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SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1922
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America into Lausanne
Conference.
LAUNCHES SALLIES
AT MEN IN SENATE
Tiger Asserts Germany Arm
" ing With Russia and Tur
key Offers Proof,
BOSTON, Nov. 24. (By the
I Associated Press) His fighting
V blood up, the Tiger ,of Prance
V turned from the abstract to the
' specific today, answered hia crit
, Ipa at Washington with barbed
K phrases and declared that what
; he really came to America for was
, , to seek to draw the United States
into the conference at Lausanne,
. T; for the settement of the eastern
, crisis. J .
t : , Not Butting In .
" Speaking ' in Aremont temple
; before a fashionable audience Cle
V ; menceau said he had not intended
'. to tel Americans how to run their
own-business. .
"Bat they have asked me to
-go further,", he said, referring to
1 1 the assertions of senators at
. Washington that his addresses
f were too vague. "They also dared
m. T am reariv todav. in Boston.
. to to a little farther. I'l give you
not advice, but what Z think. It
lathe very simplest , thing in the
world.
5 , jj America Salvation ,
. "There Is at Laussane a con
ference where England and
France are supposed to agree with
Italy, which might meet with
-some difficulties. Let the Yan
- kee come and say, 'Good day, gen-
tlemen. is there a seat for, me?'
They will give him an arm chair
, ",- "Never were circumstances bet-
- -ter.j' Go there and you will meet
the ; eastern ' question which is
( troubling the word for the past
500 years. And you will do more
you will settle it, because you
l can do it; because the presence of
America in Europe again will tell
, the Germans that they won't go
farther than certain limits, and
h because everybody will under-
- , stand that there is a moral and
material power which is to take
possession of; the world, not for
domination but for freedom.
Sillies Warm
"Let my conclusion be this: Let
; us unite. Let us be good. Let
us be free." - '"!
' The aged war premier, looking
a trifle worn, but full of enthus
iasm spoke for more than an
i hour. , 1 . ''-' ' '
' Earlier in the day, he "had
granted his first American inter
lew, In .which ha answered caus
tically the criticisms levelled at
him and hia country in yesterday's
' debate on the senate floor at
, Washington. He. had paid spe-
. cial attention to Senators Hitch
cock and Borah, launching barbed
1 .sallies at both, some of which
were so hot that he later asked
that they be stricken out.
Much Accused
, He paid bis respects to them
again from the platform, without
however, using their names. And
his defense of himself and -of
.France against charges of ,'imitar
ism'"and "imperialIsm,, here were
couched in terms of reproach rath
er Chan in flerv sentences, s
"Today." he said, "I hear 1 am
tan imperialist because I have got
k a war budget of five Diinpns.aua
i that I am a militarist because the
"French have military service of
eighteen months.
1 "Wei, I hope if we are not too
i early surprised by a new. war that
j. this- time of military service an
! he nhnrrened. I hope that the
(Continued on Page 4)
THE WEATHER
OREGON Saturday' fair,
j Local Weather
(Friday)'
Maximum temperature, 43.
Minimum temperature, 28.
River, 2-10 foot above nor
u mal iereV; Falling. ,
RaintaU, 'noiia, : . !
Atmoapherei, partly cloudy.
Wind, south. ; "
TOTAL ASSESSMENT
VALUE FOR OREGON
IS GIVEN TO PUBLIC
The total property valuation, including both that equal
lzed by the county boards of
ity
state
Oregon
$11,305,036.72 less than last
020,804,197.10
FAMILY KILLED
LFIT
Authorities Believe Letter
from Indian Healer Justi
fies' Conclusion
LANCASTER, O., Nov. 24 (By
the Associated Press) Karackas
Red Wood, Circlevile "Indian
healer" who says he cures by
"thought and prayer," was ap
pealed to by Mrs. Florence Hen
derson who, with her husband
and four children, was found dead
in. their home here, in an effort
to rid serself of real and fancied
ills, it was revealed here today,
after a search of the Henderson
house. A letter from Red Wood,
dated September 1, offered to
cure Mrs. Henderson by the "Hin
doo occult absent method."
Declared Fanatic
This helps to substantiate the
theory officials are working on
now, they assert, that the woman
killed herself and family in a fit
of mental depression, brooding
over Imaginary ills.
As a further indication of the
motive 'of the tragedy, officials
declared a scrap box was found
with a notation in pencil on the
bottom reading "Ezekiel 16-6."
