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THE MORNING - OIIEGONIAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1020 SALEM INVITES ALL TO "BLOSSOM DAY traditional Campus day was held at the university today. Grounds were cleaned and improvements made by student workers. A luncheon on the green was held at noon and the day ended with a dance in the gymnasium. Oval and Quad clubs, men's upper class honor societies, and Tolo club, women's honorary society, pledged I new members. CHERRIANS PLAN WELCOME Visitors Will lie .Met at Depot Willi Autos and Taken on Sight seeing Trips Through County. Orchard Districts of Marion! NEW INCORPORATIONS FILE GarSed ill Spring GlOry. Several Companies Organized to Do Business in Portland. SALEM, Or., April 23. (Special.) The Columbia -Dairy Products com pany, incorporated under the laws of Washington, has filed application with J. H. Schulderman, state cor poration commissioner, to operate in Oregon. The corporation is capitalized at $100,000 and W. A. Dickson of Portland is attorney in fact. The A. J. Auto company of Portland has been incorporated by A. Jaloff, John Gratke and Frank S. Grant. The capita: stock is $20,000. The tame incorporators have organized the Astoria-Seaside auto tine, with a capital stock of $2U,000 and headquarters in Astoria. , Leonid Fink, M. J. PaPrato and G. Shankland of Portland have organized the Find studio, with a capital stock of $11,000. The Jeans Fuel and Transfer company has been incorporated by W. S. Jeans, J. W. Herwick and G. S. Payne. The capital stock is 94.1UO and headquarters will be located In Portland. H. C. Steele, ft. J. Evans and J. I. Steele have incorporated the Northwest Knitting; mills, with headquarters in Port land. The capital xtock Is JJ.'.OO. The Crane company, organized under the laws of Illinois, lias Increased its capi tal stock from 117,000.000 to $27,000,000. The corporation operates in Oregon. T. C. Elliott company of Milton has In creased its capital stock from $'.15,000 to $7.-,o,i. Notice o( dissolution has been filed by the Coast Land & Livestock company. SALliM, Or.. April 23. (Special.) Although a wee bit tardy, nature has rallied to the aid of the Salem Cher rians and the orchard districts of this vicinity are now garbed in their season's best awaiting the coming of thousands of I'ortlanders who will join with the people of Marion county in observing "Blossom day." Sunday is the date set for the big event and. from all reports received t Cherrian headquarters, practically all sections of western and southern Oregon will be represented. The most famous of Marion county's orchards are located in what are known as he Hosedale and Liberty districts and lie almost at Salem's doorstep. Today this broad expanse of territory, con taining more than 12,000 acres of prune trees, is a carpet of white, and by Sunday the picture will be such as to charm the eye of the most critical. Adding beauty to the scene are the many hills overlooking the orchards, and from these the visitors will be given an opportunity to view nature's most lavish gifts unob structed. All features connected with the 'Blossom day" programme are in the hands of the. Salem Cherrians, and every effort will be made to provide accommodations for all wrio take ad vantage of the occasion. Automo biles in charge of these atractively dressed lodgemen will be waiting for the incoming trains from Portland Sunday morning and the visitors will be ushered into the cars and driven to places of vantage in the heart of the prune district. There they will be given an opportunity to view Marion county's orchards in most lavish dress. ' In the afternoon the local theaters will give special programmes, while the hotels and restaurants will make ample provision to care for he crowds. An effort also is being made to have 'the tatehouse open to vis itors during the day, and it is not improbable that other public institu tions will suspend the usual Sunday restrictions and admit persons com ing from a distance. While a special invitation has been extended to the people of fortland to visit Salem on "Blossom day," other sections of the state have not been Torgotten. Letters received from Koseburg. Medford. Eugene, Marsh field and Orants Pass indicate that quite a number of persons will at tend from those cities. The train service from Portland is very favor able and visitors can leave that city on the Oregon Electric at either 8:15 or 10:20 in the morning. A train on the Southern Pacific leaves at 9:30 o'clock. Trains leave Salem for Port land in the afternoon at 4, 5:30 and 6:30 o'clock. State highway department officials say the i'acific highway from Port land to Salem is in fine condition at the present time and the trip by au tomobile can be made in two hours. "With the exception of about 10 miles, the road is paved for the entire dis tance between the two cities. Two large hydroplanes, which will rrive early in the day from Port land, will, be among the feature at tractions for the occasion. These planes will make flights while here, and it is expected that not a few persons will view the blossoms from a dizzy height. VOTERS' DATA COMPILED Pamphlets or Bond Measures to Be ' Distributed at Eugene. EUGENE, Or.. April 23. (Special.) Data for pamphlets to be dis tributed among the voters of the city, calling attention to the different char ter amendments to be submitted at the special election May 21. have been compiled by Miss Alta King, city re corder, and will be printed at once. The following are the measures: To. issue bonds in the sum of $22,000 for the purchase of an aviation park. To issue bonds in the sum of $12,000 to erect a concrete bridge over the mill race on Eighth avenue east. To issue bonds in the sum of $25,000 to purchase new fire-fighting appar atus. To issue bonds in the sum of $10,000 to Improve the city parks and the mu nicipal automobile camping grounds. To issue $10,000 bonds as the city's share, of a soldiers' memorial building. DALLAS MEN WEAR DENIM Practically All Members of Court ' house Force in Overalls. DALLAS. Or.. April 23. (Special.) Practically all members of the force at the Polk county courthouse have joined the army fignting the high cost of clothi.ig and are wear ing overalls in their various offices. The officers say that while they I are endeavoring to help bring the ecsfof clothing down to a reason able figure they are also forced to dress in cheap materials on account of their small salaries, which are the same as years a?o. while the cost of living has gone upward. 