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V I JANUARY IS, 11)20. CIWIOK OOUNTT JOURNAL PICK t r-f cot feel v ; ' Hi it PKSSCILLA BEAN in her newest wonder-picture "The Excsuisite Thief" HOW would you lika to have a lady hold yuu up, bind you and gag you and tlirnaik you lo tit do n to a friancly cup of coif on? If you want to 111 mot! scilmg photo drama of man I lit, watch Pnmlla Daan I lath through hor naweit marvel. Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 21-22 Annthnr thrilllnK "crook p ay da luxe" la promised In "Tin- Exquisite Thlof," tho new Univmatl picture tiirrluK Prlscllla Dean, which In to be thowd at the Lyric Thimt r Wed nesday and Thursday. Mis Dean plays tlm rule of Illue Jean Illllln, a super croek who proys upon New York'a upper social strata. Khs attinda a reception given by the Vendcrflip In honor of the betrothal of their daughter to an English or ety man. When tho dinner III at It hnlKht alio produces a revolver and becomes the center ot attraction aa ahe commanda the gunata to hand ov er every bit of Jewelry they waur. Then the disappears, fleeing In an automobile kept waiting by a fellow crook. The first to recover from the atiork la Algernon Smythe the fiance, In whose rar defectives give chnse. A strange bi-KlnnliiK for a ro mance? Indeed, but Cupid di ea not always employ the axiom that "a atralKht line Is the e'lortest distance between two point. " And a tender love at' ry with Mia Penn and Thurston Halt ns the prin cipals uufobls from th s Juncture. Thrilling Incidents such ns an auto smaHhup and a violent three-cornered battle between the police, their "stool-pigeons" and the quart jr I'nd pice to the atory. See I'nilorworld Scenes that are true to type and local". Bee The homes of Now York's "Four Hun dred" as they roiilly are. 8 hw daughters of tho rich are victimized by bonus aristocrats. See thrjlls that throb, comedy that tickles, a alar that acintilntes. See - Trine. 11a Dean In "The Kxqulslto Thief." MITCHELL LEWIS "CODE OF THE YUKOr SELECTIJ'PICTURli Mitchell Lewis, Select's new star, will appear In his first Select Picture, "Code of the Yukon," at the I.yrle Theater on Sunday. "Code of the Yukon" Is a atory of Jean Dubois, a French Canadlnn prospector, who lives alone In tho Norlhwoods. Here he has discovered gold and dally he stores away what he Is able to wash, expecting some day to have enough r 7 laawawauiMiiaaMaiai I Everybody Loves a Northern Story Mitchell Lewis Gives You a Splendid One in Code of the Yukon Lyric Theater, :trArtrjry i inn Dazzling, Beautiful .;sl uM r THE YELLOW TICKET With Fannie Ward and Episode No. 5 The Tigers Trail The Tigers Trap MONDAY -TUESDAY San. 19-20 to leave the Norlhwoods and sturt on a lonx Journey. Ills one aim In life Is to find the man who wronged bis slater, when he loft her In s convent after the death ot their parents One day Jean finds "Karo" Tel ford, a renegade gamblor, In the woods, Injured. He brings bim to his hut where be does all man can do tor man. "Karo" thanks Jean by telling some of hla worthless friends about the mine that Jean haa found. There Is a gold ruxh and son Jean Is dragged into the lifo of the min ing camp. He meets and marries the daughter of a poor prospector. She craves tho belter thluga of life and la not happy with Jean. Through her own wcHkneas and the machinations of a gang of mining crooks who are trying to get Jean's mine she runs away with one of the gang. With a sore but determined heart, Jean tries to forget about hla wife and turns savagely to resume bis quest for vengeance. The leading spirit of the gang Is Cregan. a pro motor of vice in all lis forma, who runs a dance hall In the village. One of the unfortunate women In Cro gan's employ has fallen in love with Jean, and Just as Jean la about to leave the csynp ahe discovers hla mission In life. Jean learna that she Is the only person that knows the story of his sister. She tella him that hla sister was brought to shame by the same man who haa ruined her life. The man Is Cregan. Cregan and Jean finally face each other, as Jean haa always wished that they would, In room without weapons, other than those given them by nature. In the struggle hat fol lows Jean Is about to real'ze the ful fillment of his snvage desire for ven geance when a higher power Inter venes and Cregan la suddenly