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Bodies Brought Ashore After Cruiser Sinking Coast
Guardsmen beach a lifeboat through the surf at Diones Point
near Nantucket Island, Mass., bearing three bodies of persons
drowned in the sinking of a 38-foot cabin cruiser several miles
off the coast. A total of nine bodies were recovered following
swamping of the cruiser Constance in a thunderstorm. Two
persons saved themselves by swimming ashore. A volunteer
search plane may be seen in the distance. (AP Wirephoto)
Monmouth Reservoir Space
Increase Gets Council Nod
Monmouth at the city council meeting the first steps were
taken looking toward an increase of reservoir space for city
water storage. This has been looked forward to for some time.
Several years ago additional land was bought on Cupid's Knoll,
immediately to the east of the present reservoir, which it is
r,nw nroDosed to Dut to use.
Spurred on the move to make
this change is the fact that in
mid-summer when the weather
is dry and hot spell is on the
city, half of the reservoir can
be emptied in five hours. It is
standard policy to leave half of
the reservoir full as a safeguard
in emergency.
The new proposed reservoir
will be 90 feet in diameter and
16 feet deep. It will be built of
concrete, mostly above the
ground end will have a capacity
of a million gallons. Circula
tion of water in the reservoir
will be managed through ar
rangement of the interior units.
The present two-section reser
voir holds 125,000 gallons. '
The city has been negotiating
with the Correy Engineering
company of Portland to draw up
plans for the new project and
Mr. Carson, representative of
the company, was present at the
meeting last week. The council
authorized the Portland con
cern to draw up preliminary
plans. Attorney Fred Calef of
Independence was employed to
look after legal work relative to
the calling of a special election
and the promotion of a bond is
sue.
Since action is being pressed
by state officials relative to sew
age disposal plant, the two pro
posals will come close together
and may be acted on at one time
Agreement with Indepen
dence relative to joining in con
struction of a sewage disposal
system was voted.
Report was made on statistics
of street hard surfacing. Forty
six city blocks were covered at
a total cost of $3592.45 or a cost
per block of $78.09. It took 9.4
yards of gravel per block and
271 gallons of oil.
Bulldozer Strikes
Tree, House Burns
Canby, Sept. 13 W) A bull
dozer, a tree and a 11,500-volt
power line tangled yesterday
and a house burned, another
house had its wiring system
burned out and a one-block area
was blacked out.
Clackamas County Fire War
den Ernest Evanson reported the
Demos Support
Sheriff Elliott
Portland, Sept. 13 W) One-
fourth of Multnomah county's
democratic central committee
members support, 148 to 51
Sheriff M. L. Elliott. He faces a
recall threat to his office.
The ballot was taken last
night at a meeting called by
Chairman Nich o 1 a s Granet.
About 200 of the party's 800 pre
cinct workers attended.
Five members spoke from the
floor in favor of the young she
riff after Granet announced the
ballot plan. No one spoke out
against Elliott. Later, State Sen
ator Richard Neuberger, a dem
ocrat who has opposed Elliott s
tenure in office, criticized Gran-
et's handling of the meeting. He
said the chairman had used
"Granet's rules of order not
Robert's rules." He said Granet
prevented opposition speakers
from being recognized by the
chair.
Baltimore Plans to Fete
Observance of Poe's Death
By DON JENNINGS
Baltimore U.R) Baltimore, which lays claim to being the scene
of Edgar Allen Poe's transition from obscurity to literary re
nown, is making elaoorate preparations lor observance oi tne
100th anniversary of his death.
Poe died here Oct. 7, 1849, at the age of 40. He is buried in
the Westminster Presbyterian
churchyard in downtown Baltimore.
A highlight of "Poe Week,"
Oct. 1-7, will be the dedication
of Poe House in Amity street as
a memorial. Poe is said to have
produced some of his best-known
works in the garret of this mod
est little house that has just been
restored.
The 20th Century began Jan.
1, 1901, not 1900. If the 19th
century had ended on Dec. 31,
1899, the first century would
have covered only 99 years.
bulldozer knocked over a tree.
The tree shorted the heavy volt
age line and burned out a trans
former. This set afire the home
of Burnell Vernon and caused
$3,000 damage. The wiring sys
tem and all electric appliances
at the home of neighbor John
Weimer were burned out.
