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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1923)
i ( ' V ; ! vote o;i oo:;os IS IIVI I .Final; Appeals Made to Peo f pie to Assist Program '' for Schools. Tbere , isn't . much longer time for the school-bond discussion, the election ) coming tomorrow from 2 until 7 o'clock. Howerer, one of the 'biggest meetings of the season was- "., held Friday night at the high Vihobl, to pre sent the school Tieetis In one last in forma tire appeal ' ' ' Prof. J. C. Kelson' again pre sented the main statistical facts, that the' hifh school - now has 955 enrolled Xor Emitting that was uppose4ttaibe full t 800. There will" -WT'lTe 'graduating this yeajbntK 27 0'f promotions from the- Junior high school, and at least &' new 'pupil 1n from the contryr: ' io :hat " next fall they will start with 1000 in an SOO-student building. ; It will -be Increased by another 150 at mid year.; . Eight; more, .rooms ,are nded -and as many teachers, to start tjbe year. -;.,-'?.. "If we don't build a lot more room, we., must tell people to keep their.: .children away, .for there Isn't' room for them," said the-speaker..-... ,4 . . 1 -. Elmo S. White of the pub licity: committee, urged especially that - the mothers of Salem " con Eider the ' safety . and desirabil ity "bmatlng 'their children' Bent to schools'' close. - at ;homet and not-'ftentHIr r V mile orVmOreVbe cause there is no room In the building near them, j lie 'urged them to .rote "for : the building program that ".will care for v.th schools ''in every' section' ot" town. ' 'Superintendent George Jlug es timated that next year there ; will be 4 500 - pupils In j the schools, an' fncreaseof several .hundred vttin the f schools 'jare: already seriously "overcrowded, and there has- been no building , for eight years.'. : J" ' j :;: ." -Carle Abrams told of his own children's experience. They have tor go' to a 'dark" basement in thf bid Lincoln school, that yar ago was considered' a disgrace to the city: He showed that 142 new .homes costing $263,600, had been built In Salem in 1921; 241 in 1922. costing .1685,000; and; 42 already vthla -year1, costing more than $100.000 ran.d that no ' new school building had. been done for .eight years. He said ti,at the city is spending much money to bring people' to ' the Salem schools? - Including the university; ' it" had' fcbme to a necessity to 4 take' care of '-the swarm ' that had ' answered the1 can. - ' v: s ?! -'One speaker told I Df going to the Park school, where the hall way is' so dark thai "it Is fcecesr ary to "light " a match to distin guish faces. : '' : ' " J : . He was shot before he could move the' gun to life Shoulder.: ! . . i ; The - shooting , of, ; the? fugitive Fas 'the climax of a tragedy in .which, two men ' and two women being 'shot down as they watched beside the bedside of a dying wo man at the home of. Sam Haston brother of Tennessee's secretary of state. The man chase which followed led through two counties but ended when the negro gave his pursuers the slip and returned to the scene of the crime. ' SILVERX0H fs.EVf'S NEGRO KILLER IS BROUGHT DOWN (Continued from page 1) ! up with the Hastons." . He said he would come, back again tonight to find out the answer. - ' f Deputies were notified and se creted themselves ln the house. The negro ' knocked on the door at 5:30 o'clocki He entered the room still carrying Mb shotgun. u I- WHO MAY-VOTE ON BONDS si To be a qualified legal voter at the school district bond election to be held in School District No. 24, March 12, 1923; - one must: :. rvF r j u: -: : c , . . ; . . 3-.- i Be a Citizen, male or female, jot the state of Oregon, .and;- . (- 1 - : - . ..--r: . r . :- V2 Be 21 years of age, and , l v v ;43rHa,Y.tiP4. irrfcchbol ;4iatrict'.No J24.