THE OREGON STATESMAN': WEIlNKSUAY. AlGtST , 100.
BILL FAVORS
CITY ENGINEER
Skelton Complains That Van
dals Disturb Markers in
Local Surveys
At the city council meetin? Mon
day night a bill wax presented mak
ing it unlawful for individuals to re
move, destroy, deface, mutilate or
change the eity engineer's survey 'tt
grades for sidewalks, boundaries,
stakes or markers.
City Engineer Skelton complained
to the council of individuals remov
ing and defacing his surveys which
necessitated making new survey.
This makes double expense to the
city. The bill passed first and sec
ond reading and was referred.
isumerous resolutions were pre
sented and adopted. The resolut'om
adopted are: -
Warrants Held IVmn
ISfAWM Li ' w n till n b a n-
'sented a resolution providing that no
warrants be issued larger than
jo uruuiuiuaiiuu. nc euiiri iiwi
when larger sums are, issued the city
.HIGHEST PRICES
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Paid for
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Vegetables and Fruits
PEOPLE'S CASH STORE
treasury is unable to meet paymen.
but if the warrants are of smaller
denomination they can be pal 1 oft
as the funds accumulate.
A resolution calling for construct
ing concrete walks on the west side
of " Laurel street between Highland
avenue and the north city limit.
on the motion of Alderman volt tna
resolution was adopted.
Twelfth street near Marlon Is i"
be graded and paved accor.iin io
specifications established was ap
proved by a resolution adopted at the
council meeting. The city recorder
was instructed to publish the nonce
so that those objecting to the pro
ject may present their object ioi a to
the council.
Alderman Volk presented a resolu
tion to improve Capitol streel irom
the south line of Shipping street to
the north line of Madison at tne e
pense of the Shutting property ex
cert the intersections of the streets
and the alleys which expense the :lt7
will defray
iialnr Gets Sidewalk
A eidewalk on the north side of
Gaines street between Summer and
Capitol streets In McCoy addition is
to be constructed according to a res
olution adoDted.
A notice of assessment for the im
provement of Division street from
the west line of Front 6treet to the
east line of Water street was auth
orized to be published In a resolu
tion presented by Alderman Volk
Any objection to the assessment for
the Improvement of the designated
streets must be presented to the
council by August 16, 1920.
A communication from R. V. Dav
is was read, ia which the writer de
clared that he has made several re
quests of the Salem' Water company
to establish a water hydrant nea his
premises. lie said the water company
has ignored bis requests. A motion
was passed advising Mr. Davis to
make a complaint to the public set
vice commission.
Ixt is Needed
Another communication was read
from Mr. and Mrs. Eaton Randolph
petitioning the city council to "sell a
lot on the corner of Bellevqe and
South Twelfth streets. Mem bets of
the council claim that the lot I
needed by the city for-the storing ot
tiles and other city property.
A bill for assessing the costs ior
improving Division street from the
west line of front street to the east
line of Water street was passed for
the first and second' readings and
was referred.
At Seattle R. II. ES.
San Francisco 2 5 1
Seattle i . 3 7 0
Couch and Agnew; Seibold and
Adams.
At Tortland It. II. E.
Ijos Angeles 2 8 2
Portland t 3 10 2
Aid ridge and La pan ; Sutherland
and Koehler.
Ia I For Scientific Fa
p Fitting of Glasses - p
e Or Duplicating e
a Broken Lenses
o APPEAL TO O'NEILL
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. All Work
J- Dr. C. B. O'Neill J-
Optometrist-Optician
Ladd and Bnsh $anJ ; Building SALEM
COAST LEAGUE
At Los Angeles R. II. E.
Sacramento 714 1
Vernon , 4 7 1
Prough and Schang; Houck.
Small wood, W. Mitchell and Devor-
mer.
Polk County Sheriff Nabs
0 Prosperous Moonshine
IMLLAS. Or.7AuB. 3. tFpecial
to The 8tateman. George Lewis.
resident of the Mack Rock logging
dstrict. 14 miles west of here, was
J r rested ov Sheriff John W. Orr las
night on a charge of operating a
liquor still. Search of the premises
by the she.itf and deputies brought
forth the still in which the liquor
was made and also several bottles
of the distilled product.