killed by lightning. Jean's wifo returns and Is able tto prove her Innocence of any real wrongdoing and Jean takes back to hla heart the woman he has always loved. ODD FELLOWS INSTATE Joint Installation of Lookout Re- bekah 'Lodge, No. 103 and Ochoco Lodge, No. 46, I. O. O. F. was held Tuesday evening, January 13th. The Sunday, Jan. 18 Tom Moore in JUST FOR TONIGHT And a Century Animal Comedy, ' African Lions ? and American Beauties FRIDAY SATURDAY Jan. 16 and 17 following officers were Installed: Ochoco Lodge, No. 40 -N. 0., M ix Wilson; V. ()., James Cam; Sec, (lien llendrlcks'n; T.e's., George Ileum; Wardon, No rls Margi n; Con. C. L. Hhattuck; I. 8. 0,, Win B one; O. S. O., Henry Harbor; It. 8. N. O., II. I). Houston; V. H. N. 0., 0. W. Goodnight; It. 8. V. 0., George Cross white; I j. 8. V. 0., Charles Webb; It. 8. 8., George Noble; h. 8. 8., Hen ry Klrkham; Chaplain, J H. Gray. Lookout Uebekah Lodge, No. 10J. N. fl Kll7.abi.th Halie ck; V. 0 , Ilda Cohrs; Sec, Hatty Go dnlght; Treas. Amandit Cfhrs; Warden, Esther Morgan; Con., Jennie Arnold' I. S. (., Kilgenla Mulhollmri; O. 8 O., Muhel Houston; It. 8. N. 0 Vivian Hlnkle; L. 8. N. 0., E. True Bhat tuck; It. 8. V. G., Ma- tl.a 0 11-tt; L. 8. V. G., Jessie Korn-a'er; CliaplOn, Susan Hlney; Plimolst, E a 8tret;; Captain of Staff. Mrs. Cyrus. Mrs. Esther Merman acted as District Domity of the Itebekah As sembly and M. It. Hlggs acted as Dis trict Deputy Grand Mas'er. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Shattuck acted a Orand Marshals. At the close of the Inst illation cer emonies, Mrs. C. L. Sha'tuck. acting on behalf of Ochoco Lodge, No. 46, and Lookout Itebekah Lodge, No. 103 presented M. R. Biglg a f)U"taln pen In appreciation of his wo-k In both lodges and his appointment as Grand Warden of the Grand Ledge tf Ore gon. Refreshmenta, sonslat ng rf annd wltches. cooklels and Ice cream, were served to 75 people, the families and friends of both lodges were Invited. The year 1920 promises to be the most successful and prosperous year during the history of Odd Fellowship In Prlnevllle. TOM 8KWHIIX TO l.ECTVRE Continued from page 1 than the most notorious cha.acter in fiction. Aa a poet he la one of the most promising of the younger sc'io'd. Ills hook of verses Is being featured by Doubleday, Page Co. Aa a speaker, the Cleveland Plain Dealer declares him "the most effect ive war speaker In America." He la a silver-tongued mast r of eloquence whose vivid powers of description lift hla audience to heights of enthusiasm. In tho various patriotic campnlvns he has been featured as a atar of slurs, as this partial Hat of speakli.g engagements will Indicate: Before President Wilson on the Li brary Steps, Fifth Avenue, New York; With Ex-President Wi'llam Howard Taft, Washington, D. C; In Carnegie Hall, New York, with the late Col. Roosevelt; At the Sub-Treas-urv Steps, Wall Street. With Gov. ; Whitman; Off the I'nlon League Bal- I ronv With Rllhn Root: In the New York Metropolitan Opera House with Col. Roosevelt; In Brooklyn Academy of Music; In Medina Temple, Chlsi go, with Secretary Daniels. What greater combination can be desired? A gallant soldier who has fought and been twice desperately wounded an orator able to stand with America's best a poet and a scholar whose work has commanded the attention of discerning publishers. He will apeak at the Baptist church In this city January 20. Admission 60c, WHKHE A MATTERY HAS A CAMEL BEATEX "Nine days without a drink is nothing to a storage battery," says Mr. Mansveld, the local Willnrd ex pert at the Inland Auto Company's garage. "I've seen batteries go thirs ty two or three times as long as that." "But the wise man who makes a point of giving his battery a drink of distilod water every time It needs it, to keep the level 1-2 Inch above the top of the plates, will be served with better lights and quicker stnrt and a longer run. There are not many things that a battery needs in the way of care, but distilled waltr is one of the few necessities." FIRST HAPTI8T CHURCH Our Bible school meets at 10 a. m. Come and study the most popular book In the world the Bible. Rev. J. W. Cabeen will preach at Redmond next Sunday morning and evening but will hold services here January 15. The Young People will meet at 6:30 p. m. The Senior Un ion mots upstairs and the Junior Union in the