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'i'nT' LAND SALE IS BEFORE BOARD Transfer of Interest in Des chutes Project is Sig nal for Row LENGTHY. HEARING HELD Title & Trust Co. to Develop Property if Given An Opportunity That approval oy the state of the proposal of the Central Ore gon Irrigation company to dis pose of certain interests in the Central Oregon irrigation district to the Title & Trust company of Portland would place the selling corporation on a Judgment-proof basil, strangle the irrigation dis trict and work a great injustice to the water users, was the con tention adrancM by Attorney John M. Latourette at a meetinr of the desert land board held here yesterday. . The meeting was called for the purpose of considering further the transfer oi the undeveloped lands and rights of the irrigation com pany, as originally proposed at a LAST DAY CHARGES U'.firstmatiomai attraction Thnnday "THE DEVIL TO PAY" LIBERTY , Whose Clothes Cost the Least? -1 1 Yours will- if you make your selection from the new line of pure virgin wool worsteds we are now showing' at $35, $45, $50, $55, $60 WITH EXTRA PANTS FREE from the same materials as the suit An extra pair of panti means double wear the service of two suits of clothes for the price of one. Scores of - new snappy patterns received within the last week you'll be sure to find one to please you. Step in and look them over : SCOTCH WOOLEN MILLS 426 State Street Salem, Oregon ? ?: - RAINBOW DAYS are proving a tremendous success. Where else could you expect to get such values? On Thursdays Watch for our ad telling in detail all about our Big Bargain Basement Day Shop Where The Crowds Bay ,-4 THE ORINSTATESMAN, SALEM OREGON conference held here two weeks a so. At that time the plan was considered carefully, but definite action was deferred pending such time as reprWenlatives of the water, users and irrigation district could be heard. Attorney Latourette, who rep resented the irrigation district, charged that the company bad not kept faith with the settlers and that the latter demanded one of two alternatives. One of these, he said, was that the state compel th company to maintain its sys tem properly and provide the set tlers with fufficient water, or that the company be made to sur render its plant to the district. Mr. Latonrette said the com pany launched the project for profit, and th?re was no valid reason why it should not be made to fulfill its agreement with the settlers. He declared that the company had continued to sell its lands until the time had arrived when the system was overloaded, and there was no water available for additional development. It also was charged by Attor ney Latourette that the system was fast deteriorating, and that in case something was not done in the near future the water us ers would face heavy losses dur ing the' present year. In this con nection he intimated that in case of crop losses through lack of water, suits probably would be brought In the courts to collect damages from the irrigation com pany. John H. Lewis, sngrneer for the Central Oregon irrigation district, said that while he concurred in many of the statements made by Mr. Latourette. he believed some agreement might be reached whereby the proposed transfer of the property could be perfected. If such a transfer was made, how ever, he said he would insist that ht settlers should be given am ple protection. Robert E. Smith, of the Title Sc. Trurt company, said his cor poration was ready and willing to take over the interests of the Central Oregon Irrigation com pany, with the exception of sold lands and vested rights of the selling company necessary to pro tect their contracts with the set tlers. In case the transfer is completed Mr. Smith said it was the purpose of the Title Trust company, co-operating with out side capital, to develop what is known as the North Canal unit of the Deschutes project at an estimated cost of $750,000. Jesse Stearns, attorney tor the irrigation company, said the cor poration he represented had ful filled every obligation to the state and settlers, and that be could not understand why there would be any objection to transferring the company's interests to the Title eV Trust company. It was Mr. Stearns' opinion that such a transfer would insure develop ment of the project which could pr not bs guaranteed under the pres ent arrangement. A. F. Miles, president of the Central Door & Lumber company of Portland. Ex-Governor Oswald West of Portland; Denton Bur dick and M. A Lynch or Redmond also expressed themselves in fa vor of the proposed transfer. F. F. Henshaw. representine the Deschutes river board, which was named some time ago to de termine the most advantageous adjudication of water rights on the Deschuts river, said neither he nor his (ellow members of the board has as yet given the pro posal the consideration it de served. As a result he said he would not make any recommen dation either for or against the transfer. It was brought out during the