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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1923)
HdUon Marshall I tail Double Spokane, Washb. - "Edison Marshall, famous : novelist and magatine writer, whose stories of he west are known to. erery fic tion reader in the country, almost ..became a member of the Spokane Chronicle editorial staff. ; A breesy yung fellow, nattily dressed, appeared in the editorial offices this week. ; "lam Edison Marshall, novelist and magaxine writer,", he an nounced. "I am In Spokane to secure . locale for ; my next big 8tory.-It ha been my custom to engage my services to a newspaper in the district while gathering material. ,.b. - , r::,. ' h "I'm Just returning ' from the east wher6 I wrote my only east ern gionr." he went on glibly, "M la called 'The Death Bell' and Is appearing in the next issue of the . Short Stories Magazine" . " Being' much Impressedj the city editor ftsked more" questions. v ; The visitor was urged to return the following day, when an answer on his application would be given. The famous author lives In Med ford. Ore., bo a telegram was dispatched.; Shortly this answer came back .over the' Western Union: ' " "Med ford. Ore. Mr.' Marshall la in eastern Oregon. duck hunting. 1 have wired him. I know nothing of man. Mrs. Edison Marshall." . Then, a .little later, came this telegram: . ' -..V." - "Rocky Point. Ore. Hunting ducks In eastern Oregon. Some other Edison Marshall. (Signed) Edison -Marshall."- -: So- strangely enough,' Edison ' Marshall, famous novelist and magazine writer," id not a" mem ber of the Chronicle staff. Odd, too. Is the fact that the glib vis itor did not "again appear in', the tutorial office to further' his ian 1 c'J.icy for a position. ,' , Art Is In Home CORVALLlS, 1 ORE. Master pieces of art In the home are not necessary rto' show culture, in the cplnion of-Professor J. Leo Fair banks, who has arrived In , Cor rsllis "to head the. department of art and rural architecture, 'suc ceeding Professor F. D. McLouth, " whose .death occurred recently. Art has to do with service giving the best and most efficient service believes Professor- -Fairbanks, who says it is art' to have thf kitchen sink at Just the right height. ,i- .VVV ' The best way to get an appre ciation of art is to have it in the home environment,"' said Profes sor Fairbanks,- T don't believe vau . ua c vitiv aaauv? uuui v j have art in and about our .homes. - ."v : i . - - v. a, i' uur periMjnainjr quuuia o pai in - the home. After all It is the heart ' interest that comes tfom withlni." EUGENE, Or. Suggesting that the' name of the jiew .Oregon 'rail cutoff from Oakridgeto Kirk be "Crater cutoff," Stephen T. Math er, director of the national park service, has takes mp the matter with the officials of the Southern Pacific system. ' - - - . .Mr. Mather 'has written exectt-' tives 'of the railway' suggesting that the cutoff be designated the Crater Lake cutoff -'as something distinctive and appropriate to re place the insignificant name of Natron cutoff. Mather advises that Crater lake's nearness to the new railway is pne reason to 'name It for 'this world's Vscenlc 'wonder preferably to 'that of Eugene Klamath cutoff. "... -' i ' - '" Cranberry Harvest' Is Now "On - Cranberry harvest Us -now in full blast in the cranberry " jbogs of Oregon and Washington The crop this year locally will " be '. ) -4: " t i w I i ; h - ' 1 A State Nevs large one. The total crop of eran berries in the United States will also' be very; large.." iThev fruit whih has grown on the Pacific coast bogs will average better this year, as to size and' general qual ity than In previous years. This Is oh account of the fact that the growers have found by experience that it is unprofitable to produce inferior grades of cranberries, and the j poorer"1 varieties have been largely supplanted by larger and bettier keeping, 'and consequently mare readily marketable Varieties. The:' trade, the customer and the growers are thus1 benefitted by the ! elimination of the poorer graces. -Jefferson Tribune. New Road Prepared GRANTS PASS, Or. A delega tion of local citizens will attend the j meeting at' WIllitsr!,aHf., on October 6, of the North of the Bay Counties; association. The meeting has been called to take up matters 'concerned :.with-,.jthe Redwood highway, which is held to be of prime; importance by. the counties of northern California. In view of the fact that the Pa cific highway ! will probably be closed to allow paving next sum mer, the Redwood highway has assumed a much greater Impor tance as traffic will undnoubtedly