1 . 1 -J YS this the first you 've JL heard of Wearpledge? I politely asked a mother the other day. i "Goodness, No!" she replied. "Ever since my boy's chum got his WEAR PLEDGE suit last. Fall I've heard of nothing else." Portland boys know a good thing when they see it, ,and Portland mothers in stantly agree when WEAR PLEDGE is tried on. If you have a boy, ask him how he would like to own a WEARPLEDGE suit. If he won't tell you, ask his chum. . A 11 , 'sizes from 6 to 18 years $15 and upwards Boys' Summer UNDERWEAR Shirts, Neckwear and Caps BEN SELLING Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth FIVE GENERATIONS MEET MRS. MARY K. XVK CELE BRATES 90TH ANNIVERSARY. Campus Day Held. university: of Washington-, Sf-attle. April 23. (Special. The Bank Hearing May 4. THE DALLES, Or., April 23. (Spe cial.) Forty prominent business men of this city will attend a public hear ing before the state banking board in Salem Tuesday.' May 4. to urge that a charter be granted the pro posed People's bank for this city. Application for a charter for the People's State bank was refused by J Will H. Bennett, state superintendent of banks, on the ground that the bank is not justified. French & Co. bank and the First Xational bank are already doing business, while a third bank to be known as the Wasco County bank will open for business some time next month. Family Hen n Ion Held at Salem of Oregon Pioneer of 183 0 Who Has 33 Living Descendants. SALEM, Or.. April 23. (Special.) Mrs. Mary E. Nye celebrated the 90th anniversary of her birth Tuesday at a reunion , attended by her five chil dren, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. The latter, little Irene Blinston of Jefferson, represented the fifth gen eration of the Kjr family. Mrs. Nye was born in Grand-view, Iowa, on April 20, 1830, and was mar ried to J. E. Nye in 1847. She crossed the plains in 1850 and located on a' donation land claim near Sidney, in the Santiam valley. There she made her home for 52 years. After the death of her husband Mrs. Nye moved to Salem and now occupies a cottage near the home of her daughter, Mrs Elsie Hensley. Mrs. Nye is the mother of nine chil dren, five of whom are living. They are R. P. Nye of Sidney, J. M. Nye of Jefferson, B. K. Nye of Independence and G. A. Nye and Mrs. Elsie Hensley of Salem. Twenty-four grandchildren also are living:,, as are five great grandchildren , and one great-greatgrandchild. Although Mrs. Nye is more than 90 and doing routine work about her borne. TENTS TO JEND PROBLEM Canvas City to Relieve Klamath Housing Difficulties. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. April 23. (Special.) Predictions that Klamath Falls will have a tent city, housing hundreds of persons before summer, seem on the way to realization. Den nis Kitzwllliams has started the first unit of ten tent houses with wooden floors and walls. Permission to erect the tent homes was granted by the city council on condition that seu'er connections are made for each tent erected. It is impossible to rent a house of any sort and almost Impossible to rent a room here. Opening of the tourist season within the next few weeks will double the tiiff iculties. it Is predicted. PORTLAND MEN ARE RIVALS Candidates for Sophmoric Honor Have Enviable War Record. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. Seattle, April 23. (Special.) Ted Smart and Lee Spaulding. of Portland will battle for sophomore representa tive office at the coming A. S. U. W. elections. Both are In the freshmen year and both are popular on the campus and active in college. Spaulding is man ager of the freshman athletics. Ha has an enviable war record and was CHAMBER BALLOTING ON AXXl'AI, ELECTION" VOTING TO CONTINUE FOR WEEK. 11 Candidates In Field on Two Tickets and SeTen Directors 'to Be Chosen. . With 11 candidates in the field and seven directors to be chosen the an nual election or the Portland Cham ber of Commerce opened yesterday morning at 8:30 o'clock. Voting will continue for one week, the polls clos ing at 6 P. M. Thursday. April 29, and on Friday evening at 8 o'clock in the green room of the chamber the votes will be counted and the annual meeting of the Portland chamber will be held immediately following. Unusual interest has been attracted to the election this year, owing to the fact that two tickets have been placed in the field, one the "regular" ticket of the nomination committee, and the other a "progressive" ticket, the mem bers of whlrh were nominated by net!- ggsrosg. Alark Twain's Romance V f Boyhood Days H0CKL Pictorial News Mutt and Jeff Murtagh ES All you have ever loved or "cussed" in a boy and a lot about men and women. tlon as provided in the constitution of the body. E. G. Crawford. C. W. Hodson. H. C. Huntington and E. H. Sensenich are the four nominees of the nominating committee against whom competition is developing, the followng four ar- - - T 3 "W'T - - - 'J e-, - ' -J - I I til- i i"? ---5:- . t.r I pearing apainSt th -ni or. I " sive" ticket, Roy U-.-hop. . Kenna. W. W. Pjn- a-..' Strong. The ballot box is a'. : the seventh floor of inir snd win be onen lor :. rn r- f nr. ; t .lr w.-i t to. decorated for valor. He is a member years of age, she is enjoying good I of Sigma Nu fraternity. Smart is inltti anil I nlt n n Hoinir hr ' frasliman -aII 1 a it t- anH health and insists on .doing her housework. Wednesday, the day fol lowing observance of her birthday anniversary, she put out a week's washing, as well as piling sflme wood freshman yell leader and prominent in traditional committee work.- He was a lieutenant in the royal flying corps. He is a member of Phi Kappa Psl fraternity. fjggi"; .v.- """Hi J4) jFLAPIC OF LAfesS IHffiA Jig ik ussi i p w arrrvfi s.m: a n r ' v a i j. w m IT'S HERE! Cod! 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