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3 BIBLE PL1S ! GIVEN BOARD Religious Program On Large Scale Is Asked From . v School Board t Only three members of the Sa lem school board were present at the; regular school meeting. Tues day night, and because of the lack of a full board no definite action was taken on the matter of adopt ing a program of religious instruc tion such aa was carried on last . spring at the Garfield school, with such apparent success and neigh ! barhood encouragement. ; i The BfMe school program was presented by Dr. ; P. E. Brawn, representing the Salem Council of Religious Instruction, made up of . 24 evangelical prbtestant churches of the city. The program as out lined, which Dr. Brown 'And his delegation asked to have adopted. Is contained In this brief of ficial . statement to the board: v ,: We recommend that! the Salem ' School Board approve the move ment for a Week Day Religious Instruction for the boys and girls of this city, as proposed by the Salem Council of Religious Educa tion, and that we cooperate by permitting children to attend for one period a week. under the fol lowing conditions: - First: That all children must present a .written ' request from their parents to the principal of the school.-- I ' ; Second : That no .school prop ?rty or equipment of any kind may be used and that there be i no expense whatever to the school board. -" ' !:"; Third: That only high grade , instructors be employed and that H they shall cooperate in every way ; possible with the school principal, j with whom they are working, and ! the superintendent, i , Fourth That the text material shall be uch as is generally used J and accepted in the. uauy bidi I School work. - ; ' ! Firth : That the Instruction i must be : Interdenominational in ! character; J ; ' ' ' . We respectfully urge that this : request be granted and that the superintendent be authorized to I work qut the details together with : the officers of the Salem Council : of Religious Education.. - . . - The plan as proposed .will call for live school units, the instrac f tion to be given at the nearest J church to the designated school, j This gives the Garfield Blbl i school to the Woman's Building, ; the old Evangelical ; church on ; North Cottage; the Highland i school to the Highland Friends ; church; the Englewood school to 4 the United Brethren church; the Yew Parkk school to the Yew Park United Brethren chuTch ; and' the ; Uacoin school to Leslie M. E. church. .The; plan is to .raise money by personal subscriptions, to carry on the instruction under the most capable instruction, un denominational and uncontrover Blal, without using the" school funds or equipment or even build ings for the purpose. The work has proved so successful else where, according to all reports, and the little experiment In iSa lem last spring was so well re ceived, that the proponents hope to have the larger plan adopted this falL - The matter will be taken up at the next meeting of the board, when a full membership is - ex pected. The board accepted the resigna- tion of Conifred Kurd, of the physical education department, Washington Junior high school; she has received a much better ' position In California, and will go ! there now that she Is released here. Three other teachers were lected to fill vacancies caused by other resignations: June Burgan to teach English in the Junior high school department; UHaj Dickinson and Herma Phister to teach In the . grades. : The. former Is from7 the Oregon University; the latter two are graduates of the Oregon State normal. D.; W. Eyre, of the United States National bank, and W. W. Walton of Ladd & Bash, were called in j to advise with the board as to j the best form for the bonds to be sold v to care for the new high school building. The round table ! talk. resulted in their agreeing to take up the bond sales matter by correspondence, and report to the finance committee at ah early i date. , AMUXDSON" RKTTJRXINO NOME, Alaska, Aug. 14. (By The Associated :, Press) Captain Roald Amundson, leader of an aerial and . marine ; expedition that left Seattle -In June,"' 1922 bound for the north pole. Is on his way to Nome ! aboard the United States -coast cutter Bear; according to advices received here . today. ; ""' . r' GHIDIIESTEn S PILLS t , ' I " t-.i,tM ft TIIE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON DRY LEADER INDICTED. ANDERSON Thrice indicted by the New York County Grand Jury .on charges of stealing ihe New York State Superintendent