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The Statesman receive tha 1'iaed w Ire report of tha Assorlatei. Ir. the- greatest aad inost re liable pre aMriatka la l be world. SEVENTIKTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1D20 sasaswsvsaswsssse-w i mmmKmmmmmmimmmmmmmmm mmhm IMfll'l!, 11 VK l!KNTS KOZER HAS STATEMENT FOR SOLONS Excess of $819,376.22 in Budget Estimate Over Visible j Revenues is Less Than at Last Session EASIER SAILING IS LIKELY FOR ASSEMBLY Figures Are Reviewed for ; Benefit of Legislators Coming to Salem , The budget, or estimate of ex penditures for the biennium 1921- 1922, for all state activities as thown by" the statements on - file with Sam. A. Kozer, secretary of Btat. aggregate $45,436,377.41. i Of this cam 124,717.340.89 rill be met by the receipts of the state treasury from sale of bonds for the construction of roads and highways, from license fees, In heritance taxes, corporation li censes, taxes on insurance prem iums. Insurance licenses, etc; 14.786,452.70 will be covered hy funds or contributions paid Into Ihe state treasury on account of the workmen's compensation law ind for vocational education; SS9.806.72 will be paid from moneys which "are not paid into the Mate treasury but disbursed through other mediums outside of the secretary of state; $.7"2. 570.47 will come from the vles r-f taxes Tor the years 1921 and 1922 and being in addition to those taxs authorized by law ithin the 6 per cent constitu tional limitation. The balance of 19.810.350.63 is covered by the jppropriation of moneys from the public treasury within the 6 per rent limitation. Of this latter um $753,175.67 is appropriated nnder existing laws authorizing the annual appropriation of mon eys from tha public treasury, and 12.1 CO 45.21 is provided; for by listing laws authorizing the ap-ponrlallon- of mtfney from the jiblic treasury, which appropria tions are basd uoon an anntial f,inag levy upon the taxable pro rTtr of tha. state, leavinz . the sain of $6,892,229.75 to be proV Tided for by appropriations. Dy the- 31st,legislatir3 assembly.' To meet this total of $9,810, :r0.63 la available the proceeds from the annual tax levies for the rears 1921 and 1922, aggregating rnpectlvely$3,394.846.56 and $3. S38. 537,35. and the receipts from rarious sources credited to the reneral'fund and applicable to the payment of .general govern mental expenses estimated at $l tI2.590.50. , To further apply upon . the mounts to be appropriated, is an estimated cash balance in the gen eral fund of $323,000, leaving of the total estimate of require ments for all state activities for the years 1921 and 1922 unpro vided for. $819,376.22. conting ent, however, upon the legisla ture making appropriations cor responding with the estimates of tha various activities for the bi ennial period. . The excess of th9 estimates for he 1919-1920 biennial - period over the visible revenues was $1. 297.214.84. yet the 1919 legis lative assembly confined its ap approprlatlons. by Judicious cur tailment, within thcvlsibla rev enues for . the biennium. having, reduced many of the estimates, and in some cases eliminating 'tern entirely where they were re naeRted for some special proposed work. The total amount the 1919 leg islature was asked to cover by upecifle appropriations aggregat ed $6,319,044.03 against a cor responding item coming before h 31st legislative assembly of lfi.892.229.75. If the state expenditures are grouped, or classified. In accord ance with the classification of the federal census bureau," it is found ht the estimates for 1921-1922 tar general government aggre litf$l,03,917.56. Under this ; 'lagsificatlon are included the 'ex panses of the legislature, the exe cutive, state, treasury, taxes and land departments; the supreme ourt, supreme court library, the attorney general, th- salaries of the circuit Judges and district at torneys, the primary and general election expenses and the capitol nd supreme court buildings and tronnds. - ' Th estimates' for protection to Arsons and property aggregate .584.163.02. Under these clas- "mcat'ons ar included the bank eomoration. insurance and ffht and measures depart ments, the board ot accountancy. architect! examiners and engineer lrR examiner: th? sUte fire mar 'iial. motor Wide registrations ission. pilot 'mmlRsibners. industrial , acci fSt conimiesion. state board of rtry,Oregon hnman society. Indnktriat welfare and child ? Uare commissions! the child la , ir bcafd and the bureau of la- t: tho Oror,-.n national guard -ial agents rfhd ' bounties on ,(1 animals. Development and conservation ( Continued on page 3) PRISONER SAYS HE KNEW ETHERIDGE SI ni,E V FKLLOW 1XM.VTK IX XKVV JKIISKY PKISOX .'