This reads: - "And when I passed
by thee and saw thee polluted in
thine own blood, I said unto thee,
thou must in thy blood live. Yea,
said unto thee, thou must in
thy blood live."
This would indicate, said offi
cials, religious fanaticism entering
into a mind brooding over phy
sical ills.
Bodies Being Examined
v Officials here are marking time
pending the resut of chemical
tests of the vital organs of the
adult Hendersons, being made at
Columbus by state chemists, and
the completion of other examina
tions.
TO
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State Executive and Wife
Leave for White Sulphur
Springs, W,.Va,
Governor and Mrs. Ben W.
Olcott left last night for White
Sulphur Springs, West Virginia,
where Governor Olcott will at
tend the national governor's con
ference. Mr. and Mrs! Olcott will visit
in Keithsburg, I1L, the governor's
old home, and will stop in New
York and In Washington D. C,
returning by Long Ueach, Cal.,
where they will visit with Gover
nor Olcott's father and mother;
, They expect to ; be gone frcm
Salem for 'more than a month.'
Court Says Governor Has
No Right to Change Date
OL.YMPIA, Wash., Nov. 24.
The governor -has no authority to
change the date of execution of
James E. Mahoney of Seattle, to
December 5 from December 1 to
await action of the United States
supreme court on an application
for a writ of error In Mahoney' s
conviction of the murder of his
wife. Attorney General Thomp
son today advised Acting Gover
nor Coyle. The attorney general
held that the , governor . might
grant a reprieve after which the
court could reset . the execution.
but that the executive was; not
compelled to do io because of a
proceeding in the federal court.
property assessments equalized and apportionel by the K.s. nanueu me signers i mis ls ine Desi uate tne Doys
tax commission, on which the people and utilities of! , .u.n. u, , ..
will pay taxes in 1923 is Sl,009,49i160.38. which is " ; "V" " , ZIU " ! " " " ., V " v':" V"
N IT
HI
6DES
CONFEREE
equalization aind the public util
year, when the total was $1,
The total returned by the coun
ty boards on the '.1 $22 assessment
rolls is 88.'.,792'.0&r..84. apaiust
S897, 492. "24.97 lst year, and
the total assessment roll of pub
lic utilities as apportioned by the
state tax commission is $123,707,
064.54 for this year as against
$123,311, 472,1S last year.
County Rolls Letts.
The county assessment roll
totals $1 1,700,629.13 less this
year than i last and the utility roll
$393, 592. 4l less this year than
last year
The public
utility compan.es i
are assessed at full valuation, but
their valuation i3 then appor
tioned for the respective counties
by the stat tax commission on
the basis of the ratio oi assessed
to actual valie of property fixed
by the commission and applying
to all property While the ap
portioned valu of public utility
property in thestate is placed at
$123,7Q7,064.54i on which the
utilities will pay taxes, the full
assessed value is f 1S9,359,984.60,
according to the summaries of the
state tax commission.
Utilities Snntmarized
In the following summary of
the public utility assessment roll
in the state the assessed value
represents the full Value and the
apportioned value thk amount on
which the uUlities will pay taxes
in 1923:
Railroad eompaniea Asipsscd value,
Sm.464.l7l.72; apportioned Talue, $82,
732,850.82 Sleeping car companies Agsessed,
711.3t(J.41; apportioned, f4W.269.76.
Electric and itreet railway , companiei,
water, gas and electric companies As
sessed. $52,237,431.17; apportioned,
$31,046,872.99.
Eipreis companies Assess!, $354,
550.65; apportioned, $244,21$. 69.
Telegraph companies Assessed,
$1,739,938.83; apportioned, $1,168,138
.26.
Telephone eompanies Assented, $12,
611.795.75; apportioned, f7.830.343.22.
Refrigerator car companies ianlc line
companies Assessed, $240,730.07; ap
portioned, $165,367.80.
Totals Assessed, $189,359,984,60; ap
portioned. $123,707,064.54.
