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THE OREGON STATESMAN; SALEM, OREGON WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 31. 1921" s t INDEPENDENCE AND MONMOUTH BRIEFS i V INDEPENDENCE. Ore.. Aug. 30. (Special to .The. Statesman) A; W. Holmes, wife and family, of Mt. Angel, were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and. Mrs. B. P. Swope on Sixth street. Mr. Holmes is a brother of Mrs. Swope. : if . Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Walker and Emma Henkle spent tbe week-end at Tillamook, Pacific , (City, and Rockaway, -'''' VV 'X- Hugh Cuthris and wife bare re turned to their home In Corvallis, ending a three weeks visit with his parents lnf Monmouth.- v The f swimming' raft ? recently constructed 1a, the east side of tht river, is attracting many of tbe youngsters end tbey are having tbe time or tneir uvea. Tbe pro. ject was Informally launched last Sunday ana many changes are yet to be made o make the tack .a fully: desirable 'place for-the youngsters to enjoy themselves Owing to the lateness of the sea son, these contemplated changes DWRQoa cigarettes CIJ for IQc from one sack ot GENUINE rlm n n n n M ill II ii WML m DURHAM TOBACCO have been deferred until next year. Opal Hewitt and Fay Johnson motored to Amity Sunday after noon to visit with friends. District Superintendent. E. E. Gilbert of tbe Methodist church. wflt be in Independence Monday, September 12. Mrs. Catherine McDonald, alter week wrth relatives at Albany, has returned to her home here, she is contemplating moving to Salem. -j Mrs. Edward Beck en has re- retnrned from Woodburn. where she has been making the acquain tance of a new grandson for tbe past three weeks. Mrs. Peter Knrre received word the first of the week that hereon Lee Whltcomb of Tillamook, was operated on for appendicitis. . He is in excellent condition and' the attending physician believes he will reciter rapidly. Mr. Whit comb was a former business man of this city." r ' - Pearl KisnoacK is spending a week or ten days in Salem doing laboratory work for tbe nursery, men there. Mr. and Mrs. John Fuller, Mrs Wilda Lewis and Mrs. G. W. Baun have retarned after enjoying tbe beaches at Newport for about two weeks. Mrs. Charles Irvine and Mrs Clint Moore, who are spending the summer at Spong's landing, came home Sunday for the day. They left again Monday to remain an other week or 10 days at the landing. Mrs. E. E. Paddock and daugh ter Dorothy are ' spending the week with Mrs. Paddock's sister in Salem. M. J. O'Donald, James Carbray, N. J. Clark and son Horace were Portland visitors Monday. The Portland Melody boys or chestra is . furnishing music for the dances at the Horst company and Wlgrlch hop yards during the picking season. Three dances week are given at each of tbe yards. Clint Cole and wife of Oregon City, visited last week with Mr Cole's sister, Mrs. R. E. Prather near Buena Vista., J. Mi Prather and family, who have been' making a three weeks visit among relatives in this vi cinity, haee returned to their borne in Corallis. -Verd Schrunk, who lives south of this city, had six acres of wheat which yielded 105 sacks. Walnut Growers Are Hit By Blight at Silverton ACTIVITY IN STAYTON VICINITY , r At Newport By the Sea 6.10 SILVEUTON, Or., Aug. 30 (Special to The Statesman) Several walnut growers around Silverton are reporting that a blight has set in and the wa'nuts are falling fast. It seems that tbey are stung by some rort of an insect. Wien the shells are removed the kernel is entirely de stroyed. It is thought that If tbe trees bad been sprayed early in tbe sea son tbe blight could have been prevented. Tbe trees are exeep- tionally well filled with nuts thif year.. Monmouth High School To Open September 5 STAYTON". Or.. Aug. 30 pe-' ciai to The Statesman) Mrs. Ver-' non, an aged woman whose de?th occurred in Mill City on Wednes day of last week, was brought to Stayton Friday. The funeral ser vice was held from the Christian church at 10 a. m. and the body taken to the Wisner cemetery near Kingston for burial. She was the mother of Ira Vernon of Mill City and Alison Vernon of Scio. Un dertaker W. A. Weddle had the funeral in charge and Rev. Mr. Palmer, pastor of the church con ducted the services. Jesse