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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM OREGON FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17 1923 CITY NE River Xow Very Low One-tenth of a foot less water In the Willamette than ths i at present will equal the low Tee- ord or last year , when the, river measured minus 1.3 feet. Accord- . lug to the weather bureau report Thursday the river now stands at (- minus 1.2 'feet.' Five-Room Flat - --A v 'Modem, tally tarnished at 666 ' Ferry St. Ground tloor. $45 a month. Call at Statesman business office or phone 23. Adv. r Portland Man Arrested " George H. Lindberg -Js, being . held by the Salem police pending the arrival of a Portland officer. It is said that be is wanted In Portland for obtaining money un der false pretenses. ; Lindberg was arrested by Chief. Birtchett and Sergeant White after he had passed a worthless r check upon a local firm. This check 'Lindberg . made good. " j- ' : ' --tV-T'!' .: . , Does This Interest You? If ypu are looking for-a job. or If yon need to employ help, use the city free employment bureau at the YMCA. -Adv. .Monmouth Quartet Arrested ; Conduct- accredited - to Holly wood does not go in Monmouth. . 'consequently when, four , young .people staged,, a. party at the home ef a cltisen who was absent from the city. ! charges . of disorderly : conduct and? disturbing the peace -were placed against those "party- lrig." " Pleas of "not .guilty were ; entered" at : the rcouTt, ? presided "ever by the city recorder. Those .arested were Harold Halen. Docv Edwards, Claress Powell and Clay Eggleeton. August 23 was the . - date, set for ..trial.-s t i , - ,j ... ; i Legal Dlanks -';' ' Get them at The Statesman of' ' tlce. Catalog on application adv. " . .. .. .' . Police Matron Return Mrs. Blanche Coe. police ma tron, returned to Salem yester , day after several weeks leave of absence, and: was on duty last night. While away from the cjty -Mrs. Coe visited .in Astoria chief- ly, but was also at Lake Cres 1 cent and Mt, Lanier for a short - time. While she was gone her I department was In charge of Mrs. Reynolds., J .' , t : , jr"1 - ,-l t . 1 ;l- ' : Hawkins & Roberts ; City loans; lowest rates. Adv. : Attended Harding Funeral Salem was represented at the .. funeral of President Harding la Marion, Ohio,. by Joseph Banm v ! gartner, former councilman, ac cording to a postcard received by Mayor John B. Giesy. Mr. Baum gartner. after attending the j fu neral, left for Washington, D. C. ' as another point of interest In his eastern trip. Trade Your Old I ;F6r a new Vlctrola or Bruns wick. H. L. Stlf f Furniture Co. Speeder Is Arrested J ' . Delbert C. Brock. 1010 Turner street, was arrested yesterday by Officer Edwards and. booked , ajt headquarters for i traveling 30 miles an hour along State street, between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets. v; He deposited -610 ball and was cited-to-appear Monaay afternoon?"? H' k ,.rM C.-.v-y For Uiits. Tnat ' ls Diamonds, X.atches, Jewetry x ,v and Bilverware Pboae 1255. Salem, Oregon i f Sala Anbnlance Service I I Day and Niht- ( - 178 j at. Ealem " ureson CAPITAL' JUNK CO. ANTS - All Icfna of jesk nd second-hand cooda. , .We. tpay fall value, 0 215 Center Street V I PhcneSSS - I - M. 1" ' " 1 LADD&BUSH BANICERS Established 1868! General UsjZuzz Bckisesi Cfricq Ilors from 10 a. n. to 3 p. . WS IN Sent Home by Police Because they were out two hours laterj than the curfew law allows, three Salem youths jl4 years old were taken to the police station Wednesday night and giv en a severe lecture. They were then sent home. The boys were picked up . by Officer Putnam shortly after- midnight. - f Arrange Your Sale With Woodry the auctioneer. Adv. -:-:; Jack Mays Case Dismissed Because ot inability of the state to produce the chief witness in court, the case against Jack Mays was dismissed by Justice of the Peace Hunts Thursday. Mays was arrested a few days ago. upon -a second complaint charging him with lewd cohabitation, the,alleg ed crime having been' committed on March 15. A complaint was filed at that time, but was never served upon Mays. Woodry the Auctioneer Buys and sells furniture. Adv. .