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mms ""MM Children oniVay to Sunday ''. School Lu red Away by y Persuasive; Stranger M Two little girts, 8 and 9 years n!d, are today recovering from an attack made uptra them by a por . wrL Toe crime occured Sunday morning, the grils being lured to ; tiushTs.. pasture, , on Mission near ouffa-GeUage streets. One of the RlrJb sustained eerious external C i"Jtirtes;;htIe..JtJe. other ii not - much" harmed, It Is reported. All members "of the Saleu po lice department and of the Alar :Hin county sheriff's office hare been '-working on the case, but . little progress "Is reported because v of the" very, Jneagre descriptions given of the assailant. ' The little girls; are members of ' two' prominent families In Salem, " snd had 'been permitted to make Th:ben.irall('toi the Tltbt Mth oilist Sunday school without es ' t.rt. ;! Near State and Church streets they were accosted by a man who Is ' described as being about 30 N years old, and who was attired In long overcoat, a brown or dark hat and black shoes. -?l "Are ypu little girls going to Sunday school?"; he is said to have asked. Upon receiving an affirmative SASH AND DOORS .1143 lint 8onih, Soattl. - 'Xarcxt mill la th wnl tattlnc dlr4 to the msr. 'Iiill7M alt idd)mn , profits. , ' - " t0" wld br 25" kith. 80e. A dotra difforoat siaoa la stock for prompt ship m. ' - CMckaa Bnm IkyUgliU t" fcy 40". Prlc gUied 3. Tbii I tho alio weoia mended by W titers WUhiactoa Exparmtat SUtioa. Ordari fMt4.oUy.;-' -- 1- , Ttt Doors . . .. . - ' TlTo'eroaa paaat doors, t iaot ' la. dt t tt tache, ft each 2.92 On paaat tfttora, at iack , ",q... ... . 43.67 Koaer rkaorfully refnadad if Dot t Ufied. Writa for freo illoatrated rataloc M0.-8. Contalna fcelDfnl alau for r modaling tho old bom or planning taa saw oaa. " ,'-- 0.B? WILLIAMS ata&lia 190 . answer the stranger told the chil dren, they said, that 'hl little daughter wanted to go to SusH day school" and that If they would take her to the school., he, would provide a bag" of candy for them. The stranger's talk won them over. If is related, and they ac companied him to South Church street, near the blind school. The pervert then by threats compelled them to accompany him to Bush's pasture, where the assault occurred.- Various reports to the effect that each of the girls had suffered serious injury were discounted by authoritative sources yesterday. Une of the grls escaped physical injury, while the injuries of the o! her necessitated her removal to a hospital, where a minor opera tion was performed and first aid rendered. Information that would provide a better description of the degen erate would greatly aid In the case,: police cfiicers said yester day, i . IUS OFFER FOB F Superintendent Hansett Says Warden Compton Is to Help Flax Industry Wishes He Had Known It Sooner "I only wish I h&d discovered roley's llouey and Tar 00 yoars ago. as I have been the victim of attacks of influenza and bad colds until I found this wonderful re lief, writes W." II.. Cray, 854 No wlta PI., Venfce, Cal. Foley's Honey and Tar helps coughs and colds, bronchial and la grippe coughs, tickling throat and hoarseness. It Is good for croup and whooping cough. Air. Gray adds; "Worth its weight iu gold.j Marvelously effective." Sold everywhere. Adv. Bingham Gives Decree 1 in Ohms-iyioore Case J 11 dee George G. Bingham de cided yesterday in favor of tho plaintiff in the suit brought by August H. Ohms against II. L Moore. The plaintiff alleged that: Moore had sold him. 103 acres timber for 'f 125 an acre. While it was claimed the land was only -worth $75 an acre. . In its "findings, the court de creed that the land was worth $125 an acre and that Moore had not pxiarejresented Its "value and that there was' still on the tract about 4,000 cords of timber. The court also found that the land; was fairly