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11 7 1 ' " 1 1 1 I I I I I I I1 1 I I i I1 I II - THE DALLES Two Basketball Teams Ready for Tourney- Try : Out on Armory Floor. ' Two of the early bird teams that didn't- intend to get left at the-worm counter dropped in STEP OUT INTO SPRING It IVA Better Clothes 1:1 Made to Measure H The sense of being well. ' dressed is && exhilarat- f ing as the first breath of spring ; . ' The Spring: woolens are here -in " aU the newest K weaves designs and cbl-' ; oring, and '' at moderate f prices.14 As pleasing an array, of 1 fabrics as you ; would care to see. , . t r .!. , ,-- v;..;r'.. t? Suits Tailored to 1 0: Measure . ' Scotch 'Woolen Mills: : ; 42G State Street . ' ,"5 i Axminsters9xl2 . . . . . J; . ; V.l . . . . .1 ..... .$34.75 Tapestry Brussels-9x1 2 Seamless. J . .$26.75 ! Wiltons In good assortment 9x12 ..... .$96.00 Wool and Fibre 9x12 . J : . . ..: $15.00 ? Grass 9x12 ........ . J. . V ..... . ...$8.00 Sale on at Wednesday for the state basket ball tournament, t They are the teams from Athena and The Dal les, fan d both had their first work-out on he armory floor in the afternoon. j Athena . is" to meet Salem to night in the first game of the tournament. . The winner then Roes into the regular schedule, and whoever wins j the tourna ment will have? to play at least taree full games, j and Athena or Salem will haveto play four because of ! their having been paired for the first- odd round. Athena looks up to f the advance not that have,! come as to the team's prowess.' "It. is doubt ful whether .tbr can play the ieam gamevVltn Salem, where the boys have been together long enough for them to know each ' other' habits -and' depend on them. But the; visiting play ers promise' to make it an inter esting game for anybody. They appear to have real physical class, and if they should take off this first game, it - will be worth their while j to have iron endurance for the series yet ahead of them. ; . Medford and Astoria are the first pair, and Tillamook and Myrtle point the second." I the even!ng, ; The Dalles meets University high of Eugene, and Joseph .defends against the winner of ,tonht"g game, either Athena or. Salem, j The semf-finals ate to beplay--ed ; Saturday ; afternoon, two gtmes, and. the final - clash will come Saturday night. The Wn? ner will be one jot the nine clubs and ' Just at present there are nine guesses. Rather there are about 11 guesses, for two defeated teams are" Bald to be 'showing bad enough, sportsman ship to hope to break in as con tenders, and while .there is no probability : that ; either will get over, it would be. a possibility. Out of a field of fnine, or 11 the prophet can .have a merry rtce wth nls own guesses. "From what I learn.i they are all good," said j Coach Hollis Huntington, of Salem. His own team is in the best of condition, physically,: without a boil, a f train, charley-horse or, anything that would be an alibi. The team that beats1 them ; will have o play tetter " balll - ' ' . ' ;.. ;: Dr. Pi I Utter Is offering a German. LUG ER f- SOCaL tSbot JtaTOMATlS SPEOAL low race $19.98 nrrrrm FREE 9 thou in leM than 3 teconda. Antomatic -elector, full safety, perfect grip and per- feet I r balanced. Thia i a regular pocket machine gun that can- be dismantled with out tool. These guaa were imported before present tariff went into effect. Or der quick before price advances. DON'T DELAY. Write name and addrestpbtinly. Send No Money S3r GENUINE MAUSER AUTOMATICS 25 CAL. MAUSER , - , $13.90 32 CAL. MAUSER 14.M Send no money. Pay postman on arrival MOHAWK SPORT I NO -GOODS CO. Dept. 2 'I B ASHUELOT. New Ham p. Arm 1 Our Silverton and Salem Stores SQUIRE EDGEGATE Timothy Went At$H. "TO HOLD LlF a 'Picture -TrtfS 5 7t X6$ZST ONE I COUL t fine silver cup for the winner that will be a worth-while trophy for some one to carry home. It is on exhibition at the Spa. SPENCE APPOINTED STATE MARKET AGENT (Continusd from page 1) State Grange at Newport In June. The market1 agent will be h self-sustaining office maintained by fees. These will come mainly from grain inspection which un der the market agent act is trans ferred from the public service commission to the market agent. J. W. Church was gain inspector under the service commission, auu since the passage of the legislt tive act. which carried the emer gency clause, has continued to hold; the office at the request of the governor . Duties Yet Uncertain The duties of the market agent have not yet been definitely de termined. He Is required to co operate with the producers in the marketing of their products to the best advantage. The governor said the ultimately it is intend ed that the ' market agent shall certify to seed potatoes, apples and other products . to the end that they, be standardized. Headquarters of the office will be in Portland, but the agent may have a desk in Salem. ' "BUSINESS men if - HONOR- HALVdRSEN ( - (Continued from page 1) ':; .''o'clock this. afternoon. . The Elks 'lodge