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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON ' WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1922 14 CITY NEWS IN BRIEF KL-tn Opens Door - AH of the youngsters at the training school for boys will have an opportunity to see Ku Klux Klansmen in full regalia at the G-rand theater this afternoon. An invitation for the youngsters to view the titled Klan picture. "The Pace at Your Window," has been extended to Superintendent L. M. Gilbert. fit. Joseph's L. A. H. Social P. M. at Mrs. Joseph Lebold's Wednesday indefinitely postponed Adv. Speeding Caues Arrest Gladys Brumbaugh of Salem was yesterday arrested by State Traffic Officer Brown on a charge of driving her car at 41 miles Hartman's Glasses Easier and Better Wear them and see H ARTMAN BROS. phone 1255 Salens, Oregon SAVE$$$ by buying your hardware and furniture at The Capital Hard, ware & Furniture Co., 285 N. Commercial street. Phone 947 Nomking JpiUtrt at 183 MT N. CommareUl Btrwt Chop Bury, Noodlei and Amaricao Piakaa, lea Cream and Drlaka. Upcn li a.m. to l a SpacUl Sunday - ohzoxeh nrau CAPITAL BARGAIN HOUSE We pay highest price. We bay and sell everything We sell for less. 215 Renter St. Phone 808 RAGS We, want them and want them bad. Because we do we will pay you the high est price obtainable any where, Bring us all you have, Also old clothing, furniture and junk of all kinds. STEINBOCK JUNK CO. The House of Half a Million and One Bargains 402 N, ComT, Phone 623 MONEY FOR YOU Look around in your attic or store room, and you will find long-forgot-ten articles, useless to you, but very useful to jothers. i Turn these articles in- to cash or exchange tnem i for something useful. ; A classified ad. in the ! Statesman will tell hun dreds about' it You can telephone your ? PHONE 23 REAL LIVING . When a man is practicing efficiency In his work, when his health Is at its best, when every day Is a happy reminder of the day before thn, and only then. Is a man really living. Keep your eyes ready to assist you in real living. Perfect eyes go a long way toward happiness and suc cess, x Let us examine your eyesight. MORRIS i OPTICAL CO. 204. 2 11 Salem Bank of Commerce Building Oregon's Largest Optical Institution Phone 239 for appointment 8ALEM, , OREGON i an hour rn the Pacific highway north of Spleen. lUif&oH Paya Fine Ray Uoehs was yesterday fined $20 by City Recorder Earl Race on a charge of speeding oa Salem streets. J. J. gprode, local motorcyclist, paid a fine of 10 on a charge of driving his motor cycle at about 40 miles an hour on Salem streets. Card of Thank We take this way to show our deepest gratitude and to thank our friends and neighbors and the organizations for their kindne3s during the illness and death of our son and brother. We also give thanks for the beautiful flor al offerings. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Garner and Children. Adv. Tire Im Lost S. It. Welch yesterday reported to the police that he had lost a tire and rim from his tar while on the road from Mt. Angel to Silverton. Vagrant Is Jailed Arthur Richardson, with rooms over a garage at Commercial hear Ferry street, was last n!ght ar rested as a vagrant by Patrolman Walter Thompson. Richardson s said to have loitered too long and too often in the waiting room of the Oregon Electric depot and to have annoyed several patroas of the station. Reserved &.ntn at Manser's For Pacific-Willamette game. Adv. Daughter is Itoim A daughter was born February 7 to Mr. and Mrs. Claufi F. Rob inson, of 1315 North Filth treet. Looking For Trouble Members of the Salem Wood men of the World drill team, will go to Corvallis Thursday evening to compete in drill with the Eu gene team. The contest is to de cide which lodge has the finest drill team in the northwest. About 23 members of the lodge JACK HOLT In "The Grim Comedian'1 Just Tell Central No. 409'. when placing your gro cery order this morn ing There is an abso lute assurance of qual ity and service when you trade at the store "where all are pleased." CARL& BOWERSOX 383 Court Street SPRING IS COMING Why not have the car brightened up with a new coat of paint? Come to our shop and see the class of work we turn out. We Sure can please you. ' RUSH'S AUTO PAINT SHOP 12th and MM Sts. ' " , SHaaWBJSHB) Will 1iu o e.