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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1918)
r'rmz orecox statesjian: Friday, may a. ioi i -s . i i i ' ! ' : i r: LADIES GOAT PECFA Through our direct Eastern connections we just re ceived 40 New Coats at prices awajr below the present market These Coats are now being unpacked and go on sale tomorrow J f , $7.90, $10.95, $11.95 and $14.95 ; J "Oixr Prices Always the Lowest GAM & COMPANY ; - - t0 - Phone 1072 ' ,.: " Commercial and Court Sb. Formerly Chicago Store FIRE LOSS IS MUCH SMALLER Presence of Soldiers in Woods Considered by Insurance ; Companies j BAKER CLAIMS BRANDED FALSE Aeronautical Society Investi gators Criticise Aviation . . . Program Vt WASHINGTON, May, 2. A report t on the aircraft situation, compiled hy ,the Investigating committee of the Aeronautical Society of America, was filed In the senate today by Senator Wadsworth of New York. - It reviews statements on the prog ress of the building program attrib uted to Secretary laker and brands them as false And misleading. The report does, not attempt to fix re- sponslblllty for delays land failures but in a general way supports the published , charges mad by Gutzoa Horglnra, , It charges that not niore than 5 per rent of the facilities for building aircraft hare been utilized and recruiting- and training of men for flyers has slowed down. "Practically all statements by offi cers of the government regarding the execution of the , aircraft program must be absolutely neglected as un trustworthy." said "the report. '.'In ventive genius .was left unutilized so the 1919 program is imperilled un less steps are! radically , taken to The report also concluded that the censorship was without military value, that recruiting had been such as to create uncertainty and cause loss of men,' -that production of fighting planes '"is lagging through lack of co-operation of, departments" and that delays will increase with the 'rate of production. ; The Liberty jrootor, basically of good design, said the report, was discredited by exaggeration of high officials and its production has teen uselessly and, unnecessarily.- delayed, the high altitude type still being in its infancy. German Forces Occupy Great Russian Fortress BERLIN, VIA LONDON. May 2. German forces have occupied Sebas topol, the great, Russian fortress in the Crimea, according to the official communication ! from headquarters, the town was taken without fighting. Harvey Wells, state insurance commissioner, has Issued a, report showing that fire waste in Oregon during 1917 was nearly $2,000,000 less than in previous years. This reduction in-fir loss he attributes mainly to state-wide fire prevention activities and the investigation into causes of fires that have been in op eration underhis department. All but nine companies transact ing insurance business in the state report 2080 claims. The amount of Insurance Involved in these claims was $2,175,000; Insurance paid. $1,094,000. Total loss includ ing insurance, was $1,556,000, leav inr a net loss to the property owner not covered by Insurance, $462,000. Had Chimneys' lancerons. . There were 413 fires from defect ive and over-heated chimneys, de stroying property to the amount of $181,000. Two hundred and sixty five fifes from defective boilers, furnaces and stoves caused a loss of $119,000. One hundred ninety fires were due to careless handling of matches Involving a loss of $197,000. Twenty-four fires from careless smokers caused a loss of $94,000. One hundred thirty-four fires from explosion of lamps, lanterns and de fective electric wiring carried a loss of $71,000. One hundred eighty-one fires from hot ashes, coals and grease caused a loss of $18,000. Forty fires-from rubbish and spontaneous combustion caused a loss of $33,000. Firty-two fires from open fires and lights caused a loss of $22,000. One hun dred forty f irevfrom sparks and carelessness in the handling of ma chinery caused a loss of $253,000. Three hundred two fires from con flagration and buildings burning by exposure caused loss. of $160,000. Twenty-two fires, the . causes of which were known but not classified aggregated a loss of $2.000. Two hundred ninety-three fires, from un known origin, amounted to a loss of $300,000. arid thirty-seven Incen diary fires inflicted - a loss of $227,000 - Much lVonetty Xot Protected. In addition to this recoid thre were fires throughout the 't? where no insurance was carried ncd it : Is estimated that there were, si least 500 fires occurring In the same proportion -ofeaBses as enumerated above with a probable loss of at k-asl one-half million dollars, making a total fire waste la the state of over $2,000,000. ! "See 'Gets-It' Peel Off THis Corn." - . Leave the Toe As Smooth As the t ralm of Your Hand. r Ths corn never grew that "GeU-lt" will not Ret. It nvr irrita.Ua - the fWah, never makri your toe pore. Juit two drop of "OeM-If nd prextol the corn-pain vanishes. Shortly you can peel the corn right oft with your It's Wonderf ! See "Cet-If feel off Cernat finder and there you, are pam-free and happy, with the toe as smooth and corn-free as your palm. "Gets-It" is the only safe way In the world to treat a corn or callus. It's the sure way the way that never fails. It is tried, and true used by millions every year. It always works. "Uets-It" mnkcn cutlnjr and digra;lnfr at & corn and fuaainsr with bandages, salves 'or anything- else entirely unnecessary. "Ueta-lt." the" guaranteed, money- nactt corn- remover, the only sure way coots 'but a trifle at any drug store. MjCd by E. Lawrence. & Co., Chicago. Hold In Falcm and recommended as the worlrfs best corn remedy by .J. C ierrjr ana u. j. rry. Portland Portland Hotel to spend large sum this spring on improve ments, machinery and new furniture. . "V o -n , o m m j w y Y V X Y Y Y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y. y y y f y y y y y y y y ' y y y y T SHOE OlSSOi ti ttirtirvtr . II II .11 Til II II II -II ALB One partner wishes to withdraw his interests from our firm and in order to raise the required . cash to pay him his money we, will make a GIGANTIC SHOE SALE BEGINNING FEID AY, MAY 3RD AND ENDING SATTJBDAY, MAY 11TH. We are particularly anxious to raise several thousands of dollars at once and to do so will . make these ; -; 'z " ! EXTRAORDINARILY REDUCED PRICES Littler and Upmeyer will be the sole owners and no one else will be interested hereafter. For the present, to raise this large sum of mon ey at once we are willing to make this Great Sacrifice of Profits. 1 Cut IPrices On All Shoes LADIES PUMPS AT CUT PRICES $1.00 Grades at. I . . . . .$2.78 $4.50 Grades at. .7.. . . .... ..$2.93 to $3.45 $5.00 Grades at. . ........... .$3.95 to $35 and many others at equally iow cost. Heavy Work Shoes $4.69 down to. .'. . .$2.93 Boys Fine and Heavy Shoes $4.00 Calf Button Neolin Soles, 1 to 6 at $3.20 $4.00 Qalf Button or Lace Leather, 1 to 6, at .. ..... ....... V.. .. ..... .... $3.20 Same in Sizes 10 to 13. ............. . .$2.93 Others in Heavy and Light at $2.95, $2.85, $2.65, $2.60 on down to $2.15 Men's Soxwith a pair: of shoes; two pairs at the price of one. " LADIE3 FASHIONABLE SHOES $7.50 Pearl Grey Kid, cloth top to match $6.63 y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y t Fullerton Waxes Wrathy ! ' Because pi Elimination James Fullerton of Eugene. In a lf-ttrr to Secretary of State .Olcott. threatens an action Tor'damages if parts of his statement In the Lane county campaign pamphlet are elim inated by Olrott. Fullerton is a candidate for the legislature. Secre tary Olcott' eliminated two para graphs 'In his argument on grounds that they were libelous against the University of Oregon. .Fullerton wrii:- -. . "Of course I can readily' under fund yon and tho. trovernrtr, as re buts of fhe university, being-desirous tn lalw-A mv findidacy, and not wishing to have-the awful immoral fsnpititions vm iave- both condoned, exfcsed. -Unless, that statement ap rflrs true to copy for which I have paid you and hold your receipt there will-r be ; action for damages." . MONDAY IS END OF-BOAT TRADE ON VILLATiIETTE Oregon City Transportation Company Quits Patron-..; age Is Lacking LOCAL OFFICE TO CLOSE - .t. A. R. Wilson Is Recommend ed as Official Weather Ob server for Salem undergone little cbanse during the last few years. The local office of the o. c. t. rnmnanr has been the official weath er office in Salem for some years. C. C. Graham, woo nas neen ia charge here, has recommended that this bo turned over to A. R. Wilson, manager of the Salem ornce oi me Postal Telegraph company. Gold Hill Bond Issue Has Chance for Approval State Engineer Lewis said yester day that the 60.000 bond Issue of the Gold Hill Irrigation project will probably be approved by the state irrigation securities, commission. Lewis and Will If. Bennett, state su perintendent of banks, as members of the commission, returned today after inspecting- the project and re port that the assessed valuation of the land Js in excess ofthe proposed bond issue nd is not more than 60 per cent of the market value. Corey Boosts