THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1923
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Publicity r.ten of Chamber of
- Commerce to Tell People ,
of School Needs, v
Working In : close harmony -with
the Salem school board, the com
mittee on, 'school 'publicity from
the Salem Chamber -of Commerce
has set. valiantly, to, work to' pat
before the . people the actual con
ditions of the Salem schools. The
schools- are i educationally ana
financially away obore par; they
rank, at the very top, of all the
schools in 'Oregon in general ef
ficiency,.. in, desirability n. econ
omical - maintenance: as- shown,
by the exhaastive studies of the
wumujmoo. iui taey;- are grossly
overcrowded,, and r with no build
ing for the past seven years,; save
one or' two grotesque little "port-
lJoyip-joossip ;
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Ha rely hasTEIje "screen -presented
a picture with so many points
of universal- appeal, as . are pos
sessed by "The1 Silent Call," the
Laurence ' Trimble-Jane Murfln
production presented by H. O. Da
vis through' Associated First Na
tional l Picturesque.,? at the Bligh
today.j The picture ' has drama
galore several thrilling- punch
scenes) -the beantif ulnatural back
ground of the, high Sierras a su
perlative castof players and a
remarkable y dog Earned ' Strong
heart, wia is the real hero of the
story,', .-'
TTIlliam S.: Hart's Paramount
picture, "Three f Word. Brand,"
"which will be shown at the Bligh
theater next Friday and .Saturday
is "notable in many ways,: one of
the most Interesting - features be
ing that Jane Novak . is leading
woman.,' Hiss Novak -has appeared
opposite; the western star before;
but never to better, v advantage
than in this instance. -
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L t Prices ' i
;' ;Sat. Mat. 2 p. m. 25c
'. '. Other Shows
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IV - - 2 Shnw nilv - ft
2 p. m. and 8 p. m.
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8 Artists r
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able"., schools, the crowding - has
reached the point of inefficiency
and even danger, '.
' Issued for Ten Years
The . program now Deing pro
posed tcf come before the voters
on March 13 calls for a bond Issue
of 1500,000 , for building pur
poses.; This money will be auth
orized, but ,fHl not be spent un
til the program calls for-4ts use;
some . of this issue might not be
spent, for four or, five years. The
bonds will not draw interest un
til they are actually sold for im
medlate needs. It has been fig
ured that the present city bonding
limit for school purposes is a Ht
Ub more than $500,000. The pro
gram . to , be adopted calls for 'a
steady building growth to keep
pace with the city's growth, and
is estimated to covet every pos
sible need up to 1930. "r - - ,
The bonds are to be issued for
10r yearsrronr date of issue and
sale, which may be this year br
five years from ..now, depending
on the immediate needs, and they
are to be paid from a sinking fund
that will actually retire them all
at the end; of. their allotted ten
years. In the , past 1 there have
been many bonds refunded. Only
,a few weeks ago the school board
cleaned up at $10,000 bond issue
that has come down for 35 years.
No further refunding and pyra
miding of bonds is to be allowed
under the new program..
f : Circular Sent Out
The committee on publicity has
Issued and spread broadcast an
informative circular regarding the
Salem . school conditions that can
not well, be further abbreviated
without falling to tell the whole
story. ' It is here given In full:
Salem Schools ;
Enrollineqit Feb. 1 1. J919 . 2548
nrollnient Feb.jl. 1923 3908
Increase in four year. .1 1...1460
Increg in iour yer , 34.7
Estimated hy 1930, 7779- 57.0
' Taking Salem a n edmcational center,
it U the largest ia the state, with no
state-aided institution. Coonting - enroll.