- Sal Convict Tells Authorities of Acquaintance Formed .While Two Vere Doing Time Elmer Sibley,, who is serving a term In the Oregon state peniten tiary for forgery, yesterday in formed prison 'authorities that he was' .acquainted with John L. Etheridge "when the two -were prisoners in; the Xew Jersey state prison. Etheridge, absconding head of the bankrupt bond firm of Morria lirothers. Inc., of Portland, is in jjatfl at Minneapolis where he was attested while fleeing eastward with, his w if e from Portland., Sibley is known to have done time in; eastern prisons. He was received from Multnomah county October 28. 1919. to serve two years, was later paroled, violated his parole and was returned to the prison, . , CLARA ZETKIN R1AKES TROUBLE Appears in Socialist Con gress, Makes Fiery Speech and Vanishes TOURS, France, Dec. 28 Clara Zetkin, member of the Ger man reichstag and of the execu tive committee of the third In ternationale, whose passport, it is alleged, the French Refused to vise, came suddenly into the hall where the French Socialist eon rreas was in progress today and the session became bdlam. M. Brossard, secretary of jthe French socialist party, who was speaking, was interrupted and the delegates escorted the woman to the plat form. 1 r Clara Zetkin is a white haired woman of CO. She vat attired in a simple, brown dresi and wai cheered wildly. . "The French have forbidden me to come." she said to the del egates, "hue like a good; com munis, I came anyway." The doors of the hall were locked and the telephose and tele-graph wires in the hall discon nected and no one was allowed to leave the building. She then continued her speech, denounefng "tho Schiedmanns, Xoske3 and Keynaudels of all natnns." She albo denounced the moderates and all , those seeking to form an In ternationale in opposition to Moscow.- '. - . "Spilt your party to achieve more precious unity," Madam Zetkin advised the congress. "1 urge you to split from your party all social patriots and form a single revolutionary Jo-rce capa ble of discipline, vigorous action and the emancipation of the pro letariat. "The barbarians who destroyed the ancient cathedral at Rheims belong to the same class, kin and family as those who destroyed the ancient cathedral at Kiev," she cried, referring to the Polish war fare against Moscow which was carried on with allied aid. Madame Zetzin arrived late in the afternoon and spoke for half an hour. She then left with a small escort of friends. Xo one else was allowed to leave for 20 minutes to enable her to depart secretly as she had come. , Her visit was unexpected. It is believed the came by motor, and it is supposed that after leav ing the hall she proceeded to the German frontier. PORTLAND' v EXPOSITION Plans Perfected for 1925 and Five Million Dollars Will Be Raised PORTLAXD. Dec. 28. Five million dollars will be raised by Portland for the financing of the proposed 1925 exposition, accord ing to a decision reached today at a meeting of 100 representative business men of the city, with committee members, who have been outlining plans for the faif. Action was taken toward - in corporating the Atlantic-Pacific highways, and electrical exposition company for that amount, and F. E. Reach was authorized to ap point a committee of .15 members including himself, to sign the ar ticles of incorporation so 'that they could "be immediately filed and the actual work of financing started. Plot to Eree Convicts t is Nipped in the Bad "LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Dec. 28. Reliable teports of a widespread plot to free convicts in the state penitentiaries were responsible for the mobilization of the. Pine. Bfoff machine gun company of the Ar kansas National guard, acocrding to a statement tonight by Gover nor Broach. According to the gov ernor, the plot was reporteu 10 him by penitentiary officials. MEETING OF ETHERIDGE Counsel Seeks to Designate Preferred .Creditors of Morris Brothers, lhc of Which Tirm Ex-President Is Under Arrest BY-LAWS VESTED VICE PRESIDENT CONTROL Mrs! Etheridge Holds All of Capital Stock Except Two Shares PPORTLAXD. Dec. . 