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Newspaper Page TextLocal Paragraph, l Ribbon to Musketeer "The Three Musketeers" wei the name of one entry in the Cherryland Festival parade Saturday that heretofore hasn't made the news columns. The personnel was the three male democratic candi dates for the legislature. P W Hale. Alvin Whitlaw and Lar ry Koch. They won special riooon award. OSEA to Meet The Oregon State Employes' association. inapter No. 1. will meet Wed nesday, June 21 at 8 p.m. In the Salem Woman's club. President C. w. Tandy will preside, and a travelogue slide display will do tne man feature of entertain ment Refreshments will be served following the meeting. Soil Tour Nut Week The big event of the coming week is the soil conservation field tour for businessmen to be held Tuesday, June 27, starting at the farm of Joe Fitts near Brooks at 9:15 a. m. Lunch will be served In the Silverton park at noon. In the afternoon, a trip will be made to the Irvin Bar tel farm near Shaw to see the effect of the soil conservation demonstration put on last fall by the Oregon Grange, Santiam soil conservation district, Unit ed States soil conservation serv ice, and extension service. School Burglarised The Mar ion county sheriff's office re ceived a report Wednesday to the effect that "large amounts" of . food had been stolen by burglars who broke Into Swegle school. Conference Called Members of the state unemployment com pensation commission and other state officials will leave here to morrow, for a Klamath Falls meeting of the state employment advisory board Friday. Calvin Crumbaker of Eugene is board chairman. Employment problems and methods of creating addi tional Jobs will be prime topics of the meeting. Excavation to Start Excava tion will start within a week on basement under the girls' dor mitory at Oregon School for the Blind. A contract for $9875 was given the Mills Construction company of Salem, the low bid der, by the state board of con trol. Prisoner Goes to Hospital Charles Schnacker, a transient, was released by Salem police Wednesday for a voluntary com mittment to the Oregon state hospital. Schnacker was arres ted June IS on a drunk charge. Junior Democrats Picnic Marion county Junior Demo crats, who have planned a no host picnic for Sunday, June 25, have announced that Instead of the picnic being held at the Bill Harris place in the Keizer dis trict it will be held at the home of Cornelius Bateson, who re sides on route 5, Salem, in the Pratum district. Those attending the picnic will meet at the head quarters at 182 North Commer cial street and transportation is to be furnished those needing it. The first cars are to. leave the headquarters for the picnic at 8:30 p. m. and the last will leave at 7:30 p. m. Eyerly Pleads Innocent Jack Eyerly, a South River road resi dent, pleaded innocent Wednes ' day in district court to charges of careless operation of an air craft. The complaint against Eyerly was signed by Mildred Query, route S, which charged that an airplane had been op erated in the vicinity of Roberts In a careless and reckless man ner "so ai to endanger the life and property of others." Eyerly was released on his own recog nizance. I J Theft Reported The theft of a drill, sander and polisher, val ued at $32 was reported to Sa . lem police by Harry W. Scott, 147 South Commercial. MILITARY MEN AND VETERANS Wednesday. In 11 Headquarters and headquarters company iiwa replacement oepot, Army Reserra, at Army Reserve quonset hut. Thursday, June it . MMth Volunteer Air Reserve unit In third floor conference room of the City ball, , Find to Vet Group The American Legion, the Vet erans of Foreign Wars and the Dis abled American Veteran will share tlB.7e-t.S0 of state funds for the next fiscal year starting July 1 to help defray tne eon oi uieir renaoiuia Uon programs, the Oregon Depart ment of Veterans' Affairs announced this week. The funds will be split on the basis of M per cent to the Ltglon, U per cent to the VTW and $4 per cent to the DAY. BORN Tk Capital Joaraal Waeooeoea the following Hew Clttiens MLtM MIMOaiAL nosriTAi pnai-n Mr. u4 an. Trsr Mn, SMI If. Front, s Ma. Jrae St. mr-n Mr. eiwj Mn. Alt rsrr, Autemkt, a aa hur. j m. SUM OBK1BAL aOPlTl BCNDXn To Mr. ens