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THE OREGON 1 STATESMAN,1! 5ALE2I, OREGON " SATUKDAY? MORNING; MARCH 1102-1 ; - r . . . ... .. .... . - - - " t 4 leaned Daily Except Monday by THE STATESMAN rtJBIJSHIMO COMPACT ' 815 South Commercial 8t, Salem. Oregon , R, J. Ueadrirka ' Joan L. Brady freak Jeakoeki MEMBER Or THE ASSOCIATED PBESS 1 -Tile. Aaaoriated Preea ii exclusively entitled to the nee for publication of all twt diapatchea credited to it or not olherwiae credited ia tMa paper and alio the teral neve published herein. K. J. HEXDRICKg Preaident CABLE ABRAMS Secretary BUSINESS OFFICES: Taeeaea P. Clark Co, New Tork, 141-143 Weat 86th St.; Chicago, Marquette Bolld- iaC. W. S flthwhl. Mar. (Portland Office, 836 Worcester Bide;.. PhoLe 6637 BRoadway, a. William, Mgr.) Boalaeee Of fie Mew Department ' - Job Department Entered at the Postofflee In Salem. AN EDITORIAL WRITTEN BY A BANK . j. No doubt you read the advertising pages of The Statesman ofc last Wednesday; but even if you did, it will do you good to reread one of the advertisements that appeared over the name of the First-National Bank of Salem . - An editorial written by a bank For it contains a vital message for the people of Salem, put iir language that is plain and well chosen and to the point. " If the people of Salem and the Salem district, to a man, woman and child, could be "sold" on this message, so that they would act upon it, every day, and throughout the day, and ' every week and month and year, we would realize the ideal of :a solid eity of more than; 40,009 within the next ten years; it would be 100,000, and uiore. Following is the advertisement: "A TALK TO THE PEOPLE OF SALEM ' . . "How much pride have you in your home community? It has been said of Oregonians that they are slow going and fail to recognize their own opportunities. . "When you are writing letters to your friends or talking . with strangers whom you meet do you take occasion to say a good word for your "community? Do you actually realize that Salem is one of the finest towns in the United States and that there is no more prosperous or substantial farming country and farmers than surround this eity? It is a fact that too many of us have adopted a negative manner of talking. "We look at ,J.he hole in the doughnut rather than at the doughnut. '. "Confidence coupled with a knowledge of affairs is the driving force that builds a community. How many of us take ' pride in,' and talk about the successful industries, farms and business men that have quietly grown up around us? Are we more inclined to throw stones than to speak a good word? If so, let us get over the habit. k V Recognize a few of the following facts and then tell -them to the world, don't expect the other fellow to blow our horn for ws.; I'. v " 'v ! v ; "I, Salem is one of the most beautiful cities in the United States and one of the best from the standpoint of a home and I school center. ' " . .V "2. In. our midst have grown up industries that would 5 draw your admiration if located in some other sceiton. Being close to home, we overlook their value. Consider for a moment i tike men employed in our sawmill and 8ash and door factory. A our' meat packing plant, our woolen mill, our canneries, our "j paper mill, our furnace factoryi our numerous large garages ' and, machine shops which are the best equipped in the state I outside of Portland, our two up-to-date and progressive daily newspapers, our public utilities which furnish light, water, gas. telephone communication and electric and steam transporta- tion, our warehouses which are making this a center for the l nhqrtage of farm products, our farming industry which through j proper finaiWng, diversified crops and marketing of its pro- ducts will be largely responsible for doubling the population .of Salem in the next ten years, and many other industries too k numerous to mention which are furnishing employment and "" payrolls that make living in Salem both pleasant and profitable aiid, last but not least, four of the most progressive banks in ;; the state ready to provide financial assistance or advice in a progressive and business-like manner. "The First National Bank knows that it cannot grow ex ocpt as the community grows. It also knows that this same j rule applies to every, other industry in the town. Therefore, irwishes to help build the community first as an essential to its own growth. " ; . :' L 2 the constroctive viewpoint, talk your own business J and when you have a chance, talk the other 'fell6ws business. u a man has made a success in Salem be proud of him. If an industry is turning out a good product talk about it. (Jet the habit of thinking that nothing better can be made anywhere in the world' thanin your own town and then let the other fellow Jknow about it If , we all pull together we ean make Salem a city, of -40,000 Ju the next ten years." - : r , i 1 ; , TEACHERS ! AH D PAItEXTS The proceedings of the Nation al Association of Deans of Women, now; In', session .in,, Chicago, are practical,' and sound mighty good out this way. Mrs. Edith E. Bris Jl tot f St. ; Louis discussed all we .y are doing ont here onder the name of l Parent-Teacher associations. 