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i 8 THEORECQN STATESMANfSALERt OREGON WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUABY"9TI924 11 1 11 l ..i ii i r ' 1 County Second to Multno. ' mah in Activity Under ': Service Men's Act i Marion county Is second to Mult nomah in the number of paid loans ta ex-service men under the state bonus and loan act, according to a summary prepared by Major W. P. Simpson, acting secretary of the ex-service men's state aid com mission. Marion has 270 paid loans, amounting to 1655,500. Re payments on principal In this county total $14,739.03 and repay ments on interest $17,960.17. To tal repayments are $32,699.20. The actual balance of unpaid notes is $640,760.97. ; In Folk County Polk county has 74 paid loans amounting to $168,400. Repay ments on principal are $3366.39 and on interest. $5258. 61," making .total payments $8665. The actual balance 7iot unpaid notes in Polk county is $165,033.61. . The ex-service men's state aid commission, which administers the state bonus and loan act,, had, at mm the close of business December 31, received 33.655 applications from the whole state, of which 22,312 were for the cash bonus and 11, 343 were for1 loans. Cash ItonuM Payments During the year 1D22 there were 19,745 cash bonus payments made, amounting to $4,464,270, or an average of $226 each, and in 1923 there .were 1603 of such payments, amounting to $312,705, an aver age of $195 each. The total pay ments in cash bonus at the close of business December 31, 1923, which was the date for1 filing for the cash bonus was $4,776,975. The total number of loans made to December 31, 1922. was 2833, amounting to $7,145,800, and the total number of loans made in 1923 was 2117, amounting to $5, 155.700, making the total amount loans at the close of business December 31, 1923, $12,301,500. Law Has Amendment January 1, 1923, to December 31. 1923, $46,077.10. The commission has authorized and instituted foreclosure proceed ings on 17 delinquent loans with the following results: Bid in by state on foreclosure sale, 4; bid in by state, now leased, 1; bid in by state and sold without loss or gain to the state, 1; delinquency paid up prior to actual foreclosure 4; foreclosure proceedings sus pended account of negotiating sale 2; foreclosures pending. 5. Major Simpson explains that while the statement shows, the commission to have instituted fore closure proceedings on 17 prop erties, the state has on hand but five of these, and the five prop erties are considered ample se curity to cover the amounts loan ed on them. The one piece of property that has been leased brings in $300 annual rental. Of the five properties now in the pro cess of foreclosure it is believed "At that last session of the three of the proceedings will be legislature," says Major Simpson, "the bonus law was amended ao that those who accepted the cash bonus under a misapprehension as to their right to elect for the loan, could, upon so proving, refund the cash bonus received and then ob tain a loan. This privilege expir ed December 31, 1923. and on that date 255 applications to so refund were approved by the com mission. Of the 225 so authoriz ed, 27 had filed their loan appli cations. The balance have until June 30, 1927, to file their loan applications." Office Force Reduced , Although the number of cash bonus claims paid during 1922 ex ceeded by 18,142 those of 1923, and the loans in !1922 exceeded by 656 those of 1923, the exam ination details connected with the 1923 claims were greater than in 1922, with an office force Jess than half as large as that of 1922. . The administrative expenses of the department from July 1, 1921, to December 31, 1923, were: July 1, 1921, to December 31, 1921,, $27,492.25; January 1. 1922, to December 31, 1922, $87,928.87; stopped before completion and that the holders of the seeond mortgages will protect their inter ests by buying back the properties. r Don't Be a RIVIN" FOOL SI ;'Caution should be our (watchword. T.A.Raffety Chief State Traffic Dept. SILVERT0N NEWS S1LVERTOX. Or.. Jan. 7. (Special to The Statesman.) A great number of Silverton folk motored out to Grinde's lake Sun day afternoon where they spent several hours skating. They re port the ice good. George Hauge took his son, Rob ert, to Portland Sunday afternoon. Robert spent his Christmas vaca tion with his father. The Carl Benson family have been invaded with the measles. Amos Benson is reported as hav ing the hardest case. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Madsen of Brooks motored to Silverton Sun day. Sylvan McCleary, who has been employed at the Woolen Mills store during the fall months, has accepted a position with J. C. Penney company. Homer Smith has accepted the position vacated by Mr. McCleary at the Woolen Mill store. Alfred Nelson and family of Gresham have rented the Trinity church parsonage. Mr. Nelson is a lawyer and will open offices at Silverton.' . E. 11 KIWIS TALKER Methods of Progress 'Ex plained Earle Sande Is Introduced Woodburn Osteopath Dies; Funeral to Be Held Today WOODBURN, Jan. 8. Dr. F. H. Armstrong, osteopath, died at his home here Monday. He was in his 55th year. His widow, three children and three children by a former marriage survive. He belonged to Masonic orders and was a member of Al Kader Shrine and of the Artisans. The Masons will have charge of the funeral Wednesday afternoon. "The word failure ' should be abolished from the schools and eliminated form human conscious ness as it leads to-mental death and in its place substitute suc cess, which may be arrested or checked for a short time," de-. clared Prof. Irving E. Vining, of Ashland, president of the state Chamber of Commerce, in an ad dress at the Tuesday luncheon of the Kiwanis club. "There can be no failure," the speaker said. "Often the march of progress is interrupted and we must pause to analyze the situa tion and work out a new combina tion. What we designate by this term is merely a halt in the for-1 ward march of progress." The speaker told of , present! plans' of the state Chamber of Commerce in seeing that the set tler is taken care of in Oregon, placed upon land which would yield an income and then to keep a guardian eye upon him for a few years until he ,was able to prosper. Tribute to Salem was paid by Professor Vining, who stressed the point that Salem, unlike many capitals, had not gotten into a rut. Trofessor Vining will speak at the Monday luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce upon pointo of particular interest to members of that organization. So great was the reception giv en the introduction of Earl Sande that it was necessary for the pre mier jockey to get to his feet twice in acknowledgement. Percy Cupper, rormer state highway engineer was introduced as a new "member. Mark Renne and Miss Gwin, of the Grand and Oregon theaters, provided the musical entertainment. Several wives of the Kiwanians were spe cial guests. Dr. Henry E. Morris assumed his duties as president, the meet ing being turned over to him Jtjf. John Carson, district attorney, re tiring president. N. D. Elliott was introduced as the new secre tary. The attendance prize was won by Oscar Steelhammer and was donated by Oliver Myers. STOUT PERSONS Incline to fell feeling after eaV Inn. sassy pains, constipation Retttvtd and digestU improved b) CHAMBERLAIN'S TABLETS Cleansing and comforting only 25 The Greatest Price-Slasher in History Has Arrived : u .... .-4 it- . , Watch 1 DoublePag He Will Throw a Bomb Into High Prices That Will Set All Salem Agog. Wait! Postpone Never Before; Buying Never Again Will Such a Buying Opportunity Knock At Your Door la riling n cement In Tomorrow's Paper I take pleasure in introducing Wm. McD Lewis' without aueitinn thm mmt rArIrl most daring price slasher of modern times. BISHOP'S Hat Sale On sale as a rousing special. The broken lines of lour best selling styles in Mallory and cither popular makes. Originally r priced !at $5.00 and $6.00. i : Now h - All Sizes They jure the biggest values hereabout and you will recognize the fact at first glance. BISHOP'S hrfirt Sale Lot! f you know shirt values you'll buy a good jupply at this price. Regular $2.50, 83.00, 3.50, $4.00 Values. Now 1.45 Madras, Percales, Silk Striped Madras ma terials. Splendid color combinations. Lot 2 Our former shirt sales have offered you splendid values. But this one is still bet ter. Regular price $4.50 to $7.50. Now 3.95 Pure silks, fibre silks (arid woven madras material. All the popular colorings.' ; . i i ii - - i t t BISHOP'S CLOTHING AND WOOLEN ILLS STORE Ik. I 4 ii BI IS IKED ON -CIGARETTES Adjutant Genera! George