28. Port land, creditors of the ; firm of Morris . Hrothers. , Inc., the bond house whose former president, J. L. Etheridge, is under arrest at Minneapolis on-charges In con nection with his lioml operations. tonightheld a meeting to con sider steps to protect their inter ests. ' Most of them held interim bonds as receipts for payments to the firm for bonds of the city of Edmonton. Alberta, Can. . . Attorney Franklin F. Korell. counsel lor several creditors, to day made the contention that hol ders of unsecured interim 1 re ceipts should be treated as pre ferred creditors of the company,' whose affairs today were In the hands of W. D. Whitcomb. re ceiver appointed late yesterday infederal court. As preferred creditors, he said, they would rank ahead of banks which had made loans to Morris Hrothers, Inc., on collateral. Two deputy sheritfs are en route to Minneapolis to bring Etheridge back to Portland. Attorney - Korell today exam ined the minute hook of the. cor poration, together with Attorney Wirt ' M inor,. representing the ' re ceiver. They acted under a stip ulation agreed to before Circuit Judge George Tazwell, in a suit by one of the creditors.' Korell said the book showed the con cern was incorporated September 6, 1919. for $500,000. All of the capital stock except two shares of $100 each par value were ' subscribed for by Mrs. Etheridge, the two shares being taken by John L. Etheridge and Forbes P.. Pratt. Later the capitalization was increased to $1,000,000, and sales of the additional shares in 7 per cent preferred stock were auth orized to be made at par. The corporation was organized to take over the business of the partnership of Morris brothers, composed of Fred S. -Morris and James H. Morris. The new cor poration's by-laws provided that ell power should be vested in a vice president, and - no provision was made for a president. Ether idge was the vice president. The minutes show further that on October 3. 1919, Etheridge was elected president, and the by-laws were amended - to transfer all power from the vice president to the president. Federal Prohibition Agents Raid Town HURYEW Wis.. Dec. 28. Hurley tonight wa3 quieter and "drier-" than it has been for many weeks, following trie "Invasion" here today of-48 federal prohi bition enforcement agents from Chicago, who raided 38 saloons end arrested 57 men. Late today the prisoners, guard eff3y federal agents, were placed aboard two special ' coaches at iryawood, Mlchl. across the river from he,' and started for Ash land for arraignment before a United Slates commissioner. According to reports receive.'! tonight. Hurley is laughing ovci' Ihe raid today by federal prohi bition enforcement agents. Fifty minutes after 48 federal agents wiih 57 prisoners left for Ash land. Moonshine liquor was sold In Hurley tonight, it was said to anyone who knew the ropes, and cculd be bought by the quart or case. De Valera's Seclusion Causes Some Concern NEW YORK. Dec. 28. Eamon de Valera. "president of the Irish republic," has- caused his secre tary considerable embarrassment by failing to "come out of seclu sion" the latter asserted here to day. . Today the .secretary said he had not seen Mr. De Valera since his return here from Worcester, Mass. He . had previously announced he expected to confer with the "pies ident" here. r "I cannot give you -any 'tip' at all." he replied when asked if he would hint as to which side of the Atlantic the "Irish president" might be expected to reappear next CREDITORS CONVICTS ATTEMPT BREAK FOR LIBERTY HAX QJKXTIX t'AXfl AT WALL WAI.M IXVOLVKI One Convict Struck hy Rullet rrom Uuard' Iliflf ami Offi cer (Jet , Broken .Now WALLA. WALLA. Wash.. Dec. 28. FiVe or six convicts at th-J penitentiary started to make a break tonight as they were bein? returned from the jute mill to i heir cell, attacked Turnkey Joe Smith, breaking his nose, sup posedly wih" a piece of iron, and vere finally driven into their cell3 to avoid bullets from tifles fired by guards. .1. Williams, convict, serving fiv to 20 years tor robbery.'was painfully' wounded, a bteel rifle bullet striking the iron bar and splintering fragments penetrating his body in 10 or 12 places, lie will recover. Th men involved are members of tlie "San Quen tin" gang, ex-convicts from San Quentin, who have been hanging together and, threatening trouble. Tonight the prison is quiet. , Guard Joe Smith is said to be in a-fcerioiiH condition with the frontal bone in 'his skull possibly fractured. In the attack on the guards, Frank Gietzt-n.- a guard was locked in a ceir by the prisoners and Jim Henderson, another guard, was chased around the cell j wing by two or the convicts armed with knives which they had made themselves.- Names of four men involved, including Williams, were given out tonight as follows: Frank Holmes. 10 to 20 years for highway robbery. Seattle; George Kimes. 