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IFFIWOPIC
Portland Man Telis.Rotarians
of Vast Unt'sed Resource
- i'.-of Oregon ' ' f
I JvHien the chairman announced
at Botary club luncheon Wednes
day soon that th Salem Kiwanis
promised to win the international
tttendance prize .in the Kiwanis
attendance . contest with J100
clubs participatins, the Rotarians
cheered as loyally as' if it V had
been their own yictory, and ihey
were going to dine again at the
expense ,of ; the Kiwaniana. j J .
Tey will 4ine together, but the
Eotariafs Trill pay the bilL J The
Kg pread. i set lor .Thursday
igb.t-.of next -week, and the Ho
tarjans will pass up their regular
TJTedAday noon luncheon ta cen
ter all their efforts en j this joint
fMd. The i Kiwaniana : are - miles
i&ead on the percentage basis. If
Ciey r.shold ill stay away f next
seek, they -would still win from
tia Rotarians thia year, a f The
Eetariaa hosts, however,- promise
to make the dinner a monumental
ibcjil ewnt i ; Theyf agree p, that
nsf9 7.M0.000 kilowatt 'hours In
a year, and all th root Ar o
demand is only j 10,500.00.
e paper mill doe not ukp near
ly as much as the peak load from
ttovreat of the city, but it uses it
yaar. i - .
Mr. Griffith told s6m of th
diy and night, ?Tery day'in the
details or the greal plant now be
iqg built 'attOak GroTe In Clacka
a mas county to develop 105,000
horsepower, i. This will utilize the3
wfater at a head of 857 feet.- It
will .deliver 105,000 horsepower
ererys day of the year, through a
storage and diversion system.. The
here be
000.-
qpo.
Bwuiase aotu aiversion system,
total cost ! 3 to be somewhere
tj(ween 112.000,000 and $15,(
tier are losing to 6ome good fel-
lawi wno earnea ic I
H Franklin T. Griffith of Jrtri-
land; vice president -of -the NsatfOn
il Electrical association,-wa' 4he
spaker for theday. He we;nt in
to detailed statement ef the-am-anat
'Of used and anased fwater
; power' in the , northweeti uhwings
tkrt Oregon -has 3,000,000 potenH
( tial ' horsepower, and only j 3 00,-
; 129 in use; Washington 1 1 with
aach greater possibilities; ! butf
. inly about one-half as large pro-j
portion; and-Uaniornia-wim oaiy
ibiat 25 per cent of her hydraulid
ingy put: into service. j
MrGriimh explained thQ work
tegs of the federal permit system
tS st aims, to keep the water pow
era ia the hands of the peppae. Tp
frieral authority , extends o - 8p
per- cent; of all the unused water
power of the nations, j It js even
t kruer than that . in . Qregdnl :
The speaker gave an admirable
Kells Is Sworn in as Fed
eral Employment Agent
w. i. Fitzgerald, federal era-
toyment agent for Oregon, And
Arthur Stone, deputy state labor
commissioner and i city 1 employ
ment agent for' Portland, - were
Salem visitors Wednesday. Mr.
iUgerald swore in C. A. Kells
f the local YMCA as the Salem
gent for the federal service, and
hereafter the work here will be
carried on under, the official fed
eral sanction and with its aid.
It k 4s expected that it iwill ; be a
great life to the Salem bureau, in
the getting' of jobs and -of -men
to fUl them. ; i ": , ;
J ;,The ; Salem free- employment
bureau is to meet today at 12
ofclock at : the : .Argo- j. htrtel fer
luncheon. Following .that they
will , hold a' conference! at the Y
on the labor situation. The .mem
bers .are, F. ( U.. Guthrie, chair
man ; n J. P. '.Aspinwall, !ervi:
II. II. Mum ford. Liberty; Carlo
Abranrs and D. W. Eyre. .
-Jitioas that govern the devel
"fi ent atlfl ItSA frfvfOWIT'.TXTlaIh-
t iowilOaiiecessary to Jia.ve.io
; large a "safety load factor' or ex
tfi power available, td 'supply Ihe
p Jl loads that must occur in tie
: c; eraiion 01 power bu ugui u
l u prises. -He ahdwed how the e
; v lopmeat of great industries that
' t m & practically contlnudus
r er, like the Salem paper mips,
is the ideal l for the power coim
, r -jy. The paper mill for Instance,
TAYTONNEWS
STAYTON. . Or,, JMay 2. J. U
Sneed was taken o .Salem, to the
hospital a few days ago when he
was operated on for appendicitis.