session that unless the state is ab!e to show the Interior depart ment that it is in a position to teclaim the lands included with in the Deschutes project, many valuable rights now vested in the commonwealth will revert back to the government on January 1, 1922. The desert land board took the matter under advisement, and it is likely that future conferences will be held before any definite action is taken with relation to the proposed assignment. Who In -Toby"? ? ? Adv. Dalles Legion Elects Two Sets of Officers THE DALLES. Or., May 10. The Dalles post of the American legion today has two complete sets of officers, each claiming .o be legally elected as a result of an election last night. The regu 'ar American legion election, set or last night, was postponed ear lier in the week until Friday night by Dr. Thompson Coberth, com mander of the post. Legion mem bers met without Dr. Coberth. however, and elected new officers. Dr. Coberth contends that this election was not legal and that the old legion officers are still in control. He has asked the state American legion officials to be present Friday night when anoth er election of officials will be held. Silverton Post Ready For Bonus Campaign Members of the Silverton legion post held a special meeting last night when plans were outlined for putting over the soldiers' bo nus bill. Walter L. Tooze. Sr., of Salem, was present at the meeting and explained in detail the operation -f the bonus bill. He declared that while it would require con siderable money to finance the bonus and loan features of the law, practically all of the money would remain in Oregon. The Silverton post, in conjunc tion with the legion organizations of Salem and Woodburn. will send speakers to all section of Marion county in behalf of the bonus measure. During the meetinr last nixht omciai pictures of the allies in action in France were thrown on a screen. James Crawford and Robin Day were among the Salem people who attended the Silrerton meeting. Result of Freezes in Iowa Not Certain Those who, are members of the Iowa rociety, as well a those who re not but are interested in Iowa, will be interested in the crop re port received by the Oregon Growers Cooperative association. The report is Issued by- the Iowa State Horticultural society at De9 Mofnes dated May 1 and conditions are as follows: "Apples 58 per cent; cherries 35 per cent; pears 1 per cent; strawberries 75 per cent; peaches 22 per cent; currants 59 per cent; blackberries 7 6 per cent and grapes 73 per cent of a crop." Summing up the general fruit and berry situation the report says: 'It I hard to tell on May 1 just what the effect of the Easter freezes and frosta which have oc curred the last of April and the first of May. will have on the set of fruits. In places, It is possible that the June drop will be guile heavy.-' Phone Rates Increased; Service is Improved The public service commission in an order yesterday on applica tion of the Grande Ronde Tcl Phon company, with offices at Yamhill, for increased rats, is sued an order readjusting the rates and making certain changes In the service. , Thv change in rates is slight. At present only two rate are In use. A nte of $1 for residence phones and a rate nf $2 for busi ness phones. The order makes a rate of 12 for individual line ser vice and 1.25 for party line ser vice, not to exceed 10 parties on a line. The ordT requires the Himin ation of a switch connecting the Orande Ronde company lics with the Roe Ixxige lines and riulres the Grande Ronde company to give the patrons of the Ros Iodge company a farmr line service through its switch board at a rate of $G a year. Coming Friday The Diamond Queen Bligh Theatre 1 VALLEY CENTER Acreage in Roseburg District Far Exceeded by Wil lamette Area MAY PLANT TILL MAY 14 27514 Crates of Broccoli Handled by Growers Last Year It really looks, judging from the interest now being taken in the broccoli industry, that the Willamette valley will become the center of the industry for Oregon. Last season there was planted in the Roseburg district, lt0 acres. Hut on account of a fav orable season and t. wide distribu tion through the Oregon Growers ooperative association, growers netted about $300 an acre and this gave an impetus to the Indus try, so much so that in the Rose burg district there will probably be planted this season. 