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:L bje maximum I .l.lvml'T.. , 4 V" ' ' ' 1 ' ' " " " " 1 " ' 1 , salkm. okk. hi xn.iv mokmmi. march i ak. ipai. "'" n uo:7Vi rncifxT MARKETOPEN AT 14 CENTS FOR BERRIES Contracts Being Written for f Shipments East and Lower ; Figure Is Offered by Local Canners NEGOTIATIONS WITH I ALBANY FIRM HALTED Canners Generally Are Re ported to be Playing Game of Waiting - The strawberry market opens at 14 cents a pound. , Contracts are now be'ng written by a local firm at that price. The berries that are now purchased ire te be shipped to eastern markets in I large barrels under refrigeration. The top price that has been of fered for strawberries by Salem can aeries this season, however, is 12 cents a pound. No trace of any saloB having been made at that quotation A could be found. , r Albany Withdrawal Humored The loganberry situation remains the same as the last published report which stated that an Albany cannery was writing contracts in the Salem territory at 12 cents a pound. An unconfirmed report has it that the Albany cannery has withdrawn from the field temporarily awaiting fur y ther developments in the wholesale market. At least, one grower states that when he had offered his com ing crop of logans to an agent of the Albany people at the 12 cent price the offer was refused. '- Agents of the Albany concern - state they have a fixed number of orders to fill on eastetn accounts. As soon as they shall have secured enough berries to till these orders they will withdraw from the market until new sales to jobbers are made Canners generally are playing a waiting game. They say the unset tled conditions of, the peoples of the Continned on page 2) l Retiring A sal of vast importance meaning that the price of everything in the store is reduced at least ten per cent Many Broken Lines reduced very much more. For Easter 4 . SILK HOSE Splendid line in black, white and colors ranging in price from $1.00 to $2.25 a pair. Less 10 per cent. Yet, a pretty new lace, organdie or Georg ette Collar does help ever so much, 50c to $5.65. Less 10 per cent. And don't forget the Ribbon. Girlie must bare a new halrbow and sash for Easter. There is a lovely assortment here, all 10 per cent off. ferhaps First of All We Should Have Mentioned Corsets The all important foundation for a perfect fitting Easter Frock. Thomson's "Glove Fitting You know is the only corset name that really means some thing. We have sold thousands upon thousands of these Corsets to Salem women. We still have a good line but soon, right soon", you may be unable to get your site In your fa vorite model. All Less 10 per cent. HOOVER'S NAME WILL GO ON OREGON BALLOT HW.1.1l WHAT SAYS PrrrniONS AUK ABOIT cmit'l.KTKli Signatures N'M-ewuirjr to Qualify K. cceletl by 1CMM1, Kay uoiitaixn Manager PORTLAND. March 27. While I he Hoover Republican club of Ore son is circulating petitions to have Mr. Hoover's name plated on the Republican primary ballot. ex-Governor Oswald West ban practically completed his petition to put the name of Mr. Hoover on the Demo cratic ballot. "The petitions to place Mr. Hoov er on the Democratic ballot are prac tically rilled declared Mr. West to day. "I have received more than 1000 of the signatures necessary, and am now checking them over to see that they comply -with the reiu!re ments of the law." HOMES RAZED BY WIND AND RAIN Panhandle Suffers As Result of Storm Two Injured in Hotel Fire AMARILLO. Tex.. March 27. At taining a velocity of 6w miles an hour at times, a windstorm has raged over the Panhandle and north western part of the state for the past 12 hours, doing heavy damage. EL PASO. Tex., March 27. Houses were wrecked, roofs were blown off others, many windows were shattered by a desert gale which swept El Paso today. J. L. Essinger of La Mesa was In jured when a hotel fire escape was blown down. The wind reached a velocity of 55 miles an hour. Tel egraph and telephone companies re ported serious trouble to their ser vice. , California Lawyers Form Hito Form for Lakeview Lakevlew will have a new firm of attorneys if the supreme court de cides to admit the members of the firm to the practice or law in Oregon by recognizing their California certi ficates. The members of the firm are Oscar Gibbons. A. K. Wylie and Daly Q. RobnetL and the firm name Is Rbbnett. Wylie & Gibbons. From Business Colored Thread FuU line Colored Thread. Buy H yon want. No limit.4 Spool 5c Dozen. .54c THOMSONS V -CLOVE-FITTINO" CORSETS. 