Hendershott of the (Gem Confectionary store, has hi? en tire stock moved into bis new quarter in the Gardner building; and is doing business at tbe new stand since Saturday. Threshing is entirely completed in the fields in this section of i the county. The yield on fall INDEPENDENCE, Or.. Aug. 30. (Special to The Statesman) The Monmouth high school will? open for the fall session Monday, September 26. Three new teach ers will be found among tbe fac ulty. The full faculty Is: Prof. L. L. Gooding, of Harrisburg, principal; Miss Madeline Dough ty, history; Miss Armilda Slot boom, graduate of the University of Oregon, 1921, English; Miss Sybil Smith, graduate of Willam ette university, 1921, science. Mr. Gooding will be in his office at the high school every day after September 5. SHERIDAN NOTES from Salem Sunday evening be tween the hours of 7 aad 8 o'clock by actual count, met 67 cars, ecroute. Looks -like the Santiam county must be getting its share of the traveling public, if the remaining seven hours of the day made as good a showing. Robert Darby, a near Staytou ite, left la?t Wednesday for a 10 days outing at tbe Breiten bush hot springs. Mrs. v. w. Ciabtree. who was called to Albany last week by the serious illness of a relative, re turned to her home here. Mr. Foster of Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Foil is and Mrs. Charles Schaefer and son Lloyd, formed an automobile party which went' to Cascadia for a day's out ing Friday. The trip was made in Mr. Foster's ear. Mr. and Mrs. I." N.. Thompson are guests this week at the home III SALE IE LOCATES IN CITY Northwestern Pipe Company WiH Do Direct-to-Buyer Business grain was exceptionally good and of Mrs. Lucinda Milder. The the spring sown grain gave a Thompsons live at Long Beach, creditable return. The weather Calif., and expect to remain in throughout the entire harvest sea- tbe Willamette valley son could not have been better, the state fair. C. Foster and Miss Ethel Walk-; er uave returned to tneir nomea frnm xnriA .nlnt i end in Stnyton with his sisters. Mrs. I. N. Thompson and Mrs. Lu cinda Miller. H. Ell Smith, a real estate man . Waf Tax Addition! " Tickets on sale Friday, Saturday, Sunday, ij Good returning following Monday. Ton will enjoy another week end trip to this delightful old place that ieenii never to lota Ho charm. And tako another dip la the anrf. t , - . ' I Ample and comfortable accommodations in hotel, cottages and enta. ... . .......... . Tram Schedules: Leave Salem, daily 11.00 a.m. Arrive Newport, 6:05 p.m. Leave Newport, daily, 11:25 a.m. An-We Salem, 6:S2 p.m. Aik any agent for copy of oar "Or describes Newport and contains hotel re Id on Outdoor" booklet. d camp information. It For farther particular inquire of local ticket agent. Southern Pacific Lines JOHN M. SCOTT, General Paaienger Agent. SHERIDAN, Or., Aug. 30. (special to The Statesman) Miss Phyllis Palmer was here Sunday from her home near Bentley, where her father la engaged in construction work for the Willa mina Grande Ronde rialway. She will leave for Salem this week where she will commence her se cond year in Willamette university- William Frost will move to morrow into the bouse on south Fourteenth street formerly occu pied by I. A. Yerex, who recently left for Canada. Jean Barber will also move soon from his home in Willamina into the Dan Ric key bouse here. O. Wyss of Portland was here for a short time yesterday. Andreas and Allen Brocher, of the Sheridan Lumber company, are away on a vacation which will take them to the majority ot the Washington beaches and to many of the Tillamook coast resorts. They are making the trip by car and expect to return here Labor day. Their brother, Karl Broch er, is in charge of the mill while they are gone. S. R. McConatby, who lives near Medford, is visiting for a few days at the Harold Allen home. Olive Mallott, Mary Dippert. Gladys Williams and Hlldred Short, all of Portland, were visit ing the latter's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Short, Saturday 'night and Sunday. Joseph Barnett, who has been visiting his son, N. F. Barnett, near Yakima, Wash, for the last month, returned home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Mailer were Sunday callers at the home of O. W. Aaron. Their home Is in Sa lem. A large tarantlula was discov ered by Roy Maylo in a bunch of bananas . he was unpacking yes terday. Fortunately the bug did not exhibit any ferocity, and was readily captured. The poisonous tropical insect is now on exhi bition in tbe Johannasen-King drug store. