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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1920)
- 1 I. W. W. WEEDED Clearance ANNUAL OUT OF CAMPS, KLEIN ASSERTS . f 1 Portland : Committee Asks of Ladies Hats Jow greatly reduced. In keep ing with our policy of never carrying over hats from one season to another, we are . j i placing all hats on special sale at V to Vi Original prices. About Employment of Sol r i diers on Roads SERVICE MEN PREFERRED - - - s i ALL BROKEN LINES, REMNANTS, SMALL LOTS AND ODDS AND ENDS OFFERED AT r.RFAT PPnnrTinMQ iniMnDcnc at PDnnrMT choppers wil l NftT w m a i ill ii y w w S lJ kJ llvillllUU VS a 11U jLi 1 1 Ull V A A utiu auu - w FAIL TO PROFIT BY THE UNUSUAL PRICE REDUCTION INVENTORY SALE ? Inventory Sale to bring: down living costs we ! offer an our. GROCERY DEPARTMENT INVENTORY SALE Tomatoes, 1 gallon cans. . . . . ., . . . . q1i4m Y.nnn t- Pineapple, 1 gallon cans,.r,;. , Apples, 1 gallon cans, J .. .' ... ,k. . . . Catsup, 1 gallon cans. . . . . . Cooking Oil, .1 gallon cans.'. . . . . . Swift's, Lard, in bulk, per pound. . (U-ponndcan ensco. 8-pound can Cottolene. 4-pound can Cottolene. 0-pound can Shortening. . . . . ay 1 SYRUPS ........ COc ... ..... .90c ......$150 70c 70s ......$255 ........30c ......$2.15 .....,$2.63 $1.35 ,.....-.$1.30 .$1.03 Red Karo, 1 gallon can. Red Karo, y2 gallon can......... w..... .57c Dark Karo, 1 gallon. . L . . . . ... . ; . . . .98c Dark Karo, gallon. L ................ . . 52c Marshmallow, 1 gallon.,.. . ... . . . ..... .V. . .$1.39 Marshmallow, y-gi&on. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . .71c .Other Syrups accordingly. , j Arm & Hammer Soda, 2 packages...... ..13c Best White Soap, several brands to select from, 10 bars for...... ! .70c Easy Washer Soap, 1CL bars. . . . . . . . .55c Brooms. .... v. 60c, 75c, 95c U. S. Government Bacon .28c Barbank potatoes ICO pounds.... .$4.00 FOLKS, never a Shoe Sale like this. Our Shoe Department should be busy from store opening to closing time.. ' , You can buy Shoes here at less than the present wholesale .cost. . ; V; LADIES' SHOES Fine Dress Shoe, Military or high heels, all colors. . .-. . ; .". $458 up Ladies' Heavy Work Shoes s. , $3.98 up Children's Shoes, bur variety. ...... up Men's Fine Dress Shoe. $3.98 up Men's Heavy Work Shoe . $3.98 up Odd Lots of Ladies', Men's and Children's House and Bedroom Slippers. To close out we will allow a discount of 25 per cent. 1 CANNED GOODS SPECIAL Milk, Peas,, Beans, Clams, Standard Toma toes, Pork and Beans, Salmon, K. C. Baking Powder, Pumpkin 24 Cans assortment............... $3.60 ! 1 can free with every assortment. 1 can of any of the above items 15c. . Onions, pound.:. Hardwheat, sack. Valley, sack. FLOUR .5c .$3.00 ,$2.80 Rolled Oats, 9 pound sack.. ... . . ... . . . . . .70c Cornmeal, 9 pound sack. .60c COFFEE, TEA, COCOA i. 95c 42c V ..... ...... $150 BLANKETS 3 pounds Coffee, bulk Selecto Coffee, pound 3 pounds. . M. J. B. Coffee, 1 pound can. . . . ; , ... . . . . .53c M. J. B. Coffee, 3 pound can V. . .... .$1.53 M. J. B Coffee, 5 pound can . . . . . . . .$2.60 Folger's Coffee, 5 pound can. ........... $2.40 Gunpowder Tea, pound .49c English Breakfast ' Tea, pound ........... .39c 1 pound Cocoa. .32c 25 PER CENT Reduction of 25 Per Cent on all Men's and Boys' Suits and Sweaters we have, your site. Wool Sox, bought ten months ago, now' here. We do not want to carry, these over to reduce this stock, we offer 65c and 75c values at i. ...39c and 49c , . -. ft 'i- . . Big reductions on Men's Hats and Cap: r INVENTORY SALE Blankets bought a year ago arrived this week. Penichook Blanket, 60x76 -r ........ . $2.48 Penichook Blanket, 72x80. ............. .