115 ii MANAGER OF HOSPITAL TO LEAVE POST Pending Resignation of Miss Lillian McNary Made Known; Service of Many Years Is Commended FUTURE PLANS REASON FOR RELINQUISHMENT Necessity of Giving Up Mc Kinley School Building Creates Emergency That Mies Lillian McNary is to re sign the superintendencr of the Sa lem hospital 1 nthe early fall because of future plans and tbat the hospital board will face the problem of find ing her successor ib brought out in an interview given yesterday by H. S. Gile. vice-president of the board, in which he speaks in a highly com mendatory manner of the service rendered by Miss McNary in the po sition she has held since February, 1901. Credit is extended her for maintaining the institution on a self supporting basis and for her general success in its management. Many Interesting points are brought out In Mr. Gile's interview relative to the importance of con tinuing the institution in a new building wben the present building no longer shall be available the com ing fall. Mr. Gile shows that hun dreds of thousands of dollars have been expended by the hospital with ! local firms for supplies and In ex penditures necessary to maintenance. Because of the necessity of relin quishing the McKinley school build ing so It may be used for school pur poses in September, Mr. IGle be lieves It will be necessary for Salem to do without the hospital for some time prior to completion of the dpv building. "The present move on the part of our citizens to provide Salem with a modern hospital is. in my opinion the best and about the most vital thing for the future of this commun ity that could be undertaken." said Mr. Gile. "That our people have not been faced with the necessity of pro viding a hospital building long ago. Is perhaps due to the efficient serv ice rendered by the Salem hospital in the building acquired from the Ore gon ChildTens' aid In 1899. . IfOMpital KfflcieUy Handled. "At that time the Salem hospital had been In business tour years, us ing a frame structure on Twelfth street, -which had beeen secured through John II. Albert. "This hospital association came into existence at the request of the medical faculty of Wfllaamette uni versity. Its first board of directors included the following weir known persons: Mrs. J. J. Murphy. Mrs. It. S. Wallace. Frank E. Hodgkin. Gide on Steiner, A. X. Bush.' George P. Litchfield, Will T. Gray. Frank Davey, II .T. Bruce. "Its first superintendent was Miss Bowman from the Good Samaritan hospital in Portland, who received $75 for her first four months serv ices. "In the beginning some help was received from charitable individuals, the churches and the lodges. A careful examination of the records of the hospital at this time show that during all these years the Salem hos pital has been handled in the most careful manner by a board of our citizens, who have given their time freely and with no thought of re ward other than to serve. "Will T. Gray was the first secre retary. Attorney W. T. Slater was the second and Charles A. Park, the present secretary, succeeded him in 1907. Institution Self Support Inc. "By practicing the most careful economy, the Salem hospital has been self supporting, and. in addi tion, it has built up its plant and equipment very .considerably, having spent theron upwards of $13,000, which came from its own savings. "In- addition to maintaining itself, the Salem hospital has acquired a considerable strip of land to the west of the original site and paid a con siderable amout