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. JLAIll II I The Oregon . ' Issued Daily Except Monday by ) THE 8TATKH.MAN I'lIlUSlIING COMPANY 21S S. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the tie for republication Of all news dispatches) credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. R. J. Hendricks .TT777 . .7 Manager Stephen A. Stone . .Managing Editor Ralph Glorer . Cashier W. C. Squier.... Advertising Manager Prank Jaskbskl I Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN, served by carrier in Salem and suburbs, 15 cents a week, 60 cants a month. . DAILY STATESMAN, by mall, $6 a year; S3 for six months; 50 cents a month. For three months or more, paid In advance, at rate of $5 a year. SUNDAY STATESMAN, $1 a year; 50 cents for six months; 25 cents for three months. i . WEEKLY STATESMAN, issued in two six-page sections, Tuesdays and Fridays, $1 a year; 50 cents for six months; 25 cents for three months. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23, J Circulation Department, 683. Job Department, 583. EnteredlirttPcolflceln SalemTOregonTas second class matter. FIFTY THOUSAND A MONTH FOR ADVERTISING Otis E Gli&den, general manager of the company which owns Jiffy-Jell, has jbst written a letter to H. S. Oile, president of tho Pheasant Northwest Products Co., in which he says, in part: "I recall with pleasure my visit to Salem last July and the courteous attention shown me while there, by yourself and associates. "You will remember that I visited you for the purpose of leatn- ling,, first hand, just how the loganberry is grown and handled. 1 ; "As a result of my investigations I became firmly convinced of ithe soundness of the industry and the possibilities for greater de velopment and popularity of the juice as a flavoring agent. - "There is no hesitancy in saying to you frankly that you tje- ' serve great eredit for your persistency and faith in the loganberry. ... . No one who has not been "through the mill" can realize in the slightest degree what a tremendous undertaking it is to even introduce to' the distributing trade : line. r.; -"When I say to you that we are now spending about $50,000 5 monthly in advertising Jiffy-Jell, and that our new series of ads "just started feature loganberry flavor more thah any of the others, I believe you will be convinced of my sincerity so far as confidence in the loeanberry is concerned. " You will note, as ourt spring that in many of our ads .we mention the fact that the wonderful loganberry grows only in Oregon. inform the trade that all the vineyards are located in the vicinity of -Salem. From time to time we shall mention Salem, Oregon, in our .general publicity work, all of which will be of great value to your gommumty in general. , v After reading the above, from one of the greatest of the national advertisers, can any one in Salem or thtf Willamette valley doubt the importance of the loganberry industry I And its importance especially to thia valley? And more especially to this eityf ! ' i But ..there 'must be more aeres of loganberries, arid more logan berries to the acre; here in the - - - - J a ai - ji - - r ,i The industry is assured; and there can be more and more of the , And where is there another bearing acres, increase the annual dollars a year T The Bolsheviki now call them selves the Commune. They' Cannot be worse under the new name. Loganberry Juice is putting the name of Salem on the map as noth ing else could. :j . The largest balloon station and atiwnautlcal school In the world will be established at Arcadia on the Baldwin raika, ' near Los Angeles. ' Congress is now eo nsidering a bill which provides for Equipping pris ts with machinery tl0 be operated byv convicts supplies. in manufacturing war Holland is between? the devil and the deep blue sea; but she is not as much afraid of th4 devil as he thought his other rame being Billy Hohenzollern. Airplane maljf service between New York. Philadelphia and Wash ington will Me inaugurated about May IB. Th1s will be experimental. But we will likely have more and moreof ft. Te Bolsheviki movement in Rus sia! is disintegrating and a new Rus klaj will yet arise to search out and pifnish the treachery that sold out hf r name and honor. 