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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1923)
PlSHES ON THE V fir'- i i V US n if?1 Ml Miss Ellse Muller, though shorn of her 880 yard fee skating title bT Miss Hattle Dose, still Is the 440 yard champion of the middle At ' lantic States and is ready to defend her crown against any girl skater ' in the country . ' ' j,' ; . . : ' : i- Yesterday in the Legislature - Judges of ,the ' supreme , court who bave served 25 years as eith er circuit or supreme court judge at least 12 years of which have fysen spent on the supreme court bench, would be eligible to pension upon reaching the age ot: 70 un der the provisions of a bill pre sented by Representative ' Ham monds : The ient-ion; would am ount1, to two-thirls of - the salary paid at retirement. I x r-rr f x. '.. :j- ..-( - ! A bill to require that fine Ito poBd for vin'atlon of motor ve hicle laws on 'state highways ajwll be pid into the hlghwny land of the Mat was introduced today, by Representative Carkio, The salaries , of Multnomah ouanty 'district judges would bo raised front $3,000 to $3600 per yar and the scope of the court's business increase-! from cases In-tn'ting-a n-axlmurv of $300 to 50O, .under the terras of a bill In troduced by Representative Hurl- burt by request. ' The teruTof bf-: lu'fcix years .under "the bill. 1 : Representative"' Randall f "of Clackamas has presented a bill to . -it t - a iruuie ait t&iu Ba:ai ies lucreuev ttt the 1919, 1921 or 1922 spe- tat uaakin K i) tup fanl :TZ -- -j "Th office o? state water super intendent and, the state water board' would be abolished and the 'vrirfc Tlfli nrtAar ri rnntrr.l if the state engineer under ! the ; Li OrJ DISPLAY Relics All Picked up in Sa- - lem Mill Creek Flats : . Most Productive i . , A fine display of Indian arrow, heads,. 2 0X , in number, shown by Waltefkennedy as having ' been j picked up la Salem and now oh exhibition 4n fthV Hauser- window xeealls the time when there.: were. ."really" Indians nere In the val leK nd Iocs of them, and hardly -enough whites to count. 1 1 ' '.The Millireek'jtlats.i extending from about Hhe , Southern r Pacific depot clear out to the boys train ing school, was from time im- memorial a favorite Indian camp ing ground. There used to (be a little mound and a - spring ' out : about threj miles from town, on .the Milt creek flats that attract Indian i visitors from all! over the valley. There was an Indian "sweat house' or at least what had been such, at -this sprlnr. .within the memory of men; only a little past middle age today. ; - HThe whole flat has been -j won derfully ? productive of arrow heads. Some of them are ! very small and daintily formed; others afo larger, and coarses. v 'As .a been such a 'to class them as "jewel pointsl-the highest grade ot native work, such as some of -the northwestern Indians have .done; though there hve been : many fine points dainty enough fbr. almost any one, ' Ralph Whitep who lived hero, .back as far as 1S80, tells of one year when ttua Caterpillars practi cally stripped portions of the val ley; and he recalls that some pf the Indians came to gather them , to dry for winter food. A similar use of grasshoppers and locusts has been quite common In Africa and the Orient, as well as in Am- erica. Even some of the whites in, ' the prairie 1 states during the1 years when the - grasshopper plague was at its worst, made the plague Itself furnish them their own rations, ; and they said it wasn't a bit bad. . Hopper, meal, mixed with : some sort of grain flour, was bakable, and was gen- vv4 yictciauiq m .wooden overcoat and a coyote re quiem. The caterpillars right tsmm . raw . i ... ( , -I STEEL BLADES. terms of a bill introduced by Rep resentative Cowglll. . A bill Introduced by Mrs. Sim no ua, reprentMfve of Multna aiah, would pi event any-1 court ol der committing a child to a hoaae for dllnquents, from being mod! flud except in open court 'and then only after due notice tid been given the institution in .vhlch the child is held. A bill h iH been introduced by Hammond of Clackamas, requir ing at Iea3t ,fiv days public no- tire by the! fish commission of any . intention to i evise -the f ioh ins regulations In the "Willamette river north of the Oregon City bidge. . A bill was ii. traduced by. the Umatilla county delegation requir ing the licensing of, bee owners and providing a penalty for fail ure to file applications for such licenses with the bounty clerk. A bill by Representative Meindl would make the state tax on gas- oline four cents per gallon Instead. of two cents as at present. This would become effective January 1. 