for permanent street improvements before the state con demned and acquired that part of the land upon which the building stands. On the whole, it must be admitted that the Salem hospital has made a wonderful record. "An examination of the expenses from month to month of the various departments shows several hun dred thousand dollars expended with Salem business houses for maint nance, supplies, etc. It has always maintained a good credit in the com munity. "A, eery large n timber of patients have. been efficiently bandied thronch the Salem hospital by Sa lent physicians and considerable charity .work has been done. Kuoccsm Due to Mi MrXary "When the story of the Salem hos pital's record Is written, no other single individual should receive so much credit as Miss Lillian McNary. who has been its superintendent since February. 1901. She began as superintendent at a salary of $25 a Continued on .page 2) DEVERS' PLAN MAY SAVE STATE MONEY PLANS t WON UKAI.TH TO .X. IMF fONTICU TOILS tOs .liMM-4-y in Charge of Highway Com. .i.ionM I-kaI Work l'rejr 1UII for lt-ffUUture Because of the alleged standardi zation of prices charged by surety companies operating In Oregon. J. M. Devers. a.itant attorney general and In charge of the legal work of the state highway commission, pro poses to prepare a measure for sub mission to the legislature at Its next session .whereby bonds taken out by contractor to Inmre the state against loss will be handled by the common wealth and thereby save to Oregon thounand of dollars annu ally. Under the present system, contrac tors are abliged to pay surety com panies 1 Vx per cent on the total amount of the contracts, while the state is insured to the extent of only about 50 per cent of the total sum represented in the Improvements. Mr. Devers believes that the state should take care of these bonds In order tbat the money paid for this Insurance by contractors ceuld revert back to the highway funds and be used in the construction and Im provement of roads. At the present time the cost of furnishing these bonds Is added to the original con tract price by the successful bidders, and has to be paid by the state. Mr. Devers estimates that under the system now in vogue it would cost the contractors approximately $200,000 for bonds covering the work included in the present road program. Tnis moLey. Air. iievers says is practically wasted and should be used on the roads rather than he paid out . without receiving corre sponding benefits. SERVICE MAN TO MAKE CAMPAIGN Thomas Sweeney Will Oppose Pat McArthur For Seat in U. S. Congress PORTLAND. Marrch 27 Thomas Sweeney, a major of army engineers in France during the late war. today announced his candidacy for the Re publican nomination for representa tive In congress from the third Ore gon ( Portland l district In the forth coming primary. Representative C."N. MeArthur re cently announced Lis candidacy for renominatlon In the third district, and Eugene E. Smith, a representa tive in the Oregon legislature also Is a candidate. GOLF SEASON OPENS TODAY Teams Will be Matched With Banquet Following Sun day at Stake The golf season of the - Illahee Country club will open tday. weath er permitting. There will be a team match between - the club members for a dinner to be given at the club the following Sunday. Players may arranre with their opponents to play the matches any time durinz the day. The invitation is extended for any one not litted to appear at the links anywav aui matches will be ar ranged. The schedule today follows: Men Hutcheon vs. Olingcr: Griffith v. Smith: MeDougal vs. Locke; Roberts vs. Farrar; Tblel- stn vs. T. - B. Kay: Cox vs. Baker; Rabn vs. Llvesley; Mangin vs. Dyer; Gabtielson vs. Plimpton; Spears vs. Croas; Edwards vs. Burghardt; Gardner vs. Keene: Olcott vs. Young; Paul Staley vs. Lef fingwell; Lantls vs. Paulus; Abst vs. O. Myers Women Mrs. O. C. !,orke vs Mrs. Edward Glllingham; Mrs. E. L. Baker vs. Mrs. Kay; Mrs. John Far rar vs. Mrs. Mangls. Hairs in Hand Clew to