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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1920)
THK ORET.OX OTATKSHA! FRIDAV, MAY SI. I!a. r i DRIVE COVERS HALF OF CITY Jf Remaining Districts Are Liberal Boy 'Scouts Will r . Go Over Top -' L j ' - ' The Boy Scouts, of America, In their recent paper drive, have cov ered practically half of the city, and as. a result, after scraping together every ounce of waste paper that could be found, along with rags and other such waste, have Just, about succeeded In collecting half of their quota of paper. : In the estimation of Harold L. MAGNETOS W. H. Hildebrandt &Co. ' ..... Official Eisemann Magneto Service Station 279 North Commercial Street SALEM aa Rink Tuesday, Friday, Sa(urday and Sunday nights, Sunday after noon Ladies 'Skate free Friday night. Ladies' skates 10c Tuesday and Saturday night Why suffer tke discomforts and embarrassments of a Goitre t O. G.'C preparation for goitre baa bese nied many. . Why pay several hundred dollars for a a operation to remove a goitre when O.G.C cao be obtained lor such a comparatively mall expenditure? O.G.C. when properly applied rives ntia lartory result, or yonr money will be refunded. O.G.C i sold direct, by mail ". Write for booklet. - . : -7.V KSSrvkmtcvL T : fc a C. CHEMICAL COMPANY : - -j FULL LINE OF "RED FEATHER" TOILET PREPARATIONS PERFUMES, ETC. NEIMEYER Just Drags 444 State Street Dreamland ymT' v Will - D. Evan For City Recorder JL Get an Efficient and Courteous ' '. Administration Be Sure and Vote (Paid Advertisement) Cook, scout executiTe, if the rest of the city will contribute as liber ally during the last half of the cam paign as during the first, the boys will be able to put their budget over the. top for the year, and the big program outlined for the city will be assured. At least 100.000 pounds of paper will be necessary to put the Scout movement on its feet. Reports are that about 40,000 pounds have been collected from about half of the city, and an attempt will be made by the boys to bring home the bacon during the next week. All of the city north of North Mill creek is yet to be canvassed for pa per, and also that portion east of Twelfth street and south of State street, commonly known as the Yew Park and Richmond districts. It will practically be up to the people in those two sections to furnish the remainder ot the 100.000 pounds in order to insure the ruccess of the local movement. However, a great many people in the districts alreadv covered are beginning to find that all of their paper was not donated, and calls are "coming into Scout Ex ecutive Cook at 772 for special call yet to be made. The districts yet remaining m-ill be thoroughly covered on Saturday. and an attempt be made to cover the entire city with flying squadrons during the next few days." in order to collect every bit of paper yet to be rounded up for the drive. If your paper' hasn't been collected call the scout executive for a Scout. COMMISSION CONSIDERS FREIGHT JAM (Continued from. page 1.) the return of cars to their home roads. By this', it was hoped that many lines might be able, by virtue of regaining use of their own equip ment, to alleviate local tie-ups. The commission put into effect today the suggestions of the rail way executives relative to the ex change of equipment eastward and westward beginning May 25. Orders were Issued to various roads for aa eastward movement of approximat ely az.uuu coal cars which Is ex pected to be completed in 20 days. Similarly a westward movement of box cars was ordered which will transfer 20,000 cars to the "grain producing, sections of the middle- west in 30 days. In discussing the general traffic situation the com mission explained that there were two primary causes for the jam- Shortage of equipment and "unfav orable labor conditions upon all the lines. SCOUTS TO BE BUGffS GUESTS C-1J' f ra y TL. Shown on Film for Pleas ? ure "of Salem Lads " T" " At Ye Liberty theater on Saturday! at 11 o'clock a. m., the Doy Scouts! of Salem will be the guests of Prank! D. Bl'gh, who will play his latest! film success, "Soldiers of Fortune," from the slory by Richard Harding Davis.- There Isn't a Scout Jn the world who doesn't cherish the memory -of Richard Harding Davis. He lived the! Boy Scout oath and law. was as clean! as they make 'em, and led the sort! of a life that all fathers and mothers! wants their boys to lead. Mr. Davis book. "Soldiers of Fortune." Is on-s of the cleanest and yet most thrilling stories before the American public today, and the reproduction of the story for use on the movie screen has been a gigantic task, and is truly a work ot art. 1 Mr. Bligh is of the opinion, as al! other good people, that the Boy 'Scouts deserve highest recognition, and it is his especial -pleasure to have the scouts as his guests on an occasion when ,he qan present a pic ture that represents so fine a type of Americanism. Mr. BHgh has alsa secured for use at this time one of the best compinc pictures ever produced by the Boy Scouts of America, featuring the ac tivities of a .real Boy Scout summer camp, full of fun and excitement, and altogether the program promises to be one thatevery Boy Scout will want to see. j 1 The Boy Scouts will be the guests of Mr. Rlih. and will be entertained TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY TO LATE TO CLASSIFY .... We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness and for the beautiful floral offerings during the illness and death of our -beloved wife, daughter and sister, Cora Ethel Myers. E. L. MYERS. L. P. HOPK1N3. MRS. W. F. CAMPBELl. TIME TELLING I The Cave Man And I' I'M v. Perm!! ton of Kobt. 11. Utensil a ti. - ' I! , i't' '!' I 4 - iLv I ' 1 i ; htV!; r-J -:v. :-V yU, 1M1 te Even the earliest man requir-d" some means of IcTTrg rime, docks and watclte he hd none Lut t'ue unfailing tm rHe atd set "in the be-j ginning" as it dee today h? snttn Icamrd to mark the position f the . .charging shadows and gai?d a crcle icca of the t'me cf day. Later, by; , observing the phaej oi th- moon, he learned a!o of weeks and months i'-moonths." In this way he "c-crnc aLle to make ij poiatraents with his' fellows and thus to o-oerate. i Tims c!!:n2 h t!:c fountlition of co-creration and co-operatioa of" civilization. after the!r own fashion, and no Hoy Scout will want to mi as so rare a treat. Speedy Justice Meted Out to Spokane Robbers SPOKAXE. ,V-ah..' May- 20.