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TVyC'sCJlt GUh'DAV JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUliDAY LIORIima. MAY 13, ic:i. ITEHEST HEI1H ! Oil SCHOOL FUNDS EXCEEDS 'HUH I Steta Treasufer Reporti for Bieri : niOm That Semiannual Plan Total of ReceipUi aid or tn Is based ft' Increases " : - - J 1 Salertt, May 14. Interest on tb.6 ff,39fe,4?S.ta of Oregon's common Ichodl fund. Invested in first mort gage loans, aggregated il,fti(l,079.TS fcurinsr the bleithlum of 1919-1920. Recording to figures In the office of $tate Treasurer Hoff; custodiaii of the fund. tTnrier A Wrtlirv tif iioml-d nnftal inter est payments Inaugurated by Hoff, thlC' rnterest has been greatly increased to the advantage of the school children of the state, the interest on the fund be ing apportioned yearly on August .1 to the several counties for the schools. This apportionment a the number of children of school age r ithia the county,, as. shown by the ,n; uai report of the state superintendent ht public instruction. ,me common scnooi runa, wmcn totajs M.789,956.03. is composed of the proceeds the sales of sections Is and 36 1n Jvery township fn the state, all moneys Escheated or forfeited i to the state. all moneys -paid as exemption from military - duty, the proceeds of gifts inn grants to the state when the purpose is not specifically stated, rroeeeda of the sale - of tide and Vferflowed lands, proceeds from the sale f the 500.000 acres granted to the state ry tne rederal government 10 1884 anf be proceeds from the sale bf all lands Selected for capitol building purposes. J?JlECXDEHT HELD BAD V Although the interest from the fund is Inverted annually to the use Of the pub lie schools of the state the fund itself Is inviolate. However, its source are sometimes tapped prior to their dis charge into the fund, as was the case fluring the last legislative session when rtidns of the fund derived from the pacific Livestock company compromise And frtom the sale of sand and gravel $vas diverted to administrative purposes. 1 This procedure is opposed by State Treasurer Hoff, who questions the wis ttom of establishing a precedent which cps from the school fund money which belongs therein and which, once entered fe.3 a part of the fund, cannot be touched Except for investment upon adequate leeurlty. - fcAatff BS fife't HfsDS ! . iloneys Id the cdnimort school fund are loanable by the state land board to Ore gon farmers at a minimum interest rate !f 6 per cent and a maximum- rai nf per cent . Any surplus cxisttor in the rnhd may be invested hi the bdnda of regon school districts, which Quired to submit their bond issue tn ttate land board before offering: them 0 the investing public HOff. wh,o. as itate treasurer, is a member of the ftate bond commission, has Indorsed the ' Recently enunciated policy ; of that torn: . - . , ,r BUILDING SUMMER HOME ON PACIFIC COAST r ' ' ' ' ' ' " ' """Sf " " ' ' v j . :'v-v - - s . "ff ,' T J: X '''' If I ',7: V. ' ' . 4 'v " vi ' ft I 1 . J-'1 f v '1' W fit ' ' " ", ' a ; , - t - r - ' - v V; '' a K 4 V -? - - '-1- " 1 ?2 fc : t s- ; : ' i i -'H-' t ' i'-T" " I ' ;T-; , , U ' - ; v? r v ' ' - 4 v x s i ,s m- l ''-fV - trr a ' . - j- if , ' s f vs. x x ! -V ' . ? sw 5 - - t - sw 3ir8-0rDeTis vndCTW1' Jr- frrm V thdbgraph by Atontftgae Colmcf of Sterfens"& Oolmef, lortIAhd and ViaoAcr, B. C. Mrs. Tttridefbilt plani to spend her gamblers at a Vnnntry borne Being built by her bad- wuu wm ucncu on auuuuiub -island. mission in giving preference to school district bonds over all other classes i of security in the investment of state funds. i Demand fori state money on the part of farmers, which showed . a decided slump when the farm loan banks were loaning money at S per cent, has again Your M easurements rMeithandlse of Merit Only "i ' Bring Your Measurements W jmm i . ! .EVtZRVtHthrG FOR CASHkVEMTHim L$$ A Phenomenal Success! To Be Repeated Monday Portlands Greatest Sale Wall of N ew Papr 5 .'; at HAEF Price Double Rolls of 'Side Well Paper at 19c, 29c and 49c a Roll' Double Rolls of Ceiling Paper at 19c, 29c and 49c a Roll ? a I !) a I) !) Border Paper Nearly All Cut . Out and Ready foir Use 2c, 3c and 5e Yd Be Sure to Bring YouY Measurements! A Wall Paper Expert will be on hand ready to inform vou nf exactly the number of rolls you need; also M y6u to ihl ' Proper carrying out of any decorative idea you may Lv! -Economy baseMent, iip, wolf, & Co I , ' j jrto 5for le ATo CqmpgrahV. Pricrn,y Are Mcgfrfing and Qftmn Untrum Youiig Vanderbilt And Bride to Spend Summers oil Coast Portland friends of Comellun Vanrlor- bilt Jr. and tors. VanderbQt received word from thera last wk thai thpv ! 