The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, March 09, 1921, Page 1, Image 1

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SEVENTIETH YEAR
SALEM. OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1921
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
FOREIGN
TRIP TO ROSEBURG PLANNED
BY CHERRIANS AND PERHAPS
ON TO THE CALIFORNIA LINE
si
PROPOSAL TO
SHE TRIED TO FOOL
CITIZENS OF SALEM
COOLIDGE'S AIDE IS
FROM OLD BOSTON
ALL POUTS TO
Junket Proposal Taken Up at Meeting Last Night and Meets
Tremendous Acclaim Carl D. Gabrielson Elected Drill
Master and Will Guide Boosters in Prize Contests
GRAPPLE HERE
HEETS FAVOR
SPANISH
PREMIER
t: MURDERED
RELATIONS
DISGUSSFD
RECALL BOARD
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Dato, Leader of Liberal
Conservatives, Assassin
ated As He Leaves the
Chamber at Madrid.
OPPOSED WORKING
CLASSES AND REFORMS
Sympathized With the Allies
But; Did Not Like
United States
LONDON, Mar. 8. The Spanish
premier Edouardo Dato, ha been
'assassinated, according to a dis
patch to the Eschange Telegraph
company from Madrid.
Senor Dato was killed Ly re
volver shots an he left congress.
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MADRID. Mar. 8. Premier Da
to was assassinated thia evening
while returning from the chamber
in a motor; car. He was attacked
by several- persons who fired a
: number of shots
X
Withdrawal of American
Troops From Rhine Not
Considered by War De
partment.
HARDING AND CABINET
MEET FOR FIRST TIME
Pan-American Amity is Aim
Of President In
New Move
Mrs. Herbert Clark
WASHINGTON March S. As
pects of the nation's foreign re
lations and problems of adminis
trative organization were con-
Edouardo Dato wag recognized
as one of the most conservative
f ih conservatives in Spain. He
became leader ot the Liberal-Con
arvatlve Dartr. the strongest po-
lltlcal group in congress after the
disappearance of Canovas. Never
a friend of the working classes
and opposed to all reforms, Dato
acquired the height of his reputa
tion for sternness in August, 1917,
when he suppressed the workers'
movement.;
Was Member of House.
On several occasions he was
Maker ot the house. Besides
holding portfolios in various cab
inets he was premier several
times.: Although apparently of
rentle temperament, Dato pos
sessed a will of Iron and never
discussed a subject with anyone
once he had made up bis mind.
" lie was born In La Corona, Au
gust 12, 1858, and studied law.
He passed his final examinations
at the are of 19. 1 When he en
tered politics he pushed rapidly to
ha front, becoming secretary ot
.tufa for the interior In 1891 and
minister of the same department
In 1899.
In 1903 Dato became minister
cf Justice and in 1907 he was
nominated speaker of the house
and also became mayor of Madrid.
He was first chosen premier in
1913 and again In 1917. in ia
.lie. held the portfolio of secretary
of state for roreign anairs.
arried in his early youth
and. was the father of three Chil
dren, i .
. Date's sympathies throughout
the war were on the side of the
aiiiesJ For the United States he
Is said never to have had any
love. He was a monarchist.
Thr ifinal assassin of the pre
mler was a man on a motorcycle,
whn fled. The chauffeur in the
automobile in which Premier Dato
was riding, also was kiuea.
Hamcn Trial Will
i Start on Thursday
Hoover.
who will take her place in the new sidered by President Harding and
cabinet circle as the wife of the bis cabinet today at the first
secretary or commerce in the j meeting.
When the Hoovers came n'":'""u unUUumriii
through Salem last fall and re-1 made at the war department that
gistered at the Marion hotel. Mrs. jR formulating its policy toward
Hoover aisguisea me mine oi ner i . nkIn. -i.,i. ,n.
illustrious husband on the hotel the nhlne Bltut,on "is govern
register, so c their presence in J went is not now consmering a
Salem, Mr. ' Hoover's1 boyhood withdrawal of the American
home, would not be detected, troops. It was learned as another
The result was that they nearly Etep toward Pan-American amity
stole through the city unobserved, the president Is preparing to ask
A junket to Rosebur at straw-'
berry festival time is being talked
up by the Salem Cherrians and
was taken up at the meeting of
the boosters last iiight. For some
years the Cherrians have planned
to make the Roweburs trip, but
have not yet accomplished it, and
this year the intention U stronger
than over.
