TIIBT OREGON" STATESMAN," SALEM,' OREGON V RID AYMQRNING. i ULY 29. 1921 HOPE OF PEACE , GROWS SMffi Belief, Expressed -That Set tlement of Irish Question . Is Certain ; DUBLIN. July 28. A hopeful feeling prevailed today concerning a solution ot the Irish problem and the! belief was -expressed that.. although the path to peace might be .longer than at, first anticipat ed, a settlement eventually would be reached. Meantime, tbe -truce will be continued. 'Eamonn De! Valera, Irish Re- Publlcan - leader. has not an vet sent an: answer to Premier Lloyd ' George regarding the govern ment's (terms. 1 It was authorita tlvfely stated today that Mr. De valera had not applied to tbe gov crhment for the release of im prisoned members of tbe Irish Re publican parliament and that, al though ! release would be granted on bis Request, it would not occur without it, ' There is no immediate intention ot-i summoning the .Republican .parliament It was learned. SOVIET RUSSIA IS DESCRIBED IN LECTURE - (Continued from page 1.) to differentiate one's self accord Ing. to one's own tastes and abili ties. ' There are no stores, for prl vate stores Imply money, and '. mere can be no private money lwnrsblp under pure communism iTheroicaa , la. no fine clothes, no automobiles, npt anything . that the rest cannot and do not have for that," Is , the. entering wedge of , 'capitalism,';, and it spells the rum of communism. "There are r hardly 500 good locomotives In,. Russia, ;.whcri there used Jo.be 20,000; they get no repairs,. from, abroad, . no ouo will make,, (bem, under, the -present Bystem" .'of rewards for labar, and so transportation has broken down. I People starve not 20 miles away If rdm plenty. The ' towns , and . cities - suffer worst. . because . ihey.'produco nothing, , and" . the farmers, with no incentive to , raise large, crops, .produce only enough lor themselves. The wood cutter andS coal miners do net produce fuel, since they cannot sell it; the cities are freezing to death in the rigorous north 'Rus sian Climate.- ; Mr. . Skeyhill via- ited St. Petersburg when the raer ,cury stood at. 20 below tero. Al most, every vestige of wood baa been burned in. the cities; grand pianosJturaiturt. , a0 wopd Jtous-d . cs, lljd .Imam fro r stone tmusv the ,woddsn pavtag'1 blockH ytconi the AlxeetSr-and. yeLlhejohaye. aafw feredr terribly. Tbe "water pipes, have burst , and 'tbe household filth' has accumulated , through the winters, to breed 'f!he 'deadly typhis In-. the springv. Literally nillT.ans of ieoplei.bava,.starvea, or dledafom Tilth dtBasea or . cold, in the cities of Russia. The strongest "live the ; longest; bu,t even they have their limitation?, and. many have ffcachedjthafc. lim ' Csarlsm "degraded, an d s humil iated jthe peoples. and. they.over threw it. Th iragedy of fx9 , overthrow, as Mr- Skeyhill aeew it, is that It came at- the wrong time. when the country was.- - already emaciated by the long war .and when; the rest of the world war. was I capable of judging -,- the Russian : experiment only in the term of Its relation . to th Issue of the world s war sinca it meant tbe .withdrawal of Russia' from the' acttve-. strns gle. It has brought a storm of de structive criticism of every act, every motive of the communUtit government. - Most of the report3 sent out of the actual soviet stand ing, be Bays, are false. There s no nationalization of women; no destruction of churches or relig ion; no attacking of foreign peo ples like Americans or tue .n tlsb. And communism has he!d quite true to Its principles nt. equality. Lenine' inherited chaos, he has not made it worse. Skeyhill Not Convert Tiut the speaker is not a con vert to Lenine. "Let them prove their theories in Russia," he says. "The way to meet the arguments of the Lenin program is to Bhow the world something better to show them that the system that gives a iuui adequate pay for adequate work, more pay for more or better work; that gives him the Privi lege of having money to spend and something he enjoys to spend it on; that gives him coal and food, and goods, aua pleasures, is a better system than any dead level of inefficiency. The world needs to recognize Rus sia as a government, once sne relax her present system enongn to trade with the outside wortd and when she does that. Com munism is at an end; for the fact of trade and internal Improve ment, means tbe recosmtion of money and rrivate ownership. And then Leninism is dead, or changed as to be innocuous. The Jugo-Slax tamburlca will not bite, or kick, or run away If Ht untied or if a chicken flutters across the road ahead of it. It is the chief instrument of that part of the Balfcans. Just as the banjo belongs to the cotton fields and the ukeulele to Hawaii ana tbe inm.im to the fuzzy-haired Sou dan. It is