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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 27. 1921 BE FEAST : DIB WILD GEESE Salem Folks Return from Burns With Tales of Har ' ney and Lake Counties Mr. and Mrs. It. B. Duncan of , Salem, route 7, entertained their , daughter and family on Thanks giving 'day, the piece de ro3t tance ; being two fat wild geese killed, by Mr. Duncan during a recent hunt ing trip in Harney county, i Mr. and Mrs. Duncan left Salem arly in October, spending nearly Islx weeks with-their son Robert at Burns, Or. Wh;i4 there they made several hnnt-n? excursions. On a hunting trip into the Blua mountains Mr. Duncan killed a fine buck with his trusty shot gun, using shells loaded with buck shot. He declares that to le the bun paradise of thi world. The ' .tw protecting female deer from ru-tters Is worhlug out fine and 1'ieie were never so many deer :n the mountain i, and the fawn ",n more plentiful than ever oe- i i . ri. n biuuu iu cm uuu P"vr more than 60 dee- parade by. In one herd thera were IS does, followed tlosely by a buck. Antelope are nlo plentiful in that country and ar multiplying Warm Overcoats for Now Any ' roan seeking an overcoat should visit our store. Aside from long- wearing qualities, the- low prices wiH appeal. j v -r;- ' $14.50 $15.00, $22.50 "Itayster" (raincoats) ' $10.75 and $12.50 ! ,-. 'A A Clothing Co. 247 N. Commercial Aaron Aitin,Tro; " For home or office here's a -light.'. . That you will find will serve -you right. , - . i . ' 1 TT.7E nave a variety of adjust 1 11 able lamps from which to w w " choose.- i And we j will show you electric fixtures that ' will meet with your ideas of good taste and utility. You'll be sur prised how economical electricity will help you enjoy lite If you will but, give it the. opportunity. ; fcCTRIcFlxfn?EJSuPPLY(jO ')ani:tt:iiinMM:uf:irjMMii Z22 rr.Lrarrrrsr. phonjz 1934 Are You Taking Advantage of The. splendid offers in the Thanksgiving Shoe Sale At The Electric 107 North Commercial .Street Bootery DOWN TO PRE-WAR PRICES Get our prices before placing your orders for Bathroom Fixtures and Plumbing Supplies NORTHWESTERNPIPE 219 North Commercial aiem, Oregrin rapidly under tan U.w protecting tl.om the year aronn-1. - rui tucks an I geese are the real plent'ful gann of that eenn Uy. Mr Duncan n: on a unt Ivc trip down on Hil- ILiniey'a .U" ranch. wL?n he hteral'y :iw the rields and ikv My.ok w.tii i-V' te. He declare that not less than 25.000 were in s'ghi at ote time. The members of his party i;ever failed to come Inme with the limit of duck? aud geee. Mr. Duncan found the tie stockmen who have been going out of the cattle lysines now in distress and greatly regretting their action, bee a 'is they have mountains of hay which is not marketable in that interior coun try and which could be fed to cattle with good, profit, if they had the cattle. Bill Hanley is one of the big cattlemen Of thnt coun try, who has gone out of the busi ness. He still has about a thous and head on his range, but dosa not consider that even a nest egg. He recently purchased 7 00 a wethers from United States Sena tor Stanfleld, and is going to feed them bay this winter and market them in the spring. He has also rented a pasture to a flock of thousands of head of sheep. This is the first time a sheep has ever been allowed on his ranch, and the prominent cattleman's disgust at this necessity may well beim agined. Hanley also has 1,000. bushels of barley stored in the Ftack and unthreshed, which h does not know what to do with. It is too far from the railroad to haul to market, and he has no cattle to feed it to. The Swift interests have a bg cattle ranch in this same neigh borhood.' Both of these cattle in terests have always fought settle ment in their country, and been 'bitterly opposed to irrigation, but now that they have found cattle raising unprofitable, both ranches are rapidly being irrigated, and will be gradually cut into smaller ranches and homes for numerous Duncan's son. Captain Rob ert M. Duncan, is a prominent lawyer of Burns, in partnership with J. W. McCullocb, and is reg ular counsel for the Hanley and Swift interests in that country. NAVAL CUT AGAIN LEADS AT WASHINGTON (Continued from page 1.) movement that would tend to the peace of the world, but obviously the president's suggestion is more or less an American domestic question on which it would not be proper for the delegates to express an opinion until details nave been worked out and congress has de cided on some definite scheme that woul have the full approval of the American people." Developments today