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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1923)
J THE OREGON STATESMAN, - SALEM OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1923 I I i 1 1 1 ! LOST FIRES ' Incendiarism in State Due Mainly to Over-Insur- : ance, Says Moore Fire Insurance companies are severely criticised by Will ti. 11 oorer state fire marshal and In surance copmissioncr, for alleged over-Insurance,! In a statement anent flTe prevention week. Over GO per cent of the fire losses In Oregon, - he believes, are of in cendlary origin and most of these due to over-Insurance. More Business, Is Slomn . From what I have been able to learn," sayg Mr. Moore, "I am of the opinion that the companies are all the time urging their spe cial agents to get more business. The special agents are all ' the time urging the local agents to get more business, and the local agent goes out and writes insur ance upon anything. The Investi gations which have been made by my department ' and which have been called to my attention verify mis. . v Mr. Moore cites . a number of Oregon cases to support this coa tention. . " , . ; "The fire loss Jo Oregon, as In South' DaVota, equals the amount raised In taxes for state purposes continues Mr. Moore. "The total fire loss is in excess of 9,0 00,00 9. This seemed i .appalling to mo when I first became acquainted with the facts, because the prop erty which is burned Is that much value gone forever Moore expresses the belief that Btrict inspection of all risks would verjr materially reduce the firs loss. - - 1 r ' y- y .: ' . i : .; : ' I . '.. Insurance Men Object "But whenever I have talked to Siptppint ; ; " Heater This portable electric heater provides instant direct warmth ."whenever or wher ever desired. ' Just "the : thing ",for use when it , is not quite cold enough' to operate "(the fur nace. BlioWNELL COMPANY ' - i-A'. Successor to Welch Electric Co. 379 Slate , r- thone 953 the Insurance men about It," be says, "they have : held up I their hands in holy horror, and inform ed me that the expense would be so great that it could not pos sibly be borne. ! ' But would it be so expensive?! Jn Oregon last rear the fire loss was $9,000,000. The insurance companies paid In loss es a little over $5,600,000. Hai one-half of : this money, paid for fire losses been paid for fire pre vention, I firmly believe that quite a little more than 50 per cent of the tires could have besn prevented, and with $2,800,000 for fire prevention a great work could be done. : That would em ploy 1,000 men In the state of Oregon to inspect the fire risks. A force of this kind could inspect every ' risk Insured in the state several tlme3 In a year, and by so doing make over-Insurance im possible. This ; would do-away with most of the incendiary fires, because there is nothing as in flammable or combustible as au insurance policy, unless it would be two policies on the same risk rubbing together. The moral risk could also - Ue determined, CI re prevention taught and the saving in fire loss, would more than pay the expense."': "HOWDY," SAYS THE SENEGALESE. MUCH REAL ESTATE H1K IH SALEM Many Residence Transfers Reported By Firm of V Chiids & Bechtel Judging from the number of building ' permits taken out, and real estate transfers for this time of the year, real estate activity is much better than for many years past Evidence of the fact may be 3een by driving over the city. . Many beautiful homes are un der 'construction. -Many persons have decided j to build this fall and winter while prices of lots and material are lower than they are usually in the spring, and while labor can be . obtained at price that Is' fair both to labor and the employer. . ; There are many newcomers in the city - and from all i reports there will be many more this fall and winter who will locate in or near Salem. Many of the realtors report that business In their line is better than it has been in years and picking up. . Chiids Sc. Bechtel report of the following sales made recently; ":: ' ' '", .. Walter Thompson! residence at 1870 South i Church" street has been purchased by T. R. Arthur for a consideration of 12100. Walter H. ' Smith suburban home of - two acres ' was sold to Wallace H. Lynn , who has been touring , Southern California for the past year and ; ; returned to Salem to make his home. Price paid was $3000. a-y ,yJyf a; . The Terrell residence at 420. North 'Twenty-fourth street . , was purchased by George W. McCall for. $2300. J Viola Holman residence, 690 North Twentieth street, has- been sold to Samuel Logne, who recent ly arrived from Minnesota. : Price paid was $2200. ', II. E. Cadd well has purchased from R. C. Hallberg, a new bun- s , X ? v . .. 