Candidacy of Chairman F. J,tlUlcr II. II. Corey, member of the'pabll jftrrice commission, has written letter to voter of eastern Oregon, the district he represents on th mission, urging them to support Frank J. Miller tor another tern. Mr. Miller' Is now chairman of the commission and represents the stats at large as a member. District Fire Wardens 1 Began Work onllay I District warden began spring firs patrol work in several counties of the state on May 1 under the direc tlon of State Forester F. A.KBllIott. The first work of the wardens is to clear trails and telephone lines b the timbered sections. Wardens have been placed as follows: p. g. King. Columbia county; J. McLeaa, Clatsop county;. W. J. Sander, Donr las, county; and C. A. Iloile, Jc phfne fonty. - . , Federal Inspector to Go Over Irrigation Districts jni P. Teele of the Irrigation divi sion ! of the United States bureau of public lands was at the office of State' Enelneer Lewis yesterday to gather information relating to all ir rigation projects that may be sub mitted for consideration in the next several months. Some of the pro jects may be visited by Mr. Teele. Mr. Teele Is mainly interested in the application of the Talent irriga tion district 'for approval of bonds. The application has been referred to Mr. Teele's department by the capital Issues committee. " - Engineer Lewis and Mr Teele dis cussed all projects in the; state that are likely to be constructed during the war. u ; $7.50 Ivory Kid, Gold Cloth Top. . . .$6.79 $6.50 Black Kid, Grey or Sand Top3 .... $4.95 $6.00 Black Patent Black Cloth ton. . . ,3.83 L $6.00 Black Kid Grey Cloth Tops... .. .$3.90 Military Heels, small sizes only White Shoes in Kid Canvas and Nnbnck at from $5.48 down to $1.79. All prices iWhite Canvas Pumps, $2.69 down to. . . .89c J . "9Utl ..-f SI T.-- n rtr . r 4 , nj-ise vanvos rumps, a own io. . .oyc i ' All kinds of Children's Shoe nt nrire mt ' V t J Y Y Y Y badly.1 MEN'S SHOES . y $70 Vdodr, Button, Welt, New Modified English last fine and up-to-date. . .... .$5.95 $7.00 Grades at $4.95; others at $5.20; $3.95, $39, down to $2.95 : " t Dark Brown English Neolin Sole; , worth $7.50 at. . . . ,$6.48 . 4 ... . r ia jvii vr jruur patronage in vne pasi year and solicit your future business. We ffSKf9. l0T7 Ca and seryice and 8gt that you cannot afford to miss this GREAT ; SHOE SALE. Come before the lines are broken. We will have plenty of help to serve you 167 North Commercial St Salem, Oregon IXTTLER & - UPHEYER Sole Proprietors t Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y T MONDAY, MAY 6 IIS STAMPrDAY : ' : t ' Patrons of Merchants Will Have Chance to'Take Them, in Change ' . j Monday, May .6,, has been desig nated! throughout the nation as Thrift, Stamp day. and i thorough preparation Is being mado to observe the day In Salem. Stores are golngj 10 be asked to feature the day and have enough stamps on hand to give them In change to such customers as will accept them. . , '.Robert-S. Gill, acting manager of the Salem Commercial rlnb. wiiris sue a clrcnlar letter to all merchants who are scaling stamps and remind them of the necessity of keeping a larg rtwk of the stamps ion hand for. that day. - j I Hie i nlaccH of : business In Salem where stimps are kept on saJe are: W. W. Modre furniture tore, G. W. Johnson & Co... C. S. Hamilton. Coomerclal Hook store, Cahlsdorf Tea store, W. II. Dnrrhardt, Jr.. The Spa. Patton' Jrothers. -Xick Paris, C'-apital Drug store, Watt Shipp rom pany. F. W. . Woolworth, Hartman Hrothert Jewelry store, C. II. Clancy, Imperial Fnrnltn re store. Oray-Helle. Fartner's .Hardware, storey.. United States National hank. Capital Nation hi baok.'Ladd; Hush baak. O. J. Ihel. dolph Cigar store, 17. -0. Shipley; company, Meyers Depart ment store. Darncs Cash store. White House restaurant. 4. L. Ilusick & Son. Ha uxor Rrothers. Salem IJank of Commerce, .Central Pharmacy, Opera House pharmacy. K. U Stiff & Son, ,E. L Kapphahn, B. C- Cross & Son. Cardner A - Kwne.l Quality Cash store, Scotch Woolnn Mills store. UimI Cross. Pharmacy,; Spencer Hardware ronmanv. Snlcm il:iwrio company. ' Western Union - Telegraph company, r uuertons. CASTOR 7 I A For Iafants and Childrtn In Use For Over 30 Years Alw-,t bears ' y9 ' j 'mmmm Signature of I Because of lack of patronage and Increased ost of operation along the Willamette river between CorvalUs and Portland, the Oregon City Trans portation company .will withdraw its steamboats from the run and Salem will be-without steamer trafflce for the first time in many years. The