a four-stringed instru ment, with air the strings tuned to the same pitch and picked hy the fingers; the variations In tones are produced by fingering the same as a violin or guitar. They make 'em all sizes, from the Infant tamburicas that a 2-year-cld could handle, up to a pipe- organ affair seven leet long ami as portly as a Dag oi wow. Those liaiaeners ceruiuij i nlay these their native instru- ments. Tneir renauum ui i Atnra was a masterly presentation. One could feel the darkness of ih nirbt. the throb of tne Dread ing heart, could almost bear the muffled thud of the hangman's hammer as be built , tbe scaffold on which Manrlco was to bo exe cuted. That castle music scene could be produced by other in struments brass, or reed but It la at its best in wood and utrlnn that elve a living tone. The afternoon concert, by the. six performers was mucn apprecmieo, not only for this one etspecially fine number, but for its varwa beauties. In the evening they played one of the famous Sousa marches, ana put oijutwo number .featuring ..vo calsolos and choruses. . .Alpo tb4yf cave tbe imposing quartet irom Hisroletto. and - ended , their .pro gram with a really beautiful ,ar; ranagemeni oi roe Amencau trol. with variations 01 national air and a bang ithat putv It Cr big. The young1, men Of the .or ganization may not have . a; very old. national" government to cTslm their alleriance.; but they certatn It have a long heritage of musical ancestorsthey.f ' don't build Tup such troupes, from unmusical pep- "there are sermons In stones; books in the running brooks." Mr. 'Jenkins is going to prove that there arf sdbgs ln 'tbe" stoniest human voice, rippling muic in the poorest squawk. It will be a real community sing, and it ought to be a good one. Priest ljerture Today Father C. J. Cronin, a red-haired Irish batholic priest, is to be the itinerary star for Friday after noon. He is an artist, whose lec ture, "Weeds and Flowers of Lit erature." is a literary classic. The press notices of his work speak highly of his address, and a re3l treat is promised all who hear. ".-sotning out tne iruin. me;Tnig conlfact Broadway comedy that broke all ! evidence. speed records Tor fun, is to be given in the evening by the Keigh-ley-Broadway players. It has been given in Salem this year by a group of college players as a screen scream; but these profes sional artists give it a class that makes it look like a Rubens or a Michael-Angelo picture beside a penny chromo. It isn't any "big ger" numerically but it's differ ent in quality; like the difference between a hunk of cheese and a diamond the size of an egg. All of which is "Nothing Hut the Truth." an anything he wanted tpl see. bwered Pillsbury. ! "All of them?" quizzed Tom- linson. ' i . . "Ail that can be found, re plied the witness. "Ther govern ment got some of them in ihe $:ov trnment case that resulted in the Oitgon decree ot 1514. Tiiey are iow scattered. We have beeu tryinn to set them back, but hava rft yet siicteeded in gathering in all of them." Stodk Holding? Examined The witness was questioned in detail as to a contract existing bt tion of 2 per cent and also taxes .Higher Rat? Stiawn The re-piy was that for March J- iH would be 9.51 per eent, or with Ikeview - La Pine hignway in Lake county Grading 16.S miles of road; eight bidders, in eluding the Lake county court. the super-surplus for Oregon de- ducted, 10.33 per cent and th3tQarson WakeS Complaint tor April it would be t .sl per cent. , . . U. super-surpius de.iuctfd ; un I wo LiQUOr bnarQcs SEX IS PRESENTED tween the Pacific company ud i j2 .sstf.oo or with 8.49 per cent. j 'What dui change? and rer.iov- j als of stations cost the company j in Mann ana April. ivji. I as compared with the aair. j months of 1S20?" a?kd Toralin J son j For March and April this yvar the reply wa? 2-.ftAl and M S. Tay tor Gives Lecture on Social Abuses; An other Sunday the Federal Telegraph company was submitted in DINNER INVITE IS SUDDENLY WITHDRAWN (Continued from page 1.) March and ures given $13. 476. 9'1 respectively. What percentage of the stock of Asld if the fuct repres. r.tf a the Pacific Telephone fc Tele-1 by these figures would in;'K graph company is owned by the; about a decrease in revenue? and American Telephone & Telegraph I an increase in expenditures, th" company? asked lomiinsoa. i witness replied that it -would. He I al?o said it would cause a smaiiT Criminal complaint were ye.