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T112 OKEGOX STATESMAN: SATlRIXY. lEFAMliKK 13, 101!.
The Oregon Statesman
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OUR COLD WEATHER TROUBLES
Snow
Dangerous
To Weak Eyes-
The glare of the
snow is hard on any
eyes, especially weak
ones. Unless the eyes
are protected it may
cause snow,, blind
ness. We have col
ored glasses which
will ease your eyes
and guard against
injury to your, sight
Henry E. Morris & Co.
Eyesight Specialists
305 State Street SALEM
same declaration lends some encont
agement to the ailen agiUtor,whicn
is something the suffrage leader
would not willingly do. If women
who now have their "light" can see!
nothing but wrongs and go before
the public merely to scold, tbe,-great
opportunity of the sex in furnishing;
counsel and sympatbeticxsuppbrt for
an orderly program is threatened.
A HOPEFUL SIGN'.
I -...I i "L'.i. Jul - ".... j. JiLUJit. . .. j.iirwA'gra-1,! iit TT,a"fg..i a, ',bb r ,
ili r- ' ill
Alarming as is the situation that
confronts the United States because
of the appalling spread of radicalism,
particularly In the ranks of organized
labor, there Is one encouraging fea-.
ture. That is that the cooler-headed j
leaders of organized labor and an in-.!
creasing proportion of its more iu-J
telligent , members are coming to ij
realization of the danger to organ-,
ized labor itself and are doing their
best to stem the tide. Pacific Com
mercial Advertiser.
The people of Salem arc cheerful most of them.
It it the Saltan way.
Oh, yes, there are two or three grouches; but" theyjnly prove j
lam AtffiiiKS I
. " This is the cold&tt weather here for thirty-five years; and per
haps the deepest snow; some say two feet, and some aii ineh or two
or three less. And the thermometer was below zero Thursday night
some say two or three degrees below; and others ten or twelve
degrees. 1 - . ......
In Portland it was officially reported five above.
! A Salem old timer says this wai the coldest weather in the
history of Salem; that the thermometer never before got down to the
zero mark. " J
Anv way, it was unusual."
And it is all right to date all records from this time say two
feet of snow on the level, and zero (or arouud zero) weather.
Pipes have been frozen up in the warmest houses.
TherChas been a great deal of discomfort.
The newspaper earners have had difficulty, in getting papers
delivered though they have generally done well, walking with
heavy packs on their backs through the deep snow;' there was no
other way. v
- Put, with all this; and a hundred more cold weather troubles,
there has' been general cheerfulness. , x ,
i Last evening the gas plant quit going; froze up.
i Put The Statesman, several years ago, provided itself with a
gasoline outfit for its linotype machines -and the office force went
to it, with the help of .two mighty fine fellows who are plumbers.
A little after I) a'cloek last night, the connections were finished,
and the lntertype was .casting-"slugs? in forty minutes after a
hut-down to repair a leak, too ; and the -three linotypes were "on the
job" in about an hour.
The Statesman is somewhat disfigured and small in size this
morning, as a consequence of the giving out of the gas plant but it eight delegates f
is still in the ring. out opposition.
Europe somewhat, but it is ineresting
to note that the wheat crop' of a sin-
j gle state in. this country Kansas
is worth almost as much as the Bul
garian crop. The prices which pre
vail here are the top o' the world.
This was a "sport" snow storm.
Cottage Grove has not a flake of
sonw. hat , is the fare to Cottage
Grove?
General Obregon,,who is at j the
head of the anti-Carranza forces,! has
but one arm. He is doing so well
with a single arm that it is a guess
what he might do if he had two.
XOSKK, M AX OF IliO.Y.
Germany's new "man of iron."
Gustav Noske.. is now defying both
the upper and the under world by a
war on vice, lie started in life as .
a1 tramping basket-maker, getting a
job wherever one was to be found,
forced at times to ask for bread and
ai place to deep. He is regarded as
the coming ruler of Germany,' and
Editor Maximilian Harden repeatea
ly refers to Berlin as "Noskow.". He
is uncouth, "offensively defensive"
and knows his own mind. The basket-makers,
union has expelled him
as "a traitor to labor." Boston Post
Women voters, in New York; are
insisting upon cleaner polling places.