1924. 'i . V.; By unanimous consent of the house, the rule prohibiting- the In troduction of bills after today without special permission of the legislative committee, - ;was sus pended and. bills may te Intro duced until adjournment Monday afternoon. ; - here on the ; townsite of Salem helped some of the aborigines to pull through -the winters within the memory of men stfll living. FULL PROGRAMS Methodist Churches ' Unite in Evangelistic Crusade In Vicinity JThe six'Mttthodlst! Episcopal churches . of J Salem - are uniting in an evangelical ' crusade which will take the form of public meetings beginning February 11. Th churches uniting Include the Flrstv church, Jason Lee Leslie, Scandinavian, Center street and West Salem. -With these Wil lamette university and Kimball school of Theology are cooperat ing'': '7 x I ;7" ""'":':: 1 The First Christian church Is just completing $ a 'number of evangelistic meetings and the pastor. Rev. J. J Evans" will resume his place ln the pulpit tcday.. .. I ; .- : ; ( Dr. Alonzo M. Petty, who has been, foreign miss'onary super intendent for the Paelflc coast, will speak tpday at tne First Baptist church. The pastor. Rev. W. T. Miliken. wUl speak in the evening and special music will be furnished tby. the' men chorus at both .services. . . ' " , A song i service -will be . held (this evening j at , the First Con gregational church. . Pictures of a series of scenes ln ; the ; Gla cier National park will be shown and. the pastor 'will speak on the "Healing. Forces of . God." ." The Wisdom of a Foci wUl be the subject of the sermcn to day at th Unitarian church. The pastor, - Row. . Martin Fershetian will speak ; and special : music will be given. A Young ' Folk's - pageant, "Youth's Response" wUl be given tonight at j the First Presbyter ian church , Thf junior and sen! ior ' endeavor - societies Vill : be In charge. ':. j. ,. Rev. Bede. of Portland will speak at St. Joseph's Cathol'c church today. . -Classified Ads in The ' Statesman Bring Results CHURCHES HAVE MOVIE gossip, - OREGON Today -"Hungry. Hearts' LIBERTY ) 4 Today "West of Chicago." GRAND . v Today "Sjjntn Cristo." with special orchestra. ; . - - . : BUG II : ;' - Hippodrome vaudeville. Har ry Carey In "The Fox." "In the days of Buffalo BUI." The action of "West of Chi cago." today at the Liberty. takes place On the Mexican bor der. The story is exciting and exceedingly well told, the act- 'ing excellent, the direction praise-worthy, and the . pnoto !graphy a delight to the' eye. It I you have seen Charles Jones m other films it is enough ; to say here that in the latest vehicle th's excellent actor goes himselt one, better. .There . are swiftly running horses, . quickly moving trains, and no omd of excitement for those who 'love this form of entertainment. Renee Adoree, who. supports Mr. Jones, has a difficult role to play and she carries It through with all the charm that this young Fox ac tress has shown in the past. "Hungry Hearts." a special production of Anzia 1 Yezierska"s much ' discussed story of New York ;,. life, will ! be the feature picture at the Oregon. ; Th's pic ture, which wa sadapted to the screen by Julien Josephson and directed by E. Mason Hopper for Goldwyn, portrays simply, - natur ally and yet most dramatically. the adventures ' 'of ' a family which came from Russia to Am erica in Bearch, of liberty and the lotty Ideals that they believ ed were to be found in Amrica. To. find oneself lifted -from utter poverty, defeat and' mis fortune, into boundless wealth pnd consequent power, is some thing which is certain ' to de light the average American. This is the theme of "Monte Cristo," the famous tale of ro mance from Aleandre Dumas, openin'g