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TIIE OREGON STATESMAN; SALEif, OREGON
WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 13, 1021
P-v.'-i
PRESIDENT URGES POSTPONEMENT OF BILL
FOR SOLDIERS' ADJUSTED COMPENSATION
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Washington. juW 12. foi-
grwtnc If the lull text of Presi
dent; Harding's address to the en-
U4 In wnitu be advised a poat-
wnement ol soldier bonus legis
fcLtJatfi f
Mr. President and gentlemen
f the aenat There bis come
to my attention pending unnu-
pnea Dnjsines before ths senate.
na 1 it is ia Imperative duty to
onyty to you to you the provable
meet of; the passage at this t.nie
tl toe proposed act providing for
djU4.eu:cuMjsfniHjtioii to oar nr-
icemen Id the world war.
a! tnU uieasure could be made
ffectlvef at the present time wltb-
fcut disaster to the nation's ; t.
kances and wltboot hindrance to
mperatlVe lead Just men t of our
iaxu it wouta present an entirely
fit erent question than that
which is before yon.
I it a personal as well as a pun
e manner, which ought to be a
blight of good faltb. 1 have com
mended the policy of generons
reatmeat of the nation s aerena
rs.j not as a part of any con
racL not as a nayment of a debt
Which la owing, but as a; mark ot
he nation's gratitude. . Every ob
lgattonils to the disabled and de
pendent! "
I j Crisis at Hand
In such reference as haa been
bade to general compensation
here has been a reservation as to
Lhej earnest v consistent time !
men action. It It Is taken. Kven
without; such reservation, a raodl
r'Mj vle? would be wholly Justi'l
ible at "r the present moment, be
cause the enactment of the com-
fcenaatlon'blll In the midst ot the
f rustle for rendiuctment and res-
toratlon wouia nmaer every
t-r ?ni reatlr Imperil the finan
cial stability of our: country.
Morej this menacing effort t
rxpend i billions In gratuities will
Imper l? our rapacUy to dlschargs
out first obligations to tnose wo
must not fall to aid.
I ami addressing the senate a
drawn annually fiom the treas
ury In the few years immediately
before us, the bestowal Is too in
consequential to be of real value
to the nation'e defenders; and.
If the exercise of the option
fchould call for cash running into
billions, the depression in finance
fend industry would be so marked
that vastly more barm than good
would attend.
Our government must under
take no obligation which it does
tiot intend to meet.
No government flat will pay
cur bills.
The exchanges of the world
testify today to that erroneous
theory. We may rely on the sac
1 if ices of patriotism in war. but
effects of supply and demand and
the inexorable laws of credits in
time of peace.
At the very moment we are
obliged to pay S4 per cent in
terest tor government short time
loans to care for our floating in
debtedness, a rate on govern
ment borrowing, in spite of tax
exemption, which ought to pre
vail in private transactions for
th nof mal interest charges in
financing our Industry and com
merce. Definite obligations amounting
to seven and a half billions in war
savings certificates, victory bonds
and certificates covering floating
indebtednesH are to mature in the
two . years immediately following
and1 the overburdening of the
treasury now nieang positive dis
congress add billions to our bur.
den at ; the very beginning,
j World Will Pay
Even I If there were not threat
ened paralysis of our treasury,
with its final reflexes on all our
activities which concern our pros
perity, would it not bo better to
await the settlement of our for
eign loans? At such a time it
would be a bestowal on the part
01 our government when it is able
to bestow.
The I'nited States, participates
in none of the distributable
awards of war. but the world i
owes us heavily and will pay when
restoration is wrought. If the res
toration fails world bankruptcy at
tends. I belfeve the world restoration
is poss.b'e. but only with honest,
dlliigent work in productivity on
the one! hand and honest and dil
igent opposition to needless pub
lic expenditure on the other.
