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r2 THE OKEGOX RTATF-SMAX: SATt HIMV. DKCKMHKU 27. LEGION POSTS NUMBER 6,561 France, England, Canada, Have One Each Oregon Has 72 New York 777 INDIAN'ArOLIS. Dec. 2 C-American legion posts in the United States and foreign countries now total 6,561, it was announced today at headquarters. France. England and Canada each have! one post, Alaska has four. Hawaii fiVe, Cuba ono. Panr ama one. Mexico one and the Phil lipine islands one. Ten states have more than 200 posts each. New York leads with 777 posts; Pennsylvania is second with 437; Minnesota third with 364 posts and Illinois fourth with 34 9 posts. Towa has 345; Massachusetts 238; Ohio 298. New Jersey, 224. Missouri 220. and Indiana 203. The posts chartered In o'.her states follow: j. Alabama 343, Arizona 23; Arkan sas 90; California 135; Colorado 62: Connecticut 77; Delaware IS: Dis trict of Columbia 21; Florida .".; Georgia 78; Idaho 80; Kansas 17: Kentucky 65; Louisiana 29: Maine 80; Maryland 70; Michigan 193: Mississippi 54; Montana 52; Nebras ka 139; Nevada 18: New Hampshire 69; New Mexico 36; North Carolina OS; NoYth Dakota 111; Oklahoma 126; Oregon Z2? Rhode Island 30: L .. IT'S HERE SUNDAY ROBERT WApLWICJC ' Told irT the Hills" South Carolina 45; South Dakota 123; Tennessee 61; Texas 110; Utah 100; Vermont 76; Virginia 101: Washington 95; West Virginia Cfc; Wisconsin 163; Wyoming 20. OFFICERS OF NAVY REJECT DECORATIONS (Continued from page 1 ticularly as regarded officers whose duty during the war was mainly or altogether on shore. I felt that re ports some of which had not come to your board, particularly as to men who had served and suffered in the war zone, justified -additional awards. "No official approval of any list has been made. All lists published were tentative. I .a st week l"6rdered changes made in the list as printed awarding the distinguished service medal, among others. to Admirals Knight'. Caperton and Vice Admiral Jones. I had also decided that like awards should be. given to certain other officers who had rendered long and arduous service on convoys and other service afloat in the war zone. Insert minnt ion Iecrtel "I feel that nothing should be left undone as far as is humanly possible to insure that the awards shall be made without the. possible suggestion of injustice or discrimination against any person in th e naval service, and I have therefore decided to recon vene the board of awards to recon sider the whole subject in the light of additional information recently sent to the bureau of navigation and such other information as any per son in the naval service may wish to lay before the board. "The 'board will therefore meet iu Washington cn Monday, January 5. 1920." HARVARD TEAM HARD AT WORK Crimson and Lemon-Yellow Get Merciless Drilling for New Year Classic AUBURN NEWS "Z YE LIBERTY East Day BACK h 'to n GOD'S COUNTRY ' ;;. , BRING THE KIDDIES Ye Liberty The Auburn school closed Monday for a weeks holiday. The Christ mas program was given Monday eve ning and consisted of a program of music, recitations, plays and a can tata. The children acted their parts well, and,a packed house enjoyed the exercises. . , i - Several persons from Auburn are planning to attend the Sunday school convention next Sunday at Macleay. There will be Sunday school as usual but no preaching service. J. Cummings and family and Miss Mable, Williams were Christmas day guests at a family reunion at the W. It. Cummings home on State street. About 60 relatives were present. Mr. and Mrs. Will Hardy (Helen Williams) were-over Sunday guests at the home of. Miss Mable Williams and Mrs. Jay Cummings. Georgia and Dorotha Sneed are spending their vacation at Drain, the guests of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L, Sneed. ! Mr. and Mrs. Gail Harford and children of Hazel Green were Christ mas guests at the home of Mrs. Har ford's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Ham-j men . ;. - " .