will be in charge of the fu ntral. u Rev Ward Willis Long Will officiate at the services. . Salem .Rotar lans paid tribute to Mr. . Halvorsen, who was member of the Rotary club. John H. McNary, president of the club, spoke briefly. Rev. J, j. Evans of the Christian church read the poem "Just Away" and offered a prayer. W. H. Burghardt, Dr. H. H. dinger and George A. White were named as a committee to prepare resolutions and offer the assistance of the club to the Hal vorsen family. . ! $5 Covers Your ' - I AXlLAlCll X' iUUl Balance $1 Weekly Guaranteod Pabcolin Floor Covering H5r Square Yard We Have a Full Line of Inlaid and Print Linoleums ' ALL OX SALK jj ?Here9 There, amidl Everywhere i ... - . . ' ' . ';-.... BREHiTIN DEATH OF CBiPB DELAWARE ICE WIL LIE HDPPE imiir'niiTP niainrn lyiltflLUIMIL UMIKULII Condition Not Believed Ser ious by Physicians; Drub bing Terrific. NEW YORK, March 14. Bill Brennan, Chicago heavyweight, who was taken to the Jewish Me morial hospital early today with concussion of the brain, the ref- su'.t of his knockout by Luis Angel Firpo Monday night at Madison Square Garden, was declared by his physicians tonight to be in no immediate, danger. "His condition apparently is not serious," as?erted Dr. Edward 1. Spitzer, brain speclallstwho diag nosed the case, "but it is too early to predict developments. X-ray photoCTaph" were taken of the pugilist's head soon after he reached the hospital, but these Dr. Spitzer said, probably would not, be examined until tomorrow. He added there is no evidence of Injury to the bone. The blow which knocked out Brennan and resulted in his in- iury was a right hand swing, land ing just befclnd the left ear with . . , . , - tnis puncn louowea a series on rusnmg right and lert uppercuisj vfth which Firpo battered the Chicagoan into a state of semli helple.-sness in the 12th "round j ' . Brennan was bent double whein '.he final punch came and! fell, face down, for the count of ten; Barely able to crawl on his hands and knees, he was helped to his !6rner and "but of the ring in a azed condition. Thye Majes Short Work v of Japanese Challenger PORTLAND. Or., March 14. Ted Thye light heavyweiebt wrestler of Portland, made short Tork of Tarro Miyake, Japanese iut Jitsu wrestTer, in a match here tonight when he disposed of 'he Oriental in, 32 minutes and 46 seconds. There was only one fall and in getting that Thye slammed the Japanese's head on the floor so hard that the latter was uncon scious for several minutes and was unable to continue the match. Dempsev Receives Offer - $750,000 to Meet Firpo ! LOS ANGELES, March 1 4.-i-Jack ; Dempsey. world's heavy weight boxiner champion, has bald sn offer of $750,000 to meet Lul9 Ansel Firpo. Argentine boxer, in title bout at Buenos Aires next November, the Los Angeles Ex aminer will state tomorrow. 1 Dempsey told the Associated Press over the telephone the an nouncement he had received such in offer wrs correct and that he had expected to learn the details'! by long distance telephone from Ms manaper. Jack Kearns, in New York tonight. LEWIS RETAINS TITLE TULSA, Okla., March 14. Ed "Strang'er" Lewis retained his heavyweight wrestling champion ihio of the world when 'he threw Cliff Blnckelev of Ohio in two Straight falls here tonight. ' $10,000,000 MANUFACTURING PLANT. Photo shows site of $10,000,000 manufacturing plan wbick will be built by Henry Ford at St. Paul. Minn. This valuable site borders the .Government high dam. the mse' of which Henry Ford hopes to obtain. He has already purchased several blocks of ground and will to ahead with his big plant as soon as weather conditions permit. Through With It OF DUE TO CRITICS 111 Health and Financial Re verses Also Play Part in Suicide. WASHINGTON. ME.ch 14. The suicide today of Charles F.' Cra mer who resigned , as general counsel of the veterans' bureau at the height of, congressional at tack on that organization, was at tributed tonight by his associates to worqr over criticism aimed at him, accentuated by the 111 health of his father and by financial re verses. , William Wolfe Smith who suc ceeded Cramer, said his inquiry into the affairs of the legal di vision of the bureau had thus far disclosed "nothing to Mr. Cra mer's discredit." Investigation by the! police revealed no motive for the! suicide but they said they been greatly depressed since sev had learned that Mr. Cramer had been greatly depressed since sev ering his connection with the vet erans' organization which i occur red Just prior to the resignation of Director Forbes a few . weeks 'afe0 Mr. Cramer was alone at the t,me of the ge&y except for a maid and a chauffeur. " Mr. ! Cramer was 45 years old. He left' no children. WThen the United States entered the war he came to Washington from his home in San Francisco and tried to obtain a commission in the army but because of a crippled arm and poor sight he was re jected. Later he was appointed representative of foreign petrol eum interests here . which were supplying, the allies