Grahamona will make its last run from Corvallis to Salem and on to .Portland Monday, and the opera tions of the Yellow Stack line will be a thing of history. Efforts have been made by the company to Increase- the patronage in the valley towns, but business meo4 have . been slow to turn traffic to-, ward the river lino. 4 . The fleet belonging to the Oregon City Transportation company will be sold or, leased and all crews and doctf gangs disbanded. ' Notice has, beon served upon the employes of the ac tion decided upon. In Portland the Taylor street . dock will . be aban Will Kay Good-bye. The Grahamona willJcave Port land Saturday ; f or, Corvallis and when the boat returns to Portland '.Monday night three long 'blasts of her siren will signalize the end of steamboat traffic on the upper Wil lamette river. Captain J?. W. Gra ham, one of the" owners of the company,- is now helping the Coast Ship building company with Its vessel and Captain A. B. Graham is stay ink by the O. C. T. until the last trip. Since 1886, when the steamer La tona made her appearance on the Willamette .the line has been. in. ser vice, exceptwhen extreme river con ditions or the closing: of the locks at Oregon City prevented the vessels moving. Captain A. B. Graham and Captain A. V. Graham, brothers, ,have been in personal charge of the fleet all the time, first acting as mas ters of vessels and later giving all their time to the, management of the business ashore. For the past twj or three years revenues declined, while expenses took the .opposite trend. nntH Captain .A. B. Graham regrettfully announce,", last night the suspension .of service. Soon after the Latona went jnto service the Altona I came but and then the Altona II, other vessels built being the Ramona, Avona Le ona, Pomona, Oregona and Graham ona. The last three are now in the fleet. The first Altona and the Ra mona were sold and taken to Alas 'xa, the Avona bnrned when In the Yel low Stack service and the Leona was destroyed by fire after she. had been disposed of and placed in operation on the Lewis River route. i Former Business Heavy. ' In the old days, especially between Salem and Portland, there- was heavy business. Also each year witnessed i boat loads of hop pickers carried cp j the valley, hut the electric railroads and steam lines later cut iato the Tiver passenger and freight business and the steamboat line has boen nosed out. Vessels on the upper Willamette ronte bnrn wood and when the Yel- 'low Stack line started fuel was worth $1.75 to $2 a cord, always being be low the ordinary market .when sold to steamers. Today It Is worth 4 along the river. Deckhands received tso a month before, while! today their pay Js $60, and the former cost of boarding tnem was 11 10 i ccuis a meal, as against-$1-a day no:v. Wages of licensed men have advanc ed, the cost of all necessities are higher and lumber and machine work has followed suit, while rates have f 1DUDTV TODAY JIUJUIV 1 JL T0M0EE0 . r " : V .Smile awhile, and while yon mile another smile, and soon there's miles and miles of smiles and life's worth while because youH smile WHEN YOU SEE- OUR SHOW ALL NEW - SHOW TODAY SATURDAY VAUDEVILLE BIO SPECIAL SUNDAY THREE STARS BLIGH THEATRE .. MADGE KENNEDY . f ' . - and her eyes " '- ' and her smile in the story of the girl who cheered her rejected . lovers by taking: them on her honeymoon ' Our Little Wife rfrom , Avery Hopwood's stage success of the l same name. GRAND THEATRE One day only SUNDAY MAY 5 MATINEE :13 AND EVENING 8 P. M. THE SPEEDIEST REVUE IN VAUDEVILLE "GOOD BYE BROADWAY" r SEE THE GIRLS 25 PEOPLE 25 and ; . 9 SCENES-i-9 GIRLS .WHIRLS -CURLS - With Big JOE ROBERTS and a Wonderful DANCING CHORUS Prices: Adults 50c Gallery 25c Reserved Seats for Evening Irformance House Pharmaey, Starting Today '.Children ,25c on sale at Opera GARDEN TOOLS TOOLS And Implements F9R Lavn and Garden We can supply all your needs is this line. Hose rubber or cotton y2 inch, inch, .inch'; noales, cou plings,. hose menders; sprinklers; sickles; scythes; grass hooks; hoes, rakes; shovels; trowels; scratches, etc. Good assortment lawn mowers. - ' FLOWER AND VEGETABLES SEEDS Bulk seeds also the famous Lilly's package seeds. SAIH1 HARDWARE CO. 120 N. Commercial St. 333 State St. .' Use this coupon and enjoj a pleasant afternoon at the "BLIGH THEATRE V Three of these coupons of conserutlte dates will be exTbaoed The STATES JIAJf office for ji Ucket which vrlll admit one person to anj matinee, except' Saturday and Sunday, bj pjl6s Be .THIS COtTOvls DATED FRIOAY, JLY 3, 1018 .r 0