The Sneed family; live across rthe
river n Linn county. I,
Miss La Vern Shank took the
noon stage Saturday for Salem
where she spent the week! end
with her aunt, Mrs. N'adstanek.
Mrs..J. L. Lambert' and her
pmi-tecbnical exblanatlonf of thetmbther. Tf Mrs Hatte Ray drove
over. ; irom Joraan, rraay ana
spent he day shopping 'In Stay
ton.v. i';Y. i 1 ..,T',,...-,. ..
I Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Todd came
down ''from Silver Creek : Logging
company's camp; near r Mehama
and spent the week here with
her mother Mrs. Albert Frank.
J David B. Smith passed thrduih
Stayton Monday on his way home
to, Warren ton after several weeks
spent at Detroit, r Several years
ago Mr. Smith -was a resident
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DOINGS OP THE DUFFS Seeing Is IMieving.
BY ALLMAN
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Wt ' VOU LIKE ' KV- i '. MOOSE.S AtiV 7vJO VACANT
W V 'NEWfQp.RrMfi fTir"" " - LOT5..DUT I DOf'T 7
'V k :5U,T? l'Voulook 'n ecu Eve in expensive
i 2if PRETTV TOPV j : ; V CLOTHES " .
f TAKE THIS NEW 1 ( f i md" Tat ou THAT L-p- 1
. SUIT ) HAVE' On' - i PAID J50, Hoa -VESjFVOU
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W ME !p25-2 '"-, HVE. e.EL.EVLD . J) cve THE ' f
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not Jwn fiillys drained. A sim
ilar condition may be noted iu
cherries and efn ;appl?8, -the let
ter c-ontinueR, w.hlci condition
seems loj exist over the county in
generaf. i '
The treQfi ;onie time recover,
however.. Professor iBarss states
when the new root syRten.gradUr
ally , becomes estahlished from
the development of farther young
feedllng rootlets in the tipper la y-t-rsj
of the soil to take the place
of those killed; off j by the dry
weather (conditional which pre
vailed last1 summer. ;
; (Specimens of . pesr branches
were" sentj-to Professor ' Barss re
cently by; Fmit ilaspector Van
Trump. ' . j
New Modern Building
j Will Go Up at Dallas
DALLAS. Or., Eay 3". (Spe
cial.) tojj The Statesman.) Ar
rangement. have besen completed
by the D. IL MeGallon estate to
erect on the site of jthe old wood
en store buildings oil Main street
between the C. L.'.jtyider building
andj the Kersey confectionery an
up-to-date brick for , concrete
building. The structure will eon-
feist. of two large store rooms and
these have already been leased by
local business houses. . The es-
tateS may yet decide to erect a two-
story building and fent the upper
floor for lodge room purposes.
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Dallas to Have Better. Fire
Protection By Time Hot
Season Arrives
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Stayton and -conduoted .a drug
store here. ' ' '
Clair Thomas .was down town
Saturday . for tlie t first t time in
several weeks,- .having been laid
up with a badly Injured leg which
he hurt while working with the
dredging ' crew v on the Salem
ditch. ' rlT
Chanes Gehlen -was confined to
his home Monday by a flight ill
ness, but is able to be about his
duties again: j
Dick Davie and family arae
up from Portland. Sunday for a
visit at the. J. P, Davie home. ;
.The carpenter and mason
work -en the apartment house, be
Ing erected on High and Second
streets by F. T. Jones, ; has been
completed and is now .Teady for.
the plasterer. ' The new building
has 38 rooms, is strictly modern
and a valuable , addition to ' that
section of town. y v .-.I.
The inviting . name! of "Mojr
Inn" has been given the new ser
vice station opened up by L. ;A
Thomas. The name was suggest
ed by',C A. Beauchamp, who re
ceived 10 gallons of " gaaollne for
submitting ; the most suitable
name for the place. . t -'' I
E. C. Titus drove to Jefferson
Sunday; and spent the afternoon
visiting at the home of E. K-
Howell.
Mrs. ! Vern Sloper who visited
last week with Mm. Edna Sloper
returned to her home in Salem
Sunday. . , i-
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Gardner
left the first pf the week for Ba
ker for a moiith's vlsiti withi re
latives and friends. At Port
land Uhey will be joined by their
daughter. ; Mrs. Carl Fryer. The
trip is being made by automobiles
ever the ; seen tcj Columbia River
highway.