--terdiv issued throut.Ii the ofiic- ;'(f District Attorney Jonn i. arson - jcnarKing jonn rvajst-t. i 'iium j farmer, and William Arnold Vid-j lerman, lartuer oi nar rm j Mills, with having violated spe- respectively, and 'or!1'" , pro.uumu ; 4 of lectures that prom April. !!. the j , T, Ushs to attract 'a-s much aiH!o i were ll...il.l and -B"" : , . ... o,. na ,hwv have elsewhere Kavser is ehareett wun navms: " : , f,A,,n t had in his possesion one qua. t i was begun Thur.avaft?nioon at Man wanted in Salemls Under Arrest in Seattle E. it li llinson. nder arrest iu c jj for tse inm oi'" '"" also is wanted . lu 'Salem i- milar charg." A warrant ti "The records show 70 off, I think," replied Pillsbury. A refr erence to records showed 73.30 per cent. ' What dividend is paid by the Pacific company to the American company?" was Tomliiison's next question. "Six per cent on the preferred lj' Mr- Young: . stock held by the American com- j Total number of employes pany," was the answer. j 2749; total number of hours over time, l ,..:; 9: total numoer oi d:-ys rular time, C0,".9i ; raid in overtime. $8180; paid in regu- return than otherwise for Mai eh and April. Payroll Studied Going into the telephone com pany's payroil in Oregon with April a.s an example month the following' figures were ; ubmittcd of moonshine liquor. Weiderr.-.unV ' me cnauwuM"-. 1' V alleted offense is that of haTfnt ;! lanaser of the l- Mr. Tailor r.as oeeu iur ran " the gove.rnnien.i service, making a studv of social evils as they affect first' the soldier, and then In a broader way th ntir nation. Through-his- govrnmental con nection he is able to present these I manufactured intoxicating liquor. ? Stills and mash were found in the possession of both men when Spe cial Agent Sandefer and officers descended upon the two farms early in July. M. Hushey. the hearings of Weid-1 lectures on me f erman and Kavser will be held I c'it with no cost to .the public lor tomorrow at countv court chain-! admission fees. The gate-keeper j-o Th "r . !. K,;.,.. lis taken off the gate, and admis- has not been set The- music tot Friday "afternpon will be partly homemade the thousand . or mone people in , th& audience veil! f urnib' ohe-half of it. Walter Jenkins, song leader, will furnish the other half. -As the negro trooper mule driver said about swearing, "Swearin' ain't a accomplishment; yo"cain't learn to sweah, that's a gift!" Just so ong leading, Is a 'gift.. Mr. Jen kins has tbe gift, and he's gotng to prove It. ' The poet once said, FURNITURE AUCTION 148 :SiutKl Commercial . Street SecondiFloor, near Ladd & Bush Bank Saturday, July m. . Consisting of - Livinir Room- 1 all leather spring lounge; 2 Ax-- minister rugs, 9x12 ;1 Wilton rug, 9x12; J Axminister mat, 3xG; 1 Wilton mat, 27-in.x42-in. ; 1 Wilton velvet h&ll runner, 27x12 ft; 2 rag mats ; 1 Administer mat, xbu-uicn; i.wooi rug vi&i i. sinp carpet; x manog- any settee; 1 mahogany arm chair; 1 mahogany rock er; 1 mahogany stand; 1 mahogany hall seat; 1 ma hogany" Edison phonograph and records : 1 oak hall rack. , . Dining Koom l oak library table; 1 tapestry li brary scarf : 2 waxed oak rocbers; leather seat and back; 2 all-leather foot stools; 1 carpet foot stool; 1 Jacobean Dining room suits with extension table; large buffet; 6 dming chairs with full leather and box seats, pne is server; 1 oak China cabinet; 1 table pad; 1 clothes line; 1 automatic refrigerator; 1 Clark Jewel gas range;! Rudd heater; 1 K base; 1 oak cane seated chair; inlaid linoleum. All draperies and curtains which are tapestry with shade rod, etc; 1 large oak dresser; 1 oak bed and spring; 1 combination, oak writing desk and book case; 1 birdseye maple chair; 1 large oakarm chair upholstered in leather;!' electric vacuum clean er;! carpet sweeper; 1 wringer; 1 fire extinguisher; 1 coal bucket; 1 large heater; 2 large stove boards and stove pipe; 2 marble and brass candle sticks ; 1 marble and brass clock to match, antique; pictures; books; 1 pianola attachment "for piano; some records; - piano stools; ! silk floss mattress; 2 springs; 4 pillows; 1 set fishing nets and many other articles. TERMS CASH J. P. Rogers Estate, E. R. Laniport, F. N. Woodry, : Administratrix ' The Auctioneer "List your sales with Woodry for Results" visited the White House this aft ernoon and spent an hour and 20 minutes with President Harding, discussing, a3 the visitor said, "newspapers." Visit Not Official Failure of Sir Aucland Geddes, British ambassador, to accompany the publisher was not considered significant in that Lord North- cliffe arriving in this country stressed that he was not here in an official capacity. The British embassy "was in semi-darkness tonight and inquir ies as to the facts connected with the cancellation of Lord North cliff e'a visit elicited no response beyond the statement that there was nothing to be said in behalf of tbe embassy or the ambassador. Men Long Friends. It was learned that invitation to Lord Northcliffe to make his home at the British embassy while here was extended by Ambassa dor Geddes several days ago and before the publication of the criticism