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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1923)
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1923 Mere, There amid Everywhere FOR TICKETS Oil SALE . TODAY FOR SHOW Raising the FamU SoptitB"vreurd fall fortt some tlmel TS - - r : ' - : B n . - l "Laugh and the world laughs with you," is an old but Hue Bay ing and It would seem as though tho "entire population of. the United States were trying to rush into the theaters to laugh with Ed Wynn, !The Perfect "Fool." who comes to the Grand theater for one performance only; Christ mas night, Tuesday. December 25. Seat sale starts tomorrow at 1 o'clock; , Wynn's newest offering: is clean-cnt-and classy, without an innu endo to cause a blush to the cheek, a droop to the eye, or a discord to the ear It is all "daintily differ ent", entertainment. True Rice, la .Ed's right-hand, bower in the ' fun-making, aided and abetted by Fid Newton, John Dale, Cass Burt. Arthur F. Burekly, Nydla' d'Ar uelt, Estelle Pennine, Anita Fur man, Edna Hamel, "that girl quartette." the Misses Keyes, Fer ratl. Kir kwood and. Fielding, the clever little Meyako trio, and Vynn's, Wynn-ing. Wynn-some chorus ot charm and beauty.; I - , . . . . .. S 3;-rV CMaX f MOT I (1 lipv L- U : : : : 1 - 1 John Caughill Captain Of High School Team John Caughill, center for tne Salem hi eh school football team, has been named captain for the coming season. The election'was I..--' - ! - ' ' I: ine Youngsters happy Your Wife proud Yourself; further ahead i That is wtiat our new Christmas Club Plan, the t ; TEN PERCENT CLUB f will do for you. Enroll! First National Bank 129 N. Commercial St. ThtHomt of the Ten Per-Cent Club, held at the annual banquet given in the domestic science rooms at the "high school. Tafks were given by George Hug, superin tendent; J. C. Nelson, principal; Hollis Huntington, roach, . and Captain RinjEle. of this year's team, and by. the new captain. Few men will be lost to the red and black through graduation next spring. Juniors are Basketball Champions of School By defeating the senior basket ball team by a score of 7 to 5, the junior class has landed the inter class high school basketball: cham pionship. All games were close, the juniors having won . out over the sophomore by a score of 15 to 14 after an additional five min utes had been played. i OW MS. W FARES - For the Holidays - ... . 1 , OREGON ELECTRIC RY. PortLmd ... ?2.$5 Redmond - $10.03 Corvallis "'; - -r, -: flOS '" Seattle - . - -' 95.41 Astoria . $6.73 ' Spokane - $2023 Baker ..." $20.89 Eugene - ; - $3.50 Bend . - - $20.21 Junction City $20 Pendleton. - i $171 ' Tacoma - - $12.07 Albany . .. $1.15 , The Dalles - - $83 Harrisburg "- - $2JS5 Walla AValla -j - $10.69 Ilalnicr - " $4JSO Wbodburn - i - .05 , . . , i ' .' T Tickets on aale daily Dea. 21 to 25 Inclusive. Dec. 2 S to 31 in clusive, and Jan.M; with' v " ;': r ": - Return Limit Jan. 7. ' Round, trip fares on same, basis to other points on the Ore gon Electric Ry and connections via Portland. ,1 Frequent, comfortable, fast, electric trains are at your service. - ' r ' Details will be given on request Telephone No. 727. OREGON ELECTRld RY. J. W. R1TCHIK, Agent, Salem. i. Sophomore Debate Team Wins Class Championship The sophomore class won the Willamette university inter-class debate championship this week when its team -defeated the junior team in a debate held before the student body at chapel. The Judges decision : was two to one in favor of the affirmative side which was upheld by the sopho mores. The question for debate was: "Resolved, that the United States supreme court should be denied the right to declare acts of : congress unconstitutional ex cept by unanimous decision." The winning . team was com posed of Warren Day and Ralph Emmons 'who defeated the? fresh men team two weeks ago in a de bate on the same question, there- by earning the right to take part in the final debate yesterday. Rawson Chapin and Daniel Taylor represented the Junior class in the debate having beaten the sen ior team In a previous debate. Each speaker was allowed ten minutes for constructive argu ment and five minutes for refuta tion. Vv, The jndges of the debate were Prof. Frank Erickson. coach ' of mens varsity debate; Prof. Roy Harding, coach of women's vars ity debate at the university, and Prof. Orlande Horning, coach of debate at Salem high school.' Don't spoil tho fina lines of your cr with drsb, commonplace, cheap painting job har it painted UK HE distinctive, refined, well balanced color scheme by our skilled, exper ienced COACH I'AI.NTKKS. Smart effects for smart ears prices that don't smart. 4 RELIANCE AUTO PAINTING CO. Phone 037 219, State, Cocner Front. 3 We carry new and second hand 'dishes, kitchen utensils, hard- .fware, furniture, stoves and ranges " . SEE US WE SELL FOR LESS . . , j. , ' ' , . . . . - " .''.' - CAPITAL BARGAIN HOUSE & CAPITAL JUNK CO. H. Steinbock, Prop. :: Phone 398 Front and Center r II!