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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON - ' ' 1 ' WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, 1923 . 5 i i CITY NEWS IN Kidnaping Owe Reported - : : A brief report from the,Corval - lis police department late Monday night told of the kidnaping of Velma pip, age la, by three men. Her description was given (as fol lows: Height, 5 feet, 2 Inches; brown hair and eyes. She was reported as wearing a red jsweat er with. 'I white rcollar and! cuffs, black belt, black and white; pleat ed skirt, mouse colored stockings, and an agate ' ring on her left band. She was also said to have two prominent "front teethj. No details concerning the abduction Jwere given in the report. j ! Today Is the Iast Day ' ( , Of Dr. Scholl'a foot demdnstra. I tlon. Come to this store early, j filler's Shoe department. Adv. 5 Finds Spare Ti There Is at least one honest man In Salem. E. cJ VanCluke. Hoyt and Winter streets, turned into the police station yesterday a spare' tire and, rim that be bad found In the street. f Medley of Old Time Songs i s Victor Record No.l9082: Vie tor Herbert's Waltz, 190821 Hear It at Moore's Music House 415 Court St. Phone S83. Adv Sanderson Files Demurrer . i Sidney D. Sanderson has three grounds for filing a demurrer to th eomnlaint of Katherine Man- ford. ; The complaint, he declares, j does not state sufficient facts to , constitute a cause ot action!;,, that J department 0, . X of the iircuit court does not nave jurisdiction 1 of the subject, and that the action was not commenced withlii the t proper time limits set ' by laiw. i. -i cur-- 7 ft-. ' ! Wet Fnrnl&hed FlaWor Rent t ; Modern; first floor; Urge fire jooma, , ' Immediate possession; I $45 a month, at 668 Ferry street. Call at Statesman business office. or phone 23. ' J 1 - : ' ) Discussion concerning the! pro-:- posed nnlon high school neat Barf low will be held at meetings of l the school boundary boards of Clackamas county and of Marlon i county. . The former meets to- day and the latter Thursday!. ' Does This Interest To? ' If yon are looking for a Job, or 1 If yon need to employ help, nse the city free employment bureau at the .YMCAj Adv. ; i 1 1 ; Two ; Licenses IssoedJ ; I Two marriage . licenses were Issued' by the county clerk's of- flee yesterday afternoon to Her bert a Beard; 5S5 North .Fit f teenth street, and Elvera Dugger of ' Independence; O. C GIvens, ' 284 State street and Jessie Sten- strom. . 850 North Fourteenth i street. C .' r For. Gifts That f Last . HARTMAM BROS-i Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry ! and Silverware Phone 1255. Salem, Oregon ' I Salem Ambulance Service Day and Night I PHONE 666 I IX7S 8. Liberty tit, j Salem Oregon I CAPITAL JUJ1K CO. I WANTS I All kinds of junk and second-hand goods. .We. j pay foil value. I 215 Center Street Phone 398 I LADD&BUSH Bankers Established 1868 General Banking Business Office Boots from HARDWARE. PAINTS. OILS, GLASS v. While there are larger stores in the Willamette Valley thaa ours, there is not a store in the entire United siaces inat can give you money-than we do. " 286 N. Commercial SU f Jerman KtaC Probated 1 j The estate of Josephine J. Jer man has been admitted to probate by Judge Bushey and the will and proof of will filed. The es tate, which has a probable value of $40,000 in real and $14,000 in personal property, was divided in to four portions; under the terms of the will. Those receiving property in equal shares are Ada Jerman. . widow of O. A. Jerraan, a son; Herman Jerman and A. M. Jerman, sons. The fourth quar ter was given to the grandchild ren, Bessie Witzel-McKlnney and Donald Witzel, that of Mrs. Mc Kinney's being left to the man agement of I. P. Aldrich, execu tor of the estate. jf James C. Fisher Pian - In good shape. It carries our exchange privilege, $150. H. L. Stiff Furniture Co. Adv. Asks Payment for La bo Plowing and discing of a total of 100 acres demands compensa tion, according to Lee C. Ball and Emir E. Ball, who yesterday filed a complaint against Thomas Piercy and Lena Mansfield. The men charge that on April 2 of this year they entered Jntoa ver bal contract with Piercy to per form certain work upon the prop erty known as the "Klrkpatrick farm." near West Stay ton. Un der the agreement they were to plow 42 acres at $3 an acre and to disc 65.9. acres at the agreed price of $1 an acre. The work was done between April 12 and May , 4, they declare, but they have received no "pay. A lien was filed against the property, but