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f . 1 1 : J J.. t .... V TOE f OREGON STATES! .IAN, a T .P. M f OltECON. - , - : V SUNDAY HORNING. JAM ARY 2. 1021 FLARES AND FLICKERS A funeril profession, such as;) the Ihfgh priest who Is followed might have been In aiicient Has-I ty Me -. carried on the shout dad.W1 4nt t one of the'nmny j rsj?f 0" ,h -ratlves, of the . , . . , ,. f Orifiit. Frollowin? is the widow, touches . that will add realism to ; v ,OBjf: .calling upon Allah to save "Klsintt," which has been vjsual- j the fo-.il of her beloved decease i Ized .for . the screen 'with J Otia.j while, the mourners form : the. re Skinner in the ftcilar role, and riaindf r of the unique procession, which Is to ba seen at the Oregon . lt l one of the many scenes theaier tod v.. . tomorrow .,n,i ; hat j alds unusnal atrnopphere to Tttt nUav ' j the big - production,, and is prob- j ably the first time that an ancient funeral has been mi well staged and photographed. me Kcene, which only ocrupie the screen for a moment; 'takes place in front of the Mosque of the Carpenters, where Otis Skin ner, as Ilajj. the beggar la carry- bamboo sticks stuck into Ing on bis ancient and honorable j tip ground, the tt-:s bearing pegs profession of 'extracting coins- nt-l unlike a hat tree, held u in from sympathetic -passers-by. j erons human skull. thi' trophie'a The ' procesrtioii is headed by ! oi forgotten feasts. i - i . , I'. Two year-old .children.... with faces beyond a score of years I fondled portions of human' frames las civilized children do in alpba- I hetical blocks. A mass've can i nibal. hi great frame adorned with weird trinket wa insert- i ing Iron tubes in the perforated wide of .h'a .nostrils. Sec "Ship wrecked Amone Cannibals, at the Dligh Theater on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday. s v i . t i J m r ym T BOYS and GIRLS , AH Ages, Sizes and " - !.: Dispositions: .! "SNOOKYTheHumanzce will be 'with us again next Friday and Saturday in 'S-r: .v... - . ..v.-:." "A Tray Full of Troubles Don't Forget the Days Mitchell Lewis' new starring vehicle, "King Spruce." from the famous novel by Holnian Day, is a story rich with the scents and fcdors o! the Hie Woods: drama- tie with the crash of falling tree? ar.d filled with muscular action and daredeviltry. "Kiug Spruce" is the special attraction at the Grand theater beginning today. Supporting Mr. Lewis pre. Mignon Anderson. Melbourne Ma-c Dowel. Hetty Wales and Arthur Millette. to re-live hia past romancl ,n rad falls in love and wt tUo realization tliat he is P,7f' comei " the ' restoration h's youth. - ..' Y , . . ; v - I t Margaret Loomis is lea j8 man and Kathlvn .Willial r ia AKhton. Mabel VaitS5en' Maym ; Kelsd, Bertram ? Jonns, succesFiOn wearing one" fascinat ing creation after another." ' . One of the most picturesque eostumw i exhibited by Kalher Jae Ridgway.l a noted model of lis Angeles,-' The gown' itself la of silver tissue, draped to form a Turkish effect, and' adorned with a Yivid. array as head drB Charles Ole and other JffPu,ar r ostf!c, feathers held in piace .... v...,, Mrup oi pearm. a huge fan of the same feathed In em erald hue completes the e ffect. players appear in the cast; Wray's Mannikins -andl4rio''; ette Hippodrome is one ,he most beautiful novelties tery of fered ia vaudeville. On eannot realize the Idimense aiBfnt of labor involved preparatory tw tlie presentation of the act, r paCn figure, and there are hudredsf them, must necessarily ; kve ia string attached to the various parts of the figure to nvake them work, gesture; dance, open and close their mouths, etc. iul lo all thft w-onrf.Tfui feni beir to the human. At the Uliga today!