-lft i1nV tnmnr. row evening from in front of the I wooamen of the World temple, and drivo to Corvallis. returning the same evening. Here' Your Iog I A "littl5 white dog. ' That is 'all of the description entered on the police blotter concerning a stray canine brought into the po- l'c'e station yesterday by C. C. Long of 310 Mission street. The owner of th dog may recover the animal by inquiring at th police station. Independence. lcparts , Independence Taylor, 19, a pa tient at the school for feebls minded, last night eloped from that institution, according to re ports filed at the police station. Taylor is tall, red haired, of sandy complexion and is an inveterate pip-? smoker. Letml IUanks Get them at The Statesman of fice. Catalog on application. Adv. Leatherneck Registers Franklyn Somers, formerly a student at the Jefferson high school in Portland has registered at Willametto university as a freshman. Ho is taking a pre medic course. Mr. Somers is an ex-leatherneck, having served with the Marines during the lat war. Debate Arranged A debate has been arranged by Virgil Anderson, forensic mana ger of the student body of Will amette university, between the freshman representatives of O.A.C. and the freshmen of Will amette university. The question to be debated is: "Rnsolved, That congress should establish a sys tem of federal employment agen cies to equalize t-e distribution of the unemployed." The men! that will represent the negative side of the question for Willam ette are Percy Hammond and Merle Bonny. This team will re main in Salem. Willamette's af firmative team, which will jour ney to Corvallis is Roslyn Chapin and Stanley Emmel. Basketball Feb. Pacific vs. Willamette. Adv. Miss Lavender Hostess Miss Anna Lavender was hos tess to a number of guests at a dinner party held at the Lavender cottage Monday evening. The ta ble decorations were in blue and whiter The guests were the Misses jCarol Cheney, Alma Wells, Caroline Stober, Mable Davies and Elaine Oberg. I Miss Hoffman Pledged t nuciamc ijiierary society Willamette university an nounce pledging of Miss Aileen Hoffman as a member. The for mal initiation will be held very soon. Register for May Festival ononis, with Dr. John Sites, Mrs. W. H. Burshardt or Mrs W Carlton Smith. Adv. Coming Steadily According to the records of the bonus commission office, up to last night 10,631 ex-service men had expressed a preference foi cash and 7,923 for a loan on real estate. Applications continue to come in at the rate of about 100 day. About Hops .William Dell is authority for the statement that the nast seas on, 90 percent of the hops grown in Oregon were sold to England, although not this amount 'har been delivered. Also that S3. 500.- 000 has accrued to the state the last year from the hop crop. That si.5UU.uoo was paid out the past season for heln. and that fnllv 60,000 people were given employ ment in the state during the past season, and that about 13,000 acres are planted in hops in the state. Willamette vs. Pacific- Thursday, Feb. 9. Reserved seats at Hauser's. Adv. Xow at Newport Major Henry O. Miller, of the adjutant general's office was in Newport last night as inspector of the election of captain held by Third company, coast artillery. Under the army regulations the selection of a captain is by direct vote of members of the company. After a company elects a captain, according to the regulations, he is obliged to stand an examination before the election is formally ratified by higher authority. DIED NEPTUNE At the residence. 