ment Febnisry 1, 1923, of pnblio schools,
Willamette nnivariity. 43alem Besiness
eoIWe, and three private denominational
schools. Salem had 5 15 5 students. Thi
does net include Salem Indian training
school at Chemawa. or state schools for
. defectives. totalling nearly 10OO. Invest
ment ia the above educations! equipment
is estimated at $2,500,000. Number of
teachers and employes, 250, with monthly
payroll of 127,675. Estimated investment
required by pnblia and private schools
by 1930, for new buildings and equip
ment, S2.500.000'. Total expenditures at
present for salaries, equipment, fuel, sup
plies repairs, water, insurance, etc., $SOOr
000 per annum, or f 25 per capita based
on population of 20,000. This money is
practically all spent acain in this com
munity. ; -. Hotulnc Providad -
" Salem public school requirements have
been out grown and sto at present not
provided for. Following temporary hous
ing ha beea provided. . " -.
v , i . Pupils
One portable school in East Salem 55
Office , of : principal at Park school '
used for classes ,,;,. 20
Basement Garfield vchool seating--. 40
Assembly room at Highland seating 102
High school using former manual
training space for .... ...... 100
Public school children . attending
, -fiaered. Heart academy . 50
..Total nrnnber Salem school eMK
drea only temporarily provided
with housing -r . 8fl7i
The number " sttending Sacret TTert
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Mrs. Reginald Bell, wife of
Reginald Belt, - San Francisco
v broker, who has succeeded ; in
i breaking the will of his mother,
: who "disinherited her five chil
dren and left $850,000, to
I friends.; The mother was ad
- judged--insane by ,a jury, who
heard the case. -
academy is estimated by the city super
intendent, 'j- . - ' t
v ' Plnancial Management Sound . I
The records of high schools in the stste
show that Salem district has had sound
and conservative r management ever a
period of years, " and only nine high
schools in the state pay salaries as low
aa Balera, while the tenure of teachers Is
above the state average. Salem pays aa
average wage -of $1333 for high- school
teachers aad $1065. for. grades. - Salem
pays only $910 a Tear, for janitors,
while the rest of the state paya $1020 a
year, the average wages. Six cities, pay'
higher salaries . for superintendent thsa
Salem, not ' considering Portland -Salem
paying $3600. Only two other schools ia
the state show a lower per capita espense
for students than Salem. For the whole
etate. high school budgets show $104
per student ia high schools, and, $58 fer
students in grades. Salem-shows $93 for
high, school and $50 for grades.
Kor. 1, 1921, Salem district had
warrants outstanding $75,OQ0
Nov. .1. 1933, no warrants out.
aad cash oa hand .i. 47.000
Feb. 1, 1923, total bonded debt, :
Issued 80 years ago......: 95,000
Assessed valuation district , '
1921 - 112.853,581
Other cities show: Albsny, $180,000;
Astoria, $277,500; Baker, $174,000;
Send, $207,500; Corvallis, S105.00O;
Eugene, $200,000; Hood River, $114,000;
1 Grande, $170.0005 OiSpon City,
$128,000; Pendleton, $160,000; The
Dalles $183,000 as the total debts of
other firnt elass districts. Salem's per
capita debt is tha lowest of any.
Salem tax levy for school . purposes,
1922-23. 10 mills. Other first class dis
tricts show: . Albany 12, Ashland 18.9,
Astoria 13. Baker 11.6, Bend 88.8, Cor
vallia 16, Dallas 12.6, Eugene 15, Grants
Pass ' 20.1, Hood Bivtr 25, la Grande
14.1 "McMinnville 25, Harshfield 15,
Medford 20.4, North Bead 24.2, Oregon
City 13.6. Pendleton 11, Boseburg 12.9,
Silvertoa 20.5. The Daa lies 16 J. Salem
has the lowest levy ia the tste.
Proposed Bonding Plan . .
- Tha $500,000 ten-year . serial ; bonds to
be issued to build two wings ; to blgn
school, permanent units at .Grant Wash
iagten and Laaeoln. and additions and
improvements at other schools. Bonds to
be issued as used, and levy for iaterest
and sinking fufid to rpar off same each
year. Bond to be completely paid at
matoritv. Special election called for
'"March 12..-VoU yea or no oa bond issue.
ELMO 'WHITE, Chairman. ;
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! E. HOrER, - -' f
Committee : oa Publicity, Salem ; Chamber
of Commerce.