of the Anti Saloon League declared he would "wear as a medal of honor and a service -adge" his indictment, which he charges are for "po litical -urpoes. and a "Tam many conspiracy.'' One of the in dictment chnrRts c!sifcation ofs the An. i-SnJoon "League books,' the others allege forgery and ex-" tortion. ; ' i E Twenty-Seven .Mile Hike Yesterday Salem Tent I Best Mountaineers Fifty-eight YMCA boys of Mar Ion county and their leaders re turned last night, from the , annu al camp of 14 days, on Trask river. The :boys, ranging from 11 to 21, years old, enjoyed the best of health daring , the entire two weeks and came homeIn fine fet tle for the activities; of the fall and winter. ' ' The boys were in " charge of A. E. Yount, state boys work sec retary, assisted by R. R. Board man, physical director of the Sa lem ' YMCA," and Ed; Socolofsky, Marlon county secretary. Leaders were Cecil Nist, a : graduate this year of the United States military academy at West Point; Wallace Griffith, Fred Whitehouse and Merwin Wilkinson of Willamette university, and a Mr. Casey ; of the UniveraJty of Iowa, - The boys broke camp yesterday and hiked 27 miles from Trask river to Oceanside, and then rei turned to Salem by truck. The 27-mile hike was without packs and was made without difficulty. Tent No. 6, the Salem tent, was voted the best camping bunch on the outing.! Individually, Ivan White was voted the best camper Harvey Brock a close second, and Bill SJpperel third. Sunday night a decision meet ing was held and t number of the boys made the decision for a bet ter life. ' ' : : - ' : . It la believed the . camp next year may be on the ocean shore Instead of on Trask river. Ookkie Drill Teams Show Tricks for Portlanders PORTLAND, Ore. Aug. 14. Portland's j j -. downtown district was thronged tonight when the uniformed bodies of , the Drama tic Order Of Knights of Khora san, here for . the session of the imperial palace; paraded through the street. Garbed in multl-hued garments, drill teams, drum corps and bands were met , by , continu ous applause along the' line of march. - -; In the afternoon the various teams' competed In drills at the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club field before 5,000 persons. Twenty-three teams entered t the com petition, j Prize winners will be announced I tomorrow. ? DRIED RIGHT UP nmi sulphur Anv breaklne out of the skin. even fiery," Itching -eczema, can be quickly overcome by applying a little MenthbSulphnr, says a not ed skin specialist. ; Because of Its germ-destroying properties, this sulphur ' preparation - - Instantly brings ease from skin Irritation, soothes and heals the eczema tight up and leaves the skin clear and smooth :- : 'fi' ! rt selddm falls to relieve the torment and disfigurement. Suf ferers from . skin trouble should get 'a little Jar of Rowles Mentho Sulnhur from any good druggist ( Vw " ; wn s BACK AT II0W1 ti g era Oregon State News Hit by Automobile MOXROE. Aug. 14. Ir. and Mrs. Frank Lander and four small children were hit by an automo bile about five miles south of Sa lem on Sunday evening. Fortu nately no one was hurt, but the car was considerably damaged. : Old Resident Hurt ALBANY, Ang. 14. Mrs. A. A. McClung, a sister of F. M. French and a resident of Albany for many j years, sustained a -broken hip bone at the home of a step daughter in Woodburn yesterday when she fell from her chair. Mrs, McClung was brought to Albany last night and Is in the Bridgwater hospital, wtiere the bone was set. Mrs. McClung is 8 years old and said to be quite feeble, She left Albany Friday and had planned to return homo Tuesday of this week. Entertaining the Tourists . RANDON, Ang. 14. This town has hit upon a novel plan to make the stay here pleasant for the tourists. Only Jrfccently. has a good road been opened, and up to now: Bandon has been off the beaten track. A local band will play every Thursday evening. The first concert was given last week Thursday and was well re ceived. In the course of the eve Mayor Wade delivered a short ad dress to the auto tourists at the camp, assuring them that Bandon was glad to - have- them, and tell ing them he would be glad to re ceive any suggestions as to how their stay, could ' be . made more pleasant ' Left Fire Burning j EUGENE,- Aug. ,1 4. First vio lation of campfire building regu lations to be , reported to head quarters here from the Cascade national forest Is the; charge against Fred Deitrich for. leaving a fire burning near Oakrldge last week, it Is learned' from