9G0 Marion street. Tuesday. Febru ary 7. Samuel Neptune, 73 vears father of W. F. Neptune of this city, Mrs. Leta Wheeler of Bealsville, Ohio; Mrs. Eliza beth McMnllin, Quaker City. Ohio, and Mrs. Ella Pinnlck of Sebring. Ohio; grandfather 'A Everett. Cecil, Laura and Her schel Wheeler, Harold Pinnick and Doris Neptune, brother of Mrs. Sarah Sloane and 'Miss Lyda Neptune of Jerusalem, O. Announcement of funeral will be made later by the Rigdon mortuary. Webb & Clough Leading Funeral Directors Expert Embalmert RIGDON '& SON. Leading MerticuLSi From Lone Beach D. A. White, who is spending the Winter at Long Beach, Calif, writes home that the cold weath er did great damage to the orang and lemon crop. After taking a trip out into Orange county, h writes: "The orange groves look like a fire had been through the trees. Young orchards in which the trees are one and one and a half years old will have to all be re-set. Orange and lemon grove? sure had a hard jolt this year." Rumor False There was a rumor yesterday afternoon that a postmaster had been appointed for Salem, and in terest was at a white heat for a time at least. But after strenuous efforts to trace the origin of the rumor, .it gradually faded away like the starts in the morning. Record Exchange for At Moore-Dunn music store. Adv. V Another Gasoline Station Gasoline stations will soon be part of the scenery of every cross roads and every business block in the city, according to the observa tions of an auto dealer interested The latest report is that a gasoline station will soon be erected south of the city, where Jefferson way, now part of Pacific hgihway. branches off from Liberty road. Restaurant Changes Hands Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Peters sold the Good Eats restaurant on Com mercial street yesterday to the former owners, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Com, who have Just returned from an auto tour of California as far south as Modesto, in which state they report very disagree able weather and business quiet. They returned to Salem fully con vinced that it is hard to beat this city as both a business location and a place of residence. Wall Papering Leave orders for wall papering at Hamilton's furniture store. Adv. Roy Scouts to Help During the Oregon State Chris tian Endeavor convention to be held in Salem February 16-19, the Boy Scouts of the city will make themselves useful by meet ing all trains and directing dele gates to the homes where they will be entertained. Seriously 111 Mrs. J. P. Savage is seriously ill at her home, 1258 North Fifth street. She is the mother of Mrs. B. F. Pound. Income Tax Statements Prepared G. Ed Ross, public accountant and auditor, phone 2098R. Adv. One Marriage License Cupid is traveling slow the past week or so, as about one mar riage license is the best that can be scared up now-a-days, Yes terday the one license issued was to Christ Jisse, 4 3, dairyman ot Salem, and Ruby Leonie Harack, seamstress. Both are employed at the feeble-minded institution. 458 Dogs Licensed The demand for dog collars and dog licenses continues to be act ive at the county clerk s ornce. Up to last night the total was 458. Paul Jacquet ot Silverton holds the record in the way of buying numbers, as he paid for four licenses, three hounds and one other dog. People Use Swi'f's Fertilize! Because ft nv cs them money. See C. S. Bowno or 'phone 353. Adv. Hoirs All in Sweden In the estate of Lars Olson, the executor. Charles Kuensting, nas been ordered by the county court to pay the $1450.47 on hand to Valdemar Lidell. vice consul of Sweden, stationed at Portland. Records were recently filed from Sweden in which the heirs indi cate their willingness to have the amount due them paid to the Swedish vice consul at Portland. Final Hearing March 13 The final hearing in the estate of R. G. Ashby will be held be fore the county court March- 13. J. B. Ashby is administrator and the heirs are the widow. Carrie B. Ashby of Salem, Lois Richter. a daughter living at Billing, Mont., and Robert Ashby, son, liv ing at Madras. Senvester Ends After the final day of final exams of the first semester, the high school will close its doors to the students tonight to give them their freedom for the re mainder of the week while teach ers compile the semester reports. Ths regular work of the second semester will begin Monday. A Classified Ad Will bring you a buyers -Adv Mother Clnl