- Have you. ever Teit t;ie corrod ing effects of lime? .Do you feel eld at 3,1 or thereabouts? Ha Ve you lost your youth? If . bow i re you to regain it? If you don't know yn should sw Tliora a.4 Meigha'n in lates-t William DeMil'e Paramount picture. "Con rad, in Quest of His Youth," which will be shown at the Ore gon theater next Sunday. . Thfs will "do more for yon than any ! hys.ician can do.. The picture' is delightful and not only does the hero again re gain j the slate of being he necks, but tio spectator v,ho is becoming old cun view the picture without feeling younger. The recipe for jonth. as discovered by Conrad, i iwjt the. fa bled elixir, nor does if lie in physical culture, but in leve.i -'After vainly endeavoring If you were a bufgTar,' " act of robbing a millixnire" sale and the telephone bell intao room Jangled out shrilly, what ; would you do? Would you aBficx th cell, hopink that the .op ln thrt house hadWt heard it, or would you. hide? V ' Perhaps yon have never thought of it, but there is a certain un accountable trait m kumanj which" prompts them to do Jst such a oueer thine a3 answering telephone under thi.i sort of clr cumstances. This sitcatioa oc curs in the first act of the big Fox cinemeiodrama of"Xew'York life; entitled. "While New York Sleeps." to be shown sooa at the Grand theater. It is interesting to note the mental process the burglar gees through ia his at tempt to combat a natnral in stinct to answer the) telenhone call. . j He kissed heranI he hated him. His," kisses wer wpless! No girl likes to hare a lofcr with a spaghetti backbone. i She sets out t te;irh him and 'well; the final clinch of "Au Amateur Devil," furring Bryant Washburn, is expected'- toj show Sale:m pfaygoers that h was quick to learn! " U - ! "An Amateur Devil" will open at the Oregon theater Tor two days, beginning Wednesday; I Dorothy Phillips, the Bernhardt of tne screen. Mcr rf "Pid h, Advance." "The Heart of Human ity." 'The Right to Happiness1, and many other Miper-pbolo-pro-dnctions, will be se,-n at the Lib erty Theater next Sundav "n her latest feature, "Ojicc to Kvcry Woman." The stcry differs In theme and .execution from anv other photodraiua in which Miss PfcilUps has yet apiHared. The new Hope-Jones 'organ, which is now jbeing. iiistiil-l at the Crund theater, will be . com pleted tin? week LUMBER TRADE NOT BRIGHT FOR FIRST QUARTER i -.- ' . Industry Enters New Year Willi Lightest Order Files in History OPTIMISM NOT ABSENT West Coast Producers Hope to Gain Foothold in Mar kets of East Lyons, i "Th Th'? Pwific northwest lumber industry enters the new; year with the lightest order files jn its his tory" and the heaviest inventories of the past decade. "ith 'f uancial conditions tem- i porarily retarding new construc- lakc cost 6t '"parket wfiiever was lower, the govornnienfs-defi-nition opmarket was the. cost of ray material plus .manufacture. This left the Industry without op tion, as between cost'and market for Inventory tax purposes, -It meant that lumber at the mills unsold qn December '31; averag ing in -cost from $10 to Jlo per thousand more than it cc-uld be sold for. would be called upon to pay taxes on a paper profit which in reality was an actual and heavy loss. -': - ' ' '. Inventories Liquidated . Many mills took advantage of free car supply to liquidate their , to See New Year Sports gram put on by the senior ii,ii.L menu . . . . , ' .. -' - Dallas Legipners Too Much for Silvcrton Pozt The ew Year fete at the Y. M. :-C. A. was an .unqualified ;buc- ccsju ' It J3 estimaicd that about . r . ; ; - COO People visited . the ooms ZS'lSdSilTJnJTt dunng the diy. .- the fastest games of. basketball Fifty boys entered, ttc- paper played on the armory-floor 'this chafe, which left the Y.M.C.-A; building about 11 o'clock, but the heavy wind blew-: the paper bo that it was. hard to trace. The boys followed - trails in different directions in Polk county and the inventories as far as possible a.id i last of the boys arrivtd home at this forced selling on a weak mar- 2 o'clock. After a shower, a swim anu a-Rooa nin umuer, iuej we're again iu fine shape. The swimming tank and gym nasium attracted a great deal of attention during Uie. afternoon In the racing and game contests. The associatk-n rooms were crowded, to capacity lpst, r.ight. when the most; interesting stunts were put on by the .various boys Jimmy Lyons. t "The Hebrew boldler Statesman." llcm.irkahlv entertaintnsr chan rth .,.,. ,.r witty talks, otherwise monogue. j t,oa' adverpe excnanc operating At the Iiligh today. " j against e.