If the suggested recommitment
of this, measure bore the merest
tupgestJon of neglect or a hint of
today we face markets and the nationaj ingratitude I would not
urge it. I It has been my privilege
to speak to congress on our obli
gations to the disabled and depen
dent soldiers and the government's
deep doslre to prove its -concern
for their welfare. I should be
ashamed of the republic if it failed
In Its duty to them.
Neither armistice nor nerma
nent peace puts an end to the ob
ligations of government to its de
fenders; or the obligation of eiti
tens otjthe government. Mindful
-f these things the adminhtrative
branch jof the government has not
only spoken, it has acted and has
accomplished.
In v(ew of some of the things
which have been said and very
carelessly said perhaps I ought
to report officially some of th
tilings which have been done. In
inter intli years Immediately the department of war risk insur-
bility would so add to oar Inter
en rates that the added interest
charge on new and refunded in
debtedness may alone exceed the
sum it Is proposed to t'ow.
When congress waa called in
eiii.1 umar) st-ssion. ;l callej
your" attention to the urgent
meaiures which I thought de
manded your consideration. j;ou
promptly provided the emergen
cy tariff, and good progress has
been made toward the much need
ed and more deliberate revision ot
our tariff pchedules.
Disappointment Voiced
There is a con'essed disappoint
ment that so little progress has
been made in the readjustment
and reduction of the war time tax-i-g.
I believe you share with me
the earnest wish for early aceom-
JEANETTE IS
STAKE TIER
water company. Although this
sum was $7uu less than that de
manded by Mr. Minto. the water
company haa failed to make pay
ment an dthe court order affirms
Minto's claim to the island which
is located above the Marion-Polk
countv bridge and opposite the
Spaulding Logging company's
p. ant.
INK
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STOVES
Winner of Tavern Stake at (Neighbors of Woodcraft
Cleveland Takes Tecum
sen Toledo Trophy
Settle Down to Business
Dryers for Fruit Men Ship
ped Mainly Into Southern
Oregon Territory
PORTLAND. Or.. Julv 12. I
With four years business accumu-i
; ; j lated smeve the last- quadren"i.u
oor-x ..mnrtiv bnrucDcn! !lou tbe gra.nd . irc e oT
unci wunini DUintntu Mimors of wooucrait settiea i
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The Salem Iron Workq opened.
he jits foundry Tuesday, to ruu stead-
setttea'i'y through the rest of the season
plishment.
. .1 AinnrrKs
... . i IlinlnnAinn nf DnnfA I nron ic
will . sit an4 ignore oiun LMdiailllliy ui iiiiiwg uuiw "
lems of legislation. ., There are r-i-
j down today to map out its busi-
ness for the rext eight days after
t appointment of working commit-
ten urgent problems wnu-n inuai
enHst your attention. 1 have not
oom-i to sneak of them, though
the reorganization of the war risk
and vocational training, now
pending, would hasten the effi-
ent discharge of our wining vj-
Upset in First Division
Of 2:15 Pace
TOLEDO. O.. July 12 Jean-
! ette Rankin, winner of th? Tavern
ml sneei our refcmption of nor
mal activities and their rewards
which tend to make a prosperous
and happy rPtPle-
AMERICAN LEAGUE
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before us. Merest prudence calls
out In warning
Our. greatest necessity is a re
turn to the normal ways of peace
activities. A modest offering to
the millions of service mm is a
roor pallaMve to more millions
who may be out of employment.
Stabilized finance and well estab
lished confidence are both essen
rectly because the problem is im-Jtial to restore industry and com-
uiedlately yours ; as your ,merce.
shed business, but the executive
branch of tho government owe It
to both! houses or congress ana r
th.'rniintrr frank lr to sUte the
d "fftcttlMea re dailyare called'up-
rn to hieet ana tn aaaea p
this measure woii'd bring.