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Cut out this slip, enclose; with
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2835 Sheffield ATe., Chicago, IU.,-
writing ?. your . name and add rest
clearly.? You will receiTe in re
turn a 'trial package containing
Foley's Honey and ar. Compound
for coughs, colds andJ croup; Fo
ley Kidney Pills for pains in sides
and back; rheumatism, backache.
kidney and bladder ailments; ana
Foley Cathartic, Tabjets a whole
some and - thoroughly -' cleansing
cathartic for constipation .bilious
ness, headaches and sluggish Dow
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in THE YHR 1053
The -Writer Was in Polk
County and the Recip
ient Was in Missouri
. "Splg, Valley, Polk County,
Oregon Territory, Feb. 15th, 1853
""Dear Sir: I embrace this op
portunity of Informing you tha
we are all well at present, hoping
these lines may find you enjoying
the (ame , blessings. I received
the letter that you remailed to
me from Mr. Ellis, which gave
us rpnsiderable satisXaction ' to
hear that he was' well, and, able
to learn his postof f ice address,. I
have written to him and shall di-
rect his letter to you, and-, shall j
send yours and It together, and
you will, oblige me by tearing off
the envelope of his and directing;
the v letter to him. I, pursue this
course from the fact that I be-1
lieve that he will be more likely I
to get it, for before it reaches ;
there he may change his location,
and you will - be most likely, to ;
know It. I received another let
ter from your father at the same
time that I got yours, giving us
six weeks later news from yon
all. I am vp ry much pleased, with
father's promptness in writing,
and if, you will write with the
same promptness we will keep,
well posted "up with - news from,
you. It is very heart" cheering
to us to often hear from those
who are near and dear to us, by
the ties of relationship., You wl
be informed before this reaches
you (ii the last letter to father)
of the death of John Pigg, whq
died - the fifth day of November
last, leaving a wife and one child,
a 'girl whom he called Martha
Eleanor. I do not know, that I
hate any news of importance
further to communicate that you
will not learn in the letter thai
I sent to father not long . since.
Adallne is quite well now, and
have got my new house up and
the roof . almost on. As soon a$
I finish shingling I shall stop' the
work on my house -for want of
seasoned lumber, and do some
fencing and sow some oats,- for
as 5 yet I have 'done no farming
except raising a garden last sun
mer. This has been the hardest
winter tever experienced In; Prer
gon, on account of the snow storm
In the ' fore part of . the winter,
and, the scarcity of breadstuffs,
yet flour is falling. It is now
only ' worth sixteen dollans pr
hundred, when some ' few weeks
ago it was worth twenty-four dol
lars per hundred. Sereral Tear
sels have already arrived with
flour, and more are expected
shortly, although the weather
since the, storm has been very
good (for the time of the year.)
The stock are very poor; the snow
storms and rains have so bleach
ed the grass that, there is scarce
ly any nutriment In It, and the '
weather has been just cold enough
to keep the young' grass , from
coming; Beef will be very high
until May or June. Beef is worth
eleven cents per pound. All this
difficulty arises out of a neglect
of the farming community in not
saving their, straw to feed their
cattle through; such storms, and
the scarcity of bread tor want of
putting the grain in the ground,
for it Is the best farming country
I ever saw, and I consider It, a
far healthier country than ; that,
for , good constitutions. I am
much . pleased with - the country
In many respects, yet I have some
objections to it. Adallne is not
pleased with thev country, but that
can be easily accounted for. : 1
have not decided in my own mind
that I will stay here many yeaTs.
Eleanor's health is very'poor this
winter. Reuben and . Henry are
weH." Henry is - a remarkably
stout boy, but Reuben is rather
delicate. I want you. to write
when you r receive this.". , Ie us
hear, often . from each other, and
tell Andrew to. write likewise, and
any. other connections, as it is the
only means at present that I have
forming ; an acquaintance' with
newly acquired, and I promise, to
answer promptly every; line yo
write, besides it is a source of
much gratification to me. I think
if the' Lord spares our 'lives that
we will see you yet in the flesh,
for If I continue, to reside in Ore.
gon. we will visit the East la
about two or three years. Give
my -best respects . to all the con
nection and tell them to write to
us. Nothing- more, but remain
your most obedient servant,
1 VGEORGE W. GREER."
lxpjanatbry..