of Lord Curzon in the London Times. As Bet out in Lord Northclif fe's statement tonight, he and Sir Auckland Geddes have been friends of long standng and it was understood that the exten sion of the hospitality of the em bassy to Lord Northcliffe and his staff was on a personaLfooting. It was part of the program of entertaiiynent of the visitor to give a dinner at the embassy to night. So far. as cauld be learned however, while a tentative list of guests had been drawn up. the formal invitations . never were issued, undoubtedly for tbe rea son that tbe occurrence of th? rupture between Lord Cureon and the London Times and its' owner, occurring as it did, made it evi dently impossible to carry odt these plans. Itegulations Strict, ! For it must be understood that the British embassy building with most of its furnishings is the property or the British govern ment, and while it is stated auth oritatively that Ambassador Geddes did not receive instruc tions from London in regard to Lord Northcliffe, the ambassador was fully aware of the impropri ety of the use by him of the prop erty of the British government to entertain even a personal friend, if that person had fallen under the ban of the foreign office. The incident which caused the rupture arose through the publl- ' At . 1 r , am . . . . - cBuon iu me lvonaon rimes oi July 12 of an article in its edi torial columns discussing the pos rible British representation in the Washington disarmament confer ence. Tbe Associated Press cable dispatch of that date summarized the editorial as follows: ""It declares . that neither' the' premier nor the foreign minister is fitted by his position, his tem perament and his 'past career to take a direct part in- these nego tiations." Concluding, the Times said: Attack Is Severe. '"It Is for the same reason of avoiding suspicion that the at tendance of Premier Lloyd George and Lord Curzon in Washington seems particularly undesirable. The great qualification needed by the representatives of this empire is , character for conspicuous straightforwardness and honor. Mr. Lloyd George does not possess this character. Of all statesmen in Europe, he probably Is most distrusted. In America he Is widely regarded as a man who empassed President Wilson with his 'wizardry.' " The newspaper then turns to Lord Curzon.. alleging that his "pompous and pretentious manner and ncapacity for business do not tit him to discharge the respon sible duties tbe mission would Impose," SMUG SALARY IS ACCORDED ATTORNEY (Continued from page 1.) Ust of Owners Head. "Ctt Viq ); 7 ft rvor i.cnt .-f iUA l li. v. . 'i - J I LIIU preferred stock that is not owned by the American company, what portion is held on the Pacific coast?" Pillsbury read a list of the largest stockholders from a report furnished him, with addresses of the holders. This showed that a large number of them are con nected with banks in which the company keeps its accounts. Pillsbury also testified that they receive dividends of 6 per cent on the preferred stock. Holders of common stock, he said, receive no dividends. Shaw Questions Young In cross-examining Alexander Young, the Portland accountant employed by the city. Attorney Shaw of the telephone company, reviewed the 16 exhibits submit ted by him. on many of- wh4ch there was no agreement. One ex hibit In particular, however, brought a clash. This was ex hibit No. 4, showing revenues and expenditures for the month of March, this year, eliminating the 4 1-2- per cent license agreement and substituting the 3;i cents per station per year which the service commission in a previous order held should be paid in tribute to the American Telephone & Tele graph company, eliminating alsoi income tax payments. ThI? showed net revenues for the month In Oregon of $H,?,7T.M. a return of 7.02 per ctnt. or with rate baso less Oregon's apportion ment of sujer-surplus, 7. CI per cent. Variance Claimed. Pointing out that Mr. Young iiart disclaimed responsibility for the formula used in making the esti mates and admitted that he had made them upon instructions. wanted to know whether the in structions were upon the service i commission's method of computa-, tion. . .