-.30 days imme-' diate)y, preceding; said election, and ' ; y v4(;) -4ve prol district, Nd. 24 as shown by the" last county sse"ssrn.ent xn which he or she Is liable or subject topayta tax, or, b Have stock, Shares or ownership in a' Corporation, fiiTn or co-partnership which has property I in said district 'as- shown by the last county : assessntent "on which such corporation, firm, or co-partnership pays aitax 'even though his or her individual "name does not appear upon ) thftax rolLr s&V f'fV '- ' -v l- ; ' v ?. (Note : The last countyt assessment referred to is shown - by the 1922 tax jrpll.'now in the ands of the sheriff for the collection of the taxes' wliich are payable in 1923 and now in! the process of collGCtion. Tepropftty referred jfco tip which the voter tiases hik 'right to votemust" have beeri Vegulatiy assesdiand;plac.ed pn.the:' asjjessmEntiroil by the assessor; ; and it does not.complyTwttb the requirement ilit waslomitteti from therroU "as rtguUrryrprepafeorb the assessor afld afterT 71 -1 -v. wards added by the sheriff, as omitted property.) SILVERTON, Or.. March 10. (Special to Thee Statesman.) Thomas Traaen as taken over the.Lawrey dray line. Mr. Tra aen' changed the name of the dray line to City Dray line. Plans for the , Sunday school convention to be held at the Methodist church at Silverton, March 16 and. 17 are going rap- Idly ahead. Orval ' Larson, the 12-year-old son of ' Mr. and Mrs. Walter Larson, was operated on at "the Silverton hospital Friday night for appendicitis. He is reported as getting along well Mrs. "W. J. Ferman of Port land is at Silverton now. Mrs. Jerman came down' from Port land to help bare for her mother, Mrs. Esther Grace, who Is ser iously ' ill. Silverton friends hare receiv ed announcements of the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. - Ramsey of Spokane, on February. 21. The 'baby has been named - Betty Lavonne. Mrs. Ramsey will best be remembered at Silverton j as Miss Ida L4na flott. . .: -V. : : yi . v Reduced Rates to Utah - for Modern Conference ' i-- . Reduced round trip excursion fares 'will' be" put Into "effect "by the Southern Pacific company from all points on its lines to Salt Lake jCIty,,,- for the . semi annual mormon conference, ' April 4 to ,8. The reduced rates will be one and one-half fare for the round trip: Tickets will be on sale as fol lows: From California and Ore gon' points March 3i to April 6; Nevada points April 1 to vj Arizona, New Mexico and Elpaso March 29 ' to April 2. Return limit on tickets from, Caltfoi nia; Oregon ' ' and Nevada points will be April 29; from other points April 26. ' : ' ! Other events to be held ' in Salt Lake' City the same week Will be the Inter-mountain Live stock show . and the Ladies Re lief society; conference of the Church of .Latter, day aSInts. lassirred Ada Th The Statesman Bring Results HIGHEST PAID POSTMASTER 3 -5 0 1: . Mrs. Elizabeth Barnard of Tampa, Fla Is the highest salaried wo man In the post' office service of the united States. Mrs. Barnard was. appointed postmaster of the Tampa Post Office at a salary 01 16,000 a year. SCOTTS MILLS SCOTTS MILLS, Or., March 10 Mr,, and Mrs. H. E. Magee vis ited in Portland over the week end. Mrs. W. P. Shutt and daughter Eileen returned home Saturday after -waiting a week with Mr Shutt at Gold Hill. Or. John and Harvey Brougher visited with their parents over the .week-end. . . ',. - ' Mrs. C. W. Rosa and son Noble of Portland visited with Mm. Kate Jandwing over Sunday. mjss jsmma and Miss Clara Larson visited their tikivnta nt Silverton 'over the week-end.' Miss Loraine HoKerV of Salem visited her parents at Noble over the week-end: ' " Will Magee was a Salem visitor Wednesday.1 " I. Dnnacan left for his T.ottip. In eastern Oregon Wednesday after visiting with his sister, Mrs. G. Haynes. ' Faye Heinz and Milton Wood ford were quietly married Suhdav afternoon. - Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Pavno baiem visitors over the week-end. Charles Scott passed awav at nis nome here early Tuesday mor nmg at the age of :5S years. He leaves his wife. tw con, a. Merio Scott-and Charjes Weston; ftwo sisters and three brothers, beside other relatives. . Funeral serrlcAa Thursday afternoon in the IOOF nau. services at the cemetery were conducted. by the Order of Masons of, Woodburnfjof; which. T - wff. jnniem oer; ' ; - ? ' ii it sr - ft SprjjAL Sgp-PIEGE QPCHESTRA v QALEM'S SOCIETY QUARTETTE WES. CARLTON SMITH - MRS. ARTHUR RAHN MRS GILBERTSON --- i ' : .. - ' ? ..... , 11 1 ... 1 1 II ' r f.IILTON SILLS : .CrJ - FLOaETJCE YTO0R '"- '. . , ..:.("'.. -- I-- '.- " , j i ' " - " J r- V' . -. . - ; ' - - - " w ' ; . , r ;":-::'V.' r-'l":' : .V .&:l$-:r.'-:?Jt-i ;-t-': i V- :-H "r-'.;--. . ip.ii(i-' -..4,-.i:'- v 1 ' . ' w ." W..r'-,vlfcfc - - ,-'.- U.ft MltMMhtf ...'