- Mr. and Mrs. W. McKInney had -as CJiristmas even dinner guests their son and daughter In law, Mr. and Mrs. Wade McKinney of Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Clark and chil dren of Stayton. John Leroy Sneed and Miss Elva Kent were married in St. Mark's church. Portland December 25. The bride is the second daughter of Mrs. Anna Kent of Ashland and is a grad uate nurse of Portland. The groom has recently returned from France and i3 engaged in farming with his brother, W. H. Sneed of Auburn. Action on Lone Pine Is Again Deferred by Board Disapproving a contract that was presented, drawn up ,between the Central Oregon Irrigation company and the Lone Pine Irrigation district and providing that the Lone Pine be furnished water for 1600 acres north of Crooked;.-river, the state desert land board deferred action at a meeting yesterday and called for a new contract to be presented the board in two weeks. 1 In the mean time a report on the negotiations and the condition of the projects involved will be prepared by State Engineer Cupper. . . The contract as proposed is condi tioned on cancellation by the Cen tral Oregon Irrigation company of a similar acreage of unsold patented lands in the Central Oregon Irriga tion district. If a contract finally is approved by the state board the Lone Pine" lands must come under the same terms as other irrigated lands, the board holds. The .Lone Pine district is today voting on a bond issue for $150,000 to buy water rights at $40 an acre and to construct a water svsfem. PASADENA. Cal.. Dec. 26. Har vard's football machine reached here today and this afternoon it was seen in action. S o was Oregon, and football followers here for the first time had opportunity of sizing up by ncUial observance the work of . the (wo teams that will meet here New Year's day in the great Inter-sectional classic. Oimn Tra!ner lcrcil- j Coach Fisher's squad arrived; about noon. 1 Three hours later the players were in their war togs alj Tournament park practicing signals, i chasing punts, trying out dropkicks and otherwise working at their trade. The dav was warm but Fisher and "Pooch" Donovan. Harvard's ener getic trainer, tiad no mercy. The squad was out to practice and prac tice It got.-an hour and a half of it. Orriton Works Itje -The Oregon players took the . field at o'clock and went through a similar workout until dark. Then everybody adjourned t dinner and informal talks with the Tournament of Koses officials were had by Coach Hyntington and hir aides for Oregon and Coach Fisher. Donovan and others for Harvard with a view to selecting a referee and other officials. Xo announcement was made but it was understood one would be forthcoming tomorrow. The Crimson team expected to get out in the morning while Oregon was scheduled to practice in the afternoon.' Olcott Tenure Case Not Coming Down Next Tuesday i w : The supreme court; will not ac cording to present! indications, hand down an opinion next Tuesday In the case of Robert vs. Olcott. the test case instituted to determine the ten ure of Den W. Olcott as governor. An opinion is looked for abolt the middle of-Januarys j 1 The case, which is a mandamus action: seeks to compel Olcott as secretary of state to include the of fice of governor in 'the list of offices. certified to county clerks, which .are to be filled by election in 1920. j Buchtel Urges Aishton to Help Car Shortage Our shortage in the northwest, to gether with the recent storm, has so restricted business and closed down the lumber industry until thousands of men have been thrown out of em ployment and business has been hard hit, Fred Q,. Duchtel, chairman of th public service commission, telegraphs R. H. Aishton," regional director of the railroad administration at Chi cago, urging that he take drastic measures to relieve the situation. Every measure that will tend toward relief is urged.