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EVIEW I WEATHER .i.l,li MIOW. There's no substitute for circulation The News-Review has over 20,000 readers l isajs j m IN WHU I1 IS 1XCLIDKD THE KVEX1XO XKWS AM) THE KOSKIU lt(i REVIEW IiOSEIil KG REVIEW. ltosimiu;, oitEtiox, moxday, December 10, 1021. VOL. X, Xi. a4, OF THE EVENING XEWS. . . hi . x. 3 . ri.MRW r1" - VI 'VJ, ERKS AITTHOUSE TO CET LARUbl SALARIES UNDER THE 1922 BUDGET Emendations of Salary Increases Contained In Budget Which Gomes up ror rwai Auupiiuu m ihccmub Galled For Tuesday Dec. 22. Lnite in fact that rctrench- n In salaries and expenses are Zue on every hand, and nearly .county In the slate Is reduc- rather than Increasing the at paid In salaries, the new expense budget for Douglas Itr which la now being consider , the voters and taxpayers prior i approval, carries several re iendailons for salary Increases k will probably be allowed a the ImdKet, now under con tion, be adopted In Its pres (orni. it of course understood that idoptlon of the budget with the emendations of salary changes not necessarily make these 'tea effective. Salaries may be ised or decreased only upon the r of the county court, but with recommendations standing ap 4 there Is little doubt but that ranty court would adopt the f and put the revised salary Isle carrying increased appro ens into effect. The changes nueated by the heads of the de tents and are placed in the bud ubject to the approval of the g. Several such changes have requested and the Increased al ices will be distributed by the lot the departments In the form ereased salaries if the budget through without these Items lated and the necessary order pted by the county court. i I budget will come up for final leration at a meeting called for Iber 22. at which time, taxpay tve the privilege of meeting the county court and remon g against any Item contained t budget, and It Is very prob- (hat at that time protests will wde regarding the salary ter's work under the supervision of Miss Haldeman. The new budget was then made out and Miss Hulde man was recommended for another Increase from $1440 to $1680 of which amount $840 Is to come from the roadmaster s department and $840 from the county court. In ad dition Miss Hates is retained at salary of $1200 while an additional appropriation of $960 for extra clerk hire Is made. In the 1921 budget the roadmas ter was allowed the sum of $1200 for clerk hire. Under the 1922 bud get this would be Increased so that $840 would be provided for Miss Hudeman $1200 for Miss Mates and $960 for extra clerk hire, making a department increase or $1800. The 1922 county court budget carries $840 for Miss Haldeman, an item not contained In last year's appropria tion. An Increase Is Hkewlce asked In the tax department of the sheriff's of fice where the the present time there are three clerks employed at a sal ary of $1440 each. Under the new budget, Charles Roberts, chief deputy, would receive $1680, Wm. Buzzel $1560 and Mrs. C. C. Alley, $1200, Increasing the de partment allowance to $4440. Prior to this time, the highest amount paid any clerk In form of salaries, was $14 40. An Increase to $1,680 sets a new mark for clerk salaries In this county. The only other change requested under the 1922 budget Is In the county clerk's department, where In creased work, will probably make additional help necessary when the new road bonds are put to work In building roads and additional pay rolls of the bookkeeping work In that department at a salary of $1260. In order to meet any emergency. Clerk Riddle Is asking that the ap propriation for this department he Increased by $120 which will enable him to employ extra help If needed. The money is not to be used for a salary increase, he states, and will not be drawn unless needed. In all other offices, salaries and clerk hire appropriations remain the same; no decreases being reoom mended and no Increases provided. MORRIS WEBER HOME. Morris Weber, who has been spending a year or more In Germany endeavoring to get Into Russia, where he Is inter- ested in a largo business con- cern returned to Roseburg yesterday and Is at the home of his brother, resting after his long Journey. Mr. Weber left here a number of months ago and made a determined effort to get Into Russia, where his company holds much property and has Important financial ef- forts. He was unsuccessful In this attempt, however, and had to remain in Germany. He left that country recently and came back to the States to spend Christmas with friends and rel- atlves. He will probably return to Europe soon and make an- other effort to