Also the plan ij even more am
bitious than a trip to Kotfeburg
only. It i he Cherrians deckle to
visit the Douglas county metrop
olis, a majority of them are in fa
vor of continuing the junket to
the California line, visiting for a
t'nio Ml of the eit;e on the road.
Whether the proposed trip would
1m by special train or by automo
bilo has not been decided, lint it
is very probable that the journey
wonld be by automobiles. The
Cherrians would go in uniform
and doubtless wives, sisters, mo
thers and sweethearts would go
with them.
; Junkc rtiHtomary Event
l or years it has been the cus
tom of the Cherrians to make an
annual trip to some other city of
the state. Usually there ha been
competition in drills and the
Cherrians have been remarkably
successful In carrying the first
awards. About 60 members were
present last night and most of
them signified their intention to
tuake the trip if 1 is decided to
go.
Drilling will again be an Im
portant feature in Cherrians ac
tivity tbla spring and uunimer. At
the meeting last night the council
of nobles announced that Carl I.
Uabrielson had been selected as
drill master for the wa.Hon. and
the choice was ratified by the
Cherrlan body. Captain Cabrlel-
hoii has had a lot of military ex
perience. Including a hitch in Si
beria, and Is competent plus.
King King Knowiaml an
nounced a special committee of
six Cherrians who will aipar in
uniform at the Commercial club
rooms tonight to assist in receN
Ing newcomers who are to be
guests of. the club.
Symphony I KnppoHetl
F. (S. I)eck?lach made an ap
peal to the Cherrians to support
the Salem Symphony orchestra
end asked all those at the meeting
to attend the concert at the arm
ory, last night after the Cherrlan
adjournment. A lr.rge number re
sponded by attending.
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IB 11 BIOS
IS
that the senate ratify at once the
Colombian treaty.
It Is understood that the cab
inet took cognizance of the Pan
ama-Costa Rica situation and can
vassed latest official reports. The
next step awaits receipt of a reply
I from Panama to the American
note.
Attention was directed toward
I perfection of the cabinet organi-
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COntraCtS tO be Awarded stood to have told his secretaries
Tnrlsv Prirpc- Arp n wanted no hesitation and no
JOUdyi rliuea mc I jealousy about any changes of
Lower J jurisdiction decided on in the re-
ulated.
Meetings Once a Week.
PORTLAND, March s. -re-i All ten of the department beads I
day before an overflow audience present. Tne session lasted more
in the court house to read a aei-i" i" u uu t uu
uge of bids aubmltted to the state elusion Attorney General Daugh-
highway commission lor laying tuun wm& wnu
hard surface paving, grading of the president. There was a brief
recently located highways and conference between Mr. Harding
constructing bridges and railroad and Secretary Hughes before the
Crossings In Various parts Ot tne uiucr raumei weiu-wrs arnreu. .
state. Awards of contracts will After the meeting an announce
be made at the session eommenc- ment from the White House said
ing tomorrow at 10 a. m., as It j that the cabinet would be called
will require much of the Inter-1 together again Friday and that
vening . time for the engineer s I thereafter meetings would be
staff to complete tabulation oi neid at least once a week, prob-
UESTIOID
ATtDMORE. Okla., March 8.--Legal
lines began to form tonight
.for the battle to begin Thursday
In the case of Clara Smith Ham-
on, charged with murder in con
nection withi the death of Jake
L. Hammon.
8. P. Freeline. state attorney
general, who! is in charge of the
prosecution, arrived today and to-
olght conferred with H. H urown
soeclal nrosecutor. '
Walter Scott of the. Fort Worth
firm of lawvers. retained before
Clara Smith's surrender at El
Paso, arrived today and said tbe
other members of the firm. W.
McLean, Jr., would come here to-
Statute May be Invalid Be
cause of Emergency
Clause Attached
W00DBU1 FOLK
WILL BE CALLED
Harry Staben, Suspected in
Yoder Case, Lodged in
Salem Prison
Twelve High School Hoop
Teams Arrive in City To
morrow For Annual Uni
versity Tournament.
WILLAMETTE HOST
TO VISITING YOUTHS
Mix to be Staged by Stud
ents After Final Contest
Of Saturday
I i v
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the proposals.