A. JT. Moses, chief clerk. , Redwood Stomp Is House Base: SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14. A house with a foundation rslx timek as old as fthe United States I of America is one of the show place's of the little forest town of Will Valley, northeast of here. The foundation Is the stump of an Im mense redwood tree and tho twv rcom structure is . built upon it, lighthouse fashion, a dining room on the first floor and a be-iroom aboie. ; : : 1 he house was built 2 n years agv for P. F.' Ferguson ot. San Fro e cisco, along original lines. J-('ging , from its state of preser vation the foundation at laist is due tc last' many years moH, INALIENABLE is your right to be satis fied to have and enjoy the comforts of life, with the least worry, misery and pain, and at a cost compli mentary to the service, Shoes All Sizes $10.00 v They See llouble There HOOD RIVER, Aug. 14. Hood River folk the other day saw a snake which, they say. possesses two heads, one In front and one on the tail end. ' George T. Prather, pioneer and discoverer of the. Hood River gla cier, brought the serpent to town. He ran over It near his ranch. Jr In the early days, according to, Prather, pecnliar snakes ranging from nine to 12 inches long, and possessing the ability to move either forward or backward, were frequently found. Friends Call ft Persecution MARSHFIELD. Aug. 14. Su perintendent Stelner has a record as an administrator covering a period of IS years that hai sev eral times been assailed by , hos tile criticism In the legislature and now by a grand jury eon trolled by women voters, and In each Instance he has been more than vindicated. ' The last probe has been of such a character that it is considerei almost In the nature of a political attack upon a professional mn of the highest standing. There i some : quiet talk that the re action; may land Dr. Stelner In the governor's chair. Bleat Affects Tourist Travel MEDFORD, Aug. 14. The week-end tourist business In this city fell down considerably, prob ably due to the hot weather which made traveling ' undesirable. At that the Merrick Motor Inn had 81 cars and 300 persons Sunday night, , and 69 'cars and 260 per sons Saturday night; while at the city auto camp there were 5 )L cars Sunday night and 132 per sons, and SO cars and 154 persons Saturday night. : During thev month of July, ac cording to the records, 2854. tour ist ears and, 10,239 persons stop ped at , the . two Medford - auto camps, of which the Merrick Mo tor Inn had 1889 cars and .6612 persons, and the city auto camp 965 cars and 3627 persons. This record for the month ex cels the July record for the long famed Ashland auto camp. - The Ashland camp, - according to the published figures had 2309 cars and 9276 persons. The Insecticide board at .Wash ington will pay a cent each for 1200 bedbugs. Any cheap board ing house ought to be able to fill the order. I : if It's hard to see why the Repub licans are so enthusiastic over sav ing a budget surplus for us Dem ocrats to spend. -Dallas, Texas, News. ' ;.:..:". ' WOMEN ONLY DO YOU KNOW THAT A VERY LARGE PART OF THE ACHE and pain in life comes f rbm feet ( being poorly cared for Tired ach ing backs, weariness, loss of en thusiasm, and many other difficul ties result from ill-fitting shoes shoes that do not give ample sup- port to the vital arch structure and other portions of the foot, i SELBY ARCH PRESERVER SHOES Are the Original Arch 'Preserver Shoes They will make life brighter and better for your sole. ! NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY STYLE AN DCOMFORT Wcai A 7 VikkClBoeti roatAffUsr' StxBaiQiI 326 Jicea-HoatoUa.r V iwnv n ne pnmic i IIIJIUI UIUU UUUIL FOR CHERRIAtfS Not .Much Cash Left, But Boosters Well Paid for Trip Southward ;t Following their recent invasion of southern Oregon, 1 the Salem Cherrians find on balancing their books tha their principal avail able captal is hope and S3. 