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McConathq and Daughter, Ruth, of Welling ton, Kan., .and Jess swirt ana daughter, both of Junction City, are visiting with G. W. Aaron and other relatives this week. in Pendleton, after a week's visit at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Follis. Miss .Walker is .a daughter of Mrs. Follis. B. A. Schaefer, proprietor of the Variety store in Stayton, went to Portland Saturday, returning Sun day evening. Joe Fisher and Forrest Mack, two of Stayton's prominent busi ness men, in company with Charles Porter and Harvey Por ter of Aumsville formed a "stag party" which left early Monday morning for the head of Rock Creek, where they will hunt, fish and gather wild huckleberries which abound in that section, for the next' week. The party took several pack horses with which to bring out the game. People from this section are be ginning to move out to the hop yards ready for the fall work. The big yards south of Salem and the Independence yards, seem .to be claiming most of the pickers from hereabouts. An automobile party returning TJae Statesman Classified Ads. Correct Fashions Women's Suits As the new season approaches one is con fronted with the question as to which garment will be the best to start the new season with. We would suggest a suit as a garment to be gin the season with. No where will you find prettier suits than here. There is a double satis faction in knowing that the suit you're wearing is absolutely correct in style and the material and workmanship are of the best. Prices Range From Up to $150.0Q Hall Orders We pay " tbfl "postage or express on aJl mail : orders i Satisfac tion" Guaran teed or your money back E. C. Titus made a business trip to Albany Friday. His moth er accompanuied 'him as far as Jefferson where sbse spent the day with friends. They returned home in the evening. ; E. E. Howell, the Jefferson un dertaker and his son Leston How ell, cashier In tbe Jefferson bank, When the Quackenbush tire rn. K-eessory stocK is mctved, from Its present quarters at 219 North " Commercial street to the old Barnes store corner, about Sentemher 1. the old location passes Into the hands of a whole ..c piambinK- supply' house, tbe Northwestern Pipe company, with depots at both Portland and Sa lem. The company will carry pipe and other supplies In whole sale quantities, and will deal largely direct with the buyer, especially in out cf tbe way points where the user has to shop until after by mail, if at all. The firm ex pects to make a specialty of this drrect-to-the-home trade, shipping in carload lots and carrying a line that will supply almost any job direct from stock on band. Sam Smokoon, the local man ager, is recently from Alaska, where he was for several years storekeeper for the Alaska-Gasti- neau Mining company. While there he became intimately ac quainted with two formed Wil lamette students, Harold Mc Queen, now accountant for the same great mining corporation, the Alaska-Gastlneau, and Roger wek' Although but four of lite yellow cards have been issued, all of them have been for the erec tion of new homes. Those who have received permits are: ' L. W. Miller, who will erect a $5o home at 30 Reservoir street. The structure will be one and one-half stories and will be built by Pruett Brothers, contrac tors. S. R. Bond, who will build a one and one-half story dwelling at 1340 North Cottage street at the cost of $3500. Anderson & Peters local contractors, hold the con tract for the construction. M. I. Huret of 934 Church street, who will, erect a home at tbe cost of 12000. The building winch will be a one-story . frame structure will be built by day ia- Dor. . . R. R. Ryan, who will erect an $800 one-story tram dwelling at 1135 First street. Day labor will be used in the construction. 'f.'rlEttrbr6tfe:-f'ttt6lne - apartment very ttt tn v,a tloor is i rather too sign. . . Agent Bar collectors noi permitted to nse the, elevator. ' Mr. t-jveroroK ou j .