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I 1- SECOND NEWS SECTIOIl '' Pases t to 4 !? Slogan Pages arid General Ueics 1 1 8EVENTY-SEC0OTLTEAn OLD ESTATE BROKEN IIP Louisiana to Take Ackland Plantations forSfate Use rf --History Long SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1923 , ' ' NEW ORLEANS, La Jan J 10. The breaking np of one oC the largest " estates of the Old South is ' about tp be made complete with the acquisition - by ' the state of Louisiana .of $ the celebrated Ackland plantations, which are to be taken under the right of expropriation for state uses in connection with the convict farms. While the I breaking up of the large estates in Great Britain7 Is a subject of frequent comment the dirision of the largest estates of the south has received little no tice, ;.- . ' , i SlAiiy Acre Owned " ' The' Ackland plantations -; were part; pf a great, estate which,, for many years had remained in one family. Prior : to the Ciyil War Colonel J A. S. Ackland, the father of William Hayes Askland of Washington, D C.,1 was ? the oirner of. seven plantations in one tdy on the Mississippi river. The plantations y surround - the Lake of the Cross, where the ex pTorer LaSalle ; and his priests planted the Cross on the discovery cf Louisiana. Besides Ills v plan tations'. Colonel- Ackland was . the owner of many thousands of acres oa Matagorda Bay, Texas; a town house In the city i of Nashville, T:zn., and the largest stock farm ia the South, six miles from Gal latin, (Tenn. . v . , ' Becomes College . ' In addition to . these . properties 1 began to buld in 1855 two Biles from Nashville, Tenn., what t e intended should be - the most rilatial 1 private residence v in AnerJca; with a . ball room, j pic tare gallery ; and seven conserva tories, and which bore the name rslmont after the palace of Por t U ! at , Padua. ; ; For . many years r :Imont was . a show , place . and Ten known 'in Europe. It is -Ai, to have suggested the de e caption ; of the home of Saint I ::.no In that once popular novel. After the death -of Colonel and T'rs. Ackland. Belmont passed c zt of the. bapds of the family. It was boukhi by a syndicate and became one ofVthe Jrnoff flourish ing of colleges for women in ' the Southland was known as ' Ward r ;!pjont. college. -.To RpKtare Prainage ; ; "As a result; of the- emancipation cf his 1100 slaves. Colonel Ac k-1--3 was unable, to cArry on , the immense draining system on his cotton plantations ; in Louisiana. TLa embankments known as le vies which protected the land f rcai overflow fell into decay and finally the . advent of the boll weeyii ;piade the culture of cot ton 'so precarious that the land ceased to yield an income.' : "; The state of Louisiana, having tie .whole ? convict system at 1 IU - posal'will restore the drainage tj stem and rebuild the levees. l:?z:.:z2 Public May "? Soon Use -Wireless TOKlO. Dec. 20. bV'vIew :of the growing utilization of wireless t' 'srapby,. the communications c partment ' has. decided! to .revise t a regulations governing .the use of this means of communications. TLa revision will be made In favor cf the' general public so that they Kay be freely entitled to , use wireless " for private purposes, vtlch is forbidden by the existing law. The draft bill will be inero- duced in the forthcoming session of the Imperial Diet. nn minnnmnnn P.II FBOM- sore; I a g JOIiJTS What '. is rhewmattemf " Pain fT,-'y. . St.- Jacobs Oil wHll etop r . pain so quit drugging. : ot one. ease in fifty requires ternal treatment. Rub sootb ?v penetrating St. . Jacobs , Oil rectlv nnon thA tender snot and let comes Instantly." St.. Jacobs is a harmless- rheumatism ad sciatica j liniment. ' wh'ch ' ever 'disappoints and ' can not -rn the skin. , -Limber nn! Oult crumbling! t a small.