basement. GET YOUR NAME IN Any person in East Prlneville (all east of Main street) who has not been enumerated, please notify Miss Dolly Hodgos, census enumerator, telephone 164. Attention Important Get your name in at once, so list can be com plete. LODGE PEOPLE GO TO MADRAS A party of Odd Fellows and Re bekaha. consisting of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Shattuck, Martha Glllett, Ruth Blood, Esther Morgan, Anna, Mc- Cully, Elizabeth Babcock, Jake John son and Goorpe Crosswhl'e, motored to Madras last night to help Install J the officers of the two lodges there. ! They report that the roads are in fairly good condition. COLONEL BARROWS 7W Col. David P. Barrows, who haa been invtalled as president of the Univarslty of California to succeed Benjamin Ida Wheeler, HOOVER IS NOT IN PRESIDENTIAL RAGE .Portland, Or. Herbert Hoover will not be a candidate for the office ot president of the United States, either under the banner of tha democratic or the republican parties. Announce ment to this effect is contained in a telegram received la Portland by Elton Watkins, president of the Jackson club. In the same telegram Mr. Hoover declined to speak at the annual Jack son club banquet here. v The telegram from Mr. Hoover Is is follows: "My engagements and connection with the industrial conference and with relief in Europe make It impos sible tor me to go to the northwest at present Beyond this, please ac cept the sincerity ot my statement that I am not a candidate tor the pres idency and a campaign to that end from any party would be entirely wrongly directed." This ia the first specific announce ment made by Mr. Hoover concerning his attitude toward running for presi dent. BRIEF GENERAL NEWS Traffic through the Panama canal in 1919 exceeded that of any previous year. Gabrielle d'Anauntio's treasurer has fled from Flume with a million francs, according to a report Wages of (10 a day for journeymen bricklayers in San Francisco have been approved by the employers. President Wilson haa signed the Mc Nary bill continuing the United States sugar equalisation board through 1920. The county recorder's books show that one of every three babies born In San Joaquin county, Cal., during 1919 was Japanese. Secretary Alexander of the depart ment of commerce estimates that the trade balance of the United States tor the year 1919 will be approximately $4,000,000,000. The United States ranks second to Great Britain In the number of mer chant vessels entering the pert of Buenos Aires In 1911, Norway being third. Howard Elliott, president ot the Northern Pacific, declares that $3, 000,000,000 must be spent by the rail roads ot the United States within the next few years to provide first class passenger and freight facilities. Naval Heroes to Be Sought Washington. Secretary Daniels has Issued a call to the entire naval serv ice designed to bring out full Informa tion as to acta of heroism or distinc tive service by officers or men during the war which would Justify the award ing ot decorations. 838,911,195 Coins Made by Mints. Washington. Mints ot the United States establishing a new record, dur ing 1919 produced 838,911.195 coins for this and foreign governments, Director Baker of the mint bureau announced. The production In 1918 was $598,000, 000. Number of Working Children Increaaea Washington. An increase in the number of working children and a longer working day for children under 16 was the effect of the war on child labor, according to a statement Issued by the department of labor. American Gold Production Falls. Washington. Gold production In the United S ates during 1919 was less by $10,157,000 than the 1918 output, ac cording to the statement by the bu reau of tho mine. OREGON NEWS NOTES GF eSSBAL CiTBEST Principal Event3 of tha Week Eriefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Eutene will have an army s'ore of its own in a short time. Kitten building permits In 1919 m-d" a gain of 4u0 pi-.r cuit over the 1918 record. Revenues from the state Infurance department for the year 1919 totaled $235,085.05. Damage done to Umatilla county roads by the recent floods and wash outs Is estimated at $25,000. In Linu county, during 1919, there were 223 marriage licenses Issued and only 20 divorce decrees granted. Mrs. Mary A. Simpson, a resident of Linn county for 61 years, died