1 i Victory First Need
Our land ha Its share of th fi
nancial chao an the Industrial
depremlon of the world. We little
heeded the growth ot Indebtedness
or the jlimltVj of expenditure during-
thei war because we could not
stop W count the cost. Our one
thought then was the winning of
thwar and the eurylval of the
nat'onJ i'-.". ' 'i v.
W ihorrowe.d: and loaned tn
dlvlduals to the nation and the
government to ostber governments
pnd toi i those who" eerved the na
tion, whh little thought of settle
meat, lit was relatively easy then
tiAonnsn national life was at stake.
. la the sober aftermath we face
the .order o. reason,, rather than
act amid the passions ot waf'and
our own land and the world are
facing jvroblems never, solved be
fore. I There can be no solution
uuiessi we ; face the rim truth
end seek to solve went in rcui-5
deyofon to dutv. ?
j Thr? IMg Xeed.
After a survey ot mere than
four months, contemplating con
rtltlonaS'whlch would stagger all of
us were it not "for our abiding
faith W America.! am fully persuaded-
that three things are es
sential I to the very beginning o.!
the restored order ot things.
TheRa ate the revision. Includ
ing reduction, of our Internal tax
ptionV the refunding of our war
debt, and the adjustment of our
foreign, loans. ; ; . t
It Isf vitally necessary to settle
these problems before adding to
out treasury any such burden as
j M contemplated In the pending
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It iuhthinkable to expect a
i-business revival and the resump
tion of the normal ways of peace
while rnaintaining , the. excessive,
It tq quite as unthinkable to
reducei our tax burdens whHe
committing our treasury to an ad-S
.litlonai obligation which range,
from three to five billion dollars
The precise, figures no one can
! give. v i
If W Is conceivably true ' that
onlv Ston. 000.000 a rear will be
Ijoss Mont Re Met.
The slump which is now upon
rs la an Inevitable part of war s
aitermatb. It has followed in tht
wake of war since the world be
gan. There was the unavoidable
leadjustment, the inevitable
charge-off, the unfailing atten
dance ot losses in the wake ol
high prices, tho inexorable defla
tion which inflation had preceded
It has been wholly proper to seek
to apply government relief to min
imize the hardships, and the gov
ernment had aided wherever pos
sible and is aiding now, but all the
special acts ever dreamed of, all
the particular favors ever con
ceived, will not avo:d all the dis
tresses nor ward off all the losses
The proper mental state of out
people will commit us resolute!
and confidently to our tasks and
definite assurances as to taxation
tnd expenditure will contribute tc
that helpful mental order.
The only sure way to normalcj
I? over the paths nature haf
marked throughout all human ex
periencc. , t
Economy Now Aim
With tho approval of congress
the executive branch of govern
ment has been driving toward thai
decreased expenditure which is the
most practical assurance of di
minished taxation. With enthusi
astic resolution your administra
tive agents are making not onlj
conscientious effort to reduce the
call for appropriations,! but to re
duce the cost of government far
below the appropriations you have
already provided.
It is easy to believe that the
only way to diminish the burdens
which th people must pay as tc
cut the outlay In which nubile
moneys are expended.
War Is not wholly responsible
for staggering costs: It has merely
accentuated the menace which lies
In mou'nt'ng cost of government
and excesses in expenditure which
a swclessrul private business
would not tolerate.
I ran make you no definite
promise. In figures today, but 1
can' pledge you a most conscien
tious drive to reduce government
cost by many millions.
It would be more discouraging
to those who are bending their
energies to save millions to have
ance there have Been filed up to
July 7J 1921, compensation and
insurance claims numbering 813.
442. i
Of these 747.786 have been ad
judicated at 'an expenditure of
$471,946,762.
There! were 200,000 claims pend
ing when the war risk depart
ment was reorganized late In
April this year, and the' number
of pending claims has been re
duced by 134,344. All work in
his department' will be current
by the 21st of this July; that is
to say all action which the bu
leau may take on a given case
will be current, though new
claims are being filed at the rate
of 70o! a day.