4. Vcr address was' as clear cut for V this organization as though she f bad bean speaking to actual mem- Educators alone cannot direct .5 the mind of the child in the proper j channels, technically and socially." 4 j Mrs- Bristol said. "We must real-;-j ize that pre-occupation with school & affairs tends to keep us from enV k Tlsaglng' the community which we . eorw Our teaching pf single sub- 4 Jects endangers, the main object of education, rearing well inform- cd and. useful citizens to carry on tb world's affairs. If we can see the futility' of too much Taith in oof Bjngie i handed methods, to build up a better mutual under "standing. and to encourage demo cratic participation ia community iifo,v , :. ,i ..." In discussing tho duties of par entj -and teachers in relation to schools.? Mrs. Bristol urged more visits by parents and an active in terest in' school " life, Loth j edu cationally and socially. "The teachers need the sugges tions furnished by the parents as much as the; parents need them to . givo th child a technical educa tion. The dean can be the con necting link between the teacher ld the parent, and on her depends . 4he -succcsu of r the .school, c To Manager Editor Vanafar Job iit. J. L. BRADY Vice-Preaident TELEPHONES: S3 Circulation Office SS-10S Society Editor. 888 106 681 Oregon, aa second cats matter. bring fruitful relations between the school and community, which results in raising the standards of civilization among the younger generation, is one of the many problems confronting educators. "We have lost sight of the fact that without close cooperation be tween the school and community, tho parent and the teacher, the best results cannot be obtained in advancing civilization. "If a frequent interchange of opinion could take place between the school and the community through participation on the part of students in a democratic man agement of school affairs and through a similar organization of parents and teachers, we should not be laboring under misunder standing." 1"I NES AX IK ADVEKTISIXG It is a fact that prunes move in direct ratio to the intelligent advertising used as a means to that end. All the railroads in the world will never carry our foods to Chi cago a nd New York unless we find a market for them there. We have talked a long time about co operative production. Wn must change our plan and emphasize co operative marketing. The one thing needed for the Oregon pro ducer is some place to sell his goods. He can only find this place through advertising. There is no other way. When the prune. dealers realize this, they wilt find profit in their business. ; J: The Oregon Statesman is not selfish in ' urging advertising be cause it would carry a very little of It at best. ' The plaee to adver tise is ia the east where they "can boy our products. We can sell more here, of course, but we can never1 sell enough to make a market. The market is in the east, and there the prune men must make their campaign. - TIIKV AUK COXsriIUXG There is not the slightest doubt about a conspiracy existing in dem ocratic circles to prevent any gen eral legislation passing this pres ent session of congress. There have been other conspiracies. Aaron Burv, for instance, made one, but Aaron Burr never got far enough to effect the'eountry. The present conspiracy has prevented legislation for three months and bids fair to go three months long er. The republicans have sensed this at last and are willing to make terms with the progressives. It may be possible even yet to organ ize the republicans so completely that a program can be put through. Now is the time for President Cool id ge to assume the leadership and direct the fight in congress. Congress cannot work out its own program; It is too dilatory in the first place, and in the next place it must have the president's urge .back of it in order to cause it to move. Hut there is no question about the. damnable conspiracy to pre vent the republicans putting any of their program into law. A MATTKK OF BUSINESS Every time anything is proposed towards-' reducing taxes (somebody bobs up and says the rich will re ceive the largest benefit. We have reached the time now when we must give the rich sonv? benefit. They have the money and we must get it Into circulation. They have put their money into tax-free securities, just as all of us would do under the circumstances. In war time they paid their taxes. After it was over they declared the emergency