--t out my lease. -uosioa -iransKTii, CtountTcl!.alkowlslI.; who is coming tto dear old America ,to . llva. ouBht to be able to max a name fo(f himself In the course of time. spent Sunday with Mrs. C. A. Titus Lyons, chief engineer for the and laniiiy. I Kennicott Copper company at the Miss Ina Harold, who was tak-lsame place. The two old Bear- en to Silverton several weeks ago. cats were getting along well in where she was operated on fori their northern homes, and sent appendicitis, was brought to her I their regards to their friends in home near Stayton Sunday. Al- the weofoot state. Labor Day Observance V;il! Be Quiet in Salem Labor day next Monday will oe a quiet day in Salem, accord Ing to plans announced by all who can manage to get out of town for one or two days. Although the Business Men's league has taken no special action as to closing, it is understood by owners of the larger stores that the day will be observed and no business will be transacted. It is also understood that meat markets will remain open until about 10 o clock in the morning but with the . banks closed, all . ! m I'UMuess nouses realize tnat no business of importance will be transacted. Several of the larg. er dry good s and grocery bouses have already announced that the day will be fully observed. though Miss Harold has not re gained her usnal strength, she is slowly- improving . and her1 many friends here are glad to see her at home once more. George 'and James Mielki and Roy Follis returned Friday from a hunting trip in the mountains near Mt. Jefferson. ' I FSsA . IB ii DON 'T BLAME THEM PITY THESE PEOPLE Mr. Handsaker, Oregon's Near East Manager,. On His Way to Caucasus ? Editor Statesman: "Don't blame these Deonle. Ditv them, help them." These words of Admiral Bristol ring In my ears as we leave Constantinople f?r tbe Caucasus after a week spent in and near Constantinople, studying tne work done by Americans who! are attempting to heal this "open sore of the world." I have seen poverty, so called. at home and I saw poverty ot what I thought an extreme type during my residence in Kmeston, Jamaica, but suffering here is si widespread, is caused by such vast movements of ETeat oeophjs, is so picturesque if you dare ap ply such a term to povertv. Con stantinople, is a regular Sargasso sea where the flotsam and jetsam ot the seven seas is gathered, not :n individual cases as in other cities, nor by shiploads, but by fleets and almost by nations. Op pressor and oppressed, capitalist and communist; Christian. ...o- hammedan. Jew and pagan are one in their distress. I saw a Petrograd millionaire. now a Near East relief stenogra- pherj gratefully working for a pittance keeping soul and body together. Incidentally, I may say his work was Vnost carefully and painstakingly done. A gen eral of the ezar's army is a watch man at the personnel house of Near East relief, and tbe friends of Mrs. Burt of Bend may know that she and others are guarded by this man who takes his duties as serTSusly as when be command ed thousands of men. Tbse are but the commonplaces. These are fortunate ones. They ask ant need no pity, for they have what everybody in Constantinople seems to want and few can find a job. If hitherto virtuous wo men are seljing their bodis for a pittance openly on the street In many cases, it is the only alter Tiative to starvation for them selves and loved ones. Many in Oregon will remember Mrs. R. S. M. Emerlch. who visit ed Portland in 1918 at the time of the first Armenian campaign I spent two mornings with nor in vestigating cases of need in the Armenian and Chaldean sections of the city. To my unrractlced eye, every case presented was worthy of im mediate and generous relief, but the care wltn which only tbo mlt deserving and the most desperate ly needy were sifted out would give pointers to welfare workers at borne. Tn truP 'Oriental style vr were blessed bv those who were to be helped and Mrs. Emer lch explained that we wers being compared in beauty to the sun. moon and Ftars (to tbe great det riment of those luminaries) and that we and our children would live for thousands of years tf f their craters were answered Well, If somebody brought life f you, you might be excused for V inr over-nthusiastic. f