4Ma V -': -"- . - r - - V? : t J L f j. V - - ' 2 A f , v ft - rttt rT'T"""" rr -triiimisw nirirTMiimmm-" sh--v - t y-.---.- 4- -lg Mm iln, , .. M,. . .v; j " 11 -i They must organize, or Join or- ganizaiions aireaay run.mng. xae independent grower' will on the average pay dearly for his Inde pendence. r He is . on ' the wrong track. He merely announces by his Independence his willingness to allow the "other fellow" to fix his prices. The "other fellow" will ix them as low as possible, in order, to make for himself as much as possible. And he is not to be blamed. The grower would do the same thing, if the tables were turned." Jf he would not, he yrould starve to death. : 'it.-,- - i mm r.TJaee Is ah article In the Sat urday Evening Post, giving the record of our foreign missionaries asfi boosters for American' trade and i prestige. If you will read that article, and then ' say yon do 'Battling Sikl," the dusky pugilist who created such a sensation In Paris when he downed Georges Carpentier, has just arrived in America. lie la probably looking for the "long green. Thla New Oak : Player piano. . - ! piano sells ree- ulafly for $495. iWe will give rolls and bench and sacrifice this week i for t91S CIA dnnn Vllr"f l2.E0 ner week. X i , A real bargain. See this. i : ; TALI.MAX PIANO STORK 893 8. Twelfth St. ' One Block North of Southern Pa- cine Passenger Depot. galow on South Twenty-third street for a price of $3300 Howard C. Ackerman, salesman at Marion Automobile company. has 'purchased the Paxil Jerman residence,' 1924 Academy street. Price paid was $2100. - Lester A. Wiles has purchased a lot on North Twenty-first street of W. II. Loose and will start Im mediately to erect a new home. The Arthur Edwards home at 1253 -Chemeketa street was sold to George Gutekunst, recently from the east, for a cash consid eration of $5000., Harness Still Used in Vaiiey, Says Mr. Shafer Gasoline may have displaced the horse as a means of "Joyrid ing, but 'old Dobbin Is still hold ing his own on the farm in com petition with the tractor, in the opinion of F. E Shafer, Salem harness manufacturer. - . Harness is demanded as much for farm and logging camp teams as ever,' he says, and the sale is as great as ever. The greatest de mand Is ! for harness for f heavy teams. 'While nearly 400 sets of team harness have been sold ! In comparative recent i dates, only a few calls for single sets are re ported, t ': ' I More harness was sold this year than last, Mr. Shafer said, though there is practically no ' demand for saddles. A majority of these are sold for use by boys, he said BITS FOR BREAKFAST I ..... State fair" net week. ; . . . The great crowds In autos will bless Salem's wide streets.' But even so the parking spaces will be at a premium. T i Do you remember, 40 yers ago, and less, how-the horses got scared at the bicycles an. ran away! Now they are zoning tbe. skies for the flivvers of the -air- mak- i'i -IVIES' 'FALL-- ' ... . . . . . . . . - The Coal: Takes a new place as a garment of ir I n.' In k-ecent years a great; change has cr over the'eoat. A woman, no' longer -buys a c t with lhe sinsrle idea of protection in mind. II i? cs .inrortant a fashion garment as a dress, wcxncnj a..:c.i .nave made this true are of Interest to Our assortment of Coats embraces' every' type from the simple motor models to the dressy after noon Coats. , V , priced frojn : $!1.75.0 $09.00 PALE . Cu- COP.OPAN Y Ccir.nercial and Court Sts. v .f.y ; 'yt'I ' ( - :--' ! If V ing up an ozoning system, as it were. ' ' A lady out in the country sends word to the Slogan editor that he is constantly telling people to raise more produce; and 'asks what they are to do with the stuff when they cannot sell it. Well, Salem is the best market In Ore gon for all the products on which our growers should specialize. That