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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1922)
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON ' , SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1922 aniWKDFCK F. mm J FORMER Ml Mill He Meets Old Timers of the Capital City as He Goes About in His Travels in Washington, British Cokim ' bia and Elsewhere, and He Finds Them Always Talk " ing About the Old Home Town and Couching Their Language , in loving and Complimentary Terms. 4,Ai I Ramble," Is ' the way Carle P. .William heads a letter Uat promises to be an interesting series f letter to The statesman, Mr. Wllllaoia is la the employ of Charles H. Lilly Co., Seattle, and his home H in, that city. Follow ing is the;letwr;);i. v ' tr T- l. I AiBst a been -born nnder a travelling star-nnyway I've ;done my share of It.khd as I grow old er the amount of Journeying 1 ant called upon to dogrows greater. And I Wk itv?:1,.:-:- I-.- i '-:.- ; ": The world Is small. No one can start ont and journey . for flte days without, meeting some one they know. I believe that. Un less, of course, he Js trying to hide himself. . . , . . time, has a coal mine north of 1 Nome. His headquarters are In Portland. And speaking about the 'Dale hotel. 1 stop hete largely fee cause it Is owned and operated by A. HugW, who' formerly owned the Modern Cleaning parlors In Salem. Hngill is just coining money; drives a big car and be and family look fine. He is In terested In the Palm cafe, ad joining the hotel, and it Is recog nized as the best place to eat be tween Portland and Seattle, not ! tarring 'any of the "swell places." W e travelers find that most of t the "swell- joints have little to! recommend them, other than the "swell" prices the eats are very much lacking. . t A few weeks ago I was In B. C. on Dutiness ana as r. turned my I car across the line, right at the ! U. S. customs, located at Somas, I was halted by a tall, well dressed young fellow. knew 'the face. but oh! those names -after ten j years I simply cannot recall them! TROTZKY "REVIEWS RED TROOPS IN MOSCOW.- . . . . . The number of folks I meet. here, there and most everywhere whom I know -well, or whom I once knew somewhere, Is realty surprising-, even to me, and Ive been meeting 'em, these surprises, for years, .'. ;Tak today; -for Instance, to Centraliar 'I.a sitUng in the Dale hotel reading the last Ar gosy when I happened to look op and looked rizht into the face Of Louis Stringer, .knew my And he could not remember mine, f,i'. r " 1 r. I - 1 . - , . a'. 'XX. i jfjf- " , a 7. - , , , - -" " t k n ri ; -I - - 7"fr r ' -v -5 r-f - .'i v- v. " ' S il :tr 4 -'ATI' v: - i . I - -4 i face but not tny ngme--and it was the same with me.. kHe steiped In and we exchanged "old-time tales. '' Louis wan a Capital Busi- (ViUece student when I at tended there, 1 years ago. He married Vjss Moths. Louis has been in Nome" a great iart of the ' (Pi I , x Asd Preserver Slots lor Men -- tMhmUttwmr, I I n r? r-m n", t n rr.- ManLook at Your Shots li I ANY men who have always sup- Iva posed U Impoaalble to, find stvlkh shoe that would fit tbeos perfectly, are now wearing these lutmdiomt, comfortable, long-lasting aheae are biog better fitted than the majority of so-called easily-fitted men tvtrwtr in the ordinary types oci In word ' - They Kttp Good Foct Good.' ' - ; souh , .. Salem Woolen Mill Stone C. P. Bishop, Prop. We bad font sport trying to" out guess each other. He was none other IJhan Cajlvln Andrews, youth who attended Willamette university and carried papers for The Statesman at one time. When be had the paper route he knew me, as I was also drawing money from the same business house. He wanted to know if I was after "booze," but I tried to convince him I had other business -don't believe he was thoroughly con vinced, however. - - V,- e e I. While I am writing about Cen tralis, let me say to Brother Elks that no member should drive through Chehalis or Centralia, or Olympla, either, for that matter, wunout stepping root . onto our homes at these, places. With, due respect to other "homes" , which I visit on my Journey, I will say that Centralia has the "iivest" (always excepting Seattle with its 700 members) organization In mis siaie. ion may