$2.98 Australian Woolen Plaid Blanket, 0x76 $4.88 Australian Woolen Plaid Blanket, 66x80 $4.88 . Is it not surprising! Say what you will, the above items are bargains. These prices will be withdrawn Saturday at 9 p. m. - Linen Crash Toweling, yard. .22c White FlanneL-yard... .29c Heavy White Flannel, yard. 35c Curtain Goods . t ..... i 19c up Plaid Dress Goods. 98c up Ginghams I i ......... . ....... . .29c up Calicoes . .25c up Heavy Night Gowns. ; .$1.49 up Ladies' Union .Suits. .98c up Bungalow Aprons. .98c up Ladies' Woolen: Sweaters. $3.98 up Ladies Stockings, Regular 25c, now. ...... .15c Ladies'' Fleeced Lined Stockings, regular 35c, now : 25c Ladies' all Stockings and Cashmere at 25 per. cent reduction. I DELIVERIES WILL BE MADE ON THE SAME BASIS AS BEFORE THE STORM, Viz: With every dollar purchase we will deliver to any part of the city. Shoppers Hand Bags and Calender given away free to our customers. I ' - CASH i , . T Dry doodtf 77ie ppenumStore. ttisSioc? -: - - 1 1 ' Jictions Clothing" PilOrt4S2 Contracts of Highway Com mission Stipulate in Favor of Fighters Members of the !. V. V. have been weeded out of Oregon highway construction camps as I rapidly a found, and contracts entered into by the aiate highway commission re quire that preference In employment by contract; be given honorably dis charged service men. ueclares a let ter from Rov A. Klein.! Beeretanr of l the commission, to (;overnor"01cott The executive made inquiry by re ferring to the commission a letter from V. H. JJui'.er. V. 'B. Threlkeld and Richard Deich, members of the committee on unemployment of 0?er The Top -post No. 8. Veterans of For eign Wars, I Portland. I ' The letter from tn Portland com mittee asks three questions. ".The first question is waether sen ate joint resolution No. 23 carried at the special election last June. This was the reconstruction measure which failed at the election. "WnbblleM Testifies ... The second question j Is: "Is it true, as stated by an indicat d member of the I. W. iw. organiza tion he other clay here, in Portland. that .i per cent of the road .work under Ihe state highway commission done in Oregon laft summer was done by members of th I. W. WJ'.' Question No. 3 is "Would It be Kssible for the coming session of the legislature lo provide, as they did last winter, under house concur rent resolution No; 4j asking the state highway commission to provide worK on force accounU for a large number of men temporarily." ! We believe." continues the let ter, "that the people voted heavily iTor the 910.000.000 highway bill for the reason that it wovld afford a large amount of employment for1 the returned soldiers, sailors and ma rines. If there were other recon struction measures passdd by the leg islature and people we would thank yon for a IIr.t of the satne. also rea son, if any. why they have not e-n fully carried out." J j Knineer Mntiily Soldiers. ! The reply letter of Secretary Klein of the highway commission, says) A rare statement would be that 90 per cent of our work is contract work, the balance being; taken up in enfineering work, maintenance! of equipment and two small construc tion Jobs which are. handled with our, own lorces. I'rouablv 73 ner -t in or lh employes in the engineer 'eg tlepartment are returned service m n.. i . L "To the best of our knowledge-and nelier t!.ere are no I. W.iW. or othar of a. similnr type emnlored dlreetlv oy f ne state. t "We have at times- bean advised that certain contractors'! construction camps hava had I. W. jw. in Hem. and whenever this information i has come to us we have advised the eon- tractors and usually find that I the undesirablea hve already been driv en out. The contractors have shown a commendable sDirit of coooeraiion in these