served to strengthen the possibility, how ever, that the plans for future conferences might become a sub ject of formal consideration be fore the arms negotiations are concluded. It was pointed out that the opportunity would be presented when the Far Eastern discussions' reach that pari 61 China's 10 points suggesting pro visions be made ''or future con ferences to be held for the discus sion of international questions rel ative to the Pacific and the Far East, as a basis for the determin ation of common policies of the signatory powers in relation there to." ' -; Germany Not Welcome . M. Vivianl, of the French dele gation, when asked tonight con cerning the possible French atti tude toward the suggestion at tributed in White House circles to President Harding that Ger many among other nations might be invited to participate In the re sults of the conference or be a member of other conferences that might be called later, said: "I can only refer to my address at Geneva where I opposed the ad mission of Germany into the lea gue of nations France will rest before discussing this question up on the plane of human rights un til those who have violated them, manifest their sincere repentance during a long period." GROCERIES FOUND A generous purchase of grocer ies, evidently accumulated in a canvas bag by a Saturday visitor to the city, wa- found laat uight in the doorway if Hamilton's fur niture store and was conveyed to the police station where the owner can recover his property upon identifying it. Sign "SHOES' LUt'cr . and Vpmeyer The Store That Always Sells For Less Street . PERSONAL MENTION FROM AMITY DISTRICT AMITY. Ore., Nov. 26. (Spe cial to The Statesman) The home products dinner served here on Thanksgiving day by the wo men of the Social Service club at the Methodist church, was well attended and a good sum was re alized. A. B. Watt, president of the Commercial club, gave a very interesting an dappropriate ad dress on Oregon products, and the response was given by Rev. M. B. Parounagian of the Methodist church and also a talk by Rev. T. J. Leger of the Baptist church. Quite a number of the articles weresgiven by Oregon manufac turers through the local mer chants. Even the paper for the menus was furnished, it being an Oregon product. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Day of Sa lem, visited the last of the week at the P. L. Burns and W. Groves homes. The Day's are former res idents of Amity and their many friends are always glad to see them. Harley Shields of Portland spent Thanksgiving here with his mother. Mrs. G. A. Shields. inhn'rnhiot u-ou humi. frnm 1 Portland for the holidays .visiting with his family. Donald Woodman, Alfred Em erson and Franklin Bashor went to Corvallis Friday morn'ng as delegates from this place at the Older Boys conference which con- BIBLE STUDY IS TOPIC IF TALK Rev, Blaine Kirkpatrick to Speak Monday Night at Training Class Rev. Blaine Kirkpatrick is to deliver an address before the Community Bible Training school at the city library on Monday night on the subject of universal Bible training for school children - This is not a new subject, but it is new in Salem. However, sentiment is rapidly crystalizing here in favor oj the necessity of teaching religion and morals to the young people. It is argued that, while the Sunday schools of the country are doing good work and will not be disturbed, the average actual in struction in the Bible, is only about 10 hours a year for each child, in the Sunday school. In day school the child is given about 70 hours cf instruction per year in arithmetic, and other stu dies "in proportion. The proposal which conforms to the plan in vogue at Gary, Ind., and in other cities of the east, is to arrange with the public au thorities for one of two hours a week, when children will assem ble In the churches or other suit able places for a period of in struction. It is to be entirly op tional ith th child, but the child will receive credit for the instruc tion taken. It is also without ex pense to the district, the school being financed by t"ue churches. At Gary the average optional attendance of the children at these schools as 90 per cent, while the attendance at day school was only 85 per cent for the same per iod. It is argued ttiat the commun ity Bible school in Salem last summer as so successful as to prove conclusively the need for such instruction in Salem. People are placing more em phasis on fhe need of religious and moral training on account of the great era of crime that is sweeping the country. It is real ized that the proper method of re ducing crime and