atop ror a few minutes and meet a lot of fine fellows most any time, and you'll feel welcome, too! A radio receiving set will give m the news and a musical concert if you oo not reel inclined to touch up the big electric vlctrola, or ham mer but a few points at billiards or poolA Dont forget,. when you motor to Seattle. - At the present time ' I expect my brother-in-law and sister to motor mrougn nere most am hour. Mr. and Mrs. M. p. Denaia That Leon Trotzky. dictator of Soviet .Russia, will seek to recover Poland In order to gala prestige. la predicted In a special cable to the New -York Herald from Moscow. This picture, taken- at Red square. In Moscow, shows Trotzky returning the salute of the Red Guards, who Hae the. street, aa he passes on his way to his headquarters. N ' T ' thlak?. Sort ot. getting ; money i under false pretenses, or some ! such ! And knowing Sherrill as I do.'m ur he. wouldn't think of doing that, so i must, out of pro- tec 11 an for and consideration of Sherrill, withhold payment! ' Well, wetiid aav"a wild ride . a good time and a lot of fun out of his fast driving on those wicked roads. J Honest to Mike, there were places where that bass would have turned turtle fourteen hundred "nine and. halt times if the little bird had gone over the bank. . But through some good fortune (it just couldn't hare been good: judgment), we stuck on' the road -or what was intend ed" to be'a road and arrived at the hotel in time for a feed stopping, by the way. at a farm house where he picked up another policy just . ats easy as picking roses oil a bush.only minus the thorns. 1 never thought much of the Insurance game until saw him rake In the shekels; ret he couldn't do it wifoout his most original methods of selling! Sherrill looks fine; li aa big as ever; always carries his smile and thinks a lot of his wife and family and he has SOME tam y. -C. T. WUIIamv explained that he was formerly a flame of hers! I wink my eye to yon, folks when I .say that somehow it is almost out of the question tor a fellow to rise to the occasion and be a jolly good fellow and really himself when he Is presented to a handsome young fellow under these circum stances! Ever been there? QuHe naturally I watch the election returns from Oregon and SaJem. I would not let prou know how I stand on this ques tion, for I am in another state and mar, some day, want to re turn to Oregon and clean up on come of. these, politicians who seem to have everything tneir own way in Oregon. Don't you know 1 wouldn't mind being gov-. ernor of Oregon myself some time yon need not laugh would you mind it? What a fellow would like and what he gets are two separate and distinct things ask the defeated candidates! . I often think of the joke that always played up and - down the Willamette valley about Salem's water supply. In ray travels of the last 18 years I have visited a few hundreds of cities and towns I'd say above the number that the average man hits in his life time, and I am here to say that Salem has as good water as three- D tryoir Mm 'And Dryer Stoves We are well equipped to make fruit dryer pipe and can ; ;;m v -rv Save You Money Our workmanship is FIRST CLASS Our Prices Are Right ' F H B 47fv. 803 N. Liberty Phone 104SM bave (been In Salem on a business fourths of the places I stop at trip ana are aue back fa Seattle Ijiow that may not be a compli this week. They were to spend ment to the Salem water, for t Monday and Tuesday visiting Mr. remember it was a warm drlntf and Mrs. Amos Pin met" (Mrs ' in enmrnor "hnt t 1opa ITA tr show Fiumer was formerly Ella Wil liams, my niece), and I wired them this morning to be sare and look me up at the Dale when they drove through. BackEast Round-Trip Fares Lowest Years Daily Slay 25 to August 31 . ..: By The .. . ! ", OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY ; ""And Direct Connections : ; . . Return- Limit, October 31 ; j : Choice of Routes and Liberal Stop-over arrangements on going and return trip Round Trip Fares from Salem: Aflasta -BtUimore , Bottom Bnffai Char lea ton Chieace Cincinaatl Clrreland . DnTer Des Malaaa . Detroit . Indianapolla Kanaaa City ' .$11.S0 i 14S.65 160.40 182.70 mi 1S7.40 . 88.05 . 108.85 . 110.85 e.os mm. 19.10 . 