- OF INTEREST To those who have not cars; with the prices of new cars going upward and no prospect of being re duced, why not buy a good used car, run it for awhile, then trade it on a new car. We submit you the fol lowing list of good used cars 391C Ford, 5-passenger, dandy shape ...... $425 1915 Ford Roadster. ........... Y. '. '. $375 1D19-Dort, 5-passengcr, good as new. ... . . . . ....... $900 Studebaker Bng, rebuilt, A-l condition. . . . . ' $325 1018 Studebaker Six, 7-passenger, fine shape ,.;.$850 5 passenger Buick, runs good .. $200 1015 Overland, fair condition. ...y " ' " "$275 - J91S Chevrolet, good shape . . " ' ' " $eso cadiiiac Roadster, fine shape, iiiY'.YYYYYYYY$i2o Salem Velie Go. 1C2 North Commercial Street Phone 1604 Mrs. Sarah L. Lamp Dies, 111 Only Short Period Mrs. Sarah L.. Lamb, wife of Ran dolph Lamb, died at 12:30 a. in. Fri day at a local hospital after a brief illness. She was 57 years old and for some time had been living at 64 5 South Seventeenth street. She I. survived by her husband, one daugh ter, Mrs. F. E. Mercer of Forest Grove, and two sons, James R. Lamb of Scofield, and David AV. Lamb of Kiffgkii. Idaho. The body is at the Terwilliger home. Funeral announcements have not been made. AUTO WORKERS TABOO LEGION Service Organization Criti cized Because of "Use by Factions" Sugar Allowed With Any Merchandise CASH Groceries Dry Goods Clothing' Qy&' STORE 77iePIiw Store- fcxso . PUCriE.453 Sugar Allowed With . i Any j Merchandise 1) 1 I OUR UNUSUALLY HEAVY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING O VER IT IS TO BE EXPECTED THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF ODDS AND ENDS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. WE ARE THEREFORE INAUGURATING f n of Merchandise in Every Department We are reducing prices to such an extent as to be tempting to buy even for the Christmas to come. WHEN YOU COME TO DO YOUR SHOPPING. DKTROIT. Mich.. Dec. 3. Mem bers of the Detroit local automobile and vehicles workers of America, were forbidden to' hold membership in the American legion by an amend ment to the by-laws of the vehicle worker's organization adopted sev eral days ago. it was announced to day. The action was taken, accord ing in I. Paul Taylor, secretary of! the Inion because "of the uses to j which the legion has been put by cerv tain factions. The amended by-laws will order ail members of the union who are affiliated with the American lesion to resign within 30 days, it was said. The recommendation was also made that those who desired to belong to t-a service organization join the Pri vate soldiers' and Sailors legion. The amendment was adopted. It was said, upon recommendation of the board of administration, after he he had considered allegations that the American legion had beon active in 'breaking" the strikes of the New ! York longshoremen, the Hoston po licemen and the Kansas miners. Three Hundred Children Treated by Salvation Army Fully 300 persons, mostly children attended the Salvation army Christ mas tree at the army hall on State street last night. Every child receiv ed an orange, candy, nuts and toys. A program was given by the Salva tion aniy Sunday school. The tree was fbolj the, benefit of the needy children of Salem. The program be gan about 7:30 o'clock and was con-! eluded about 9:30. . I 1 GROCERIES Hardwheat Flour. , -.$2D5 Valley Flour $2.75 10 pounds Beans, colored 75c 1 sack Corn Meal; -. 