today with special ; or chestra ; score at the Grand. .It has retained all the beauty, and intrigue of the story,' and the scope original of the screen permits ; the director, to .show in detail the many excit ing incidents in the life of. the famous fiction character Ed- mo nd Dantes, who later becomes the count of Monte Cristo. Tne love ; theme furnishes the back ground for the story, and ; the entire story Is crowded with dramatic I Incident. . ; . An ; all-star cast - headed t by John Gilbert and Estelle Taylor! livi irttjf tue.iuau7 uuutuii yai Others of note in the' cast are: Robert McKim. William V. Mong, Spottlswoodo Altken, , Maud George. Renee : Adoree, j Gaston Glass, and George Seighmann - A story of ; the underworld written ' by newspapermen who rtudied the underworld for years, before the . thought . ot writing, directed by a man . grad uated from the ranks of famous actors and enacted by players of wide popularity comes to the Bligh theatre next t Sunday. ' Universal' offers "Broad Day light." as a special feature of the underworld. J : , Harvey Gates and George W. Pyper, newspaperman and crime investigators long before they were film writers, wrote the story. ' . " -t . - Irving ; Cummings, who ' played with i such famous artists on the stage as Lillian Russell and Henry Miller, and later became one of th screen's idols, re nounced h's standing a3 an ac tcr some time ago -and. has been 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 i ii west o: CHICAGO, Many a man fixes his fences after' the cattle are stolen. A story of rogues, rough riding, romance and round-ups LIBERTY directing for over a year. "Broad Daylight" Is his latest product. Lois Wilson of DeMUle farn. Jack Mulhall. whose popularity dates back several years before ruch cf his recent successes; as Molly-O.V, and Ralph Lewtej in the front ranks of character, men since "The Conquering Power' have th, leadings roles. Others are Ben Hewlett. Kenneth ftibsorx Robert M. Walker, and Wilton Taylor. ; j" Broad Daylights pictures ) the two ends to a crook's career, and grey dawn of death and the ''board daylight" of reason. Thn latter end comes to but a few, and it is of both kinds that "Broad Dayl'ght" tells.! PIERCE ASKS PASSAGE OF RELIEF BILLS X Continued from page 1) state government and reiterated his claims that the $9,500,000 of this collected by taxation could be reduced to $8,000,000 with i the assistance "of the present able members of the ways and! means committees." , Income Tax Necessary This still leaves a burden on property which it "cannot con tinue to stand" said the governor and his alternative is the passage of the McMahan income tax bill,! which would require that a sum equal to one-half the amount paid as a federal income tax should be paid by all persons and corpora tions included in that act, to the state 'treasury and that this law would provide at least one-half of the $8,000,000 necessary for the conduct of the state government. "I ask the legislature to pass the McMahan bill," said Governor Pierce. "It it is enacted, along with the other measures which I have requested, the amount .that must be secured by indirect tax ation can be reduced to $8,000,000 and the nine and one-halt mill levy on property caii be cut . to four mills. That, is what I promised the people of Oregon during the campaign." I linill n DDIlUn 11 JJ UIIIIIU GUNBOATS BACK (Continued from page 1' Indies should be smoked out. He sailed her 20,000 miles, most ot the, way at racing speed, through waters supposed to be infeted with Spanish torpedo boats and mines, and arrived at Guanta- namo in time to be the decid ing factor in the finish ..fight with: not a minute to spare.-, . Would lie Museum .It was the most marvellous long distance race in the his lory of shipping and the fame of the coast builders resounded around the world as a conse quence of f the Oregon's record. She was armed with four- 13 inch rifles' 30-calibre (the length 30 times the diameter) and a strorigr secondary battery.! For a quarter of a- pentury the Ore gon had stood in the estimation of the American people, almost as did the old frigate Constitu tion, that made history in the v-ar of 1812. i The old ship would be no longer a "fighting" war ship, but would be a floating museum and historical monument. 