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" - (t I I iPae,; CCTil UefiiXlai&isd t.t li n. i :- second mm sbcrinn ,Pageilio4 l", SE VENTY-THIRD YEAR SALEM, OREGON THtJRSDAYMORNING, APRIL 19, 1923 PRICE S CENTS mm r Ik 1ESI D EGO WOULD UK El 1V10ST DELIGHTFUL HOME FDR YOU - i It Would Guarantee the Safety of Your Investment A Home With the Stamp of Originality and Having All -. the Features Going to Make Up Comfort and Con venience- 1 v If you are .planning to build, Th San Diego" will prove . a most delightful i home, .and f 'will fuarantf-a the. safety -of your In 1 est men t. , Ry that Is meant the fact that the brick , and hollow ; building- tile construction used rt- safeguards your home and your family from tires Jthat the per manence the, Ftim-JefyIni5 , na tirre" of these materials elimin ates deterioration, minimizes your painting and repair bills, and pro tects yon from excessive depreci ation in value. ;; v ; The specifications call for the use of an elsht-lnch j wall, practi callyi made up of two parallel . walls tied together at. regular lp- If tervals; the Inner wall to be con structed of 3x6x12 hollow build- hall are doors opening Into the living room, and into a small pri vate hall giving access to .the djn 'Ing room.'a? bedroom, a bath'a3 well a3 to (the stairs leading to the second floor, j The living room . Is certainlya most enjoyable room. . The. three arched casement- windows make the front wall almost, an entire expanse of glass to keep the room flooded! with; i light. . 4 The,, other long!; wall, opposite the windows. is taken up with an airtistically J "designed fireplace! of tile, flanked y built-in book pases. Another door leads' from the living room into the dining room, lighted by threej windows. - The kitchen is partictilarly well plan- pa ctness and an ,8 1 nea with a com ' I j " " " ' 1 1. ;;-"f 'J ., j . . HnAIBH D Adel 0rrtaon New lbe or REVELATIONS OF AJ WIFE CHAPTER 286. THE PLAN L1LX.IAN SUGGEST ED TOj DICKY. j j "If I mighti venture to - sug gest" Lillian said with suspicions meekness In answer to Dicky's de mand as to where we were going to Hve. ' ; j f: .')' "You may speak. Patient Gris el da ' Dicky replied with aft imp ish grin at her. f j "I'm going to," j she retorted a little grimly, "and if you have any usurer's blood 1n yo"u my Remarks will doubtless grieve you deeply. You made a pretty good thing on ,the sale of tlie house, didn't you?" "You've said sontething," Dicky replied, beaming.; "I feel like a profiteer, but it' the first time in ji long and misspent life that I ever succeeded in getting; the better end of a deal in a business transaction. And when I contem plate the party of the seeond part, that unspeakable woman who was snooping around" hereT the'' other day, I'm ready to gloat ove every n dollar of it- I know she's a skin flint, and that she sheds a j tear on eVery cent as It is transferred. Are those tears sweet 1 to niuh? Almost as sweet as the dollars." First floort plan of ."The San Diego." j lug -tile and the outer wall of lommon brick or rug brick, there eing approximately - a two-inch space bjBtweeiL .the twoj walls. This form of conctruction, with .the unbroken hollow space, in ' iures a damp-proof wall, .(even ' jfainst .th severest driving rains. For basement, walls, the heavier Cx4xl2 tile ."should be used. , It will be advisable to build par . i titlons In the .basement .for store rooms, and in particular to isof i . late the furnace and fuel supply f 'na4hus mfnfmixe th, danger of T"f f lr ' from ; Jthbse . Bources. These i I partftions .may he quickly and i cheaply -constructed by using; 3x -12xl2ipartitlpni.jne. V In, addition to the many essehj tia advantages and economies of the jendurfng, construction used, . Th6 San Diego" provides more sentimental values, i Th exterior efficient arrangement of stove, sink, I working table and bnilt-rn cabinets which will minimize -the kitchen end . of dining alcove is of the kitchen, vided far by a re house . work. ' A placed at one end A laundry, is pro- large rear entry. For Oregon conditions -the laun dry should be placed In the base ment, and 'in that case the rear stairway; into the basement would be placed in this rear entry. A. bedroom with. large casement windows on two Walls occupies Ithe remaining orner of the first floor, with a bath, alongside. The I'.e of ontswlnfing casement win dows which permit a complete obenine of. the: window and with out the j waste jof; space required Dy xne. m-swiniging type, is par tioularly. worthy of1, note. . The plans far the second -floor provide a bathroom and two good ; ' t-.iii-3r4' r Vs. .'y . -1 1 What Is Ths?" 'I hope you're, not too attach ed to the dollars," Lillian went on .demurely, "for I'd like to separ ate you from - about a thousand of them, for which you r wil get no return except a little Increased comfort and sense of security." Dicky whistled. 