Have they started out on a campaign
for cleaner politics? If so, more pow
er to 'em. .
PLANTATION" DAYS.
With cotton selling around a dol
lar a pound the South is still in the
saddle.
THE SMOKE SCREEN.
New Hampshire will be the next
state to hold a presidential primary
March 9. This is the native Btate
of General Leonard Wood and, as
the custom is for other candidates
not to Invade the home state of any
other candidate, it Is likely there will
be no opposition whatever to the
election of Wood delegates there. Il
linois will be the first big state, with
a candidate of its own, to hold a
preferential primary. April 13 Is the
j date set, and Governor Frank O.
Lowdea will no doubt get the fifty-
rom that state witn-
America is using five times as
many cigarettes' as, it did five years
ago. Making this a smoKeiess wona
is .going to be a task for the reform
ers. ' . "
M
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GAS CONSUMERS
Close all valves on your gas
appliances and leave them
closed till we notify you thru
the press that it is safe to
turn it on again. Your failure to do
this may cause grave danger of an
explosion or asphyxiation.
PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER CO.
15 'Whitman
VANISHING COIN.
With our gold gone into hiding
and our 6ilver dollar being shipped
to the Orient for a premium, what
are we ging to have left to play San
ta Claus with? We positively must
have something to jingle.
ring
LetV all forget our troubles and be cheerful.
-It will be all the same to all of us a hundred years from now.
't Cheer up; the worst may be yet
come; but It will not last long.
p how much, let the future tell. Iiut.lt
jwas two to five degrees below for a
jlittle while in the night; and some
Have you fed the birds? And wa-isas much as 12 below in some ex-
tlered them?
Jew do. V
Remember the latter;
Herbert Hoover is getting some
Votes in the straw balloting for pres
ident. - . "
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posed places In Salem.
Just at tbi3 time a week twice as
long, with everybody employed, fs
the chief desideratum In America.
UNCOMMON COMMON'S.
other conference teams here this January
winter. Salem.
Although a complete schedule has j January 22. 6rA
not yet been made.11 games h-ive ! January 23. Q. A.
oeea signeo. up lor tare wnn uuirii ir Hi I o
eolle&c. I February 13. Whitman college,
i Walla Walla.
rebrnarr 11. Whitman eollere.
7.' . ,,, Walla WalU.
C. at Corvallis.
for tnre with other l
innilirV 111 1 . II 1 1 - i s. i
rnllozoa Of these 11 conference . , (."airimt 'iu.um uii.ahl
i .... . . . . ; fannvrv 1 I f Kl m I -w - . ... . 1 1 (.11
games. live win De piayea in taiem. " ; i u km me r"amr. '
Following is the schedule as it now Feb.ruary 11. lniers:ty or iaa- name u.ati t uuuiiu ftnJAt.
stands: ho, Moscow. Tablet. Lock for signature of l
January 14 Whitman college, j February 12. Washington Slate W. GKOVE. Cures a Cold la On
Salem. 'co'.lece. rullman. uar. 3"c
Lady Nancy Astor received i more
votes in her contest for a seat n the
British house of commons than 'the
combined ballots of her two mile op
ponents. '
She won on her merits, on her a
verti.sing or both.
It's mighty uncommon for a wom
an to be in the commons. With her
husband in the house of lords tb
Aess. The "coldest spell" dates from
Thursday night. ' It was below zero;
Bulgaria has the largest wheat;
crop in her history and the value of i
it is placed at $250,000,000. This!
should ease the situation in Central!
family has broken a world record for
parliamentary representation, And
it is really an American family, a
that. ' '
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ri-rrncoAT covkiixmkxt.
LADD & BUSH, BANKERS
Established 1868
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General Banking; Business
Office Ilours from 10 a. m. to 3
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p. m.
Without wishing to rub Mrs. Catt
the Wrong way there is regret at her
exprefcsing herself to the effect that
the American political system Is all
' wrong.;
j Socialists are saying, but we know
tney tnemseives are wrong and we
will not permit them to act upon
their assumption.