- trial bottle fronn 3 ar druggist, and in Just :ment you'll be free from rheu itlc; and ! sciatic pain, soreness, ' I ffness : and 1 swelling- Don't t er! Relief awaits you. f Old, l-aest. Sr. ; Jacobs Oil has cured - illions of rheumatism sufferers 'a the last half century. d is n as eood fof sciatica, xieurai , lumbago, baefcache, sprains PRICE 5 CE1TT3 - , :: tA " 1 i ! . X i I f J i 1 :,' )- ' h UaofScial reports Indicate that jDwight F. Davis,-most pop-, ular man associated with the development of tennis, will bead the ticket as ! candidate of the United States Lawn Tennis As sociation, f IGISTRH OF : : VEHICLES SHOW J Statement by Kozer Shows ' Number in State for -: Whole of Last Year The total number ' of " licensed motor vehicles in Oregon for the wholtf year 1922 'was 134,566, according-to a statement prepared by Sam A. Kozer,. secretary of state. The total number of pas senger cars was 11,731, commer cial cars -of less than one ton ca pacity 4763. trucks 10,735,' trail ers 337 and' motorcycles 3206. ' The registrations for Multno mah county were: . ..--- Total number of licensed motor vehicles 46,850; passenger .cars, 40,664; .'commercial cars of less than one) ton , capacity, 2260; trucks, '3843; trailers, 83; motor cycles 1447. ! -i . " ; ,.: For 'Marion and Polk counties the-figures are: ; . Marion Total number of-licen-r sed motor vehicles 9304; passen ger cars 8269;' commercial -cars of less than one ton capacity, 238; trucks 776; trailers, 21; motor cycles, 247,. . j. ' . . Polk. County Total number of licensed;? motor! vehicles 2644; passenger cars, -2392; commercial .cars of less s than one ton, 44, ; trucks i 201; trailers 7; motorcy ples4 - j ' 'V - ' j , WATER IH 01 PUTS OUT LIGHTS Load of , Oregon Electric Lines Causes Shut Down At LocaflPtant- ' iftarTi water f was directly and Indirectly , responsible , for. the shut-down or power ai me oaiem nian TfiBterdav morning, accord ing to W. M. Hamilton of the Portland Railway, wgac rower company. : . f . ' ':.t w a The Oregon Electric load has been thrown on the ' local plant. together with the Salem load be an of difficulties at the Ore gon City plant, which ordinarily supplies the Oregon Electric lines. A abort circuit ; on the Estacada line made necessary, a complete switch to the Salem power plant. Water In one of the storage tanks of fuel oil, which the local plant was using, put out the fires and it took more than half 'an hour to drain thelwater from the oil and get up steam to start the plant again. , T : . It Is said ,that the high water has caused more' trouble to the power companies since it , went down than while at Its height. Ex-Governor ; Cox is" again a father, this time with second wife. He has it all, over neishbor "OH LOOK" COMES TO GilDSOON -Ask anyone- in the business and they will- tell you . that the actor or actress who can go trora the sUge, to motion picture wors and back td the stage again and still be a star is one in a hundred.-- 5,, . . - . - One ' of the "one in a hun dred" is Harry Pox, comedian, now starring in 'Oh Look', a musical comedy version of James Montgomery's : farce "Ready Money." . if-. " r' 'Mr. Fox deserted the stage for motion picture work several years ago 7 When he left the footlights for the camera he was rated as one of the foremost comedians on? the stage... .... ; , Amorig the motion pictures J in which; he1 appeared was when he played the part of Jimmle Bar ton 4n Heart's Serial : "Beatrice Fairfax."' -. S He returned from Motion pic ture work : to take his - position again as a stage star and he says that i his experience before the camera ' aided " him rather than hindered him in his '"come back"' to the stage. Critics say toat be v is .better 'than ever be fcre the footlights. . j :'"-- Mr.. Fox was hot only select ed to take the leading part' in "Oh Look," which , scored a big success at the ' Vanderbilt thea tre in New York and which w41i be at the Grand next ; Monday, but was called upon ' td ' pick - the chorus. ;,"'- i :. And, r Mr. Fox picked' the cho- j rus In California. I