( . . "That is ;frue," 1 repTted Mr. Tomlinson for the witness, "with the slight exception that tnx-rm the capital stock was not includ ed, but we think the commission did include it." "Nothing slight about it." te torted Shaw, "the formula Is widely, at variance with the com mission's order." , Shaw attempted to discredit the exhibit, declaring it must stand for face value only. t Young "Not Trapped , 'I cannot agree with you on that," said Tomlinson. "We will let the testimony of the witness stand for itself as shown In the record." replied Shaw as he waved aside the ex hibit and dismissed the subject. Shaw attempted to catch Young on his testimony' relative to the theory that money could be saved by the company in keeping its Oregon books entirely separate from the books in San Francisco. "I said it would not cost any more," said Young. "But that doesn't agree with your testimony in a previous hear ing." He produced the record of the previous hearing from which he quoted Young as having said that It would bo much more ex pensive to maintain a complete set of books in Oregon than to operate them in conjunction with San Francisco. Circumstances Differ "That testimony," Younr ex plained, "was on the basis of the present condition. My present testimony has reference to a com plete aivoree or the Oregon teJe- pnone system irom San Fran cisco." An avalanche of figured wis precipitated upon the telephone rate hearing yesterday when Alex ander Young, expert accountant of Portland, was called to the wit ness stand by Attorney H M Tomlinson, who is conducting the city s case. Mr. Young said that ?, V" orked on he books of rll !,phone cmPany both in Portland and in San Francisco. ueposmon relative to rev enues and expenses, and conse quent returns to the company, ap- K.Vk the mnths of January and February of this year, prior n increase. and March alia Anrll enl.oi....i . .. 7 unucui io tne in- Mr. and Mrs Scott OJf lar tine, ?234.S61.6: average per hour in ever t'.me. -"1 cents; average Per day regular ti!u- $3T. Salaries for superintendents were said to have totaled 6,a.S;. 32 for April. Mr. Youn; said he considered very competent the staff of tne accountants and bookkeepers maintained by the company in Oregon and that the forte is ami 5y equipped to handle the .-om-ppnv's business in this stati without assistance from Ne-v York or Sai Francisco. Xewell Quizzes WillanJ Engineer Willard of Portland was again called to the stand to day for cross-examination by ' P. Newell, consulting engineer of the service commission. The questions related to valuations and they involvje depreciable con siderations. The telephone rate rehearing will: reach final adjournment to day and will convene in Portland ajt 2 o'clock Monday. This was announced at th opening of the session yesterday by Chairman Fred A. Williams ct the public service commission. At 10::i0 today Lawrence Mc- Narv. Portland attorney rep resenting the Oregon Hotel Mon's association, will call witnesses and estimates that he can finish his case in half a day. However, allowance of a day is being made for b' 'case bv the commission.. City has more witnesses Attorney Tomliuson will com plete his case in Portland as the first part of the program there. He will be fjoltowed by an attor ney for the Oak Grove, Milwaukio and Oswego and other interests, and E M. Cousin, representing the Oregon Telephone federation will then finish. The telephone company win then begin its direct examination of witnesses. sion is free, after the anernoon concer's or other Introductory thautauoua attractions. Mr. Tavlor brought nr th Fnr PratPr I nkp Tour riovle as a vital matter for the ror uraier LaKe iour;poop.e ot Salem to consider. j " ' Tne movies are precisely what Harry W. Scott and wife are to j you. the buylugV public, maie leave this afternoon to take part 'them." he said. "If there is a in the Crater Iake cycle tuor f rom i Dicture that it not right, don't blame the showman, or the pro ducer, or the plavers blame yourself, tor they produce what Medford. The tour proper is due to leave Medford July 31, but the Scotts are making this a honey moon affair, and are taking the trip leisurely, leaving Salem a day ahead of some of the other visi tors from northern Oregon. Thev von bnv. You never get any worse pictures In any town, thai you patrcniie." The speaker told of recently travel in a Harley-Davidson side seeli1 a unive-slty present free at car, equipped with about every thing that such a vehicle can have for comfortable going. , The Medford Chamber of Com merce is sponsor for the tour. it plans to provide entertainments for the riders at Medford, and will send a sjpecial service car along the route to the lake, to Pick up the cripples and insure them a complete round trip en though they lase all the -vheels and the frame and even the han dlebars of their machines. The Harley-Davidson company is offering a gold medal to the tourist who has traveled the far thest to take part in this Crater lake run. of the fire?" The witness answered that Thomas E. Sberwlh was auditor at that time, and asked as to his present location, said 'he is with the Calumet-Hecla Mining com pany in Boston. "Where are the Instruments and deeds relating to purchases made by the-company?" asked Tomlinson. Pillsbury answered that they are in San Francisco either with the secretary or the treasurer of the