Leading Light in Murder LOS ANGELES. Cal.. March 2". A few hairs, which, according to the theory or detectiv ?s. were torn from the head of het slayer, may clear up the mystery f the rinding of the body of Mrs. Re by Reed last night in her apartment- The baira were found In Mrs. Reed's hand. Grants Pass Banker Is Killed by Own Revolver SAN DIEGO. Cal.. March 2 is John 1). Fry. a director of thi irst National bank of Gran its I Pa.s. Or., was killed hete this afternoon by a bullet from a re- t volver which he held In his hand. I Fry. who had been visiting here J with his wife, was found dead on I the water front near the scene v of a baseball game. The shot f was heard only by two small J boys. who. after seeing the man i fall, told some of the spectators I nt lh ram rhr notified the police. .One ef Fry's sons. Thomas, is J cashier of the Grants Paas bank. MUCH LAND IN COUNTY IS WASTED Thousands of Acres Ready to Produce, Investigators De clare, as Soon as Cleared and'Drained FRENCH PRAIRIE IS PARTLY RECLAIMED Effective Method of Rooting Out Stumps Soon to be Demonstrated OREGON AGRICCLTCRAL XL LF.GE. t'orvallU. March 27. Marion county, with a population of 46.900. is almost Identical tn mre with the stale of Rhode Uland. which sup ports a pop-ilition of approximately (OO.OOu. With the development of natural resources of the- county wMrh are more varied end more abundant than in the eamnrn state, how many mil lion will Marion county support? 1-ss than one-fourth of the total area is fonsts. Surveys show ap- rroximateJy ItO.ooO acres undevel oped which could b made produc tive by clearing and drainage. Pralrir I .and ReclaJmod. The department of soils of Ore gon Artirnltural college, co-operating with the school of engineering, has agisted In reclaiming 2.400 acres on French prairie. The eoit of this work averaged $6 an acre. Another project at Sydney bottom was recently completed under col lege advisement. The service of testing soils by laboratory methods which show the presence or absence or elements re quired for growth or certain crops, vegetables and fruits Is free to far mers and Krowers of the state, dearie l TncevL Approximately 17S.000 arret, or nearly one-fourth of the total land ate, in logged off and lumbered land which would be productive If cleared. Present methods of land clearing make the cost prohibitive. A char pitting process, aided by a portable furnace and other mechanical de vices has been worked out by Pro fessor II. D. Scudder of the depart ment of farm management. The larger the stump the more ef fective is this method. The cost of clearing land Is reduced fully ZO rer cent. One man can easily clear 10 acres In one winter. A bulletin fully illustrated, showing every stage of the work. Is nearly ready for pub lication. I mnt ration Prrmlt. It Is the plan of the extension ser vice to give demonstrations of land clearing every winter In seetions where there is mncb land to be cleared. Wisconsin has aoproprlated $17. 000 for land clearing experimental work. This station with an annual fund of $IS0 has not been able to give demonstrations ertenslTelr throughout the state. Lantern slid illustrated lectures and notion picture reels ire wars by which Professor Scuddcr plana to demonstrate the practical and econ omical methods of land clearing If funds are available. Livestock Tenders Strike For Higher Wage Schedule CHICAGO. March 27 Wealthy cattlemen and packing house' officers fed cattle and cleaned pens at the stockyards today after 4 00 members of the live stock handlers union stuck for a wage advance or $30 a month. Fourteen hundred other members or the union threatened to strike ir demands were not granted. The men now receive $130 a month. The strike wa said to be In violation or the wage agreement arbitrated before Judge AUehuler. Portland To Hold Down Rise in Sugar Tariffs PORTLAND, March 27. Portland sugar prices wilj not be allowed to advance unless the price t the re finery goes up. I'nited States Fair Price