'As such it is believed that she would be a tourist , attraction f worth scores of thousands of dollars to the state every year; besides the value as a part ot the his toric traditions of the long ago. It Is expected that every pat riotic society of the state will get strongly back of the; move ment to bring the historic old ship here for her everlasting home. ! . SHRINERS' CLUB HAS BANQUET (Continued from page 1) ing sands 'and munch dates and saddle-bags for diet on their pil grimage. V, ." ' The famous Al Kader Patrol band ' of Portland will be among the visiting delegations; one of the really noteworthy musical or ganizations of the Northwest. Every one of the 0 local mem bers stood up, individually, and pledged to go the limit in pulling off the big event. It promises to be the big. spectacular show of the. whole year. Joe McAllister will be the ceremonial chairrrfan, in general charge of the arrange ments. . ' ' Committees Appointed Some routine buslners of the club was transacted one item be ing the appointment of commit tees for the year, j They are as follows: ; . Membership Hal D. Patton, C. A. Reynolds, W. V. Fuller, H. Hirsehberg, Howard Ramp. Finance F. S. Lamport, P. B. Wallace. W. S. Walton. " Entertainment U. G. 'Shipley, Oscar Gingrich. , . Publicity W. McGIlchrist, Jr., C. T, Wilson. i r Giant Star Pitcher Will ; Not Sign New Contract WORCESTER, Mass., Jan. Wilfred Ryan, ithe youthful pitcher who flashed as a star P'tcher of the Giants last sea- bon, has refused to sign a con tract tendered him, .for this year, it became known ' today. Ryan returned t the proffered contract with a request for more money. He said, however; that he was not a holdout to i tho extent he had refused to join the club un less his terms were met, saying he would go to the spring train ing camp at MaTlin, Tex., and there takt up his demands if the matter were not adjusted mean time. ? t Investigation Asked in Resolution by- Staples Senator Staples yesterday in troduce a resolution calling .tor the appointment of a committee of' three senators to Investigate reports that a surplus of . clerks has been employed by the legis lature. ; It provides that If the report is found ! true the evil be remedied and 'if not true the newspaper reports . be corrected. STARTS TODAY Matinee 2 p. m. Evening 7 p. ni. iT yTp J? h "Jl NEW GRAND". YESTERDAY IN ' i" Secretary Denby at a house hearing, recommended establishment or a riaval base at Alameda, Cal. Acting on- the - Robinson resolut Ion .which would authorize American repres entation on the. reparations commission was indefinitely postponed by the senate for--eign relations committer. President Harding; 1 was declared at the WhUe Hpus to have every confidence that there will be an agrf ment" with the British gov ernment . for funding its war debt to the United States. . - : V '" nyATrwnr :Hnman Emotions; .. PLAYING v? GRAND - Of eight' artists will play an especially arranged musical interpretation for . Monte Cristo." The entire presentation will be equal to that in any coast city WASHINGTON Acceptance of Mrs. -John " B. Henderson's offer to the goverumen t of a '$500,000 residence for use as a home for tho vice president was , proposed in a bill Introduced by Senator Warren of the senate appropriations' com--mittee. ' ' . ' - ' " Bernard Barueh, war-time chairman of the.war indus tries board, : in a report to the " American farm bureau federation, advised ; accept ance by the government ot ; Henry Ford's offer for Mus cle Shoals, provided no bet ter proposition is"- received and Ford agrees to produce ORGHESTKA at least 40,000 tons of ti tratr for fertilizer annually. Mercy to Insane Extended in Bill by Senator Hoscr Senator Moser yesterday in troduced, a bill "that would pro hibit the placing- in Jail of sus pected - insane persons pending their examination, It would re quirn that home, hosp'tal or private care be given them, hs ceptions would be criminally in sane persons. . Classified Ads In The Statesman Brin.gr Results STARTS TODAY Balcony 35c Lower Floor 50c