company. He declared they are incomplete prior to 1906. Co-Opefatlon Promised. "If a rejjresentatlv-e of the pub lic service commission were to go to San Francisco would you be willing to. show him all records cn file?" , ."I would-be glad to show him crease. Big Returns Shewn For Januarv ami pK.n deficit of 138.686.80 was, shown "r iue company's operations In Oregon. For March on th? tasis of a statement furnished by the com pany to the city of Portland, rev. enues for Orepon were shown to lVL6011' and "Penditures ?J7Z,657.73, leaving a net reve nue of $67,902.38. For April gross revenues were shown to be !2o'362-78 and expenditures S386,5o6.81, leaving a net return of $43,805.97. The rate of return for March was placed at 7.02 per cent and for April at 5.32. Attorney Tomlinson then asked this question: What would be the rate if you $2,000,000 HIGHWAY BONDS SOLO YESTERDAY (Continued from page 1) term no bid: long term, 5 per cent bonds at $1013.90 per thou sand. Blyth. Witter & Co. et al., of Portlands short term, no bid; long term. 5 per cent bonds, $100.33 per hundred. Lumbermens Trust Co. et al.. Portland: short term, 6 per cent bonds. $100.65 per hundred: long term. 5 per cent, $101.18 per hundred. ' Security Savings & Trust Co. et al.. Portland: short term, no bid; long term. f. U per cent bonds. $2,002,200 for issue. Holding Records Made. A bidding record in state hlzh wav commission annals was knocked skyward this jiiornin? when 21 bids were received to crade 10.6 miles of the Chitwood Toledo section of the Corvallls Xcwport highway in " Lincoln county. Chairman R. A. Booth declares this is the record, 16 bidders being the rext largest number to try for one job. W. B. Ifarratt of Heppner is tha only commissioner with Mr. Booth today. John B. Yeon of this city, the third member of the board, is on a visit to his old home In east ern Canada. Bids on the following pieces of work, with the number of bid ders, were opened this morning at the meeting of the state high way commission In the court' house: ' Many Rids Offered. Old Oregon Trail In Tnion county Two reinforced concrete bridges over Wolf creek, two mile north of North Powder, the oth er over Jimmy creek, three mil?s north of Norh Powder; nine bid ders. La Grande-Joseph Jiighway in Wallowa county Series of tres tles over Prairie creek near En terprise: Fix bidders. Tualatin Valley highway, in Washington county Repairing bridge over Gales creek, three quarters of a mile south of For est Grove; six bidders. Old Oregon Trail, Union coun tv Two reinforced concrete concrete bridges over Catherine creek near Union; eight bidders. Old Oregon Trail In Baker county Building three concrete culverts and two wooden trestles on Nelson-Huntington section: four bidders. Pacific highway In Clackamas county Paving bridges over Tryon creek. Sucker creek and Molalla river with bituminous pavement: one bidder, Warren Construction company. Roosevelt highway In Clatsop countv Grading and rocking two small bits of highway on Wiles Crosslng-Skipanon section:. five bidders. The Dalles - California high day inDeschutes county Clear ing ana grading 17.3 miles on Elm Trees of Salem . " Threatened by Beetle A menace which is threaten ing elm trees throughout the en tire city is now being found in the form of elm beetles which have invaded these beautiful shade trees of Salem by the millions. They seem to have done the most damage in the neighborhood of the Unitarian church, while the elms of the state house grounds have also- been -attacked. The beetle, in its early stages has the form of -a worm, but later transforms into a beetle-fly. They multiply rapidly, the female lay ing as many as C00 eggs three or tour times during the year. County horticulturist S. H. Van Trump is now at work to find some way of ridding the trees of this pest. The state house of ficials have already begun experi ments with a spray for the trees in the park. Easterners Inquire as To Westerners' Morals Inquiries as to the moral con ditions on the Pacific coast are among- the most pertinent ques tions asked by easterners v;ho would locate in this section of tho country, stated M. S. Taylor, psy chologist and local manager ot the Kllison-White Chautauqua while addressing members of the Marion County Realtors' associa tion yesterday. The occasion of tha addres3 was the realtors' regular weekly meeting and luncheon at the Ho tel Marion. Listings sent by real estate owners to the central office or the association will be mailed back to the senders with lists of members of the organization, ac cording to vote of the realtors yesterday. Indefinite postponement of the barbecue as announced last week was granted A. C. Bohrnstedt. ope show house a splendid series of five reels on native Afri-ar. ani mal Kte. The