10 to 20 years for highway robbery. Seattle; Tom O. Young, one to 15 years, grand larceny. To other men were, suspected". of being involved but their names were not announced, i Prison officials are said to have learned three weeks ago of a plot of the prisoners to escape. PEACE PARLEY IS RESUMED Poles and Russians Negoti ations Interrupted by; , Christmas R'ga, Dec. 28. The peace ne gotiations between the Poles and tht Russians were interrupted for three days at the ChTlstmas- N'a trouble is expected to aris"? Inside the peace conference, which it is believed will finish its work as both sides are interested in reaching an agreementd uring the winter. 1 Reports received here are that trouble is brewing in Letvia. and that the bolshevik! already are crossing the borders of the Baltic states. There seemingly Is not the least cause for any such trouble this winter. The stock exchange ac tivities are normal, then; is plen ty of food for the population and no internal disturbances are ex pected, as the social democratic congress held in Riga December 18-20 took a stand against be communists and rejected adher ence to-the third Internationale by, a large majority. - - KPlatinna halWMn f ho cnvit Russia and the Baltic states late-'. ly have been Improving. Several I commercial treaties are under consideration. It is said that even if socief Russia's assurances of loyalty proved unreliable no trou ble can do expected this winter. Factory Town Has Two -Million Dollar Fire WILMINGTON. Del.. Dec. 28. Fire which broke out in the plant of the Wilmington Leather com pany tonight caused damage es timated "by James I. Ford, treas nrer of the comparer at $2,500, 000 and upset plansutr employing 800 men and women li relieve the unemployment situation in this citr. The Intense heat Ignited a row of dwellings opposite the plant and they burned nuickly. GANGSTER SENTENCED SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28. An indeterminate sentence of from one to 50 years Imprison ment, the maximum penalty, was imposed tonight on Edmond (Spud) Murphy, pugilist and gangster, for a felonious assault upon Miss Jessie Montgomery here early Thanksgiving day. - Murphy was sentenced to serve the term in San Quentin prison. In passing sentence Judge Louis II. Ward said: "In absence of a law providing compulsory sterilization feel it my duty to recommend to the board of prison directors, a a matter of protection to the public, if for" no other reason, that this defendant should be confined un til the last day of the maximum provided hy law has been paid." AUTHOR IS BANKRUPT. . NEW YORK, Dec. 28. Eugene Walter, author and dramatist, -filed voluntary bankruptcy pro ceedings today. 'placing his liabil ities at $7,479 and assets at $100. Among the creditors named are David Belasco. producer. $500 for money loaned, and the Friars club $388 for dues and bouse account. CABINET OFFICERS ANNOUNCED President-Elect Harding Said to be Seriously Con. sidering Appointments and Names Announced HUGHES AND HOOVER INCLUDED IN LIST Many Changes. May Be Made Before Final De- cision Is Announced MARIOX. Ohio. Dec. 28. After weeks "of consideration and con sultation. .President-elct Harding is nearinga decision n several of his mott important cabinet ap pointments. It may be said authoritatively that so. far no such decision has been made and that any sugges tions he may have dropped on the s uhject have been of a tentative and indefinite natuie. It is mnally certain, however, that In his talks herej with leaders In many walks of life. -he has indi cated clearly what men are up permost In. his mind as he asks for advice on the makeup of hit official family. Thosewho have discussed the question with him Intimately be lieve tha appointments under levy serious consideration Include the following: Charles E. Hughes of New York, secretary of state. .-Charles O. Dawen of Illinois, wcretary ot the treasury. . John W. Weeks of Massachus etts, secretary or the navy. Will H. Hays of Indiana, post master general or secr3tary of th interior. ... Henry Wallace of Iowa, secre tary of agriculture. Herbert Hoover of California, secretary of labor. . Harry M. Dangherty. attorney general. How many of these actually will be given the places for which they now are most, prominently mentioned is a question that even Mr. Harding himself Is not pre pared to answer. Already seve ral shifts have been made in his tentative appointment siate as he has worked his way toward a bal anced and harmonious, cabinet, and other changes arc expected before the last decision is made. It is certain . that for several of the places mentioned, the president-elect has more than one man under