they Claim that Lena Mansfield has some right or interest to the crops now growing. They vdemand that they shall be given judgment for $192.65 for their work anft that the lien be foreclosed.; In ad dition they ask that their lien be declared a first lien and superior to that held by Lena Mansfield. Ionsfords Wreafh Best A wreath bf foliage from the state grounds in Salem and made up by George Dunsford, superin tendent of the capitol buildings and grounds was the most beau tiful of wreaths contributed by all the states of the union for use in. a recent ceremony in memory of the unknown soldier dead at Tuckahoe. N. Y., according to a letter received by Governor Pierce from James O'Shaughnessy. chair man of the Revolutionary soldiers' burial committee which was in charge of the ceremony. The Oregon wreath arrived in perfect condition. . . 1 -'- . " The Subway Store Offe A, great many bargains in ap parel, shoes, piece goods, hosiery, millinery," etc." Miller's Adv. Credit Concern Denied Relief The Commercial Credit com pany Is not entitled to the relief demanded in a complaint against O. I. . Kumlerj over ownership of a Ford touring car and the ac tion was ordered dismissed Tues day by Judge Bingham. Hfljw the Hit j Of the season.' "Oh, Harold! Confrey orchestra, 19090. "Rose time and You,' Confrey orches tra. 19090. Moore's Music House 415 Court St. : Phone 983. Adv. 1 606 U. S. national Bank Bufldlnf j Biass 859 - .1 Bm. Psoas 469 J DR. B.H.WHITE - Osteopathic Physician and Sargtoa XloctroBia Diagnoaii and Tratmn Dt. Abrsma' Matfcod.) Salem Oregon, J I DR. C. UJ SCHENK , Has Movf d to nis new Location x 249 So. Cottage Street Phone llisa DR. C. L. MARSHALL Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon 228 Oregon Building Phone 258 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. & MARCOS any better value for : ' your BRIEF Ijake County Reports Men teachers in Lake county receive an average of $154 a month and women teachers $119, according to the annual report filed with the state department of education by the Lake county school superintendent. The coun ty has 53 schoolhouses, 25 of which havo but one room. The report shows that there are 733 pupils enrolled in the elementary grades and 137 in the high schools. Hawkins & Robert City loan's; lowest rates.- -Adv. Money Turnrttl Over-, During the month of July th state land board turned over to the state treasurer a total of $110,293. made up of the follow ing items: Common school fund principal, payment on certificates and cash sales, $4711.65; com mon school fund principal, pay ments on loans, $52,020; com mon school fund interest, pay ments on loans. $36,814.39; uni versity fund principal. payments on loans, $7500; university fund interest, payments on loans, $705.05; agricultural college fund principal, payments on loans, $1500; agricultural college fund interest, payments on loans $901. 10; rural credits loan principal, $2660.48; rural credits loan Inter est, $3175.26. i r $150 Victrola Consolette -Model, walnut finish; special, $114.75. Very easy terms. H. L. 9tiff Furniture Co. Adv. i Patient Rscapei August Kirby, by picking the lock in a laundry chute that op erates from the basement to the upper floors of the tate hospital for the insane, escaped yesterday. Ho was committed from Klamath county In August, 1919 and ran away in 1920 to California where he was committed to an insane hospital in that state. He was transferred to Oregon in Janu ary, 1921.' He is 47 years old. Soda Water Fountain . Everything complete. Will give some terms. H. L. Stiff Furni ture Co. Adv. ;. Permits Issued i W. E. Crews, state corporation commissioner, yesterday issued a permit to the Bond & Mortgage company of - Portland to sell bonds in the sum of $1,000,000, and to the Western Bond & Mort gage company of Portland to sell bonds also in the sum of $1,000, 000. Off on Vpcation - Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lindbeck and three children of Auburn will leave early today for a motoring trip to Southern California, to be gone more than two weeks. Mr. Lindbeck is Salem correspondent for the Portland Journal. Owns Old Union Card When haled before the Salem police yesterday William "Nigger Myers, with a companion James Galbreath, following an arrest of the pair whose automobile was erratically driven, an old unioa card was proudly displayed by Myers. It ' was issued to him in Denver, May 1885, and was Union No. 1 of the bricklayers. Testi mony was given to his wanderings by many other cards of a similar