matters. I. . i . frerrlc Men Favored uur contracts provide for' em ployment of ex-service men as fol lows: 1 , J c " 'Preference to b given soldiers and sailors; Contractors will be re quired to, so lar as practicable, give preference ; to honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines, and to citizens of the United States now re sting in Oregon, when employing labor for work to be done nnde'r this contract.' j f "And further in federal aid eon tracts the following clause is insert ed: . i -i. 1 'Preference to be given soldiers and sailors: jn the employment of labor In the -performance, of this contract, preference shall be given other conditions being equal, to hon orably discharged soldiers, safjors and marines, but no other prefer ence or discrimination among citi zens of the United States shall bo made.' - - Force .Account Dropped '.'Referring to the matter of force account work for unemployed .sol diers and sailors, the highway com mission nnder bouse joint resolution No. 4. 1919. attempts -to carrv out the instructions of the legislature. "A camp- was established on .the Columbia River highway in Nortr $1.49-$249$3.75 V OUR PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST GALE & COM'Ptk MY Commercial and Court Streets Formerly Chicago Store Morrow county; comfortable accom modations were provided, but it was found impossible to -secure a suffic ient number of service men 1 who wanted that kind of work. After extensive advertising only seven men applied for work at this camp and not more than, four were working at anyi one time. After a month of trial in idea was abandoned and t hex, work completed nnder-con tract." 1 CLOVERDALE BRIEFS CUT THIS OUT IT IS WORTH Cut This Out It In Worth Money DON'T MISS THIS. ; Cut .ont this slip, enclose with 5c to' Foley St. Co., 2S3S Sheffield Ave.. Chicago. 111.. writing- your name and address -clear ly. .You will receive In return a trial package containing Foley's Honey and Tar Compound . for i coughs, colds and croup. Foley Kidney Pills pnd Foley Cathartic Tablets J.- C Petry. ; . 4 Plans Fair Price Store1 ! . , for His 20,000 Employes CLOVERDALE, Dec. 31. Clover dale school opened . Monday with a fuU attendance and an enforced va cation of nearty three weks on ac count of the weather conditions was ended. ' Miss Rose Drager who has been teaching in eastern Oregon, cam home Christmas day to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ons Drager. F. A. Wood and family went to Salem Sunday to attend a birthday dinner with Mrs. Wood's aunt, Mrs. Jones. She is 69 years old. . Oiin Iladley. teacher the high school at Athena, Or., arrived home Monday to spend New Years day with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Had ley. On account of the high water in eastern Oregon Mr. Hadley could not reach home for Christmas. Mrs. J.D. Craig look her daugh ter. Hazel, to Salem Sunday evantc; to be operated on soon. Miss Ethel Craig went to Salem Sunday returning home Tuesday. Oscar Fliflet and ' Arthur Kucke were Salem visitors Monday. DELCO-LIGHT Tbm tQwjIm Efectri lift mm& . foww PW Tarns the grindstone runs the fanning mill and other machinery. ! t OSWALD BROS. . .JIT. A5GKU ORE. 7 : . . Bake-Rite Bread . ....... , - . Is Brimfnll of Food value and delidonxness. -It' SciVntificaHy and Sanitarily Mads :. BAKE-RITE BAKING CO. I - 4 ' Certainly erery morning promptly. Children,f Orada A for the Phone 316 SALEM SANITARY MILK CO. WUliam M. Wood AVOID FLU! KEEP YOUR LIVER AND j BOWELS WORKING : I. 014 Herb Tea Best Insurance ' Against Disease Inflnmia, la grippe," folds, rh-unuv-tism and more serious dUesae can in kidners sad bowebi. A: body fall . of puiwu wste inatter is stn My victim Iorgnn,f - j Don't ueglect yourself especially at this tint of year, liiliuuinm. bead- aches and slnggtshness are danger sig nal, is u lolly to ignore tbem. Get s packajr of iincoin ip. lAit a cup at night and you'll ) C -.ne stirprUMt now quickly I will put rou in tunc and 'Xhis Xanious old herb tea Is uneaeellml for ' , . enronki ooustl nation. iniil .la jrrifv, Inflaenza,' chronic btntlaehe. rbeuniausmi. -etc. It acts Bvotlr but qnlckly. Does not create the physio . habit.