consideration and that the list of seven possibilities given here is far front -complete. In regard to' most of the cabinet posts, decision may be deferred for sever! weeks and the inter vening periods or deliberation may thanger the whole face of the problem and make one gnea at the present moment a good as another. . - Mr. Hardin' Millions for ffrcrrtary of slate and secretary of the treaxury. however, are ex pected to be known definitely within a few days. At the same time, he may make public th name of one or two other on whom he has definitely decided for membership in the rabiitei. Abide from the seven names mentioned, recent gossip about Harding headquarters has brought to the fore the names of several possibilities who hitherto have been In. the background f cabinet speculation -v. Among these is Joseph Dixon of Montana, prominently mentioned for secre tary of the inferior; --Charles l. Hllles of New York, dlcuSM-d for secretary of commerce or Ihe trea'snry. and A. T. Ilert of Ken tucky, whose name ha lwn a -sociat-d with the portfolio of war. Train Leaves Track . 'and Engineer Killed ANSON IA. Ohio. Dec. 28. George Riester of Indianapolis, engineer, wa killed and eiuht persons were injured when an e&stbound passenger train on the Big Four railroad turned over near tonight. , Three passenger car turned over. The cause g undetermin ed. The train, a St. Iannis to New York limited, left InriianjpolM shortly after 2 o'clock. Wreck ing and rescue crews were sent from Indianapolis. Several of th Injured were removed to hospital at Union City. Ind. BAKER RETURN'S HOME PORTLAND. Or.. D-e. 28 The reins of city government were officially transferred by act ing Mayor C. A. Bigelow to the bands of Mayor George L. Baker today- The mayor returned to il ay from Seattle at the conclusion Of his midVinter vacation which was jpent fn southern California andriconclnded with a lo Portland's northern hrtef vislr- neighbors. SALESMAN RESENTS CHARGE FOR SHINE GIVI!S BOOTBLACK A BLACK kyk and tarrs i cornr Judge Rale -Fifteen Cel Pretty Steep Scatence 1 Suspended" I NEW YORK. Dec. 2. A boot black who tittempied to charge 15 rent ror a shine her today ap peared later In Tombs court with a black eye. Giovanni Itliofl. who wietd a flannel rag and a Miff brush in a Greenwich street thop. tent! lied against Harry Wutle. a rales man. ' He hit me like thii." mutter nl Giovanni, making a sweeping fttir with bis arm. "He charged tne 15 cents for a shine. Thx discoucertt-d m" testilied Wolfe. The court looked at Wolfe't boots, then at l!lio.;ix marred visa. "You're guilty of disorderly conduct." said the court to Wolfe. "But, 15 cents U preity steep. Sentence I suspended. OREGON NUTS . IN JEOPARDY Cherries Also Threatened by Orientals Fruit Men and Senator Busy Desperate efforts are being made by Senator Charle Mr Nary and the Oregon Growers Co operative association to save the ch-rry and nut indnstry of the northwest. w.bich Ik seriously threatened on account of Imports from Iialv aud France, and even China and Japan. On account of exchange rates, white cherrlen fn brine are now being sold In New Yorh direct from Italy at 7 cents a pound. To compete with this price, the eher-fas ry grower of the northwt would receive about 3 cents a pound for hi best cherries. English' walnuts rhlpped by China and Japan are .now being wld in the northwest fat 7 cents a pound wholesale, despite the fart these Manchurian nuts are or heavy shell, dark mat. otten warrny and of poor unallty.'.. But f-w buyers-know the difference between the Chinese nut and that grown in the northwest. AtMorlatloa l Active At a recent meeting of direct ors of the Oregon Groaers Co-operative association. . telegrams were snt Senator McNary and other Oregon representatives In congress, urging that rn the new tariff bill about to be'enact-d. there be Included protection for the cherry and walnut Industry. Senator McNary wired the as sociation yest-rday as follow: "Will go berore senate commit tee today to urge new larltf bill Include cherries and nnts In tny event, will otfer amendment on floor of situation and will do all I can for the grower." Italian money is worth abont one-eighth the value or American money and thii enaM-n Italian merchants to sell at so low a liR nre that lemon are retailing in New York city at 15 cents a iox en FrenHi Ship-meat- Heavy France Is shipping eight limes ss many EaglUh walnut Into this country as It did one year ago. 1ue t the low rate of exchange. China and Japan have Increased heir imports of walnuts fur time that of last year. The cherry Industry which I now seriously threatened. 