By counties the totals on utility valua
tions are:
Totals By Counties
County Assessed Apportioned
Baker . $8,153,706.81 $6,198,817.25
Hentnn 1.648.242.96- 906,f33.63
Oarkamas ...10.723,162.91 ",254,(J49.84
Clatsop .1,197,534.24 2,621 78.08
Columbia 2,913,396.73 2,155,913.58
Coos M78,746.7Ji1,l')7,V2.86
Crook 102.154.00 f.8,217.78
rnn-r 19.441.00
Deschutes .... 1.111.905.35
lkiugU 8.742,633.19
(iilliam 3,9(12.008.97
,"rant 65,569.50
Harney 5:n.103.00
Jlood Bier 2.17,615.78
Jackson 5,71t.012J5
Jefferson 1,506.817.80
Josephine 2.82T.99H.29
1 6, i 36.03
611,547.95
6,731,827.54
3,592.808.07
411,787.26
345.025.92
1.859,626.42
3,712.807.84
1,018,431.57
1,923,035.43
1.363,648.08
131,345.06
4,286.470.51
542,328.43
3.291.824.28
Klamath 1.81A.197.43
Lake 19055, l.i
Lane
7,520.123.75
Lincoln
6lC,t82.30
Linn
Malheur
5,675.559.09
3,862,419.01
2,008,494.28
Marion - -J22t3ij-9'5 4.793,988.76
Morrow 3,0 j, -1113. a I i. ios.dh.bi
Multnomah ...59.852.5T4.26 35,91 1.544.56
Polk 2.970,315.39 1.39C052.94
Sherman 3,560,9(3?. 42 3,062,427.67
Tillamook 905,374.31 778,621.90
t'matilla 13.801. 36K84 10.213.007.75
Union 6,409,25157 5.127,409.26
Wallowa 1,637,21647 1,064.190.71
Wasco 6,777,914110 5,151.214.71
Washington .. 3,924,6478 2,001,570.31
Wheeler 15,7251)0 11,951.00
Yamhill 2,180,6312 1,286,572.64
Dallas Students Vote
In Favor of Peon Pants
DALLAS, Or.,. NoV. 24. (Spe
cial to The Statf3nian) By a
body of the Dallas high school
voted that members of that body
were at liberty to vear any kind
of apparel they. chce.- The elec
tion to , decide., the matter was
brought about by the appearance
of several students in peon
pants and which caused a strike
among other students in the
school. The wearers of the trous
ers were stripped of their gar
ments and made to walk home
In their B. V. Ds.. Thursday
morning. Wednesday morning
the subject again came up and
after a lively discussion Superin
tendent R. R. Turner decided to
leave the matter to a vote of the
students themselves with the
above result.
SUFFRAGE WORKER DIES
NEW .YORK, Nov. 24. Mrs
Harriett Gill Rokley, an asso
ciate' of Susan B. Anthony in the
early days of weman suffrage
work, died today. '.She was born
in Havenford, Pa., m 1832.
GOLD PEN IS
USED AT BIG
CONFERENCE
Hoover Hands Signers of Col- j
orado River Project Pride j
of New Mexico
Herbert Hoover, secretary of ,
i commerce, representing ihe fed-j
eral government who has presided j
at the conference of the Colorado
river commission composed for
strveu in the state archives. Gov-
ernor Mechen of New Mexico and
a small group of Santa Fe men
and women were present at the
signing and photographs were
taken of Secretary Hoover and
the commissioners in the act of
affixing their signatures
Finicn ARTIST
Hiram
!VIa reel DUDfe. ntematlOna - i
ly Known Organist, Is
Heard Here
aiarcei uupre, organist at the
Notre Dame cathedral In Paris j
afid with an international renu-
tation, played himself into the
hearts of Salem music lovers Ias,
night. The concert was given at
the First Christian church.
Local composers and musicians
who had submitted themes for
the improvised symphony and
whose sqforesf were included in
the six selected and used in the
four movements of the symphony
were Miss Lucille Ross, Miss
Margaret Fisher, Miss. Bruce Put
nam and Prpf. T. S.! Roberts.
The program was opened with
Bach's "Fantaisie and Fugue in
G Minor." This lively virile
rugue is known as the "Great G
Minor, and is considered the
most magnificent work of Bach,
transcending all the music of his
time.
The orchestra, the violins and
the staccato notes of the flutes,
mingling with the fury of the
brass instruments of the modern
orchestra,, were heard when the
great French organist played the
variations of the Ffith symph
ony. The pure tones of the French
chimes pealing out at the will
and the- touch of the organist
were particularly pleasing to the
large and appreciative audience
last night.
M. Dupre played his own Pre
lude and Fugue in G Minor as
the sixth number. With an ele
ment of humor throughout the
fugue charmed and thrilled those
privileged to hear it presented by
the artist-composer.