'Exchange, perhaps; in the fullness of tlms. fBut the new Russia will have plenty of work in reforming that populous -najLion, without taking up the task of vindictive punishment. " Former President Taft is lending himself to every activity that has 'for its 'object the furtherance of a vigorous prosecution of the war. When the time comes for the peace conference, he should sit as one of the delegates from the United States. He is one of the greatest men in th ' - ' Kl'TIJBE DATES ' March 17. '11 and 1. Uymen a Mi- lonary convention. F1m. , March 82, Friday. Merlin of bank. Ingr representatives of Ma-ion county t. tlVi .nd ns for waging next Liberty loan drive. ?lV2LJTiAy Ore-An Hoprow. .era aaaocUtlon meeta for dlaaoltitio. at;r,.m9ttrVnTv,ear.iT;FrMhmn sle loaWrlve l?;' "et loProrlv,-op8.ant.Urd5r--Th,r1 ntrVi-.,',Iin w- Marten County M-v 5-R-dea,lor ventlon. Baleni. ovVntlS. --St.t Gr.n,e ln?.TscU8!rMa,r- rnmary nominate ijuw. a inousiiiiu more i arm era snouiu, in me nexi twenty uays, sex out one to three or four aeres or more, each ; and every aval allte piece of vacant city property ought to be planted to loganberries. Statesman anything in the toou or urinK and summer campaign progresses, Our salesmen are instructed to valley; as near Salem -as possible; -li r . i - . a its greatness is certain, if only berries grown. crop that will, for each new 1000 business of its industry a million world. In international knowledge and all-embracing sympathies. ! POSHNO POULTRY. 'i ne . postornce department an nounces that live chicks, properly prepared for mailing, may now be sent by parcel post if consigned to destinations not more than seventy- two hours' mailing distance. How ever, the birds may not be sent C. O. D., neither will the government insure them to land right side up. Fowls desiring to journey in this way will do so at their own risk. . A neighboring prargrapber say: "They'll probably have, a tough time traveling by mail especially if they are not male fowls."' (Police!) THK TWO BITS. The average daily sale of Wai Savrng Stamps in the United States has passed the $2,000,000 mark. The receipts for four weeks totalei JMO.000,000, exceeding by $3,000, 000 those from a like source in Great Britain during the same peri od. It is expected that the total in this country will reach $100,000, 000 within the next few weeks. Mil lions are giving and doing their bits, and two bits. FARMKRETTES. So many women are Interested in increasing the crop output of the counthy the' coming season that there will be many "farmerettes" at work with sleeves rolled up, etc. Maud 'Mullers will be a common eight along the road, and we sup pose the Judge will e in evidence as usuaL in many The world I "do not move' respects. CIIKSK AXI ROCKEFELLER. Chees is all right, of course, and it would probably be a good idea for all of us to eat more of it instead of so much meat. Thousands of peo ple have come to respect cheese since learning that it cured John D. Rock efeller's stomach trouble. However, It may be well remembered that a very little of even the best cheese goes a long way and that It should be partaken of sparingly. Also It is good to bear in mind the old say ing the "cheese Is gold In the morn ing, silver at noon and lead at night'.' There are all sorts of cheese In the world Swiss cheese, cottae cheese. Roquefort, rabbit, pineapple Lis cheese, little theeaes, gte'.n cheeses and a dosen . other kind; 1 ut It would not be fair to class them all under the one definition gl"en by little Tommy, who, whn asked to define the word cheese, re plied. "Cheese Is petrified milk that smells bad to a feller's nose when he eats it" meaning, no doubt, tlw cheese and not the nose. That defi nition applies only to such brands as schlosskase and limburger. UNCO.1 HTIOXA L KURRKX ITeIi This is not time to talk peace. ' This is the time to talk war, to talk fight, the time when the nation, like the individual community, must determine to suppress the criminal rather than yield to his crimes. This is the time when the nation on bended knees may well ask Al mighty God to strengthen its power to fight in order that it may do the vork to which He has called us as clearly as He ever called any man or any nation to any great task since the beginning of time. Our stipreme duty is to fight. The supreme business of this na tion is to win the war, and never count that it has been won until there is a complete, unconditional surrender by Germany, and until Germany's murderers from the high est on the throne have paid the full penalty of tbeir'crimes.