1 one of the roost Important In the northwest. One firm alone In Oregon shlptx-d thi summer 21o barrel of cherries In brine. It I said thi business I one of th main outlet of the cherry indus try. WILSON FAMILY REUNION HELD Occasion of President's Birthday and King George Extends Congratulations WASHINGTON. Dec. 29 Pres ident WiUen. who entered ihe White House at the are of 5. to dky reei,taied the ih anniver sary of hi birth. hU lat birth day before retiring to the lite of a ptivate citizen. All or th rtiem t;er of the president' Immedi ate family, with the exception or William G. McAdoo. hi son-in-law, spvnt the day with him. 1'ii.tfne. engagement prevented Mr. McAdoo coming to Waxhinc ton. but Mr. McAdoo.. Mr. and Mr?. Frnnris It. Sar. Mr. Wil son" Mn-in-law and daughter, ami Mis Margaret Wilson, third daughter. wre prcfent lor an In formal biithday party, riven by Mr. WiUon rr the president. MesMize of congratulation In--luded r.e from King Georre or Great Britain. COI NTY AGKNT KKMGN-i ORKGO.V.CITY. Ivc. 2. Rob ert G. Scott who has h?i coanty agent or Clackama county sine July. 1 1 8. ha resigned, effective January 1. Mr. Scott l as accept- ed a position as field man for the Oregon Dairymen league. KING'S COMPANY TO TREBLE OUTPUT OF - LARGE SALEM PLAN1 Capitalization Increased From $3,000,000 to $10," 000,000 New Unit and Cold Storage Addition In eluded in Program, for Coming Season in This City Remarkable Story Told of Saving of Onion Crop of Lake Labish Farm er- The Kind's Food Product company yesterday filed with the state corporation commLvsioner supplementary articles of incorporation announcing, an increase in the capitalization of the concern from $:i.000,000 to $10,000,000. This is the sec ond increase thw year. Giincklent with the filing of the pa pers comes information of plans to enlarge the facilities of -the his ' dehydrating concern, including tremendously in creased facilities for the alem plant. For the plant located in Salem an immediate trebling of the output is being arranged for by the construction of a new unit, and in addition is pUnned the construction of a cold' fctoraKe plant which will permit the operation of the plant well into the fall, perhaps into the winter months, and fur nish employment for tj larger number of Salem people. VThe advisability of making these extension of the Salem t T a ,r, lhe concern. were discussed recently by President fcA; Clark with, the board of directors and he was author, lzed to have plan prepared for the cold storage-addition. The new unit- it is said, will h en?nrf IahWIm. V. . . - - jure the coming season i far lVnirraM U Ambjtlo The nrreK of the company In w i hhenoineaal.-rays information reaching The Stales man, -that it wa apparent that additional capital would be d eejwary to handle the business If th. c-oiupany wa to keep pare with jbe .inrreat-ing demands for It prtdurt and if the market b extended a the excel lerico of lb4eooimoditr Warranted. The company i ambition that Us grxMis rdiall be a well known , In Great llritain and continental Kurope. In South America and the Orient, as in the Cnlted State. Hut first, to take ot the American market. It wa neromary again to increase th capitalisation, and In .March of 1J20. the capital was Sncreuw to I3.nuo.boe. . The bnfinesn of thi yar wa so large and the call for additional capi tal wa so urgent that It was again determined to add to tn capital fund, this time to $10. Ooo.vOO an amouat deemed by the directors and stockholders suffi cient for all time. The demand for th stock is exceptionally stroag. and the suc cessful financing of the company's operations will mean the develop ment of th-? business rf dehydra tion npo.1 a greater scale than ev er before In ibe history of the country. Hi rector Leant of Nerd "President E. A. Clark Is en thusiastic over the success of the King's Food Product rompany. In fact, the remarkable busine transacted In 192 with too lim ited capital has so encouraged hint that at recent meeting of the board of directors h dis cnd with them the advisability of increasing the capacity of the Salem plant and was authorised to proceed with plans for trebling th "output. Mr. Clark painted such a remarkable achievement and the roiupaay'a future, and backed up U argu ment: with su'b strong evideaee of t h 4 company's progres and Its prospective business, that la addi tion tp the canstrnct'on of a iehdratton on ft. he was alo aa tborlied to havw plans prepared 'or a lsrre cold Moras plant which win p-rtuit the operation of the dehydration plant well Into the fall, and wrhap