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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:
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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
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GOD'S
COUNTRY
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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
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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.
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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