be j routed - that way to : facilitate tbef work on the other road, v rw Lumber. Co. for Sublimity : A new lumber company has1 been formed with headquarters at Sublimity. The incorporators are G. W. Scott, John W. Sharp, H. P. Shanpora and ! Fred Strom. The capital stock is $20,000 and will bejknown, as the "Fdur.S" Lrfm be company. Aumsvllle Star. Pastor Taking Long Trip ROSEBURG, Ore. The Rer. D LT. Summerrille and his daugh ter, Mrs. W.i H. Fisher, are to leave Roseburg at noon next Tues day, Oct. 2, for Vancouver, B, C, where they will take passage on the Canadian Pacific . steamship Niagara" Saturday morning, Oct. 6, for Honolulu, -where they will visit for a short time, t They will then go on to the FIJI Islands to remain for a little while, after which they will go to Auckland, New Zealand; and In that land of matchless scenery will spend con siderable v time -': in ' sightseeing. They will then: go to Sydney, and a&er visiting In that city and oth er places in New ' South Wales, will go '- by ' rail from Sydney to Melbourne to spend In that city and its suburbs and out In Gipsy- land country,, about one hundred tulles distant, a few weeks, which will close the outward part of the tour. On the return Journey they will ' board the ship at Sydney, thence a toy Wellington, New Zea utuu, ana vs iu ue uuuus i Raratonga and Tahiti, at each ! of which they will take a short 'lay 6verw' and "then by way of San Francisco home. They will hare three aummera without any win ter between. ..Such a tour Is quite a; Journey Jot a man of Mr. Sum merrille's. yeats. ; , New Hatchery at Bandon Approved BANDON, Oct. 1 Art Fish, dis trict game I warden, has received an unofficial report that superin tendent Ryckman of the Oregon; fish hatcheries has approved the Lpan to establish a new hatchery ,bn ca vi ucai vauuuu . y y r E. Dyer offered the department free ground for the site of the hatchery, as much as the state re quired. The creek runs through extensive holdings of Mr "Dyer and runs through the town. It is said that the location is nearly Ideal and has the added advantage Coats, ; ' Precse The, biffffest and best assortment we have ever shown.,- We buy direetf rom the ifuinufactprer and -are able io give you the ex?,!jUilesjl.:styles "and jsell ; at , the lowest possible price by. eliminating the jobber's profit. -1 i. -1 . ,: ; . . : . ,U' "ilcre :are quality coats of the - new soft -vroolens which tailor so well, and luxurious wraps of deep "piled ffabHc, amartly t or collared. - Long Uaes -are TOpUasterd - In all types of coats; and the side cloa king" iHma - important iB - most kaodels. ''' 1 vv f Ladies' Coats 512.75 to $69 4 Ladids'.Drccccs CD.75 to V 5276 Ladies' Hab CMS. jto 9.75 I.. GALE - Ccr2crcl2 of being easily: accessible for the distribution of trout. - - : j Let Governor erve Term Some of the same men who were the Governors strongest, sup porters are now demanding his recall. Too bad to put a man In office who can't fulfill his plat form promises, but the majority of the voters fell' for him, so why not let' him serve out his term of office and by that time the voters will know what to do and it is a safe bet that' he won't serve a f.cond term. Silverton Tribune. i WQODBUBM MEWS T w ' ; ' ; ; ; -7-7 WOODBURN, Or., Oct. 1. The first f meeting of the Woodburn Woman's club will be held at th? home of Mrs. C. A. Parr Wednes day, Oct. 3. , ? . i -! V, i ''. Mr. and Mrs. J. v. Schowjand three ; children of Flandreau. S. D., have rented the Albert Armea home.- r-"'1 - ' a,--" - Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chhapeli and daughter, Mrs. M, A. Coe, left Wednesday ' to , visit friends in Tacoma, Seattle and Vancouver, B The daughters of America gave a' very enjoyable card party Mon day night ' Jn the C.O.F.; hall. There were 13 tables of livef hun dred, honors going to Mrs. Eugene Courtney and Edgar Crosby. "Mr. and Mrs. H.- E; Judge of Sioux: Falls, S. D.; left for home this! week after visiting at the home of Mrs. Judge's mother.; Mrs. D. A. McKee. :' -i:--;'? Dewey' Bltney of the mills sales office of the Westinghouse con cern,; Pittsburg, Pa., left for home after: a: two weeks visit with ' his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Bit ney, Sunday. He will first go to Los Angeles on business and stop at La Cross, Kans., and visit his sister, Mrs. H. W. Grass Jr. It has been two years since he left Oregon. 