-rport.. and advanced freight rates reatrictfng the use i ..iltiiiX..a.iv'. . NOW PLAYING Ward Wolf, one of the oariton singers of the njoi is ine one or the nWvl altmc tions at the Crntd today. popular irthweFjf. Sciii na s Lircns-4-a ereat s'iii'.v for ( the k'ddies. nnd growu-ups too. All kinds of hurrah stnats and fun by a great company pf animal actors. There are dos. pomes ana monkeys. of west roast lumber in markets fart of the Mississippi river, the outlook for the first quarter of 1921 is not encouraging. Hovrever. there is a well-defined streak of optimism through out the lumber industry baed on the belief that financial j credit will ease; that the unsatisfied de mand fof . housing and construc tion will assert itself: that the ket and created an extremely low level of values. For the week ending December 23. production of lumber' west rf the Cascade mountains in Oregon and Washington was 61 per cent below normal. New business was 37 per cent below production; and shipments were 20 per cent above production. Production was, leet.., itew . busi ness 19.85C.S47 feet. Shipments 37.432.CC6 feet. ' The unshipped balance in the transcontinental rati trade dwind- led to 1,968 cars lowest volume of business ever recorded in that particular branch or the trade. The unshipped orders in the dom estic cargo trade dropped to 78, 212.525 feet; and In the export trade to 13.022.066 feet. season tee aavenon . jegion oas- ketball team went down to defeat . at the hands of the team of Carl D. Fenton post of the American legion of thla city by a score of Z2 to 16. . ' . ' '' , The game" was especially! fast In th frst half but during the last pat CM the contest the Dnllas "boys " pot Vv-armed up end ran away frcra tlv rjsitors.- The Dallateam is composed of players who played . with; the basketball aggregation of -the post last season and are some . nt the fastest players in the slate. Several ,games with some of tbo. strongest teams in the northwest are scheduled to take .place here clubs, and a splendid musical pro--this winter. All n v . their bit to do in keeping-the aud- ( Intolerable strain of present taxes lence surprised and tickle.il- At i will he relteveil? ami thai inu-.t- the Blight today. " One critic has described Char lie It3ys smile as being "ghost like and yet delightful." Its pretty difficult to reconcile the two extremes, but it mast lie ad mitted there is something unusual in the brand of smile he hands out in "Peaceful Valley," which; will be the attraction at the Lib erty Theater starting .Wednesday i Members of the New York po lice department assisted in the filming of "While New York Sleeps," a Fcx produetlon, which will be the ' attraction at the Grand theater soon. They are seen in a thrilling pistol battle with river pirates,, in. the ricin ity of Drooklyn bridjE. on East river. The famous folice boat, armed with -at maoWnigHn-, - get? into action during tha fight. One of the nnost strfkint; of the many magnificent 8ls ued in "Silk Hosiery!," En ij Dennett's latcft -Patainonnt feature, which ccmes to the Oregon! heater fot two days beginning ptxt-Friday, is. that representing the "Maison Louiie," the most altra of the many ultra smart shops along rnth Avenue. TbeTscheme'of de coratton ..Is niodemln the ex tieme; a riot of bright colors and the last word in interior decorat- A model throne, heavily draped in black velvet, is the Divot on which the action turns, , and beautiful models appear In rapid George-Fitzmauriee transferred J a bit of the South Sea islands! to the coast of Florida for.bisj lat est Paramount produclion, "Ido!. of Clay." -which leca? screen vA mirers wilt have the 'pleasure - or viewing at the ' Grand theater, btarting next SuhdayJ Mr. FItzmaurice and his com-fcoiny,.