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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 31. 1920 SOCIETY EVERT few days wc discover something new In Salerno some personality interesting great or the near great. The latest find isr a second cousin of Gene Stratton-Porter Mrs. Etta Stratton ; Breckenridge. of 175 ScutTi Nineteenth street. Mrs. Erecken ridge's father, L. C. Strat ton. being a nephew of Mark Stratton, father of the noted "mm. Breckenridge has a fund bf interesting stories to tell of her illustrious cousin which, havo for the most part Ix-en given to her by her father, who has vis ited -Gene Stratton! Porter fre quently, at present being in the east on an extended visit with various members of the family. Speaking of the author's works Mrs. Breckenridge says: "My lather tells me that "Laddie" is based on facts of herself and family- ' '- : ."Always the book;, fever dom inated the life she ljved; the cab In shfe designed for her home, and the books she read. Her first book, The Song of the Cardinal.' as a nature book, written with a purpose, as are all of her works. By making the close com parison of actual study among the birds., and from years of work havej and dim WM. FARNUM In "IF I WERE KING" Starts! Tues. at The Oregon r around these nests. In field pho-s tography, she knew how all their habits and inclinations paralleled hum.'ir. life processes, and she outlined the 'Song of the Card!- j i.al with me nine Dieecung Dody before her. deliberately instilling human likeness wherever possible to the last degree consistent with life processes among the wild. The illustrations forthe book are made from photographs, taken from actual life, developed wuid printed by Mrs. Porter. "Her next book ! was named 'The Falling Feather,' afterwards changed to 'Freckles, because oubllshers were dubious about an. other book with birds and feath ers for a title. ' "Each publisher whp saw It be fore production assured her that .the kiature material it contained would kill any chance it might ot becoming a popular book, felt sure! that if she would nate that part, that it would bring her fame and money. .Mrs. Porter replied that . the sole .pur pose of the book was to put the nature part it contained before the people,-that she had no de sire for fame; nor for more than a very plain living, and that if she changed, the. title and exem plified the text that was all the concessions sne could possibly make. The book has tairly won the greatest j honors that could be paid a bpok and was later translated into Braille. 4-" "At this rteriod A Oirl nf the Limberlost' was followed by Music of the Wilds, 'The Har vester, 'The Moths of the Lira- berlost.' then 'Laddie,' after which she 4roke the routine of writiaig.- spending two years in building a new cabin at the head of the swamp region of her state, as ner working territory below had been devastated by lumber men, oilmen and farmers, until nothing from which to make a picture was left. I "In 1910 my father and mother visited her when she lived at Ge neva, Ind., near the Limberlost swamp, where some of her earlier books were written. In 1915 my LIEURANCE'S LITTLE SYMPHONY n -r made her home here, she has (evening, the Joint affair celebrat- host ot frienda.. gained during ''.:: A P P E A L T 6 6 I N E I U A. Ladd The History of Your Eyes We Always Preserve for future reference a cornplete record of your eye rouble; also the date, kind of lenses and style of frame furnished. This is only one of the many ways in which we exercise care for the benefit of our pa "APPEAL TO O'NEILL' Let him advise you whether ov not glass es would be of benefit. Dr. C. B. O'Neill 1 Optometrist-Optician ij and Bash Bank Building' A P E A L T O N E I L L SALEM Group of gifted musicians, who will open the Winter's Lyceum course, presenting a splendid, programme of high class music. Miss Margaret Perry, appears as soloist, and Mr. Harold Lewis i5 conductor and pianist, j father made her another visit, this time in her new home near Rome City, Ind., situated on, the border of one of the many beau tiful lakes, - of which it is said there are 30CO in the county. The highways wind between and around these, through hundreds of acres of primeval swamp and marsh-land and quite a bit of original forest. Here is the nat ural home of every bird, moth and butterfly, native to that cli mate and country, and here in two seasons she found almost every flower listed in the botan ies and some that are not. "In Wildflower Woods, sur rounding Limberlost Cabin, which is built of cedar logs from cellar to gabel, furnished inside in wild cherry in natural color and fur nished throughout with mahog any, she has set with her own hands, more than ,10,000 wild trees, flowers and. ferns. "She, herself, has said: ;'I live in a world of light, fragrance," beauty