The block area of rural New
Era was without power for an
hour and a half.
The week's ceremonies, ar
ranged by the Edgar Allan Poe
Society of Baltimore, will begin
with a public program during
which the Johns Hopkins Play
shop will present an episode
from Sophie Treadwell's play,
"Plumes in the Dust," the story
of Poe's life.
Commemorations in schools
and by civic organizations are
scheduled throughout the week
and the observance will close
with a memorial meeting at the
grave outside Westminster
church.
The opening of Poe House
brings the society a long-sought
symbol of its efforts to "pro
mote a better understanding of
Poe's life and works."
The house is situated in what
was one of the city's worst
blight areas, up to a few years
ago. The city housing author
ity spared the building when it
cleared the slum area surround
ing It, and gave custody of the
building to the Poe Society,
which restored it.
Poe, who was born in Boston,
came to live with his aunt, Mrs.
Maria Clemm, in the little brick
dwelling at 203 Amity street In
1832, shortly after his dismissal
from West Point for disregard
ing regulations. He went to
Richmond, Va., in 1835 with his
wife and Mrs. Clemm to join
the staff of the Southern Liter
ary Messenger.
...
The three years he spent in
Baltimore were among the "most
significant" of his life, accord
ing to Poe followers here.
He came here an obscure
poet, whose writings had had
little recognition," said Dr. John
C. French, honorary president of
the Poe Society.
"While he lived on Amity
street he perfected his mastery
of the short story and originated
a new type of fiction the de
tective story. Baltimore was
the scene of his literary appren
ticeship and his emergence a:
critic and writer."
French made these points in
plea to Postmaster General
Jesse Donaldson to make Balti
more the first-day sale city for
a Poe commemorative stamp to
be issued Oct. 7.
The post office department,
however, awarded the first-day
honors to Richmond. And now
Baltimore has asked for a
simultaneous issuance in the: accomplished
two cities.
Liberty Year Opens
With School Filled
Liberty. Sept. 13 The Liber
ty school opened on Monday
with 143 pupils being enrolled.
Mrs. Florence Whelan who
teaches first grade has 29, Mrs.
Agnes Palmer, second grade
with 25, Mrs. Wilma Hammond,
third and fourth, 33: Mrs. Mary
Lovett, fourth and fifth with 33,
and Mr. Louis Bartlett, vice
principal, sixth grade has 21.
Repute red In the first trade are Don
aid Sic clton, Harry Skflton. B?tty Lou
Dehrena, Linda Kay Ferris, Rachel Ann
Ir.mpton. Vivian Hills. Sharon Rifle.
DorUt Ry bloom, Barbara Shreve, Caro
lyn Slewert, Joanne Mullln. Evelyn Tea
tin, David Boitz. Duncan Clark;, Ernest
dray, Michael Holder, Arthur Hopulna,
Richard Knepper, Frank Lewis, David
Mlachke, Edward Mask a I. Terrene) Be.
sor. Steven Seeger. Michael Whelan, James
wirth. Patricia Lee Woodward. George
Bent. Da r old Cain, and Dennis Shelton.
Marion Miller is principal of
the school and John Turner re
placed Walter Lant, who is in
California, as janitor.
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Dallas Straightening of t h e
channel of LaCreole creek In the
Ellendale district has been com
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by Forrest and Lester Martin
with the cooperation of neigh
bors in the district.
During high water periods the
creek had washed out valuable
bottom land along the creek and
was threatening other garden
spots, orchards and fields. Dur
ing times of flood, debris piled
up, causing the creek's flow to
be diverted with the result that
it "bounced" from curve to
curve, cutting into the river silt
on each curve.
The channel straightening was
along a quarter-
mile stretch with John Aebi op
erating a bulldozer. One deep
cut was required, and it was nec
essary to cut off the old chan
nel with huge piles of rock.
The job required about three
weeks to complete. Eight prop
erty owners were affected in the
immediate project which is also
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tne creek become a rampaging
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Answering promptly and giving others a full minute to answer when you call are first on Janie ' list of aids to service.
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a row, she waits several minutes between each one. "It's
simple to make friends with others on our line," Janie points
out. "I just use the telephone the way I like them to."
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