get Into Russia. OFFICIALS DISCUSS GERMAN REPARATIONS LONDON Dec. 1 9. P r e m 1 e r Rriand, with Louis Loucheur, min ister of the liberated regions, and M. Berthold, French economlo expert, met with Premier Lloyd George, Aus ten Chamberlain and Sir Robert Home, chancellor of exchequer, In the first conference regarding Ger man reparations. The discussion was perfunctory. Real business will be started tomorrow. BANKRUPT CASES HEARD. greatest Increase asked for Is (county court and roadmaster's teems, where greatly lncreas knranoes for clerk hire are re st. As much of the work of departments Is correlated, the ed salary Increases must be red from both offices instead Cnder the new budget, Miss t Haldeman would receive an e from $1440 per year to $1, rtlle other appropriations ask f add greatly to the Item of lire for the two departments. I Haldeman was for several mployed as clerk in the road f office, also doing secretary tenoeraphlc work for the dls rttorney. Her duties were then d so she was clerk only for tradninster, drawing a yearly t of $1200 per year, led county court work made a ary necessary and Miss Halde Igreed to assume these duties lition to the roadmaster's work lary of $1440. She then held wltion of roadmaster clerk, and tounty court stenographer, Mg s salary of $1200 from the office and $240 from the lat tartment. This continued un fw months ago, when the coun- n considered the work done Miss Nina Needham, who is at las Haldeman ton mitpb rnr An. uiu. ka nr xnn land employed Miss Wlnnlford mouth, has arrived In this city to at a salary of $1 200 per year spend the holidays with her parents, Portion nf the road mas- Rev. and Mrs. J. II. Needham. Creditors' meetings and bankrupt hearings were heard In the local bankrupt court today. The Insolvent companies are the Reedsport Light and Power company and the Reeds port Warehouse and Supply com pany. A number of creditors wer represented at the meeting and among those present were Attorney John C. Kendall of Marslifleld, W. R. Duck of Reedsport, Attorney J. H. Austin of Reedsport, and Attorney A. T. Flegel of Portland. Attorney George Neuner of this city also rep resented a number of the creditors of the defunct concerns. ighes Receives Word liat French Expect to Ac cept U. S. Tonnage Proposal Flood of Bills Introduced Today SALEM, Dec. 19. A flood of Wills began as soon as both houses con vened In special session and effected organization today. . Senate bill No. one, Introduced by Upton, proposes to exempt moneys received by ex soldiers under the bonus tact from payments of debts contracted prior to the payment of the bonus. Ryan Introduced a bill to correct measures relutlng to road districts. Joseph Introduced a bill providing an excess gasoline tax for 1925 over 1924 to be turned Into a general fund to counteract the proposed levy for the world fair purposes. Carter, of Ash land, announced that 33 house mem bers have signed a round robin to confine their activities to highway and exposition legislation. o Try to Relieve Un employed Situation SEATTLE, Dec. 19. With Cap tain James S. Oibson presiding. Gov ernor Hart's conference on the un employed situation opened here to day. Means is being sought to re lieve the plight of Washington state's 25,000 Jobless. , b Importers' File" Bankruptcy Petition PORTLAND, Dec. 19. A. O. An derson & Company, largo Importers and exporters, filed voluntary peti tions of bankruptcy in the United States court today. The First Na tional Bank of Seattle, and Ladd & Tilton and the Northwestern Nation al Jiank or rortland, are heavy creditors. JAP SENTIMENT AGAINST CONFERENCE TOKIO, Oee. 19. A wave of re sentment against the decision of the arms conference Is sweeping over Japan. The extremists are agitating mass meetings. , GUARDS PATROLLING FINANCIAL DISTRICT Triple Killing Results In Arrest ARDMORE, Dec. 19. Sixteen men were arrested and more arrests are expected, as the result of a triple killing at Wilson, Oklahoma, Thurs day. The authorities are covering the affair with Becrecy. It Is under stood a band of men threatened a bootlegger with death if he did not leave town. He refused, and the bootlegger and two members of the attacking party were killed In the laid. They suspect the Ku Klux Klan. NEW YORK, Dec. 19. Special armed guards patrolled the financial district today guarding agalnsl threatened anarchist plot to blow up the Stock Exchange and surrounding district. The threat was contained in a letter to Charles T. Morgan, made public Saturday night. RUMORSTHATTHE "AMAZONS" REVIVING PITTSBURGH, Kan., Dec. 19. The authorities are rushing a ma chine gun