- Harry A. Teterson. Albert B.-Mc- Girt and George II. Cole, the trio h alleged to have robbed the American Railway express office In the Great Northern station here a 'e o, pleaded guilty today and were given immediate sentences. Peterson was - given one to 13 years at the Monroe reformatory: McGlrt. 2 to 15 years at Walla Walla and Cole from 1 to 15 years at Walla alla. Peterson was In charge of tne office at the time of the robbery and bJ share In the plot was reveal- d in McGirt's confession at Yakima I a few day3 later. The men took In excess of $10,000. of which all but $141 has teen recovered. SALEM TROUNCES SILVERTON LADS i r j Local High School Ball Club Is Now Undisputed Champ ion of County The claims of the Silverton hUh school baseball team for the cham pionship of Marion .county vanished into thin air when the local high school administered a 16 to 8 drub bing to them at Silverton ye?terday afternoon. At least 100 high school studen's accompanied the team and cheered it on to victory. The game was played on a grasy field made very wet by the rain which fell in the forepart of the af ternoon. The balls became very heavy and the pitchers were unable to put anything on the ball at all. trrors were -frequent and were a great factor in the scoring of the Sil verton boys. The runs made bv the locals came through hard hitting mingled with walks. Salem an nexed 18 hits while the best Silver ton could do was to gather in si during the nine Inning?. Both of the Silverton pitchers tJ face Coach Schott's wrecking crew were terribly manhandled in the line of bas hits. Olson did fairly well until the eighth when Salem mad six hits and as many runs. Bennett then assumed the burden and was greeted with another fusillade of hits In the ninth when the locals again crossed the plate for six runs. Tbe game was a slow, long-drawn- out affair, requiring two hours and ten minutes to play. Followers of the high school ath letics are much pleased at the team's battinir averartt w h U-H yn-m amnun't t, ' - In tha nnit oversea of tn for all opponents, Luke Gill's hit ting at a .435 clip while A. Gill. L. Jones and Purvine are hitting well over the .300 mark. Salem plays three games next week playing Silverton high here Tuesday and Eugene here Saturday while on Friday they journey to Jef ferson to play -a return game. Summary ot the game: , R. II. L Salem 1C 18 4 Silvertotn ............. 8 6 3 Batteries for Salem: Rlngle and E. Gill; Silverton: Olson, Bennett and llarwood. THROUGH AGES The Moving Shadow I l Wool Market Slumps High Price Peak Passed nOSTOX. May 20. The price of wool slumped today, a break of from 10 to 20 per cent occurring at auc tion sales conducted here under tbe ! aurpices of the British government umy seven am" took part ib ine bidding and But 30 per' cent of the wool offered for sale was disposed of. Ouyers were agreed that the ill I. Looks like the peak of high prices for wools has passed. According to the commer cial bulletin, an authoritative organ of the wool Industry. In this country, the drop In prices reflected cancella tions of orders for goods,' delay la transportation and declines la the Liverpool and London markets for raw wool. Manufacturers representatives at tbe sale told of tbe retarn of goods to the mills la many cases, principal ly woolens, of cancellations of other orders now on the looms, and of con sequent curtailment already under Taking the Out Advertising benefits the man who buys as well as the man who sells. It is part of the Golden Rule of Business and it works both wits. Don't miss the advertisements in this newspaper. Many of them are in teresting just because of their news and educational value alone. But more than that: Advertisements take the chase out of purchase and make every penny do its full duty. This last statement is one particularly to be remembered when common sense economy is not only a national duty, but an individual necessity. DON'T MISS THE V plan is to keep him pis 7 way. Some plants have aIaroaiiaac4 overtime work. Others have sav pended alghl operations aad a ft have reduced work to four or five days a week. It was state, however, that a radical curtailment or skat down of plants was aot considered Imminent. Tbe wools offered today a xxr gat ed lt.SC bales, mostly Merino aa4 other riae grades. Oaly S.S bales were sold, these chiefly to six mills. Read tie CLuiified Kit, Chase of Purchase ADVERTISEMENT up in the air CAR HOfrTACK ACVTH MARSH FIELD. Or, May TVi car shortage Las caas4 tke tka.t; of three large aav snails oa Coos Ur and ar tke saoatk of tke l'sxct river wtihla tke naat week. K m reported today, sad other will saw rlote aaleas tae aitaatlon Is ri Mere tnaa snets alra4y ara oss f work a a revolt of tke raUla elec ta C Storage yards at all of U plant are piled klgk with cat Iiav S4.. i . I a: 1 n