was past. Theh the tax free securities loomed large and enticing. There is just one way to get this money back into circulation, and doing its duty in the business world, and that is to reduce the surtax. In no other way can we expect the rich men to contribute to building up business. WHERE TO ADVEKTISU The Oregon Statesman most heartily approves a suggestion to advertise in Los Angeles for Ore gon settlers. Everybody goes to Los Angeles. A good many pen pie stay there; a good many oth ers have no intention of staying there, but all want to see Los An gelas first. It is a fair contention that advertising in Los Angeles would do more good than in any other part of the country, because the people who would see it are people who want homes, people who have come west to secure homes. The chamber of com merce, or any other body with money to spend, ought to look to Los Angeles first. AEWSPAPEIt CHANGE E. A. Koen, publisher of the Polk County Observer, has sold the paper to Earle Richardson. Mr. Richardson has been publishing a paper at Elgin, Or. He is a native Oregonian and was born in Yam hill county. Mr. Koen announces he has no plans for the immediate future, but may do some "poli ticking" until after the primaries Mr. Koen is a high grade newspa per man and was giving Dallas a splendid paper. We regret to see him leave, but certainly hope he will find some good location in Oregon. Wo neod men like .Mr. Koen in Oregon. CABINET BAITING It is a fact that a small coterie of politicians arc engaged in the contemptible practice of cabinet baiting, and as soon as Daugherty is disposed of, they will center their guns upon some other mem ber of the cabinet. Fortunately. the public knows the other men aud appreciates their service to the country. Daughcrty was al ways the 'weak link, and Denby never caught the public imagin ation, but the other cabinet offic ials have won public este"em. and baiting them will bo resented by the American people. JU3IOV1XG SIGNS "The billboards must go." say the women of Onrgon. through whose clubs this motto has been circulated. Tho billboard nuis ance has been before every legis lature for yars and some way it always survives. There ought to be some way to designate where advertising can be placed. Under present arrangements there ia no spot sacred. The more beautiful the place tho more it appcils to tU cupidity of. tho billboard, uiau. fiOCXDS GOOD The steamer Alrich now loaded in Portland; is going to take back to Germany a heavy tonnage of prunes. This will help relieve our market, and puts Germany in touch with the cheapest foodstuff in the world, compared with the food value. It would be hard to find a crop that could be handle so cheaply as prunes. Mlf MA Rll I AGE PROBLEMS i Adele Garrison's New Phase of REVELATIONS OF A WIFE Copyright 1921, by Newspaper Feature Service, Inc. CHAPTER 113. WHAT MADGE "RAN TNTO" WHEN SHE REACHED HOME. As Lillian and I drove into the farmhouse yard after our early visit to Dr. Pettit, we' saw Eliza beth Harrison's four children and Marion busily engaged in dragging boxes and barrels from the rear of the barn to various vantage places on the front lawn. "What do you suppose they're up to now?" I asked, careful, how ever, to keep out of my voice the dismay I felt at having the front lawn littered in so unsightlv. a fashion. 1 suppose when Junior gets to the restless age I shall be as indulgent to the "development of the play spirit" as any other up- to-date mother, but just now I fear that I am not possessed of a rap turous enthusiasm for some of the activities of some of the "modern children" I have seen. Lillian looked over the array with an experienced eye. It looks to me like a circus," she said judicially. "Marion and her chum used to stage one occa sionally in the drawing room with hassocks and chairs, and small boxes. But one never can .tell. It may be a mail coach hold-up. or any other movie-fed fancy. When I was a child in the palezoic age. and even in the more recent years when you flourished, we used to have to depend upon . our own im aginations for our dramatic am usements. But the modern child can run the gamut of ideas from, the. brain factories of scenario writers. I think I'll keep half an eye on that outfit. That small' daughter of Elizabeth's has almost too much imagination to make her, absolutely safe." Lillian "Bets It." She lowered her voice to an al most inaudible whisper as she spoke the last words, for I had rounded the turn in the drivewayr which led past the kitchen door to the barn the only serious fault I find in the arrangement of the farmyard is the lack of any place to park the cars excepi full view of the kitchen activities and we had seen Elizabeth framed in the doorway for an unforgettable, in stant. Her face was flushed, and as I stopped the oar I distinctly saw her angrily dash her hand against her eyes. Mother Graham had succeeded in reducing her apparently placid, indolent daughters to tears, with less than an hour's work. I. who knew only too well my mother-in-law's gift for "ragging." acknowl edged again her superiority in that particular line, for it had not ap peared possible to me that any thing short of an earthquake could disturb Mrs. Harrison's irritating placidity. 