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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1939)
sixRzir The Capital Journal, Salem; Oregon Tuesday, March 21, 1939 Shingle Drive Under Way in Washington Washington. March 21 UPtA de termined drive to revue provisions of the Canadian trade agreement to protect the Pacific northweat ahtn gle Industry and to re-enact other benefit expiring In June la under way In Washington. Latest developments came last Thursday when Senator Bone of Washington Introduced in behalf of himself and Senator McNary of Oregon bills to restore former im port quotas on Canadian shingle Imports and to require the marking of foreign lumber with the point of origin. Bone also took occasion during a lengthy speech on the floor to call for the re-enactment of an excise tax of 12 per thousand board feet on general lumber Imports, which will expire June 30. The shingle measure by Bone and McNary would limit Canadian shin gle Imports to 25 per cent of the annual consumption of the United 8 tales market. This quota existed prior to negotiation of the Canadian agreement, which permitted Imports of 30 per cent, duty free, and fixed no limit on amounts above that level provided Canada paid duty at the rate of 29 cents per square. Bone told the senate the trade treaty provisions 'indicated a seem Ing determination to favor foreign producers and foreign labor over our own producer and our own la bor." The United States wage, he said, was 60 per cent greater than the Canadian average. "The shingle industry was get ting along fairly well under the 25 per cent quota," he said, "but the new treaty provisions deal a severe blow to the shingle Industry. It is a serious question whether the American shingle industry can sur vive at all under the Impact of the Canadian competition, and in that event Canadian mills will serve vtr tually 100 per cent of our market within a tew years. So far as shin gles are concerned, the agreement of 1038 is not reciprocal at all." Play Shed Rushed Brush College The WPA project, a 53 by 32 feet play shed at the Brush College school, Is reported about half finished. The school grounds have been cleared of brush which was obliterating the small trees and shrubs which were plant ed there. The playground Is alio to be drained. Might Change Name Of Old High Street Recommendations came to the city council from the plan ning and zoning commission relative to street names to re move the confusion caused to mail carriers. It was recom mended that A street, sometimes called a part of North Commercial be called North Liberty Instead. Also It was recommended thst one of two Grant streets in norheast Salem be called Roosevelt street as originally Intended. More important was a recom mendation that the High street be eliminated entirely and that the street be known throughout its length as Broadway, Instead of only that portion north of the Liberty confluence. To this Alderman O'Hara jbjected, suggesting It would be better to re-name Liberty street and call it Broadway, If the city is determined to have a Broadway. The entire matter of name changes Davis Oilers Plan lor Park An extensive plan for Improve ment of the old auto camp ground was presented to the city council last night by City Engineer J. H Davis, and a special committee will look into its feasibility. Davis' remarks were supplement ed by Chester Nelson, national youth administration officer, now using the administration bulldlrg on the grounds, and by G. ft. Boat writ? ht, resident engineer for the WPA. Davis suggested that, with WPA funds already available, together with an unused $2,500 In the bandstand fund, the park be filled In to normal flood level and be surrounded with a stone wall whlcn could be made part of the She! ton ditch improvement. Alderman David O'Hara objected to use of the bandstand fund un less It would be r.rranged by con ference with the Cherrian band officials. Inasmuch as the band stand, removed by Inroads of the new atatehouse. had been a dona tion from the late Joseph H. Al bert. O'Hara suggested the money might be taken from the fire De partment fund, but to this Fire Chief Harry Hutton objected, ex plaining that plans have been drawn for a new fire station In South Salem. Mayor Chad wick appointed as a special committee to look Into the matter the chairmen of the street, sewer, park and ways and means committees and the chairman of the rlty park board. was referred to the street committee! The council adopted the plan for Turner road Improvement, agree' on between the city and the county court, whereby