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SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR
SALEM, OREGON THTlRSDAyilORNING,' DECEMBER 27, 1923.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
urn
n hi n r v
' GET RESULTS
BIN
Hopping Up By Members of
Cooperative Association
Causes Many Names to
Be Put on Dotted Line
25,000 HENS GOAL ; ;
FOR MARION COUNTY
Efforts to Add More Produc
ers to Roster Will be
Continued Today
Members of the Pacific Cooper
ative Poultry Producers In the Sa
lem district who; participated in
the ''mopping up" campaign In the
new sign-up for memberships yes
terday were highly encouraged
with the results attained although
still several thousand hens short
of Marion county's goal.
With all of the old members In
this section already lined up on
the new contracts which become
effect Ire January 1 and a number
of new producers In the .ranks of
the cooperators eight additional
ppultrymen In the Salem district,
representing a total of 2900 liens,
fixed their names to the dotted
line on the new marketing agree
ments yesterday according to a
check up of results -by, the -local
committee last night. Reports
from committees working out of
other towns in 'the county were
not available here last night but
local members of the; association
declared that ,if . similar, success
greeted the efforts of the other
committees, prospects for a con
tinuation of the organization af
ter the year were good. This Is
a decided Improvement. In the at
titude of Iast'w-ea wtienth" api;
rarest indifference of the poul
trymen to the benefits of the cor
operative - movement ' threatened
the dissolution of, the organiza
tion 'Which Is ' now rounding out
the third year of its existence and
Hearing the end of Its present con
tracts. .... .-. t ' -' . ,,.
;'Mopplng up" committees com
posed of members of the coopera
tive association who are anxious
to' continue the existesee of the
organization :wre busy ,all over
the state yesterday In a effort
o line up the addltlcucl75.000
ns which were 'lacking i.up to
.ixat time to bring the t6taKLP
'to the 250,000 which has beenset
as the goal In the new si n-up and
which number is absolutely neces
sary to make the new contracts
valid and insure the . continuance
of the marketing organization. ,
Members of the local commit
tee last night-expressed the hope,
that Marion county woc'i be able
to provide 25,000 hens to. the total
quota by the first of the year alV
though admitting' that they were
. still far short of that number.
They point out however that there
are still many producer in this
section who have not yet aligned
themselves with the cooperative
association and the committees
will continue their efforts to sign
up' additional members today.
Bankers; business men generally,
farmers, granges and commercial
organizations throughout the state
have thrown themselves Into the
movement to put the new sign
up1 over before the stroke of mid
sight next Monday when the pres
ent contracts expire.
Independence to Have
New Railroad Extension
The " Interstate commerce com-,
mission has notified- the public
service commission that it has re
ceived from the Valley & Siletz
Railroad company ; an application
for a certificate of .convenience
and necessity for the extension of
Its line from its eastern terminus
in Independence to ' connection
with the Southern Pacific Just out
si 4e the north city limits of Inde
pendence. 'The length of th'e pro-"
posed extension Is 1.5 miles. -
iTIWEjVn
J OREGON: Unsettled and oc-
I casionally - threatening Thurs
day; moderrte winds mostly
southwesterly.
LOCAL WEATHER
(Wednesday)
Maximum temperature 48.
- 'Minimum temperature 3S. t
,r River 3.8.
: Rainfall .2. ... -j
Atmosphere, part cloudy..- ,
Wl"-1, southeast. .
RECKLESS FLER
MAY GET JAIL
TERM FOR ACT
Oakland ' Aviator Found Gail
' ty : of, Flying Recklessly
t Over Stadium
BERKELEY. Cal.. . Dec 26
Dewey WaroT of Oakland, commer
cial aviator was found, guilty in a
justice court here today of ."reck
less flying"-over the new memor
ial stadium here during the California-Stanford
; football game. It
was the first conviction under the
California state law which provides
a penalty of $100 or six months In
Jail or both. He will be sentenced
January 5. Ward refused to take
the s tand, but witnesses identified
him and told the court that he had
flown at a dangerously low alti
tude over the football crowd.
FINAL FLASHES !
VICTORIA,' B. C-i Dec. 26.
According to latest ! advices re
Author which was reported in dis
celved here from the ; steamship
tress and endeavoring to " keep
away from shore off the mouth of
the Columbia river yesterday the
vessel is safe h and ; proceeding
north at two knots an hour.