Mn. Free Dm er. mi Itth. see, Jane So HAMIT T. Mr. and Mn. wmiM L. Mum, ri, , to ma, s usbur, jum "ward t Mr. sad Mrs. Alfred Wsrd, leans, son. Mas M. Mmjsorr t Mr. snd Mn. Ttn4 tMukesT, M Welts, s aeasMer, Jew 11. artaTotr TAKDSOOTKtlKO T Mr. aW Mn. Crnlls VtaaoooTvrlQt of wood. Knickerbocker Appointed M. c iinicKerDocKer, Salem, was appointed to the executive com mittee of the Western States brand conference at Salt Lake City yesterday. The group, hold ing its annual meeting, rep re sents is western states. Clothing round Girl's cloth ing, found apparently abandon ed at Leslie pool, was turned over to Salem police who re leased it to J. C. Forbes. Forbes said hi daughter reported the clothing stolen. A purse, con taining some $2 in cash was not recovered. Pomeroy Moves G. C. Pome- roy has completed moving his home from 449 North Capitol to 4715 North River road. He bought the latter property from the Frank Evans estate and has leased the North Capitol street property to Elmer O. Smith. Townsend Club Meeting Townsend club No. 10 will meet this week at 2258 Ford street. Waive Indictments Two men waived grand Jury indictments in Marion county circuit court Wednesday. They are Virgil L. Collins, charged with threaten ing to commit a felony, and Thomas N. Mommsen, charged with obtaining money by false pretenses. A disposition of each case will be made later. Collins allegedly threatened to beat up a woman, while Mommsen is charged with passing a bogus check in the amount of $19. Bears of Sister's Death Mrs. Victor L. Withrow, 4090 Beck avenue, has received word from Birmingham, Ala., of the death of her sister, Mrs. William Rob erts, who suffered a stroke Tues day and died last night. The fun eral will be held Thursday in La Grange, Ga. Mrs. Roberts is survived by her mother, Mrs. Mattie L. Holderfleld of Stand ing Rock, Ala., who is seriously ill; a brother, Terrell Holderfield of La Grange, Ga.; and sisters. Mrs. Homer H. Holladay of Bir mingham, and Mrs. Withrow of Salem. Dismissed From Hospital Taking infants home from Sa lem General hospital yesterday! were Mrs. Don Smith and son, 960 N. 19th; Mrs. Floyd Corwin and son. Box 207, Turner; Mrs. Robert Kime and daughter, 3164 Ten .avenue; Mrs. Delmar Nel son and son, Detroit; and Mrs. Robert McKern and son, . Inde pendence. Arts Club Meeting The Cre ative group of the Salem Arts as sociation will meet in the art studios at 193 N. Commercial on Friday evening at 7:30. Rotary Heart Loekman Frank Loekman, a .recent cum laude graduate of Willamette university at the age of 52, told members of the Portland Rotary club Tuesday noon that "it is now possible and extremely practical tor adults to take cour se which they absolutely need and neglected when they attend ed college." He also mentioned that there are over 30 million now participating in adult edu cation and that this number is increasing as people are becom ing more educationally minded. Dr. G. Herbert Smith, president of Willamette, introduced Lock man to the audience which num bered more than 400 men. Johnson tn Hospital The con dition of Harry B. Johnson, as sistant superintendent of public schools, was described as "fair" at the Salem General hospital Wednesday forenoon. Johnson was hospitalized early in the week after suffering a heart at tack. OT1 Graduates A number of Salem men received diplomas from Oregon Technical Institute at Klamath Falls during gradu ating exercises held there. They Included: Carroll A. Butts, ca binetmaking; Wilbert H. Busack, watchmaking; Bruce D. Peter son, auto body and fender repair; Calvin K, Bishop, refrigeration servicing; Robert L. Newby, gunsmithing; and Solon P. Shin- kle, office equipment repair. Carnation plants. Extra large in bloom. 30 to 85c each. East ridge Greenhouse, 1055 2nd St W. Salem. 130 Phone 22406 before 6 p.m. It you mist your Capital Journal. Crolsan Creek building lite, one of the few place left with the creek running through it 125 ft, frontage on the macadam ized road, shade trees and plen ty wood. 4 mile from Ladd Jc Bush. Adjacent to modern hornet. Phone owner at 1-8893 or tea me on the place Sunday 130 Family recently transferred to Salem desire lease of I bdrm or larger home, turn or unfurn. Will take excellent care of house at gardens. Ref. Ph. 3-9261. 