lawlessness 18 to give the children a thorougn training in religious and moral principles while they are of a tender school age. Rathie May Be Entitled to Washington Bonus Idaho Falls, Idaho, women have become Interested in the fate of John L. Rathie. The following letter was received yesterday by the Salem Red Cross headquar ters: "I am writing you again re garding John L.. Rathie. As you know, the Washington bonus is now payable to men who enlisted in that state. But owing to the fact that Rathie enlisted a few days prior to the declaration of war, he cannot receive payment, "It seems that the law was passed to include men who en listed after April 6, 1917. The matter is to be brought before the supreme court January 1, in an effort to make the law retro active to include the men who enlisted prior to that date. "I would like to suggest that you have Rathie nake a legal as signment of this bonus to his COMPANY - 187 Front Street Portland, Oregon venes In that city. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Cole re turned the last of the week from their visit at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Robert ones who lives in Lebanon. Mrs. Esther Norton and chil dren of Portland came up on Thursday to spend the holiday With her partus. She is employed in one of the big department stores in the city. Misses Bessie and Edith Way mire spent the last of the wee in Sheridan visiting with relatives. Misses Hope Breidwell, Freeta Henderson and Edna Strout, ail students of O.A.C., spent the week-end holidays here visiting with their relatives and frie"nd3. H. C. Hood of Pleasant Valley, Ore., was here on business ana to visit nis i-m..y -y-- "7 ly made notes when Attorney Stir that on account of the snow he j f cried- baj! i .mSLke. a Tvd bd "ilihX ' "Underf" allac!ous promise, vou which took two days and nights;.., Ma,,aW rilMl.. 'A 1 ' " ..J . V. .. 1-hr,(,- t.ln no' usual. Dr. and Mrs. J. O. Matthis of Salem spent Thanksgiving at the home of Mrs. Matthis' parenis. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Bockes, at uroaameaa Miss Addie Martin of Dallas is home for the week-end. Miss Lillian Schaeffer under went a minor operation on Friday from which she is rapidly recov ering. mother in order that no mattre what happens to the boy, she will have no difficulty In cashing the bonus when it is granted. I have written to him regarding the mat ter and he is anxious to do this. "I have worked hard to save Mr. Rathie, but feel that the case is now hopsless, unless we can raise a technical point and delay execution, which we are trying to do. I will appreciate it very much if you can see Mr. Rathie and see that this assignment is made." "Estella S. Mulliner, secretary post war work, Bonneville coun ty chapter, American Red Cross." Representative Davey For Special Session Frank Davey, the only member of the Marion county delegation in the state legislature who has not heretofore expressed himself on the subject, said last night that he favors the special session called by Governor Olcott for the consideration of a special word fair tax and legislation for the protection of the state's high ways. "I think the governor did the logical thing," said Mr. Davey. "With Mulnomah county thai will bear two-thirds of the ex pense of the fair, voting four to one for a special tax, it would not be right for one man to say that the rest of the people should not vote on the question." All other members of the Mar- Lion county delegation favor the special session w ith the exception of Rrepresentative T. B. Kay. GET BEMIIIfi Lon and Short Haul issue Taken up in West by In terstate Board SALT LAKE CITY. Nov. 26. Utah shippers today completed the presentation of evidence in opposition to the application of the trans-continental railroads for relief from the long and 6hort haul clause of the transportation act at a hearing held in tho fed eral building here before Examin er William A. Disque, attorney examiner for the interstate com merce commission. The Utah witnesses declared that to permit the railroads to charge a lesser freight rate for commodities moving from the east to the Pacific coast than on the same commodities moving to Salt Lake from the same points of origin would be to limit the distributing area reached by Salt Lake and Ogden jobbers by from 50.000 to 150.000 square miles. Hearing on the same applica tion will be held on Monday at Boise; Wednesday at Spokane. Wash., and at later dates at Seat tle, Wash.; Portland, Or.; San Francisco; Reno, Nev., and Phoe nix, Ariz. Russ Fielder Anxious To Meet Lambert Soon Russ Fielder, local member