'I'd better beat it, Madee," Lil lian whispered as we alighted. "1 never saw a more promising pros pect for a family rowl Call me if you, need me, and remember. I'll do kitchen police after breakfast. I'll predict Elizabeth will be mere pulp by that time." "Quitter!" I hissed melodram atically after her. Then 1 walked slowly into the kitchen, calling loudly some banality to Lillian a? I did so, that the warring pair in the kitchen might have due notice of my approach. Elizabeth Instructs .Madge, Elizabeth was at tho stove, stir ring tho cereal sullenly incon gruous as such an expression seems in connection with her supposedly unvarying cheerfulness while Mother Graham, the light of bat tle in her eyes, was beating a yel low batter iuto lightness at the kitchen table. "Margaret." My name heralded my entrance. It was uttered in the explosive manner I know so well, and I recognized the meaning of the sound. It meant that Mother Graham now intended to turn her attention to me. "Yes, Mother, what is it?" I unswereil dutifully. "What is it?" she luockud scathingly. "I should think any body with two eyes in her head could see what it is. Here we are with brcakfaut all ready and not a sou I in the house ready to sat it. Dicky isn't up, and I suppose that blesMed Richard Second , is awake by this time, and those children. -out iu the yard aro a sight: -Not one of them is washed for breakfast, and-" ! I moved toward the door, glad of a chance for escape an any terms. ! "I will attend td it all right awar. Mother," I interrupted hast ily. "I Will go up to Junior, and then waken Dicky, and Lillian and I will attend to the children." "Pardon me. Margaret," Eliza-. belli said sweetly, as he lifted her heat-flushed face from tho stirring of the cereal, "but I must ask you not to give my children a com mand of any sort. Just request them to do whatever you wish.. It is against my principles toarom mand them; and 1 much tfo'.rbt if they would obv anything so alien to their bringing-up." "I am not apt to issue any com mands to them," 1 retorted shortly, as I went hastily out of the door, and was conveniently deaf to the call of "Margaret, come back here," which my mother-in-law sent after me. But rejoiced wickedly at her next words addressed to Elizabeth and which began in familiar TasTi ion: "Of all the anointed idiots " , To be continued.) OBlTl'Alir William Murray was born March 1. 1841. in the little village of Smiddy Hough, ten miles from the city of Perth, Scotland. Mr. Murray came to the Tinted tates in the-early spring of 1865, joined regiment 49, company G, of Wisconsin infantry as a volun teer and served in the Civil war until troops were discharged. In 1869 he wa3 united in mar riage to Miss Rebecca Jane George of West Cniori. Fayette county, Iowa. They took up a homestead in Dickenson county, Iowa., endur ing all the hardships that come to pioneers. In this hanible lioroe were born eight children, two sons and six, daughters who all live to mourn the passing of a loving father. The wife and mother was called by death October o, 1895. Mr. Murray came to Oregon in IU 15 living at Enterprise, On;., three years, and came to Salem five years ago where he found many friends and contentment. He passed away at his home, 4 80 North Twenty-fourth street, in this city, Sunday morning, Feb. 2 4. Had Mr. Murray lived a few days more he would have-been 83 years of age on March 1. FORBES INDICTED BY GRAND JURY (Continued from -page I) in the indictments as having been retained as the agent of Thomp son & Black who the indictment charged, used the Pontias con struction company in their opera tions. Preference lromisetI According to charges reported to have been made beiore the grand jury. Black and Thompson were alleged to have been promised preference in contracts regardless of whether their terms were most advantageous to the government. The hospitals for which con gress appropriated f 12,000,000 and which are involved in the in vestigation were to have been lo cated at Liberty. Tuppen Lake, Tarrytown and Poughkeepsie. N Y. ; Northampton. Mass.; Chilli cothe. Ohio; Great Lakes, 111.; Gulf Port, Miss.; Livermore and Camp Kearney, Cal.; Hayden Lake, Idaho; St. Cloud. Minn.; American Lake, Camp Lewis and Tacoma, Wash., Among overt acts listed in the indictments are the following: That Thompson, Black, Morti mer and Forbes, June 17, 1922, met in Washington to discuss means for carrying out the objects of their conspiracy. That Thompson & Black. June 20. 