A, hite AJks Legion To Put them Down Oregon State News for S e Annou SHERIDAK, Or. Jati. 8. While legionalres fcpm every part of Yamhill county gathered here last night for their county pow-wow listened literally aghast at his au dacity, Adjutant General George A. White of Oregon, one of the founders of the American Legion, vigorously denounced the cigar ette as an$ insidious menace threatening t$e yuoth of America. The general figuratively drove a nail in the coffin of the coffin nail. The general, himself an invet erate user of the fag for the last she years, declared he had taken his last puff,; turned over a new leaf with the New 5 Year and was not only determined to ketp his resolution bu't would attempt to get the legion as a natioual organ ization to commit itself to a cam paign of extejrminationi Smoking tfie cigar ' and pipe were habits npt so easily acquired, hence not so dangerous, but as for the cigarettej "we must demobil ize it," he declared. "I'nder war conditions millions of young tm-ji became cigarette users, encouj-aged by welfare or ganizations ijud conditions of ser vice, said the general. '"The war is six years ia the background and it is now time to demobilize the cigarette. The harm of it all is that the yqunger generation of America wil take? its ideas and ideals from Hhe men who served in the Worltj war. The cigarette is an insidlojus weed and so easy to take thatfthe habit is acquired all to easily.! We should not pass this war vicej. along to young Am erica. ihoste who find comfort and solace in tobacco can find it in pipe and igars, which are hab its less objectionable because tliev are habits jess readily passed alons. t "We owe t to the high school ooys aim jfunger Americans to set a better fexample than is now offered them by the almost uni versal and constantly growing cig arette evil.". In attendance at the pow-wow with the general wen Colonel Pe gram Whjtwbrth,' chief of staff of the l6th division; Lieutenant Col onel H. R Akiu. also of the 96th division, and Harry Nelson, state adjutant of the' American Legion. i . Broccoli Growers Unite ROSEBURQ, Jan. 8. At a re1 cent meeting of the broccoli grow ers forming the broccoli division of the Oregon Growers Packing company, it was decided that all the broccoli growers should unite in forming ong organization. With this end in view they agreed to sign up with the Um-qua Valley Broccoli Growers, Inc., of which R. H. C. Wood Is manager. This has now been done. Under the new arrangement Mr. Wood leases the warehouse of the Oregon Growers Packing company for broccoli pnrposes only, and will the federal board regarding clover seed. A reply was immediately forth coming from Henry Wallace, sec retary of agriculture, which, reads: "No- quarantine action on account of eelworms will be taken unless definite practical benefit is certain to follow, and no action will be taken for 60 days, primary object being full discussion and determ ination of need for and practica bility of quarantine. (Signed) Henry Wallace." to make the reconnolsance at pres ent and wtll return as soon as th weather moderates. Had for Goitre GORVALL1S .Inn R 'Tionfon hDdle,a" tJl brocco11 !prmerly, county is one of the bad districts shipped by the Oregon Growers, as well as that of the original members of . the Um-qua Valley Broccoli growers. The new warehouse at Eden bower will be used for growers at Edenbower, Garden Valley and vicinity, and the Oregon Growers' warehouse and the cannery ware house will be used for receiving the bropcoli from growers residing south, west and east of Roseburg. Mr. Wood states that he expects a large, tonnage, possibly 223 cars, and all three warehouses will be needed to handle the crop prompt ly. a, is necessary with this perish able vegetable. Mr. Wood will have his office in the Oresfon Growers building during the broc coli season. Telephone Meeting SCIO. Jan. 8. The stockhold ers of the Scio Mutual Telephone company held their annual meet ing at the city hall in Scio this afternoon and elected the follow ing officers for the ensuing year: J. D. Densmore, president; Lester Arnold, vice president; Scio State bank, treasurer; J. j. Coney, sec retary. Lester Arnold, N. I. Mor rison and C. C Kendle were elect ed nMrectors. A rising vote was taken that all outside subscribers get together