Lewis had been unde- 'isieion
for some time as he appeared to
live without doing any manual labor
while the camps in that vicinity were
hard pressed for men. He has a
wire and six small children.
Sheriff Orr brought hi prisoner
to Dallas where be was locked in the
county jail awaiting others of the
federal government who have been
notified of the arrest.
The still, which was made out of
a copper wash boiler, together with
samples of the moonshine were also
brought to Dallas. This is the sec
ond arrest of a moonshiner in Polk
county since the) prohibition law
went into effect.
At San Francisco R. II. E.
Salt Lake 4 8 0
Oakland 0 3 1
Leverenz and Byler;- Holling,
Kremer and Mitze.
Shop Where The Crowds Buy
Mr. E. Conomy
Says
SATURDAY
August
7th
NATIONAL LEAGUE
At Philadelphia R. H. E.
Chicago 3 12 0
Philadelphia .1 9 0
Alexander and Kilmer; Rixey and
Wheat.
At Boston R. II. E
Pittsburgh 3 S 1
Boston 2 8 2
Ponder and Haeffner; McQuillan.
Scott and O'Neill.
At Brooklyn R. II. E. 1
SL Louis 4 13 41
Brooklyn 10 14 2
Haines. May, North and Mccarty:
Dilhoefer; Cadore, Mamaux and
Elliott.
At New York R. H. E.
Cincinnati 1 6 2
New York 11 IS 2
Eller. Ring. Fisher and Wlngo. I
Rarlden; Toney and Smith. Gon-i
sales. ..; ,i -Will
Aviator Killed in
Farewell Flight
PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 3. An
estate of $22,483 was left by Edward
W. Wilson. Portland ex-army aviator
killed at Fort Worth. Tex., recently,
according to appraisal filed In pro
bate today. Mrs. Annie Wilson, the
.dead aviator's .mother, is the sole
beneficiary. Wilson was taking a
farewell flight when he fell and was
killed.
Sheriff Is Dubious About
Living on Dandelion Diet
DALLAS. Or.. Auk. 3. i-ecUl
to The Statesman. 1 Lee Nelson, a
Mreet preacher who has b-en preach
ing on tbo streets of Dallas for th
r a.t week, was arretted by Sheriff
Orr yesterday on an Insanity charge.
NelMn ban no visible means of sup
port and declares that with the high
rest of living one can exjft by livinc
o:i grasses and dandelions. He will
have a hearing before Judge Robin
son this afternoon or tomorrow as
to his &aniiy.
Bald Eagle Worsted
in Fight With Salmon
SEATTLE. July 30. With right
bants upraised and left hands acros3
their hearts, every man aboard the
schooner Roosevelt, from the master
to the cook, averred they saw a huge
bald eagle take a wild ride In the
stretch ot water between Cape Madge
and Seymour Narrows. Gulf of Geor
gia. And they brought the eaglo t
Seattle to prove the tale. The RooC-
velt was on its way to Seattle from
the fishing banks la Hecate Stroll.
Shortly after passing Seymour Nar
rows members of the crew noticed a
bald eagle flying close to the water
nar the vessel. As they watched
the big bird'sklmming near the sur
face, a spring salmon, estimated to
weigh about 20 pounds leaped clear
of the swift moving current. Ouicx
as a flash the eagle drove his sharp
talons Into' the fish's back..
There was a great splash as the
big springer dived, taking the eagle
beneath the surface. All hands
rnshed to the rail to watch the strug
gle. Three times the fish and bird dTs
mp pea red In the water while ihe
Roosevelt steered a close coarse be
hind them.
Finally the eagle loosened its bold
on the salmon and flopped onr on
Ihe surface of the water completely
exhausted. It had put up a fcame
fight but had lost iU urty.
The crew of the Roosetel: pulled
the bird aboard with a bait took. The
eagle was soaking wet lu. n deck
it soon recovered and showed fight.
While the battle between the biid
and fish was in progress two other
eagles flew around the vicinity
screaming loudly.
Captain Harney Pederson brought
the captured eagle to Seattle and pre
sented it to one of the public parks.
Canard Liners Ordered
Not Stop at Qaeenstown
LIVERPOOL. Aug. 3. The gov
ernment has informed the Cunard
company that prevailing condition
in Ireland may prejudice the ordin
ary safeguards for navigation" and
that therefore the government con
siders It advisable, as a temporary
precaution, for passenger ships to
proceed to English ports without
calling at Queenstown. It. requests
the Cunard line to make arrange
ments accordingly.