From all in dications, he made no mistake in choosing ? the chorus, 'in Los An geles rather than in New York. It is said ito. be . one of the -nwst brilliant f and beautWul ever, col lected for ai musical comedy. ! ; - "Oa Look" Is the . work .:, or James Montgomery- who - wrote "Irene" and "Going Up",, and Joseph McCarthy, Nat- Goldstein and 4 Harry CarrolL , The .prin cipals in the cas are alt direct from New York but, as Mr. Fox says,' they needed the "back- grouna oi vnr PASSES BE11D Former Salem Councilman Dies After Days Illness; " Funeral Friday nwAn - D. Hutton. for' - many years? a! resident of Salem and Marion county, died at nis nenw in ; Salem - yesterday morning , at 6:30 following an illness of one Ha was born in . Marion county, near- Silverton, April 6. 186, and - was more than 6 6 years old at the time of his death. Mr. Hutton's parents were pio neers in Oregon. , Besides his . widow he ut"! vlvedL by three children, Mrs. Os- wald West Of Portland, Mrs. jtJen w. nicott ; and Harry Hutton; of Salem. The funeral will be held from Webb & Clougb's cnape Friday afternoon at 2 o clock, j Mr. Hutton was for more than 23 years connected . with , the Sa lem Iron works and belonged to Tiger Engine company No. 2 of ihn volunteer fire department. and was made chief of the paid fire department in 1896, serving for three years. Mr. Hutton was for six years a member of the $ity council from the fourth ward. , He was married ennstmas aay, 1874. to Sarah ' E. Barker, who survives him. A sister, ! Mrs. Linnie Harbin of Waterloo alsO survives.' " ON AN OFFICIAL" VISITTO U.-S. IMM!GRATOM STATION. i 4 A OF THE GTOWACH G fgiOU CANT ENJOY LIFE with a tors, soar, bltMted Hon aek,'; Food doe ik noatUk. huted k it source of Biiwry, cutaag psim. brfrliing, z2iaeM sod bead. acbo. x i should be Mitufied with aotKioc law &m DenoaaenL lajtio relief. R Q The ngM lanedy wiQ act span tKe Sniafs of tbe twmacli, catkhtho blood, aid is CMliag out ibe catanbal poMoot sad SttcBjthes very bodily fuactioo.; J The largs nsmbet of peopl who 0 bna' cwxewfully turn Dr. HwteaaV q famous amtBrine, rrcrmirf ffidrj for all raUffhtl ondilina. elkt tk atroogeat pouabls eadacMOMBl fo ; ? . cixcvnrrrTEm , n trru : ' 1 )i . i iui-i . i.n.ica c 1 TAStCTS OR UQUfO 1 i f ' SOLOKVXItYWHCBC f ' j n i .?:.$ Sit " til -i i if y3f 'U; N j , '"ft U l'- Ml ! i ii Ygn i m mi in, iw ,1111,1 , um 'r r--- - T,--ir-niwiii,iiniimiiw.r huuiu C i - , .James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor (left), and Sir Auckland Geddes,. British Ambassador, snapped at Ellis Island, where they went on a tour of inspection following British criticism of the treatment of voyagers from England andlher colonies. Chinese Thurst Heads ; V Through Glass Windows V i . ! :, t . The Chinese bare become ac customed to , many western ways, but glass windows in1 trains ; 4re still perplexing to, hem. In tie remote districts the natives con tinue to make: their windows of rice paper, following a custom that is centuries old. - . Passengers on a railroad run ning between Shanghai, and lea king recently were surprised to find black lines painted across tie window paines of. the cars. 1 The explanation given was that Chi nese farmers, who are beginning to travel,' being unused to trans parent windows would thrust their heads through the glass,' re sulting in many broken -windows and cut scalps. It is hoped by the railroad management that the up keep on window .glass- wilU he-re duced by the 3 of painted lines. Fire Loss Heaviest on Record for One Month Because of the Astoria ' disaster the Oregon fire loss for December was the heaviest ever reported in the state for a month's timeac cording to Ai cJ Barber, state fire marshal.- '." i " ' ' j :.