'What's ;this, a rag7'? he demanded. ; "Nothing of the sort.". Lillian I replied. "J never waa more seri ous li my rife." " : i I "Stop the car, Madge! "Tie com manded whimsically, but there was a note ; in his voice which told me that he really meant this unexpected reque-et. "I've got to look Into this.- A thousand I Iron men! Police! Am I permitted to inquire what you rhtend to do with It?" . . r t i I. drew the car to the side of the road, turned oft the engine, ad. turning around" watched Lillian's face with tnterest. f had no more idea than had .Dicky of the scheme which, was evidently concocting Jn her brafn. j There really isn't the slightest reason why I should J inform yoit of the money's destinatfonr Lil lian drawled.. . You've been elever enough to extract it from a poor, helpless, bro -beaten w6man that OHght to content you.j But 'seein as It's you. 111 elucidate, but' I warn you it'll take som6 time." She settled herself ; more cam- fortably in her seat, ; evidently gave the points of her disclosure a quick mental review,: and then began to speak in the slow drawl which she affects sometimes: "s -;v r t-;? I - ' . - J . i 1 i ; ' fI never rob a ;. am most careful to see that Dicky1 is -absolutely undisturbed at his work. ' . "' :- . 1 Lillian came to my rescue,, say ing the thing which was in my mind, but which I never would have uttered. ' "Yon mean' she drawled cool ly, "that you?re t always inter rupting yourylf. flying off at a tangent when j you - should be drawing. You may be able to deceive yourself. Dicky-bird, but don't hand any of that vanilla ic ing to me. I've T worked by your side too long. , . "But apart from that objection what do you think of my scheme? Oh. yes, the thousand dollars is for moving out,, deposit on house, and so forth, ; the little trifles which make moving such a pleas ure." j ''...- 1 j . i (Tto be continued.) CLOVERDALE "Let's proceed from the known to the unknown," she began.' "In the . first place, we've satisfied ourselves that there's no house to rent, and none that we wish to ;buy' within commuting- dis tance of New York. Even if Mje older people wished sto; .live in New (York this summer ah un thinkable proposition r for 'Marion and Junior we .couldn't find an apartment. Things-are worse there than in - the suburbs. And cradle." she retrted Impudently, "All I - askj is! that you refrain from any re marks about fool women,' on necessary expense and any of the rest of the list w hoc h you -wise masculines trot out on any sort of an excuse, (For I warn you you won't approve. My plan is simply to lease (or you some conrfortaMc place et the east end of tho island for two years, move the furniture out there in tha( bI,iDt: or diligent Inquii. Iion tfte a BOt M h warehouse is filled to the brvim. Also , the m6ving men within a radius of 40 miles won't promise a thing till after. May 16." Mr. and Mrs. Spicer of Aumf ville ' were guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William wuizner. .4 , j i While playing, Saturday, at his father's home, Orville Thomas fell on a broken bottle cutting his foot very severely. ' Dr. Grey f Turner -was called and found it necessary o take several stitches In the boy's foot. As an artery was cut the boy lost" con siderable blood and was in quite a weaKened condition, but Is do ing well. ! ii . f Mr. and Mrs. Farr were among the Salem shoppers Saturday. Mr, and Mrs. Levi,. Fliflet of Salem were visiting Sunday eve ning at the home of M. Fliflet. Mr: and' Mrs. Ivan Hadley at tended the Sunday School conven tion In tTurner Sunday. ' , L. Hamilton and' family oil RIdgefield, Wash., spent Satur day evening with his father, J. M. Hamilton, leaving early Sun day morning for Lebanon,. L. Rambo and tfamily of Pre- gon City spent' Sunday JierejWltb Mr. and Mrs. William Butik.e. RAILROAD SHA IS EXHIBIT STRBMGTH Short Covering and Pool . Manipulations Contribute . Much to Rise - Watch the ventilation ot cold lrarae8 and hotbeds as the first' warm days approach.: You may Bave a lot Of plants or kill them when the weather gets warmer. Sprinkle in theevening before the sash is closed.' Arranging to Work. face showed "Whew!" Dicky's1 alarm and chargin. And we re due to get out of here long be fore that! If it were, anybody but that dame in the offing -but it would be useless to expect : any thing from her. We've simply got to get out. I'll grant you the thousand Lll. I'll give it to you as a commission if you'll get us ont of ! this mess." and we can get them if we act at once :then sit tight for awhile. We'll then havej .plenty "of time to keep- ouri eyes open for somthing we really! want I'll get some lit tle furnished1 place near -you luckily my apartment lease Is a long-term ;one, and I can sublet or leave ! lit empty, as I like. 'It isn't as if -any of us had to punch ti time-clock or commute to the city every dayj We can arrange to do a lot of our work at home, Dicky-bird." ' ' That doesn't work out so Very well." Dicky said doubtfully. "Al ways unexpected interruptions.' I flushed painfully at the Injus tice of the remark, for I always Give the asparagus r .heda a nl trat dressing. About a pound and a half to a square rod. Also, salt them ; It you : want to ke down the weeds and make tl grass" tender. .