(:. : : Accidents Reported- Accidents reported to the police yesterday were between machines driven Aty A. W. Lightfoot, 1165 Shipping, whose car was badly damaged In a collision with an unknown driver at Capitol and Chemeketa streets and by Mrs. O. L. Fisher 380 Leslie and P. A. Robertson. , who collided on South Commercial between ' Mill and Bellevue. Slight . damages were sustained and both parties report ed the accident. ' King Heralds to be Guests - Mrs." A. A. ' Lee will entertain Saturday-for the junior and sen ior. Kings Heralds. The Junior girls will meet; at " the 'Lee home between 1 and 3:30 while the senior girls will meet there from 3 until 6 o'clock. ' Mrs. Lee will be assisted by Mrs. F, L. Odom and Mrs. Lloyd Lee, ; Albany Couple Disappointed An effort to obtain a marriage license by two residents of Linn county was blocked yesterday af ternoon by Miss Ruth Wallace. deputy county clerk. She had made out the license application as far as the girl's name, when she found the bride-to-be was from Albany. There was nothing doing on the license. The couple were Ernest H. Howe, who gave his occupation as a' jack of all trades, and Gladys Carten." Court House Picnic Monday- Following much discussion, con sultation, and chasing back and forth through r the court house, employes of the building finally decided to hold their annual pic nic Monday evening. An effort had been made earlier in the week to have the event last night. " Will Distribute Estate Funds ' Real property of the. estate of Nancy E. Hagey will be distribut ed among ; the children by order of Madge Bushey. Heirs to the estate are J. B. Hagey, La Grande, Henry E: Hagey, Island City Min nle M. Glass, G. F. Hagey, Mar lon D. Hagey and Eva E. Hill- house, all! of Hilgard; Ollie N. Parks, Chehalis, Wash; Bessie J. Stults, Jordan Valley, and one granddaughter, Maudlleen Wilson of Portland. J. B. Hagey, admin, istrator of the- estate, was dis charged from his trust. 1 Slemorial Service Held S ; A belated but interesting letter from Mark S. Skiff, Jr.," tells of the memorial services held ' ' at Breitenbush Hot springs on the Santlam, the afternoon of 'Aug ust . 10, In memory of the 1 ate President Harding. .About 50 va cationists were in the camp, from as far off as Washington, D. C. Henry Downing of Shaw was the chairman of the dsy, and Mrs. C. W. Sawyer of Salem led in the singing.' Rev. 'George S. Roeder of Salem gave both the invocation i SOS V. a. Vatloaal Xsak BalldiBg rasas S8t Km. FbM y 5" DR. B. H.WHITE OstsopsUie rayrieUa and Sargsoa Slaetrrais SUfaosls aaS TrMtaaaS MDC Ateaas Kathod.) Salem i ; ; Oregon DR. C. H. SCHEPJK lias Moved to His JNew i '. IeaUon 249 Sol Cottage Street Pbone 1183 , I i ;: Osteopstbic PhTsicla and 'Burgeon 28 Oregon Building Pbone xo9 111! 1 I and the -' benediction, and ad. dresses were made by C. P. Fra- aier ana m. l.. Jdleman of Port land. The Breitenbush springs are about 12 miles from Detroit, and are reached by pack. trail for the last 12 miles. They rate as among the most popular of ; all the restful summer resorts of the Cascade country. Wanted Women to Work On ; pears, blackberries and prunes. Northwest Canning Com pany's new cannery. Corner Trade and Liberty. Adv.: ;. "? Summer Ceremonial Postponed Though once postponed, the summer ceremonial of the "40 & 8" playground order of the Am erican Legion, scheduled for the armory this evening, Is again postponed, on account of the re cent death of L. Af. Cole, whose funeral was held yesterday. Dr. B. ! F. Pound, chef la gare of the order, has been unable to give the time necessary for preparation for the ceremonial on account of the death of Cole, to whom he was elated. Dr. Pound stated last night that he would hasten .ar