at her home In Albany, aged 80 years. I Oregon was second among the states ' of the Union In the sale of treasury savings certificates for November. Members of the Northwestern So ciety of Highway Engineers held their annual meeting In Sulem Friday night. Rev. Edward Glttins, a well known pioneer Methodist minister, died at the home of bis daughter In Salem, aged 70 years. The bond issue providing $50,000 for water works and $20,000 for a city hall carried at Rainier by a vote of 135 to 32. More than 800 applications for real estate licenses have been received at the office of the state insurance com missioner. A total of $226,000.36 was paid Into the state treasury aa Inheritance tax by the estate of the late Henry L. Plt tock of Portland. Fall wheat In the Weston vicinity la looking excellent and has not been damaged by the frost, according to re ports from that section. Nearly 100 Filipino students from Corvallls, Philomath and other sections of the state gathered at Salem and en Joyed the annual banquet. I Damaged trestles, due to high water. are responsible for the uncertain train service between The Dalles snd Friend, on the Great Southern railroad. Seventy breeders of purebred stock from all sections ot Linn county met In Albany and formed the Linn County Purebred Livestock association. December cargo shipments of lumber from the Columbia were exceptionally light. In that period 27 vessels loaded a total of 21,535,984 feet of lumber. The total cash receipts of the Oregon supreme court for the year 1919 were $9160.98. During the year 1918 the court received from all sources $9322. According to announcement Just made, the Methodist church at Rose burg will begin the erection of a $25, 000 church edifice early in the spring. Out of the 1066 homesteads filed in the Siuslaw reservation, only 133 are occupied by the original owners, 634 having been deserted and 299 changing l bands. At a meeting In Medford a number of Republican women formed a Gen eral Leonard Wood club and will sup port him in the presidential primary campaign. MIbs Catherine Beekley, graduate of the University ot Pennsylvania, has been appointed an Instructor in the de partment ot i oology at the University of Oregon. With a membership of less than 60, the Christian Missionary alliance ot Hood River has during the past year given $245 toward Armenian and Syrian relief. ' Members of the Oregon supreme court prepared and handed down a total of 301 opinions during the year 1919, as against 336 opinions during the year 1918. There was one fatality in Oregon due to accidents during the week ending January 1, 1920. The victim was W. H. Shaver, a logger, whose home ad flreBS is 8eattle. The Oregon Jersey Cattle club has gone on record as favoring a special representative of the American Jersey Cattle club with permanent headquar ters on the coast The unusual situation of a woman presiding over a grange will prevail In Linn county this year. Miss Bertha J. Beck has been elected master of Callamette grange. T. G. Hendricks, pioneer merchant snd banker of Eugene and first re sent of the University of Oregon, who died a short time ago, left property valued at $415,000. The Salem Salesmen's league, organ ized at Salem recently, has received the Indorsement of the local commer cial club and will become affiHated with that organization. Investigation ot the rural dance halls near Salem Is to be taken up by tho present grand Jury because of many complaints that have been made re ;ardlng their management The building of the Warren Coopera tive warehouse store at Warren is aearing completion, and will soon be eady for occupancy. The associated will supply all Its members with goods it cost prices. The se"nd tialu wteck within S week occurred at Toledo, when a freight engine crashed Into a string of -frep't cars, smashing the engine and tarowing the cars from the track. Postmaster T. A. heevea of Hood Klvtr reports that the mall handled at that cftlte durlna; 191 for outgoing trains and for local delivery exceeded that of any past ye&r by 50 per cent While playing battle with a gun thought unloaded. Olen Fisher, 8-year-old son of lis nry Klsh"r of Leona, was shot and perhaps fa ally wounded by the 12-year-old sou of William Currier. Fruit and berries In the Willlamett valley were not damaged seriously by the recent