M. Dupre graciously responded
to the Insistent demands of , the
audience by playing again for
them his composition, which was
characterited as "one of the
choicest bits of modern organ
music," M. Dupre was most gen
erous with his encores, and fol
lowing the close of the last num
ber on the program, he responded
again and again with numbers
which an audience seldom has an
opportunity to enjoy.
M. Dupre was tendered an in
formal reception at the beautiful
new home of Prof, and Mrs T.
S. Roberts following the concert.
The Salem Music Teachers' as
sociation, which
yponsored the
local concert, was joint host for
the evening.
95 Per Cent of Polk's
Taxes Have Been Paid
DALLAS, Or., Nov. 24. (Spe
cial to The Statesman.) More
than 95 per cent of Polk county's
taxes have been paid into the of
fice of the sheriff, according to
figures prepared by T. B. Hooker
of the tax collecting department
Mr. Hooker fixes the total taken
in so far this yea at $544,699.57.
leaving a delinquency of $29,092,
and of this amount a goodly por
tion of it is expected to be in the
hands of the tax collectors before
the first of the year.
i A total of $72,604.03 in taxes
for the last half was turned over
to. County Treasurer A. V. R.
Snyder in two Installments this
weak, and Mr. Snyder immediate
ly made payment to the state
treasurer $68,535.25, being the
amount yet due the state on this
yearns axes.
r r"t M.au " i i n " i il JiiC-i fuiij l CI Sail 1IUU1 .tW 1 (Jilt kUi
COMPANY M
j TO REUNITE
DECEMBER 8
Members of Salem's Old War
Unit to Come Front Many
Points for Banquet
Company M, the first and larg-
est single contribution made by
Salem to the World war, is to
have its annual reunion and din-
ner the night of December 8
the Old World. Thev are to dine
i at the Gray Belle, anywhere from
to 1(10 of, them. They left
'here 150 strong,
j Captain Roy Neer will again
be in command, as he was in the
, far more strenuous days than
these. They will have as honor-
I ary guests Col. Carle Abrams,
; General George White, Col. J. L.
i May of Portland, and Major W.
IS. Gilbert, chaplain of the regi
iment. His home is now in As
i toria.
I The company has held its re
unions every year and the boys
count on continuing the practice
! until Vt'n tAn X- rii.i
ourht to immt fa- i h
I future to count, for the war god
spared many of the strongest to
carry on in the national life, aind
they will be gret great grand
fathers long before the last re-
union Is held.
An urgent call is being mad?
for a11 tne boys to come ln for
this, the fifth anniversary of their
sailing to the war. The arrange
ments committee plajis on making
,this the biggest and best reunion
yet, and it takes a lot of the
boys to do that.
County Agent's Salary' Li
brary and Fair Appropria
tions Eliminated
DALLAS, Or., Nov. 24. (Spe
cial to The Statesman) Polk
county udget's committee,
polk counrrr to
REDUCE TAXATION
posea io uouniy juage Asa J. j Kepresentatiye Gahn, OhJo, Re
Robinson, Commissioners T- J. i publican member of the merchant
Oraves anil Krra TTarf t,a t. n
Brown, C. C. Gardner and d W.
Irvine have' finished the budget
for 1923 and a hearing will be
had on Thursday, December 14
which will be open to the public
and the county court will hear
all objections to the budget.
The total estimated expenses
for the coming year 1923 is
$431,418 which Is somewhat
less than the expenses of the
past year. A few increases in
the salaries of deputies in the
court house were allowed but in
most cases all, increases in ex
penses were cut down.
Items eliminated from the
budget and which will have an
effect of cutting down taxes for
the coming year are:
For elections $3,000; county
agent. $1,800; county fair, $1,
250; county library, $2,600; Jn
outstanding warrants, $17,000.
dependence corn ahow, $250;
The county agent's salary, the
appropriations for tha county
fair, county library and Indepen
dence conr show were voted
down by the people at the re-
jet nt election.
7 States Would Develop
Colorado River Basin
SANTA FE, N. M., Nov. 24.
In the historic Ben Hur room of
the old palace of the governors
in Santa Fe and upon the lap
board upon which General Lew
Wallace wrote most of his manu
script, representatives of seven
states at 6:15 o'clock, tonight
signed a compact to secure the
epediotious agricultural and in
dustrial development of the Colo
rado river basin, between the
storage of its waters and protec
tion of life and property from
flood.