Mrs. Emerich's wprk is con fined exclusively to children r t" widows with more than one child under 14. You have to drar the line somewhere. Tho? who remember Mrs. Emerich will know that she occasionally transgresses the rule. I was about to fay fre quently, but the amount of money at her disposal does not permit that. Still when a soldier with hands so deformed that h conia do no work and a "homal", por ter. In need of an operation, were in the Une she 'ontot tbe rules send the money some way," she said. To 5000. of. the city's hungry children Mrs. Emerich is giving. in the name of America, two caus of milk per month and two loaves .of bread oer week. Recently ao V - , . i . i mi ot inese enuaren were wtisucu and all but 1 5 of tbem were found to be from five to fifteen pounds underweight. The Question she asked me and which I refused tn answer but one which she must answer is whether to go feeding in this way 5000 undernourished children or to concentrate on halt the number and let the rest die To 'you reading this 5000 miles nwnv. the alternative arouses a certain emotion, I know It's dif ferent when you see the kiddie? and see how attractive tbey are. Perhaps I'll not be giving away any secrets If I quote Mrs. Emer ich who calls the rule limiting her work to children and widows with two or more enuaren a mie erable affair." She told me of men Who bad committed euicida after months of vain effort to find work, hoping their families touH hn heloed if thev were gone. "It's a necessary rule." says ou" direc ter here, "you have to draw the line somewhere." I think Ad miral Bristol's words can well ap ply to our relief workers, "Don t blame them, pity tbem, help them." They are doing much thev could d much more with rieater resets rces. I am writing this en route the Caucasus. The Northwestern Pipe com pany plans to make an aggressive tight for the mail order plumbing supply business of this Bection that has largely gone to the great houses in Chicago. Seattle and i Portland. They will be welcome lo the business ranks of the city, as one more important link in .the business chain that binds Sa lem" to tbe people of the whole state. P NATIONAL LEAGUE Sunday School Class Gets Jobs for Many Lt year, the Live Wire class of the Leslie Methodist church .inuuy school organized Itself into a "get-me-a-job" society for the benefit of those who needed jobs. During the year it found jobs for close to 30 young men and women, most of them mem bers of the class, and a number of the students in the high school or the university. The teacher in charge has built the class into one of the most notable organi zations of the kind in the west. The membership has run close to 150 during the school year and tbe interest is growing steadily Requests have begun to come in for "jobs" for the approaching academic year, so that the Bohrn- Btedt office is a regular employ ment bureau. " Places have al ready been found for several ap plicants, and tbe season has only fairly begun. Permits Are Issued for Several New Salem Homes Permits for improvements the cost ot which will aggregate $11, 300 have been issned from th Captain cckman I office of Judge Earl Race, city re df the U. S. aTmy. regulating of ficer for the Near East Relief at Batoum, has been giving us sug gestions as to how we are to ac whilo uneer the soviet Govern ment and of the reception we may expect. "Because America has etab lished such a record for generon. anself'Hh deallnr in the Near East you will be welcome by tbe sov lets. I doubt if a party of this '.ze from any o;tier country , in the world vxruld be allowed to land " said Captain Fckman. We go at once to Tiflis, a city of a million population withort banks or restaurants, where th ruble, normally worth 50 cents was selling a few days ago at 150,000 for $1. and a few weeks ago for 60.000 for $1. The total output of the mint per day is 80, 000.000 rubles and one day a week the N. E. R. sends a crew of men to take over the entire output.' .For once in my life I'm going1 to be a millionaire. Tnles the presence of our party sonds un tne price or ine ruoi?, auu Captain Eckman says It Is almost certain to do it, 7 will put tne m the class of John D.! ! I can poke fun at Tiflis now. but If it affects me