(By n AstocUtod Prua) '
VERA CRUZ, j Dec. 26, The
federal troops have withdrawn to
Apixaco on the Mexican railway
line about 70 miles east of the
capital.
(By The AtMcUUd Frtsi)
PARIS, Dec, 26, The deprecla
clatlon In ; French exchange., was
blamed today by Minister of Pi
nance, De la Steyrle on Germany's
failure to pay reparations and
"consequent evils.". ; , ,.
. TOKIO, Dec 27 An unsuccess
ful attempt was made to assassi
nate Prince Regent Hirohito this
morning, -i ; ,
SIOUX FALLS, i: D.. Pec. 26.
A feature of the country pro
posal meetings held today was
the successful .effort made in sev
eral counties to form a coalition
of ; the democratic, and farmer-labor
parties; jander "the "William O;
McAdoo for president banner. Re
ports available early tonight In
dicated! that such moves had been
made in Lincoln and Moody, coun
ties and one with partial success
In Minnehaha county.
GLOBE, Aria., Pec. 26. Offi
cers are holding a negro and a
white man at the county jail to
night for investigation in connec
tion with the slaying, early today
of Ted Grosh. 20, student at the
University of Arixona and the
Shooting of Maxlne McNelly. 19,
who Is in the county hospital with
two bullet wounds In her head.
EAGLE PASS, Texas, Dec 26.
-Francisco Obregon. nephew of
President Obregon. has been In
stalled as vice consul here. : :
By AsmcUM Fim)
PARIS. , Dec. 26. premier
Ppincare has sent; the 1 German
memorandum .on : the proposed
Ruhr-Rhineland negotiations to
General Degoutte commanding the
French forces in the Ruhr.
MARSHFIELD. Or., Dec. 26.
The gasoline schooner Osprey, two
days overdue at Gold Beach,' was
late today reported safe In a cove
near Port Orford during the storm.
NEW 3fORK, Dec! 26. ileut.
Osborn C. Wood, son of Governor
General . 'Leonard ! .Wood of the
Philippines who is reported to have
accumulated fortune of between
1700.000 and S 8 00,0 00 in Wall
Street received the Information on
which he acted through a Wall
Street Hipster, service which sent
him nightly cablegrams , for which
he Is reported to have paid S 1,0 00
a month, including cable, charges.
DOUGLAS, Ariz.. ? , Dec. , 2 6.
Twelve persons were killed f in
Ilnasabas. Sonora,' Mexico, during
the series of earthquake shocks
which started December ,18 . and
continued until December. 24. v
Hflrinn-leffersQn RoaB
Soon Up for Considerati6n
The four miles of highway be
tween , Marlon and Jefferson
which will ' eliminate six ferade
crossings and. cause the construc
tion of one overhead crossing "Is
ready for action at the next meet
ing of the -county court, Jan?
uary 4. , . . i , ; .
The preliminary, work include
Ing vlewing' by the county court
and surveying has been complex
ed. It is expected that .there will
bo many protests made 1 to : the
board on the contemplated .road.
f The petition , asking lor "this
iroad' was ope of the longest ever
received by the local county court
and contained; moro than 200
COAST REPORTS
SEASONAL
Normal Decline ; m Sales
V Shown By Report From
Twelfth Federal Reserve
District Banks
EMPLOYMENT! DECREASE
NOT WHOLLY SEASONAL
Late Fall Given , as Reason
for : Decline : in Sales of
Dry Goods and Shoes
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SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 26.
Business conditions -during No
vember reflected . the. normal
seasonal decline 1n sales. butJthere
was a decrease in employment not
wholly seasonal, it was atated trv-
day in the report of the federal re
serve board for the twelfth' dis
trict. ;. , : ,
"The condition of "the renortinv
member banks," said . the report,
"was little different at the
of November than at its beinnih
the principal Items In their com
bined statements having fluctuat
ed narrowly duririgthe month.