...4 ,.. . v .w . .-...J .t -'. . :- '- -'-' :Jl---:'X 'Ox.j-i ; .S'-a :--'f'L- ;V 1E1T MARKET SCORES HiCE Higher Quotations at Liver- jwui ana nising uomrnoai ties Have Effect, i i CHICAGO, Uarch lO.--Al though on account of some' in crease of commission house buy ing the wheat market scored a moderate, advance for a while to day, profit, taking sales on 'the part of holders led to a setback in prices at the last. Closing Quotations, were easy at 1-8 td 5-8 net decline with May $1.1 3-8 to 11.19 lr'2 and July $1.14 1-2 to $1.14 5r8, Corn finished at 2-8 less to a like advance, cats unchanged to' 1-8 at 1-4 up and provisions unchanged to 10. cents nigher. " tTpturns In the price of wheat duripg the early dealings were partly due to higher quotations at ' Liverpool, and - were also In- rruenced by the rising tendency of the commodity-list as a whole. Likelihood ' of crop scares devel oping within the next few weeks counted also as a bullish factor, and had a temporary deterrent f feet on wouldbe sellers.". Rains in the southwest, however, led to evident division of sentiment in the last hour of tradingi . . ; I Approach of the opening of navigation was apparently- slg- nallzed by; some late selling of May" wheat fby spreaders who were simultaneously purchasing at Winnipeg. In this connection; talk was current as to a possl bility that much of the. grain held at eastern lake ports might yet be shipped back and deliver ed here against hedges' on ; May Contracts. Notice also .was tak en that ! primary receipts ' for the week again exceeded inr volume those - ot the previous week and of the corresponding week last year as well. ! a Corn and oats were relatively stronger than , wheat owing in a measure to" bullish "views which, i leading-trader-expressed as to eorn.. f-;. . "; : . y ' . . ' : In the provision market scat tered selling was finally more than counterbalanced by the ef fect: ot higher quotations- on hogs. ' - ' ' - . ,. - , ; MOVIE GOSSIP i ;' " OREGON - !The Flirt," Booth Tarfe lngton'a masterpiece. LIBERTY "The Fast Mail. CiKANI "Skin Deep." with Milton Sills and Ladles' Quartet. RLIGII Hippodrome Vaudeville Road Show, two big acts. Constance Talmadge in "Lessons in Love." :1 GUmour and La Tour present an act very much out of the or dinary. In fact, on their last trip to the coast they received very "favorable comment from the news papers. At the BHgh today. Ilenella can well be called the ''Man Who Fools "Em Add." He has a line of ' magic so. diffecent from other magicians and his own peculiar way of delivering It. At the BHgh today. , Zingarello Trio, something dif ferent and unusual. A typical gypsy novelty. Elaborate, artistic, picturesque and unique in " every detail. Their'' present offering gives - splendid opportunities for a display of their abilty as sng ers and instrumentalists.' At the Bligh today. crook the ' features of an : honest man. How this change in ' Identity,- together with his love for the - wholesome girl who Is h.W nurse, removes his criminal ten dencies is " the remarkable story told in "Skin Deep." Adair and Adair, wo athletic young. 'men who-'perform- a- rou tine' of ' stunts' onr the" horizontal bars which are not only novel and meritoriously presented, but so original- in conception as to mark them as extraordinary performers in their line, Including every known feat ever offered with the addition of several new ones. The rapidity with which they perform these feats is marvelous. Both are expert gymnasts and live up to their billing a3 entertainers in every way. At the Bligh today. Milton Sills, who plays the part of the clever crook in Thomas H. Ince's special pro duction, , "Skin Deep," at the Grand theatre, is one of . the screen's greatest players of crbbk . parts. Mr. Sills portrays a criminal who is a gangster largely be cause he has a crook-type face and" society has come to expect nothing but evil from the man who "looks .like a crook." Following., a terrible injury sustained while he is making his escape from the penitentiary, a skilled plastic surgeon gives the Charles Jones and Eileen Percy in "TheFast Mail," at the Lib erty theatre this week end the picture by kissing out , on the limb of a tree, thereby arousing the astonishment of the-spectator, even though he knows a pic ture must wind up in a. kiss, pre