1922, borrowed $15,000 from the Union Trust company, Chicago and paid it to Mortimer. That Thompson, Black and Mortimer and Fornes, June 20. 1922, met at Chicago and "ar ranged to have Thompson go to Washington and assist Cramer to carry out the conspiracy in connec tion with the preparation, sub mission and opening of bids per taining to work at Northampton Mass- Birthday Far Between When a man has a birthday, only once in every four years he is en titled to a big celebration. So in order to help George McGilchrist of Albany, celebrate his seventh birthday his parents. Mr. and Mrs. William McGilchrist, Sr. and Mr and Mrs. William McGilchrist. Jr. and two children motored to Al bany last night to attend a big birthday party. Though there were but seven candles on the Ford Given Solve Thla Pnetle I 13 I 9 ' Win Ttret Mae "as fr'lsT i 81 22 I S "" I 19 I i The floured repraent correapnncl Ina; letter In the alphabet. Fig ure 1 Is A. 2 Is R and no on. The tn fln-ure epell three worde. What ere th word? To Ken. Women, Boyn and Olrle All can ehare in tha ay-to-wln prUea. Send the thre wnrde on eheft ef paper, neatly written, with your name and addre. First prUe. 1924 FORO TOTTRINO CAR. Besldea fhle eplendld flrat price ire are golnjr to five away thirty-nine thr prize. 0aad Tear Anewer Act Qnlckly no TACtrio HOnrrsTxau 8 8, Commercial Bi., Salem, Or. S.I . IL.II."I1 - I - The Boys and Girls Statesman r Things. , The Copyright, 1923, Associated Editors. BASKETBALL THE TWO-HANDED PASS MADE WITH A WRIST AND ELBOW MOVE MENT FROM THE CHEST. "Get rid of th ball" is good advice because basketball is a team work game. The ball invites trou ble, and. many games are lost be cause the ball is held too long be fore passing. ' The short, fast passes are one of the most inter esting features of the game. Holding the bah will be, elimin ated if the quick pass game is played, but it means that the play ers will have to "keen loose" from a guard and kefp moving. Pass the ball in such a way that your Cap'n Zyb PANTOGRAPH: PART a (Sec yesterday's paper for the first part of iimv to make this wonder drawing instrument.) iCALE DULL POINT PENCIL' PCM NT1 ' I IWMEN YOU MOVE I ON ET - move: the OTHER EQUAL DISTANCE Here you see the pantograph all assembled as it should be. The pencil point, tracing point and dull point should all be the same height, as should the little stand which you tack to the drawing board. With your pantograph all as sembled, tack the little stand to your drawing board and slip the picture you wish to reproduce un der the tracing point and tack it in place with thumb tack. Have a blank piece of paper under the pencil point- Take the tracing point and go over the lines of your picture easily. The same lines will be re produced on the blank paper by the pencil point. You can have a mint of fun out of this machine, and it will con tinually be springing new surpris es on you. Ask some artist friend about all the things he can do with one. CAP'N ZYI5. birthday cake, Mr. McGilchrist observed the passage of 28 years, having been bom on February 29. 1896. . y far vJiF Blanks That Are Legal We carry in stock over 115 legal blanks suited to most any business transactions. We may have just the form you are looking for at a big saving as compared to made to order forms. Some of the forms, Contract of Sale, Road Notice, Will forms, Assign ment of Mortgage, Mortgage Forms. Quit Claim Deeds, Abstracts form. Bill of Sale, Building Contract, Promissory Notes, Installment Notes, Gen eral Lease, Tower of Attorney, Prune Books and Pads, Scale Receipts, Etc. These forms are carefully prepared for the Courts and Private use. Price on forms range from 4 cents to 1G cents apiece, and on note books, from 25 to 50 cents, PRINTED AND FOR SALE BY The Statesman Publishing Co. LEGAL BLANK HEADQUARTERS At Business Office, (Jrountl Floor. Biggest little Taper nl tne worm Getting Kid of the Ball player can reach it before the op ponent If possible, so your man is between the ball and his oppon ent. Pass it also in a way that the player may make .his next move quickly, without awkwardness. Do not pass it in such a way that time must be lost in catching, or so that the one who receives it must slow up to get it. The two-handed snappy pass is better than the one-handed pass. The diagram shows the two-handed pass being used. It insures ac curacy, and can be made more quickly since the ball can be re ceived and passed on with the same motion. It is passed with a wrist and elbow movement from the chest. A one-handed pass may be made longer and with greater force, but the quick pass is far .more in use If there is a real good chance to use this long pass do not hesitate to do so. Do not let the long pass become a