Due to the Increase in natural de
mand deposits, total : deposits
reached a high point for the year
on November 14; but in the fol-
vr, . .
luvmg oree weeas declined to the
lowest level since Sebtember 12.
oans and discounts and Invest
ments of these banks were slight
ly higher on December 6 than on
November 7. ',y:- t -"t-.;
Ieclle Heausonat ; 1
' In . the wholesale trade sales of
reporting firms. f were generally
smaller during November than
during the wo previous months,
reflecting the normal seasonal de
clines which in jnost cases had not
appeared durlnf October. An ex
ception to this , general . yule oo?
cur red In the .aseof automobile
tires, the value of sales in this line
increased 4.3 per cent during, the
month ' ?., ,
Nine lines of business reported
increases in the value of their
sales during November as compar
ed with November," 1922, the ex
ceptions being dry" goods and
shoes. Dealers In the latter two
lines of goods ascribe a large part
of decrease in trade to the ex
ceptional i weather conditions in
many . sections and the late fall,
which show much winter merchan
dise on retailers' shelves.
Oregon Included i
"Sales of new automobiles ; In
the . district., as. evidenced by the
number of new( ears 'registered
during October' continued greatly
in excess of a year ago, the extent
of the Increase reflecting In .part
the growing tendency of buyers
to purchase and use both, passen
ger and commercial automobiles
in the winter months as well as in
other seasons of the year." " :
A seasonal decline In, building
permits Is reported. :
'The twelfth federal reserve dis
trict includes Arixona, -California,
Idaho, Nevada, ' Oregon, Utah and
Washington. ? f ' -4 '
The entertainment, and social
evening planned by the Oregon
Statesman automobile contestants'
for 7:30 o'clock tonight at Auburn
hall,, route 6,' Salem. Is getting
well under way, and the Interest
is increasing as . the' plans de-.
velop. ., : ' - ... '
The whole program is a cooper
stive one. by the automobile con
testants to enterUin their friends
In a social way this evening. The
whole plan' is a cooperative one;
suggested, by and being promoted
by the contestants themselves. It
Is not money making plan in any
sense of the word. All' profits that
may be made wfU be devoted
tlre'Iy to the Interests of the can-;
dldates that are assisting In the
promoton of. this,, entertainment.
George Sander, Che : manager of
the Auburp . hall, has 'very kindly
offered the use of the half free of
charge, and his splendid orchestra
has volunteered their cooperation.
Lots of good talent has volun
teered their help tp mak this ai
real "affair of s the Holiday season,
While the .program is... not com-s
pletei, and'Jthe program Committee
are anxious to receive any further
assistance,- srTrovhsfnalproErrm
Mm
FDR
WORICONTOMB
INTERRUPTED,
FOR HOLIDAY
First Section of Roof Has Now
- Been jpimantled-p-Tab-i
1 lets Discovered 1
, LUXOR, Egypt, Dec. 25Work
was resumed, on Tutenkhamon's
tomb this morning after the cus
tomary break' f or the weekly mar
ket day which this time happened
to be Christmas. Howard Carter,
having' dismantled ; the first sec
tion of the roof of the canopy or
outer, shrine over Totenkhamun's
sarcophagus tackled the - great
wooden rack that supports the lin
en pall over the second shrine. In
the course of the operations, two
alabaster : tablets bearing ' the
king's cartouche were discorered,
A party of over 300 guests, sup
plemented ; by tourists from - two
steamships moored in the . Nile,
celebrated Christmas at the Winter
Palace hotel.
TEttlS' MEET :
FOR UEfMl
Annual Pilgrimage of. Ore
gon Educators to Port
' land Is Under Way
. Mrs. M. L. Fulkerson, county
superintendent of schools; George
Hug, , cityk; superintendent; J. Q.
Nelson, principal of i - the - high
school, and many other teachers
of Salem and Marion - county are
In Portland attending the annual
meeting of the State Teachers as;
sociation' which will be In session
December 26. 27, 28 and 29.
I E. B. Bryan, president of the
Uaiversity of Idaho, has been en
gaged as one ; of ,the convention
speakers.- For many years the ser
vices of Dr. ; Bryan have beep in
constant demand by educational
and other organizations. While
he has been- a . college executive
for miny years, iis contact, travel
and study &ave. made him familiar
w4th .all .phases of '-' educational
problems. He Is said to be elo
quent, inspiring" and convincing
in ' his , presentations. J t :. V-
; Another- visiting educator' is
Prof. John Adams of .London uni
versity. He came to : the ; United
States last summer to (lecture In
the University of California sum
mer session and has remained on
the coast : for this winter, u. He is
scheduled to apeak December 28
and 29. He has, long been one
Qt the leading ' British educators
and ; is well known through his
books to American readers of edu
cational literature. .