-'which included Mae Mur ray ahd Daid i'oweli as the feat ured players, made their head quarters at Fort lAuderdale. J seme 30 milfis north of Miami. where they used a wide stretch o: beach. Here thty erected a number of huts in the true fash ion of South Sea Islanders. The fisheries, cocoanut groves, and tropical vegetatiofr-iieeded for the general atmosphere were all ideally located. ':' Tldols of Clay"' casts Mae Mur ray as the unsophisticated daugh ter of a South Sea recluse and parl smuggler, who In time reaches the heights of London water rates, taken in connection with the establishing of lumber handling facilities . at Atlantic ports, will enable west coast lum ber to-be fold freely in east coast markets. UI'ZO Plans Full Through Tn 19J0. the territory east of the Mississippi river and north of the Ohio river projected construe, tkn, on which plans and specifi cations .were actually drawn, am ounting to $1,327,245,933. and of such projected construction $2.- uflK.(i, remained uocon traded at the expiration of the; tear, forming a nucleus for 1921 oueratinns. I lj Official housing reports indi cate tnat 3.400,000 new dwellings will bo required the next five years. That would necessitate 8n average of 6S0.0O0 new dwel- lings per year as against the pre vious high record of 409,534 dwel lings, and an average since 1S90 of 331.308 dwellings per year, v Modification of current nation al tax laws will reflect favorably on business and building. ,The present very neavy taxation on Today MONDAY -AND TUESDAY A 20th Century Cave Man Was He - ; . . v rbut she Liked Tm Rough eiety and in the end is rescued ust in time Trora a horrible ex-tiargC incomes has resulted in a WedilThurs. EXTRA ' - J J 1, 1 ' It ADDED ATTRACTIONS WARD WOLFE Popular IJarilone . in (lit Jilcst Scnj; JHli 12 P. M. A Ilcgular JComHy - Conlinuotw Show from 2 till li p. m. Ji vr-w vi v.i'tt. Next SundayMac Murray in "Idols of Hay" C3 ;;ipuJl - r E3rpa rTirvfT 1 J Limehouse slums. David ;Powell has the role of a young' English Sculptor who as lost all faith in women and his art, but regains both through the devotion of the girl from the South Seas. There's many a bird won M laugh himself to death if it had to, look at as comical a scarecrow as Buster Keatcn In his latest comedy. At the Libertytoday. j There are plenty o? devotees to me cinema art who are firm in the belief that Charlie Ray rs the best love-maker on the screen and it is said he has enhanced his rep utation along thfe line in his latest Associated FirsfCational release "Peaceful Val)ey." scheduled to be shown at the. Liberty theater Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. There.have been plays with cave men heroes before, and un doubtedly there will be many to follow, but all who 'see Bert . Ly tell In the Metra special. "The Misleading Lady," which is the feature attraction of a well-baf- anced bill at the Liberty theater this week, will say that none can attain the ' marvelous quality which characterizes this one. i lb My . Klti Time 1' V I Vv Shown i. 1 oaiem 'SHIPWRECKED cannibals; The Most Amazing Pic tures Ever Taken The Asltumdinff Adven tures Among the t MAN EATERS OF NEW GUINEA The picture you'll never Forget 1 H BL1G From a wierdly marvelous,, ru ral bachelor apartment down to the eratic robes of a hermit of the fields. Buster Keaton, the sober faced comedian of the silver sheet; slapsticks bis way through two reels of flippant .fun In "The Scarecrow" his latest smile reel which comes to the Liberty thea ter today. Centre College Defeats Texans FOUT WORTH, Tex., Jau. 1. Centre college of Danville, Ky.. brought its-s'-'vea native Teas players home today amf they, with the assistance ff four other Ft ate, snowed under the Texas Christian university - of' Fort Worlh today by a w-tffe of. 3 to The Christian tiuivciity play ers cained their eeveni points rtductionof $165,000,000 in the amount of mortgage money avail able : In 5ew York for real es- tate and building in a single year. Tax Laws Blamed 5 . ..Throughout the country the present tax laws have had' fimch "to do . with the slowing down cn building as has the high cost of materials and labor. , Rail, freight rates, while not now- fundamental, will again be come cf primary importance as the financial condition of the country improves and the demand for lumber skiugs back toward normal During the past few years west coast woods gained a foothold in the large lumber-consuming rcg ions east of the Mississippi main ly through curtailed available supplies tf competing wood3 pro duced in regions