The states signatory to this
compact, the first of its kind in
America, are Arizona, California.
Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico.
Utah and Wyoming. The signers
ln the order of states given are
,W. S. Norvlel, W. F. McClure,
Delph E. Carpenter, J. G. Sc rug-
ham, Stephen B. Davis Jr., R-.E.
Caldwell and Frank C, Emerson.
(C
BULLETS ARE READY"
ASSERTS AMERICAN
WAR VETERAN
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 2rl. (By the Associated Press) A
letter declarirtg that "the bullets are ready" for the visit to
St. Louis December 5 of Georges Clemenceau, forrner premier
of France, was received at the mayor's office here today.
Following receipt of the letter, which was sigiiied in. a lead
pencil scrawl "American War Veteran," and was written in a
crude hand on ledger paper,
added precautions would be taken to protect the "Tiger"
when he is here, although it was said the letter probably was
written by a crank.
The letter bore a local postmark dated yesterday and
read as follows:
"The visit of the Tiger to
your invitation to the beast ridiculous although we are glad
the beast is coming. The bullets are ready.
"American War Veteran.'
"1,800,00 killed after 1917."
SUBSIDY BILL
Davis of Tennessee Says
Enactment Would Mortify
American Republic
W AS H I XGTON, Nov. 2 4 . Sa U
ing along through peaceful and
then through turbulent seas, the
shipping bill held ita own In the
house today as friends sought to
speed its voyage and enemies
fought to sink it by the head.
Passage Held Assured
Whether seven solid hours of
debate topping off a whole day
of it that had gone before it had
changed many votes, leaders de
clined, to say. But while debate
was still raging, Representative
Mpndell, the Republican leader,
went to the White House and as
sured the president that the meas
ure would be passed on the eve
of Thanksgiving.
Fourteen members spoke for
and against the bill today, but
com-joniy tWo broke out of party lines
(marine committee which framed
It, declared he would not vote
with the Republicans, ' asserting
that the bill had been jammed
through the committee.
Davis Calls Scandalous
The principal attack on the
measure wast made by Represen
tative Davis of Tennessee, Demo
cratic member of the merchant
marine committee, who spoke for
(Continued cn owe ?
ONCE HONORED, ALL
ENGLAND
BY REBEL'S
LONDON. Nov. 24" (Bv
tiraeedv of Erskine Childers
land even more than did the
vishers of the Irish free state
London. exDect that the execution of Childers may mean the
beginning of a new chapter
land.
In many quarters today the fear
was expressed that this chapter
may be described by the word "re-
prisals ' and that the reprisals
may be bloodier and develop into
more intense internecine warfare
than that which has gone before.
Many Shocked
Many people in Engand were
shocked at the news of the execu
tion because they know Childers;
knew him when he bore an honor
ed name as a British patriot who
rendered his country good service
ln the African war and when he
was something of a hero in the
British literary world as author
of "The Riddle of the Sands."
This work was hailed as not only
of grea t literary merit but as
something of a tract on patriot
ism. None of Childers' old friends
who were spoken to today seemed
totnow Just when and why he
NOTE
police officials announced that
America-is absolutely privat
L
Excellent Record of Accom
plishment Made in Last
Year, Is Report
Some interesting statistics have
Just been made public regarding
Marion county Y. M.C.A. through
Edward Socolofsky, field secre
tary.
There are 12 organised groups.
covering practically all the towns
in the county, outside of Salem.
The county association does -not
operate in Salem, where there is
a strong local association. There
are 53 men serving on commit
tees and as leaders, and 281 boy
members of the groups.
Parents Cooperate
During the year five father-and
pon banquets were held at Stay
ton, Silverton, Wopdburn, Ger
vais and Hubbard, with a total
attendance of 380. Two mother-and-daughter
banquets were
served, at Gervais and Stay ton,
with 171 in attendance. Ser ed
ucation talks were given by Dr.
M. J. Exner, a nationally known
physician and lecturer, to 500
boys at Hubbard, Woodburn,
Chemawa and the, state training
school.
Sixteen boys attended the Y.