house, was drspar- tngly lean. Ju.tf across "tho street was a salacious film plar. ticl.eU' selling at 75 cents each. Ti:e doorS were Jammed before the play le pan and people were turned away. That Was what that towr. bought and paid for. As long aa they waived such things, -tLey would Cet Mr. Taylor presented the mat ter of sex Instruction as a vital need of the day! In this age of precocity, and busy fa'hers aud mothers who do not look careful lv after the. teaching of their children some provision . for pro per instruction is necessary if th race Is to be saved or regenerct ed. "Most children are left to ga ther their misinformation about sex matters, from other children who with do .freemasonry o youth pass their perverted stor Sen around among themselves tc poison all whom they touch." he said. "Careful figure's' show -that fully 91 pr cent of all children set their information of sex on the street or from those who dis tort the trutTi either Ignorant! or maliciously." Mr. Taylor 'would -have th schools take up such instruction If it cannot be- given in tho lioms; have it taught by capa ble teachers, as other technics subjects are taught and start it young, before pollution and per versioji .chauKe the whple course of the childish mind. He spoke especially of the fath erly practice of saying "Oh, It's the mother's duty to look after and teach the children," and then crawling out of all responsibility on tbe ground of being -too busy even to help teach them the things they need to be taught to keep their lives clean. . "The public dance ball Is not sending as many, girls to the de tention homes and as many boys to the reformatories aa the Amer ican practice of spooning," said the speaker. Mr. Taylor was announced to speak again Saturday afternoon, but announced last night that he might not be able to appear at that time, instead, he will give a longer lecture Sunday afternoon, combining what was to have been given in the two later presenta tions. These lectures are free to all who come after the musical programs of the afternoon, which are Btrictly Chautauqua program and are to- be pal dor4 Seattle-i mobile, on a Si Atfit-virie- llinson with larceny w issued an the. local courU Tester- , day. jin-officer from Albany yea terdayl obtained requisition pa- pers a,t the executive offices in "t Salem and lett last night for. Se i attle in quest of the prisoner, L y SCOTTS MILLS PBIWOXAM SCOTTS MILLS. Ore., July it. t , Mr. and Mrs. Horace Kuth and daugh(eer Hatel of Denver, Colo. t are vUitlng their cotfsina Mr.- aid Mrs. Jl.H. KInser at Crooked bin ger. ffhey expect to spend ire , remalider of the summer hero. k Mr.! and Mra. . tc ua hildrtn were Salem visitors Sat ; rday '' 1 "' ti E. R. Lawrence and sons James ; and Will were in Salem Thursday ; on business. '' -1 . MrJ and Mrs. Ben Klnser ol Hood River visited relatives and . friend's in this vicinity the' first of the week. , y Mrs. Lolo Bellinger and causa i ter Jane Elixabeth. of Salem, la-, ited Mrs. Lena Bellinger at Noble f during the mid-week. ' Mr 4 ana Mrs. w. t. rtogg ana , . . daughters Loraine and Doris vis- j : Ited relatives in Salem Thursday. ;f id Mrs. Bert Scott lrere i Salem -visitors Thursday. 1 v .. MrJ -and Mrs. Gene Adkins, Miss Bessie Adkins and Miss Mertip Sanders were visitors In Salem on Thursday. Mrk A. F'UUckerby of Silver- J ton Is visiting Mrs. Henry Graxor at Crooked Finger. . , 1 Mr and Mrs. Guy Lyono ana t. children. Mr. and Mrs. Harry jjj Hick and daughter, miss trreiua werejSIlverton Tlsdtors TCe3day. Arnold Weldennan waa, a ; Sa- J lemtiltor -Monday,. , . j .Mr, ana jura. --unarms jucvrnc ken of Walla. Walla, visited Mrs. Grac Dunagan and . family ' Sun day bn their way : to , Salem from WUhpit springs. .. Miss Dorbtha', Shepherd visited Portland Man Willing To Settle for Damages Declaring that his client, J. D. Johnson, is willing to settle for damages sustained in a traffic collision by Clarence McCoy on July 21, Attorney Walter E. Critchlow of Portland has written to Justice of the Peace G. E. Un ruh, asking that details be given and arrangements be made. The Johnson machine is said to have struck McCoy's buggy, drag ging the vehicle about 100 feet and injuring Its occupant. The accident occurred near Jefferson. In his communication to Judge Unruh, the Portland attorney as serts that his client had "thought he had room in which to pass." Mr. Johnson is now In California, the letter states. at i j T rv relat Bue ves at Molalla Sunday ; 1 i ii ii i , i .i i. , I District to Have ' : New "Building at Once DALLAS, dre.. July 28. (See- clal jto The Statesman) County henopi superintendent Joslaa Willi states that the Buell school i) district will havei a new school housfe ready for .occu pany "this i i fall. The district voted bohdt for ft that purpose a . few days ago' and rft the hieaeure carried by a vote of . . ' 20 for a new building and' IJ vf against building L one. The new i3 structure -will be the last word laf rura school houses and will b 1 located near the store In that community. Work on th n IK butttHug-wni begin within a few S' da vol - ' - ?' f rrf. Dr. E 61 E SUNDAY Portland Beavers to Play on Monday if . Business Houses Will Close leaders of the Ctnltn IIak. "f-itl .. . M. I jiuicii near oauuarium Toe thtafl oT bis seven-Dassen. 