remarked, "There, he put that
word In two paragraphs earlier
than I expected."
Reports from southern Oregon
are to the effect that Sam Brown
of Gervals who started out with his
$40 and a Ford haa appeared In the
counties of the pear belt In a 193$
Butck. which If true will be a deep
disappointment to his local fans
and may head off another gasoline
shower at his sausag and filbert
ranch. Reporters down that way
dldnt report as to whether they
searched Sam's pocket to see If he
had mor than $40 therein.
Residents along MU1 creek In the
city environs are complaining bit
terly as to th Impolite manner of
fishermen who fish the creek via
backyards. While the lot owner Is
grubbing In his garden, now and
then a fisherman comes along and
yanks a trout out under the own
er's nose and with supercilious air
walks on without even offering to
cut th fish in two. Bom of them
even to so far as to stir around in
the newly spaded gardens to grab
off worms for their bait. Even the
city peasant is downtrodden.
Down Dinner Host
SUvcrton Mr. and Mrs. Al Down
were host to members of their
family at a dinner during Easter
vacation with places made for Mr.
and Mrs. Hartwlck Dehl and Kath
leen of Valsetx, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Schauta. Mr. - and Mrs. James
Down, Frank Andrews, John Black
wood. Garnet, Alfred and Boboy
Down and Mr nd Mm. Al Down.
MANY'NEVER
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OF BACKACHES
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Trouble Started
Apparently Mr. Lorents thought
too. His arrangements for the
world premier of "The River" were
In keeping with the high calibre of
the production. Potted palms were
hired for the lobby of the New Or
leans theatre where It was to open.
Publicity telegrams were sent to
leading citizens of the city. Everyone
was Invited around to have a sip
before and after. Very long distance
phone calls added to the promotional
aspects of the private showing "for
holders of cards only."
Th bill came to $538.78. It was
duly presented to the comptroller
less office of the comptroller gen
eral, and there the trouble started.
If the accounting system had been
changed as proposed In the reor
ganlzatlon bill, the trouble might
have been avoided. Under the post-
audit system the expense account
might have been paid.
Unfortunately the accountants
have no artistic appreciation of pot
ted palms, sips, etc., and flatly re
fused to sanction the $938.78 on the
ground It was not authorized under
the law.
Mr. Xorents's efforts to stimulate
buying power might thus have come
to personal disaster. He might have
been forced to pay for It himself.
More Fine Pictures
In this same era of government
economy before the new spending
move was made, the government was
able to produce many other three
star movies. The U. 8. information
service Issued a bulletin the other
day listing these, and inviting people
to present them for their educational
value.
The one which appeared to have
the greatest educational value Is en'
titled: . "Why Strawberries . Grow
Whiskers." Reviewers say it .clears
up that profound enigma which has
been puzzling the world for all time.
Other titles: "Barnyard Under
world'.' "T. B. or Not T. B.," "Tale of
Two Bulls."
However, these are being presented
without palms. .
Rumors of congressmen switching
positions for the new wages-hours
bill are thicker than flies and Just
as thin. One or two Important
changes of position may develop in
the house, but probably not enough
to make any difference. Careful re.
checking of the house rules com'
mlttee Indicates there will be no
wages-hours bill this session unless
the administration Is able to offer
more convincing Inducements.
A little shot-gun reorganization of
the third circuit court Is being
quietly attempted by the adminis
tration with some success. A provi
sion was written into the new
Judgeship bill In the house directing
that two more Judges be appointed
to the Pennsylvania circuit which
has been plaguing the new deal with
adverse labor and tax decisions.
The provision was obviously de
signed to push out two Judges be
cause It specified that after their
retirement, the vacancies should not
be filled. The two Judges, one 78,
another 71, have announced their
Intention of retiring. -
Trying to Retire Judge
Bui uie new aeaiers do not con
sider their victory won. They put In
another provision specifying that
a Judge over the retirement age may
not serve as senior circuit Judge.
.1
0 . A . R . congress In Washing
ton starting April 18 will vol oo
Mrs. Henry M. Robert, Jr.
(above), unopposed csndldste
for president general. She's from
Annapolis, Md. '
With this thry are trying to force
out the senior circuit Judge who Is
83.
Not much resistance has been of
fered In congress so far on the
ground that It is a minor situation.
although It Involves the same tac
tics the president proposed for tn .
supreme court, f
The Justice department ha re
ceived a letter from an unemployed
professional hangman who volun
teered to solve the situation created
by three pending executions under
federal law.
"I do this only from a human
standpoint." th Independent non
union executioner wrote from hi
home In Illinois. "I make no char
ges tor work or time. Th only ex
penses will be hotel, traveling and
Incidentals. I have helped and
supervised In more than 70 hang
ings. "I havt a rope, strap, cap and a
wonderful steel trap door."
P. 8. He won't get the Job. Th
department Is hiring the Stat of
Michigan to perform the next ed
eral execution July 8..
Pastor In Palestine
Pratum Word has been received
her that Rev. Amanda Mltxner,
former pastor of Pratum Methodist
church, who has been In vangelis f
tic work in Burma for the past four
years, has been given a furlough.
She sailed for Palestine March 30.
From there she will go through
London to New York. Her sister,
Miss Ida Mltzner, expects her to ar
rive at her home tn Albany some
time In June.
American refrigerators are becom
ing popular tn French Morocco.
Tomorrow and Saturday
Positively Last Days
of the
Treasure Chest
This is YOUR opportunity lo gel many of those piece
of glassware and china you've wanted and at
your own price. There are hundreds of other
Items that make admirable gifts.
SALES DAILY
2:30 p. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Come Early Select Your Items Then
Request Them Put Up Early in the Sale
The Treasure Chest
230 N. Liberty St.
Salem, Ore.
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