60c 1 sack Rolled Oats 70c 1 sack Pancake Flour 68c 12 ounce Baking Powder 35c CANNED GOODS Milk .....15c Peas and String Beans 15c Standard Tomatoes; 14c Clams .. 13c Pork and Beans .vTrvv 11c Salmon, tall ...23c American Sardines, 2 for 15c Pineapple, No. 2 25c MEAT AND GREASE Cottage Rolls , .' 32c Shoulder Ham 25c - Swift's Best Lard, in bulk 32c Bring your basket and pails. 5 - SALTED, SMOKED AND PICKLED GOODS SPECIAL Pink Salmon, pickled, per pound I 10c Salted Herring, per pound : 18c 10-pound pail Herring I -. $1.60 Smoked Pisk Salmon, per pound 35c Side Salmonitt's Chinook Salmon' (. 50c Smoked Bloaters, each . 10c Spiced Herring in pint jars, each. 25c "Fisn loaf, per can 10c Boneless Cod Fish, 1 pound 20c Boneless Cod Fish, 2 pounds 38c Pig Hocks, pickled, 1 pound 15c Pickcled Meat, per pound 23c Best U. S. Government Bacon, per pound 29c LADIES' DRESS GOODS SPECIAL LAST SALE. The prices for that line are ad vancing rapidly on account of the shortage of the market. Our management thought it best not to advance prices for our goods on hand at present until our new shipments arrive. Our prices are as follows: Woolen Serges of all colors $1.49 up Woolen Poplins $1.98 up Woolen Broadcloth $4.98 Velvet of all colors $1.98 up Velvetine in all colors ; $1.19 up All Wooltn Coatings of all colors $3.49 Heavy Satine in all colors $2.49 Crepe de Chine $2.49 .. Georgette Crepe : $2.49 Taffeta of all colors $2.29 A surprise reduction for White Cotton Goods, Curtain Goods, Table Cloth, Sheetings, Ready-Made Sheets, Flannels, Toweling and others. Ladies' Underwear Union Suits .65c Up Two-piece Underwear .35c np Flannel Undershirts. 08c up Sweaters, all wool $4.98 Kabo Corsets ' $125 up Silk Hose . $19 up Silk Lisle Hose 29c Fine Cotton Hose. . 25c Cotton and Woolen Blankets, Comforters, Feather. Pillows which will protect you from cold Special for last 1919 Sale: Special large size, 72x80, weight 5 pounds, aU colors. ..'.$4.89 Woolen Blankets, full size . $7.98 Comforters, double size k$2.65 Pure Cotton Comforters, full size, beautiful colors. :..$3.48 and $3.93 Feather Pillows 69c Bp Best Cooking Oil 4 tU20 6 pounds Cruco '.$2.25 No. 4 Cottolene ; $237 No. 8 Cottolene $2.70 No. 5 Compound $1.39 No. 10 Red Karo , $1.09 No. 5 Karo 56c No. 10 Blue Karo $1.00 No. "5 Karo .- .52c $1.00 Sale win continue for this item alone. 3 pounds Walnuts $1.00 3 pounds Almonds $1.09 3 pounds Brazil Nuts '. '.Y.'.'.llJOO 3 pounds Candy t $100 2 dozen Oranges, large size $1.00 5 pounds Peanuts . $1.00 BROOM SALE .63c, 83c, 97c THOUSANDS OF BARGAINS IN OUR ECONOMY BASEMENT. FIRST Toy Department Prices in this department CUT IN HALF. SECOND Remnant Department Contains: Woolens, Flannels, Ginghams, Calico. THIRD Crockery and Glassware Department Cups and Saucers, white with gold band, one pair 20c Other dishes accordingly. FOURTH Granitew are and Galvanized Department One 10-quart pail 4 39C Mop sticks ."...1 25c FIFTH Notion Department Ladies Hose Men's Hose , '.'.'.'.Y.'.Y.'.Y.lSc Embroidery, per yard 5c np Thousands of other Bargains. Free Premium Coupons for Rog ers Silverware with & purchase of 25c. Get Your orders In early. This Sale will continue All Next Week. MEN'S CLOTHING AND FURNISHINGS SPECIAL Wen's suits, small sizes $10 3$ Men's suits, all sizes $17.48 up Overcoats, $30 and $35 values $10.93 up Woolen Pants $33 p Men's part silk shirts $2.28 and $2.43 Men's dress shirts lJ2i .Men's working shirts. . - .." 08c 0verUs $LC5 up Men's Silk Cashmere Hose, special, with a 30 per cent reduction SHOE SPECIAL FOR LAST SALE Men's dress shoes $2.93 Bp Men's heavy shoes! $3.79 op BOYS' SHOES Boys' dress shoes, f. . , Boys heavy shoes. , . Boys' high top shoes. $1.98 up $2.43 $2.93 up FREE TOD AY - Calendars With Merchandise