like consian tinonle did I won't do It when I leave. We shall not be there long enough to discern whether their! experiment is the jirin pangs of a new civilization or whether it 9 a vain revolt against what is true in the very nature ot things. That is not our job. anvwav. We are here to carry out tb reonest of many at borne, to learn tbe actual conditions as thev affect relief work. So tar Tve found no better words than those of Admiral Bristol, "Don't blame them, pity them. J. J. Handsaker. On the Black Sea. Aug. 1, 1921 corder. since the first of the At Philadelphia First gaifie: St. Louis Philadelphia Doak, North. R. R. ..1 II J"3 0 2 Walker and EI CSWiUBla lUUiUU lemons, Dilhoofer; . Hubbeil neniine. and Second game: R. H." K. St. Ixuis ... 9 16 2 Philadelphia S 13 0 R. Walker. Northw Bailey. Per- tica and demons, DUhoefer; Sedgwick. C. Smith. Bett3. Win ters and Brugsy. At Boston First game: - Cincinnati , Boston .... ...... . Luque and WIngo; and Gowdy. ' R. .0 .5 If S SI K U 1 Fillingiin Second game: R. H E. Cincinnati ... C 14 2 Boston ... 4 6 z Marquard, Coumbe and Har grave; Scott, aWtson and O'Neill. E. At Brooklyn R. II. Pittsburgh ... . . : - 8 1 Brooklyn 2 7 Glazner and Schmidt; Cadore, Miljus, Schupp and Krueger. Lang Ranges A Northwest Product Eleven Exclusive Features. . Makes her work easier. Guaranteed to cut your fuel -one-hali. . ; Demonstrated at . PEOPLE'S FUWHTURE S71 H Commercial Street ' ' 8ALE31V OREGON ( i At New York R. H, -K. Chicago ... .... 3 K 'l New York .......... 5 1 U Martin. Ponder and O'Ferrell; Neht and Smith. AMERICAN LEAGUE 1 New' York ' ...10 14 3 Washington ... 3 8 2 ' Mays and Hoffmann: Erlckson, Acosta, Courtney and Gharrity. . At Chicago R. H. E St Louis ... 11 2 l Chicago 5.16 Shocker and Severeld; Rutsell. McWeeney, Michaelson, Hodge and Smith. - ?f. . ATTEmO IF yen! could buy berry farm and pay for'lt by the crop. f . i i ir.'-M ? ;:. Wouldl you bo Interested? IF you! could make a good living tor yourself and fam ily white you are paying for it Would! IF you Would IF you you be interested?; could be Independ ent In five or six years.: you be Interested? 'knew this farm was some of; the best land In the Willamette Valley. Would IF you could make as much as you yet pay Would IF you yon be Interested? ' are now doing and for this farm you be interested? knew that the berry business Is one of the best tor profits. i , . ' ' Would yon be Interested? IF you lare wanting such a proposition I hate It for yon. Are youHnteresied? F If so, " ; i See 7-'- WnillcGiktrisi, Jiv Roon 4ft If. B. Sat. Bisk j . 'DuUdins '' ' f"'5 -- I - . t Trains Are Removed From Albany-Detroit Route STAYTON, Or.. Aug. 30. fSpe-cial to Tbe Statesman) The morning and afternoon pas senger trains on the run between Albany and Detroit have been dis continued on account of lack of travel. Hereafter people travel ing over tbat run will have to put up with the old mode of trnvel. which is a coach attached to the rear of the freight train. TThe change went Into effect ? Sunday. The closing down of th aree mUls and lorgine camw In th nnner Santiam . country A pipe's a pal packed with P. A.! Seven days out of every week you'll get real smoke joy and real smoke contentment -if you'll get close-up to a jimmy pipe! Buy one and know that for yourself 1 Packed with cool, delightful, fragrant Prince Albert, a pipe's the greatest treat, the happiest and most appe tizing smokeslant you ever had handed outf You can chum it with a pipe and you will once you know that Prince Albert is free from bite and parchl (Cut out by our exclusive patented process!) Why every puff of P. A. makes you want two more; every puff hits the bullseye, harder andtruer than the lastj jYou can't resist such delight! Ana, you'll get the smokesurprise of your life when you roll up a cigarette with Prince Albert! Such entic ing flavor you never did know! And, P. A. stays put be cause it's crimp cut and it's a cinch to roll! .You try it! Prim Alkrt tm pU fa. hm tW bmft.tidy r4 timmt ttmmidurm mtdimthe un4 trjntmt glmam mith i. ... .. m, J - .- - i . Oyrlflit i2t br R- J. furwut TebaccC.v Ii '. JiCa and gave them the cherished its lareelv resuonsible for the the national joy smokq of pap?r. ."I guess the Uoti win change.'-- c -::'-