Commissioner Will II. Daly an nounced today on the application of retail aroe-rs for permission to ad vance the price of iitr one rent a pound. Grocers aked yesterday for per mission to boost the price on the grounds tbat a decline is likely to follow the recent advance of two cents a pound In the wholesale price. They said the etallers will have to absorb the losa themselves in such an event. "Old stocks mnst be sold at the old prices.' Commissioner Dalr said. The proposed Increase would have allowed a rnarg'a of three cents be tween the retail and the wholesale prices. PHIL METSCHAN DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS lOl'.VIR KILFAI MIX kU IV M.I. IUHT OF MTAIr. mrc- ( iNtprrUl HirtH l.miaa t. lulitWJ aMl flik Ac tiltir Phil S. Metschaa. ft Jer state treaturer and ore of the umi widely known Oregon pioneers. dlJ at his bm in the Imperial hcKrl. Port land, yeaterdav ml S p. rn jt three days after h had celebrated hi I'Mh birth. y ly having ajore than 20 rhPdren. grandchildren anu relatives with him on Wednesday. Mr. Metthan the father of Mrs. L. F. Griffith and Mr Frank Mre- clth or th. city who. wib his other children. wr with him at the time of l.i parsing. From the time when he entered th- office 't state treasurer in lJl he with his family lltrd la Salem and were bromineo! in lit artivitUa of the city. Mr. Metschaa was bora in Germany and rame to Aturrtca wbea he was 14 years of age. llvlnx for a tlate In Ft. Louis. Mo later la California and romlBs to Portland la 1IS4. II lived la Portland for several ewrs before going to Canyon City where he resided autil lt. While there he served as county Judge, county clerk and numerous other county and city offices. At the etpiration of his term of offfr-e as Rtate treasurer he moved to Porllard where he has since owned the Imperial hotel, alto being its president. He spent two years traveling in -Fa rope. vU'tlag hie former home and places of interest In Kurcfce. He was w4-41 known over the state as on of the leading men In his community. Wednesday he was fco years ld. and many of his relatives were la Portlaad to help him celebrate the event. He is survived by his widow, foir daughters. Mrs. 1 F. Griffith and Mrs. Frank Meredith of Salem; Mrs. J. E. F!anders cf Portland, and Mrs. George Cattanach or Canyon City, and by five sons. Frank. Phil Jr.. Otho. Tony and Edward, all of Port land. All were with hint at the time of his death. Mr. Metschaa was a paat rrard master of the Masonic lodge and the Odd Fellows lodge, lie was a mem ber of the Episcopal churth. As yet bo funeral announcements have been made. SPUDS HOARDED BY MONEY HOGS Federal Officers Take Hand in Game to Deprire Con sumers and Profiteer SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. March 2T. Thousands of sacks of potatoes are hoarded la California warehouses, according to a report made today fol lowing aa Investigation by the office of District Attorney MattbewUrady. la Stockton warehouses there are approximately 200.000 sacks of po tatoes, the report said . la one ware house, the Investigator reported that employes had told bin onty 200 sacks ef edible potatoes could be se cured out of a lot or 1.(00 sacks. Oat of another lot of 1.S00 sacks, only 300 were fit for human cosaamptkra. j the report stated. Potatoes la the i warehouses have been rolling for three months, the Investigator said. PUGET SOUND WINS DEBATE Negative Side of Mexican Question Prrrails in For ensic Battle W. r. W1XH AT TACOMA. Information reached Salem late last Bight tharthe Willam ette team won the Tacoma end of the IHial debate with the Col lege of Pucel Sound by a 2 to 1 decision. The Willamette team wa Uernard Ramsay aad Frank Dennett. The supported the af firmative of the saatne aaestioa that was debated In Salem. The lnterrri:cil ' l-h!e last night at the FIrt MethodUt church between the College of Pucet Sound and Willamette anlrersity was a vic tory for the visiting team who sap ported the negative oa the qsmtkua Resolved. Tbat