147 Road Oiling, call Tweedie 2-4181. Ere J-576S. Phone 22406 before 6 pm. If you mis your capital Journal. New aoUproof washable Qlendura famout wallpaper, ft L Elf strom Co Phona 12408 before 6 pjn. tf you mi your capital Journal. Amateur Radio Unique Contest Member of the Salem Ama teur Radio club will participate in a unique contest with other amateur radio clubs throughout the nation Saturday and Sun day. Objective of the contest is to contact as many stations as pos sible in 14 hours with two-way radio equipment. The contest runs from 4 p.m. Saturday to 4 p.m. Sunday. Last year, the Salem club fin ished third in the national con test. Local radiomen averaged about a contact per minute for the first three or four hours. To participate in the contest, members of the Salem club will conduct their annual two-day outing at Monument Park, near Gates. There, the radio equip ment will be set up, and the radiomen will record each con tact made. About 20 or 25 members of the local club are expected to participate in the novel contest. A highlight of the trip will be the automobile caravan carrying club members from Salem to the Monument Park campsite. Nearly all members of the club have their cart equipped with two-way radios, and they carry on conversation between cars while such a caravan is moving. The caravan will leave Salem about 9:30 a.m. Saturday. liv ing the radio operators time to set up their portable equipment at Monument Park in time for the contest's start at 4 p.m. The group will return to Sa lem Sunday evening. Attlee Asks Labor Party to Stand Put London, June 21 VP) Prime Minister Attlee called on labor- itet in the house of commons to day to stand firm against a con servative-liberal challenge of the government's Schuman plan policy. He outlined bit strategy at a meeting of the parliamentary la bor party. This consists of the 315 labor MP I in the house. Winston Churchill, leader of the conservatives, teamed up with liberal leader Clement Da- vies last night on a motion de manding that Britain Join cur rent six-nation talks in Paris about the plan for pooling the coal and steel resources of west ern Europe. The motion will be debated Monday. Mrs. Brook HI Mrs. Mil dred Robertson Brooks, who for many year was Marion county recorder, is reported seriously 111 at 950 Tamarack street where she has been living the last year. Trackers File Delbert and Raymond Davis of Monitor Wed nesday filed an assumed business name certificate for D & D Trucking, headquarters of which will be in Monitor. Cocker Spaniel pups, solid color, tat, frisky and healthy. 3130 North River Road. 148 Young torn turkeys 39c lb. C. S. Orwig Market, 4373 Silver ton Rd. Ph. 28128. 150 Drawing hie. plant. Ph. 39621. 147 Eola Acres Florist. Ph. 1-5730. 147 Air-steamship tickets, KugeL 153 North High Pit. 3-7694. 147 Vision-Aid means Semler made. For glasses ground to your optometrist's prescription get Vision-Aid glasses at Semler Op tical Offices, Waters -Adolph Bldg., Stat It Com'L Ph. 3-3311. 147 The new Flexalum Vinyl Plas tic Tap it now available In sev eral colon. Call ut for estimates. Ph. 2-3639. ReihhoMt it Lewis. 147 Save on wallpaper. B. D. Woodrow Co. Oil Ward, prop. 430 Center, Salem. 155 Dr. Plnjon, chiropodist, foot oare. Offsets Bldg. Ph. 2-0704. Baltic Summer Festival Celebrated Here Latvians and Es tonians in this area, women arrayed in native costumes and men wearing wreaths as the occasion requires, assembled at the YWCA Tuesday night to celebrate their summer festival with song and dance. This ancient festival, dating from pre historic, pagan times, is associated with the summer solstis. Britain Plans (Continued from Pare 11 After Lie's previous talks with British government leaders on his save-the-UN mission to Wa shington, London, Paris and Moscow, Foreign Secretary Er nest Bevin announced Britain would support Red China but only three Russia, India and Yugoslavia have supported the Peiping membership bid up to now. Seven affirmative votes are needed to seat the Reds in the security council. Lie has been working behind the scenes to swing other votes, including those of France and Egypt, with the hope of settling the question by the end of July. Britain has approached