86 in current coins. But they" brought home practically : a million dol lar's worth of good will and "fine fellowship, as shown by their In ventory of letters and personal congratulations, so they approved or the report, at their monthly dinner and business meeting last night, and Toted to go on harder and faster and louder than ever. ' Three invitations' came to them to send copies of their constitu tion or bylaws of ; Incorporlitjion papers, or ' some of their expert organizers, to help other' admir ing new; booster clubs to get i or ganized and into the friendship game. They made the most tre mendous hit of the year. The Roseburglars wanted their whole program,- and the new to-be-or-ganlzed ' Coos Bay Pirates of Marshfield and North Bend, over the signature of their provisional Captain Kidd, want them to come over to Marshfield on September' 4 and help organize the Pirat,es. Some ot the Cherrians wilt go, though most of the organization will go j to the Linn county fair, at Albany, September 5. They will take the Cherrian band,' also. Several ; other invitations had be turned dfwn because of com ing too close together. One of these uas front the . Mt. Angel Highway Holetein f celebration committee for .'September 3, The Cherrians Voted-publicly ty thank the Cherrian band that was such an attraction, on the recent southern trip. They went up to the band concert at WIHson park, Immediately after ; their business meeting, 'and carried their good fellowship plan Into execution in word and in cheers. . A jitney dance Is ; planned by the entertainment committee, fo'r the night of September 3, Labor day, to raise funds for taking the band to Albany," and for- , other necessary Cherrian activities. CONSTIPATION , must be avoided, or torpid . ! liver, Mlloaanaa,inii8ation , Emsy U Uke, timromgkfy CHAMBERLAINS TABLETS Never disappoint or nauseate 25o Oxfords All Sizes $9.00 WEDNESDAY MORNING ; AUGUST45, 1923 PAID BY LOCALS More Than 1300 Returns Sent in By Persons Get ting Mail in. Salem ' More than 1300 people who get their mail in Salem, have fil ed federal income tax returns for the current year, according to the list made public by posting on the federal building- bulletin board. : ' . This is a larger , number than filed last year, when only a few more than 1200 such returns were handed in. The law re quires that every single person with an . Income, of . more than $1000, and every married man with a sole or Joint ' Income of more than $2000, shall make a return. ; There are many prop er exemptions, so that It doesn't at all necessarily follow that the citizen is to be taxed for acknowl edging this much Income. ' It is quite evident, from an in spection of the lists, that more and more wage-workers are get ting into the Income class. There are so few farmers as to be al most negligible". It seems to be the general testimony of Income tax collectors everywhere, that American-born workmen are very prompt and conscientious in mak ing their returns They find their worst troubles with foreign-borns, whether in business or working tpf wages. - There are more ways of4 checking . up a man's Income than some ellgibles know. about. Tfie returns from employers from 3 Tthi OF THE FORMER STOCK ED CHAS-TAIfl'S MEfJ'ssCiep DOORS CLOSE FOREVER SATURDAY AT 8 P. M. n 30 MEN'S FINEST QUALITY HIGHEST GRADE Tailored Suits FOR THE FINISH AT $13.45 C3 ui 5 DELAY MEANS LOSS TO YO to CO SHIRTS $2 grade 89c $3 grade ........ $1.39 $4 grade, ... .. $1.89 5 grade ........-:.$2.45 : The brands are mainly Arrow, Bates-Street, etc. Ncninry FORMER corporations that employ men jior pay dividends, are all checked up, and many a man" who thought he had gotten safely by finds, an in; spector on his ; back - with 1 a , de mand for i both - the : tax? and the penalty. - " " "-" ' : i - Ladies' .JQglUOQO' Dainty New Ueckwear, Collars, Vested, Laces dtc. No chance for stiffness or monotony in the most formal of street or businesc wear when delightful "frilly guimpes, vests, collaring laces stand ready to contribute their softening charm. ; f f' Collars .... ... .... .... .:49c to.98c.eseI. -Vestees ...,79c to 51.25 eac!; Dainty Scalloped Laces...... 90c a yard GAL Commercial The best was none too good for Chastain's Patrons But not every one could pay the price. - -. : ". - HERE IS YOUR CHANCE! You will buy a year's supply when, you "see such high grade reputable merchandise so terrifically sacrificed.- Met Your &Cjqfo fcJoi S s $30 values . $13.45 $35 values . $14.65 $40 values . ....$16.93 $45; values ..:..:...$18.75 $50 values . For the Finish! $21.95 urr ED GHASTAIN STORE --4 .. 0. fc . - - Penalties are exacted ures, for misrepresentat any kind. There - la t time., always, for a prop of, returns, and the fede; cers are ready to help a : it right. T and Court Sts. dL'GLD, Arrow Collars ............z 1 0c Kerchiefs -"...L.........J.2z 35c Boston Garters ....... 1 5c SI .00 Neckwear ........ ..2?:: 25c Dress Sbx .v... ..; .lC2 $ 1 .00 Athletic Unions- SCc SOS 25c, iiow i 35c now , 50c now 75c now $1.00 now ......,1C: IS: 21: Everything for Men Nov SACRIFICED anl use it like oU cream. Adv.