rangements, and that the cere monial will be staged without fail prior to the American Legion state convention in Seaside early in September. Lents Given More Time- Benjamin i Lents, by ' Louise Lentz, his ' guardian ad litem, has been given until September 15 to file a bill of exemptions and until October lto tile a transcript on appeal ' by" Judge Percy R. Kelly, His case named the Oregon Grow ers Cooperative association as de fendant. , , , ..." I . i City and Farm Loa: Lowest rates. J. C. Selgmund. Adv. I ,1 Habeas : Corpus Approved An order for a writ or naneas corpus In the case of P. V. Mc- Reynolds vs Donna V; Henry, com mandlng her to produce the per son of Elinor McReynolds before the county court on September 3, was signed yesterday by Judge W. M. Busbey. McReynold's peti tion for the order states that his daughter Is restrained from lib-' erty by the woman. He recently swore out a complaint against her in the justice court in which kid naping : was charged. Motion Allowed . . Motion of Retta Pemberton to strike out parts of the supple mental answer of L. H. I Roberts was sustained yesterday in an or der signed by Judge Percy R. Kelly. Mrs, Mattesbn Seeks Divorce - Katie Matteson is seeking a di vorce fiom Dewey C. Matteson, who was sentenced to a term not to exceed five years in the state prison on conviction of rape In Yamhill county, according to the complaint. It is stated that he was received in the state-prison on May 17, 1921, and was releas ed May 15 last. The couple were married in Salem on July 10, 1919, and have no children. Old Copies Wanted f We are anxious to secure sev eral copies of the dally issue of June 20, 1923, containing the let ter of Geo. H. Graves and will pay 15 cents each for them. Bring or mall them to this office. Apples Kept Well in Storage J.. A., Becker, route .1 out of Dallas, has sold his apple crop tills year to Yakima parties who find the quality of, bis fruit so good they purchase it in preference to their own. vMr. Becker has. 2500 bushels this year. The interest ing part . of this man's work Is that last , year he put his apples FUNERALS Funeral services for Henry Nei- ger will be held today. Prayer services will be held from the res idence at 12:30, followed at 2 p. m. with services at the German Reform church, Marlon and Capi tol streets. Rev. Mr. Denny offici ating. . Interment In CItylView cemetery. Webb Funeral parlors in charge. ' . i ". : ( ; iDIED I ROGOWAY In this city. Ethel Rogoway, at the age of 24 yrs. Remains will, be forwarded to Portland where Interment Will " take place. ' Rigdon & Son In charge of arrangements. ANDERSON At a local hospital, August 14, Carl Anderson at the age of 33 years. Remains are-at the Rigdon mortuary. ' Announcement of funeral later. Webb&Clough Leading Fcaeral ' Directors Expert Embalmera . Rigdon & Son's UOIITUARY : JJnecsli. Serried in cold storage in the fall and when he opened them up in May not one was spoiled. The crop is mostly Yellow Newton and Spits bergen varieties. Rich L. Rel mann brought' . to the Oregon Statesman office yesterday some fine specimens of both this year's crop and samples from last year's storage. It makes a good show ing .tor this, valley. Peare Removed Governor Pierce said yesterday that , he had removed -William H. Peare of La Grande as a member of the state .board of optometry and had appointed in his "place, George S. Birney, also of La Grande. The governor said he had no objection to the service being given by Peare and had simply . exercised his rights under the statute in removing him. A Classified Ad Will bring you a buyer. Adv. Prospect Looks Good- Governor Pierce and . other members . of the state irrigation and drainage securities commis sion who have recently visited the Snow creek project in Deschutes county, declared yesterday on his return that the project looks good, and it was Intimated that the project's request for certifi cation of funds will receive the approval of the