- Richard H. Edmonds, editor Manufacturer?' Record. I BITS FOR BREAKFAST : Sure enough spring. . Think of this, will you: m k S Jiffy-Jell people spending $50,000 a month advertising. And in this $50,000 a month cam paign they are pushing the logan berry flavor above all others. S And they are saying things about. Salem and its vicinity in this con nection; the home of the great lo ganberry. i m V The loganberry industry is put ting Salem on the map in capital letters. Salem and surrounding country cannot get behind the logan berry industry strongly enough, un til at least 20,000 acres are In logan berries, making it a J20.000.000 a year industry. And there will be plenty of chance for growth beyond that. S t ; Hihdenburg being backward about going forward with his great offen sive, the" British and French are about to land on him with theirs, i i S I t f The Belgian army has taken over the sector of the western front next to the coast. This brave little army if on its own soil; a stretch of sanJ dunes; the only part of Belgium that Is not In the hands of the Ger mans. And will not be, as long as a Belgian is left alive. S W i The Americans are keening the Germans out of NO Man's Land by Indian tactics, whatever that !s Making, it so hot, perhaps, that no German dares to get into that for bidden strip. S m I The naval authorities are testing the unsinkable ships. The next thing on the programme will be the fool-proof airplane. If the WUson administration had nobody to fight but the Germans it would be much easier, But there are so many whispering knockers. John Bull has been loaned another $200,000,000. John would certainly go to the financial skids if it was not for the United States of America. S Cuba has torched Secretary Me Adoo for a mesrsly $15,000,000. In tnese days of Immense amounts If Money this loan sounds like an oid faehloned thirty cents. A Boston astrologer predicts that Gen. Pershing will brin? victory in the present war. American muscle and brawn and brains and, equip ment will also have something to do with the glorious result. ! ; v Democracy is growing even in .Germany. Some of the subjects of the kaiser are talkinr about him as If he were running for office. , S It Is now nroposed to eat whale hash. But tell it not in Gath. preach it not in the streets of Askelon. for "nr landlady Is likely to hear it. hRxchanre. LEMONS WHITEN AND BEAUTIFY THE SKIN Make ThU ftewnty IVrtion Cheaply for Your F" ck. Arms and Hands. At the cost of "a small Jar of ordi 'rr cold crenn ran prepare a fnii nnarter pW of the most won derful lemon skin softener and com- '.,. nf two frfh lemons into a ott1 ctainin three ounces of or chard white. Care should be taen tmln th 1u!ce throueh a fine -'nth ono lemfn rulp get In. then 'Ms lotrn will keen fresh for o- i Foorv woman knows that lemon Juice is used to bleach and re- Tve sireh "blemishes as freckles. 1'owne and tn and U the Ideal 'n softener, whltene? and beau tlf'er. f Just trv it! Get three ounces of orchard white at any drug store and two lemons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this sweet ly frarrant lemon lotion and mas sage it daily Into the face. neck, arm and hands. It is marvelous to smoothen rough, red hands. ) .Vv IN A SOCIAL WAYI 1 By rureae Elisabeth Nickels Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parks ate expected to return to Salem Wednes day night from a California sojourn. They have been in the south for two months, passing the greater part of their visit in Los Angeles. Thirty-five couple have been bid den to a St. Patrick's dance which will be given tomorrow night at Cot tillion hall. The committee in char&u is composed oX Mrs. Ralph White, Mrs. Harley O. White. Mrs. Clyde Johnson, Mrs. F. Loose. Mrs. C. IJ. Purvine, Mrs. C. M. Inman, Mrs. Roma Hunter and Mrs. Harry Hill. .Mrs. E. O. Siecke and her son Paul, expect to leave soon for Texus where Mr. Austin has received the appointment as state forester. They will probably live in Austin. The Sieckea are popular with a large circle of friends and their home on the Portland road has been the scene of many a merry affair. They will be keenly missed. Green carnations . intermingled with ferns lent appropriate decora tions at a St. Patrick's dinner party which was given recently with Mis Ada Miller at her home. Novelty place cards marked the plates of twelve guests. The evening was passed with knitting and music Those bidden, who are the members of the knitting club, were the Misses Genevieve Avlson. Laura and Lida Bell, Louise Benson. Gertrude Eakin, Laura Miles, Dorothy and Helen Pearce, Eva Scott and Inez Goltra The 'Misses Hazel Todhnntcr and Hilda Amsler were additional guests, Miss Irene Howard has left for Butte, Mont., after a three months' fctay io Salem as the guest of her mother. Mrs. Blanche Howard. Miss Howard specialize in x-ray work at the Murray hospital in Butte. For the pleasure of Miss Vesta Smith, who left for San Francisco FTiday night, the girls of the Y. W. O. A. planned a dinner party in her honor on Thursday. An attractive table was arranged and spring flow ers were chosen for the center "piece. Covers were laid for sixteen of Miss Smiths' friends, who regiet her leav Ingothe Salem Y. "W. C. A. Mlsn Smith will enter St. Franc'.s hospital April first and will visit friends in and around the bay before that time. Mr. and Mrs. Florian Von Escben and Miss Helen Ehmer were week end guests in Portland. - . The prayer service scheduled for today at the Y. W. C. A. will be omitted on account of the meeting of the Laymens Missionary convention at 2:30 o'colck at the Congregation al church. 