M. C. A. junior camp on Salmon
river, near the coast, last sum
mer. Sixty-three boys, the larg
est delegation there, attended the
(Continued on page 6)
the Associated Press) The
has shocked and startled Eng
death of Michael Collins. Well-
of whom there are many m
in the turbulent history of Ire
underwent the transformation
from an ardent British patriot to
.an Irish revolutionary. His mother
was an Irish woman. The Child
era family came from a distin
guished I ne. The dead man's
father gained fame as an Oriental
scholar.
Wife Heroine
Childers wife is an American
woman and traces her ancestry
back to the American revolution
ary days in the lineage of the
Putman family. She was the
heroine of an adventure when
Childers, In 1914, as a retort to
the Ulsterltes anding arms in
North Ireland, brought a consign
ment of arms for South Ireland
to the coast a short distance north
of Dublin.- Mrs. Childers, who Is
described as a daring yachtswo
man, Is said to have' piloted the
boat to the coast in the darkness
of night-
GIT
I
STARTLED
DEATH
GOVERNMENT,
TO SUE I'M
Builders of Camps Upton,
Jackson. Sherman a n d
Funston Said to Owe Na
tion On Contracts.
ADDITIONAL ACTION.
TO BE TAKEN LATER
This But Initial Step to Bring
,; AH, War Profiteers to
v Justice
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2 Civil
suits to recover mofT than fJQ.i
000,000. alleged by the govern
ment to have been fraudulently
expended in the construction of .
Camps Upton JaCkson, Sherman
and Funston, were Instituted lo
day by the department of jusllcu
against the contractors who were
ln charge of each project. -Only
First ttr -
The suits were said. In official
circles to be the Initial step 1ft a
campaign at law against war-Umo
contractors who are suspected, on ,
the basis of auditors' reports to
have gone beyond the Intent id:
purpose, of the . authority ., given ,
them by federal departments. ;
Additional actions are In pros
pect, H was said at .th, depart- "
ment of justice,, as soon as com
plete reports have been made by
the special forca of auditors
which has been en gaged i; for ,15 1
months In the analysis , of eon
structlon records;' Whether crlm 5
inal action would be taken In any
case, it waa said, would depend to.
a degree upon the results of the
civil suits. ' . - .
. Four Mentioned
Unofficial estimates place the
total which might be expected to
be recovered from all the' con
structlon cases at between $70
ooo and i8o.ooo.voo. in tha
cases filed today thp government
alleged that the aHrdaway , Con-
trading ' company spant In excess
of 18,500,000 in 'building Camp! ;
Jackson, South Carolina; . the
Thoinpson-Starrett 'company'' ,
$6,000,000 at Camp Upton, Newt '
ork; A. Bentley and Sons com-,
pany $M00,000 at Camp Sher-1
man, Ohio; and eGorge A. Fuller ,
and company $4,000,000 at Tort,
Riley. Kas. The suits were tiled
at Charleston, g. C; Brooklyn
N. Y.; Columbus, Ohio; and Top '
eka, Kas., respectively. ' i '
Confidence Violated
Identical bills of complaint
were laid in each case, the prin
cipal accusation being that the
contractors violated "intimate re
lationship of trust '- end confld-,
ence" in executing his contract
while, it was impossible because
of the existing war emergency for
the government to exercise; nor
mal supervision and inspection of
the work. As a result, Jt !$ al
leged, the contractor stands in- -deb
ted to the government for
money In the sums set forth and '
for great Quantities of material,
declared to have been purchased
on government credit and mis
used. , ......
Attorney General . Daughcrty
said every means would be used
to hasten trial of the four suits. .
U. S. Largest Petroleum .
Producer Now In World
WASHINGTON, Nov.1' 21.
World production of petroleum
in the 65 years. 1857 to 1S21.
inclusive, aggregated 9, 511,947,
000 barrels of 42 gallons each,
the geological survey announces.
The United States, largest pro
ducer of petroleum in the world,
supplied 5.902.051.000 barrels' or
62.1 per cent' of the total. Rus
sia, second-largest producer, sup
plied 1.931,171,000 barrels, , or
20.3 per cent, and Mexico was
third with 7.7 per eent. -
Booster Meeting Planned -
by Dallas Commercial Club
s - j s
DALLAS,' Or..' Nor. Jl- (Spe
cial to The Statesman. )r-At a
meeting of the directors of -the
Dallas Commercial club held to
day plans were made for the
holding of a monster booster
meeting on the first meeting .In
December. . A speaker from oat
of town has been secured and this
meeting will end with the serv
ing of refreshments, '