company to Cherokee, south of here, following the report that the "Amazon" army are about to resume hostilities and rail south ern Kansas mines. TRYING TO GET TREATY RATIFIED DUBLIN, Dec. 19. Michael Col lins, Irish plenlpontentiary who sign ed the Anglo-Irish peace pact, form ally asked for ratification when the Dall Eiroann met today. FRENCH READY TO STAGE "BACK DOWN" WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. The French delegation are believed today to be ready to "back down" from the stand for a world s third navy. TWO KILLED IN STRIKE GUN FIGHT KRA.NCE SURRENDERS ST.X14 WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. According to a high American : authority. Premier Brlund has ' ordered the French delegation j to surrender its stand for the world's third navy, and accept the decision reached by the other powers, giving the French at ralio of one and seventy- five nunnredtha In the "5-5-3- 1.75-1.75" ratio of the United ! States, Fnglund, Japan France COV. OLCOTT ADDRESSES SPECIAL SESSION OF STATE LEGISLATURE AT SALEM and iiaiy. respectively. This , L xplains Proposal For a $3,000,000 Tax Against the Peoole of the State ut Large to Complete Financing of the 1925 Portland Fair Address In Full. preBugea an agreement on the ! naval situation, which threat- ened the harmony of the con- 0 ference. Hughes will probably make a drive to settle the sub- murine question, brought up by Great Britain, which favors abolishing them. I'rlaiul s re- ply to Hughen is understood to have slated that Frunce re- what her submarine tonnage would be, which makes that subject more complex, and may retard the settlement of the naval situation, them briefly for your consideration so I may cause you no unnecessary served the right to suy later LEGISLATURE COX VEXES ! delay In turning to active work. Aa 'ou know, the people erf Port- SALEM, Ore., Dec. 19 The jland. representing oue-thlrd of the legislature of Oregon convened ! population and taxable wealth of the i today In special session, the call ! sialo, voted by an overwhelming ma- Issued by Gov. Ben W. Olc.ott Jnriiy to tax themselves In the sum being primarily for the purpose of $2,000,000 for the purpose of as- Burr and Sons Buy Tract of Land W. A. Burr and sons today pur chased 73 acres of fine river bottom land In the N. Curry estate. The deal wus consummated through the W. A. Bogard Real Estate Co., agent for the estate. Mr. Burr Is now prepar ing the land for the plantinx of 60 acres to prunes, pears and wuluuts. Mr. Burr is alfio coutemplallng planting a large portion of the land to broccoli, which Is successfully grown between tho tree rows of young orchards. Mr. Bogard reports that there are only two true i s unsold In the plat of 414 acres put on the market 18 months ago. Much of this land is betn,g planted to prunes, pears and walnuts and the entire planting when completed this spring will bring the acreage up to 225 acres. In addition to the growing of young or chards, much of the land Is being converted into truck gardening and the growing of broccoli. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Dec. 19 De puty sheriff Lewis R. Jones and Hessen Kaled, a pauking house strike sympathizer, were killed In a gun fight early today. DISORDERS MARK STRIKE'S THIRD DAY OMAHA, Dec. 19. Disorders In v.hlch several were hurt marked tho opening of the third week of tho packing house strike here. DE UALERA OPPOSES ANGLO-IRISH TREATY Bill Provides Cash tor Fair SALEM, Dec. 19. A Join memor ial Introduced by Senator Hall and DUBLIN, Dec. 19. Arthur Grif fith, foreign minister In Dall Elreann cabinet, moved the adoption of the Anglo-Irish itreaty when the Dull met in public session today. Com mandant McKeon, of county Lang ford, the Irish Republican army lear ed, seconded, saying that the "Irish people want substance not shadows." President I)e Valera moved the re jection, declaring the treaty would not end the conflict between Great Hrltlan and Ireland. The speech making Is expected to continue throughout tomorrow. o Cut Is Made at Espee Roundhouse A slush In workmen and working hours wus put In effect at the round house yesterday, eight men being thrown out of work, while machin ists were cut from six working days to five working days per week. The cut was unexpected, as no changes had been expected until the first of the year when reductions are expect ed to take place, an announcement of a pay cut ut that time having been mud'e some time ago by the company. Two hostlers and six wipers were re leased by yesterduy's cut, while the change In working hours for ma chinists will affect the wages