107.T0 .101.80 m. T4.0 LealiYffie Krmphia , Milwsaka Minneapolis . NaaliTUTa Nnr Orleana Terk . Omaha PkHadalphia Pituborta 8U Inia mm. St. PaU . Toronto .$103.85 . 94.10 . 86.90 74.05 1035 109.05 . 149.45 74.05 147.00 121.8S 88.55 - ;T4.05 Washington. '..$143.65 Pronortional fares to certain other cities In the East, and fares one way via California will be supplied on1 "r,:':-;- -: request o ; ., Sleeping car arrangements made, baggage checked and tickets issued through from Salem. Train, schedules and other details will be furnisnea giacuy. - , ' OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY J: W. RITCHIE, AGENT, SALEil ORE.. - ' A while back I met a real es tate dealer in West Seattle, and learning that . his name was Hughes, I asked if he was ever In Salem. He said "Sure I was." He had a lot to say about Salem, and it was all complimentary. In referring to "Bob" Hendricks Of The Statesman, he said: "There's a fine man the certainly has done me a lot of favors." I wonder how many folks re member the dark complexloned man who was recognized aa a man I who turned out photographs de luxe (Richard Iiwenfeldt) who had his headquarters with Patton brothers for so long. He had the reputation of being the best pho tographer in the -country (with aue respect to all others in Sa lem), and it was said he could drink more coffee than any other person in that neck of the woods the White . House restaurant supplied him with from 11 to 17 cups of coffee daily! And that's the truth. I met him in Tacoma recently. During the war he was an official U. S. photographer. . How many remember BIHie Young, who used to cast so many broad and winning smiles across the J. L. Stockton counters in the good old days? He is "on the road" for a New York house. making only the large towns, such as Seattle, Portland, Oakland. Frisco, etc. He looks fine and is the same old "good scout" as of old. -And for the same firm as Billie works also travels our friend of Saturday Evening Post fame "Shorty" Houston, son of . who was S. P. -freight agent in Salem for years. My wife and were sitting in The Hollywood, Seattle, enjoying a plate or two of ice cream (all their products originally came from the famous Hollywood "herd of Holsteins), when across the floor walked swell dressed, graceful youth and lo! , and behold -it was young Houston. It does beat two of kind how Salemites enjoy meet ing again after - a long absence from -the -home town we Just enjoyed our visit tine, and leafraed all about our old friend H. B. and Jimmy Boggs and a lot o others. ! - f By the by. one time while sitt ing In nearly the same seats in the Hellywood. some handsome young-blood walked, ver and in trdduced himself to my wife and of course. Incidentally I was pre- that there are ctber towns where people look upon the water sup ply as inefficient and not what it chouid be. ' 1 know this a city's water supply, if good and plenti ful, is the b!t advertisement a torn can have no exception: The, Statesman force, especially. Mr. Abrams and Mr. Stone. might be interested to hear that The Oregon Statesman is the first paper read in our Seattle home, The news of Marion county is followed just as though we were there to vote, complain or en joy. It does beat all how a man will hold to his old home town and the Intimate friends of bis younger days, snoum l amore across any more Saleimtes, will drop you a line or three. I pre sume Salemites are no worse than other folks to "shag". around the country, but they cer tainly do their share I'll say It in English! j'.att'aV the stairs until, a voice that I've heard many times in Salem, in The Statesman office, on the gym floor and on some of the best fishing streams in Oregon said: What's your hurrj, " Klaky?" There's only one gent in the world who ever called me "Kinky" and wby he labelled me that. even he doesn't know. I haren't but one curl, and that was made permanent years ago when a girl forgot herself land the curling iron and burned my hair one af ternoon 4ut that's not even an excuse for the name. .Even. before I turned to look, i I said, "Sherrill Fleming! What the "hotel" (as Sam Vail always said when he wanted to swear po litely) are you doing here?" And I learned that he had been 20 miles up a mountain road to pome "woolley" town selling