Egypt, Ecuador and France on the Chi na question but got no commit ments. The French position is complicated by the anti-communist campaign in Indo-China. The United States has an nounced it will not support Red China but will not try to veto a majority decision. Religious plays of the 15th Century sometimes took 30 days to perform. COURT NEWS Circuit Court L. H. CuBDbelL db SUvtr FilU Ilsetrte ti. Ralph A. WoitenbeTf sod trtbtra: An- j war admitting ud' denying flltd by d ftndanti T. Uorri Dunne, Paul E, Ouraka and L. O. Anna, Is their capacity as tha Ortfon Stat Uoempkrymant Comptaim tlon Commission. atts ts. Alrn Harold Ebrwznann: Or der dlamlaeee appeal of defendant, who wee Ouna (uuiy annni a motor Temcie while under the Influence of Intoxicating liquor. , Southern Pselne company vs. Oaersa . Fleet and Klamata Counts: Plaintiffs file amended complaint. Shlrler Arlene Rutherford ts. Walter Archie Rutherford! TemoorerT cuetedy of three minor children awarded to plate- un. Leonard Relmann and Ronald C. Jonea, r.. re. Virttnlw H. Shay; Default ardar afaloat defendant. Beverly Praneea Wllklneon ts. John O. Wilkinson: Elmer M. Anundaon appoint ed guardian ad litem for defendant. , B. and Little Heaele? t. Evarta t. and Cora O. Whittlesey: Order d Ism Uses case. Phllomeii a Kirk pa trick ve. David Kirk- Patrick: Defendant's answer admits and denies. Ray L. lleDotigal rt t. 8, Olrardtn: Butt dlamlued with prejudice and without costs, based oa stipulation of parties. Union Floor company ts P. W. Baroourt: Plaintiff flies reply to defendant's ans wer. Bdlth Mm Bmlth vs Douilas HaroVd Smith: Complaint tot divorce alleges cruel and Inhuman treatment. Harried June 38, U47 at Richmond, Calif. Lrle P. Thomas snd Motors Injur. ance corporation vs Melvln Leper: Com plaint seeks Judgment of 1106.33 for dam asea allegedly sustained by plaintiff Thom as' auto in collision March IT, 1M6. Shirley Artene Putherford vs Walter Archie Rutherford: Complaint for div orce alleges cruel and Inhuman treatment; seeks custody of three minor children and 130 monthly support money for cacn. Married Aug. M, IMC, at Baleni. Probott Court Brown E. Slsaon guardianship: Order ap proves guardian's account. Francis F. ftaero guardianship: Order approves guaraian a account. Charles H. Bnreh estate! Heirs ordered to appear on July II to show cause why property of decedent should not at de livered to C, H. Burch company. John WIIsob eat at; Order discharges administrator. Polict Court Drlvlne on revoktw! lteenfe: Fred O. Mutr. 171 North Cottage, fined t3i. three- day Jail term suspended. Morriago Ucontot William A. Hartnesa. M, V. Coast Ouard. Veshon, Washington, and May belle Jenkins, S4, waitress, 1 Columbia. Paster O. Conner. . mUtwevktr. J0l North 4th. and Madeline L. Lopes, K, taming, route I, bo t. Emll Veer. tl. stndnt. list Elm. and Patricia Skaggs, is, bookkeeper, ltii South Commercial. Robert Lee Singleton. It. electrical en gineer, 4T Bremen, and Marlorie Louise Quaat, II, at hene,.lgM Sag. inaw. John David Walter, II. fleer sander, route I. box IN, and Alice Marie Carl son, 11, clerk -tr put, route I, kes 134. Oeorgs M. Lasoo II, track owner Snd operator. Roseburg. and Flersmag M. Ren, Is, stenographer, Dayton. Oeorgs Stuart, it, cook's helper. 14 H North Liberty, and liabeUe Patton, 11, fountain clerk, 31 North Winter. Charles Roberta, II, truck driver, and Betty June Rogers, It. student, both sbcrl- Oten L. Clark, ft. building contractor, lose Oxford, and Clella A. Tsxia. H, secretary, UT South Winter. Henry B. Haas. IT, student. Jefferson, and Janet M. Dtaoent, SI, office worker, Seek to Prove (Continued from Pare 1) The courtroom was jammed as usual some 50 to 75 were turned away when the 100 spec tator seats were filled as Mrs. Eunice E. Wilson took the stand. Her testimony was of the times she had seen her sons just before and after March 19, the day Jo Ann Dewey, 18, was kid napped and killed. She told, too, how she had liven another son. Grant, $1000 for Utah and Turman. Part of it, she said, was money Turman had earned and part had been sent by their father, Mose Wil son, from his trailer home at Silverton, Ore. She said the money was to have been used by Turman to buy a new car and by Utah to finance a vaca tion