- .Most of the sessions of the con
vention Will be In the Lincoln
high school auditorium. .' Most of
today will be given over to a meet
ing of the representative council.
The general assembly will begin
tomorrow. The annual Address of
Q. W.. Ager, president of the as
sociation, will take place aa 9 U 5
o'clock tomorrow morning.
UQYS LOST
TACPMA, Wash., Dec. 26. Be
lieved to ha, ve been victims of the
storm which swept the 'northwest
Monday night rand Christmas
morning Joe Christensen, 17 and
R.,A. Soreweide, 35; were being
sought by relatives of the city to
night. .,.....
mm
has been made up as, follows: '
I Selection, orchestra; three min
ute talk, W. H. .Henderson; ; vocal
kpixfl RonildCravpn: selection, or
cfiestraX piano solo, Beatrice, fiib
son; reading. Evelyn Cummlngs;
Impersonations.' ; Claude Tpeacy;
vocal solo. I lend Plinklewisch;
banjo solo. Slim Anderson; .wop
eong,C. ;H Stevenson; selection,
orchestra; escape aclA. H Dr4k0;
vocal 4oioIf3.iWliiiam;piesbn
violin s,qlo.! Hajel Pests; . vpcal sq
lo. Mr. Strausbaught readinr. Miss
Clara "Wiley; vooal solo," Glenna
Russel L Scotch comedians, Mitch
ell i twins; musical selection or
chestra; auctioneer, George San
der; " drawing-- for-Rhode Island
Red . rooster; pieces of cake con
taining votes, auctioned off. ; ,
Free autos will be supplied from
The .Statesman pffice -from ,?ito
8:30 for the benefit Of any person
Who hks no automobile available.
Transportation from the' hall back
tp4.The,;state?mana, of flee, ; or, at
points convenient, will also be ar
raoed. yv !. 11 tWVoi' 'i
Th'ryblic M cordially, iavltcd
to attend and particlrgte in the
pleasures of, the evenJng.-A cene
ral admission of SO ccuts will.be
charged;, ' " - " . -
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TO
VAQUIfJABAY
COAST GUARD
IS RESGUED
Eight ; Members , of : Life Savi
ing Crew .Landed After
40 Hour Spent . in v Opeh
Launch on Open Sea
CHRISTMAS FEAST IS
TAKEN TO MEM BY TUG
Life Savers Suffer Greatly
From Cold With Ho Warm
Food Available
NEWPORT. Or., Dec. 2a
ight members of the Yaqulna
bay coast guard ; life saving crew
who battled with one of the worst
storms of , the - year while exposed
in an open launch tor mere than
,4 0 hours . arrived , in port . today
after they: had been assisted by a
local .tug which went out across
the rough bar ' this morning with
supplies for the men and fuel for
the launch. ;:. .W v'-,
i The life savers , . who : started
from here late Monday to rescue
Victor Webb,: a crab fisherman
whose' boat had been driven to sea
by the on-coming storm, were un
able to return to port Monday
night owing to the violence of the
sea.- They rode, in c their small
craft all Christmas day and last
night lashed- by the furious gale.
They managed : to . reach Guoy off
the Jiarbor where they remained
an night.. , v t : ,i.. i . !
Sought Fisherman .
I The tug Go-.Gtter this" morning
crossed out over the bar and
shortly before 4 soon the ; coast
guard craft and the crew were
brought to port. " ; ' i-
Captain Hunt' in -charge of the
ljife station here was In command
trthe boat, and with hlmwejre
Anthne -Gnstaf son, Charles Har
woodf John Stockman, Gerald
Caulklns, Erwln Norwood and
Kenneth Poster. life savers. v
; Captali Hunt said today- In ' re
sponse tp a call made from Wald
port last Monday afternoon he had
assembled the crew ahd . with a
pqwer boat" headed south in .the
hope of finding a launch. that had
drifted to sea with. Victor Webb, a
young fisherman aboard. . -j
After vainly eearching for the
boat he started'- to return to ha
station. "here. 7 When about four
miles south, of Newport the , sea
became .so rough that the life boat
remained, there Monday night and
all day Tuesday. 4 '--- On Tuesday
night .a nortnwesterly, storm came
up and tossed the boat like a cork,
each breaker washing , oyer the
boat, and drenching the men from
head .to foot. :. .. .