to Mvet The Mothers club of the Y. M. r. a will hold ita monthly meet ine Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Y. M. C. A.. Miss Lida Fake of Willamette univer sity will talk on the phases of do mptic science. F. E. Pearsall. of the national Y. M. C. A., also will talk. Mrs. George W. Hug 13 president of the club. AH moth ers. whether members of the club or not, are invited to attend. Artisans Attention The local lodge will entertain friends and the member of the Woodburn assembly Thursday evening. Supreme Master Artit san H. S, Hudson will be present; the Liberty Artisan band will furnish music: Brother Cooke Patton and otherB will assist on the program. Your friends are in vited. Adv. ; Alien Property Seized Complying with the orders of Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian, under date of Decem ber 16, Carey F. Martin and H. J. Rowe formally took possession yesterday of lots 7 and 8 in block , Frickeya addition to .Salem, This Is the property owned by German heirs of Ottmar Luetticb and which, under the alien enemy act. were taken over by the alien property custodian. The be?rs of Luettich all live in Berlin. To Sew For Char flip The women of the First Con gregational church will sew for the Associated Charities today in the church parlors. It will be an all-day meeting and the women of the church are being urged to come as are all friends who may wish to help with the work. War Mothers Addressed Mrs. Mary Powers spoke to the American War Mothers yesterday regarding the W. C. T. U. home tor children. The movement was endorsed by the War Mothers who also voted to give their share 10 cents a member, toward the Associated Charities. Contractor in Town George C. Arenz, of the Arena Construction company, was in the city yesterday. It was his company that put down the pave ment near Dayton. Mr. Arens is a member of the Salem Elks lodge. Secretary Recovering C A. Kells. secretary of the Y. M. C. A., who has been Ul the j past week, is reported to be on the way towards recovery. Mem bers of his family who hav also ben sick, are reported to be im proving. PERSONALS Miss Winifred St. Clair, stud enl'at Willamette university, re turned yesterday from a visit to Gresham, during the post-exam holidays. Miss Anna Lavender. Miss Car ol Cheney and Miss Dorthy Owens were dinner guests at the Beta Chi sorority yesterday. Chub" Sackett has returned from the Willamette university glee club tour. He was taken ill at Pendleton and was unable to continue with the singers. George W. Hubbs of Silverton, candidate for Senator from Mar ion county, was in the city yes terday, attending to business in the court house. Miss Agnes Pitchford of Rose- burg, secretary of the Ited Cross in that city, was in Satem yester day attending to official business. Paul Robinson of Aurora, edi tor and owner of the Aurora Ob server, was in the city yesterday. Prosperity has been hovering over the Observer s office and Mr. Robinson is looking around for a larger press. Frank K. Lovell, state tax com missioner, has returned after a vacation of several weeks spent in California. Most of Mr. Lovell 's tim.j in California was spent at San Ysidro ranch near Santa Bar bara. I HOTEL ARRIVALS juAKION A. M. Haradan, G. C. Morris, R. W. Lemer, E. B. Bar ber, C. W. Ricketts, C. F. Munson, C. J. Holway, F. W. Watt, H. Vai denberg. Frank S. Glover, R. W. Heck, B. F. Karten, W. S. LeVan, H. F. Franklin, J. D. Rice, Mr. and Mrs George E. Ross, H. H. Marr, R. L. Shuble, C. L. Monson, Frank A. Rhodes, G. W. Mack, Stanley Myers, J. S. Hammersly, A. W. Glossrord, Lester Simmons, A. B. Jamison, Portland; It. H. Rudberg, St. Paul; J. W. Chaney, Marshfield; L. F. Campbell, Lew- iston, Mont.; Claudia Carr, S'ock- ton; B. P. Greeminger, San Fran cisco; o. A. Gordon, Los Angeles; C. J. Pugh, Falls City. BLIG1I J: W. Watson, W. F. Repke, J. Scheunk, E. C. Boaz, R. A. Bartley. L. K. Nichols, H. A. Hitt, W. W. Call. L. M. Flint. Portland; II. M. Wilkins. Vacoma; II. A. Budlong, M'll Crt; D. J. Wright, Spirit Lake, Ida.; 'C. L. Licollen, Alsea; M. Porter. Jesse