level timbered land,: and that the plaintiff had refused to pay stumpage, and had refused to insure the wood during the summer season, also that he had' allowed liens to be placed against the land and that he had not paid taxes. The order of the court ws that Ohm must pay Moors the sum of $1498, balance due and that if the amount was not paid, the plaintiff should be enjoined from asserting any title to the land. He wag also enjoined from romov ing fixtures of improvements on the land.. mm fA.' PfJ A BIG CASH PRIZE FIRST PRIZE $200.00 And Twenty-xeven Other Cash Prizes Totalling $300 r 1 2 1 3 A 5 j -6. i ' Rearrange the fignf ea in the. above square in such a manner that they will count ' 1 every way and eud Us your answer,, together wun your. nam e,, anq : arwress, , and it-it is correct, we will at once mall you t ull maa-liculars of one simple condition that you must ful fill, together -with air-iUuBtrated pri?o list. This condition is very asy aQd need hot cost you one cent of your own money It is mere ' ly a matter of securing two annual subscriptions ($1.00 each) to TITE PACiriC HOMESTEAD, the oldest and best weekly farm mag azine 'published 4n the Pacific NorthwesC. U " ' . ' HOW TO BEXD vOVK SOliUTlOX Use only one We, of . the pper that contains the solution, ad put year .name, and address on the upper right-hand corner. Three Independent Judges, haVing no connection with this firm, will award the prises, and the answer gaining 250 points will will take the llrst iu-ixe- ..Yon. will get 100 points for solving the puzzle. 40 wiU be awarded for general appearance;, style, spelling, punctu ation, etc., 10 points for .hand writing,, and 100 points tor fulfill ing the conditions of the contest. . ' i - ' . - - - The announcement of the prize winners and the correct solution will be printed at the close of the contest, and a copy mailed to eacb person sending in a solution. , ..A. ' r.-j . v . - . ' This splendid offer will only be good till March 31st, so send in your solution right away now to Puzzle Contest Editor, states man PuUishingco., Salem.' Oregon, i I and are now much improved are th Bundle, familr . who live in. the Sllverton hills; Mrs. J. P. Larsen, L, Meyer. Mrs. Levi .Goplerud. Mra:-0. J. Moe. Mrn. B Fiinroe. Mrs. Oscar Satern and Mrs. Anna Jensen. (The following communication will be of interest to tMs pople of the Salem district who are inter ested in the flax industry: STATE FLAX INDUSTRY SALEM, Or., March 4. 1922 Editor Statesman: Since last winter the market for flax fibres has been demoralized. In fact the same condition has prevailed with reference to all textile goods. For some time the Industry was so stagnant that we could not even get an offer for our products. It now sems that business is pick ing up along these lines, as we had an offer during the week past for four carloads of flax fibres trom a Belfast. Iieland, linen mill. Flax fibres are getting very scarce on account of the drouth in Bel gium, 'vhfch was the cause of a crop failure. In addition to that Russia is producing only a small percentage of what they raised be fore the war. Some i.eople are under the im pression that our state officials are doing their best to malce a failure of the flax industry in the state of Oregon. This is to be regretted, as I know positively that Warden Compton is very en thusa3tic in promoting the indus try, and Is doing all that he pos sibly can to aid the new company which has been started here. It is a fact that he bad a good mar ket for all the flax seed produced in the state flax industry by grinding it into stock food and was making a handsome profit by handling it in that manner, but In order to help the new company he stopped the grinding of seed into stock food and furnished seed to them for planting purposes nn der the market price. ,. Until the new company shall be well estab