nature. Galbreath was later fined S2 Of or reckless and care less, driving :by Justice P. J. Kuntx. Both men found employment 'and are now working in the city. Gal breath is an ex-service, man who served overseas with the Fifth di vision, regular army. t Washington Men Released ' Upon favorable information be ing received from Everett, Wash., D. Phipps and W. Brandt, 'who were being held by the police for further investigation were ; re leased. ' '. Two Stolen Cars Recovered ; Word was received from the Portland police department that the Chevrolet touring car stolen DIED McCLURE At a local hospital Jast night. Addle J. McClure, age 50. Remains are at the Webb Funeral raxlors. An nouncement of the funeral ar rangements will be made later. Funeral Notice, f John West died Tuesday night at a local hospital, after a brief illness. The remains are at the Webb Funeral parlors from where the announcement will be made later as to the funeral. The de ceased has a brother. Henry West, residing at Reedsport, Oregon.1 Webb & Clough Leading Funeral Directors Expert Embalmers Rigdon & Son's MORTUARY from D. Fleener had been recov ered. Officer Olson found anoth er car of the same manufacture on North Commercial street, and It Is being 'held for the owner. who lives in Portland Have yon Eaten a Steak- Cooked to order at the Royal Cafeteria? If not. try-one. Adv, Truck and Auto Collide A truck driven by J. B. Fisher, 1183 D street, and an automobile collided without serious .damage at the intersection of Marion and Fifth streets yesterday afternoon. New Pianos for; Rent H. L. Stiff Furniture Co. -Adv Visit Father H Mrs. H. G. C. Baldry of Ne osho, Mo., arrived In Salem Sat urday for a visit with her father, Warren Armington. She is ac companied by her little daughter, Miss Ruth Adaline. The Best Cane8ujrar Has again declined. Roth Gro eery Co. are selling it at $9.15 per sack. 10 pounds for $1. Adv. Woman Alleges I Desertion . i Marion M. Gregg charges de sertion against (William Gregg In a complaint filed in the county clerk's office Tuesday. The coupU were married In Minneapolis No vember 18, 1911, and lived to gether until December 26, 1914, when he left, she declares. Cus tody of Marlon is asked. . A. Gregg, age 11. Decision Being Withheld After hearing the Dunn vs Mayfield. easel yesterday after noon. Judge Bingham took, the matter .under advisement and did not render a decision at that time. Wester Estate Accounted Final accounting in the estate of Charles W. (Wester was filed yesterday by .Florence Wester, executrix. Total receipts were $19,630.60. The account was ap proved by Judge Bushey, who ordered that September 1 be the date for hearing of the final ac counting. ,1 Trade Yonr Old Piano For a new Victrola or Bruns wick. H. L. Stiff Furniture Co. Adv. . - - - Wiggins Plans Trip ' ! Don Wigginsj of Salem Heights expects to leave Thursday morn ing for a 10 days vacation In Coos county and along the coast farther south, j He ' will be the ;uest of Mr. and Mrs. Miller Hay len, formerly bf Salem, now of Bandon. where Mr. Hayden ia now a practicing lawyer. X' r 1 . .? William E. Mitchell Dead i Information has been received in Salem of the death in Portland of William , E., Mitchell, former Salem resident, late Monday eve ning. Mr. Mitchell moved to Portland from) Salem about five years ago. Interment will be in Salem. While here he worked and taught as an artist and had a large class. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Jeanette Mitchell; three daughters, Mrs. Margaret Mundell of Portland, Mrs. Alice Hunt and Mrs. Susie Harris of San Francisco; also several sisters living in Chicago and six grand children. Mrs, Polk county is John Schindler of a nlecei Mr. Mit chell was a native of Scotland. where he was born about 70 years ago. i - City and Farm Loans !; Lowest, rates J. C. Siegmund -rrAdv. , Bnsick Funeral; Yesterday 1 Funeral services were held at the Rigdon mortuary yesterday for the late. Leonard L. Busick, 35, member of the firm of J. L. Busick & Sons, who died late Frl dap in California. Interment was in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Dr. A. E. Bergef Associated with Dr. Pound, General dentistry. 