Mrs. Etta Bradford Is
Made Y.W.JA. Secret,
Mrs. KtU Bradford, widow of i,
late Hollo llraoford of this city, tme
ceHi Miss Inez Cook as general aee
rciary of Ihe local Y. W. C. A. Ska
will serve till September 1 when a
regular secretary will be employ.
Mrs. Bradford Is the mother of Dot
aid Bradford who served everseM
with Company M for IS months.
Berries and Bears are
Numerous in Polk Wilis
DAI-LAS. Or.. Aug. 3.-r (Special
to The Statesman.) Several koa
dred Dallas jeople were la the tim
bered sections of Polk couaty' yes
terday gathering wild blackberries
which thrive In the logredoff land,
and many hundreds of gallons of the
berries were gathered. The berries
are unusually large this year aad
also very pientifuL Several of the
parties ran upon bears also gather
ing the fruit, and In every Instance
the animals were gives the freedom
of the patch. Hears are more plen
tiful In the lowlands this year than
for many years past. Ine to the big
crops of wild berries.
LADD & BUSH, BANKERS
Established IBM
General Daiikinw Business
Office Honrs from 10 a. n. to 3 p.
AMEBIC AN LEAGUE
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At Chicago- R. II. E.
New York 1 5 0
Chicago. 3 11 1
Mays and Rnel; Faber and Schalk.
At St. Louis R. H. E.
Philadelphia 9 12 0
St. Louis . C 14 C
Harris. Rommell and Perkins:
Bayne. Bnrwell. Van Gilder. Lelfield
and Severeid.
At Cleveland " R. H. E.
Washington 5 10 1
Cleveland 10 1 1
Zachary. Acosta and Gharrlty.
Picinich; Caldwell. Clark. Bagby and
O'Neill.
At Detroit R. H. E.
Boston 3 10 0
Detroit 1
Pennock and Schang; Ayers. Okrie
and Manion. Stanage.
Tiny Model Kept Crowd
Informed on Yacht Race
SEATTLE. Aug. 2. Rigged In
precisely ' the same manner as the
Reaolute and Shamrock IV. two tiny
models of the America's cup racers,
suspended from wires leading across
the street irom the second story of
the Seattle Times building, kept the
throngs below informed on the pro
gress of the International yacht
races.
The hulls of the little yachts were
two feet In length and painted simi
lar to the cup defender and chal
lenger.
The Resolute model flew the
Star Spangled Banner., while the
British ensign fluttered from the
little green boat. They boved for
ward as the Associated Press bulle
tins Indicated the position ot the
racers.
The wires on which the models
traveled were stretched to corre
spond to the race courses, and the
miniature sloops progressed true to
scale from start to finish While
their admirers cheered and argued
fervidly on the sidewalks and streets
below.
Oregon Growers Erect
Immense Drying Plant
DALLAS. Or.. Aug. 3. (Special!
to The Statesman.) One of the
largest prune dryers in this part of
the state Is being erected on the
property of the Oregon Growers' Co
operative association In the south
part of town near the big packing
plant erected by that concern this
spring. The dryer will be used ex
clusively by those members of the
association who have no dryers of
their own. i
The new dryer, together with those
ot. Individual persona, will be re
quired to dry the large) crop of
prunes that is anticipated from the
Folk county orchards ext fall.
Never in years has ihe outlook for
such a bumper crop been so good as
at the present time, the late rains
injuring .the prunes enough moist
ure to grow to large siie. The July
drop was about the same as usual.
but should the drop In August be
light, many of Ihe growers will have
to go over their orchards and thin
the crop by hand as the trees in
loaded to the breaking-down point
FIRE VXDER CONTROL.
HOOD RIVER. Or., in r 3 A
forestry crew today brought under
control a fire that has burned over
forests of the Oak Grore district
since Saturday, threatening apple j
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throughout the month of August,
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One Pennsylvania "Ton
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responding size, abso
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You not only save the substantial
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but you also save on the casings.
For Vacuum Cup Tirss, at pre
vailing prices standardized
net and uniform throughout the
United States cost less than
other makes of equal quality.
If you cannot secure prompt service
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through nearest dealer or
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