250 acres. But the Willamette valley is go ing into broccoli to such an ex tent that the 250 acres in the Roseburg district will be exceed ed here by 100 or possibly 150 acres. Already the Oregon Grower Cooperative association has fur nished seed for membuta who will plant 325 acres. This acreage is in addition to that in the immed iate Salem district. In the Independence district, where about 35 acres were in broccoli last year. v already the as sociation has furnished seed for 115 acres. The Amity- district members of the association now have seed to plant 36 acres. New berg has seed for the planting o 26 acres and growers in the Rick real district, for 35 acres. Sheridan growers have the eeed for 42 acres and in the Chemaws district for 20 acres. It is very probable that before the planting season is over, a few acres will bo added to each district, all signed up with the association. M. O. Evans, field manager of the association, says that on ac count of the delayed spring, oroe coli may be planted as late as May 14. With the big broccoli acreage in the Willamette valley and that in the Roseburg district the indications are that the crop from between 500 and '600 acre will be handled by the association this coming season. Last season the association handled 2,7514 crates of brocco li developing 38 markets. With a sales force already organized, it is probable that the association will develop a number of,jiicw markets, especially in interior points, that are now Just becom ing familiar with broccoli and es pecially the fine quality grown in Oregon. Silverton Young People Escape Bad Accident SILVERTON. Or., May 9. (Special to The Statesman) The Shenander family narrowly es caped a serious accident Sunday evening. Miss Ruby Shenander, Miss Hazel Shenander and their two brothers, Percy and Elmer Shenander. were driving from their home in the Silverton bi'ls to attend Luther league at the Trinity church. As they were a little late they were coming down the hills a little faster than was advisable far safety's sake. On the last hill, known as th Power House hill, the front axle broke, throwing off the right wheel. Fortunately the car was stopped before anyone was thrown out and hurt. Mtes Ruby Shenander telephon ed from a farm house to Rev. George Henricksen for assistance. J. Henjnm motored out and res cued the young people. SILVKRTOX XOTKS. SILVERTON. Or.. May 9. (Special to The Statesman.) E. Oisen has sold his 10-acre home on Paradise road to Andrew An derson. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and two children have been resi dents of Silverton for about a year. Mr. and Mrs. Olsen will move to Hubbard this week to make their borne with their daughter. Mrs. Alvin Williams, who resides there. Mrs. V. Moberg and two daugh ters, Leona and Viona of Wood burn, are spending a few days at the L. II. Meyer home. The Trinity Young People's so ciety met at the Trinity church parlors Sunday afternoon and the following program was given: Piano duet. Mrs. Gilpert Under dahl and Miss Marie Corhouse; cornet solo. Amos Henson, accom panied by Miss Nettle Benson; quartet. Miss Ruth Ormbreck, Miss Marie Corhouse. Chester Ormbreck and Elmer Johnson, ac companied by Miss Lulu Gopel rud; talk. Rev. George Henrick sen; piano duet. Miss Ada Jacob sen and Miss Marie Corhouse. Prizes to Be Awarded For Best Highway Essays A pood roads-highwav transport national essay contest open to all hich whool pupils is being an nounced to the high schools of the state by Superintendent of Public Instruction. J. A. Churchill. The subject on which the essays are to be written Is "Good Hoards "in tugnway iransport. The es-j pays must not be more than 500 ! words in length and should be in j mo nanaa ot tne nlsrh nrhnnl nrin. cipal by June 15. The best essay ironi eacn school will be sent; to Superintendent rhurrhiii'a rnm and state committee will select H N TY one to be forwarded to the nation al committee at Washington. The prize to be given the writer of the best essay is a scholarship in any college or university in the United States chosen by the win ner, this scholarship to extend throughout four years. This national prize is valued at $5000. Big Farm Company is Formed by Portlanders Articles of incorporation were filed here yesterday by the Foot HHIm Farm company of Portland, c&pitalized at $150,000. The in corporators are P. P. Dabney. M. M. Matthlessen and Richard W. Montague. Other articles were filed as fel lows: Monson - Trlerweiler company, Inc.. Portland; Incorporators, Wil liam Monson. Frank. F. Trierwei ler. George G. Geddes; capitaliza tion. $25,000. t'nion Specialty works, Port land; incorporators, W. L. Morri son. R O. Welch. B. C. CasHi'.dy; capitalization. $9000. Casey Tractor Appliances com pany, Portland; incorporators, H. J. Casey, F. H. Drake. E. L. Seed; capitalization, 125.000. Resolutions of dissolution were fried l-y the Sublimity Telephone company of Sublimity, and by the Irving Real I'statc comp.w of Portland. No Opinions Handed Down By Supreme Court For the first time perhaps in years the supreme court was in a complete deadlock yesterday and no opinions were handed down al though a majority of the justices were in conference. No particular reason was given. Some important cases were under consideration. Long List of Fires is - Recorded for Last Month Fire losses in Oregon during the month of April aggregated $123,345 outside of Portland, ac cording . to the monthly report of A. C. Barber, state insurance com missioner. The heaviest loss was at Eugene where a garage and contend were burned with a loss of S50.0C0. The number of fire.i was greater then