4 ' : "4 :' r -. W. H. Alleman returned - home Wednesday ; after a long visit In Oklahoma, f -J I : r ';- ;'; Mrs.f F. W. Settlemeier arrived home Monday from a month's vis it with her parents at Oakland. California. L. M. Maxf ield and brother, G S. Maxf Ield of Kensington, Minn., left Tuesday for California! Mrs. M. C. Haecker and son. Kenneth of Waubay. S; D., : will spend the winter with Mrs. Haeck er's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Roberts. '-,'':'''' '' ' ' ". -v Mrs. Foster Mills and two chfl dren of Wilder, Idaho, visited at the home of Mr.4 and Mrs. Paul Mins..'! -:" i '-. l. r'U1 . "Mrs.. Henry Layman ; left Tues day for Kalispell, MonW'to at tend "her father's funeral, f Those attending ' O.A.C.; from here are Miss Florence Klamp, Miss Margaret Hall, Miss Norma Marrs Wallace Booster, Harley Hughes and Clifford 'Andrews. Those attending Willamette unt rersity who were graduates : of Woodburn high school are Ken neth Schooler, Miss Myrtle Klamp, Henry "Moore; Norman Tergen, Hal DeSart and Ada Hawley. Miss Myrtle ImlalT is attending Mon tncuth normal. ' . " FATHER IN WRECK WALLA, WALLA, Wash.. Oct 1. 28. W J.-Nourse, of JJenyer, believed to be one of the victims of ; the 'Casper, s Wyo.. wreck, ; is father of H. L. Nourse of this city. He 'Is known to have been on the fated train out of Casper, according toa telegram received t6day by H. L. Nourse from an nhcleiVwho went from, Denver to Casner', to seek news of . W. ; J Nourse.'. A train of thought arrives no place if Jt is Tunning local. Are your feet swollen? This is not daneerons. Not half -.a s bad asjf.you liad -the swell head. ''T r -, . a. z COMPANY arii. Qcurt Streets IS llClJST I IHGOI M Leaislative Department r of i Chamber of Commerce ; .Opposes It The , proposed . state- Income tax that Is to be voted on by the peo ple 'of j the state next month, on referendum of the act passed by the 1?23 legislature, ! is opposed by the committee on taxation and legislation of the Salem Chamber of Commerce. Dr. E. E. Fisher, director of the department, so stated at the. noonday luncheon of the chamber yesterday. The department believes It would ' In crease and not decrease, taxes. i Note its Burned Burning . of the $2S00 note against : the Chamber . of Com merce, was made with: fitting cere monies at ; the first luncheon of the winter Monday , noon. ' The match was applied by J," C. Perry, president . , of , the organization. Credit for bringing the Chamber of Commerce out of debt was giv en to members' of the board of directors.. t Appreciation, of an opportunity to serve on the board was expres sed by each member, who briefly told of the work of that body and of its accomplishments.' Federation Lauded ' Belief that, the ' outstanding work of the year was the splendid cooperation with the Marion Coun ty Community federation, was ex pressed by George Arbuckle, vice president. The Chamber of Com merce, e said,' was not only a credit to the city but to the state as well. W. I. Needham, treasu rer, spoke briefly, thanking the or ganization for the honor bestowed upon him and voiced his appreci ation of the opportunity to be of assistance. T. M. Hicks, secre tary, congratulated the entire board, saying that he had not had an active part, but that the man ager, C. E. Wilson, was to receive the greatest credit., Social Division Reports . .. That the cost of maintaining the club rooms during the last two years was but $200,; was empha sized by P. M. Gregory, of the ao clal department. - This, sum, -he said, was for repairs . and'-, furnl? ture. - During last year there were 500 meetings . held In the Cham ber of --Commerce , room, with an anticipated Increase . of 100 - this year; Five daily papers are avail able ' for - visitors In the reading room, with 30 magazines. Writing stands and materials are also kept on hand at all times, and the. bil liard room is open to members during the week. . r ' PovWgr Ko Hindrance -j 1 Though handicapped by a lack of money,' much has been . accom plished by the civic department. William E. Wilson.- chairman said. Chief of these activities was the opening or North Capitol street He ; urged devoting profits from the 'auto camp to improvements of the grounds Instead of turning the money Into the - general park fund. Continuation of the United States employment : bureau, in stead of being discontinued No vember I, was' also asked -by the speaker.: " :. f f :--.