-" NEW YORK, April 18, Prices of stocks continued their rise "to higher ground in today's more active market with the, railroad shares giving the best exhibition of group strength. While short covering operations and pool man ipulations undoubtedly 4 were ' an important factor . In the rise ot many shares, the" volume of sales and . the nature of the- buying in dicated an increasing public in terest in the market.. i - International buying alsq .has been an important factor in the recent "advance. Sales of Anacon da Copper for British account al so were Teported by local bkers. Announced tax reductions in Great Britain are generally be lieved -responsible for a re-awak ening of. foreign interest- in the local securities markets. V Speculative expectation of fav orable March traffic ' statements accounts in part f Or ' the, - revival of interest in the rail group. A sharp "break in German marks ' which sustained "an overnight drop of .10 -.points," to .003 cents was the feature: of the foreign exchange market." While .official explanations for -the decline were not available were, local exchange dealers were of the opinion , that the German government which had kept the mark "pegged" at .0048 cents for nearly two mnoths had withdrawn its support , or' found it ... ineffective .under, -the tremendous -flood of. new. paper money. FrencK francs rallied 8 points to 664 cents but the other European rates showed. I little change. . ' : Call money opened af 5' per eent. but eased .off. to 4 1-2 per cent before the close. Business in the time money, market was confined almost' entirely to re newals which were arranged at & 1-4 to 1-2 per cent, depending upon maturity. - The "commercial, paper market was less active with no change. Astoria Streets to be Built on Solid Fill Plan ASTORIA, Or.. April 18. Re construction of Astoria a streets has been undertaken on the solid rill plan; instead: of the viaduct plan - which the city cotnhilssion. first had .approved. - The change in the method of rebuilding the streets, which were wrecked in the fire of December' 8. 1922, were made, when property owners objected to the plan of leaving the space -benefith the pavements unfilled. ; ' j According to the plan finally adopted concrete retaining walla are' to be erected at the sidewalk lines and between the walls there will be placed solid tils ot earth. " These fills will repare the wooden piling on whih the streets' were originally built. The wooden piling, with spaces be neath, j was responsible- for the rapid spread rof j the fire, which wiped out the business section. The piling had been constructed when the city was built out over the mudflats of the Columbia river in the early days. Sow turnip seeds after a rain, and cover very lightly. Tread them in. ' ' : .' Will AcU Treacnrpp tn Open City Stork Account CALGARY, Alberta, April 1 7 .-U City TWfeasurer Mercer may -be asked to onen a "stork account" if a suggestion made by the health committee of. the local couneil of. woueu li carried Into effect. A deputation from tire local coun cil waited on Mayor G. H. We fa rter and CommissioBer ' Graves recently to suggest that such an account be opened by the city. The" flan Is fntended to make it possible for expectant mothers to lay aside a sufficient sum for, the' 'day of need, by making pay ments in advance.. The trouble wdth the 'usual installment plan, the women explained, is that It Is usually paid after the event. Bat.. after the birth of a child. there are a number of expenses added . to the family. By ad vanqe in Btallraent plan the best medical assured. 0 - - ' ' - -v v - . ' NEW YORK, AprlM8.-Evap-prunes steady; apricots unsettled-? orated apples dull '- and easy; peaches easy. f . 3on't put any frejh manure on the -soil where you are to grow ekg plants. - 1 V fr: 1 1 h Side view of "The Sau Diego," k holfow tfle: and brick home. design is decidedly beautiful and Individual In character. The in terior -is planned to provide a full measure : of hdme comTorts and conveniences. ; It has' four rooms 6n the first floor, and two on the second, with an attached garage. Stamp of OrlgfnrOfty ' The trinle srr"i(" windows on i the front and In either cable, the Z'- t8 attached garage, and the large r.S 'lower ; bed within! the! reUInlngi 4 i at ; . w ac w. va. t,uo oyctiai 'f 'eatures which, give this house t I I "amp of- originality. But v " luej raereiy supplement xne Muvuicucsa , vi vue. euiiro uv elgn., r" Taken all. tin all It is a home of which anyone can be justly prpud. ; j i '-. . Prom the picturesque front en trance one enters1 a reception hall With a coat closet. , From this 2 A ! 1 lon't Sow 1m Too Thickly . ' ' ' ''' - ' "' ' j ':' ': . Old'-fashioned rardeners alwava V insisted In sowing, about three m 'nnch; pea seed ; in a row as could grow well and produce aY maximum crop,, To add to the waste of.