cold weather. In opinion of W. H. Scott, manager of the Puyal lup A Sumner Valley Fruit association. Because of the eleventh-hour rush it will be Impossible for the secretary cf state to mall all 1920 motor vehicle license piatis for which applications have been received before January 15. Work baa been resumed at the Ochoco dam after a short shutdown on account of the deep snow. There Is reported deep snow in the mountains, assuring plenty of water for irrigating In this section. Lumtxrmen of Klamath county re port that more than $5,000,000 worth of merchantable timber has been ruin ed in that section by the western pine beetle since they first made their ap pearance three years ago. A preliminary estimate of the pro duction of metals In Oregon in 1919, compiled by the United States geo logical survey, shows a decrease In the gold snd lead ' produced, but an In crease in the silver and copper. G. y. Skelton of Corvallls, profes sor of highway engineering at Oregon - Agricultural college, was elected presi dent of the Northwestern Society ot Highway Engineers at the annual meeting of the society in Salem. Howard W. Jeter of Port Orford, dep uty sheriff of Curry county, lost his life when a aurfboat In which four men were attempting to reach the bow of the wrecked steamer J. A. Cbanslor at the mouth of Sixes river, upset In the breakers. Clatsop county has donated $500 te the fund for paying the expenses of two delegates who are to be sent to Washington to urge the enactment at this session of congress of a law ap propriating $2,500,000 for the construc tion of the proposed Roosevelt high way. Preparatory to Installation of s mu nicipal light and water system, the city of Roseburg, through Its officials, filed with the state engineer an appli cation for water rights and approxi mately 1000 feet per second of water from - the North Umpqua at s point known as Whistler's bend. Contracts thus tar awarded for fur nishing supplies for the several sfc.te Institutions for the first six months of the year 1920 indicate that the prices quoted for the various com modities are from 5 to 10 per cent higher than when the previous bids were opened in June, 1919. Percy Cupper of Salem, state engi neer; Whitney L. Boise of Portland, snd third man to represent the In terests of eastern Oregon, will leave this week for Washington, where they will attend a meeting of the executive committee of the Western States Re clamation association, which will opea there on January 14. Senator McNary has urged the com mandant of the United States coast guard service to establish a life-saving station at Port Orford. In a letter to Senator McNary, Willie T. White et Port Orford asserted that the lives ot the 31 men who went down with the tank steamer J. C. Chanslor two weeks ago might have been saved. A 2-mill tax on all the taxable pro perty ot the state to raise funds with which to conduct the schools of Ore gop probably will be proposed at the special session ot the legislature this month, according to the members of the Oregon County School Superin tendents' association, which held its annual convention in Salem. Statements purported to have been made by an Indicted I. W. W. in Port land to the effect that 75 per cent of the men employed in road construc tion work In Oregon are members of the I. W. W. are emphatically denied In a letter forwarded by Roy Kah , secretary of the commission, to Gover nor Olcott in reply to a request for an explanation of the charges. Nels P. Sorenson, wealthy Portland tlmberman, was fined $500 and set free In that city by the six Judges of the state circuit court sitting en banc, fol lowing the plea of his attorneys that to enforce a sentence of six months' Im prisonment imposed by the municipal court, following Sorenson's conviction on a charge of having driven an auto mobile while intoxicated, would seri ously jeopardize his health. The state highway commission. In the construction of roads and bridges during the year 1919 expended a total of $6,811,335.32. A total of 381 miles of paving was under contract of which 163 miles have been completed. Ap proximately 218 miles, or 43 per cent, remain unfinished. - Of the 316 miles of rocking and graveling contracted 107 miles have been completed. Grad ing contracts awarded totaled 826 miles, of which 270 miles have beea aamoletcd.