a thing he'd never had. Spread Out $700 Defense Attorney Irvin Good man had spread out nearly $700 on a table money taken from the brothers when they were ar rested at Sacramento March 30. It was in currency. It looked, Mrs. Wilson said, like the money she bad given them. Just one week from the start of testimony, the state concluded Its case yesterday against the brothers, both of whom have criminal records. Immediately Defense Attorney Irvin Goodman jumped up with a demand the case be thrown out for lack of evidence. Superior Judge Eugene Cushing ruled against him. Dismissal Refused Goodman then again stressed bis favorite point: the state has not produced a single witness who could say beyond doubt that the Wilson brothers were in Vancouver the night the Dewey girl was dragged, screaming, into an automobile and carried off to her death. Goodman has contended the two were in a Portland movie at the time, and is expected to put the brother on the stand later to say so for themselves. The states last key witness was Harry Diamond, Vancouver police chief, who made two sa lient points: 1. A woman, Mrs. James Nel son, who witnessed tne acnuc tion from her apartment win dow, later picked Utah and Tur man Wilson out of police lineups as men who resembled the ab ductors.. 2. Utah was under obvious emotional stress after his arrest in Sacramento March 30. On the trip back to Vancouver, the po lice chief said, "Utah choked up and started sobbing. One time he broke down and cried." He added that the group stopped to look at the scene where the girl's body was found. There Utah kept hit eyet downcast and had nothing to say, Diamond testi fied. Vancouver's Population Vancouver, Wash., June 21 OP) Vancouver has grown 120 per cent In 10 years. Its population is 41.449, compared with 18,788 In 1940. That was today's re port from Robert J. Larson, cen sus supervisor, who said he thought the gain was the biggest percentage-wise of any city in the state. Codyt Plan Reunion The Co- dys, descendants of famous In dian fighter and scout Col. Wil llam (Buffalo Bill) Cody, will gather from all parts of Canada and the United States for an an nual reunion July 8 and 9 at Red Deer, Alta. Some 5,000 families are eligible for membership In the Cody Fsmily Association of America. Last year's gathering was held at Salem, Ore. First Degree Bam Gerald Carper, 25, suffered first de gree burnt on the face Wedne day morning when tar In a port able tarpot blew up. He It em ployed by the R. L. Elfttrom company and lives on Boone road. Route 4. First aid also at tended Caroline Collins, 5 years old. 443 North 23rd street, who got a silver In her right elbow, Youth Held in Murder Case A 19 - year old Philadelphlan who apparently advised several Salem residents that he had been in trouble" back east was taken into custody by Salem detectives Wednesday on charges of rob bery and murder. The youth was identified as Charles Johnson. He denied any connection with the Philadel phia case. Police had been advised that Johnson was In Salem. He is wanted in connection with the murder and robbery of Thomas Rispoli, 51, on a Philadelphia street, Rispoli was carrying op proximately $1,000 at the time of bis death, but the money was taken. It Included a $500 bill. General description of the Johnson wanted by Pennsyl vania authorities fit the descrip tion of the youth arrested by Salem police. A tatoo mark "Mother" was found on his forearm. Fingerprints were taken for a more accurate check. Runaway Team Adds to Pageant One team of horses used in the Pageant of Progress Tuesday night was just a little too real istic. Toward the end of the show when the progress in transpor tation was being shown by s parade of buckboards, buggies, wagons and automobiles, the team took fright at on of those new-fangled horseless carriages and ran away. As the team pivoted in front of the grandstand the rig side swiped another and knocked one of the occupants, a man, to the ground, but he wasn't hurt. Then the team took off down the track toward the stadium with the driver trying to hold them. They reached Silverton road, however, and collided with an automobile owned by James C. Stone, 1115 North Capitol and caused some damage to the car, Including broken headlamps. Change in Law (Continued from Pare 1) and the 90-day suspension on the second conviction will be sufficiently severe to warn the violator of the drastic action which will take place If a third conviction take place." strikes at Crime Another amendment to be of fered the legislature would, if passed, provide for an all-time revocation of drivers' license of any person convicted of a felony committed with the aid of an automobile. Such an amendment, Ncwbry said, would make it difficult for criminals to use cars without being picked up by police officers. Walnut trees have large root systems. VVV ! 