-seed and peas, they Planted, these thick' rows Is? oouble series. - Peas are a,, cool weather crop and the t, planting V season extends (from the earliest time , the ground can '. be worked nntil the end of . May at the latest with early fall crops occasionally. It Is best to sow peasjin a sin gle row and the individual peas two Inches apart. In ; this way each Tifte, will produce to capa city and will give twice as many peas per vine as in thick plant- : ing. These single rows may he planted- in double ranks for .the K eake of ntlllxing' brush or. chicken 'wire support or If the space -1" ' limited. ', 1 - ' h : Peas most be cultivated faith- sized bedrooms, each with a great arched window, at the "end and ; with a second Window in the dor mer, sa that good ventilation Is assured. ! Large storage and clos et, space Is provided with, eachr of I inese pea rooms unaer tne root. '- The plans and specifications for ! "The San Diego" are In a blue print that comes with the Febru ary, 1$ 23, Issue of the Permanent Kuiider i They may. be secured by sending 35 cents to The Per manent Builder 133, West Wash ington street, Chicago, III., ;and ask for a copy Of their February, iZ3, number. Or any 'one in terested may look over this num ber at the office of the Salem Btlclt i Tile company. s The of- iicers of this company will be iiaVvj m-i any time to go , over these plans with, you and explain tne vaiaes of this type of construe- i fully to ,be a their best aft they are a cool weather crop and de mand cool roots. The mainte nance of ' a" dust mulch 4n dry apells will do iwonders towards Keeping I them going. They need iioerai soakings if an unseason able dry, hot spell intervenes in June as sometimes happens. j Although the dwarf peas will grow well without support; they will do ' better, even the m o s t dwarfed, if given a width of nar row chicken wire to - start -.them Into upright .growth. The taller of the I dwarf section, those that grow two feet or more high, need 4his support and some ot the fin est : ot 1 the ' dwarf section attain this height, r j Bersure to give seedling plants growing indoors all the. light pos sible.; .They will reach up for it. if thiey must, and thus become weak and spindling. , ' . SHE RA1AN CLAY PIANOS F6r Largest Retail Piano Concern in the World Selection We Offer You the Standard of Values 1 - SleihWay Weber A. B. Cbaie Steck , . ( Emerson r Kurtznian -i Krakauer Davenport &,Treacyf etc. . - j - . - j A Piano for Every Purse j Yoar old piano taken m exchange I Victor Victrolas, Sheet Masic, etc I r.iooRi MUSIC f HOUSE Sales Representatives W 415 Court St. Phone 98.1 - an Attractive ' investment 1 . ' . ' . . :- -.': ' . :'..- ':-..- - The 7 Pri w Stock of the PORTLAND RAIIMY; LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY A Condensed Statement of the Principal Featured of this Security ' This issue of stock takes precedence over all all other stock of the 7" Company as to assets and dividends, and no stock having priority over this issue can be created Without the approval of the holders of. a majority or this issue.' , :- ' ''.! ' ; -'V ' ' ' This issue is being offered to the. employes and the public served by v thi3 Company as an opportunity to participate in the actual ownership of the foremost public utility in this community., ; The stock is to pay a dividend of 7 per annum payable quarterly . on the first days of January, April, July and October of each year. This dividend will be provided, before dividends are declared, on any of the $22,250,000 of other stock outstanding. , J ;. The Company has had, at all times, surplus, earning materially in excess of the 7 dividend required by thi3 issue, i ! ' : - The stock is of f ered to the pubUc at a price of $98 per share, plus af-; crued dividends, par value being $100.00 per share. , The dividend of $7.00 per share will therefore afford a return of approximately 7.14 on the money invested, an exceptionally attractive rate of interest for an invest ment of this character. V r ' All funds derived from the sale of this stock are to be used entfrely for improvements in and additions to the properties of this Company, thus directly adding to the assets behind the Company's securities. ner share on the installment plan if desired, and 7 interest will be paid on all partial payments from the time they are made. An initial payment of $10.00 per share secures the stock for purchase in this manner, the balance payable at the rate ot $10.00 per share pet month, with the privilege of paying m full at any time. - Stock.TJertificates will be delivered upon payment m full. , Dividends on this stock are cumulative, thus affording additional as f snrahce of full payment of dividends. Dividends oi this stock are exempt i from normal federal income tax. '; . -i . ' " ' - Holders of .thistock who, at any time, desire to dispose of it, may arrange to offer it for sale through the Securities Department of this Company ?i ' ' . 1 Liberty Bonds will be accepted at market value to apply on payments for this stock.. p ' ; - ' t