408 U. S. Bank Bldg. Phone 2040 Adv. Prayers for President A Salem-wide prayer meeting for the recovery of President Har ding ' was held j Tuesday , night at the First Presbyterian church. It was interdenominational, called for sincere supplication for the recovery of thej nation's chief ex ecutive, whose (recent serious ill ness has been a matter for grave national concern. The meeting r&a well attended. Legal Blanks- Get them at The statesman of fice, adv. Catalog on application Flcber Held in Default Andrew Fieber was held In de fault of $572.33 to the. Oregon Grain company by a judgment signed Tuesday by Judge Bing ham, i ' t Classified Will bring you a buyer Adv. Frontiersman Here I Joe Woods, who in the early '70s drove stage out of Cneyenne, Wyo., and Leadville. Coio.. and later In Oregon, was a visitor at the office of Governor Pierce yes terday. In the! Meacham pageant on the occasion of President and Mrs. Harding's! visit, Mr.. Wood was the stage driver,, and while the president and other celebrities rode inside the old stage coach, Mrs. Harding sat on the seat with the driver. Mr. Woods has the pictures to prove it, and it is also of record, in j the motion picture films. : i : . ; : : The August Victor Records- L Are now on sale. Come in ad hear thm at Moore's Music House. 415 Court St. Phone 983 Adv. .' Bonds airo Hold t , The slate board of control yes terday sold $1,000,000 state high way cooperative federal aid bonds to the Ralph Schneeloch company and associates for $986,600. The bonds bear 4,1-2 per cent Interest. Beautiful i Werner f ;'. Mahogany finish, $350; easy terms.' H. L. Stiff i Furn. Co. Adv. . ! : . - ! : Chnrchill Files Suit A. C. Churchill has filed two suits in equity to quiet title to lands against C. M. Lowing and E. C. Harber, of Boscas del Tora, Panama. The latter resulted over the sale of an orchard tract to Harber by the Churchill Walnut Growers' company In December, 1916.' " . , : ! Summer Weights in. Holeproof Sheer, silks in clear weaves in this famous stocking at the usual low price. Miller's. Adv. ) .-' Had Intoxicating Liquor Frank Miltcn. of Portland, was arrested Tuesday afternoon charg ed with possession of intoxicating liquor. He was cited to appear; in police court at 2 o'clock this af ternoon. ...''. '. : Movie Story Today : j Rotary club dners at the reg ular club luncheon today are to hear the movie story that they did not hear last week.!. The speak era are said to be eminent men in the movie world, and they will give a worth while inside story of the industry that should Interest everybody. The Rotarians are sticKing by their dinner guns through the summer, without thought of a vacation or a j re prieve. The attendance is hold ing up almost as well as through the winter when the club dinners of all sorts are supposed to flour ish best. -' .- Armstrong Elected At a special meeting of the of ficial board of the Auburn school district Tuesdayvnight, C. C. Arm strong was elected as director to succeed H. F. Elfstrom, resigned. The term will be for the two years for which Mr. Elfstrom Was Originally elected. Kiwanians Resting! ; V Tuesday noon the Salem Ki- wanis cjub held its last public dinner before . taking Its annual 30 days vacation. The club has established an International rec ord for attendance during the past year. Salem Kiwanians boast of winning the world's record for club attendance In the Interna tional 10-weeka contest last spring. The attendance has been remarkably good all through the year, but with this brilliant rec ord to boast of, the club members feel that they can take a brief breathing spell and eat cold stuff at home, or at the sea coast or out n the woods, for four weeks. The next public .dinner will be dated September 4. j ! Bun" Wilson Visits A recent visitor la Salem was Ernest "Bun" Wilson, whose bey- hood days were spent Salem, but who Is now a Callfornian with large confectionery! stores ' at Stanford; Palo Alto, Fresno, San Jose, Stockton and two In San Francisco. He has coined the word "confecturant" which he ap plies to all of his places of busi ness. , Band Concert Attracts j The usual .large crowd ! attend ed the band I concert in Willson park last night. , Many were dis appointed because the fountain was not played, said, to be , due to the inability to repair it since it was damaged by fire last week. At the Camp Grounds New arrivals at the camp grounds yesterday were: Mr; and Mrs. D. V.. Huston, Minot, N. Dak.; Mr. and Mrsj j. McManh, Vancouver, B. C.1 Mr. and Mrs. C. Zinser. Sisson, Cal. ; Mrs. A. M. Wilson, Denver;, Colo.; Mr. and' Mr. J. Sprague, Pasadena, Cal.; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Carey. Seattle, Wn.; Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Strait heart, r Santa ' Barbara, Cal.; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Carolan. New York City; O. G. Hulmacher, Chi cago; Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Brouson, Havre, Mont. Mir. and Mrs. W. E. Tarbel, Vasaha, Cal.; J. Mctnturf, Stockport. Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. C. S tu b bb p n and colds are easily conquered; by our Lung Balsam I SCHAEFER'S SILVEBTON WILL nil VETS Midsummer Session of Asso ciation to Convene Thurs- - day; All Prepared The midsummer session ot the Marion County Veterans' associa tion is to convene in Silverton Thursday in what the I members are expecting to make one of the best meetings of their history. The oldest members of the asso ciation, the Grand Army Veterans, are passing rapidly, but as the organization Is open to all patriot ic orders and to patriots not oth erwise affiliatedr the membership never needs to run low.. This year they expect to give the old vets a real time. j The stages are to leave Salem at 9 to 9:15, and the meeting wfll call to order at 10:30., The din ner will be served at nooriV The session is to be held : In the Knights of Pythias hall in Silver ton that the lodge has just leased for 20 years, free of all charge to the Grand Army and the Wo men's Relief corps for jail .their patriotic meetings. An elaborate entertainment program has been prepared by the Silverton people, and the guests won't have a thing to do but enjoy it. The stages will return at a little after 4 o'clock, after the close of the day's pro gram. ' 1 ' Officers are to be elcted for the ensuing official - period. Gideon Stolx of Salem Is president, and Mrs. Norma Terwilliger secretary, for the present - meeting.' 4 i The next session will be held In Salem in December. An invitation is extended to all patriotic Americans to join In and make the association even bigger and stronger than It has been in the past.x Visiting guests are re quested to bring their basket lunches for the big dinner spread. A. Sheldon, Marysville, Cal. ; F. J. Riley, Sacramento, Cal.;' Mr and Mrs. S. W. JParke, Bozeman, Mont.; O. E. Smith, Portland ; Mr. and Mrs. H. Bennett, Terre Haute Ind.; -L. G. Hellman, South Bend. Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. A. Miller, Des Moines, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. L. Brownningly, Capoli, Wn.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown ningly, Capoli, Wn.; Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Isaacson, Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Fleming, Santa Monica, Cal.; Mr. and Mrs. James Dock. Stockton. Cal.; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cchoonver, Portland; W. W. Jordan, Portland; Mr.- and Mrs. R. E. Gredert, Golden, Colo.; Paul Murphy, Mae Murphy, Ed Mur phy, Keokuk, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs.' A. B. Bell, Albion, Neb.; M. M. Murphy, Rose Murphy. Carthage, III.; Mr. and Mrs. W. R. If off man. Norfolk, Neb.; Mr. ajd Mrs. George C. Poolton, Seattle; Mr. and Mrs. R, McCraney, : Massat chusetts. ! I PERSONAL4! I Miss, Ruth Daugherty ' ot the Morris Optical company; left yes terday for Newport, accompanied by her mother. 1 ' A. -K. McMahan, Albany Attor ney and member of the legisla ture, was in Salem yesterday. Dr. C. J. Smith of - Portland, chairman of the Democratic state central committee, conferred yes terday with Governor Pierce., Frank J. Miller was here yes terday from, Albany. !4. ,-, u Murray Wade has returned from a fishing trip In the Oak Ridge country in Lane county. ' Lloyd George says that the United States Is weir,,wjthin rights in taking its present stand on the rum-ship question. Mr, that the United States was doing a wonoeriuij thing m proniouion and that England had a share in the movement as well as the Am ericans. it? BILIOUSNESS - ! sick headschs. sour stomach. ' Am mctio few witkmt emltmtL CHAMBERLAIN'S TABLETS Hmrrmr sickan or gripe only 25c . . .a - PUTS AND CALLS N Margin Profit Unlimited Opt io Tradins require n margin. Cost of option your only risk. $40 to $12.V ronrtoU 100 shares any lilted stork. Our market letter and booklet on option trading on request for D S7. R. PARKER CO. Co u g hs DRUG STORE Phone 197 BOY SCOUTS OFF ' TO CAMP TODAY Fifty-Two Listed for Journey to Cascasan Good Su ' - pervision Provided - Salem will have no more Boy Scouts than the proverbial rabbit for the next two weeks. At least iaone of the Scouts with the price for the annual summer camp, . They leave this morning, 52 ot them, for their famous camping grounds. Camp Cascasan, at' Cas cama. some of the cars "will leave Salem as early as 6:30 with the first detachment of the work ers who