The above Is a copy of an old
letter written Feb. ISth, 1853. a
Spring Valley, Polk county, Or.,
by. Dr. George W. Greer, to Field
ing Belt of : Dover. Lafayette
county, ; Mo. The paper used in
the original letter was of a light
blue ' color. 8 by 10 inches, un
ruled, and: sent to its' destina
tion sealed with a wafer, Enve
lopes at that time had not been
used rery extensively. This let
ter was copied lor The Oregon
Statesman (for publication) from
the-original letter by permission
of the present owner, a lady by
the name of Booth, of Santa
Barbara, Cal., by courtesy of
Reuben R. Graves of 9alem, Ore
gon,; and H a ; i step-grandson of
George W. Greer.. The original
letter: for several .years- has been
In possession, o Hrs, Booth, a
relative of Fielding Belt, (the re
cipient ob said' -letter), who -obtained
possession of the, letter
from amongst some of ' the old
family' effects, and has retained
it as a keepsake for several years.
Many of the early settlers of the
Willamette valley (especially a
few who 5 still '. live here), who
lived in Polk, Yamhill and Marion
counties years ago, by reading
this letterj will recall to the
memory the old acquaintance of
Dr. George W. Greer, an prob
ably many of their other old as
sociates who have long ' since
passed to the great beyond. John
Pigg, and also Reuben and Henry
whom George W. Greer mentions
in his letter, were his ' step-sons,
and' Adallne his wife, and Elean
or, of whim he spoke In his let
ter as having very poor health
that; winter was the" daughter of
JohnPIgg.' whom they called
Martha Eleanor, and she died In
her girlhood days. Adallne (Mrs.
George W. Greer) was Interred
many years ago at Jacksonville.
Oregon,, on her way, I believe, to
California.' Although they had a
family cemetery on their old: do
nation land claim at' the time of
her death, she was ; Interred . at
Jacksonville, on account of be
ing so far away from her home,
and there were no railroads or
other ' modern means of transpor
tation, as ' we have today, ' Their
old family' cemetery is still visible
on the old donation land claim,
about "two miles southeast of Mc
Coy, Polk; county.
' The j Spring Valley postoff ice
at the. time the old letter . was
written,; I believe is what is now
known jas Lincoln, about eight
miles north, of Salem; on t.he west
bank' of the Willamette river, a
prosperous little town of the early
steamboat ' da,ys ' that has since
died, as its ; steamboat patronage
did at the adrent ol the . present,
day railroads, etc. '
Reuben R. Graves.
' The j Alaska mountains have
taken to smoking. So has .- Joe
Cannon. 1
THE REMARKABLE SAVINGS
: Accounts for the heavy sales on Suits and Overcoats. Equally attract
: ive reductions prevail on Men's Shoes and Furnishing Goods, worthy of
BUI NOr-FQR-.TBE COMING
Bed Blankets
.: OUR THREE. DAYS SALE
Of All Virgin Wool Blan
kets direct frqm our mills,
begins this
THURSDAY MORIfING
See Our Windows
Yph HsW7 f 'wp Selection Frota
75 Men's "Overcoats
Medium and Jaght Weights AH Pure WoolPlain or
V - ; Relied; Single or Double Breasted
$30.00 1 ' - . " "
$35.00 v (J00 Suitable, for Late Winter-
ulZwues s;and, Earir Spring : Wear
f gMen's Hats,
"T" Entire'Stock on- Sale
Reg. $4.00 to $10.00
Less 20 Per Cent
Corduroy and Moleskin
Work Pants
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$235
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El BILL
IS UP TODAY
Measure to Put Salaries
' Back to 1919 Level Will
Get Third Reading.
- The Carsner salary reduction
bill, Intended to put all;' salaries
of state employes back to ' the
1919 level, reduce the salaries of
employes of school districts, . port
and drainage districts, and take
f ro"m"i the hands of the boards of
regents of the state institutions
of higher education, the power to
fix salaries of the faculties, will
be ud for third reading and final
passage tomorrow -without recon-
menaauon ;irom me noose com
mittee' on salaries and public Of
ficials. ; ' ;;.;.',:- j.