H. C. Ackerman a successful
automobile salesman of ,Salem
was here 'last yeek 'and placed
new ear witb4 the E. T. Matt-
hieu family. ' '
The James Leffler' family, re
moving from their - Linn county
farm Into , Stayton, where - they
will reside. Their son, Arthur
Leffler will take charge of the
farm. .." ' '
; Osear Striker of Molalla peni
the week-end at the G. W. Myers
home. . ''. '. '' , -
"Mrs. J. 'C.l Jennings. was shop4
ping in Oregon tity Thursday.
Mrs. Frnd Sehaler of Molalla
and her daughter Lela siJenjTSnn
day at the Guy Schafer home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C, Jennings had
as their Sunday dinner guest Mr.
and Mrs. G.i W. Myers and son,
LaNoel, Mr.i and Mrs Calvin
Phillips and Oscar Striker.
Carl Millard, the rural mail
carrier had the misfortune to be
hurt quite ' badly while ! plowing.
Clarence Gidley Is taking the mail
for him. -. -M f ' .- 1
j i 'J.HC. Jennings and Oscar Strike
erj attended : the ball game in
Woodburn. Sunday,
f ) Mrs. Harmon of "Marquam was
buried in the I. O. O. F. cemetery
here Monday. '
i Little Harrys Groshong has the
whooping cough.
Mrs. Calvin Phillips was tran
sacting business at the : court
house in Salem Saturday. '
WlUSICiL COIKlEOr
. i BIG FUN MAKER
Salem People Highly Laud
VStruttin' Along" and
Mamie Smith Troupe
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CLOVERDALE
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Hutchon Paint Store
Salem; Oregon "7. j
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SCOTTS MILLS
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CLOVERDALE; Or.. May ' 2.
Oscar Fliflet has completed his
work in Salem and is home again
for a few days, f ; 1
W. 'F. WrightJ the road patrol
man. .expects to begin road work
Monday., 1
i Ir. and Mrs. Arthur Kunke
went to Salem Tuesday.'
TH oio qva man- ft iati)a fiarA
of sP." A. Woods' uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. William Jones, who
may regret to hear tjiat but re
cently -word came from Colorado
that they are both dead.
F. .A- Wood of Safem came out
and removed his tractor and sep
arator from the farm he recently
sold," Sunday.
Mr. and Mr3. L. E. Hennis apd
daughter Mary were shopping in
Salem Saturday..
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wilson and
nephew Orville Thomas spent Fri
day visiting in Salem with Mrs,
F A.. Wood.
Mrs. Grace Thomas and Mrs.
May Had ley spent Wednesday In
Ealenv'
Mamie Smith and her ja
Mamie Smith .and her jazz
hounds, who Wednesday night
presented "Struttin Along," mus
ical comedy in two ac.ts pf .. four
and five struts respectively, were
the most galvanic bunch of cdm
edians and musical artists who
ever made an appearance in isa-
lem. It's customary to make a
similar remark about, any .perfor
mance that a renorter .has to
write up along- about midnight
but in this case it happens to be
perfectly correct statement. I
The play w!as UTactiaalry aM
for the purpose i of making fun
but there were :one or two ser
ious songs that! showed artistic
and dramatic acumen to a high
degree. !' . f
Mamie Smith herself sang two
songs '' that required the best of
acting by this clever Broadway
favorite These were "You've
Got to See Mama Every Night."
and "Don't Mess With, Me
which turned the audience into
a storm. of laughter and applause.
From a hayloft to king of
harem was the life story of Fris
co Niek as presented in the play;
and the barem iiscene which open
ed the second -act wis one f the
knockouts of : the performance.
The Creole chorus and the aan-
cine girls delighted everypoaj
Orchestration t was perfect, j and
the costuming and color arrange
ments were highly elaborate.
DnrVor anrtiPerrin with their
.nMtiiiiiad Hrpv voluminous Lac
claim. ; !
;SCCrTTS MILLS, Or., May
Several from here , attended tne
dance Jn -Monitor. Saturday night.
Eva and Kermit Barkhurst o
Portland have -been . visiting
friends here for the past week.
Grandma Dale . baa returned
home from '. Portland where she
has been visiting for the " past
month. . .
' Harry "Kellls of Silver vFall
camp has moved his. family, back
to Scotts Willis.- He expects Hto
work for the Butte Creek Lumber
company. Mt, hd ?Mrs ? Albert
Rich and son. Almond, and J. O.
Dixon ' motored 'toTacontB Satur
day Jo see'll D. Wordon.'who is
sick in a hospital there.