usual, 52 being on the list. : fj to "Any V. S. Tirm a artinrwrtal full- mtn'i With." Gingrich Motor .a juiycnsen, aaiem, Oregon Marion Automobile Co., Salem, Oregon fcalem Automobile Co., Salem, Oregon TOURISTS EXPECTED SOON Registration Light During Past Few Days at Salem Camp Grounds Registration at Uie Salem fee auto camp ground.' was smaller yesterday than for several days but, according to T. G. Albert, su perintendent of the grounds, the number of tourists will Increase rapidly if the good weather of the past two or three days keeps on. The larger number of visito r so far this year have been those returning from spending the winter in California or those from the north who wish to make the trip south before the warm weath er sets in. Those who stopped, at the grounds yesterday were: Mr. and Mrs. William Hendricksen, Port land, to visit Los Angeles and southern points: Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Johnson, Grants- Pass, return ing from a visit to Portland; Mr. au Mrs. T. B. Coats. Portland, to visit In valley towns; Mr. " and Mrs. S. II. King, Spokane, Wash., returning from spending the win ter in California; Mr. and Mrs. A. Wilson and family, Spokane, from SPRING DEBILITY Leas ot Appetitt, That Tired Feal , ing and Semetimes Eruptions. Thousands take Hood's Barsapa rllla as a spring -medicine for that tired feeling, nervous weakness. Impure blood and say it makes them feel better, eat and sleep bet ter, and "makes-food taste good.' Spring debility is a condition in which it is especially hard to com bat disease germs, which invade the system here, there and every where. The white blood corpuscle, sometimes called "the little soldiers in the blood." because it is their duty to fight disease germs, are too weak to do good service. Hood's Sarsaparilla strengthens the "little soldiers" and enables them to repel germs of grip, influ enza, fevers and other ailments; relieves catarrh and rheumatism. It has given satisfaction to three generations. Get-it today, and for a laxative take Hood's Pilla. THE U. S. ROYAL CORD A famous rirt and a famous tread. Acknowledged among- motorists and dealers alike as the world's foremost example of Cord tire building. Al ways delivering ths same repeated economy, tirs after tirs, and season after season. . The stripe around th sidewaH is registered as a trsds-nwk in tbs U. S. Patent Office. en OFTEN it's surprising: the number of different tire views that come in a chance talk at the curb or in the leisure of a friend's garage. Almost every day you come across the man human enoupi o believe he can outguess cH ici uii JUL)- lots," "discontinued lines" and "surplus stocks." His opposite is, the hard pan car owner who sticks year in and year out to a standard brand as the only rational economy. Many will remember the scarcity of U. S. Tires last year. A hardship at the time, but a bene fit now. There are no U.S. Tires to be worked off no accumulations no forced selling of any U. S. brand no shipping of tires from one part of the cWffi United States rich Motor Co. Salm Co., Salem, Oregon .nonimr th winter In California; Mr. and Mrs. W. jwj gtewart ana family. La Grande, vto oos cay. Mr. and Mrs. W.lFadden and w. Fadden.Jr.. Seattle, aouth to tour umoiuia; ;ur. and Mrs. G. 1. Lane. Denver, Colo., 'returning by way of California from visit of Puget sound cities; jMr. anti Mrs. Vels Eck. Timber, dr.. to tour California; Mr. and -Mrs. IL Bltt ner, Toledo, Ohio reluming- home from winter in; California Dy northern route, i f President Harding!: is the busi est man in Washington. It iB hoped he laid in enough vacation on his Florida tripvto last him thenext four years.; - M CM ; lit ' -; can MsssiiM' ! t ;' - a:- country to another to "find a market There are 92 U.S. Factory Branches Each one gets its share of U. S. Tires. There is a broad, constant, even dis tribution of U. S. Tires always going on from these Branches to the dealer. Buy a U. S. Tire anywhere in a community of 500peoplo or even less and you get a fresh, live tire; of current production with all the orig inal service and mileage the factory put into it The owner of a medium or light-weight car stands on equal ground with every other car owner. j Any United States Tire is versal full money's worth ,m with a leadership policy of jtqual quality, buying convenience andt price .for everybody, i; n Rubber Company t ... . . i Salem Vulcanizing Works, Salem, Oregon 1 1 I llAin nr. I .Ln 1 V "t,, aiucriy, uregon Lilly Hardware Co., Stayton, Oregon n. u. uones, turner, Uregon dv-AV4VAVAVr,r in 'Partners the g Tide" . . 8! the thrilling rescot far below the surfec of the sea, ortrba, g prisoned diver. Read Tha Classified u PLETE LINES OE Dress Goods, Silks, Woolens and Cotton IWash Goods Materials. Men's knd Women's Furmsh- -- -- i i ings,etc. Our Prices Always the Lowest Gile Sl Co. Commercial and Court Streets I . ; : . ' .4-- . -1 I lini- "Tha iit" com ! thaootUM.". 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