Tbe afternoon meeting was
given over to hearing what vari
ous county delegations had to of
fer In the way of choice of loca
tion of some highways and on
ably Tuesdays.
The announcement concerning
American troops on the Rhine
was made by Secretary Weeks.
The administration is understood
to have taken into account all the
suggestions to co-operate with the elements of the situation in west
Plate in meeting cost oi coniem- iern Germany where allied trooos
nlated road Work. . I have artranreri tn nfnrra the
During the reading ot bids .the J treaty while the American forces
state highway engineer, tieroen remained behind
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compared with hU estimates bid- thJa goTerliment.8 attUude l8 .
pected soon, wnen the Army ap
propriation bill was under con-
A serious Question has arisen
relating to whether the law en
acted by the recent legislature
placing an additional tax on gasor
line. or the original tax law ap
plying to gasoline and dlstlllat)
enacted in 1919 would be held
valid if they were attacked in
court.
The reason is the. emergeccy
clause which was attached to both
bills.
Section la of article IX of the
State constitution expressly pro
vides that "the legislative assem
bly shall not declare an emergen
cy In act regulating taxation or
exemption." This is an amend
ment which was adopted by the
people at the regular election No
vember 5, 1912.
sideration Republican leaders in
! congress proceeded on the ex
pectation that the American
troops would be out of Europe
before July 1. The bill failed ol
final enactment and must be tak-
ders' nrices had "softened." even
as much as 40 per cent where
steel enters Into construction.
The bidding was generally con
servative, be said, although some
of the proposals indicated that
contractors oau u. before July 1. The bill failed of
tne aecnne in prices oi iuaien i fl . Ma(.lnw,
and labor. . Un UB again
Anoiner leaiure uurencu I i ,,a in
that theeattle. Tacoma Spo- I Ituatlon ,ge qu9t,OI1 Qf a con-
Kane phw u ""Zl gressional resolution to declare
ors sougm to unaerom peace with Germany
IaaoI navfnv nn tr aitnr flDnarent-l
av--o . v . r 9
ly were higher than outside bid
ders, whose plants are idle.
FLYEIt IS KILLED
AN ANTONIO, Tex., March 8.
While attempting to glide to a
landing field from an altitude of
2000 feet, Walter C. Reams, a fly
ing cadet at Kelly Field was killed
here this afternoon.
. Women Who Earn Big Wages
So. 2.
rose orxEiit
Originator of the Fsmons Kewpie,
Who Earn Over f23,0O0
a Year.
(Ry International News Servlre)
The cute littte Kewpie created
by Rose O'Neil has made all Am
erica smile. Rose O'Neil. an au
thor and a painter, has had forty
factories turning out Kewpie dolls
for her. Her income from this
venture has been sufficient to give
her a place among the country s
captains of industry. She has mod
elled several other popular and
unique doll figures and has also
Hieti recognition as an au-
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Ithor.
CONFESSES TO PART
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Ex-Service Man Says He
' Abducted Arthur
l Rust
Week Awards
Statesman Classified
Ad Contest
Each week the Statesman
will give three cash rewards
for the best "stories" about
Statesman Classified Ads.
The awards will be announc
ed each Tuesday morning;
1st reward. 2.50; 2nd re
ward, $1.50; 3rd reward,
1.00.
Contestants mut see that
their "stories" reach the
Statesman office before Mon
day morning of each week
in order to be considered.
LaMt Week's Award,
i A number of very inter
esting "stories" were receiv
ed last week, and the judges
have decided upon the fol
lowing as the winners:
1st reward,' $2.50, .Mr.
Nellie Oakes, Spee apart
ments. 2nd reward. 11.50, Mat
tie Allen. 625 North Win
ter street.
3rd reward. $1 00. Lillian
Stlne, box 97, R. F. D. 5.
The story winning second
award is published in full
below; the others will be
published in future Issues of
The Statesman. Watch for
them.
Twelve high school hoop teams.
each champion in its district, will
compete in the annual basketball
tourLament which will be held to
the armory Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, under the auspices of
Willamette university. Tbe event
Is an annual one, at the university.