even Into the winter month, turn Using em ployment for a much larger nan Ur of Salm people." President Clark I naoted a saying: "With our new Salem unit, the company will be ia better position to serve the public than at any lira In It hUtory. I etpert the new unit to be completed before the reason h very far advanced, and alu to have the cold storage plant In operation to take care of a considerable portion of this year's fruit and vegetable crop. "I know that the year to come will n vaMly lncrea-d in of fruit land brought into produe. tlon and the development of veg etable growing on a ranch larger scale than now. and th- result of the King' food Product rem nany' operation alone will gn a long way toward sfaMliiing the prewpetitv In thfa region. Our treatment of thef grower ha made u hundrMn of friend, and we purpose to give la th- future to give them the fair consideration which ha characterized our deal ing in tne i.jst. We cJo not owe a sisrle fruit emvrr or farmer ent. We are working for the de velopment of Oregon afiieltur ni and horticultural -eonrcs. and we are co-operating with all worthv Interests t make this r'ate known throughout the ni lion as cspahle of pmdnctng fruit' and vegetable of rare quality." I,abih Onion Saved A rmarkaile storr U told of how the Salem dehydrating, plant has this year saved the Lake La bih farmer their onion crops and thousand of dollar a well as es tablishing a precedent for the world In the preervla2"' of that vegetable. A month ago It was arparent - -- '.- uuuuiicu in advanced. that th Ijk LabUb farmers vould lose at least fSS.OQt be ran there wa no market for iheir Yetlow Dan vera onions. The market was entirely lackiag tk rains were on. and the onion growers were ia a bad way. The manager of .'the King's food Products -company heard ef the growers' pliLt and. jumping Into his automobile -drovo on: to the Anion dJMrtrt. I! found de spair on all side, and - bet qusntitie of onions were ia the field unharveatrd. The market price was so low that the harvest ing eovti would not be taken car of an the ouiona apparently ces tind to rot. Trrma(l To I IWwgrr ""A.i-arful "kurr-y or the sttua tlon Indicated that there were about 10 tons in the dUtrlct which would become an absolute loss unles something vas done to relieve the tituailoa. After aa examiaStion of the crop on sev eral of th tracts, the manager of the dehydrating plant ordered a few tons of the onions sblsped to Salem. The onions were dressed, sliced and put through the drhy drators with such wonderful Suc re that President Clark tele phoned from Portland ordering the Immediate processiag of tons. The last of tha run will be proceed this we-Jr. and within 19 days practically the entire 10 toes will be aboard the ears des tined for eastern jobbers of lb. King dehydrated products, many of whom received sample from the first run and telegraphed their orders for large shipmeuts.. This is bvlleved to be the first tlm that onion have been dehy drated In Urge coaBtltle. The Krtsg' rood Pro art g rom pany has. had such a brilLaat r. K-"-'yr that great preparations sro picture ot.jj nm49 tyv -lt season's bes- I Tha agent of th company alreadr are taking roatrsrts tor the delivery ot logaat-errle. pmaes and other crop la tka Willamette valrey. Salem Boys VaUcnt, Bet Can't Save Ho gen's House The house ot lleory Hocaa at Independence burned lo the ground last night sad all Its con tent were destroyed la spite of" heroic work dose by Mania L. Shepard and lleary Cortnakcr of Saletn lo tow a hose cart to tha fire behlad their fllVTf I. Shepard and , Cortmakrr wera st a show when the flra bell rang. The bow cava the fire right of way and eloeed down. The falea bays started to tha tire, n their auto and on the: way came upoa .(out a doxen members ot Core, paay K. O. S. C. of Independence, trying to anil the ho-e cart out of the mad. It ronlda't be moved nlll it had been attached ts the car driven by Shepard aao Oori maker. who succeeded -la pulling the cart ti th fire, hut It was then too late to save the basse. The ,'ire i believed to have start ed from a cigarette stub. Salvation Army to Have1 Christmas Tree Tonight CkriMma aleta. is net yet psit la Thi far the information of the nnfortuaate boy and rirls of poor families who. on ChrUtmas day. did ot fare a well as the children of more eornfortabV frmilie. At th armory tonight at 7:2 o'clock the Salvation Army will stare It annual Christmas tree and entertainment when several hundred children will be made happy with gifts. Preparations have been made for the accommodation or about 400 children.