the county Improves the road between 16th and 25th and the city takes it over as a city atreet. Instead of allowing a disputed 1150 to be paid by Lee U. Eyerly, who was willing to sacrifice that amount to get the street Improved, the city will pay the amount. The city will not attempt to change the entrance of Riverside drive into the city from Miller to Owens street, as petitioned for by a number of property owners, but In stead will have tome of the hazard removed at the Miller street en trance. . . This was the decision of the city council last night when an adverse report of the street committee was adopt" at the same time Instruct ing the city attorney to remove haz ards at the Miller street turn Into Salem. Adoption of another resolution will permit of the opening of 13th atreet from Nebraska to D, thereby ex tending 13th practically through the north part of the city. Another opening will be effected by adoption of a resolution last night, Introduced by Alderman Da vid O'Hara and Ross Goodman to open McCoy avenue between Madi son and Erickson. Installation of "slow" signs at the Summer and Market Intersection was approved. Applications of the Indian service for exclusive parking space on High street at the Oregon building .and of the Postal Tele graph Ac Cable company for parking space on St te front of the Postal office, were denied. An extension of franchise was vot ed to the Southern Pacific company for use of Front and Division streets, but for only 10 years Instead of the 20 requested by the company. Any engineering work done on the streets is to have the approval of the city engineer. Smith Loses Limb Mt. Angel P. N. Smith is report ed to be recovering following an operation he underwent at St. Vin cent's hospital Monday morning in which his right leg was amputated below the hip. Smith has under gone a number of operations on his leg during the past year during which time he has been bed-ridden. Noted Speaker Dated for Two Addresses Here A noted speaker, John Nevin Sayre, a Protestant Episcopal min ister, who Is chairman of the Inter national Fellowship of Reconcilia tion, will be in Salem for two ad dresses Wednesday. At 11:30 a. m he will speak at Willamette chapel on the subject "Youth In Other Lands Facing the Future." At 7:30 p. m. he will speak at the First Meth odist church on a subject yet to be announced. Mr. Siyre Is a brother of Francis B. Sayre, whose wife, not now living, was a daughter of President Wood- row Wilson. The speaker will come to Salem by automobile, accompan ied by Harold Stone Hull, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Hull of Salem, who also la with the peace movement with which Mr. Sayre Is connected. For the past three years Mr. Sayre has t:en president of the Na tional Peace conference which In cludes in its membership 42 Ameri can national organizations interest ed in world service. Fifteen countries were visited by Mr. Sayre In a four months' Journey to Europe last summer. He conferred with diplomats, government officials and peace leaders and presided at the International fellowship of rec onciliatlon conference In Holland which was attended by delegates from 18 nations. It was Mr. Sayre's 12th journey to Europe in the Inter ests of peace since the war. In 1928 he headed a mission of the Fellow ship of Reconciliation to Central America. He was formerly editor and then president of the "World To morrow.' After graduation from Princeton university he was secretary of the Christian association there. He is a vice chairman of the committee on militarism in education. He has preached in leading churches in this country and abroad, lectured in uni vers! ties, at summer conferences, luncheon clubs and forums and is a contributor to various magazines. Farmer Union Meets Zena At the March meeting of the Spring Valley Farmers' Union, local No. 242, George W. Potts, state president of the Farmers' Un ion, talked on measures of interest to the organization which were brought up at the legislature and on the cooperative in general. R. C. Shepard, president of the local, pre sided over the meeting Mrs. J. A. French and Mrs. Chris Youngen were In charge of refrpshments. Betty Williams, who has return ed to take charge of the hosiery department at Block's 8hoe store after an absence of six months. Spring Term . Begins Tuesday With the first class In "Main Ten dencies in Contemporary Liter.' ture," the Salem branch of the Ore gon state system of higher educa- tlon will reopen for spring term Tuesday evening at the old Salem high school, it was announced Mon day. The literature