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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1920)
THE OREGON STATESMAN: KlXIAY. APRIL 1, 1920. EXPENSE HEAVY, RETURNS LIGHT, SAYS GOVERNOR ; . : ' - - Executive Thinks State Is Spending Too Much for What it is Getting BOARD TO ISSUE BONDS Superintendent Tillinghast : Says Institution Faces r $5000 Deficit "We are spending an awful lot of money for what we arc getting. We H2 r doing' well if -we get 50 per cent efficiency. In private business we do not get more than that and it is harder to get adequate returns in the state's business. There is going to he t day of , reckoning." This was the observation of Gov ernor Olcott at a meeting of . the state board of control Saturday when a request was presented from the rtate highway commission asking the hoard to issue- 52.500. 000 in state highway bonds to match federal money for construction of post and forest roads. The governor stated, however, that he was In favor of granting the request.- The board voted to issue ' $1. 000.000 at once and the remaining $1,500,000. when it is! needed. Itomtal Indebtedness May Grow About: 14.000.000 is available from the government for this state. The present bonded indebtedness of the state is S10.a00.000 approximate ly, tuougn bonds In excess or $17,- ooo. 000 have been authorized. Un der the present law limiting bonded Indebtedness to 2 per cent of the assessed valuation of property in the state only about $20,000,000 in bonds can be sold. This will be in creased to i40.ooo.ooo u the 4 per cent amendment is passed at the special election next month. E. S.. Tillinghast, superintendent of the Oregon School for the Deaf. informed the board that his insti tution faces a probable deficit "of $500.0. by the end of the biennium unless the summer vacation can be lengthened by cutting down the number, of school months. , Mr. Til linehast. however. did not recom mend this action and the board 'did not authorize it, , Institutions. Running Well I Superintendent J. N. Smith of the state institution for the feeble mind ed was granted a leave of absence to go to California where his daughter is seriously 111. R. R. Goodin. secretary of the board, who recently visited the east ern Oregon Hospital for the Insane at Pendleton and the state soldiers' home at Roseburg. reported both in stitutions operating on an efficient basis. ' ; home at 1820 Chemeketa streat and have made up their mind to make Salem their permanent home. Mr. Hildebrandt expresses his de sire to meet and become acquainted with ail present owners of- Repub lics. Program for Musical I and Lecture is Announced NAME? "BAYER" ON GENUINE ASPIRIN V Safely Stop Colds as Told in. . "Bayer PacTtapes. NEW FIRM IS 1 ADDED TO CITY WJ H. Hildebrandt & Co. Has Republic Track Agency in Two Counties As one of the series of lectures and recitals Riven each winter sea son at the Salem public library. Prof. Mary Alice Holman. of Wil lamette .School of Music, assisted by Willamette students of music will give a lecture recital at the library Wednesday night. April 7. beginning at 8:30 o'clock. The subject will be American music. The program will be as follows; "How Sleep The Rrove" Clark "Stars and Stripes" Soma Willamette Glee Club Indian music "My Hark Canoe" (OJibway) "Indian Song" (Dakotahs) Varsity Quartet "From the Land of the Sky. Blue Water" Cad man Violin solo Miss Leisla Ruby Negro music "Steal Away", (Spiritual) "African Class Meeting Song" l Varsity Quartet "Deep River" violin solo Miss Ruby "Awaitin' for de Moon to Shine" Hastings "Honey Town" Weidner Willamette Glee Club "Evening: a reverie" Bergh Violin. solo Miss Ruby "Forgotten" Cowlas -Minuetto from Quartette in D Major" Turney Cello solo Mr. George Barrett "Polonaise" McDowell Piano solo Miss Holman .V: To break up a' cold in the head, neck! back, or any part of body be sure you take only "Bayer Tablets of Asoirin" ' with the safety "Bayer Cross on them. This Is the genuine Aspirin, proved safe by millions and presecribed by pnysicians ior over n vears. ' - Yon - must say 'Bayer" Don't mereelr ask lor Aspirin Tablets. Then von, can take them without fear, to relieve your Colds. Headache, Neural gia. Earache, Toothache, Rheuma tism .Sciatica. Lumbago, Neuritis, and Pains eenerally. . "Handy tin boxes containing 12 tab lets cost only a few cents. Drug tuti also sell larger "Bayer" pack ages. Aspirin Is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetica- cidester of saucyncacia W, H. Hildebrandt Co. Is the name of i a recently organized $20. 000 ' corporation which has secured the agency for Republic trucks for Polk and Marion counties and has recently opened salesrooms at 2 1 North Commercial street. Mr. Hilde brandt. the principal stockholder in the corporation, comes here from Portland where he handled the Ka- Dubllc line and built up a business which was the envy of all other truck dealers, in that community. The new sales rooms are painted In the Republic colors. Yellow and black, which harmonUe with the yel- low and black color of the truces which are on display. Mr. Hilde brandt takes pride in exhibiting his line, which consists of one ton. l ft ton. 2 V4 ton and 3 ton trucks. The one ton trucks have pneumatic tires and stake bodies and are particular ly adapted to the use of. fruit grow era and small farms. Mr. Hildebrandt is very enthus iastic over the business outlook In Salem and If his success in