- v :hcstv h Prices i at County Bridge We Buy arid , Sell Everything ALUMNI LOSES TO HIGH SCHOOL TEAM Former College' Stars Fail To Come Up To Expec tations Last Night , j Fty a score of 22 to 15 the Sa lem high school basketball team defeated the alumni team last night at the high school gymnas ium in the first game of the season Notwithstanding the fact that most of the alumni players were former college stars, they failed to come .np to expectations.' At the end of the first half the score was 16 to 0 in the high school's fayor. A large number of substi tutes was sent in by Coach Hollis Huntington, revealing the . fact that he has a lot'of materia with which to build up the regular team for the season. FRU T GROWERS ASSEMBLE II Preoaratton Being Made For Economic Conference -AtfCorvaUtr-:. Leading horticulturists of the state: met at the ' Chamber of, Commerce auditorium, Friday, to make a surrey of the present Sit uation prior . to bringing recom mendations before. the agricultural economic conference that will be held In Corral lis January 23-25. l Both growing and, ; marketinfcLf problems were discussed and an effort is being: made to determine, certain . crop problems, such as what is best planted to yield prof its, how much should be planted to the acre, how it should be cur tailed or Increased and what time' is best to make new plantings. The relationship in marketing1 one crop to another -was also the subject of some discussion,, par ticularly 1 regarding: perishables. This matter, it is said, has never been considered in any concerted manner among the various inter ests, and it was the object to find out what, if any, relations there were between sales of the various dried and fresh r rolls. ' Committees were perfected with leading men of each industry on these, with each group individu ally interested in prunes, peaches, loganberries, nuts, , j apples and pears, and other horticpltural pro ducts. Among those present for the meeting Friday were: t Clayton J. Long. U. w. jonnsonv big grow er of Monroe; Charles A. Park, Salem, president of thf state board of horticulture; M, . H. Harlow, Eugene; president of the Eugene cooperative; Fretf Groner, walnut grower, Hillsboro; Ben Dorris, fil bert grower, Eugene; D. E.Towle, manager of the raspberry coopera tive, Gresham; Frank B. Chase, vegetable grower, Eugene and di rector of the Eugene cooperative; C J. Hard, marketing specialist of the extension service at the agri cultural college; Prof. C. E. Schus ter, professor of horticulture at the college, and in addition on the committee are Al Reed. Hood Riv er apple grower; D. R. Wood, Medford, pear grower and presi dent of the fruit growers' league there; Kenneth C. Miller, Sheri dan, president of the Oregon Grow ers; J. O. Holt, Eugene, manager of the cooperative there; Sam II. Brown, loganberry grower of ner vals; Isaac D.: Hunt,. Ladd & Til- ton bank; Portland, and George Ileckert, Salem. celved word of the birth of ' a great-great-grandchild in 'Penn sylvania, placing her at the head of five generations. In all, Mrs. La Follette has been great-grandmother to 19, of whom 17 are still living. She al so has 15 grandchildren, all of whom reside in Pennsylvania. One son lived in Los Angeles for a number of years until his death about two years ago. Though .she will be 79 years old on April 10, of next year, Mrs. La Follette is able to shame many a younger woman by her. activity. Not only does she appear daily at the WCTU headquarters. where she also makes her home. but all necessary cleaning, sweep ing, dusting and scrubbing Is at tended to personally. During the early part of her married - life and until she was nearly 40, Mrs. La Follette was more or less of an invalid and was: not able to do much of her own housework.1 Mrs.4 La Follette - was born la Franklin . county, Vermont, on April 10 1845, where she lived until nearly three years old, when she moved with her -parents to Wisconsin,' which she, claims, as her really native state. Later the moved to Kansas, coming to Sa lem 16 year? ago next July'. Mrs. Mary La Follette Is Great-Great-Grandmother There; was once a time when Mrs. Mary LaFoIlette, matron at the WCTU headquarters. Commer cial and Ferry, for the last five years, ' might have been anxious to defy the years that brought gray hairs to her head, but that time, has . passed and today she proudly announces that she has re- "Naught Can Compare With Gifts to Wear" Store Open Saturday and Monday Evenings t : BISHOP'S i CLOTHING AND WOOLEN MILLS STORE C. P. Bishop, Prop. Store Open Saturday -and Monday Evenings Everything Is in Readiness for Saturday Shoppers-New Displays Stocks Replenished Quick Efficient. Service by Experienced Salesmen All with the Aim to Aid Late Shoppers Check This List! Last Minute Suggestions! fl For Mother Nothing would please her more nor give such comfort than a gift to her of one of these Pendleton Pure Virgin Wool Blan kets. Beautiful col ors. Priced from $7.75 and up a pair, Indian Blankets $12.50 to $20.00 s Pillows. $3.75 Indian Shawls $10.00 to $20.00 of Qif ts to Wear for Men and Boys GIFTS FOR MEN Interwoven Socles 40c to $1.50 pair Silk, cotton, wool and silk and wool. 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N ' I ' V" J: G IFTS WORTH M I for Boys of A 1 1 Ages HERE ARE ASSEMBLED GIFTS THAT DELIGHT THE BOY ON CHRISTMAS MORN SPECIAL Boy's set con sisting of a fine Knit Tie and good Jack Knife; in at tractive Christ mas Gift Box. $1.25 Set Coat Sweaters $5.00 and $0.00 Flannel Shirts $2.75 and $3.25 Warm Underwear $1.00 to $3.00 Gift Ties SOc and 75e Pullover Sweaters f5 to $7.50 Do your Christmas shopping here and there will be no Christmas, swapping later ( '' . . "' i , ., Zz - -- t -. i-TTr-T'T ' - ." . . . - "' r "