habit, however. Hard Luck Young Lady: "Were you pleased with, the new school, little boy?" Little Boy: "Naw! They made me wash my face and when I went homo de dorc bit me 'cause he didn't know me." Easy Senior: "Say, can you tell me how I can find the chemistry room?" Soph: "Sure, ask somebody." Answer to today's word puzzle: The Turk lives in Constantinople. Terminal Hotel Adds Story EUGENE. Feb. 29. Decision was reached this morning to build an additional story on the new Terminal hotel, under process of construction on Willamette street j across from the postoffice, it has been announced by E. B. Parks, who with W. E. Powell, is finan cing the project. The additional story will provide 25 more rooms, bringing the number of rooms in the four stories of the hotel to 80. The decision to build tho fourth story on the hotel was reached after a conference with the Central Terminal company officials, who are to lease the new hotel as soon as it is completed. The additional expenditure will be between $12,000 and $15,000. Mr. Parks said. Concrete will be poured Thursday .. y j CITIES WILL ABSORB MOST OF BUILDING ACTIVITY That the larger cities of the j country will absorb the major part of the excessive spring building activities now getting under way, is shown in the detailed official reports made yesterday to the na tional monthly building survey of S. W. Straus & Co. The 25 cities which led in building permits for aJnuary showed a f;aln of 12 per cent over January last year and 57 per cent more than January, 1922. .The total of permits issued in these 25 leading cities was 71.5 per cent of the tgtal reported in 280 cities and towns. The gain for the entire country was a little less than 1 0 per cent. Of the $236,286,583 January permits issued in 280 cities and towns, $169,691,096 was in the 25 cities at the top of the list. The volume of building in the larger centers is out of proportion to the population of these cities and may bo taken as an indication that the building shortage in the smaller towns is not being re lieved as successfully as is the case in the large places. The greatest proportion of in creased building activities - is in the south where a gain of 25 per of Fbb 1'ETKIS l'l'ZZLK SA VS-L. Where does he live? 1 The ans wer is found in the couplet: Constant in 0, pleasant In all. Ahmed the Turk must eventually fall." Efficiency Rastus was proudly sporting a new shirt when a friend said: "Boy, how many yards does it take for a shirt like that?" Rastus: "Say man, ah got threo shirts like this outa one yard last night!" If You FIcaM? "I see by your catalogue ,that you have Just received 2,000 pairs of ladies' court shoes from Vi enna." "Yes, madam." "I, wish to try them on!" At the Circus Lady: ' What are those hage posts, tent poles?" Workman: "Naw. lady; them's the toothpicks for the elephants.! FUTURE DATES 1 f : Mrrh 1, Paturdr Pioiwr Rouidiii v Marion county and Salem Pioneer. YMOf March 6. Thursday Tjind Settlement , Meeting, .Chamber f Commerce. , 7:80 o'clock. ' . ' - March 13. 14 end 15 State - Xataa ' tebolartrtio baaketbftll oaJMmeat, Wil -; tamette grmnaenua. - - - March 14-15. Friday end Saturday; Twentv-fifth ennnal conrention of Mar-? ion County Sunday School Council et lie- . iigious Education. . March 14 and 15, Frldey ui llw day Marion county Sunday aeaool branch f religiona education meet at Steytenv April 19, Saturday Dedication ! atatue "The Circuit Eider," la IUU house grounda. ' May IS, rriday Primary election. U Oregon. , ., June 10, Tueaday Republican maUoa 1 convention meeta in Cleveland, June 24, Tuesday Democratic nation al eonvantinn meet. . In New THtr . June 27-28 Kducational conference, University of Oregon. Eugene. ' cent over last Jan nary was report ed. The Pacific coast states gained 23 per cent and the eastern states 17 per cent, the increase in tha latter group being centered largely in New York city, Philadelphia," Boston, Nev-.-ark, Providence and Jersey City. Although the Cen tral west displayed a loss of 13 per cent a number of the larger cities, excepting Chicago, made commendable gains. , "The significance or the report! Hitmen OJ nuicr. (AWAY?1UK ABOUT (can now put jr ON.Mr -SOCKS J- here recorded lies mainly in the K IQpt (hot ttiov inriirnta tllA tTOS- i sible inception of another exceed ingly active spring" building" sea son," the suryey-j concludes. f ; It is to be recalled that the -eessive gains in' building permits issued at tnls Ptason is duplicate of conditions eitt!ng one year ago' Jwhen the bulding movement grad ually gained momentum until It culminated in activities of boom like proportions with the arrival of spring weather. Both labor and materials were well stabilized during January. There were fluctuations both up and down in building material prices but they wero of minor importance. t ! '4j H - 4