of a large number of men. The men are aroused by the cuts which they claim unjustified at tills season of the year. of having the legislature sub- slating In financing an International mit to the people a proposal for 4j exposition to be held In Oregon in a state tax of $3,000,00 to be 1925. As I understand it, it Is the spread over three years, to aid desire of thpse interested that an ad- In the financing of the proposed dltlonal $4,000,000 be raised for this Atlantic-Pacific Highways and ! purpose, of which $1,000,000 is to Electrical Exposition In Port- land in 1 925. be raised by private subscription and the balance by a tax against the poo- Gov. Olcott took advantage of Pie of the state at large, Including the opportunity to present to i .Multnomah county. the slate at this time the ques- 4 tlon of additional legislation for the protection of state high- ! I'rcservulloli of Highways. I turn to a matter which I deem of paramount Importance to the wel- ways, and in his call for the fare of the stale. That Is the neces- session laid emphasis on the gity for additional legislation to pre- neea ror some enactment to serve our highways from destruction. regulate busses which are us. Ing the public highways. The weight of loads and speed of motor trucks have been giving grnv- Whlle tho legislature is In i est concern to everv nerson who has session corrections are expected been Interested In the highway aitua- to be made in several appro- tlon. Not alone Is this a matter of priation bills passed at the last gravity as It affects our hard-surface regular session, but which on ) highways, Important as It mny lie in account of clerical errors In the that connection. But throughout the enrollment of the bill, were ! state lighter types of surfaces, such made Inoperative or Impaired. as macadam and gravel, are being damaged almost Irreparably by heavy motor trucks passing over them. Frequently these lighter surfaces are fliv AsHoclntOfl l'resB. SALEM, Ore., Dec. 19. Gov. Ben constructed by small road districts W. Olcott, in his message to the which expend the limit, or near the special session of the legislature to- j limit, of their taxing powor to con day laid before the members the! struct lateral and market roads and matter of presenting to the people i occasionally they see such roads Turkey Pool Is Sold ai 46 1-2 Cents at the regular primary election May 19, 1922, a proposal for a $3,000, 000 tax against the people of the state at large. Including Multnomah county, to complete the financing of the Portland fair of 1925 In con nection with a $2,000,000 tax voted by tho people of Portland and $1. 000,000 to be raised by subscription. The governor did not suggest to the legislature what form the tax Bhould take. The greater pHrt of the brief mes sage was devoted to the question of road protection, and the governor laid emphasis on the fact that leg- wrecked by no more than one or two trucks. I may add that In my very mind these lateral and market roads are of the most. vital Importance the very arteries that carry the life's blood to our state . I respectfully call your attention that the saving of one mile of high way would more than cover the ex pense of this session of the legisla ture. We are spending millions for roads. We must take proper precau tions to protect them from early des truction. To have awaited another regular session before considering this matter might have meant many Islatlon for protection now would! hundreds of thousands of dollars In mean a great saving to the state, destruction otherwise preventable. Saving one mile of highway, he said! Involved In the problems confron wotild pay the expense of the extra' Ing us Is the matter of restricting weights and speeds of trucks with out ruthlessly Interfering with or destroying agricultural and Indus- session. The message referred to the work of tho special committee appointed by Gov. Olcott to obtain data on ; trial enterprise. which legislation may be framed for the regulation of speed and weight of' motor trucks and for the regu lation of vehicles using the high Muxt Protect Market Roads. Primarily the roads are made for handling the products of our people. Essentially and fundamentally these others, calls upon congress to enact i MERRY XMAS FOR the McNary-Smlth reclamation bill providing on appropriation of 360, 000.000. The house promptly adopt ed this. Speaker Bean Introduced a bill providing for financing the entire 1925 exposition by an Income tax over the state, and placing the power directing the fair In the hands of a A I : t Tt t i. ..... ..... .nmmlaulnn nf tltliMtn tr ha