There have been requested
8fc 7.614 medical examinations
and less than 14,000 await medi
cal action. j-
6000 Beds Available.
Up to July 7 there have been
26,237 disabled soldiers hospit
alized,; and In government con
tT oiled hospitals today there are
iCOO available beds without occu
rants. i '
' You are already aware of the
progress made toward the con
struction of additional govern
ment hospitals, not because we
are not meeting all demands, but
o better meet them and the bet
ter to j; specialize in the treatment
of those ' who come under our
care, j
There has been paid out in al
lotment and allowances the buib
3f $578,465,658 and nearly $4,-
OCO.000,000 of government insur
ance 1b in force.
In vocational training and re
habilitation or disabled soldiers
there jhave been enrolled to date
107,834 men. Today there are
75,81 men who are training with
pty, at the maximum cost of $160
a month; 8208 training without
Day, but at a tuition and supply
t-utlay of $35 a month.
Earn IletUr Pay.
Four thousand disabled men
have completed their training and
btve been returned to gainful
employment. These earned an
"average of $1051 a year beforo
entering the army and are earn
Ing today. In spite of their w. r
disability and in spite of dimin
At Cleveland
First Gamo
Boston
Cleveland
Bush. Karr and Huel; Coveles
klo and Nunamaker.
Second Game
Roston
Cleveland
Msers. Thormahlen and Wal
ters; Caldwei! and Shinault.
4 11 4
6 11 2
At Chicago R. H. E.
Washington 8 10 3
Chicago 713 4
Courtney, Sehacbt and Ghar
ritv; Wieneke. Wilkinson and
Scbalk.
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ligations to the uisaDieu slake at Cleveland la?t wek. hnu
But I want to empnasij" j ule troubl2 in capturing the 1e-
uggest'on that the ,ar'on,pl'?" j cumseh fo.OOo stake, feature in
ment or th-major tasKs iu. Q" i th second day's raciner at thei
you were asked to sit in s"ar- ( Fort M;ami track. With Grav
dinary session wMl have a Tesur , Worthy entered in this race It was j
ing e;-eci on me cv.. thought th- horses would battle
from wire to wire and a Jaigv;
crowd turned out.
Hut Grey Worthy had all tne
trouble breaking before reaching
the quarter pole in the first two
heats, and then when out in frjnt
at th- half mile o' the third heat
threw a shoe. After winnine the
race McDonald did not make a
vrive in the last heat, jvhieh was
won by Princess Etewah.
Kunic- Bell Leads
Eunice Bell, the Peter Volo fil
ly, was the class of the field in
the 3-year-old Sherwodd slakes.
Murphy shot her to the front Just
after leaving the wir.- aad she
was never headed.
The b'g upset of the first divis
ion of the 2:15 pace was the dis
tancing of Frince Loree, pronio-
ltive in the betting, in the first
heat after he went to a: bau break.
Abbe Hal won the race after it
looked as though Palin had laic
up the first heat. Paliri also drove
Hoosier Lady to the lead of the
summary m tne us, pace.
this, race Hoosier Lady finished
last in the first heat and then
came on ann won nanauy. i uc
judges announced that: decision in
the case was reverses. f
Bessie Patch Vinlnvtslon
Kesise Patch won th"e cnnd di
vision of the 2:1. pace whils Jes
sie Riggn took the fins! heat. Al
lie Clay was the favorite and a $2
ticket on tsessie raica pam
in the mutuels.
Best time was:
2:08 pace, 2:0a 1-2,
Tecum seh stake, trotting 2J)U
1-4. !
Three-year-old trot Sherwood
stake 2:084 S .
2:15 pace, first division, 2:j
The report of the laws commit
tee was unuer consideration to
day. Members of this commit'ee
nr Alberta S McMurpbey of Eu
gene; Anita S. Tinker of San
r ram i-K-o: Bertha Young of Win
ters. Cal.; Emma Jackson of Col
orado .springs and M. Alice Col
lins o' Ogden
en prune and fruit drjer stoves.