commission. New Pianos for Rent H. L. Stiff Furniture Co. Adv. Baleiu Man to Oregon City Russel Emmel, a graduate of Oregon Agricultural college last June, will teach agriculture In the Oregon City high school the com ing year. . Speaks in Bend ' C; N. McArthur, former con gressman, addressed the Bend Commercial, club at' the weekly luncheon Wednesday. Dairying in Central Oregon was the subject which Mr. McArthur discussed. Many farmers "attended the noon meeting, according to : the Bend Bulletin. Postage Costs $120 . . Based on pre-war rates of exchange, a postcard received at the sheriff's office yesterday 1 for Paul Seller, a former Inmate of the county jail, cost the. sender just $120. The card, which was mailed in Apolda. carried one 400 mark stamp and two of 40 mark denominations. The letter, which was mailed in Pewsum, carried bnt one 400 mark stamp. Morcom Estate Appraised Appraisement of the estate , of Elisha P. Morcom Is given at $500 by W. J. Knox, A. E. Austin and Minnie M. - Richards, appraisers. Libby M. Morcom Is executrix of the estate. September 17 was set by Judge Bushey as the time for hearing final objections . to the accounting of the estate. Two Licenses Issued Marriage licenses were issued Thursday to Henry J. Shiltx of Scotts Mills and Sylvia L. Helm of Silverton route 4; Wesley F. Earl and Kathleen Wood, both of 1140 North Fifth street. Salem. Many fit Springs Henry Downing and wife, .Dr. Mark Skiff and wife. Judge Earl Race and wife, and Ralph White and wife, were Salem visitors last week at the Breitenbush hot springs on the north fork of the Santlam. Slay Locate Here . A. M. Lausch and wife, of Rich mond, Wn., visited over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Breit haupt of Salem. Mr. Lausch is construction foreman for the Pa clfic States Power company, and was In charge of the building of the new power plant at Hood Ri ver. .. They may decide to locate In Salem. Attended Conventio C. F. Breithaupt of Salem at tended the state convention of florists at Portland Wednesday. Between 400 and 500 people at tended the big annual event. Reply Li Filed The Oregon public service com mission has filed with the inter state commerce commission a re ply to the petition of Seattle and Tacoma for a rehearing of the Co lumbia basin rate case. The Pu get sound ports are attempting to get the rates from the basin into Puget sound territory on a parity with the water grade rates into Columbia river ports. ;j Drake' Bond Approved- Bond of Benjamin S. Drake. guardian of Florence Drake, has been approved by Judge Bushey Guardian Requests Return That Nickolas Turans. now in Italy, is not receiving proper at tention according to correspon dence he ha received, and should be returned to the United States as he Is an American cititen, is the report' of Robin Day, attorney and guardian for the estate. Day states that Turans' father stole him from thir country and since rthat time has squandered thet money derived from tne estate and it has been necessary for the guardian to pay for Turans" care out of money being received from the government. Day's request for $200 from the estate and that he might continue as guardian Iwere approved by Judge Bushey Salem Man Has Idea What is hailed in the public ser vice commission as a good sug gestion is made in a letter to the commission from C. H. Fake of Salem relative to grade crossings. Mr. Fake believes that approach es to the crossings should be lev el on each side of the railroad track instead of rising to a crest with the track squarely on top of the crest. Crossings built by the state highway commission it is said. are built as suggested by Mr. Fake, but many others are not so constructed. : - Escapes Caught ' - j Pierre L. Lamsyer, an inmate of the state hospital far the in sane, eseaped from Colony farm yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock ; - but .was immediately caught. .His home Is at Turner. Bird, the patient who-escaped