lished on a paying basis, l am sat isfied that the state officials will do all they can to help them get ntarted. In order to help in promoting the flax industry and aiding ev ery one interested he will con tract with those who have not Joined the new company to work the crop from a limited acreage and charge only for the actual cost of the labor to prove that there is money in raising flax in this stilt Any one interested may get fur ther information by calling on the superintendent -of the state flax industry at the state penitentiary Yours truly. E. J. HANSETT. Superintendent. PETITION FOR ELECTION 0 Districts Adjoining Wood- - burn May Not Ask for Vote on Union School I SHERIDAN NOTES SHERIDAN, Ore.. March 6. The Dorcas society postponed its regular meeting until March 15, as so many of Its members were ill. N. Mclntyre wa3 in Salem Fri day. Ernest Fuchs was doing busi ness in McMinnviUu Monday. Mrs. II. P. Karstens went to Albany Monday to attend the fu neral of her brother. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ivie, Mrs. LaRue and Mrs. Fred Bradley made a trip to Portland Friday. Ellery Townsend was a Clover- dale visitor the last of the week. Matt Hintgen of the Sheridan meat market, was a McMlnnrille visitor recently. J. v. Bewley is home from Pa cific City for a short time. Richard McCulloch. -Of Butte. Mont., a brother of Mrs. M. C. Hirsch. was called here by the death of his mother in Salem last week. The Women's Foreign Mission ary society will meet Tuesday aft ernoon. March 7, with Mrs. Mary Millard. "R. L. Eskridge, has be?n spend ing the week up on the highland, looking after the work at the Sky line Fruit farm. The third meeting for the year of the Yamhill Teachers' associa tion will be held in Sheridan on March 25 at 10 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd and Oran Wood, of Portland were week-end visitors at the home of E. F. Dack. Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Smith were in Salem the last of fhe week. Mrs. Naegelia, who was oper ated on some time ago, in a Sa lem hospital, returned to her home here Friday. Perie Mark left recently for Hood River to attend the funeral of Mrs. James Mark of that city. Homer Moore, the new manager of the Oregon Growers plant here has arrived in Sheridan, and his family will come later. The DeMoss musical entertain ers will appear at the Christian church Saturday evening, March 11. Mrs. Dick Ottinger is reported very ill. Lucile Driver is recovering from chicken pox. Margery Faulconer is a victim of the chicken pox. "Bud" Brown of McMinnville is visiting friends In town. Mrs. George Epley is on the sick list. I ....... .. ... . - , . ; f r .: ,M . s. ; , - . . . ... . i ' . FIRST PRIZE trtri I III 1 1 ; fl it i I r i II i I J i . t 'H j M I NEW CORPORATIONS M The- Crook bounty Cooperative Land association has been organ ized by George A. Holmes and 24 other citizens of -Prlneville, and articles of association were filed yoaterday at the offices of the state corporation j department. Membership in the organization costs $25 tor each member and there Is no capital stock. . Articles of incorporation were fllad by the Rfrerdale Water com pany of Bay -City, capitalized at $10,000. The incorporators are Claud Christensen, Warren Vaughn and Henry Landolt. Notification of increase in cap italization from $500 to $10,000 was .filed with the department by the Rubber Products company of Portland. FIGURE PUZZLE PRIZES $-200.00 In cash;;.. 1st prize 50.00 In cash I... 2nd prize 71600 In cash.,.. 3rd prize j 16.00- In cash. .. . 4th prize " C 2.J0 tn cash.,., 5th prize ' l.uO in cash....' 6tn priie 1.00 in cash.... 7th prize : 1.00 in caah. . . . Sth prize . 1.00 la cashw... $th prize 1 -1.06 in casiii 10th prize 1.00 In cash.,.. 