8000 tO COni tO tla Pk4fl fsmot again and will spend part of the sum mer on aft island in a lake en Vancou ver island. Where , the Vanderbirts are building a home. They will corae by way of California and expect to visit roruano. . v ; Vanderbnt bought the island last year for his bride during their honey moon jaunt on the coast. Much Of their time was spent in the mountains and near fishing stream, and it was during their explorations on Vancouver Island that Mrs. Vanderbilt decided that the little island . should be the Ate for their summer home, The bouse will be ready for Its occupants to about six or seven weeks, and they expect to spend a part of their time each' year on the Pacific Coast. I - 12,000 Start for . Other Side in Day : ; -; - ' t : - New York, May 14. (L N. S.) The record number ot this year's spring tourists sailing for European, South and Central American porta was brought up to more than 25,000: today, when 12,000 passengers sailed on 14 liners. The total is the greatest ever recorded since pre-war days. i Dancing Tonight! COLUMBIA BEACH PAVILION Wonderful Broadway Jazz . Orchestra Vaaeeaver Cars. 100,000 PERSONS CIJILO A HOrvi AT' .EXPOSITION HER E Biggest Show of Kind ih Histoty of POrtfiftd, Sky Members of Realty Board; Look to 1922. Record breaking crovrds attended the closing of the "bulld-a-hoine1' exposition al Hie Auditorium Satur day night. More than 100.000 peo ple Visited the exposition , during the week and I the Venture 'was pro nounced a. complete success by the exhibitors and by . officers of the Portland Realty board who planned the show, under the leadership of Coe A. Mckehna. - i "There Isn't the slightest doubt inthe minds of the business men who placed exhibits In The Auditorium last week that the 'buitd-a-home exposition was the most important event of the kind in the history or the city," McKehna stated? "Without a sihfle exception the exhibit ors haV asked for space at the next exposition, 'hteb will be held in May. 1928.- - - - DOUBLE FLOOR SPACE The rentals for floor space paid all expenses of the exposition, and though no admission fee was charged, the Port land Realty board has a surplus fund on hand to begin preparation for next year's show. . Practically every line of building material and bouse furnish ing was represented among the (0-odd exhibits whtch covered : the main floor of The Auditorium. - t The educational value of the exposi tion cannot be overestimated," said Irk F. Powers, "and I have already -spoken for three times our present space for next year's show - i Similar requests by other exhibitors will make it necessary to utilize the basement as well as the main floor at future exhibitions, according to the com mlttee in charge. - Interest in the closing hours of the exposition centered in the drawings for prizes offered by exhibitors. The dra wr ings' began at 9:30 p. m. and several thousand dollars worth pf Valuable gifts, ranging from a ton of briquettes to a complete set of hardware tor a $5000 hoyse were awarded to holders of lucky numbers. following are the winners of prizes: A. Wi feorman, 421 Sixty-seventh street southeast, residence lot tof fered W the Portland Realty board; H. R. KIbin, 227 Mill street, -one free moving offered by the Portland Van & Storage com pany i Florence H. Johns, 09 Weldler street, J200 . worth, of screens , for sleep ing porch offered by the Western Blind & Screen company; James Haines, 229 Oswego street. Cherry Peerless damper for fireplace offered by P. t. Ckffert-y A oo. : Mrs. R. J, Roberson, 635 Twenty' sevenin avenue southeast, victroia or if S credit, offered by Bush & Lane ; Mrs. J W. Fa w, tzi ; Second street, choice of a $200 lot at Columbia Beach. offered by Interstate Land Co.; Mr. EX O. Buchanan, 685 Irvington street, $100 worth of hardware, offered by Honey man Hardware' company j Mrs.