the previous day was caught a few hours late;. Case Appealed j ': Walter Davis, former Southern Pacific locomotive engineer who received a damage judgment of $20,000 from . ; the company in Multnomah county and who was reversed In the supreme court, has appealed his case to the United States supreme court, according to notice filed here yesterday. Davis was injured in a head-on collision near Beaverton,"0. The railroad company claimed he did not fol low orders, while Davis claimed that the orders were ambiguous, so that he was confused. .is Permifn Issued , I . , Under the state blue Bky' act a permit has been granted to the Laundry Equipment company of Portland to sell $20,000 worth of stock, and to the ' Lane County Farmers' -I Union Cooperative mm J 1 .. A t ' m a' a a a varenou8e company to sen worth of stock. Company Makes Report ! Total operating revenues of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company for the quarter - ending June 31 were $869,941.64, accord ing to the report filed with the public service commissioner. To tal operating expenses were $454, 132.95 Land depreciation $59,- 782.16. leaving the pet operating revenues $356,026.53. Speeder Pays Fin L. L. Bates was fined' $5 for speeding when he appeared before Police Judge Poulson Thursday afternoon. Milton M. Smith for feited 10 bail tor a similar charge. Bicycle.! Found i . A. bicycle reported standing at 2490 Myrtle, was takes to the po lice station yesterday afternoon by Officer Edwards. , . Company Files Demurrer - 1 The Lower Columbia Fire Re lief association demurs to the complaint filed by W. W. Rose- braogh on the ground that it does not constitute cause of action and that it was not brought within 12 months after fire had destroyed the plaintiffs property. Kreft Estate Value SI 5.000 1 Petition for letters of executor shin in the estate of Charles Kreft were filed yesterday. The estate has a probable value of $15,000 Besides ' the widow, Phllomlne Kreft. there are 11 children These "are Erna Lou. Herman, El sie and Esther, all of Salem; Al bert and Carl of Dallas; Martha Srhiprmnn and i Etnil Kreft of Everett, Wash.; i Anna Kuhuke of Portland: Eric 3of Junction City and Dora Flemmlng of Multno mah. 1 jThe will, which was also filed yesterday; nominates Carl and Albert Kreft as executors and Elnio S. White as attorney for the estate.- I -; v : . , 1 . - l - . .! ' Alaskan Trip Enjoyed . - J ' 1 "Mile meals"f prevail with the Salem party Just now - Alaska bound. Joe Albert of the Capl tal National Bank has written to friends In Salem saying that all of the party are enjoying the life on board ship ltd the fullest ex tent. Among those included in the party are .Mr. and Mrs. Jos eph Albert, Mrd. John Griffith of Salem's Electrical Supply . .... , - Headquarters 471 Court St. fleEner Electric Co. Salem and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Krausse of Portland. Mr. Albert insists that every member of the party shall walk a dozen times around the deck after each meal so that they wilt continue in good health and spirits. Since 12 times around is approximately a mile, the members have dubbed their repasts mile meals." Other Sa lem folk on the boat include Miss Rose Amort and Mrs. D. R. Ross. We Wish to Thank On r friends and neighbors for the sympathy and help in our late bereavement in the loss of bur father and brother. Children and . sisters of Thomas D. Jones. Adv; Police Patrol Wrecked- Officer Louis Olson narrowly escaped serious Injuries early yes terday morning when the Salem police . car was struck and' fully demolished by a Southern -Pacific freight train on the Twelfth street crossing. . Olson stated after the accident that there was no brake- man on the boxcar and that he was traveling between 15 and 20 miles an hour when he was hit. Thee machine was shoved about 20 feet before he was able to jump from the auto. Minor bruises and scratches are being displayed by Olson as a result of the accident. Chief