with material for the manufacture of explosives. , Prior to the war Mr. Cramer was general counsel for various western oil companies. He was graduated from New York uni versity in the class of 1899. Busick Grocery Store Now in New Location The Salem branch of the J. L. Busick stores was moved yester day into the new location at Court and North Commercial streets. The wholesale and re? tail departments will now be lo cated rin the same' building which was formerly occupied by Gale & Co., whose store now occupies the other part of the building. With one of the largest display spaces in Salem, Busick's will make use of the semi-self service features which are peculiar to the different branches of the firm. The familiar orange front of the stores in Albany, Woodbura and Corvallis will be maintained by the Salem store. uuiK goods will be kept In packages, already weighed up and marked .according to W. L; Bus ick, manager of the local store. FITZ.SI5IMOXS IEFEATEI BUFFALO. N. Y., March 14. Mickey Walker of E izabeth. N. J., wenerweignt champion, won the Judges' decision in a 12-round bout here tonight with Charlie itzslmmons of Oklahoma. Titr.- simmons weighed 153 pounds and walker 149. DELAWARE ICE ' JAM IS INTACT TV N. T. Bombs Dropped by Aviators Fail to Break Coating on River. " PORT JERVIS, N. Y.f March 12 (By the Associated Press.) Scarred and shaken by violent ex plosions of 300-pound TNT bombs dropped by- army .aviators today from an altitude of 2000 feet, the dangerous five-mile ice Jam on the Delaware river which has threatened this town with disas ter, still was intact tonight. The flood menace, however, was believed to have been temporarily removed, for although winter scored a triumph against one of the war's modern Implements of destruction,' the river is falling and a heavy thaw is now the only danger. ' i ' Guided by bonfires built on the fee, two "large (Martin Jbombing planes from Aberdeen field; each carrying four men and four bombs began the attack. Thousands of residents of New York, New Jer- ssey and Pennsylvania gathered in the vicinity where the three slates adjoin and saw the spectacle. : Seven bombs were dropped at intervals of 20 minutes, four tear ing gullies in the ice six feet deep.. The other three landed on the New Jersey shore,, throwing up clouds of earth and snow. New Blouses and Shirts $1.00 Something "the boy" is always in need of is shirt3 and blouses. You'll like the "fine quality of these and the reasonable price. Military or lay down collars. Sizes for boys of 6 to 15 years. SPECIAL Boys' Wunderhose 3 pairs $1.00 or 35c a pair. Good weight selected cotton. Reinforced heels and toes. Sizes 6 to 12. Regular $4.0$ Boys' Sweater Coats $2.50 Sweater . coats every boy can use one to ad- vantai psnppiflllv fnr jcVirrl ft'ooi" All nrfictaA heather Tniirtiira in grays and browns. Very special at $2.50. a . ,. . . - 5 i KEEPS TITLE World's Champ Balkline Bil liard Player Defeats Schaefer, Challenger. NEW YORK, March 14. Willie Hoppe, world's 18.2 balkline bil liard champion, retained his title tonight, defeating Jake Schaefer, challenger, 1500 points to 1341. Hoppe, defeated 500 to 277 on Monday In the first block of the match, overcame Schaefer's lead last night, reaching .: the 1,0 00 point mark while the challenger was counting 994. The champion ran his final 500 points tonight in 12 innings. Resuming from his unfinished run of 99 in the second block, Hoppe counted 43 before missing. He took a long lead in the third inning with a run of 186. 5 - Schaefer, a marvelous shot maker, made the highest run. of the match in his fifth inning. 244. and drew to within 20 counts of Hoppe. The title holder pulled away with a run of 113 In his sixth Inning and never was head ed. ' ,;- The summary;.., , Hoppe first two blocks. 1,000: 43. 1. 186. 2. 30. 113, 43, 4, 2. 43 1 186 2 30 113 43 4 2 0 55 21 500. : :. . Average for block, 41 8-12. High IT INSURES HIS GOOD APPEARANCE :(:i''tH 7) It BISHOP'S Boy Many Ilave Two Pairs Pants 7 This sort of suit is going to make the boy . proud of his "looks" and you'll be proud of him, too. One of thos& tidy, trim looking'" Norfolks, built like older brother's. That keeps, the boy's head up and chest out manly like. . ; ".- r ,And he likes it--as he surely will hell . take care of it. - r Bring the boy in and tog him out for Easter Morn. Selections now are at their best , B&fjg&g BY LOUIS RICHARD 1 runs, 186 and 113. Grand aver age 34 3-44. Grand total, 1,500. Schaefer- first two blocks 994:. 3 0 0 1 244 1 37 0 29 6 347. Average for block, 31 6-11. High runs; 344 and 37. Grand average 31 8-43. Grand total. 1,341. JUROR BETTER MARION. 111.. March 14.-r-(By the Associated reas.) Condition of the absent Herrin riot Juror was reported to be better on Wed nesday and if the Juror returns on Friday morning, 'as he Intl- mated he would do in a message' to .Judge D. T." Hartwell Tuesday, there will be two days' of court ; this week. ; jff from the ,r factory TOD AC CO 15 now FABRIC " r 4k