Porter, Corvallis; E. P. Johnson, Eugene. E State Board of Vocational Education Offers Salem Good Opportunity The state board for vocational education is offering to Salem mechanics a trade extension course in the study of auto me chanics and gas engine repairing. This extension work is arranged on the group system, each group to consist of from eight to 12 men as may be arranged by the instructor. The instruction to be given will cover 12 lessons on the study of automobile mechanism and will include the theory of gas engines as well as the repair of autos and tractors. Mr. A. R. Nichols, supervisor of trades, of the state board for vocational education has arrang ed with Mr. Thos. S. Watts of the Liberty garare on Ferry street to take charge of the formation and Instruction of the classes. Mr Watts has sprcial training as an electrical worker su auto me chanic and has had, in addition, special preparation which will enable him to handle such classes successfully. " The cost to each person enroll ing will be very moderate, as one half of the compensation of the instructor is paid out of fed-eral funds at the disposal of the state board. Persons interested in securing special Instruction along this lineJ are requested to call on Mr. Watts at the 7 Liberty garage or confer with E. E. Elliott, director, at room lOJ'at.the state house. A meeting will be held at this gar-ae.on.- Friday evening- -of this wecfe : to arrange the details ot this conns. MECHANICS m 1 INDIAN 137 YEARS OLD DIES OF PNEUMONIA (Continued from page 1) the Minnesota reservation that he was "the oldest living person in the world." Any attH- Good Enough Ga-be-nah-gewn-wonce was also known as Waa-ba-gunta, and would even answer to plain John Smtih. According to the bureau of Indian affairs, he was fire maker of the once powerful Black Feet tribe. His declining dav:. ! were spent on the north bank ot Mud lake, 12 miles from the vil lage of Ball Club. Minnesota, where he lived in a hut of birch bark. He outlived several wives, and when long past the century mark he was still young enpit;h to woo another. His once powerful frame i J slowly wasted, his hair turned pure white, and his face became seamed like a walrus hide but his step was still sprightly and ha never stepped from his hut with out humming some tune. His unusual fondness for music wa one of his peculiarities. Often he walked the 12 miles to Ball Club to hear a piano or violin, his fa vorite musical instruments. When a rag-time air was struck up the old lad-an would smile broadly. his black beady eyes would spar kle, and he would lift his shoul ders and snap his finders in real cabaret style. M-.-inory Useful to Historian- Historians made use of the In dian's remarkable memory to cor roborate stories of the Indian fights, some of them back as lar as 1S00. Smith was often able to give the year, mouth, and some times the day of Ind'an hap penings that had been lost track of. One event in his early life which the aged Indian related in detail and which he declared is imprinted even more firmly iu his memory than important hap penings of the last few years, is a massacre by the Sioux Indiana in Minnesota near the present sites of tha Twin Cities. The massacre resulted from an effort by a missionary, known to the In dians as Pah-de-gree,. to effect a conciliation between the Sioux and Chippewas. Many hundred of the latter were slain. Smith says be wa3 but 10 years old at that time. No Use f or -Chairs The "falling of the stars," the shower of meteors that occurred in 1833, he recalled minutely. He was about 40 years old at that time. In a recent Interview Smith said, through an interpreter, that 40 years ago he could speak Eng lish quite fluently, but that in recent years since his mind be came less active, the language almost deserting him. Indian customs, closely follow ed, he considered the big factor in extending life so long. His oldest acquaintances never recall having seen him sit In a chair or lie in a bed. He was just as much opposed to many other customs of the whites, for he contended that they were contrary to the laws