Birtchet stated yesterday that he did not know whether it would be worth while to have the old car repaired. ' Declares Law Violated That J. S, Culbertson, former dry officer, and Ray Amy, New. berg, .marshal, searched the Hil- ler ranch, near St. Paul on August 3 without' a warrant, thus violat ing 'HIHer'S constltuiionhl rights, is charged In a petition filed! in justice eonrtr yesterday ; by James G. Heltsel; Salem attorney The petition also demands that (Judgecounty . in his car last week and Store ODD " To clean up our Hosiery department of all odd pair of Stockings, we will offer to Salem women an unrestricted choice of 200 pairs valued as high as $3.50. Many are all silk, some are full fashioned some are the season's most desirable colors.! Plain silk; glove silks, chiffons and laces. Come early for this is going to be a tremendous selling event in which the early shoppers get choice of best values. v ; . THEPAIR Not all sizes in each style, ALL SIZES IN THE LOT P. "J. Kuntx return to Hiller the bottle that was seized by the offi cers at the raid. It is contended that the jug partially filled with which they claimed to be intoxi cating liqnor was only vinegar. " s- PERSONAL I Mr. and Mrs. Harry Craln went to Portland yesterday where they will spend part of Mr. Crain's va cation. '. Ralph E. Mantor, former dep uty warden of the state peniten tiary, was here yesterday from Portland. He has been ill for a month. : .' - ': -,- Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson, crfun tyi school superintendent, spent Thursday in the northern part of the county on affairs connected with her office. " Merle Ivie and family have re turned from a two weeks vacation trip spent at Newport. Mr. Ivie is connected with the county clerk's, office. ! Mrs. George Trot, a saleswom an; in Kafoury Bros, store, has re turned from a three weeks' vaca tion. '- j. Miss Helen Aspinwall, gtenog raphe at the YMCA, has returned from a vacation trip to Newport. Harry Levy of the Midget Mar ket spent Wednesday in Portland attending the Dokkie convention. II NORTH HOWELL Mr.' and Mrs. J. E. Waltman were Sunday afternoon visitors at the C. E. Mcllwain home. ' . CVSJiand V. L. -Morgan were Monday business callers in Sil verton; ' v - Mr. Pinkstin Dyer of Gilliam county, although a man of 80 years, drove down from Gilliam News for Today and Tomorrow Cleaii-UD Sale '.. t i . , ..... . V . .-.. . STOCE i s : 200, Pairs Former Values to $3.50 today And tomorrow 'iM: n has been visiting old friend .and neighbors. '- Mr. Dyer sees many changes In the last 23 yars in this part of the valley.- He prom ises he will make ti.e stne trip next, summer. - Mr. and Mis. R. O. Dunn were Sunday visitor at James 1.1c Gulre's. Mrs. Fred Dickson and c'aurh ter, Leona, andTirs. V. H. Baugbman were bu iness 'aller. In Silverton .Tue dy aftir.'jo -n. Miss Lois Vinton who has br t.i on the stck lit for several "days Is Improving. i 4 Bill Zelinski of Hazel Green Is threshing tor some of the farm ers, as our home machine a are on the prairie. j -. - - : Friends Entertained By Miss Valborg Ormbreck SILVERTON, Or., .Aug. 16. (Special to The Statesman.) Miss Valborg Ormbreck entertain ed a number of young friends at her home. In North ' Silverton on Wednesday night. Lawn games were the chief diversion of the evening. Refreshments Vera served by the hostess. , Those present Included Miss Ingeborg Goplerud, Miss Esther Towe. Miss Louise Henriksen, Miss Ethel Lar son, Miss Sylvia Larson,. -Merle Larson. Miss Merna Sather, Miss Hazel English, Miss Jerdis Clos ter. Miss Valborg Ormbreck, Misa Dora Henriksen, Miss Agnes Dah len, Amos Benson, Theodore Orm breck, Bernard Rolson, Harry Larson, Clayton Benson, - Victor Sather, Dale Blair and Einar Ormbreck. ... PICNIC SPECIALS j V We Cater to the Wants of Picnickers 1 UTTIf-LADY STORE Center at 12th. Pbone 1S37 Off' . : INGS '. I," II. ,-. COLORS: Brown, navy, Pekin, tan, nude, grey, green, black, white Thursday. -