11th prize 1.00 in cash.. ..12th prize 1.00 in ca&U.... 13th prize 1.00 in cash... 14th prUze . s. 1.00 In cash. .. .1 6th prize 1.00 ia cash.... 16th prize 1.00 .14 cash.. .l?th prize f 1-00 14 cash.'. . . 18th prizes .1.00 in cash .... 19 th prize . 1.00 In cash,... 20th prize 1.00 in cash....2ist prize 1.00 in cash.. . .2 2nd prize 1.00 in cash.... 23rd prize 1.00 In cash. ,. ,24th prize 1.00 in cash. .'..25th prize 1.00 in cash. .. .26th prize 1,00 in cash.... 27th prize 1.00 in cash. . . .28th prize TOTAL $300.00 CASH ! ,- . - .- Only two annual subscrip tions to THE PACIFIC HOME STEAD are required to com pletely qualify your entry In the j Puzzle Competition. EFERYTHIIIG TP GAIN-NOTHING TO LOSE Now that the voters of Wood burn have expressed themselves in favor of a union high, school district by offering to the propos ed district the Woodburn high school property free of debt, the next step is up to the legal voters of the adjoining districts. According to the Oregon school law, one-third of the legal voters of each school district near wood burn that .aTe interested in the union high school must sign a pe tition to be presented to the dis trict boundary board of the coun ty. .-. .- .' . When this Is done the district boundary board may order an el ection, naming a date when ' the vote is to be taken. Any district that goes into the election and petitions must abide by" the final result. v; ; When the election in' all dis- dicts concerned is held the sealed returns are. sent to the .'district boundary, -board, .which shall op en the sealed packages and can vass the votes, ., The state law on union high school elections Is a follows: "If. the board shall determine that a majority of all votes cast on the high school subject Is in favor of uniting such districts for high school purposes, provLdad. however, that the majority of all rotes cast in a majority of dis tricts shall be in favor of such proposition, then said board shall declare such union high school district regularly organized and shall .immediately notify the res pective school boards concerned of the result and declare tbe ter ritory comprising such district to be union high school. "If the district boundary board shall determine that a majority of all votes cast or a majority of the votes cast in a majority of the districts Is not in favor of uniting said districts for high school pox poses, then said board shall Im mediately notify the respective school boards concerned that -the proposition Is defeated." 1 - , Joint Recital Will Be Given at Willamette Influenza Epidemic at Silverton Decreasing SILVERTON. Ore.. March 6. ' (Special to The Statesman) The Influenza epidemic which hit Silverton rather hard is sala to now be on the wane. It is report ed that this WOek-end shows a de cided decrease in cases over the middle of last -week. Many. of inose wno were hardest hit are now on jthe ..way to.jtoclverr. -Al though there are soma new cases reported It U said that -these are not as severe as were those in tho beginning of the siege. The public speaking depart ment, under the direction of Miss Ninna Harding, and the music de partment Of Willamette university will give a' joint recital tonight at the chapel in Waller hall. A pro gram of varied character will be given, consisting of readings, so los and a play. - The play, "The Consuming Flame," was written by Miss Harding. This is only one of a number of plays Miss Harding haJ produced, bhe is gaining a rept utation among producers for the quality of her plays and manuscript. It may be that the sea is be coming more Salty, aa scientists claim, but there are a lot of fresh things" at the beaches dnring the summer season. Where they hi bernate during the off-season has always been a mystery. Mild DM WITH SAGE TED If Mixed With Sulphur It Darkens ! - So-A alar ally Xobody Can Tell The old-time mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur for darkening gray, streaked and faded .hair is grandmother's recipe, and folk are again using ' it to keep their hair a good, 'even color, which is quite sensible, as we are living in an -age when a youthful appear ance is, of the greatest advantage. Nowadays, though, we. don't have the troublesome task of gathering the sage and the mussy mixing ' at - home. AH drug stores sell the ready-to-use prod uct,. Improved by the addition of other ingredients, called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound." It is" tery popular, because nobody can discover It has been applied. Simply moisten" your comb or a soft brush with it. and draw this through your , hair, taking one small strand at .a time; by morn ing the- gray hair disappears, but what eHghl ,s ,the ladies with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com- J pound is. that, hesidas .beautifully iiaraening me nair alter a few ap-plications,- U aW produces that soft lustre and appearance of abundance which is so attractive. f;;-.'--4, it: y 14 f v LOUIS B. HERSHBERGER Hubbard, Oregon Winner of first prize pony "Jack Frost" Harness and Buggy- Pony "Jack Frost," harness and buggy won by Louis B. Hershberger, Hub bard, Oregon. SECOND PRIZE Pony "Duke," harness and buggy won by Henry Klossen, 645, Ferry street, Salem. THIRD PRIZE Pony "Tom Thumb," harness and cart -won by Harold Woods, Sheridan, Oregon. FOURTH PRIZE Pony "Dolly Gray," saddle and bridle won by Cecil Paul, 905 North ,22nd street, Salem. CECIL PAUL 905 North 22nd Street 1 1 Winner of fourth prize "Dolly Gray, saddle and bridle, i j Final Stcinding of the Pony Contestants Louis B. Hershberger, Hubbard, Oregon .... 15,913,850 Henry Klossen, 645 Ferry St, Salem, Oregon ... . ... ......I: : -..13,375265 Harold Woods, Sheridan, Oregon 6,865,300 Cecil Paul, 905 North 22nd St., Salem, Oregon .5,561,905 '.tf j! Kenneth Keuscher, 1263 N. Church St., Salem S, 334, 550 Raymond Hogan. R.P.D. No. 2, Corning, Calif 3.702,400 Dwight Lear, 1293 N. 20th St., Salem 3,101.050 Chas. Chittick, 111 Chemeketa Ct., Salem 3.007.750 Kenneth Loritz, Independence, Oregon 2,996,300 Eleanor Wright, 698 N. High St., Salem 2,797,300 RoyiFults. 1749 N. Front St.. Salem 2,557,550 Alfred Davis. Woodburn. Oregon 1,820.450 IeRoy Reistad, 415 E. Main St., Silverton ' 1,530,200 Harland Taylor, 1118 Cherry, Dallas, Oregon 1,515.000 Earl F. Wherry, 755 Ferry, Salem 1.224.700 Otto Kleen, 1465 S. Church St., Salem. 1,207,200 Wm. Trindel, R. 3, Salem, Oregon 1,040,900 Arthur Cooper, R.F.D. No. 1, Bx 75, Ashland 1.047,600 Connell Ward, 1487 N. Broadway. Salem 1,030,800 Alfred Johnson. 311 W. Main St.. Silverton, Ore 1.014.600 Andrew Drysdale, Alt. Angel. Oregon 968,450 Hamlin Wilson, 293 N. Cottage St., Salem 9 59,150 Everett Battles, R. 3, Bx 101, Salem, Oregon 916350 Herbert Hart, Gervais, Oregon ". . . . 705,000 Wallace Newman, Independence, Oregon 664,850 Hilmer Sovelin. Silverton 639,700 Edward Wachter, Mill City, Oregon. 371.200 John Nathmanr. 1070 Leslie St., Salem 546.600 Richard Thomas, 440 Center St., Salem 546,100 Hollis L. Bones, Turner, Oregon 543,850 Oscar Olson, 332 Mill St., Silverton. 537,700 Hugh Ward, 1487 N. Broadway, Salem 529.700 Alva Bartges, 1629 A St., Salem.....,, 485.800 Geo. Koehler, 1750 State St., Salem Clarence Osterman, 1140 Court St., Salem ...... C. Aldelbert Evans, Humptullpn. Wash . . Oscar Ramsdell, R. 1, Dallas, Oregon Raymond, Hedlund. 1341 McCoy St., Salem Carroll Kiser, R. 9, Bx. 38, Salem ........... . . . Norman Phillips, 1305 Highland, Salem Clarence Williamson, Bx. 103, Newberg, Oregon. Richard Lyon, Stayton. Oregon Curtis Tennis, 806 Levens. DaUas, Oregon ........ John Neuenschwander, 336 N. High St., Salem.. Rose Folger. 