life Insurance. Well, we went to bed sometime, I forgot to note the time. I worked next day till noon and ,then we planned on having an afternoon together on a trout stream as of old. And we did. And we caught fish rhe caught two wonderful big fellows four and seven-pounders. And we had a real visit. ' But that isn't all the story. I have always believed in life insurance. Since that wild ' ride "back to Woodland I not only believe In it but .aoUisUy .dfraaniL, it crave. It! SherriUitalked; insurancp' air the way -ip nearly. : The while we , wer there he mentioned it, Intlmatm that 'it would be a geea raea to sign np before we started' back. I have about $12,- 000 worth now, which keeps me looking both ways from the equator for money to pay the an nual premiums with, so I could not warm up to a policy that would surely add to mr troubles. Well, we started home. And I hadnt signed up yet not yet! Sherrill drives , one of those new little Ovexlands. To look at It you would swear it would not go over 20 miles in two hours. Well, they may not be intended tq eater in the Tacoma races, but extensive - program -re- games. Stories and other diversions wlU be naed to aid the children In get ting the auMt out of their vaca tion at the bach. The intention of Miss Rice Is to.to so supervise. the children's play that they may do what they a oat want to do asd go whero they most desire to gor h perfect safety. - 4 Mlas Rice la a student Injthe physical education department of Oregon Agricultural college and has" made an extensive-studyot, supervised play for children, Jho success of supervised playv ihas been wldly -. recognized by parents as a, means of keeping children's miods occupied with' useful ma terial during the vacation hours. and it is anticipated that most parents going to the beaches will appreciate the opportunity of hav ing a chance to leave thetr -children in responsible hands where their health and safety will be as -.- , , m j- A. it tr you put Sherrill behind the wheel, fill tbe gas tank never mind tbe oil and water I'll take my chances (In a bet) that won t finish last, if tne'raceTourse is to follow a winding, rough. narrow, crooked, loose-gravelly, bridge-be-decked, mountain side. never-intended-to-be - covered -by auto, road; (strong on the. word road, or you wouldn't know it was one.) , , I said I would take-my chance in a bet , , But that's as far as I would go never again do I want to take my chances at his side! Not af ter dark and, I may as well say in the day time, either. After we bad covered five miles of this sort of road, at no, I can't .tell you the speed, for the cop might be listening. But it was too d ra fast for me! I said, "Sherrill, if yon wlU, or can, or think yon can, or wlU try to stop this dern, runaway, of f sprlng-of-a-Mercedes, I'll sign that Insurance paper you filled out only double the amount, for I feel sure some one is going to get it real soon!" Do you know that wild coyote was brought to a stop within eight inches from the time I mentioned policy! ! ! I signed as per agree ment. and here is what makes me bo confounded 6ore: I never had a safer ride from . that moment on! I had no need for Insurance after that; and since I left him and arrived home and have given the matter thought, I do not think I will ever pay the prem ium on that policy. For there was something crooked about his selling methods don't you Recreation Center Will Be Conducted at Seaside DALLAS. Ore., June 17. (Spe cial to The Statesman Miss Winona Rice of this city will leave within the next few days for Seaside where she will conduct a recreation center for children this summer during the season at the beach. Misa Rice Intends to conduct such a place where mothers can leave their, children, and have them property taken . care of. "An M E X 1 C O TBUK AMERICANISM BE- Slim rou to b properly lateraicd r4tag nin ia Utitiro. . Thm tidrtop4 ritfcrt f Mexico ara to Tilt mn& aa rarW aa t ' ahnoat pus bHf . The work ( de. veloaia toJt walla U ahaot ta Wis. Americana will d It. Enonmaaa MNBOivrelal ac tivity will follow. Every Aa eriraa Indonttr, wry Antario aa hamt, will ba afieetd. Toa iboQlil ba earractly in farnatf. - This Baraam Wilt answer without cbbik aay ia aairkts rofardfoK landa. titlva. ntiaca r . JBiaca opporton . itiea. . . , t A handnonw poster map of Vaxiad is lor a aoo4ara r-frne war- pent t any addr for He in utaniBa. MEXICO t DUC ATIOHAL BUBXAU 1302 Southwartara. tlf XtAXXiAS TSXAS Round Trip Fares -To Portland ''.V $2.45 Every Day Utnit . October 1 $2.05 Friday, Saturday. Sunday Limit 15 Days on tickets sold Friday' .and Saturday Tuesday on : those sold : Sunday.