and put their lines iu condition Answer: le wouldn't be able to Ak KxKi t Lumber Tux COIIVALLIS, Jan. 8. Resolu tions declariug that tho govern ment should levy an export tax on all timber and lumber shipped to foreign countries were passed by the Mnn and Henton districts of the Pomona Grange at a meet ing with the Morning Star grange. Also, resolutions were sent to the federal horticultural board at Washington protesting tho advisa bility ot the government putting a quarantine on clover seed In the Pacific; coast states on account of eelworms. Farmers are consider ably agitated, over the action ot in the United StateB for simple goitre." says Mre. Sara W. Pren tiss, OAC instructor in household administration. Switzerland has long been known as the worst goitrous district in the world, but we have here in the United States two bad districts, the region around the Great Lakes and our own Willamette valley. In a' recent survey made in Port land, continues Mrs. Prentiss, Dr. Mumby, public health specialist in the , city health bureau, found that out of 1,000 school girls between the ages of 9 and 14, 4S per cent of them had goitres. Goitie is a disease of the thy roid gland, which js at the base ot the neck, explains Mrs. Prentiss. It is one of the ductless glands, which sends a "very important se cretion into the blood. Under ab normal conditions the gland may become inactive or over-active. Simple goitre isi a case of the for mer. It is due to the lack of iodine in the system. While the amount needed is infinitesimal, it is abso lutely essential. Bobcat Geta Busy LAKEVIEW, Jan, 8t G. Y. Poe, government tTapter .near Paisley, was attacked by a bobV cat thought to hare the fables last Friday at the Parker-Nunan sheej' camp on the desert, according to t report brought here. . : Mr. Poe said that as he ap proached the tent where Mat N. nan was camped, his dog varne him ana the bobcat Jumped out 3, ot the door of the terit at him, i His dog jumped the cat when It i was within four feet of htm', otherwise he might haye been blt-f' ten. He b, roke the cat's neck with the barrel of his gnn. Had he not come along and discovered the tat ' in the tent while Mr. Nunaa was out, Poe said ho was satisfied that, . Nunan would have been bitten, as J1 it is his habit to enter the tent in I front of his dog. " ;4 California Will Do Its Part CRESCENT CITY, Jan. S. Definite assurance of the early completion of the Redwood high way from Kausalito through to Grants Pass was given by Division Engineer H. T. Bedford of Willits. who is in charge of roads through out this section of the state for the highway commission. Mr. Bedford, in company with Resi dent Engineer R. L. Thomas and D. Thomas Flint, right-of-way ag ent for the commission, were guests at a forum luncheon of the chamber of commerce tt the Trav elers. . Engineer Bedford and party were here under orders from the commission to secure information and data concerning the location of the new road down Smith river from Adams station, where the contract now under way begns. They struck some bad weather, however; and found it impossible Silverton Legion Post T Installs New Officers SILVERTON, Or., Jan. Z.-r (Special to The Statesman.) The' Delbert Reeves Post of the Ameri can Legion held its first meeting of the year Monday night. In stallation of new officers by Charles Johnson, state executive , committeeman, was the chief ob ject of the meeting. A special meeting of the legion will be held January 21. The now officers installed werei commander, Harry Carson; vice; commander, Clifford Rue; adju-: tant, Ernest Starr; finance officer, be: sargeant at arms, Gus Bock; historian, Stanley vocaran; vice officer, H. R: Irish. ser- ennras STUFFED-fB Instantly Oicik Every Air" Pass' age Clears Throat, Too. ,J If your nostrils are clogged and your head is stuffed because t of nasty catarrh or a cold, apply; a little pure, antiseptic cream into your nortsils. It peneetrate through every air passage. Booth-1 ing and healing swollen, inflame! membranes and you get Instant re; lief. r Try this. Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm. at any drn store. Your clogged1 nostrils-opea rtght up; your head Is clear; M more hawking or snvifliag.1 Count , fifty. All the stuffiness, dryness, struggling tor breath Is one.Yot feci inc. Adr. i