Manager G. W. Stiand anuounces
that the market is good !: for this
class oi goods, and that the firm
expects to supply improved dry
ers in large numbers to a buying
publ.c that wants them right
away and will have no other. ;
Most of theso dryers are'to go
to southern Oregon. 1 where-the
prune crop Is better than In the
lower Willamette certlOn. The
Salem dryers are known to be of
Anions, other th'.ngs contained rood quality, and the local works
in the report were recommenda-j will bo kept busy until the prune
tions covering adinin stration and crop is all cared for. The stoves
control of the Woodcraft Home at fare set up in the machine shop.
At Detroit
Philadelphia I)e-o
Naylor and ePrkins;
Midleton and Bassler. .
At St. Louis
Vew York
St. Lou In
Shawkey. Mays
Davis and Collins.
and
It. H. E.
. 1 120
2 14 1
Leonard,
R. H. E.
6 11 0
4 10 1
Schang;
Mi',
Men':
ATS
We have a dandy selection
cf men's hats in summer
weights and popular colors.
Featuring New York's
Latest styles
Priced at -
$3.50
4- See Our Windows
ibhed
wage or salary levels, an
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York, July 12 R. II. E
St. Louis 2 4 r
New York 8 12 0
Batteries Haines, Bailey, Riv
iere and Clemons; Barnes and
Smith.
II.
Brooklyn, July 12 R
Cincinnati 5 13
Brooklyn 3 9
Batteri"8e Marquard, Luque
and Hargrave; Schupp, Miljus
Mitchell and Miller.
Boston. July 12 R. H.E
Chicago 1 7 1
Boston 2 8 1
Batteries Alevander and Kil-
lifer, Oeschger and Gowdy.
Philadelphia. July 12 R. H.
Pittsburgh 9 17
Philadelphia . 4 11
Batteries Cooper and Schmidt
BaumgartneV; Hubbell, Sedge
wick and Gruggy, Lee.
RICKEY NOTES
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Men's Store
average of $1550 per annum.
It is an Interestinjr revelation
and aVine achievement', attended
by both abues and triumphs
Congress has appropriated
65,000,000 for this noble work
for the current year, but the e
tlmated acceptance of training for
the yoar before us conttmpi-ites
an average of 95.000. disabled
ren,and the cost will be in ex
cess jof $163,000,000 or nearly
loO.bOO.OOO more tnan congr-'"-'
has provided..
This additional sura, must be
rrade; available.
Wijh the increase of availabili
ty toj training, as recently urged
ff.cn j congress, the estimated ad
uitional expenditure will be $4C8.
000,000 per annum, until the
pl dge or tifini.g !s .1isc!itrcd.
j Nlect lHsproveHl
These figures suggest neither
neglect nor ingratitude.
It jis mora than the entire cost
of federal government for many
years' following a civ'l war and
challenges every charge of failure
to deal considerately with our na
tion'i defenders.
I do not recite the figures to
suggest, that is all we may do, or
ultimately ought to do. It Is In
evitable that our obligations w.il
grow and grow enormously.
. We have never neglected and
nevef will neglect the dependent
soldier, and thr is no way to avoid
Time's remorseless classifications.
cntemntaMng the tremendous
liability which the government
will jnever shirk I would be re
miss; In my duty I' I failed to ask
congress to pause at this particu
lar time, rather than break down
our treasury from which so much
later on is to be expended,
j Peril Fointed Out
The defenders of the republic
m'di the per'ls of war would be
the last of our citizenship to wi?l
.U stability menaced by an indi
vidual p'ttance of peace.