of nature. ABRAMS TO COMMAND NEW DIVISIONAL UNIT (Continued from page 1) serve upon his discharge from the service at the end of the war. He went overseas as lieutenant colonel of the Oregon regiment, the 162nd infantry, and was pro moted to colonel in Fraiuo in May. 1919. He has just completed the or ganization of the thre battalions of his regiment, the headquarters of two of them being in Portland and the third in Baker. He yes- r Bouffante Taffeta Dresses For Spring Each As Pretty As a Picture! And such a variety of individual styles as they present! If you are as slim as a willow branch, there are taffeta frocks that emphasize every graveful line of your figure. And if you are of a heavier build, there are dresses of crepe that will impart the desirable lines of slenderness to yoa that you need. . Navy blue seems to be the favored color for the majority of dresses, but we have several in a deep shade that are wonderfully striking and you can hardly imagine just what these frocks are like until you drop in and pay them an afternoon call! Buy With The "Pay As You Go" Plan! Poploar Prices Quality Merchandise terday issued special order No. 1. assigning to -duty those officers who have so far been assigned to the 2Slst infantry and have re ported for duty. The order reads as follows: 1. Major Clarence Roland Hotchkiss, 3$lt infantry, having been assigned to th? 381st infan try, per paragraph IS, special or ders No. 292. headquarters ninth corps area, December 15, 1111, is assigned to headquarters first battalion. 38 1st infant: y, as com manding officer. 2. Major Loren Anderson Bow. man. 381st infantry, having been assigned to the 3Slst infantry, per paragraph 16. special orders No. 292, headquarters ninth corps area, December 15, 1921. Is as signed to headquarters second battalion. "Slst infantry, as com- manding ofiicer. 3. Major Frank Cleveland Mc Colloch. 3 1st infantry, having been assigned to the 3Slst nifan try. p?r panpraph 7, special or ders No. 30',. headquarters ninth corps area. Oeiber 31. 1921, Is assigned to headquarters third battalion. SSlst infantry, as com manding officer. 4. Th following named offi cers of the officers' reserve corps, having been aSsign?d to the 381st infnnfT'V tas r.ori trtofh A antfs , 5a, 0de N beadquarters ninth corps area. January 9. 1922, are assigned to organizations and duties with the regiment as follows-. Company I: Second lieutenant, John Corson Blacker. Company K: Captain, Robert Merwln Duncan. Company 1: First lieutenant. Anrold Leland Cralapp. Company M: Second lieuten ant, Sprague Hanna Carter. Headquarters Third battalion: Second lieutenant. Roy William Cook, adjutant. CARLE ABRAMiS.O Commanding. POSTPONEMENT ASKED LONDON. Feb. 8 According to th -Westminster Gazette the British government has received a note from the French govern ment making strong representa tions "that the Genoa economic conference should be 3 postponed three months. -fTf Statesman (MnftnirtArt Art" LADD & BUSH, BANKERS Established 1868 - General Banking Buslneu Office Honrs from 10 ft. m. to S p. m. NO MORE BARK After a Few Doses of Schaefer's Throat and Lung Balsam Why stay on nerves' edge continually with that hack ing cough when Schaefer's Remedy will remove the trouble? Sold in three sizes. Schaefer's Drug Store Sole Agent Garden Court Preparations 135 North Commercial St. Phone 197 Haynes of Multnomah : Running for Legislature 11. H. Haynes of Portland Mon day riled with the secretary ot Mate his decision as a candidate for the Republican nomination for representative In the legisla ture from Multnomah county. His slogan lsrr "Economy ad progress. A Portland manufac turer for the legislature." His platform reads as follows: "Advocate that ta the expendi ture of public money the need tor economy and retrenchment, the development of a greater Oreron. and the bringing to the state more industries. I am opposed to wholesale lawmaking and freak legislation." ItiK Rill Fairbanks : "Western . AdvetiturtT" Joe Brady Alias Shadow (In person) cy o GO wMHMH wmmMmmm mm: t,msji m Stunning , Crepe Dresses For Spring 25c re