'r i :. ' . ' The Chautauqua Reading clrcue gave thefollowing program recent ly: Current events, response by each member; lalk, "The Origin of the Arabian Nights?' Mrs. Era Hicks; talk, "Sheherazade," Mrs. Anna Walker; "The Story of Alad din and His Lamp," Mrs S. B. Frost; "Story of Sinbad," Mrs. E. E. Fish er; "Story of All Baba and the Forty Thieves." Mrs.. R. B. Goodin; "A Comparison of the Women of th Aladdin,' and the 'All Baba' Tales." Mrs. L. C. Zimmerman; -talk, "Bag dad, Its Past and Present," Mrs. W. W. Rosebraugh; talk "The Function of Imagination in Literature' Mrs E. C. Minton; general review and discussion of chapter. Germ of , IHseaoe should be promptly expelled from the blood. This is a time wrhen the system is especially susceptible to them. Get rid or all impurities in the blood by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. and thus fortify your whole body and prevent illness. EDITORIALS OF THE PEOPLE (The Statesman Is pleased to print communications upon topics of general interest At any time. There is scarcely any limit to the topics of 'general in terest." It la aked only that corre spondents refrain from personalities and use care that nothing be writtvii of a libelous nature. Letters must have writer's name and address, though not necessarily for publication. Ed.) Air Is at Stake. In the Sunday issue is an article urging kindness to pro-Germans. signed by "A Red Cross Booster." I hope you will grant me space to reply. We are now at war with Germany, and any expression of sympathy with our enemy is treason. This is a time of war, grim and deadly, when tbe truth must be snoken without minc tl words, and with scant heed of rtersonal feelings. We say bluntly, then," "that those, that are not with us heart and soul, for tbe prosecu tion of this wariagalnst the 'hun nishness of the Hun." which means murder, lies rape, mutilation of women and children, death, horror upon horrors in fact, every beastly thing in the category of fiendish ness are against s. and that there Is no place in this country for them." How can any one sav "German friend, " when many of the German born are trying In every way to de feat this conntrv In its efforts to win the war? God ave the mark, "German Friend." No prefix for a friend. Our bovs are at the front fighting for ' this country, our homes, our women and children. Let the woman who cried, come out and say, "I love this country: I came here and bettered my condi- BIG EARG Closio VOILLE DRESS GOODS IX GREY, GREEN, BLUE. CREAM n 1 BUCK, IM an.l K 1 JSH g VA LUES, NOW Per Yard Vc MUSLIN UNDERWEAR AT CLOSING OUT PRICES BIO SPRING DRIVE IN Embroidery $6.00 Embroidery, yd.. . $2.00 $5.00 Embrodery, yd.. .$1.77 $3.50 Embroidery, yd.. . 85c and 50c Embroidery, yd. .. $ .39 tlon: M is niy country." and not by weeping about something said, wbicjx is virtually acknowledged sympathy with "hunnlshness." How ean a pa triot of this country address such people as friends? Let people of German sympathy get square, talk and act square with God and our country, and they will not have any treasonable sentiments or cause of complaints of their treat ment. ! , Can a pacifist carry on a war suc cessfully? Our all Is staked upon winning the war. We have had the opportunity to kneel to the Hun and cry out "friend." but our choice, was to fight. We are . a self-respecting nation, and the people are no part of a craven, and will not address a pro German as "friend." For one. I scorn any one who would be guilty of such infamy. Say "friend" when the hellish Han endeawrs to destroy the universe? N-everJ- -I A Real Red Cross Booster. Salem, Or., March 18, 1918. ;' Careless Use of Soap Spoils the Hair Soap should be used very care fully, if you want to keep your hair looking its best. Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and ruins it. The best thing for steady use is just ordinary mulsified cocoanut oil (which is pure and greaseless), and is better than the most expensive soap or anything else you can use. One or two teaspoonfuls will cleanse the hair and scalp thorough ly. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it In. It makes an abundance of rich. , creamy lather, which rinses1 out easily, removing evej-y particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and eacessive oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves the scalp soft, and the hair fine and silky, "bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy to manage. ' You can get mulsified cocoanut oil at any pharmacy. It's very cheap, and a Jew ounces will supply every member of the family for months. Carload of Prunes Will Be Given Right of Way Secretary and Manager W. T. 