or the American legion and well known here for his comic sketch es and vaudeville stunts present ed during local smokers and le gion rallies, is out after big game. Fielder asserts that he wrestled George Lambert to a draw at Ritiville, Wash., three seasons ago "Lambert has avoided matches with me since that time, although I have challenged him." said Fielder last night. "This time i want the world to know that 1 am willing to wrestle George Lambert at any time, place or un der any conditions. I will meet him in the middle of a mud pud dle If the regulation mat is not good enough for him." Lambert recently wrestled Art McClaine. at the armory smoker, "curng two straight falls from the local man. . .Salem Man Featured In Magazine Article How a resident of Salem, Dean Cromwell, is making history Tfi athletics at the University of Southern California la told in a W WILL story by John B. Walalce in the December Issue of the American Magazine. Four men at V. S. C. have broken world's records In sprints and high hurdles within the few years h ehas been athletic direc tor at the California institution. Dean Cromwell gained special prominence due to the fact that he trained Paddock, present i world's champion sprinter. Pad dock, won the title at the Olympic contents last year, at Antwerp. DliiftKnorrl" I nrlif f AMnt DlUCUCai U IIIUII I CI Gill As His Head is Demanded; VERSAILLES. Nov. 26. (Uy Vhe" A'ssocTafed Press) "Blue beard" Landru listened with in difference today while attorney representing relatives of massing women whom he is accused of murdering, demanded his head. He put on his glasses and aim- to yours laughter house." Marshal Foch May Be Taught Football Game MASON CITY, Iowa. Nov. 26. An apparent conspiracy to con vert Marshal Foch to American football, as a result of his en thusiasm after witnessing the Yale-Harvard game, was disclosed here today. It was learned that some of the marshal's escorts on the tour had telegraphed ahead and had a football taken aboard when the special train stopped here yesterday. It was said some officers, former football players, planned to give the marshal and other passengers lessons in the game when the train made stops. IN 110 COURTS Governor of Illinois Charged of Fund Diversions on Plural Counts SPRINGFIELD. 111., Nov. 26. (By the Associated Press.) Gov ernor Len Small, with his record as state treasurer under the fire of Attorney General Brundage, tonight faced legal battles in two courts. Charged with embezzlement of public, funds and conspiracy to defraud the state, he is confront ed with a criminal trial at Wau kegan. In suits for accounting begun by the attorney general against five former state treasurers and their bondsmen today, the gov ernor is charged with manipula ting state loans until he diverted to private channels a million dol lars or more belonging to the people. Lieutenant Governor Fred Ster ling faces almost identical charg es. December, the month when Gov ernor Small'g fight for freedom from criminal charges beginswill .tring the service of summons in the civil suits on him. Lieutenant Governor Sterling, State Auditor Russell. William Ryan, Jr., and E. E. Mitchell, all former treasu rers. Summons will also be served next month on the 190 bondsmen of the former treasu rers. The civil suits against Small, Sterling and Russell, alleging shortages of over $2,000,000 in th)?ir treasury accounts, are scheduled to begin in Springfield in January. The suits against Ryan and Mitchell will be heard in Cook county. They bring the total amount of state interest which Attorney Gen eral Brundage said was unac counted for during the last 12 ij'ears to approximately sz,50u. 000. Governor Small is also defen dant in both the Sterling and Russell suits as one of their bondsmen. Verne S. Curtis, co- defendant in the criminal case at Waukegan. is also a defendant in the same suits. Vessel Goes Aground But is Found Undamaged ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 26. Sur vey of the steamer Springfield, which was on Peacock Spit, just outside the Columbia river en trance today, showed the vessel to be undamaged. It was said to night. The Springfield was cross ing out. en route to Seattle. She was lightly loaded and riding high. A gale was blowing and the vessel was driven out of the channel by its force. The pilot brought her off after some de lay without the assistance of fugs. " The Springfield was lying here tonight awaiting milder weather before crossing out again. Germany Unable to Meet Payment of Reparations BERLIN, Nov. 26. (By The Associated Press.) Privy Coui- cellor Dulsberg, speaking today before representatives of the Ger man chemical industry, said it would be impossible for Germany from her own resources, to make her reparation payments, due in January and February. Denying that the German chem ical industry constituted a war menace, he asserted that, due to over production tfnd the waning consumption in Germanv. the in dustry had fallen to half its for mer peace-time production, and that exportations had been ser iously hampered by tariffs de signed to protect infant Industries of other countries. 