- Legislation and taxation accom plished during the year have been gratifying; according, to Dr. E. E. Fisher, chairman; who .praised the city council tor Its conservatism. delariner that Salem received the most value for a dollar than any other city. The- success of the year is due in a -great measure, he' said, to the work of C. P. WI-, son, manager of the Chamber of Commerce, ' ' The committee . I is working for a new $500,000 school building on North Capitol street. Cberrlans Report - " 1 Functioning of the Cherrians was explained by W."'M. Hamll toh,' King Bing, who said !the or ganization iis been active since Its creation In 1912, and especially since affiliation with the Chamber of Commerce in 1915. Trips taken by the Cherrians" during the year were to the Rose festival; July 4 celebration, Silverton r aravan to southern Oregon, ' Including stops and parades In all principal towns en route;' the Linn county fair in Albany, and as hosts to " the Prun- arians, Vancouver, Wash., and to the Llthlans, Ashland, during the 62nd state' fair. 'r ' i' William . Gahlsdorf, president of the Business Men's league, told of ' the Talue to be derived 'from membership in that organisation and of its 'harmonious relations with the Chamber of Cqmmerce. Chief of its activities are the clos ing of stores and decoration t of streets at various -times ; protec tion to the merchant against un worthy solicitors and 'fake adver tising. 'The organization makes collections for members and han dies a credit rating bureau.' Exposition Coming t Carle Abrams, of the agricultu ral department; told of the coming corn and industrial show late . in November; urging " that manufac- turers of the Salem district make an effort to show the : country what yr being done along these lines. Last year there iwere 5S manufacturers i represented, ;;; he said, and4 there should be. more this year. An excellent program and live entertaining features for the nights of the show are 'being planned... William J, Buslck, the Industrial . department, tasked Mr. Abrams to voice his sentiments concerning the plans for the win ter exposition. - 4 - - .NEW CORPORATIONS 1 . w u Articles of incorporation were filed yesterday by the Piggly Wig gly Interstate company, capital ized at $300.0000 and with head quarters in Portland. The incor porators are Otto H. Qerbothi H. G. Rulifson and' Guy Wallace. Other articles filed yesterday were Green Hill dairy, Portland; j In corporators, Michael Petri, J. H. Ludwig, Edwjn A: Meng; capitali sation,. $25,000., ? 1 , ; i : -r Kingsleys, Inc., Hermiston; in corporators, E. J. Kingsley. O. C. fierce. Lulu - Pierce; capitaliza tion. $10,000. r Scranton & Short. - Inc.. - La Grande: incorporators, G. : H Scranton. C E. Short; Jessie . M, 8cranton; capitalization, $251000. ' Scottish Woolen Mills' of Port- land, Portland; incorporators, C, W.- Oaten , Jessie: E. Shaw. :D. A. Norton;, capitalizatlon.t $5,000. - College HU1 garage, Corvallis; Incorporators, - iW. E. Mcintosh, Arthur von Lehe, E- W. Heckart; capitalization, $10.000., . .. j. ... , Notice of. dissolution was filed by the Tidewater Invest men t com pany. " r Nearly All Exhibits At State Fair Gone Practically all of the exhibits at the state fair were removed l "over" thjs week-end, teams and trucks hauling the last of .these away Monday morning. Booths have .'been j dismantled and ' the temporary, structures are being torn down for the year.' ' Nearly all of the livestock was shipped out Sunday, a switch en gine being kept on duty moving cars as these were filled and oth ers were needed. 'The concessions generally disappeared before Sun day, but one merry-go-round out fit was still on the ground yes terday, though ' its wooden horses had been crated. : r ; - I Tent city still exists, but in lim ited numbers only. Many of the campers remained over until 'the bustle of the fair had. died out. '.' Taste is matter of tobacco quality fWs stats it . boastt belief that xaocoDsccos osea ia Chsstsrfield mrm ' Ctt Cosr (juslity tsnd,henc ol bet , tr cssts) than la SBy Ur ells sett, at the pries. Lijtt dbXfycrs iooaeooo. ot . ... . !. , v - . ' i SssBBssW" 4 '-:... I " I f- . - :i- I -y " - '. ' -ir-.f. 4 '- ;- 'T j j . ' . . ' : . ; ; 'i ' : v ' '.-. , . ..; .( o ) -' .!..,.'.' ' : t s " ' j 'Didn't I tett'you?"bW' -v- vi " ' . '-IVs die-best ;A t -C.- -cigarette A r . J irever v WcedP . j ! - : Xfr. ' -j) L" - - -T' r- :- - , X - , t i 4 !. :. - i r : ,' . s - v . V' !V..' I It.'''. t ' '" A T .1 r - . - ' J ' . ! I . -' V"' Li i fJ ill jv ,,:; t-,- , ., :::: i-aS? : ;:;-',; i ' . . -" j .,1 IILIffi OfiOS. START BUSINESS Local Boys Start Coal Busi ness and Feel Confident of Their Success : The -Ilillman ttrothers, well known in Salem and district sur rounding, are the proprietors of the Hillm'un Brothers Fuel com pany with yards and offices at Broadway and Hood streets. The best coal from Wyoming and Utah fields will be found in their bins, according , to their statements made in : an interview yesterday, and they . report that they are ready to serve people of this coun ty at once.