aol tifttitt in.,..., ,. - . nay was neciared to nave the run- - - BHI(,r.s. Dec. 19 Hughes' sunnort of the French government. by " governor, five from each con- " nx.iainnnl Hint win HTey static TMA,,-,,ur,77 I,",n,Td; iperteil to acc.pt the American' wa" ,n" levp,opment in con- ' '"r a limitation of capital nec,lon w,,n tn, conference and was H"tine one hundred Beventy- ' ac(",'Ptpd ln niost quarters as con ao'isaim tons for France and ld,,rably postponing what had been s The French acceptance was Predicted would be an early adjourn- tonnage, not on the ratio I ment of ,1,e conference. ' ' With agreement definitely reached '"T Hughes .v.,,, ion the American British Japanese reumeni conferenr. h.. " . i ra,1" an(1 wl,n 1ne Shantung a ..A . direr i v (th prt'Huional district. ItrXAWAY HOY I K K!,l I I 'con COni-I vorRAtlnna" ninvlnv tonHllv InwarH "f France , L ,k. ..7 a" amicable understanding, most de- ha. i legation! had prepared to arrange f th DISABLED UETERANS " "l-n Ian rW,v,.irwi.i " .me trench dele-1 ,,i.t. (.,7...i. ,.k, v.rfi. on naval ratto. I ul'"' wa" understood .--''t me attention i the remaining affairs so that lubor- of M. them. - " me unexpected nature nf . "-'( wus mat ii r ranee in "'h proposal anrf M iV. t.?, ,l8,ed on the 6-6-3-3 ratio comprised ' lar:iionir. -i,h .t. ,"";ln the proposal put forward Thurs tlnn. Neither from a standpoint of moiiize with tho v.,.i : Proposal put fo ul'ri which iu U....7.., JL ""y would find solid opposl- muiiMiiun I K 1"':"" p,an drawn. ' r"tl' h nrnnn.oi , r,,o pern it, : i... . P"a' i "Present I trd n, IE '. ' I",?:'. 1 .-! ""hem. of 'national security nor from that of status" on which the Clifford Brower aged 14. was pick ed up here toduy by Chief of Police Shambrook. The boy left Sioux City, Iowa, recently, accompanied by a soap salesman, and has been to New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco and points enroute and then took a boat to Portland. He tired of hlsj traveling companion and left Port-1 INDIANAPOLIS Ind., Dec. 19. (United Press.) - Disabled veterans and their dependents In every com munity In the United Slates will be cared for Christmas day by Ameri can Legion members, according to plans announced today by national headquarters of the ex-service men's organization. Visits to the homes of sick and wounded ex-service men and to I heir families will be made by the Legion naires and special committees will take enre of the men still in hospi tals. Entertainment and presents will be provided for the Incapacitated veterans. ' In connection with the Christinas i visits. Legion Investigators will ob tain Information In regard to strik ing cases of neplect or the disabled and their families, following which lan1 fL""'1" '." u P"C!V:t- '!"! action the memberi of the local p.m-s gave the address of his mother In will take up the claims of these men ''u' "u " """' - ""'"(with t,e government and will assist ntr al I their families In getting proper care. 0 I Information In regard to the loca- WILL MOVE IH'HIXKMH tlon of disabled men will be aseer- talned through legion post iiieet- George Trapalls. the well known ; ngs, the Red Cross, local medical proprietor of a lacol shoe shining organizations, county and city effi parlor will move Wednesday to h in i cialH. and. If necessary, through new location on Cass street In the 1 house-to-houso work by the Legion The Douglas County Farm Bureau turkey pool was sold this morning to O. J. Llndsey of Everybody's Ex change ut a price of 46 cents per pound. Mr. Llndsey is representing Sun Francisco parties and shipped out a carload toduy. The pool con tained approximately 20,000 pounds. Bidding on the pool was quite hent- ed, various bids being received vary ing between 40 nnd 46 Vj cents. This price hi two and a half cents holler than was received on the cash mar ket. In Roseburg turkeys sold at 40 cents on the ensh market and in Oakland and Yoncalla at 44 cents. Growers at Yoncalla formed a pri vate pool which was placed on the cash market and sold nt 44 cents.' The farm bureau pool was held for 47 cents nnd no patisfuctory bid was received until Mr. Llndsey's bid of 46 ',4 cents was accepted. The Elk ton growers did not kill Saturday, bul made their delivery today. The tuikeys placed In the pool there have been bought by Mr. Llndsey. Indications point to a big crop of birds next year. Many growers have retained h''ns for breeding and buy ers report Ihnt there was a noi Ice able reduction In the number of hens placed on the market. The fact that ho many hens were kept alive shows that farmers are naln turn ing to turkeys and It Is expected