1 5 J FIRST CLASS School Census Sufficient to; Elevate District in Edu cational Rank School districts in Marlon coun ty are now returning fie result of the annual school census to the county superintendent's! office, of those According to the number in a district between the ages of 4 and 2U years depends the ani- ount of money the district will receive from the county! school fund. For the name of eacb taken during the census, the district re ceives JIO and an additibn of 10 cents per name for the district's library. The state apportionment is also based on this annual cen sus and it thus zehooves each dis trict to secure a complete census ; The Silverton district jras re turned the names of 1046. With this number in the district. Sil verton now becomes a district of the first class and is entitled to conduct its schools on the same basis as Salem. Jefferson returned 253 names and Hubbard 247. Gervais has a school census of 161, while Stay ton reported 280 namesj Turner reported 122 names and Shaw 112. The Parkersvillej school near Gervais has a school census of 120. Keiber has 166 In its district between the ages of 4 and 20 and Mt. Aneel 672. The Woodburn district return ed 576 names. The Ababua cen sus was soon taken as there are Just two of school agei in that district. i Visit to London is ! discussed With Wirth BERLIN, Nov. 26. Hugo Stines discussed with Chancellor Wirth informally the visit to Lon don, from which the capitalist has just returned. When thfl confer ence was ended, Herr SUnes left Berlin. I ; Negotiations between the' cabi net and industrialists relative to foreign credits will be Resumed next week, when it is expected the government will make d formal statement of its plans forjjmeeting the January reparations payment. oermany's floating debt on No vember 20, it was announced to day, was 221, 150, 000, 00j marks. t IS Miss Calbreath's Sons Fea ' ture 0,M,T, Program Saturday j Miss Lena Belle Tartar of Sa lem was chosen one of tjie direc tors at large for the Oregon Music Teachers' association, whjlch clos ed its sessions in Portland last night. Corvallis was chosen as the convention city for 1922. Pro fessor William Frederick; Ras kins, head of the school pf music at Oregon Agricultural ! college, was chosen president. j ! The musicians broughit their meeting to a close last night with a banquet at the Portland hotel.: ine musical program given dur- ing the evening, under he aus pices of the Oregon Society of Composers and featured jromposi tions of Mary Evelelne Glbreath, former Salem girl, DentlMowrey and Alexander Hull. j Miss Calbreathls compositions were 'Lullaby to a Baby ' Fairy" and "The Little House.'.. They were sung by Florence Uackson, with Miss Calbreath at the piano. Officers of the association cho sen were: president, Mr. paskins; vice president. Miss Hefen Cal breath; secretary, Evelyn McFar lane McCIuskey: recording secre tary. Phylis Wolfe; treasurer, Daniel Wilson; auditors! George Hotchkiss Street and George Wil ber Reed; directors at large, Mrs. L. B. Moore of Roseburg, Mrs. Montgomery of McMinnville. eVr nito Corbett of Baker, Mrs. Lena Bene tartar of Salem. I Six ad ditional directors will be i named by the new president, f General Fund of County Must Be Drawn on for District's Benefit Regarding school districts and their financial affairs, the law re quires each district must have a minimum of $620 in its common school fund If the district does not get this much from the county j school fund, and the directors do not make a special levy, the i county court is compelled to levy a tax for the district. j j But the county court cannot legally levy more than 5 mill? on the valuation of a school district. If the amount derived from tha a mills does not brine the common school fund up to S20, the mon ey must be taken from the gen eral fund of the county. ! M For instance in district No. 12, the Fern Ridge school, there are 23 pupils in the census, by which it receives 1230 from the county fund. The difference Of $390 must be made up, according to LVERTON MS TARTAR TO EJiRTDR SEAGULLS AID FERN RIDGE IS SIRT I FIDS i EDITS DAILY KEEPING OUTPUT IN ONE BUILDING. 