- Oregon Electric . Railway , These fares are available throughout the sumraejy, Portland:; Rose Festival June 20-23 Inclusive - Each' aay has a projratn of interest and pleasure. Daily trains for Portland leave Salem 7:15, 9:45, 11:15 a, m., 1:40, 4.00, 6S0 and. .7.50 p, m,. ;. Oregon Elecirk , Railway, J. Wa lUfchfe Agent Read the Classified Vftds. Service Is Our Slogan Whether its fire, burglary, theft, property damage, public liability, lifg r accident protection, we are here to give you the utmost of careful, efficient personal attention. - . . , ttnstiTanceThat,M Our Bvthittf9 SEAVEY-BELL INSURA1,CE GEf .Ct 412 Oregon Bldg. Phone 457 .U: '... mm A Wild Ride A few weeks ago business called me to tbe little, town of Woodland, Wash., a rich little town in a richer dairying district. After the day's work was finished, and a pretty little lady had serv ed me with a sumptuous dinner, wandered into the pallor nd among other literary gems 11 j lying on the table, noticed Zane Grevs latest book "To the -Last man." As novelists. Zane, Grey and Peter Bv Kyne are my favorites They put the Jaxs into their stor ies and a man doesn't have to read 17 pages to learn that the girl , has red hair, a trim iigure and a freckle on her nose;' of, that, the old home faced the east, had . a porch, and that' it was pretty well enclosed with climD- Ine vines. I started the book and at 11 o'clock fonnd myself alone in the lobby, reading like. mad. with a feeling that I really ought to have a machine gun. or any way a brace of ,44's for protec tion! It Is a wild tale At the very minute I noted the time a car stopped last outsiae the hotel. Now, it seems that nearly everyone who blows, into a hotel in a small town takes pick on me and .wants to tell me his troubles, or about what a nne trip they have bad, or some wild thing so as the car palled .up I sent a message to v my. -lower limbs that we ought to vacate and retire before we are kept up : till 1 or 2 G. M.. listenirfg to . soma K&lesman tell what a wonder hw is, or how um his luck is or- well. yoUjkhow'.how It is! -tt I got as far as the stairs (oth erwise known as the two-step ele vator) when ' the - door opened from tbe 'outside, and a lone hu man ' walked down the", ball to- eeated; and afterwards toe wifa irardi. me,- tut-l'kept,oia nj WEPGEW00B . : " ": " ! 't ' 'i . . ,a.-, r- Service . m 1 n uomDinat - ion Quality, Fuel Economy, THY ' - -4 -- - ;'.. 'Burns Wood, Coal or Gas The beauty of its liries, the permanence of its construction, the con venience ofits operation rail these 3plendid qualities combine to place this hew model absolutely in a class by itself. I The really new. refine ments the bright nickel trimmings it's easy to lceep clean enamel surfaces its double warming closets and hidden flue its expansive ga3 cooking top all corrananrjthe admiratioji of housewives who know the best m the efficient range This model may be had in blue or grey ; enamel or in plain black. ' 5 r ?i . ,'- . ! Let Us Demonstrate '. " .-V" ' ; . .f- ,.,1 The Following Are a Number of Specials for Monday and 'Tuesday Only 8 Our Prices Are Alw $20 Suit Cases. . 1 $10 Card .Tables, Extra Speeial $135 i v j 40 1b,- Cotton Mattress,. Special $535 $18.50 9x12 Congoleum Rugs now $135 a.--- $35 Thor Electric Electric Sweeper now $2730 $1 6.50 Steel : Beds, Special, 2 i in. Post, Seven 1-inch lljers $1035 .Boys Velocipedes Half Price it - 50 lb. Delight Tofttess Mattress ' : ' $293$ Draperies In Rose, Blue and Green, values to $1.25 '59c $3.48 Baby Baggies, priced.' front $M0arM!V $120 Wahuit ' Finished Dining Chairs, Blue Leather Seats $135 ! a , All; Refrigerators One-Quarter Oft Trade in Your Old Fur niture and "Stoves as Part Payment on New. G. S. ..HMObTON 1 KiriobD 'RinfvM - ; 340 Court Street" 7 1 r Trunks, Bags andSaiti -xaies a.t very low prices. 1 Buy now: for that, vaca--Uon trip. , " V .1