'f ger Htudebaker car while parkd,' nearj the Willamette aanltorlum abouit 10 o'clock last night,. was reported to the police by Dr. K. E. Kisher. The car was stolen whll Dr. and Mrs. FUher re atteiidihg the evening Chautauqua , progp-am., The.Stndebaker was of . ' a late model and carried the II- ' cense number 3953. Local polio ' have! 'notified surrounding towns of the loss of the car. - ellminate a 4 1-2 per cent tribute I Allen ranch-Klamath county line to the American Telephone & section; ten bidders. Including Telegraph company, a' deprpcla-1 county court of Deschutes county. Sighway Opinion is Not Expected Before Aug. 12 Columbia River league wfl!fn, anl prepared; for burial. The with the Salem Senator Mead man Is sunfired by a .wife Due to the fact that Circuit Judge Kelly has allowed attorn eys for both sides of the Polk county road controversy 15 days in which to present authorities and file briefs it is not thought that Judge Kelly will render an opinion on the case much before August 12. The case was argued before Judge Kelly Wednesday, J. M. Devers of the attorney generals' office appearing for the state highway commission and Judge Martin L. Pipes appearing for the citizens . of Polk county who In stituted the suit against Polk county and the highway commission. Astoria a nine. lxwer C contend Sunday, according to an an nouncement made yesterday hy Manager Jack Hayes, pf the lo cals. That tbe Astorians have been humbling all opponents gives them a sinister repute, but thj lc cal fans are confident that the Senators can solve the visitors' secret and send them back-to the bar. Lineup of the Senators was not announced yesterday hut it is thought that th'e same crew un der the leadership of Bid die Bish op as twirler. will answer -tha roll-call at Oxford pa'rk. . Manasrer Hayes announces 'hat the McCredies have agreed' to" bring the Portland Beavers hera for a game with- the Senator, Monday, July 31, provided ibat local business men .will autbsme a half-holiday that day. Petitions are now being circulated for this purpose, it isr. understood. Big Birthday Party at VV.R.C. Hall'Saturday. A birthday party Is to be git- s en fpr Saturday afternoon at the W.r;c. hall in the McCornack -.f building, to all the members of , the G.A.R. and of the W.R.C. Y wboae birthday anniversaries oc- ; cur (during the months of May,', '. June and July. The hour-is set A ; for f o'clock. Refreshments anaV i a literary and musical program : f will foe given and all the post and corps members are urged to at- 1 "1 ::.;- - ,1 uovye Fatally Injured In Lonninn 'tLr.rititmi I " . j' . "' : DALLAS, Or., July 28. (Spec ia to .The Statesman.) H, TV , f Lowe, an employe of the Valley St. Sileti Logging company ..'at 11 Camp No. 1, was fatally injured Tuesday when the top of a tree to irhlch was attach ed a heavy cable used for pulling logs, broke off and struck him on tbe head, fracturing bis skull. Lowe died on a train while being brought to the hospital. His body was taken in charge by Coroner R. L. Chap- A- i CRAVEX HOME IMPROVED INDEPENDENCE, Ore., July 27- (Special to The Statesman) Willard E. Craven, hardware merchant of this city, is having his' home- on Third street remod eled. A second story and a large porch are to be ; added, besides, other alterations The house when completed will be of the latest bungalow style. anditwo small children. Dallas Boy Scouts! Will Camp at Pacific City DALLAS, Or., July 28,ISpec- ial to The Statesman.) The Dal las camp of ; DoV Scouts under the care . of Scoutmaster Rev. Krahk Jamea, will leave next Mdn dayi morning for a, several days outing at Pacific Cltv: 4 Th trin will be" made by automobiles. Dur-; -O wt-wufe UUJB Will w t taught the art of Cooking and othpr useful occupations when oa canlping trips, by the scodtmai i terJ - i 5 . Funeral of Mrs. Rupe Yesterday at Silverlon 1 the funeral of Mrs. Margaret 4 Rupe, who diedJ at her home, in Sil jerton July 2.3, was held at the t Matonic temple In that city yes terday. Interment was in the SiV 4 verton cemetery. The body lay in fetate from lpl no til 2 o'cloc ; at the Masonic jemple. . ' '' ' Miss Theda Bara, the. moving. picture actress, has married her director. They ped! places. have thus swap f t '1 v,- 1