- The Astoria loss ' is listed at 10,000,000 and all other losses outside of Portland at $ 2 4 1,6 5 0. Losses of 110,000 or more were: Astoria, business section; $10, 000; Baker ' county, store and warehouse, $15,000; Hood River. store and residence, $15,000; La Grande furniture store and con tents, $80,000; Umatilla county, grocery store and contents, $30, 000; Vale, business block, $25,-000. A -.' female . lecturer says the flapper . has disappeared. Hand the old lady a pair of bone rimmed spectacles. . i I Have) Permanently Cured Cases of 40 Years Standing CtAN anytliingbe morecon Vi Elusive of my non-surj-" cal, painless treatment for Piles sod other rectal diseases than that? Those who have undergone so-called horoo-trcarmmt" and succcM' Ive operations for years have come to me and nave been permanently cured. To roaaovo all doobl I rwwiN to cits rewr PUaa aomaltarl var or caraai uo wrttstsisy fw Oils F1EE psofclrt wWca ajptsim kj trntattsts, DR. CHAS. J. DEAN WIMtMliliHI MDTUm.1 MENTION THIS PAPCn WHCN If 1 aeuary Sale Mow at Btio MGdghZ " Not much' explanation The prices tell the story. We innst clean up c: dropped patterns and broken lines. ; . s . h si in Dressers, Beds, Library Tables . Resrular $30 48-inch topLibrary V X lniilOllierS : Table, quarter-sawed oak, now $22.C0 Regular $27.50 quartered oak Library - Regular $167 6-piece Bed Bed Room Table, now ... 420.00 suite, Ivory finish, now ........$129.50 Resrular $33 'quartered Oak Library . i . Table, now . .. $21.00 Regular $15 G. O. dresser, now$11.75 Rejrular'$270 quartered oak Library 1 v. Table $18.30 Regular $38.50 Walnut Dresser, -.. Regular -$22.50 quartered oak Library now .......,..$2C0 Table, now .... .... $14.30 Hegular Walnut Drossins l;. ' 1 nt Utogr table .... ....r.....$23.50 - ' - - et0L Tapestry & Ve!o;:r : . . , ' -'Suits -- Uinillf 1 ableS Regular $160 solid Mahogany 3-piece1 2? ... . Living Room 'Suite ' with velour Regular $12.50 42-inch top 6-ft Din 3 cushions, cane arms and baa. ing Table, now ....................$9.7o 'A.ir. . . ' . - v i , : T. i Regular $110 Velour Davenport Regular $22.50 Dining Table now $18,00 now .J .. i&L-JL .L. K $78.00 i . . , , vv Regular $110 Tapestry Davenport Regular $25 Dining Table, now $21.00 now ........ , . . V,..;...;..... $S8,Qn Regular $28 Dining Table, now $25.00 Beautiful $250 3-piece Tapestry Up- , .. -w -it : holstered Living Room Suite Regular $50 Dining Table, now $.36.00 ' now . .... . .U...51C5.C0 Miscell'eotii Regular $35.00 JElectric . Vacuum ' . , " Cleaner, . now :.J $26.50 42-pIece set Dishes in white and gold," . ' special .... ......:..a..:.: :..$8.45 - Regular $23.50 Mahogany Tea Wagon now .... ......:.....:....:......:.$14.50 Regular $35. Mahogany, Spirjet Desk ' now r....v ......r... 52S.C0 42-piece English Dinner Set, choice . . of two patterns, extra' special $12X0 17-piece Tea Sets, $7.50 value now $3.C0 White and gold China Teas and Sau cers, set of 6, only il $1.23 G Good Furniture torn hi llil I Epoch Slfflapfcimig SUIT ALE mm mi ,4 mm. to SSd Tlie ETO PAIR Means DOUBLE Vear PRICE means nothing to the wise purchaser unless it is backed by quality and style. Bnt the trinity of this SALE means the greatest ' values Starts Thursday, January 11th This sale will make new history in CLOTHES VALUES, for it has been many a day since such quality SUITS were offered for anywhere nearly as low a price. Only months of planning ahead, and unusual purchasing opportuni ty enables us to do it. . , , s Tour suit is made expressly for you to your, exact measure, so you are assured of perfect fitting garments, with .highest class workman ship, from pure wool materials of your own selection, from hundreds of newest spring- patterns, and at a price you can afford to pay. . . extra- irorr 426 State St. Icete TIig EXTRA PAIR : Means DOUBLE Wear YOU DON'T NEED TO V7A1T for SPRING LINES end SPRING STYLES; hundredi of new spring woolesi, ssd the spring style books are here. Order that" new suit now and get the , -c 8 uvju 426 State St. EXTRA PANTS, IB : ; : '- ' : . l " 1 1 r - - : ; 1 1 rr , Warren 0. Harding. , x sweillng's-i Adv. .