- F. O. Olson, 1541 Division street, miniature house, valued at $400, offered by Feh ner Manufacturing company; Mra t. V. Wit heck. S720 Seventieth street eouth- east, $200 credit on new house, offered by Wlckman Building company; James Sheldelker. T50 East Seventy-second street, complete bathroom set, offered by M. L. Kline. Man Held in Salein Has Trunk -Pull ;of! Silk Wearing Apparel v . , - ! Salem, "May II. That L. Zukernian, alias, L. Sugerman. held here for invirstl gation, operated In Portland before com ing to Salem' is the belief of local au thorities, based upon the discovery tn his trunk of hew eilk skirls and ladles' wearing apparel bearing the name of a well known Portland department store. . The trunk, which . was returned t Salem tonight on order from Chief of Police Muffitt was found to contain nu merous silk shirts, eilk tie's, silk socks, silk pajamas and ladies silk wearing apparel, ail still bearing the price tags and valued at an aggregate of several hundred dollars. , Papers found in the trunk include a discharge from the United States army at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, under the name of Louis Zukerman. Other papers In dicate that his journeyirigs led from New York-to California within the baat few years and indicate activities ranging from peddling to stock buying. . i When taken into custody here feukef mait br Sugerman was nattily attired in expensive clothes.; Several other suite of expensive clothing were found In his trunk. - Although ho formal charge has as yet been filed, local authorities are con fident that their prisoner "Ms a man whose record will cover many states. ' STILL IS LOCATED RA DAN HOME Hoohshine in Making and Fin ished Product found In Eait J 5th Street House by Deputies. Bfodel Village Planned r . Hamilton, Ont., May 14. It Is proposed to erect a model village on 60 acres of land near Ancastex, Ontario for married insurable war veterans now taking treatment at the government hospitals. The town will consist Of 60 'or TO houses, ffa chosen community hall, and other institutions. 'tv"here' your search warrant?" demanded Gladys BahdersOh, pretty young housekeeper at the home Of Adaht IDoiet, H& 2 feast frlfteehlh street, Saturday aherndon when dep uty Sheriff Jo Bfeeraan started crawimgr through the trbhl window. BeemaA produced It ahd shi sedkteiy led the way to the klt6hfch, where the fouha a iS-gaitdh still oh the ear by wire U0 gallons of raisin mash . and two of three gallons of finUhed product bt the moonshine brand.-- : -; I tCnocklnt had filled to rouse anyone, and Beeman negotiated the window. Inside besldei Miss Sandersoh and the moonshine paraphernalia, Beeman found bozet also. He took, the entire works" to the county Jail. i ; Miss Sanderson told District Judge Deich that she was . ah employe of the Doaet household and that she Uvea at the MeKlhley apart ments. She aatd she toad never Been the still In operation. teich continued her case until Doxet could be arraigned and tried, Dozet not being ready for the law so soon after his arrest. ' The manager of the McKinley apart ments denied that Miss Sandersoh lived there. ",- -.. - Peace Is Restored In The Dalles Post, American Legion Th Dalles. May 1. tlarmony was restored to The D aires post of the Amer ican Legion, Friday night with the con firmation of the election of Pat Foley, hotel man, as 'commander and the refer endum election of other officials of the post. - j . . The election held Monday night was contested for all but two offices on the grounds that those elected were hot members In good standing. Matt Duffy adjutant John T. Henry. costing about $3200 each, a factory forformerly captain in the 162d infantry, the manufacture of toys, a school, axewas elected vice commander by accla mation. Police Press Casn Against Women Held For Judge's Death Tuha, Okla., May 14. (I. N; &) De tectives were looking for new evidence today to strengthen the state's case against tioldle Gordon and Mrs. Jesse James, held on murder charges In con nection wtth the death . of Judge John Devereaux. prominent Oklahoma 1urlnt Although thete are at leant three per sons who will testify that Judge Devere aUx 24 hours before he died, stated that he received the wound on his head by falling but bf bed, as the women have maintained, there was no thought of al tering the charge against them today. Dr. Paul V. Smith, tha nhHirlan ahn attended iudge ' bevere&ul, said