, With no coffee or. warm, fpod of
8,ny kind, th,e men suffered intense
agony from" the cold. By Wednes
day 4 morning the feet of some of
the crew had begun toj swelll ao
badly that fhe anchor was hoisted
and the boat headed for the bay
entrance. The boat and, crew were
sighted' off the bar early this
morning and Captain Brown "ith
he tug Go-Getter went to the as
sistance of the lite boat; carrying
coffee and Christmas, turkey tq
the men,; They were air hungry
and ate ravenously; as the provis
ions on , board the power boat had
consisted only of crackers and cold
meat. ... .. "
On arrival ,. in the harbor the
crew were greeted by several hun
dred people.. The power boat 'Is
a small , craft 'with . np iprotection
frbmthe storm with no provision
for hot coffee or wann f bod. -,
The body of iWebb,. who Is sap
posed to hare lost his life, has not
yet been found. y ,. ,
FourL Program Given, .
In Silverton Auditorium
SLVBRTON, Ore.; Dec. 26.
(Special to The Statesman). -The
Silverton :: community Christmas
t ree ; program 4 was a Crea t . success
In spite of the storm weather. It
was Impossible ; to f hpld the pro
gram by the treei at First, nd
Main streets so It was held at the
Eugene Field auditorium. U Avery
large audience attended The pro
graiq consisted of Invocation and
benediction by. Rev. C. Judy, talks
by Rev. George . Henrtksen f and
Rev James Bennett, selections by
a. quartet i"ftom . Salem i led by E.
Socolofsky. John Elder was chair
man of the program. The affair
was pnder the auspices of the 4-L
organisation. 1 ' " - v C.;
rREJHEHjrtfrrvnMJja
I . ': St Th Assacuua Jxe), I u
ATHENS, Dec- 26 Athens is
ttlking of little else .than the de
cision of EllphtherlosjConstanllne
Venlselo's, Greece's war tlmo pre
mier to .return to-hls iacland. ..;
OLD TRADITION
THOUGHT CAUSE
OF ODD FIRE
Body of Blurderer Burned in
House Where Deed Commit
;ted t(i Driye Out Ghosts
DAMARISCOTIA, Me., Dec. 26.
An old tradition that if the body
of , a murderer . was burned the!
ghosts of his victims would not be
uneasy, is blieved hy County At
torney Weston M. Hilton to have
led to the exhumation of the body
of John Snow at Jefferson and its
burning in the farm house where
three persons were slain last Sat
urday; Snow, according - to the
county authorities, killed his wife
and $wo other women In the lonely
farm house and committed suicide
after h,e had shot to death a moth
er ad Her .15-year-old son in a
cottage several: miles away.
Denied burial in the village
cemetery, Snow's body was buried
in a .rengh box and without any
ceremonies in a vacant lot in the
rear of the cemetery ... Early Tues
day .morning., fire - destroyed ; the
farm house and later It was dis
covered that Snow'a : graye. had
been opened and the body remov
ed. The charred, remains were
found In . theTu"ins. . of . the . farm
house. County Attorney Hilton
said today that his preliminary in
vestigation had failed to reveal any
clnes to the Identity of the persons
involved, and he declared he would
seek state aid in the case.
COST OF UK
September 1923 One Fifth--less
Thni Before War
Slight Raise Apparent :
:i WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. The
cost of living was on-fifth less in
September this year than it was In
June 1 s 2 0, when the highest point
in living costs since ; 1913 was
reached. A decrease of 20.5 'per
cent JttihetOta cpst. jof Jiving Jn
the' United States 'as determined
by a consolidation "lot: the figures
for 32 specified cities Is shown n
an announcement Issued today by
the bureau of labor statistics. ,i
The cost" of Uvihg however, was
almost three quarters more than
In 1913 average, September costs
showing a 72.1 per, cent increase
qver the V pre-war average. :. In
September a year ago costs were
66.3 per cent above the 19 13" aver
age, anda't the lowest point since
December, 1917, but Drceniber
last year showed an increase
Thfre ; was a I slight decrease i ac
cording., jo ' March, 1923, figures,
but stnee that' time 'living cosif
have been rising slightly.