Southern Pacific Shows
Big Revenue? in Oregon
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rTho oneratfhe revenoi of the
Southern Pacific lines in Oregon
for 1322 was $19,40X,727.40. ac
cording to the annual report filed
with the . public service' commis
sion. ' Figures for tha general
Southern Pacific system are:-Op
erating, revenue, J195.705.452. 61;
operating expenses, $138,268,
4 2 . 67; taxes $15.619.67r..55: op
erating Income, f41.72C.068.69
The operating Yatio was 70.6 S per
ceuti meaning a profit of about
30 per cent, or in the neighlor
hood of $6,000,000. ,
Huedn !? Store
i We Handle the Reliable Rasanusson Line
Work Done by Day or Contract s
Phone 594. , 154 S. Com'l St.
Buy Yoiir Paiiit inTalaint Store
Root Condition i Cause o
Withered Pear Blossoms,
i $ays ; Prof, Barss .;
IDEOiU STOLZ ID
HID UliAl
HIS PHUKE DRIER
DALLAS, Or., May, 3. (Spe
cial to The Statesman), The Dal
las city council has awarded, the
contract' for extending the city
water system into the industrial
district in the south part of the
city., to p. B.. Gates of Portland
at'a price of $14,816.80, with an
additionar1 sum to be added far
the installation 'of at least nine
fire hydrants with apparatus: at
tached for use of . pumping -facilities
; in case the city should at
some future , date purchase a
pumper .fire, truck.
Mr. Gates' bid was the only one
received which covered., the. . cost
of laying' the water main arid fur
nishing the -'materials. .Several
.other1 bids were received for 6ia-
terials only. It is the intention
to begin work inimedaltely and
have the work completed at least
by - the time the extremely hot,
dry weather of the summer sea
son arrives.; - ":- "v1 .:
The extension of the water
system was authorized by the
people at a special election held
the fore part" of last month.
What part of the system that at
He Is Not Deceiving Any One,
Much Less I j Himself,
With His System
'i jl .y
l-litor Statesman: .
It haM' come to ne through sev
eral reliable sourcs that ji report
Is abroad that in nfy statem'ont oh
results pf niy last year's Experience
wath nryi partial ret-circu-lattng fan
system, f had deceived myself, and
had not given thee full facts, and
was now thinking of installing
larger tans. It isf scarcely neces
sary for me to rqply- to such. an
eTfoit thoijatt of r interested
parties who. may be selling fans.
or those who! advocate the large
fans, -only as possible 'of success.
I am Inot making plans for any
ch&ngesfat my dijter; my results
were an tnat was jpromisea me Dy
Professor Wigantof OAC, had I
installed the full! seven-foot fan
A careful reading of my little
booklettwill convilnce anyone that
I am jiot trying tp deceive anyone,
least of all myself.
You will also note that I do not
advocate that same results can be
had in all kinds oi driers, for there
are scarcely two alike, and this is
the deplorable fajpt, and is a fac
tor ini.our dried prune output
Many of the so-called driers in use
now should be condemned as un
fit. Respectfully f
GIDEON STOLZ.
Salem, Ore.. May 3. 1923.
present runs Into the industrial
district i too small to afford any
rrotellcon in case of a bad fiio '
fire Ilk a the sawmill fire of twj
years ago. . . Since that itmo sev
eral -industries have been built -
ip the district and more have
been .promised- when adequate"
fire protection was assured.' r It
Is predicted that the step Just
undertaken by the city will mean
the addition of several thou san d
dollars monthly to the payroll
of the city, by the building of
new industries in this part of the'
city. The mains." which will be'
of eight and " 10-Inch pine, will
also afford . better protection to
the public schooC the Southern
Pacific depot and freight houso
and- several prune . packing plants.
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Installment Notes, General Lease,
Power of Attorney,-Prune Books
and Pads, Scale j Receipts, etc.
i "; These forms jare carefully pre
pared, for. jlhe jourts and Private
use. Prices range from 2 cents to
12 cents apiece, and the - note
books front 25 to 50 cents.' ; y
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An evnlsnation of. the wilted
condition of I- pear bloasoms man
Ifested in orchard. throughout
the I county this spring and which
is; being looked upon with anxi
ety by Marlon county orchardist4.
was Waived by Coanty , Fmit
Inspector Van Trump frem II. P.
Parss, professor of botany and
plant pathology at Oregon Agri
cultural college. -
Acording' to. Professor Pftrss,
tl condition of . the pear blos
soms Is due largely ta the' serious
effect . of the excessively dry con
ditions f last summer. The root
system is said to have been; In
jured to such an ; extent that it
cannot supply a , normal : amount
of moisture to the opening bios
soma, with the result that5 they
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jnnvet ana win. . liiose .wum
tions are found to be worse, the
letter continues, o In ; grounds
.which are shallow or which have
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