he placed nO faith in the ktatemi nt bec-niiae of the aged jurist's condition at the time. He was so stupefied from dniRiv according to the physician, that If told such a statement he might readily have repeated-wit . A. p. Dixon, in Whose room Judge Devereaux was found, Bald that Mrs. James had asked him if Judfre Devere aux could occupy hta room. He said he went i to the room later and found th judge on the floor, bleeding badly from a cut over the right tye and the two women in the room administering to him. Dajilia Bulbs Fail To Make Good When Baked for Potatoes San Francisco, May 14. Dahlia bulf will not make good sweet potatoes even though cooked. Mrs, O. B. B&xter of this city, who cooked them, will admit-this and her husband, who tried to eat them, will bear her out4 The Baxters ere tip country some where In Marin county putting In a garden. A box came by parcels pout. It contained what looked to Mrs. Baiter like sweet potato. There was something queer about the way they looked when peeled and some thing strange about the odor as they simmered In syrup. There; was also a comedy aspect to them as they lay in nocently enough steaming on the table. But the real kick came when G. 11 re marked there was nothing like sweet potatoes "done Southern style as only one's own wife could cook them." Then he helped himself and stopped suddenly. , A well meaning friend Interested In the Baxter garden had sent the bulbs. "I'm only an amateur, back yoid farmer tiring to get along, but I'll know dahlia bulbs from this time on," said Mrs. Baxter. increased to such an extent that the siaie treasurer is transferring as jrap idly as possible bonds in Which school funds hive been Invested to other funds in order that all of the. school fund may be made available for farm loana j Construction Man ' Says He Paid High To Prevent Strilces Chicago, Majr it t pC Unde threat ot Imprisonment Unless he told what he knew of Chicago's Industrial underworld, 6eorge H, Thomas, manager oi a isew rork construction company, today revealed $14t,000 graft paid to union agents on two big Jobs in Chicago for "nrnfivflnn' -...., Thomas' testimony was before the Dai ley legislative committee InvMtl. gaUng the building situation In Chicago. He told of the construction of the State aae building and the Woods Theatre building. First trouble aDneared. Thnm. as eaid. when the old building upon the mie oi ioe new woods theatre was being kitcsco. a.- eu-iice, after lasting three weeaa, was enaea wnen Be paid a busi ness agent for the plumbers union we naa aaveraJ mora atrfkoa." k Me eaJd that approximately Si 00.000 was paid out on the Woods building to union agents. I i Thomas said he feared for hla' safety if he should go ahead (with th story. Senator Dailey told ihim he wouiu nave to take -the consequences' ir ne refused to testify. Thomas finally s" " name oi tne agent: of the plumbers' union to the lnveetiaators in secret session. The agent is now dead, he said. , . - . -(-.' it : Many interesting shoes v are described here, m Jteresting because of ! the newness of the pat terns, because of the low prices. But thpy do not tell the whole Story by any means, because ' we have the largest stock of new styles in this city and every style is seasonable up to the minute in tight ness, i B2201White ve tloth port ox ford, black kid trimmed, ivory sole and white heeL Also tan call or White kid tfirnrncd, Price $10.00. .Operating eleven stores, as we do, we en joy a buying power that no smaller or sin gle store could possibly equal. Hence the low est - in - the - city prices, that are making Bak er's the largest-in-the- city retailer of depend able shoe's. Further more, we guarantee you complete shoe sat isfaction. '.. F121 1 Dainty one strap pump with' turn sole and LXV heel, m gray, fawn, black or brown suede. Price $9.85 B1S21 Pearl gray suede one strap; pump with turn sole and suede cov ered wood LXV heeL Price $8.85. B1203 Popular one strap pump in black or brown kid, turn sole and Baby French! heeL Similar pattern with full French heeL Price $10.00. D1211 Attractive one strap with tongue, in black or brown suede, turn sole ' and suede covered wood Baby French heeL Price $9.85. . '.-I- . f 380 Washington Street ! 308 Washington Street 270 Morrison Street Los Angeles San Francisco Portland 1