handling Republics In. other communities !s inr criterion he will undoubtedly havA a. bfe business here. He Is accompanied to Salem by his wife, and they have purchased Fuller Not Candidate ' ior Legislative Seat ! DALLAS. Or.. April 2. (Special to The Statesman.) Contrary to re ports circulated several weeks ago to the effect that Hon. W. V. Fuller of thia city. Polk county" represen tative in the legislature last year, would again seek an office in that body as representative from Polk and Lincoln counties. Mr. Fuller states emphatically that he will not be a candidate this year. He says that business interests prohibit him from giving up valuable time to the office and that as he has served two terms in the legislature he thinks that be has done his duty in that respect. CLOSED CARS Are the Coming Cars FORD COUPE FORD SEDAN THE TWO GREATEST MODELS IN THE WORLD . I ONE OUNCE OF FACTS BEATS TONS OF THEORY Here are the Facts Gas, Oil and Tires hare advanced. Big, heavy cars are too costly in upkeep, but the Ford Products keep "upkeep" down to a minimum and permits the average person to enjoy the pleasures of motoring. ( It is acknowledged by all that Ford Cars can be operated cheaper than any car on the market. WE CAN MAKE IMMEDIATE DELIVERIES ON CLOSED CARS ! I Many School Children Are Sickly Mothers who value their own comfort and the welfare of their children, nhould never be without a. box of Moth er Gray'a Sweet Powder for Children, for use throughout the eaon. They Itreak up Coldn. Relieve FeTerihnea. Constipation. Teething Disorder a. Headache and Stomach Trouble. ITned by mothers for over 1 year. lHtSE I-OIVUKKS CJIVE SATISFAC TION. All Drug Stores. Don't accept anv mib.titute. torQ Insist on Genuine Ford Parts t i I ; : - BAMS O N : 1 1 ml - The Tnicks that bring Country, Town and City Together TRACTORS "An Earier life for lie Fanner" mm i r. t J-....l.- ..J kl tlivl'e wVil vmi wnn( Vint at V .. . . ii. iL mil (a iVi lirtnrlrrl Moriepower-neaTy draii nocpowcror -u - u.f . , The Samion hat something new to oner in we uuck imc jim u. lhc righl pHce bolh in firft C0Jt upkcep af welL . t i ? i 1.1.. X.. :M mall Inurn nnrl nlv. TL! and one nauiing jodi on mc hum, iu mc The Samson Trucks are furnished in two sizes- This is what the designers, engineers and producers had uppermost in their minds when they -ton and l-ton capacity. They are not developed the Samson Model M Tractor. Ynn want a tractor that will take the place and perform the duty of a barn full of horses with out costing you a fortune or a big part of your crop to buy and maintain. A tractor with more drawbar capacity for lets weight, also a tractor that will givey oa .an un limited range of steady power on the pulley for heavy-pulley jobs, such as lifting water for irnct ing, threshing and silo filling. ' : That's exactly the kind of a tractor you get m the Samson Model M no superliuous ana un- too heavy;neither are they too light, and are offered at a price that is within the reach of every- body who has a lot of field and road hauling, town ana city aeuvenng 10 ao. This line embodies some of the most radical improvements ever made in motor truck construe- tion. - ' . ' . i l AmAm,'. upII fftrwATfl and locatinsr the steering-wheel post and foot py placing i iic iuiiu v " - --- . , . .i't..j t nn. ttiA rah tnace is eliminated. This adds about 33 1-3 per necessarv dead weight nedais ar mc icii-nauu mc - ij in tires and fuel - Every working part is enclosed and protected against dust, mud or rain. rive to the Samson Tlilrrl th new Samson I nick, on accoum 01 mc lamuu oiuvu 6- me even oirmuuua ui Tfiua, wmyawt " ' . ... nreventinz all danger of rearing up and tipping over. oUawc thf driver to start a truck unaer a nui ioau uu uj " & Heving shafts, bearbgs, imiversal joints and gear A Mechanical Surprise , i i .x- iAr A'r antnmnhile knowswhat it means to go down to the fourth, everyuoay wno wnw y - axle hub-deep, in mud, soft ground or snow, and has to be puUed out by a team or another auto mobile costing valuable time and money, making the truck useless some month, of the year; but Aey eliminate these troubles with patented extension wheel bases. Samson Trucks are provided with almost every kind of body at slight extra cost, including the double-box for general farm use, hauling loose or sacked grain, fruit, produce, wood, etc The up per panels arc easily removed, making a single-box body. Ton $775 f. o. b., Salem VA Ton .. . , $1195 f. o. b. Salem We have One Hundred Trucks and Tractors on the Way to Salem ii. l : ' . i;,.t,m. ilvelonment of the automobile, the electric light, the tele- phone, the wireless telegraph, the phonograph, the aeroplane, the motion picture, etc all great inventions but of all the modern inventions that benefit the farmer, there is nothing stands out so prominently, so absolutely necessary, so ofte wished for, and which will be so universally used by every farmer, large or small, as the SAMSON IRON HORSE. Takes the Place of Three Horses Here at a very reasonable and low price is a machine that will do with only one man operat ing both tractor and implement or vehicle, most every job that a team of two or three horses will do do it accurately and reliably never needs a rest, will not shirk, get scared or run away. It is driven with a pair of lines just exactly as you would drive a team. 1 1 11 f 1 r ROTH 503 Bank of Commerce Building V w J - - - - - , ... - - - - - " "