-' ' " ; i A family remedy ' In thousands of nomes - lor lorry rears. othlntf Is better for the children. It helps keep them In ne -condition to rsit cekis and in?erotiK children's diseases. 35 cents at all drofrjrits. Linooln Pro prieUiyCw Ft.-Wayne, lad.' j'j . The threat of William M. Wood. president of the American Woolen Company, to open a ten-story depart ment ore for the 20.000 employees in the mills of the company at Law rence. Mass., has created a sensation among .Lawrence mercnants. Tneirj n Yi0X1r X2.75 a1imKAs r. 9 rtr mara fiasi tnvlffawl I I.IIUUIWI J ft v viii ii v i v sasa iuf n.4 m aa Mr. Wood to a conference. He has racmc XIOUT accepted the Invitation and will tell Crowm flour. ........... ...L25 ihe members why he thinks they are . -.'V. - A charging more then a fair profit. "My ponnd Llgnt KiTO. . . .l.lU object," said Mr. Wood. "Is to stop I 5 pounds Lht Karo... COC tnis Dusiness oi ine inanstnai cat IOC Today ,4 Md.y BUS S chasing its tail. Raises in wages are immediately followed by Increases in prices." , "" - . i nau the! 10 pounds Dark Karo...... $105 5 pounds Dark Karo .55c gallon Uncle Johns...:.. Butter 75c mm . mm a I btmmondi, Ltunston, Named Nuco Nut Butter 37c Head of Idaho Instructors Shredded Wheat, 2 for 27c Kellonr's Corn. Flakes. 1 lie uibb. iua.. jan. i. Tne iaano State Teachers' Association at the close of a two-day convention here elected Frank W. Simmonds of Lew- iston. president for the ensuing year and adopted resolutions emphasising the teaching of sane Americaaism. C. F. Rose, of Boise. C. J. Werner of Albion and O. M. Elliott were made members of the executive committee. 10 pounds Cream Oats in bulk ,75c Peanut Butter. .20c Del Monte tomatoes .20c Milk ;......15c 2Y2 size Pineapples.... 38c Small size 18c 25c K. C. Baking Powder.... 22c 50c K: C. Baking: Powder. . . .43c Montana tire Insurance. io bars Cascade soap 60c Comnony Salt? Announced 0il oap............25c vti jaonte peas. ac ii lite. Mont., Jan. I. Sale of the Montana Fire. Insurance company to the Home Fire and Marine Insurance company of San Francisco, was an nounced today by E. E. - Esselstyn. president of the Montana company. The Montana, company had a, capital and surplus of $500,000 and will con tinue in existence pending S diiposl I tlon by the stockholders of the assets last nare accrued. Tree tea, black, No. 1. .... . . .45c 1 pound Great America Coffee 48 s 3 lbs. Great America Coffee $1.33 3 pounds Boyal Club Coffee $13 1 pound M. J B. Coffee. 53c Daniels Coffee .44c 1 Pint Mazola OU. : . . . : 43c 1 quart Mazola Oil....... ...80c , Douglas Corn OH..'...... $1.45 Sun Maid raisins ..22c pounds Cottolene...... ... $1.40 pounds. Cottolene.'. $2.75 pounds Crisco. .......... .$120 3 Baby Milk...; ...25c Corn meal. . .COc iu pouna oag pancaxe yjo Wheat cereal 73c Graham CSc Head Lettuce. . ......... . . . . .10s Parsnip, per pound ........... .4c Carrots, per pound . ...4: Cabbage, per pound. ......... .C: Oranges CC: Baldwin apples....... ...$L75 Jello ...12: Jiffy Jell....... 11: nmoBr cgcvoJB... ........ ai-' Egg Noodles. 1C: Olympic Pancake. uiympic .wnea; Hearts...... Chocolate in bulk . 1 pound....:........; Zl C pounds:. 4 $LC Prttxh em C! Phone C. O. D. Orders to 188 and 193 We deliver 'Orders m more of $1.00 c