Having presented satisfactory
team records to the tournament
association, the teams that have
been definitely selected by Coach
Mathews are as follows:
Eugene, from southern Wil
lamette valley; Ashland, from
southern Oregon; Marshfleld.
from southern coast region; Me
Mlnnville, from northern coast
region; Ralem, Wood bum and
Molalla. from northern Willam
ette valley: Bend, from central
Oregon; and Franklin high school
the champions of Pertland.
Kcveral Team lromiinc
Tbe representative of the south
ern Columbia river region will
te decided In a contest staged
Harry Staben. who was arrest-1 last night between Seaside and
ea in rortiand on suspicion inat Astoria. Following - this game
coach Matnews win make the
be would be able to throw light
on the murder of Simon J. Yodes
of Woodburn. whose body was
found on the Pacific highway
near Oervais Sunday morning.
was brought to Salem yesterday
and is now In the county jail
pending a thorough Investigation
by the authorities.
bile Staben presented an all-
final selection. Ileppner will be
tne representative from the up
per Columbia region.
Among those teams which pre
sent the most promising records
are Franklin high school of. Port
land, baker city high school. Ash
land high School and 8alem high
school. Franklin, the Rose City
y.?10 i"ie! contender, backed by a clean city
inierscnoiasuc record, win make
a strong bid for the state honors
Raker city has dropped but one
cllned to believe, and also some
of the officers in this county,
there is a strong feeling against
him among the people of Wood
burn, some of whom insist that he
was seen there Saturday. Staben
insists that he had not been in
Woodburn for three months.
The man who hired Yoder and
his car Saturday night about 11
o'clock was seen, it is said, by a
large number of persons, and it
is believed that If Staben Is tne
man some of them will identify
him. Today or tomorrow, and
perhaps on both days, the Wood
burn citizens will Ke brought here
to say whether or not they think
he is the man who employed Yo
der for the fatal drive to Salem.
The man who employed Yoder
was dressed in khaki, and Staben
may be furnished a khaki suit to
enable the witness to pass on him
more accurately.
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Persons After Public Scrvicd
Commissioners' Organize .
And File Articles of Incor
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TILLAMOOK CREAMERY
INTERESTS ACTIVE
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President of Coast Fir Lum
ber Company Rabidly
Demands Removal
Edward T. Clark.v of Dost on.
Masa. whom Vice-President Cool-
id ge has selected to be his pri
vate secretary.
IIE1 BACKSTOP
DIE III SALEM
Edwards and Others Come
From League to Help
Salem Senators
TACOMA, March 8. Hugh C
Van Amburg, 23, Tacoma youth,
possessor of the croIx de guerre
and distinguished service cross,
was arrested here tonight at the
home of his parents as the con
fessed kidnaper of Arthur Rust,
son of W. R. Rust." Tacoma fin
ancier. "I was forced Into It," Van Am
burg told a newspaperman to-nia-ht.
and intimated that several
were connected with the (kidnap
ing .although he refused 'to give
their names.
They lost their nerve." assert
ed Van Amburg. "But for that
the business would have been car
ried through successfully.
Van Amburg confessed that be
was under the influence of nar
cotics the day of the kidnaping.
He was being held by the local
police tonight on an open charge
pending further Investigation by
CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISING
Not Giving ClasMifk! Ad Time to
Bring Results Cost 9123.
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KILLINGS
Feud Between Alderman
And Man He Defeated
Is The Cause
contest and that was to Pendle
ton, and since that time Pendle
ton has been removed from the
state interscho!astie association,
leaving Ilaker with a strong re
cord. Salem, losing but one contest,
has a deft group of hoop artists
that la going to fight to hold tbe
state championship in the Cherry
city.
University I HoM.
Ralph Coleman of O. A. C. will
be the chief official of the tourn
ament, it Is announced by Coach
Mathews. Mr. Coleman will be
ssisted by members of the Bear
cat team. Kvery detail Is being
carefully worked out by Cotrh
Mtithews and his aides la prepar
ation for the Initial whistle that
will start the tangles between
the interscholastie district cham
pions for slate honors.
The visiting basketball cohorts
will be the guests of tbe students
of Willamette university during
their stay In Salem. Entertain
ment will be provided by tbe lo
cal fraternities. After the final
hoop contest on Saturday night
a mix will be staged In honor of
tbe visiting high school men.