I know the feefings of. my own
breait. and that of yours and the
graUful peorde of this republic
Pit i thonehttul r-erson. possess,
ed with all the facts, js ready for
raCded compensation for . the
healthful, self-reliant marses of
f otir ireatjirm'es st the cst of a
treasury b.-eakdown which wtil
br"n$ Its hardship to all the citi-
xcnsiot the republic
Mr. and ,Mrs. D. A. Harris
spent Friday morning in Salem
Louie De Santer is entertain
ing a cousin from Portland.
Mr. and Mrs Loyd Drorbaugh
and daughters Mai eery and Mar
ine spent the Fourth in Silverton
Mr. and Mrs. George Edward
motored to Salem Saturday after-
I'oon.
J. Irvln Caplinger spent the
Fourth at Ntwport.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Magee nd
daughters, M.-irgaret & Hazel
were guests ft Mr. and Mrs. L. W
Magee of Shaw, Sunday.
Little John Parson is still very
Hi.
A. Lents has quite a village of
tents in his orchard, the camp of
Mr loganberry pickers.
Corvallis Educator is
Transferred to Portland
OREGON AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE, Corvallis. July 12.
Albert A. Asbahn, a 1911 arad
uate o the school of agriculture
who has been serving as a mem
ber of the local staff of the fed
eral board of vocationla education
has been transferred temporarily
from this field to Portland to take
care of trainers transferred there
or summer work. He wU report
back to the college at the begin
ning of the fall term.
Riverside, Cal., which has been
built and placed in operation
since the las,t quadrennial sess'on
and accordingly is not provided
for in the constitution as amend
ed four years ago.
There will be no business meet
ing Thursday, that date being set
asid for the excursion up the Co
lombia River h'ghway and the
salmon feast at Eagle creek.
after being cast in -the foundry
There is practically noi machining
to get them ready for 3 service,
alter being freed from the moulds.
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pace, second division
Silverton Legion Post
Buys Moose Equipment
SILVERTON. Ore., July 12.
Special to The Statesman (
Delbert Reeves post of the Ameri
can legion, had its social and busi
ness meeting in the armory last
night. The chief interest of the
meeting was the report by Gus
BocK of the American legion con.
vgntion, held at Eugene.
The legion has purchased the
fixtures ot the Moose hall to be
used to furnish the armory. Re
freshments were enjoyed after the
business meeting.
Delbert Reeves post holds its
meeting the first and third Mon
day of every month but due to the
Fourth of July falling on the first
Monday the meeting was post
poned until last night. ,
MISSOULA FIRM
MAKES LOW BID
Offers Submitted to! Board
For Construction of New
Hospital Wing
are about to die. salute you, spat
on thtir ha ads and went to It.
They came home! covered with
wounds. Some of j them didn't
know it, at first, R. O. Snelllng,
for instance, thought be- waS as
vuppr a.4 st squ.rrii, and that on
Sunday, morning he. could ilo a
round of golf in ;about leveu
fctrones betow par. j i
He swung a powerful Demnsey
swing ana the- ciub nnssed Us
a 111 and rasslej him almost to
death. A careful census revealed
iur pretfUv'! ot iseVea i Ihousaiui
s ire muscle, each one sorer thatt
the other, once he got to think
ing about it. i ' I ,
William 1 McGilchrist had prom-"
ised to drive a Foro over to New
port tha next day jund home on
Monday. He d d it. ar.e-r pulling
on that rop uutil he had drawn,
it down to Vltnot the tineneus of
a thread; and he doesn't believe
hv'il ever get welt. j
The well-known Slmeral.- knee
that flunked of confidence wnn
the three-ton Newberg: black
smith and his bunch swung ou
the cable, is still defiant and re
fuses to be comforted. . Practical- -ly
every one of the warriors is
carrying himself lit . some sort ot
a, sling, and a whole bookful of
new muscles that f no one ever
heard of before, bras been contrib
uted to the library of anatomy ry
the Salem heroes. At that they al
most won. i
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FRIENDS CLAIM
HATED
Judgment 1 8-way Split of
$300 Commission Todd
Has Thirty Cents Left
Full Shift Is At Work in New
Department at Spaulding
Company Plant
After opening bids yesterday
for the construction of the new
wing for the eastern Oregon hos
pital for the Insana at Pertdletou.