'l V 7;t v .- Dennis Morgan and Ginger Roger team romantically for the new Warner Bros, film, "Perfect Strangers," now show ing at the Capitol. Morgan and Miss Rogers shared the ro mantic leadt In "Kitty Foyla," a tew years ago. Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Atomic Secrets Safeguarded Washington, June 21 d High American, British and Can adian officials, presumably con cerned over a recent wave of spy cases, are meeting here to plan tighter safeguards around atomic secrets. The U. S. atomic energy com mission announced yesterday that "security standards" and "procedures applicable to the protection of information joint ly held by the atomic energy programs of the three coun tries" are under discussion. It added that "policies affect ing the declassification of infor mation" are not being discussed. Officials attending the sessions were close-mouthed and the AEC did not say when the new series of conferences began. However, the recent arrest of three Americans by FBI agents back-tracking over the trail left by Dr. Klaus Fuchs, the British scientist convicted of being an atomic spy for Russia, have brought new congressional de mands for tighter control over this country's secrets. J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI, has called for 300 more agents to hunt down spies. Sen ate and house committees are re ported to have agreed tentative ly to meet his request. Hoover testified that Red spies are trying to steal secret data on atomic research, jet propul sion, radar and germ warfare methods. Bakers' Strike (Continued from Page 1) Another bakery reports the demand for bread nearly dou bled, much of it from out of town. To meet the situation it is cutting out all variety bread and attempting to supply the area with white and wheat bread. It reports people com ing from Portland, and they are turned away unless they suc ceed in convincing the bakery they are from some place In the Salem trade area. Some pres sure is being brought to get the Salem bakeries to put bread on the Portland market, which is not being considered. Not all Portland people are being turned away. One bakery reports selling to Portlanders who happen to be passing through Salem. It has rejected calls, however, from two big Portland restaurants. Another bakery says the calls from Salem grocery stores has increased greatly. That is main ly for bread. It finds no special call for pastries. The Cherry City Baking com pany is baking biead round the clock. "We are trying to take care of our area business and keep in the good graces of the union," it reported. "We are not send ing bread into any territory not regularly served by us. An ex ception to that Is that we are sending bread to several Port land hospitals, but that is, we understand, not objected to by the union. "So far we are keeping up with the demand for pie, but maybe we won't be able to keep it up. Some of the Salem res taurants that were using bakery pies are now baking their own." It was reported Wednesday that two of the struck Portland concern are sending bread Into Salem from their plants in Eu gene. Business to New Position Lebanon Jack's Smoke Shop, long established at 25 West Sher man street, moved directly across the street to 54 West Sherman last Sunday. The shop is now open for business. Proprietor of the business Is Jack Shaw. The store is managed by Char ley McCormick. Lion Program "Condensa tion and Moisture Problems in the Home" will be the subject of Thursday's program of the Salem Lion club. Wednesday, June 21, 1950 5 Major Dike (Continued from Pace 1) An estimated 1500 acres are under water In the Kootenai area. The river was