-' "... " They-were prompted to engage In the coal business because o the fact that , little 'coal is used here, and that" they believed, that by telling people more ahout coal many persons Tvouid "eagerly seek coal as part of the fuel. used dur ing the winters especially. -'" The phone number given them is 1855, and although there was some phone ' trouble yesterday, they report that everything is ready for business today. ; Have you got hay fever? Carry a handkerchief so you can stop you your nose if It tries to run. SHAW C. T. Gilbert and family attend ed the. fair Thursday. Mrs., P. Kleiif spent a' week in Washington visiting ler sister, She .: was accompanied i by her daughter Celia. ; : - Misf Amanda Mathews made a business trip to ' Salem Saturday. Visitors at the fair on Thhurs day were Frank Fisher and fami ly. Aug. Mormon and family, Hazel and Georgia' Spencer, Anna Masser, - John Schneider and George Fieber. . " .' . Mr.f and Mrs William Rice and daughter Anna," who' were visiting friends around here, for a week. . V t i - v jc VV - ' - . .1 r . left for California where-they will live near. Los Angeles. :v Mrs. J. K. Young was In Salem Friday. ... ; ' V. J. McAllister, who is help ing his father, harvest his prunes, spent a few days on his farm near-Salem picking his prunes. Mr. Batermau and- family of Salem were Show visitors Sunday, Frank ; Masser was a Salem shopper Saturday! ' , William Berg is on the sick list. ' : ;. : ' ' Cella . Dbzler.' daughter of Mr. , and Mrs. George Dozler, had an operation, for appendicitis. ' She is getting 'along well. : ; ; Mr. and Mrs. Badllner and fam ily, also Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Keene and baby i were Salem' visitors Thursday. -.. ' ' . Count . to, a hundred before fighting or you are liable to count to- a -hundred stars after fighting. ILI1 IS iciiiJt j Convict Reported Seen at Fair Grounds Hundreds - of Miles Away - j Occulists evidently should be visited by persons seeing convicts on the "grounds during the' state fair. Though - there-- were a few in evidence, one "Identified"" was hundreds of miles away. In fact, he was . in a Vancouvere, B. C, Jail at the time he was "seen" in Salem. , :, - warden Johnson . Smith was notified, yesterday by wire that Arthur" ' Schmindling was . being held; in the province. Schmind ling was received from Multnomah county October 11,, 1921,. for a term not to1 exceed .five 'years for larceny.' He escaped from the wood camp hear McMinnville on May -28, 1923. When arrested In Vancouver he was.traveling under the name of Frank Scott. Schmind' ling was at no time connected with the. prison publication.- i .f Deputy Warden Lillie returned the latter part of the week from Chicago, -where he : went . after SCI Lionel llobsonv one c t viclsjwbo escape, frori t' yard several "weeks "ago villi other convicts by secret lr;r selves in a carload of brie a. In commenting upon F vesierday. Warden Smitl that of the S4 convict iu 1 large, who have! e&caped -lvo l prison in years gone by, on5' 1 ' are thoso leaving during hi ad ministration. . . KiffflTii f;.u.s ! WILL CELEbl'.Tt; Ceremonies Marking Rail- s vt " A iril road ueveiopmeni Be Staged Soon A two-day program of pasentr: and carnival events - has teen ai - ranged by the Klamath : . - Chamber , of Commerce for Octo ber 12 and 13 to celebrate tc beginning construction work o the hew main line of li&GiU i north to-Oakridge. ' , ; The celebration Is to open at 10 a. m.; Friday with a -parada typifying primitive,- development progress ' made . from tne time i the Indians by pioneer farmer trappers, lumbermen and cowbc: as well as later progress. Frii afternoon will be taken up wi: auto .rides . to t points . or miert including the Sprague river c. trict. Friday evening will be sta ed a pageant, "The Passing of t: Covered Wagon, the crater, ' amphitheater being specially bv for a seating capacity of $10,0; Saturday forenoon there will an excursion to Kirk where t bo held ceremony making the 1 Ing of the first rail of the so-c: ed Natron cut-off line. Saturc afternoon at Klamath Falls v be a, concert, brief address t lumbermens contest, the lat to be held on the water f rc-t Klamath lake. Saturday eve will be given over to a big sti carnival and dancing. - Invitat: have been sent Chambers of C merce of the Pacific coastj to governors . 'of Oregon, Calif c: and Washington to particl; Special parties will come f Portland, Medford and c points. '.' C