Mrs. Catt reasons from another
i standpoint, but that she reaches the
White Navy Soap, 5 liars for 30c
Sunrise Milk, per can . .16c
Veribest'JVlilk, per can . .16c
Ceretana Oats, per pksj. .18c
Quaker Cornflakes, 2 for 24c
Sun Maid Seeded Raisins,
per package . . . . .. 25c
Sun Maid Seedless Raisins
per package . . . . . 25c
Swift's' Pride Washing Pow
der, 2 for . . k . . 45c
t Pineapples, 2 cans for . V 35c
Snow Flake Soda Crackers,
package ..... . 40c
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2 pounds for . . . . $1.15
Best Walnuts, 2 lbs. for . . 85c
Roasted Peanuts, 2 lbs. for 45c
Almonds, 2 lbs. for . . . 85c
Chocolate, per pound . . 35o
Petit Prunes, 2 pounds 25c
Homemade Hominy, per qt. 15c
Cream of Barley, per pkg. . 20c
Golden Rod Washing Powder,
3 for . ... . . . . 25c
Ridways Silver Label Tea,
package . ... . . 48c
SHOP EARLY
WHY?
FOLLOW THE CROWD AND YOU WILL GO TO
M O - VARY GROCER
333 COURT ST.
THE QUALITY STORE
PHONE 409
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- MIXISTF.i; WAXTS TO IIKLP.
It Is only natural that one who has
been relieved from suffering should
feel grateful and want to help oth
ers. Rev. W.F.M. Swyndole, MS
Elm St., Macon. Ga.. writes: "My
kidneys gave me much trouble be
fore I took Foley Kidney Pills. I
am ready at any time to speas a
word for Foley Kidney, rills." J. C.
Perry.
I BITS FOR BREAKFAST !
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Have you any pipe dreams? k
The snow did one good1 thing.
It saved mo.t of t1i5 loganberry
vines from freezing.
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And we will all feel hotter whe
it rains if it docs not come in a
long, hard downpour, wim a cm-
nook. What we.want is a nice, g-.n-
tle, Oregon mist. j
After this, the boys and girls of
the, present can be the "old timers.
Exerything will date 'from the hara
winter of 1919.
m mm !
Those nine houses that will have
tn he moved In order to give liun
rtrnti Parkin coinDanv rcoTi lO
double ' the - sixe cf their cannery
should be movod to other locations
Thfv will all be needed, and m lit
more. It is a treat tmng lor aiem
that the Hunts are making such an
expansion.
There are other big thinrs for Sa
lem in the air; not yet ready to Im
I announced. .
I
Tl. r t t timn " liklr all of US
A lit ' --.-., '
tni n fiix-k will have forEotten the
we should have iaKn
in
Uoiyersal.
and heaters have stood the test for over 55
years. Why not a Universal nov to bake that
Xmas dinner on. . .
rrtcsot ion
to obviate the discomforts and
conveniences cf this cold spell.-
MEN PRACTICE
ATY.M.C.A.
Eleven Basketball Games Are
Scheduled by Wi'lamette
University
AlthouKh all water pip at th
Willamette gymnasium are frozen
solid, makinc basketball prarlire
there impossiblp.'the university bovs
have not stopped in their daily work
outs. Coach Matthews hating secur
pd the Y. M. C. A. g-m for rhm.
Since Coach Mathews' return from
Seattle where he attended the
inr of the Northwest Athletic ton
ference. baskftball has hn a lively
feature of Willamette unUersity ac
Hvitifs. Nearlv 20 men have l?n
niikt-l for work out on the firs
lUiuad and thene men are each U?
kiven a stiff practice by the coach.
! For the position of forward. Cap
tain Wanato will lea'd. Others who
hLive a chance for this position are
Est eb. who played with the varsity
several years a;o. Gillette, Doncy am'
Ganzans. Jackson and Austin are oui
for center. U. Dimick. Uarey, Me
Kltrick. Irvine. Warren and W. For
olofeky are in the ring for guard p-
.sittons. From lhes 13 men toacii
Mathews expects to pick a team that
will, put up a hard fight bvlurc lbj'
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