the state bard of control held
that the three lowest in reserve
for furtheracvisemenfc until today
when the contract probably will
be awarded. ' I
The, three low bids! Were: Heiy
mer Settergreen, Missoula. Mont.,
$146,370; S, U. Morln, Spokane,
$163,770; Colonial? IlulldlnR
company, Spokane, $173,10, The
Iegi8latur of 1921 appropriated
$160,000 for the purpose.
The City Iron Works of. Port
land was lowest bidder for the
installation of fire escapes at the
state soldiers' home at Roseburg,
at $472. The highest bid was
!;!. 1 J .
H. M. Holfman, " Roscoe N
Hutchins and C. E.l IHckersoii
were low bidders on j the, drilling
ot a well at the state school for
the feeble-minded, their, bid being
$3000, or $10 a foo.t. S !
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Gustav Pulkelberger of the
school of music faculty, pianist;
y 'Tyjipv. brione; ant
John Bedynek, violinist, will give
a concert for summer session stu
dents and townspeople Thursday
evening. L
Paul Hlnchcliff of New Ply
mouth, Ida., formerly a student at
the Iowa State college and more
.cently oL the Tnivers'ty of Idaho
will reg.s lr in ths school ot phar
macy this rail. He expects to com
plete a four year course in pharmacy.
A complete vindication of John
W. Todd." This is the comment
ot friends of the former superin
tendent ot Salem schools, relative
to the verdict rendered yesterday
morning ini the Todd-Vandervort
case. I
The CtiOn which Occupied 10
days in department Np. 1, Marion
county circuit court,; is held to
have been one ot the tnost impor
tant civil actions recorded . in
court affairs here. Nearly 50 wit
nesses were summoned during the
course of the suit arid testimony
given disclosed the. fact that scores
of prominent Saleniitics had pur
chased one or more of the "to be
located" land claims as contracted
with Carlos Byron. j
I am a happy man all of the
time, but it can be; stated that
$299.70 is a rather poor showing
for the estimated $65,000 taken
out of Salem by Carlos Byron and
local aide. John V. i Todd." was
the observation of H H. Vander
vort. one of the 18 plaintiffs in
the suit.
Attorneys 'representing both
parties state that no appeal will
be made from the verdict. Todd Is
facing federal charges for alleged
mis-use of the mails.! The federal
case against him has been con
tinued until the fall term of court.
In addition, to the' court order
for $299.70. defendant Todd will
be required to pay costs in the
case which attorneys estimate at
about $1500. f
That $300 was the sum used as
a basis for arriving at the verdict
of $16.65 for each of, the 18 plain
tiffs is held to be the solution of
the odd sum awarded. During the
trial. Todd testified ! that he had
only received $300 from his tran
sactions with Carlosi Byron, land
manipulator. This, he asserted
was commission of $100 each for
three actual locations on claims.
As the total amount awarded to
plaintiffs is $299. 7s0, this gives
Todd a profit of 30 Scents for the
months which he devoted to tho
enterprise.
Shingls are now a steady Salem
product, the output of the shingle
saws recently put in by the Spaul
ding lumber company.
'tne sningles are from the ex
cellent cedar timbe cut on the
Spaulding holdings near Black
Rock. A heavy local demand has
called for practically the whole
output. The large number ot new
houses, and a still larger number
oi houses being roofed. make
shingling one of the important in
dustries of the city these days.
Several annoying -though minor
breakdowns have intesfered with
the peak output of the Spaulding
ntiil. A full crew is at work, ana
a large season's cut is being made.