'nks of the Willamette Valley Prune association had the satisfac tion Saturday of' billing out for ex port use of the government a (car load of prunes, a portion of the Con tract recently closed, with the quar termaster general's department. I for war food for the soldiers and sailors. The car was tagged on the side ith a white card striped with red. whkh signifies priority in trans portation, and will be dispatched by fast freight ahead of all other classes of f relent to the port of shipment on the Atlantic coast, ox. wherever ordered by . the quarter mas'er. Absence of Mail From Front Is Explained Many heartaches have been caused by lack of mail from the front bu the absence of the letters and an swers which are looked for from the soldier bovs does not aie-nifv that they are not well qr that they do uui wnie. An Official bulletin of Satitrriar March 9 in New York city, gave the information tnat zo.ovo letters ar.d a small quantity of parcel post ma'l. MF? MEN! EN'" SKK CLAKKIPIKD All AT THE gOotSa LACES VALUES TO $1.50 NOW PER YARD 35c LACES VALUES TO 85c NOW PER YARD 19 c CURTAIN NETS AND SCRIMS AT cLosma out PRICES RIBBONS GREATLY REDUC ED IN PRICE coming from the soldiers, were lost on the steamship Andania, wnicn was sunk off the Irish coast, the fat ter part of January. These letters were written by the soldiers between January 15 and 20. A letter fforo New York to a Salem -woman ay 5 "Please tell Miss MeNary that tho Official Bulletin of Saturday March 9th gives the information 30,000 letters and a small quantity of parcel post mall coming from the soldiers were lost on the steamship Andania, which was sunk off the Irish coast the latter part of January. These letters were written by tbe soldiers between tbe 15th and 20th of Jan uary. Perhaps the letter from , her Private Smith Ballard was among them." , :, ' , .. . . mi Annual Spring Festival to Be Held in April . iff - Who will win; ' f. Between now and April 27 will pel held "Tbe Spring Festival and Rural School Day," as planned by the school supervisors for the north end of the county. Large score cards have been dis tributed, which show the date, daily attendance, industrial club, stand ardization and professional certifl- Scoring is on the following basis: Attendance based on teacher's monthly Report. - 88 or abo've. 20 points: 95 to 98, 15 points; 90 to 95. 10 points; 85 to 90 points, 5 points. Industrial club score based on per cent of club members who complete work jihd make reports on time. No credit will be allowed In this con test for club starting arter March 15. Standardization is determined by the per cent of points on state card won. 4 Professional certificates cannot be awarded until the teacher has taught eight months this year. The place where the festival will be held haw not been decided. BACKED -BYA-GUAPANTEE THAT MEANS SOMETHING N VALENCINES I LACES lc YD, 2 YDS. FOR 5c- 4c YD. VALUES TO 10c NOW 5c YD. HOUSE DRESSES r -, AND COTTON PETTICOATS' 98c AND UP CORNER COURT AND COM 'L STREET, SALEM Lea to Prepare Figures for Entire New Coliseum A. C. , Marsters, chairman of the building committee of the state fair board, has asked Secretary A. H. Lea to prepare figures cohering be cost of construction this year of the entire proposed new .coliseum at the fair grounds. L. T. Thompson, the architect, is already drawing the plans, . The board! has let a contract for the first unit of the building only, and excavation for the foundation of the unit Is now in progress.. Sines letting the contract, however, tbs board has seriously considered con struction of the entire building with the exception of some interior fin ishing. ' Man Who Sold Liquor Believes Court Erred . i Attorney General Brown has re ceived from, the clerk-of the United States supreme court a transcript of record of the case of Julius Wilbur, plaintiff in error, against the state of Oregon. Wlbur was convicted to Clackamas county on a charge cf selling intoxication liquor In viola tion of the prohibtion act and the state supreme court affirmed the lower court. Wilbur sets up the claim that the state supreme court erred in deciding that Section S3, Chapter 14 Laws of 1915, known ai the prohibition act, is not repugnant to! the constitutions of the United States. That section provides that an indictment for violation of tbe prohibition act need not state lie name of the person by 'whom the liquor is alleged to have been sold nor the name of the person to whom it it alleged to have been sold. What is the name of that senator from Wisconsin who was opposing the war a short while ago?