Among tbp cities' for which, sta
tistics are gathered by the bureau
the percentage of decrease in the
total cost of living for June, 1920.
to ; September;; 1923,"; were: At
lanta 21 per eent; Boston 20.3
per cent ; Chicago 7 19.36; Cleve
land. 18.3; Denver 19,4; Houston
20.5; Kansas City 23.5; Los An?
geles 12.2; Minneapolis 17.9; New
Orleans r 15.9; New York 20;
Philadelphia ' 18.4; Portland,
Maine 201; Portland," Ore., 22 ;
St. ; Louis 19.5? San Francisco
18.2; Seattle 20; and Washington
19.1. ' , v::- -'
September cost or living ex
penditures' as compared with the
1913 average shows the following
increases by items: u ; -
Food ,49.3 per cent; clothing
76.5; housing 64. 4 fuel and light
81.3; furniture and furnishings
122.4 and miscellaneous 101.1 per
cent.5, 'y-. :f- .-.
In the total cost of living the
bureau apportions 38.2 per cent of
the i total expenditures for food.
16.4 for clothing, 13.4 for hous
ing, 5.3 tor fuel and lighting, 5.1
for furniture and furnishings and
21.3, per cent for miscellaneous.
CHEEEVXAND,
; Thy fame's secure for all the years,
- ' , Cherryland, my Cherryland;
Thy bounteous crops allay all fears, -
Cherrylajid,my' Cherryland;
HemembjeotAmbertXP1113 '
' '. " Remember Bing, Ithigf of the kind,
'. Arid Royal Ann we'll Seep in mind,
- Cherryland, my Cherryland. i
They hear our clarion call afar,',
.' , Cherryland, my Cherryland; -
Old Clarion's soil like beckoning star,
: ' . Cherryland, my Cherryland,
Bids all to come and Jom the throng
That Istajks with happiness along,
A j -And sing thy. dauntless cherry son,
; ''' Cherryland my Cherryland.
- ' ?'..,;r.cr;.raetriaii Song -
j "TOhe of he Jofflclal; sbnga cf tha Cherrians. the famous
Salem good will and booster organization, from the booklet of
their songs recently compiled and'prlnted.) r 4 f
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17 ES
MEMTSSi;
se m
,1 luliu.
fire PiEiffi mm
Frctmo Dormitory Ued forTubcrcular PdlitnU
Burns Fire Thought Caused by OvcrHcalc J.
' Boiler Inmates : Easily Controlled Slr.fi
Only Mild Cases Kept in Anncs Dcstrorc.
CHJCAGO, Dec. 26. Seventeen persons are known to
have perished tonight in a fire which destroyed a part cf
one of the frame structures of . the Chicago state hosp:t:l
for the insane at Dunning or the northwest edge of Chicr- j.
At midnight a search still was in progress and ct:. r
bodies may be lying in the ruins. Six hundred men patients
Who were inmates of the partly destroyed structure v. era
rushed out into a drizzling rain vas: the fire spread. About
50 of them confused by the darkness and rain escspci cr
wandered away from the hospital grounds. Some. of the r.i
were rounded up later by police and motorists but no ctzzl:
on the number of missing had been made at midnight. Cr j
of the victims of the fire was thought to be a womsn cttcr.J
ant who had rushed into the building to rescue some of tho
natient8. r--r- - v. : ,-' '
I II STORY IDLED
Two Day Record Is Made at
Salem Posioff ice; Staff
Works Hard -
, The largest first class mall ever
handled In Salem was taken care
of during the last six days of the
holiday time by the local postof
fice". force, according to those In
charge.' :. , . v ". ; ' .. ': , ;
The greatest number of letters
sent out from Salem went Friday,
and Saturday when. 38,6.00, and
38,300 piecea of , first . clasa mal
were handled An average of
2000 letters a day extra during
the' lastslr Hays va$ handled; by
the ' local - force, ' ; V ' "
4The local force - was increased
hy 25 "extra men which was six
more than has ever . been neces-"
sary any other year. ;
; More than 3000 cards and let?
ters . are at the- local office now
which have no street address nor
rural route number. Some of these
were worked over yesterday but
ill Will be delayed because of the
lack of definite addresses. ,
The packages received and sent
out from Salem were- unusually
vrell wrapped ; and the addressea
fere usually given complete caus
ing little difficulty to the post
olflce staff.
f' The mall early slogan Is grad
ually bringing about results and
the mall this year was about one
day ahead of last year, according
to the officials at the local post
of fice. - . " .