is something. It is not yet as good a market as it ought to be; not as good as It will be. But the growers themselves must help. not believe in . foreign . mission aries, you will need to have your bead examined;, you are a candi date for Dr. Steiner's bughouse. y, ,- .; ' Continental Europe reports heavy demand for American cur- rencv. A similar demand has been noted on the rialtos of Salem and, other . American cities, and even out in the: hop yards and on a" the prune ranches. - WILLIAM WALLACE GRAHAM VIOLINIST . Soloist and teacher. Nine and a half years' study"and teaching In Europe, twelve in Portland. Pupils holding responsible positions in many parts of United States as teachers and soloists Beginners accepted; coaching in accompanying and ensemble. Hours hy appointment only, at Marion Hotel.' Phone 2010, Wednesdays and Saturdays. For reference ask any pupil. ? ' . ' '.''.. . -T " - - - . . - -" - - ' ' ' ' ' - The Merit of an Advertised Business We have been asked by many of our customers and by many of the profession why, we adopted a policy of advertising, when by so doing we werie obliged to withdraw from the dental organization, n which all other men of tne profession belonged. ' - , ' Here Is he Reason We are not ashamed of our work, we know that it merits advertising and we know that only work that does merit advertising can continue to live under the high pressure of being continuously advertised. Our thou sands of custoiners know that when we publish statements on our work, that our firm must keep faith with the statement and they know that we could not make such declarations about poor or inefficient service. ISN'T IT THE MOST SIMPLE THING When people have good things, they "tell the world about them" and when a person is skeptical of the quality, the efficiency, or the average value' of an article or service they naturally do not herald the news world wide. : : " .' We stand back of every written word you read in our advertising, by , giving the service that merits what we claim for it. When you have need for dental work, or when you are in doubt about the. health of your teeth consult us, in our new home. We've moved to new and larger quar ters, and are better equipped than ever to take care of your work. TO , "Utterly Painless" , New Location Corner State and Commercial, Upstairs in Rooms Formerly Occupied by the Chastain Clothing Co. Entrance on State St. r i.1 y l It's Style and Value You Want in those New CLdtHE IN THIS MAN'S STORE WE MAKE IT OUR ONE pUTY TO OUR CUSTOMERS IN GIVING Better Styles Better Values ... and Better Service yith Your Absolute; Satisfaction Guaranteed ' in Every Way. you wilj. hnd Here one of4 THE! IVlOSf EXTENSIVE SHOWING OF PUDS FOR MEN IN THIS LOCALITY. A. Hundreds of New Pall Suits and O'Coats to Choose from. Large Showing Popular, Prices $25,00 to $37.50 Others $40, $45 and $50 Our time 'is yours We are always glad to " , show you. :. 1 lie . ivilae DUDS FOR MEN , 416 STATE, SALEM ' Wra. A. Zosel ,J Silverton. : Ellis E. ooley . - . . . ; 4 - - - : .- ... , ..... kVN, ! f. Ill HY-" W4 Wra 5 , . - I I " - ' '! Flour 'i The food we eat' should V? of the beet. Bread makes a tntzl taste ewer good cr bad.;-;';.TKereisnbnc:i of being5 disappcintcj since your merchant carries Anerro rlcur. 7 hard v,'L::t. . . Cherro iVoTr ( It is so easy to ucs. A' hot griddle; add vatcr to the flour, stir v:z. iidl ready loi-u:3. Once for breakfast means always. yii TP Rolled ,-r ir I ... Osts ..Is a nourishing brealin ast food for ycunj and old. - Let the fir: t .... . . ,.. ( . . meal of the day be ths best; therefore have yojUr merchapt supply, you thCherrp Rclhd Uats. WW r i ( Feeds Tfiajt have made a prppt poultry men, eyiery day ii the year, . aiust be made of whole- spme grains, properly' balanced. Tfye best eeds are always car ried by most feed deal- ers. I ou wil una S .... ; : ' " , v Cherro feeds nearly ev-( ere. Stock TroorTcs It's the amount of milk or butter fat you, receive for the amount you invest. $Kerro'-Cow Chb-W has proven to be good investment Leading stockmen are using it exclusively. ,- For fall seed we have1 a choice lot of Red CIo- ver, Vetch, and Grey seed . Oats; also fcest varieties of Fall Wheat,1 all carefully cleaned ready to sow. Cherry CJity Milling Co