splashing at the dike tops along 30,000 acres of farmland in the valley. Other dikes, most of them soggy with water and leaking badly, were expected to go out. The Kootenai was rising its entire length. Just Goes to Pieces Lt. Fayette Worthington, an army engineer officer, at flood control headquarters in Bonners Ferry said the big dike on the Kootenai broke about 4:30 this morning. "It just went to pieces,' he said. "It broke In six or sev en places a few miles north and east of the town." The town itself Is protected by dikes four feet higher than the current river level. There were no casualties re ported from the break today. The flood fatality count now totals one in British Columbia and four in Washington state. Engineers Combat Waters The army dispatched a com pany of combat engineers and equipment operator to the Bon ners Ferry area today. The con tingent of 250 are expected to reach the flood area at nightfall. A company of about 250 men of the 36th engineers combat group left Fort Lewis at 8 a.m. for the Bonners Ferry front. Col. Henry Douglas commands the unit. The troops took 20 dump trucks, two truck-mounted shov els and several amphibious ducks." The army engineers reported about 1,200 acres were under water this morning from the Kootenai. Half the total was flooded by a new dike break dur ing the night north and east of Bonners Ferry. A total of 144,750 bags was sent to Bonners Ferry by the engineers for use in sandbag ging. Col. E. C. Itschner, the Seat tle district engineer, waa on the Kootenai scene. He went there yesterday. The army troops joined 60 Idaho national guardsmen in the flood fight. Lower Colombia The lower Columbia, slowly inching out over unprotected lowlands, forced two Vancouver sawmills and one chemical plant to close. The dike protecting the Vancouver Jantzen knitting mills plant was being raised. In Portland, the Willamette forced two families living on the bottomlands near the St. Johns bridge to evacuate their homes, A few east side warehouses along the downtown Portland harbor had seepage water in their basements. Square Dancers End Current Club Season Sublimity The final meeting! of the "Gay Twisters" Square I Dance club of Sublimity was I held recently at the home of Mr. I and Mrs. Andy Klntz. Meeting and dance sessions are to be re- I sumed again in September. This square dance club, re-1 cently organized, has had its name entered with the Oregon I Federation of Organized Square I Dance Clubs at Portland. This I entitles them to attend dances I held In Oregon under the feder- I ation such as the Square Dance I jamboree at Silverton in May. Officers for the coming year are, president, Matt Wolff; sec retary, Mrs. John Klntz: treas urer, Raymond Hartman; caller and instructor, Al Bethel. Charter members are: Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Klntz, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Podrabsky, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hartman, Mr. and Mrs. Al Bethel, Mr. and Mrs. John Kintz, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Boedlgheimer, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Wolf, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rubol, Miss Maxine Kintz, Miss Joanne Lulay, Raymond Wolf and Gilbert Klntz. Couples wishing to join the club may do so by seeing any of the officers or charter mem bers before the fall session be gins. School Board Discussion Lyons The annual school board meeting of district 29J was held at the school house this week with a capacity crowd. Much discussion wsa held in re gard to running of the school buses and Improving of the school grounds, Sam Bridget was elected a director for the term of three years to replace Vernon James, retiring chair man. Voting on the budget was also carried, 4 to 1. After reaching a peak of 47 billion passenger miles In 1920, U.S. railroad passenger mileage declined, but rose again In World War II to a peak of 98 billion passenger miles. Card of Thanks We wish to thank tha pastor, the singer, the organist, all that sent flowers, and the different organization In the church at Silverton for their help and kindness during our recent be reavement. - Rill and Louise Ulvin Smith Mrs. Lee Ulvin Smith. , 147 rente nee. sag. . ti;