course will take up American authors this term and will be taught by Dr. Rudolph Ernst, professor of English at the Univer sity of Oregon. Books and authors to be studied include "Look Home ward Angel" by Thomas Wolfe, "Arrowsmith" by Sinclair Lewis "Ethan Prome" by Edith Wharton, My Antonia" by Wllla Cather "Winesburg, Ohio'' by Sherwood Anderson, "North of Boston" by Robert Frost, "Emperor Jones" by Eugene O'Neill, "Elizabeth the Queen" by Maxwell Anderson, and works of Stephen Vincent Benet. . Dr. Ernst, an outstanding author lty on contemporary literature, will explain motives and ideas behind the books as well as vividly describ ing them and their technique. Two courses In accounting will also be offered Tuesday afternoon and evening by O. K. Burrell, pro fessor of business administration at the university; history of painting. Wednesday, by N. B. Zane, profes sor of space arts at the university; Immigration and Race Relations, Wednesday, by Dr. S. H. Jameson professor of sociology, and curricu lum building, by Dr. F. O. Macom- ber, professor of education. The curriculum building course will be changed from Thursday to Tuesdays, it was announced. It will continue to meet in the Garfield school from 4 to 6 p. m. Student may recister for any of Oregon Has Little Need of School Aid Oregon, because Its school system Is well-fixed financially compared with other states, will not gain much under the proposed W75.000.000 fed eral five-year education program de signed to help poorer states. If congress passes the federal-aid education bill, Oregon would receive 127,054 for the fiscal year beginning next July 1, $219,458 for the follow ing year, and 1300,662 for each of the three following years. During each of the last three years of the program, 1120,000 would be spent for general aid, 1125,637 for adult education, $50,475 for rural lib rary service, 130.000 for buildings. $6750 for the state department of public Instruction, $6000 for teacher aid, and $21,800 for cooperative ed ucational research and planning. The legislature passed a bill to en able Oregon to take advantage of the federal money. But the federal government says that only the Dlstrlot of Columbia and eight other states need federal the courses, all of which carry col lege and university credit, at the first meetings of classes. aid less than Oregon does, whereas the southern states will get the most help. Those that are the best fixed fi nancially are the District of Co lumbia. Delaware. New York, Neva da, California. New Jersey. Massa chusetts. Connecticut, Rhode isiana and Oregon, with Washington rank ing 22nd. Oregon spends about $B4 a year to educate each school pupil, the U. S. average being $80. But Oregon pays Its teachers an average salary of only $1200 a year while the U. 6. average Is $1283. Arkansas teachers get only $504 a year. Oregon and Washington lead all states with 30.2 per cent of their school pupils in high school, the fed eral average being 22.7 per cent However, Oregon ic last In the list of states contributing to support of schools, since it leu the counties pay 30.5 per cent and local districts the rest of the $17,000,000 a year cost. States on the average pay 29.4 per cent of the cost, whereas Oregon pays none. Grange Social Host West Salem The West Salem Orange was host for the visitation night of the Folk county granges A mock wedding was put on by the men of the West Salem grange. There were several other numbers from other granges. Refreshments were served after the program, fol lowed with a dance. 52 CCC Boys Leave for Dixie Fifty-two Dixie boys left Cams Mill City, near silver Creek falls, this morning for their homes in tht sunny south. In the group were three boys, Rubs Dossey, Gerald Yarborough and Hugh Collins, who took with them citations for metorlous service in the CCC's from Brigadier General George Orunert of Vancouver Bar. racks. Six, Robert Grlner, Maurice Wiley, Jess Sharpe. Hugh Collins, Gerald Yarborough and Rube Dossey, win recommended to the Federal Km. ployment agencies for employment. Six boys, William Urquhart, Charles Hardegree, James Clackum, Jesse Bandy, Harvey T. Jackson aiid Hubert Biffle, were awarded eeitlll. cates in carpentry work at the camp graduation exercises held Monday night. Nineteen boys were awarded eighth grade diplomas for work com pleted In the Oregon public schools. Forty-four boys were awarded eti quette certificates by the Marion county adult educational authorities. A new school building of 2200 square feet Is now being occupied. 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