447 Center St., Salem McCarey, George, 35th Sc Com'!, Anaconles, Wash. Ruth Scott, 467 N. 21st St., Salem Cora Galloway, Stayton, Oregon Ivan Pearsall, 2395 Maple Avenue, Salem' Clarence Howton, 2309 Mill St., Salem Hubert Utter, 244 N. 12th St;, Salem, Oregon.... E. Burnside, R. 4, Bx. 15, Salem, Oregon.. Annie Plett, 108 Main St., Dallas, Oregon. Virgil RobertH, 1935 S. Cottage St.; Salem, Oregon Gordon Plant, Lyle & Court Sts., Dallas Oregon V t8.500 Floyd Purdy.-1660-Waller St., Salem ;r .''i . t,f,.:28,000 , James Foster, 133s Madison St., SSalem,-Oregon.. 27,000. Shirley Anderson, Silverton, Oregon .., . s-t ;.. 22,900 Pauline Orey, 804 N. 17th St., Salem. Oregon .'..f 18,400 ; Isabel George, 362 State St., Salem. Oregwa. .v. ,17i700.' Daniel Pfefferle, Takilma, Oregon ..... .. v.v -17,000 Billle Bache, 298 N. 23rd St., Balem . . 11 Vi-Vj'' ; ' 17.000. 'Am ov., 492,000 479.450 .424.500 . 382,600 343.100 342,000 ' 318,000 277,000 262,400 240,500 222.200 210,700 V. 210.000 113.200 99,000 92,00 , 85.000 73,000 73.000 68.000 63.000 THANKS Many pony contestants have ex pressed the deaire that we thank their friends who cooperated with them by giving them substantial subscriptions and assisting them in their campaign for voles. Without these friends the campaign would not have been the success it was. We trust that the winners of the var ious awards will enjoy them to the utmost; that they will be a satisfac tion and pleasure to, them for many a day. 'STATESMAN PROUD OF COOPER ATION The Statesman is proud of the hearty cooperation that has been given in carrying the campaign to the highest pinacle .of success that has ever been attained by a similar enterprise in this state. Fairness to everybody was a big factor In this success. All members were on an equal basis and the ultimate winners achieved their victory through hav ing put forth the best efforts. Hus tle along waB the winning quality. A great many new readers have Joined the circle of the Statesman family. The object of this campaign was to increase its number of of sub scribers and this object was achiev ed beyond expectations. Moreover the campaign acted as a spur to am bition and proved a valuable experi ence to all who took part in it. PONY CONTEST After an exciting and sensational finish the Statesman Shetland pony contest came to a close on Saturday February 25th. The ability demonstrated by these little candidates was nothing short of marvellous. The finish made by the prize winners was most brilliant and exceptional. The final efforts determined the prize winners. We say that this is a most excep toinal contest and contestants who would have won a pony in an ordin ary contest were outclassed by con testants of superb ability. These contestants who were thua .outclas sed will, no doubt, throw up their hats and cheer for the winner, real ising full well that the pony candi dates who have the abliity to surpass their own splendid efforts are truly entitled to all the praise it is pos sible to bestow on them. These pony candidates who have put forth such splendid efforts but who failed to win a prize are going to have their names entered on the Pony Club Honor Roll. THE PONY CLUB - HONOR ROLL Kenneth Keuscher. 1263 N. Church St., Salem, Oregon. ." . Raymond Hogan, R.r.D. No: 2, Cor ning, Calif. r Dwight Lear, 1293 N. 20th St.. Sa lem, Oregon. ' .,: ;;' Charles Chittick. Ill Chemeketa St, Salem, Oregon. Kenneth Lortiz, Independence Ore, Eleanor Wright, 698 N. High St.. Salem, Oregon. . Roy Fults, 1749 N. Front St., Salem; Oregon. . Alfred Davis, Woodburn, Oregon. LeRoy Reistad. 415 E. Main SU Sil verton, Oregon. , ; Harland Taylor, 1118 Cherry. St., Dallas, Oregon. Earl F. Wherry, 755,Feri7, Salem. Arthur Cooper. R.F.D. No. 1, Bx. 76. Ashland, Oregon. .. . Wm. Trindell, R. Z, Salem, Oregon. Connell Ward, 1487 N. Broadway -St., Salem, Oregon. Alfred Johnson. 311 ,W. Main St, Silverton, Oregon. Andrew Drysdale, Mf Angel, Oregon Statesman Publishing Gonipany , 1J 5 . -' A Among those who Jure been ill AdT, '- ' - ' i -II T. r . . -5 r 1