"Little Hope Held '
It appears that there is slight
Dossibilitv of the bill passing in
view of the fact that the commit
tee did not endorse it even after
a large number of amendments
had been made. '
Something of the ef fectof the
passage ,- of the bill, which would
cut the salaries of the presidents
RHEUMATISM
1 -CANNOT EXIST
In th, bnman 'bedy If you will tise
Trunk's Prescription; ia fsct, it is a
shame to suffer with inflammatory, trui
cular, sciatie r any form oi-rhvotnstism.
Trunk's Preacriptioa DOES NOT depress
the heart, it DOES NOT-ruin! the a bom,
sch. Est all the meat and good food yoa
wish. It does mot contain any barmfnl
dnit or . narcotic hot positively over.
eoTnea rheumatism and root. ' WHAT
if ORE DO YO WANT! There is noth
jts better. It is also an excellent -Liver
Medicine and the greatest Uric Acid sol
vent known. Trunk's Prescription arils
for $1.75 or S for only $5.00 at Perry's
Dtuk Store. the Resell - dracxist, Salem,
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your consideration
Undoubtedly the Best Buy of Years
300
Men's AlUWool Suits
Made of fine All Wool Materials; Tailored by Amer
ica's Best Known Manufacturers
$30.00 sw
$35.00 C? Models for Men and
$40.00 ejjAifij) Young Men .
$45.0a Values av AI1 sizes 35 to 46
' Every; Boy of School Age Should See Our
75 BOY'S MKERUTTS
. . ' Of All Wool Materials, ages 6 to 18 Years :
Regular .
$10.00 RfRri Cassimeres
$12.50 Values tj4 Tweeds
$15.00 , yJ. and Blue, Serges
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Boys
Knicker Pants '
Regular $2.50 to $3.75
$10 to $2.35
.MiyLS:
otOAC and the University of Ore
gon to 5000. each per year ana
that of the governor to a. like
.figure,, wASexplained to the com
mittee ; yesterday by representa
tives of the two !scnools.
B. F,.' Irvine, a member.of the
board of regents or ftie college;
J. K.. Weatherford, president of
the board of regents; President P.
L. Campbell of the University of
Oregon, and 0. C. Colt,. a member
of the board of regents, addressed
the committee.
; Student Cost Shown . ' "
The fact that the college and
university are forced to. compete
In the open market with other in
stitutions and private corpora
tions who are willing to pay In
creased salaries, was pointed out
by President Campbell 'and' the
other speakers, ,
''The increase in the production
of eggs in the state, due to the
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We are moving nejft door (the same bz:l:rz)
We are giving cp the corner store rcc.TV
Buy your Dry Goods, Men's
and Women's Furnishings,
Hosiery, Millinery, etc., at
Closing Out Prices.
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Counters, show cases and all kinds cf features
for
GALE & .
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AFFORDED ON CLOTHING AT
You'll Be Surprised at this Line of
100 Suits &Q ver coatc
In One Lot. Broken lines, mostly large sizes. A snap
. if your size is here ,
$1475
$20.00 - .
$25.00 Values
$30.00
Boys' Blu& -
Chambray Shirts
Size3 12 to 44.
50cl
STORE
work of Professor Dryden of t!
agricultural college, would I ,
the cost of operating the sebe
from its beginning .until nor,"
according to Irvine. . .
It was shown that the aver&fs
cost for educating a student 1 .
the Oregon university is $21:,
while the average per capita c:
throughout the nation Is ,350 t
$400. ' - '
' More life insurance was ec i
last year than ever before. As
the street traffic leaves us &z"j
with : less insurance of life tLa
drift toward life insurance seeri
perfectly natural.
TOO LATE TO CLAGS'rV
WANTED, MAN FOR LIGHT
janitor work. Call between ll
and ' 12, 475 north Summer
street.
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SHOES and OXFORDS
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