favored by short hauls and lower freight rates. These . snort naul regions are again ready to-resume their pre war advantages i In eastern markets,- and the' determining factor In successful competition of west coast' woods in those markets will' rest with -the transcontin ental railroads in the matter of restoring rate parities and the long established rate relation ship3 existing between west coast lumber pfoducera and other pro ducing regions prior to August 26. - Such parities could be -restored without preferential treatment to the west, through a rate of 6 cents to Omaha, 70 1-2 cents to Chicago and cents toNew York. r lUtcs Diminish Tonnage - Such rates' would not only make the large eastern markets available to west coast products, but would also give the transcon tinental railroads tonnage and revenue; whereas, existing rates seem to be diminishing tjbnnage ia lumber and decreasing railroad earnings: . . ' , i The new year finds lumber prices generally liclow cost of production. This is partially due to restricted demand and partial ly to receut efforts at stock liq uidation for the purpose or avoid ing the payment of paper excess nrofits taxes on actual inventory . . . ria s has been a considerable factor inj fstabllHblug the present law mar ket. Following the free-spending. hich-nrice whirl of I'Jlv, tnc Pacific northwest lumber Indus- try entered 192 ' IA. 'aspirit of I great optimism. Heavy demand and severe car shortage caused buycn to bid frantically for such stock fas could be shipped. It was, a runaway market, attaining its M-ak during tin? -month of March. Drop I" Mnrt 'Ifcilation s-t. in -fin ring .pril. but with demand rf.iM -fair and car jHhortagu- acute, Values eased down-vgrailnally until September 1. wVt-n increased transcontinen tal freight rat-s and the-lightening; uf cnnlit slowed 'down-demand and restricted markets. From September 1 -to OcDdier IS the decline, in lumber prices was urerlpitant.- resulting" in a mmm The Sn2pny Screen Version of a saappj siagc jut Also BUSTER KEATON in a guaranteed care killer. Bring your grouch along and sec the sad faced comedian in THE SCARECROW and you -will go away with a laugh that lingers YE LIBERTY Wife Murderer of Dallas Still Lives at Hospital DALLAS. Ore.. Jan. 'l..-( Spe cial to The Statesman) : George F. West, who murdered his wife in this city!' about a week ago and who followed up the deed by at tempting to commit . suicide by swallowing a bottle of carbolic acid: Is still alive at the Dallas hospital.! although no- hopes arc enterta'nod fnr Tiia reeoverv West is unable to cat anything! losses. TUc Mompcue to r and every time he takes a drink 1 of stocks uunng me yat,ivv of water the fluid finds its way to his lungs, nearly strangling him. He prUys to die continually and attending physicians state that it is nothing but a wonderful consti tution that keeps him alive. The victim of the murderer was buried in the I. O. O, F. cemetery here early in the week. h THE BIG SUNDAY SHOW h( SAUNA'S CIRCUS - v. Hurrah Stunts hy Animal Star ' . Li JIMMY LYONS V " 5 f ; f The '-Hebrew,' Soldier Statesman ; i WRAY'S MANIKINS : I : Comic Manikin Revue , II T BLANCHE SWEET - I II TUESDAY, . "CATURED DY CANNIIJALS J J J j iit mmiilMhf rt - --' - --y i i in t n i i - - - . 1 (ji FOUR DAYS STARTING WEDNESDAY- - ; . . . f - C ' Hosianllowe - . '"'.'-fe1' was just a. ; f t ' ;V - great big : . ( . J yet a hick .- - J with a : kick . V ;V: ' j when he had -Ji TV tosquarejfes f : own, little v; I I .;. sister wjlh , V' the v.orld! I aj... ii mm iir i iMiirii ijm m -. w. - - . ! ; - . i - - , 'IL without ever having had the' ball t drop of 10 per cent from lite penk In I heir possession when Jackt on m onici in mit;u. early in 1hc first p"rM-J snatched L During Hie letter fart f - r..r-r.i and .!aslie.l 90ltlcr Ihe tutted htaten treasury v.t f.., - tciur-tifinwn - From I department notified the Wet l.ownvrr ih eamA was! Coat. Lumbermen s nsswtiatioJi V.. tt-m. t r. IT at tiiueal that, whibi for iuycalory pur holding valiantly. puses -'the mauufacturvr could E wish you family A NEW YEAR w and your HAPPY - - ' - i . ' ' ' ' i v r 'fi; ILL