and song; no wonder some of it overflows in my books." Miss Grace Bean is the week end guest of her sister inMaw, Mrs. Hawley Bean, in Portland. Mrs. Sidney Beck and little daughter. Joanne, of Burlingame, who have been making an extend ed visit to Mr. and Mrs. Beck's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ro land, went to Portland this week to meet Mr. Beck, all remaining several days as the guests of friends. ' They spent a short time with the Rowlands before departing for their home 'in California Friday night. i r. The marriage this week of Miss Myrtle Albright and John Carson occasioned a ripple of surprise in society, although the engagement bad been known for ' sometime. The wedding was a very quiet affair, being celebrated at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Baker Albright, at Marquam, Thursday afternoon. Rev. J. R. Benton, of the First Methodist : church reading the lines, i I The- cou,ple were unattended. The bride wore her traveling. cos tume, a smart tailleur of peacock blue duvtyne, and small toque to match. She carried an arm bou quet of Cecil Brunner ; roses and maiden-hair fern. Following the ceremony the young folks left for a short wedding trip to North ern points and will be at home in. Salem- this coming week. Although Mrs. Carson has nev- uer years ar the 'University o: Oregon, where she was a Gamma Phi Beta, and also through, her trequent visits in Salem, as the I'uest of Mrs. Alan Bynon and Mrs. Paul Hendricks. She is a very attractive girl, and will be 'ordially welcomed by the young er set. The romance had its inception in Mt. Angel, when Mr. Carson was attending the coUege, and Miss Albright ;wa a student at the academy. Mr. Carson ; is the eldest son of Mrs. John A. Carson, and will be the next; district attorney. I' 'A It has remained tor a zroop of men Who belong to the younger contingent to come forward with the most pleasing announcement of thfr year. They have fornvJ club which will be known as the? Aloha, and under its name they will launch a series of danc ing parties that promise to be bright lights on the winter's so cial horlion. The first affair will be given in the Moose hall Tuesday evening. November the ninth, and will be exclusively for members of the club and their femin.'ne friends. Coming just between Christmas and the new year cnother num ber of the series) will brighten that period, and wilt in all prob ability include in the invitational list many of the college students I home for the holidays. The elnb membership is limit ed li forty-five, nearly that num ber already being seemed. At the last meeting for formal or ganization held this week. Fred! Mangis was chosen to serv the club as president; James Marr.j secretary, and Jamos Young treasurer.: The series of dances, which it is expected will include about a halt dozen, will have a different committee in charge of arrange ments aeh-tirae. thus securing for each the stamp of originality and distinction. Serving ; in the initial capacity will he Otto Hart man, Albert Eagan, Bruce Mr Dan iels. James Marr and James Craw ford, l . Charter members of the Aloha club are: Fred Mang!s. James Marr, James Young.' Carl Gabriel son, Lawrence Hofer, . James Crawford, Allan Carson. Albert Egan, Paul Wallace, Homer Egan. Mark Skiff, Brazier Small. Bert Ford, Clarence Byrd, Bruc-3 Mc Daniela. Otto Hartman, Fred , oeckebach, Oliver "Meyers. An drew Vincent, William Bradley. George Nelson, Claude Stusloft, Paul Farrington, Elvin ! Land is. Lyle Page. Dwight Qulsen berry. Cliff Knickerbocker. Charles Craig. A. J. Dinse and Jams Mc- Clellan.- Lovely pink and white rose buds formed a graceful center piece for the table .Wednesday night, when Miss Macyl Hunter and Miss Leah Ross entertained with a supper at the home of Miss Hunter, following a line party at the Oregon theater earlier in the ing the birthdays of the two nost- esees. Dainty hand-painted place cards, the clever work of one of the guests, added a note of In dividuality to the party. The guest list Included: Miss Marjorie Mellinger. MWs Ruth Page, Mirs Mabel Ackerman. Miss Ruth Mace. Miss Rea Gage. MUs Mabel Marcus. Miss Florence Jones. MUs Alice McClellan. Miss Let ha Wilson. Mies Helene See ley. Mirs Lucille Moore. .Miss Jcanelle YandervorU Miss Junette Jcns. Mi.s Olive Moore. Miss Frances Hodge. Miss Lola Mil lard. Miss Evangelise Powell. Miss Martha Powell. Miss Marlon Lovell and Miss Florence Young. One of the most pleasing af fairs of the werk, which had as ta inspiration the Jason Lee ded icatory ceremonies at the capitol. was the dinner, for which Miss Frances Richards warn hostess Tuesday night at Lausanne, which complimented Bishop and Mrs. W. O. Shepherd of Port land Others bidden were Dr. and Mr. E. E. Clibert. Rer. ind Mrs. Blaine C KIrkpatrick. Dr., and Mrs. n. L. Sleeves, and Pres ident and Mrs. Doaey. i -Mr. Ceorge F. Wllaoa enter tained yesterday afternoon with a bridge t-a." says Friday's Tel egram, "given for lira. William It. Eldrdge of Salem, who Is tbe sister of Mrs. R. R. Prael of Port land. Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge will make Portland their noma. Al ditlonal guests were asket In for the tea honr.' ' l(Vnr1nfd on Vl IV i I i I 1 1 fOre To the The taxpayers of Portland and Multnomah County arc not only willing i but anxious to provide the Port of Portland with noeded funds for dredging rar Rtvr Channel to the sea. The Committee that formulated what is known as the Port of Portland and Dock tornmission Consolidation Bill under the numbers 810 ; and 311 on the ballot insisted, however, upon weighting down the measure. with an enormously expensive real estate scheme, and by a formal vote turned down ; th request of taxpayers that the Swan Island scheme and the River Channel scheme be presented as separate measures. Refusing to be forced to swallow something they , cannot approve, Multnomah County is expected to vote adrer?ely to the whole scheme by an overwhelming majority. Having done this, they will then be ready to vote for any needed amount for improving our River Channels. A Com mittee of the City Club has submitted a detailed analysis of the measure showing that it means an ultimate expenditure of at least $40,000,000. Our Chamber of Commerce and other civic bodies with all of our river pilots and steamboat owners and others have protested against it. At least twelve form er and present members of the Port of. Portland and the Dock Commission have declared against it. A majority, if not all, of our City Ctorrurirsioners oppoao it. The Committee of 15 itself that drafted the measure is divided. The Taxpayers of Portland Appeal to You In a spirit of fair play to save this county from the imposition upon us of surh an overwhelming, and paralyzing debt as this measure contemplates. It would, be deemed offensive if. we gave expression to what we believe to be the selfish and ambitious political motives that have inspired the measure which is submitted with a distinctively deceptive title. . " ' We simply appeal for fair play and a decent consideration of- the,hopclc plight in which this community will find itself if the measure carries. As citi zens of outlying counties who will not have to pay a dollar of the debtt imposed, wc appeal to you to consider what would be your feelings if Multnomah. County should try to impose a similar burden on yon. Our interests in a general way arc mutual. " , i r' ' i-i?..i:..?t,:;y?.-x&r&-&:t , . , - - ' ' ' v " ""V, - . - s , ' v , : ! '4 Solve the gift It is our sincere judgment that the success of this measure will seriously, re tard, instead of promoting, the" development of this port and that the state at large will in return suffer severely as a consequence. . - - . : v. I , ..... . Vote Measure Number 311 X No TaLxpayers Vigilance Gmmittee (r.iAJol ! ROBT. J. LINDEN, Secretary .1 n . ' 1 if : i l i , j ii u i I ir - ft,1 1 1 1 ' ' . '. ... problem with-- Ybur ' . . i i Photograph ' - ,' - X I- it - v Gunnell & Robb, Studio Oregon Building SALEM, OREGON For Appointment Phone 263 i - ' OUALI TY aid: SERYIC E ' Should Govern the Purchase of Any Article of Merchandise ! Were this not true there would be no incentive for some manufacturers to build a BETTER Article than another. '.'!. When you buy a suit of clothes or a pair of shoes, why do you pay more for Some than is asked for Others? There is but one answer: "QUALITY and SERVICE. What is meant by Quality and Service. Nat urallv the better and Higher Priced article Lasts Longer and Gives Retter Satisfaction. ! . ' 1 . JUST AT THIS TIME WE ARE HEARING A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE CUT IN PRICES OF AUTOMOBILES. There is but one excuse for the cut in price of any article: A LESS COST OF MATERIAL AND LABOR TO PRODUCE IT. Labor and material costs as much, if not more, today than it did six months ! ago. i f t THERE ARE JUST TWO LOGICAL CONCLUSIONS TO ARRIVE AT Either the price Before the cut was FICTITIOUS, or the QUALITY IS REDUCED to offset the cut CHEVROLET CARS ARE PRICED RIGHT and there is not a car in the world that equal it in Quality at any where near the price, and General Motors are the only people in the world who can produce such a car as the Chevrolet for the money. i ' THE CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY WILL REDUCE PRICES WHEN THE PRICE OF MATERIAL AND LABOR DECREASES, and every purchaser of a New Chevrolet gets a Written Agreement that in the event of a redaction in price by the Chevrolet Motor Co", on or before May 1st, 1921, the amount of SUCH RE DUCTION WILL BE REFUNDED the purchaser. Mem AetomoMle Go F. G. Delano 151 N. Hijh St, Salem, Oregon O A. I. Eoff