An interesting comparison Is
made by local Manager Oliver
Myers, in the wood prices now and
during and before the war. The
mill wood, the heavy butt-ends of
sawed timbers that are above the
standard lengths, or timbers that
maybe found detective and so are
rejected to go for fuel instead of
tor marketable lumber, never sold
here at above $4.50 a load of two
tLirds to three-quarters of a cord,
even at the peak of the bdnanza
orices. Lumber all over the
country even here in Salem -
went a-whooping skyward, some
of it to two or even threo times
the old prices. Cord wood fresh
from the forest ran up as high as
$12 a cord a year ago; and In
some other cities mill wood went
up to $6.50 a load.
This wood is now selling here
at $3.75 a load, practically the
prewar price.
SALEM
M S
ARE AWFUL: SORE
Snelling, McGilchrist and
Others Find Muscles They
Never Heard of
Professor Horace A. Eaton of
the department of English at
Syracuse university will tell of
poetic unrest Friday evening at X
o'clock before the summer sessioj
s'udents. Monday morning o!
next wee'k he will talk on "Liter
ature as It Is." before the Presby
terian -synod of Oregon, and the
college students.
Summer session student and
faculty people will Indulge" In a
danrn n Cawthnm liall on Satnr-
ItS enactment now In all pror-a- evening.
Salem has several i. candidates
for wound stripes and crossed
bandages of tug-o-war; dating
from the well-known contest at
Newoerg last Saturday.
The Salem Cherriaffls claim that
the anchor man on the Newberg
team a local blacksmith, out
weighed any two meni in the Cher
rian line. They say? he was the
original. Kustein, or Thor. or Sam
son, or whoever It was; that was
the biggest and strongest and de
t'rminedst of everybody. They
l-okd like boys gofng: after an
elephant with popguns and s!iingle
cKiiiH. in taekling this Xewberger
and his lesser but aisso formidable
tellits. But they crossed
themselves, bowed thrice to the
i-i ttine in. said "Hall Hail, tue
gang's all here," and "We who
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RITES LOWERED
I IMPLEMENTS
Farmers Benefitted by New
Transcontinental Tar
iffs From East
Minto Claim to Island
Is Affirmed by Court
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A verdict signed yesterday by
Circuit Judge Perc' R. Kelly,
closes the case of the Salem Water
company against its (owner,? D. C.
Minto. The case has? been on the
Marion county court docket for
nearly a year and involved con
demnation proceedings In which
the water! company j allseed that
its water intake was affected by
tho location of the island.
A jury recently awarded a ver-
diet fixing $18,000 as
price to be paid Its Owner by the
the purchase
A reduction in freight rates 5n
agricultural implements for west
bound transcontinental shipments
is announced in tariffs filed with
the public service commission. eJ
'ectiv August 10. The reduc
tion ranges from 15 to 36 per
cent from producing points to the
west for carload shipments, min
imum 2 4.000 pounds.
Reductions oer hundred pounds
are announced aa follows:.
From New Yn'k. reduced from
$2 88 1-2 n J2 66 1-2.
From Pittsburg, reduced from
$2 1-? o s.f'rt.
From Clevetsind. reduced from
$2.76 1-2 to $2.42.
Vrom CMico reduced from
2.5S 1-2 to $2.33 1-2.
tr.nm c. t ni. reduced from
$2.52 to $'2.33 1-2.
From Omaa. reduced from
$2 5 1-2 t- $2.08 1-2.
From Texas, reduced from
$2 8 1-2 $2.53 1-2.
From Colorado, reduced from
$2 i 1-2 to 21 5 1-2.
The new tariffs apply to mixed
shipments of implements.
Summer Excursion
, Rates
To Eastern Points Through '
CANADIAN PACIFIC ROCKIES
Tickets on ale June 1st to August 1
15th inclusive. Limit three months
from date of sale, with final return
limit October 31st. For full particu
lars write, telephone, or call at office.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
RAILWAY
E. E. Penn, General Agent,
Passenger Department,
55 Third St;, Portland, Oregon
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