Portland postoffice is swamped
with the incoming mail and it was
said yesterday that the Christmas
mail would not be cleared oat be
fore New Year's. The Portland
office was said to have handled
more than 655,000 'letters in one
day last week.
Community Cantata Seen
By Several Hundred Persons
SILVERTON. Ore.. Dec. 26.
( Special to The Statesman). The
Community Christmas cantata glv
en by the Silverton Choral society
Sunday evening was attended i by
several - hundred . people. The
evening was opened by invocation
by Rev. G. Henrlksen followed by
the reading of the Christmas gos
pel by Miss Rosella Rlchardsen.
About 40 persons took part In ;tke
cantata. Benediction was given
by Rev. S. Llndseth. - Mrs, Qer
trude" Cameron was . pianist and
Mrsi Vida Bennett, waa director.
MY CHEUEYLAND
mmi
f !
t;.4P9 Vuqis were eeaieu at b
per in the large dormitory, cora
piislng one. section, of the story
and a half structure when the fire
gong sounded.
Attendants nurses and doc t: i s
hurfied . to the . .burning builii. x
to assist the attendants In chars; j
of the patients, all of whom were
victims Of Only mild forms of in
sanity and many of whom wc: j
to be discharged soon.
. v : " , -
" Housed Incurables
The patients were hurried frc. :
the burning building at first 1:
was thought that all had been r -
cued from; the atructure, .kson
among the patients as the 'Meal':,
house" ' because some sections cf
It had been utilized to hocsa In
curables. ". '.
Later, ' as the i ruins couli .1
penetrated, bodies were focr
burned "beyond reccmtUoa, 11 -
pitar authorities' said It probal
would .be impossible to. iirt:
ifleniitfilyr.sty cf-,the tc.r
Heroic acts by . both attenda :
and patients were reEponsiLld f
the fact that there was not a lai ,
er loss of life. ' Many patlcr.
asslsted their more unfortucau
companions who became confuse J.
Some of the patients are believe
to have perished when they trk I
to save Christmas trinkets.
Several patients who were tel-
rldden "were carried out by at
tendants. . ; : '
There were about 400 attend
ants for the 3,500 patients at tL
institution.
,The origin of the fire Is ns
knowni Firemen estimated tl i
loss at 1100,000, , .
Inmates marched from the burn
ing building were'erded tbrous x
the rain to an amusement buiii
Ing where a Christmas entertstrt-
ment was to nTe been give a t r
them tonight. There, first aid we 3
rendered the-Injured, many ct
whom had been bruised and hurt
In the 'hurry from the :bulldir-r
or the scurry through the rala.
v r - : ' Many Missing '
At midnight " hospital officials
said that 17 persons were known
to be dead and that 29 were un
accounted for.;' This Included tLa
unidentified dead and the patient 3
who escaped from the institution
and had not been returned.
. The woman who was Ideatine 1
by a son as Mrs. Mary Cara' :r,
wife of. an attendant whose hus
band, Elijah Carakef and a sec
ond son. Lowell, 11 years old al -o
are missing and were partly iden
tified by the. son as among" tha
bodies recovered. . . i
; The only s patient whose "body
was partly, identified was Michael
Ledwlch, 23, of Chicago.
With the arrival of city fire
fighting apparatus the fire was
controlled after three wards con
stituting one half of the bulldlcs
had been dr6yed. Firemen es
timated the loss at $100,000. Hos
pital officials however, said they
believed it wonld be less. ..
Mud Hinders Firemen
-Because of mud In the adjacent
streets and on the grounds, tire
apparatus had great difficulty la
reaching the sceneX A cnantity
of old bedding finally was strewn
along the way to make a road for
the fire trucks.
: Attendants carried out six bed
ridden patients from one of the
wards. A number of patients wero
bruised and injured In being hur
ried from the building or in fall
ing after getting out. Others were
hurt when, they returned to wardj
to get Christmas gifts which the
did pot' wish .to , leave "behlai.
They were driven away by at
tendants.', Tree policemen rescu
ed, three patients, who became con
fused and 'finally took refuse i
the lavatory In one of the ward-,
The policemen chopped t!: .a t'
door and dragged t!