will get the dinner ready. ne camp .was established last week, and is in readiness for their coming, but the actual dinner will be prepared by today's first- Comers. The last car will leave at about 9 o'clock. They expect to sit down to dinner at about 1J30.; 1 - The. road is 70 miles long, and they.:travel by car and truck. Cars have' been donated by. A. D. Zinser, Ellis' Purvine. B. E. Sis son. Dr. Fairchilds and M. L. Meyers. The boys who do not ride with these will go by a state highway truck. They are to camp two weeks There will be only the one de tachment, instead of two sessions as they 1 have had some ' other years. They will have "Billy" Sisson's two-stage radio set that will put them In touch with con Certs at least as far off as Los Angeles and Denver, and under good weather conditions will pick up concerts from all over the United States. Their camp is laid out In the form of a hollow square. The flagpole and council fire will be at the other end of the open square. Scout Executive Howard Zinser will have with him today Loren Bennett, Arthur- Hamilton and Herbert Erlckson, leaders, to help-carry on the camp work. Some other good leaders will also be on hand to Insure proper su pervision. ; The boys known to be going are: : Salem Troop No. 1 ' Delbert Bechtel. Frank . Barrett. Willis Eby, Frederick Edmundson, De- los Griffin, Charles GJedsted, R, Keppinger, Ralph-Purvine. Ar thur Potwln, ThomaTPotwIn, jack Pember, Robert Shattuck, Hugh' Shattuck.' Winston Williams Larkln Williams, andj James Campbell. i Salem Troop No. 2 - George Bass, Fred Car mical, Lawrence Engstrom, Howard Hill, Jack Kuhn, Clinton Lovell. Frederick Smith, . Homer Smith, Charles Towers.' - . Salem Troop No. 3 James Darby. Salem Troop No. 5 Jas. . Fair childs, Gould Morehouse, William SiSSOn.;' . ., Independence Troop' No. 1. WIIHam Kelley, Lloyd Ramp. " Independence Troop No. 2 W. Irvine, . Everett Landers, Lester Mills. Marshall Pengra, Norval Taylor, Dale Wood. Mfinmouth Fred Cale, Claud Winegar, Leland Wilson. Turner Hollls Bones, Owen Thomason. : Dallas ; Troop No. 1 Olven Bowe, Hubert Dunn, Dean Helms, Delbert Hunter, Charles James, Allison Keeney, George Parrlsh, Phillip Staats. . ' ! Dallas Troop No. 2 Charles Campbell and Robert Hayter. " In All of the Wanted Colors and Color Combinations "lNbthing but the Best" We carry the Jantzen and Cascade Brands. $3J98, $438, $7.48 Kiddies All Wool Suits $2.98 :M It Pays to "Pay BITS FOR BREAKFAST I : ' : Help wanted ;-;v " -W ' By the flax growers. V V . The seed Is ripening faster than the straw, and there will be some loss from shattering,' if more help is not secured at once. " In the mean time, the Canad ian puller is to be at work from daylight to dark, and perhaps the Oregon invented machine will get busy and help some. Any way, all the flax ought to be pull ed by machines next year. They have the correct principle, both the Canadian and the Oregon in ventor after 5000 years of flax pulling by hand. a . .This one thing, pulling by ms chines la going to do a great .deal in centering the flax' and linen business . In the Salem ' district and It Is going to be $100,000, 000 busines an anally. If is capa ble of making Salem a bigger city than Portland is now. . There is no other crop grown that will pro duce so much money to the acre; carried up to the fine linens. It will produce $24,000 to the acre and upward in the Salem district. Shout the fact loudly enough, and long enough, and the whole indus trial and financial United States will sir up and take notice of Ea- lem. General Morris, in charge' bf the hospital drive, is like General Grant in one respect; .he promises to "fight it out on this line If it takes all summer,". And it Is pot going to take all summer, either. The glorious goal is In sight. ' i H--y-'--H m H - "All ot the conditions point td good autumn trade Fears of accumulation of 'goods are ; less than at any time in the past." These are among the high lights of the current weekly ' financial letter of. Henry Clews & Co.,, the Wall street authorities. Distant relatives are all right if they remain there. - And Haircut 7" Absent-minded professor, look' lng at himself in the hairbrush lnstetad of the mlror:, "Gee;" but I need a shave." to a large extent govern your health,' Your Health - , - T which in turn main ly regulates Your Happiness ' 1 1 ..A word to the wisa is sufficient. MORRIS OPTICAL CO. S01-8 Oregon v El "ii Oregon's Largest Optical Institution Phone 238 for Appointments. Salem, Orcos As You Go v"7! i our eyes - - .