0 Jj Cup right by Underwood a t?iutorooi, Mrs. Grace Crawley Oakley, a newspaper and club woman, a grad uate of a Western university and an editor on dallies in Boston, San Francisco and Washington, edits the only daily in the world keeping the entire output in one building. Mrs. Oakley prints "The'Reglster a paper published exclusively for the guests of the. Hotel Pennsyl-. vania in New York city. During the year she interview more than one thousand people and writes the results for her unusual public-; tion. .... . . law. The county court can lery only 5 mills on the district's valu ation, and this would bring in $318.69. There would still re main a shortage of $71.31 to bring the common school fund of this district up to the $620. This $71.31 will be taken from tha general fund of the county. Districts have until December 1 to make out their budget and for ward it to the county assessor. A district can levy the amount neces sary for its budget, but if it fails to levy, the county court can place a levy of only 5 mills. Mrs. M. L. Fulkerson, counlty superintendent of Bchools, is now preparing for the county court statements of each district in the county, in order that reports may be in the ahnds of the county court by December 1. Sea Birds Appear in Large Numbers and Make War on Cricket Pests SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 9. Report from North Dakota that seagulls recently appearing in McLean county had destroyed grasahopperswhich threatened to ruin the crops called attention here to a similar incident in Mor mon pioneer life in Utah. Today a notable monument stands in the Mormon temple grounds in Salt Lake City in hon cr of the birds that' saved t1nj early settlers from threatened starvation in 184 8. It is a pil lar about 100 feet high sur mounted by a bronze seagull. At its base are inscriptions detailing the reason for its erection with illustrations by Mahon'-i Young, the Utah sculptor. The first pioneers trekked ncros3 the plains into Salt Lake valley in 1S47. Brigham Younm stipulated that thre should be intensive cultivation of the land, crops were grown and the farm ers looked for n bountiful harvest the next year. Then crickets in huge armies swobped down up on the crops The farmers tried 1 1 i ii i innni mi f . U1HH TAn V lHo CHINESE ENVOY'S WIFE SITS FOR PORTRAIT.; !-.. 0 '"'1 L HI ) fUffiV tr ifJSW' po.sln.g for the noted art,8t -Mmund Dulac. Mme Koo is the wifa of the Ambassador to England, and -wilr soon ha jeento this country, when her husband attends the dLSnSmeioil v7S, s i K i to eliminate the pest without sue. cess. Transportation at the time v.-aa difficult, means to obtain foodEtuff3 from distant . points were limited, and the situation looked critical. ' " When practically every one had given up hope of saving any part of the crops, the seagulls, termed by old Mormons as .the "messengers from heaven," ap peared. ' They did not touch the rrain but warred on the cricket and in a short tlraa had- ridden the fields of the pest. There are no records to show from whence the birds came. The seagull is Utah's sacred bird. It is unlawful-to kill it Many of the people of this stau hol It in affectionate memory end during the summer thou ands give their bread to the b.lrd that may be seen in large num bers at Saltair, a resort a ' few miles from here on the Great Salt lake. Stimson Successor to , Be Elected in January .' . .. ----, -'i - ru:z,s, PORTLAND. Or , Not: 2. Because ot the recent death of J. S. Stlmson. of Seattle, president of the Pacific International Live stock exposition, Frank Robert son, secretary announced today that he will call, a special meeting of the board of directors early in January to close the business of the 1921 exposition and to choose a new president to fill out the uB expired term of Mr. Stimsoh. ' Judge Charles II. Carey 1 or Portland, first vice president, is now filling the office of presi dent .42 MEDFORD MAX WI3TS DELMONTE. Cal.. Nov. 16. George L. Carpentier. ' Medford, Or., won from Eric Iledley. Del-monte- 4 and 3, In the semi-finals of a golf tournament here today. Bobbed hair has. been officially recognized by the state of Con. nocticut and applicants for license to barker must Qualify as bobbisf artists. But if the young women wanted bobbed hair it would make precious little difference whether it was officially recognized or not Since former King Charles hM been sent to Funchai, Hungarian goulash has again become popu lar in BudapeaC l wWiKihilitii-iitoTiiiiiiiiYii iMifWi iiiifi i-rtr- s 1 ..' i r