Some time ago I wished to sell
a certain piece of property..
advertised in your paper, but as
I had never advertised before.
was rather skeptical about the
results, so. Instead of giving the
ad time. I signed for the property
to be sold, and in the meantime
here came some readers of the
ad and were ready to r-"T ihe
price asked, but I had to keep to
my contract, which I had Just
signed, and lost $125. When,
later I wished to sell some chick
ens I had more faith In advertis
er, and had more buyers than
chickens. '. 1
I have become so accustomed
CHICAGO. March 8. A reign
of lawlessness, declared to have
been the outcome of a political
feud, which has terrorized one ot
the most densely populated wards
In the city for weeks, today culmi
nated in the assassination of two
of Alderman John Powers' politi
cal lieutenants.
Paul Labriola, a municipal
court balltf, was the first victim
He was shot from ambush a block
from his home Just before noon
He fell with nine bullets through
his back.
Harry Raymond, a cigar store
owner, was killed two hours later
In his store by two men. Two bui
lets pierced his bead and two oth
ers his lungs.
Both shootings occurred in
section known as "death valley'
and were ascribed by the police to
a feud between Powers' faction
and that of Anthony D'Andrea
who was defeated by Powers for
alderman.
The assassins today struck so
boldly, taking' care to see that
their work was finished, and then
disappearing that the police ac
cepted the murders as part of a
program assassination and took
steps to guard men likely to have
been marked tor killing. .
German Ambassadors
Summoned to Berlin
BERLIN. March . It is semi
officially announced that the Ger
man ambassadors at London.
Paris and Dmsxels have been
iummoned to Berlin.
Experts who co-operated In the
preparation of th German coun
ter proposals met today. Accord
ing to the Berlin Zeitung. they
will try to find a basis for fresh
negotiations, if the allies indicate
a desire for a resumption.
Edwards, the new catcher who
has been signed by tbe Salem
Senators for the 1921 baseball
season, is expected to arrive in
Fal?tn this week, according to
Manager Jack Hayes, and Immed
iately will begin thawing out for
the season. Edwards is known is
backstop of more than usual elet
ness and big work is expected of
him In Salem. He comes from
the Northwest league.
Hares la rapidly getting his
players together. The lineup will
be largely the same as last season,
but with the addition of several
new men to take the places of
those who have left the city for
big time baseball or who have
drifted Into other occupations
elsewhere.
"Lefty- Schroeder is a certain
ty for the Senator club, says
Hayes. The husky lefthander
was with the Portland club last
season and has always given a
good account of himself. Anoth
er valuable addition to the pitch
ing staff will La Farley of Stay
ton, who has agreed to come with
the Senators.
Itlanrbard. first baseman, who j
was with Kalem Ihe latter part ot I
last season, will be on steady this
year. IManrhard waa one cf tbe
best stickers seen on tbe local
diamond, whether playing with or
against Salem.
Another Northwest league play
er to be with the Senators is Mor
ley. an outfielder.
The Senators will have the
same ball park as was nsed last
year, and which Is considered one
of the best diamonds la tbe state.
namely, the rronnd. at Twelfth
and Oxford streets. Manager
Hayes needs about $2000 to put
the grounds into shape and oth
erwise prepare for the season and
already has about $800 collected
Support from Saiem citizens Is ex.
pected to be even better than last
year because of the high class of
ball that wag furnished last sea
sen.
Practice will begin April 1 and
the season wfll open with Reglna
of the Canadian league April IS
and 17.
Jamaicans Oppose
Sale of Island to U. S. !
KINGSTON. Jamaica. Mar. 8.
A majority of Jamaicans do not 1
favor the suggested sale of the
Island to the United States. As a
counter move a resolution was in
troduced in the legislature today
urging conferedation of the
group of the British West Indies
with a uniform tariff.
L SCHOOL
GETS DUILDI1
F. A. Erixon of Salem Suc
cessful Bidder on Mon
Mouth Structure
RFJMOM FARM Kit Hl'ItXED.
(Continued on page 5.)
BACHELOR TAX WANTED
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. March
8. An annual tax ot $10 on bach
elors over 25 years old to be ap
plied to the general school fund.
Is provided by a bill Introduced In
the state senate today.
REDMOND. Or.. March 8
George Strixner. Redmond farm
er, was severely burned about the
hands and face and property val
ued at $9000 was destroyed as the
result of a fire started by tbe
back fire and explosion of a light
touring car. Strixner was re
pairing the car tn his barn, val
Proposals were opened Saturday
in Portland for the erection of the
F.LECTIOX DATE KTAXDS.