that there will be a big crop next year. In tho past few years sheep, cattle, pigs, etc, brought much greater profits than turkeys with less trouble but with stock bringing low prices and turkeys good profit. II Is ex pected that Douglas county will again resume Its big lend In the tur key Industry of the .lorthwest. Dr. It. I. Hall, (f Sutheilln, nl.ent some time here today unending to hiitdn'-ss matters. ways. The executive cuunoneu ineiure the farmers roads, over wnicn legislature to remember that the they take their produce to the mar roads were built primarily for thejket centers. Wo never should loso benefit of farmers, and that this, sight of that fact. The roads are should be kept ln minds. i built for such men as the farmer. In conclusion the governor asked particularly the market roads, and that the legislation speedily dispatch! his Interests must be subserved. Any its business. The message In full legislation enacted should take Into follows: ' rull account this fact. I believe leg- Mi-nibers of the Oregon Legislature: Islatlon may be evolved which will The legislature has been culled In- protect his Interests as well as the to special session to consider matters roads. which I deem of such serious urg-. Further, In connection with our ency and Imporfunre as to warrant highways, I submit to you the nec your most careful and undivided at- cssity for proper regulation covering tenilon. t will endeavor to outline1 (Continued on page three.) ! 1SL1 J SUU. U U.I JJ . 1 J. IBL . . . I'-itaJ Uh. !L U.U -1JLLL...H! I MSMl Secretary Christian Is Al most Like a Son to Presi dent and Mrs, Harding " n proposal for a capital n . ii. ui oi limitation is duiii. It was ; hu d ni ail o n hi the Mode Hakerv '-'"n first presented t nii?, M' fould the 'rench delega-:Mr. Trapalls will install four chairs "This is not a charity affair." raid Ilav,! ... .ummiitee. was und-r- lo"i val concert. ,,. ' ' was und 10 bf ni"'lr suggestion. null orirnu me ciaim to surn a land naa emgert the services or an;Hanfnrd MucNider, national com standing In the world's delimited na-j experienced bootblack to assist hlmimander of the Legion. "It Is the jvai concert. I n his rapidly Increasing trade. Christmas thought of one ex-service man for another who would expect his huddles to remember him If the positions were reversed. It does not matter whi ther the disabled Ind Is n Legion man or not; It Is a Christmas griOlng betv.i ox-acrvlco men." By RAYMOND CLAPPER, (United preiiH Klurr INirri'spiiiuli'iil.) WASHINGTON, Dec. U.- George H. Christian. Jr., In addition lo be ing the presldenTa private secretary, Is nlmost his adopted son. There Is soinellilng parental in the fondness the president and Mrs. Harding have for Christian. Having no children, and having rcen Chris tian grow up from boyhood, they come by this feettng quite naturally. Chrtsllan has nlways believed In HMcldrig close to Harding. That's probably the reason he now sits Just outside the presld"iifs door In the White House executive offices . Christian worked on Harding's newspaper while going to school in Marlon. When be came back home from military school nl Chester, I'n., he got married, took n Job In his father's stone business, and moved into the house next door to Harding's on Mount Vernon Avenue In Marion. Years later Harding was elected to the United States Nenati. lie came to Washington and soon tent for Christian to come here us his secre tary. Christian was nt Harding's side In Chicago when news of the nomination came. He was wlih the candidate election ni;lit. lie stood a few feet from his chief during tho Inaugural ceremony last March. And then he went Into the White House offices and took the desk by the door leading Into the President'! office, lie goes with the president on all trips out of Washington. Christian Is like a grown son to Mrs. Harding. On many public oc cnslons they walk arm In nrni behind the President. Sometimes they dance together. Mrs. Harding takes many personal problems lo him for ar'viee. She calls often on Mrs. Christian, hnvlni; known her ns a next door nel-.'libor for years In Marlon. Incidentally. Chrlstlon was a Dem ocrat until a few years ago, al thoiigli his party affiliations were usually forgotten when Harding was Involved. He was reading clerk at the Democratic convention In 1912. Christian has two grown sons. Tho older, named Wurran after the Pres ident. Is a West Point graduate, and a first lieutenant in the regular army. At the Sylnion Valley school house there will be an entertainment and a Christmas tree on the owning of rein her 24ih. Everybody will be welcome. O