ferably in some unusual position. . Jones, In chasing the plot all ever the map, 'rides .a - horse which 'leaps over a railroad gate Just in time to avoid being push rd over by the express; 'jumps lightly from the fast mail to a, speeding automobile, and' from; one Mississippi steamboat to an other, and swings out 'over 'a tel egraph wire with the heroine flinging to his legs to escape a realistic fire, and altogether has as busy a day as a man can have and still remain fairly i in tact. ' , It would seem to have been necessary to have, a squad of substitute heroes ' in reserve, if not In actual use. rYet ' it Is a tribute to the " extraordinary smoothness of this, ,the best out and out thriller seen in a long time, that none of the spectacu- 1.T incidents seem to have been brown in just to make It harder. of a sailing vessel who is held in" Contempt even , by - his own lather to a courageous man -Of f ea rsome purpose when he: learns of a" wrong tloud hIs motht-r and seeks to avenge-' hen Inter woven In the p!6t is a delightful romance in which Dorothy Gish, as little London- boarding house' slavey, plays the : leading feminine role opposite Barthei mess. . .-v . ii ' Other prominent players m the cast of this production which was.- (limed under, the" masterful direction of Henry King, are Tyrone Power, . Pat Hartigan. Barry Macollum and Jessie Ar nold. Much of the picture was taken at sea on a plcturesaue . old 8fhooner off the ;, Maine coast; These ocean scenes . are said : to constitute some -of the . most striking bits of marine photo graphy ever taken for any photo play. , - ' : 4The. famous; .Liniehpuse dls trlct ' of London! the grog shops of "Glasgow, frequentett ;by ;v the t ough folk 'of the sea," the rolling end majestic Atlantic . as seen from an ., old-time four-masted schponer Ahesd are the back grounds of Richard Barthelmess latest photodrama, "Fury," the First National attraction to be shown at the Oregon theatre on Tuesday. The story of "Fury" is by Ed mund Goulding ar highly dra natic tale of the seal rivalling, if not surpassing, anything Bar thelmess has yet J done for the screen. The story deals with the transformation of "Boy" Leyton from the timorous second mate Phonographs " A price, , piano prices slaughtered. $1 down $1.50 a week buys a phonograph, and $5 down and $1.50 a week buys a fine piano. See-big sale ad on page 7. Geo. C. Will, 4?2 State street. President Harding's .. slogan. "Ral""' Normalcy," has effect ed, the stage . and screen. '. 'From Hollywood comes word that the year's big screen pro ductions will be. human stories, reflections of life..: . Local playgoers are interested in the change of style in screen offerings, and. will make a test case of "The Flirt," the Universal-Jewel .dramatization of Booth Tarkingtdn'fl vivid story, of '"the folks, next door." . : The prduction Is now ! being shown at the Oregon theatre be ginning, soon, mi the manner in which it is received will ti seriously considered '"by" prodac-ers--aar: -an y Indication of pnltlla taste." . '-.' Is , r r "The1 Flirt" is recognized an Tarklngton's ' greatest Story.,' of American 'ltfeC ' It" portrays a typical "family with such . acon tacy that . It ' will "parallel the home life of many local 'people. Thbset.who have readTthe book will "be satisfied f with - Eileen t'ercy. at The Flirt'. Helen Je rome t Kddy ' as her sister ' and George Nich'olsvlaa the father. NOW SHOWING urn '4 Ji ': Eileen Pedcy irTTHE FLIRT" ' Uf?t sal -jLwvc . rcneH . r, trT Alt STAB CAST 1 wSmsmmMh $ U m . " ....... . s.-jJ' - 4 1 TODAY ' , r f ( i FOUR BIG ACTS Zingarella Trio , Harmony Tn a Romany Camp '''HEXELLA" ' Fools 'Em All . ,. Gilmour &, LaTour ... Sense and" Nonsense - ' ' Adair & ' Adair 7" Premier Horizontal "Bar Artists FEATURE PICTURES, TOO Bargain filatinee Daily .THE PICTURE lOOOTbiffls wm TP- THE SENSATION 11 Xf OF SENSATIONS NOW. PLAYING t Mr. and Mrs. Public This is one of the best and biggest pictures oi the year- Do not miss it SEE-The LTixielancl teeplecfese - SEE-The bollGrDlini'n riVprtfiflrnhnt SEE-The fiarGdeviljumpTtom focomotie to raciM auto SEMhe reatestiseries of thrills ever staged Read the Classified Ads. II I I HI I ' . . I I II 111 t ---.;!':c . - r: ii I ii ill I ,.v; . VJ6!&$? 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