Governor Olcott. nnder
the law. has no authority to
postpone the date of the spe
cial election, aa sag jetted
by those nrglng the recall
of the public service com
n.lMion. who would have the
election deferred from June
? to some date ia July, so
the recall and the special
elections could be held sim
ultaneously. Should petitions for the
recall election be si rued by
the necessary number ot
names and tiled with the
secretary, of state, it would
be the duty of Secretary of
State Koxer to Usee the call
for the recall election.
PORTLAND. Mar. 8. Articles
of incorporation tor those fight
ing the recent telephone rare in
crease were signed at 1 o'clock
this afternoon. The organized
cpposlUon will be knows as the
Public Service Recall Committee.
Inc. Headquarters has been es
tablished in room 729 old Lcm
bermens bank bull ding. Fifth and
Stark street.
The signers of the Incorpora
tion applications are those who
took part in the organization
meeting held yesterday afternoon.
At this "meeting temporary offi
cers were named to verve astil
the committee has bees incorpor
ated, at which time permanent
officers are to be elected. Th
acting officer and other at th
preliminary meeting are:
R. O. Duncan, chairman; W.
E. Richardson, secretary; 'Mrs.
J. C. Olbus. treasurer; Mrs. J. E.
Dean, John W. Miller. G. E. Er
kkson. W. W. Merriara. Sidney
Smythe, E. G. Hopsoa. S. H. Sin
gleton. W. II. Downing and IL G.
KundreL Mrs. Oth us. who is
president of the Housewives
council. Is in charge ot the quar
ters that have been opened In the
old Lumbermen bank building.
A publicity committee, compos
ed of W. W. Meniam. John W.
Miller and Robert O. Duncan, was
appointed.
To t Imitate TVUtioaa.
Recall petitions will be printed
as soon aa possible. It was stated
that these petitions will not have
to be circulated In every county,
but they must contain the names
equal to 25 per cent of votes east
at the last election for member
of the state supreme court.
The law requires that six
months must elapse after a public
official ha taken office before
a recall election can be held. A
Fred G. Ruchtel and II. IL Corey
went Into office January 1. al
though they had btld office prior
thereto, each now serving hi tec -ond
term, a recall election on
them could not be held until duly.
The last seeslon of the legisla
ture ordered a special election to
be held June 7 this year. Mem
ber of the committee urring the
recall of the public service com
missioners will ask tbe governor
to postpone the special election
until July, at which time the re
call election eould also be held
at a much ls expense than if it
Is conducted singly.
Letters of protest agalntt the
publie service commission grant
ing tbe telephone company the
right to Increase its rates In Ore
gon $200.00 a month continue
to por into the offices of the
men taking aa active part la the
proposed recall.
Lomherraaa Protest.
John W. Miller, president of
Coast Fir Lumber company of
thla city. gav the following state
ment yesterday:
The recall of the public ser
vice commission It in my opinion
exactly the right thing. I am for
it. and the quicker these men are
taken out of office the better it
will be all around, as It will show
any one now holding, a public
office that the publie must be
takn into consideration when
addition to the girls' dormitory at - , " 1; ,v
the normal school at Monmouth. 'la ? JLVZ n lbem llk
John v. Bennes. architect. !,.,. .t tvi. ...t.. t
The ?ontract was awarded T. A
Erixon of Salem, whoae bid was
$43,987. There were 12 other bid-
tied at t25oft. and in which was! ders.
also housed a truck belonrlnr to The building Is to be four tor
a brother, Edward, and valued I lea. 105 by 32 feet in dimensions.
at 14500. The car noon . which I wltn onca wan ana orainary con
yard era cost pin systems and
war time, the public were fair In
standing for any reasonable In
crease for service, but now when
everything is on the decline and
everyone In business finding it
recess ry to take lower price and
naturally pay lower wage, tbe
Strixner was working, the truck j strnet Ion. The addition will pr-lpuD,Ic terries commlaaion ha the
and "barn were
atroyed.
comnletelr de-1 vlde.dinlnr room and additional!
Uvlrrg quarters for the students.
(Continued on pare S.)
th9 prosecuting attorney.