the Called States should assume a mandatory eoatrol of Mexico The affirmative was upheld by Sheldon Sarkett and Howard George aa representatives of Willamette, the negative by Harry Larle and Harold Hong or C. P. S. Dean Georce Aldea presided. The Jodaes were Hopklas Jenkins of Jefferson high scbono! of Portland. II. W. Stone of the T. M. C. A.. Portland, and Rev. Wallace Lee. dean of Albany college. Doth teams did eicelleat work aad presented clever argameats. aa was evidenced by the oplakm of the Jadgea who rendered a 2 to 1 deci sion. A piano solo was played by Mlsa Rath Bedford aad a vocal nolo by MIm Lorlel Rlatchford. TWO SECTIONS 14 P: LOWDENPUTS BORAH BLUFF UP FOR TEST Candidate for President Sijs He Is Read to Place Cards on Table at Waihxnftoa on April 5 or 6 PUBLIC PROBE URGED BY GOVERNOR L0WDEN Illinois Man Sayi Prccpt Congressional Inquiry Into -Expenses Is Dse SPRINGFIELD. HU March 11. Governor F. O. Low dew trelxat tele graphed aa aaswer to the dispatch of tfceaalor Uorah today eaggesUag that he would be glad to meet Gov ernor Lowden's caaapalga s&aaager ta Waahlagioa. AprU I or C. and woeld read lato the centre iocs! reccrd any statement aa le caapaira expeadltare which the Lowdea manager cared to make. The gover nor aak4 for a completed coxrre sleaal la re ligation r campaign tt peases of all presidential caadldatea. The governor, however, ta hla re rly. stipulated that he will cob seal to this ila9oal7 oa conditio thai the representative ef other Repub lics a candidates bo nreeeal at the same time and make similar arctreat lag of campaign faada. If net. Gov ernor Lowdea entreats prespt ees greeUoaal la vestl cation, lile tele gram follows: . " Vosr telegram recetred. 1 staa4 by the proposiuoa made ta my tele gram of yesterday. My manager caa te la Washlagtea April i. the date arrested by yoa. If the manager of all other candidates wQ be tasre at the same time aad be prepared ta give fall details et ail coalMiUoas aad eipeaditaree. If the ether caa dldatee are aawintag ta Jola. I gar gest prompt cwagTloa tavae li gation Seattle Man. To ' Assist in San Francisco Trids SEATTLE, Wash-. March JT Rea L. Moore, a sal ill at failed Sutea district attorney here, has tmmn appointed by Attorney General Palmer to assist IWrt Sckleaalager. ' Ran Francisco, la prose cm flag cause lnvolvra alleged frails la the pa cific roast shipbuilding pre gram, tt was aaaooaeed today. Mr. Moore had prevloasly resigned from the district attorney's staff, efteetlva aeit Thursday. Cleason Charged With Robbery of Scio Bcnk PORTLAND. Or. March 27. A warraat fer the arrest of Lew M. Gleaaoa r barged with partTpaUom la the robbery of a beak aad poet off tee at Scio. Oregon, early this month, was tsewed by Called fttata UnislMtoetr Drake today. Three me a have already Keen placed ta custody for alleged roasllrfty ta the roooery aad have been riee4 a $S9 boads each. British Cabinet WUl Consider Wage DtnsrJ, LOMjON. March 27. Premier Lloyd George a as smmo4 a epe rial cabinet meeclag fer Ssaday eve atag to consider the gorerameat'e aaswer to the demands of the mte rs federatioa. The mlaers execu tive will receive the reply at a now fe rente at Dowaiag street at 11 a. m. Monday. Medical Experts Testify in Dakota Murder Cast DK AD WOOD. . D March ST. -Medical experts erupted Che attea tloa of coutt all day today ta the trial of Mr. aad Mrs. George Searle. charged with the murder of Mrs. Sea ties mother. Mrs. Hilda Seamy, whose tody was foead ta the far aare ef the Neemy home at Ikeremker 7 Valley Fruit Conditions Better Than Expected 4 nCGrrsn. Or.. March 27. Fruit coadlt.oas throughout the J Willamette valley are rood, et- . M - M A re(-ia K "r if a ie j A . . 1 . . lt.ll V - manager of the Kegesve Fruit- : growers' associaiioa. eaia to- 1 . day. I He has Jatt ret a rued frora aa growers laspectlca throeghost the vai- ! ley. While he feaad maay tree S aad Tinea hilled by the extreme- f I ly cold weather la December, ta general he fooad roaditioaa fat "1 arable. V