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Circulation - tor the Oregon Statesman average fpr the month of April, 1924: . ' Daily and, Sunday . . . . . . , . .6337 Sunday Only ......... . . . .7090 Every advertisement is a guide post to better buying. SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR SALEM," OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 28,' 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS. I RESTRAirJTOI! IIM Methodists Vote Five to One to Remove Restrictions on Theaters arid Other Forms of Diversion CONSCIENCE IS HELD TO. BE HIGHER GUIDE "Making a Step Forward" By Repealing Church Law Thinks Clergyman v SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 27. -(By The' Associated Press) : The Methodist, ban upon ' amuse ments, except those "which can not be used in the name ot the 1 .... . . , '. Lord Jesus, was lifted today byl fire to one vote ot tW Metho dist Episcopal general conference here. ' A minority report ' forbid ding theater attendance on Sun days and specifying" dancing and Immoral theater perform haces was tabled by 460 'votes to 295. : ! There ' was no debate. Dr. George 'Elliott of Detroit 'present , ed'the majority report 'of a' stand ing committee on the state of the church and.W M. Short of Forjt Worth. Tex., spoke for the minor ity report. v The adoption oti the former removed restrictions against dancing, games ot. chance and all theater attendance in force since the church'a inception. "We are not beating a retreat. We ar going; forward,". Dr.; El llottsaid. 'Religion must appeal to the conscience 'and it is the conscience of men that must be treated. This new law"" goes back to Wealey and Paul' and Jesus Christ and goes forward to a time when law shall be no more, be cause written in the hearts of men. Preachers now will stand In their pulpit not 1th a policeman's club, but 'with' th shepherd's crook In their hands. They will go along ont a new; program for. the saving ' of souls. -,-f- .. . . Dance Divorce Cans "Snndav theaters are working a zreat hardship1 on; (he churches Short' said. " Dancing Is one of iti Weal' eamei ot 'divorce. Peo pie will say that the Methodist church has retreated lithe minor itv reoort is not adopted. Besides changes' in the church law. which applied to section zsu " o the discipline, the majority re ; k .UnroA 'definitions given in nararranh 69 of the special ad vices 1n the discipline, which warned against theater going, to read: "We lift up a solemn note of warning and entreaty, particu larly against attendance upon im moral, questionable and mislead ing theatrical and 'motion picture - Derformancesr. 'This; action. In. keeping with a recommendation made in the a dress of the bishops earlier in the month, endedan Issue which for ) decades has caused dissension in I the church, at large an? 5 at ' the ; general conference. "To avoid such a' conflict at htis time; the nev. ( James R. Gettys " ot University Place, Neb.. mved, after reading reports that they ne pui 10 vuie without debate. ; '? An attempt to change the word- i Ing of the Apostle'sr creed was de feated by a narrow margin af the conference Monday. The point of attack' Was the phrase 'the holy Catholic church." assailed at pre ;vious quadrennialSj'but never be- . . fore in such danger. 1 A memorial proposing to substi tute for 'those words In the con fessions of faith, the words "Christ's holy church" was unfa vorably reported by . the standing committee on the state of the church, but a minority report, signed ' by twenty-four members. recommended concurrence A mo tion to table the minority report was defeated by a margin of fouf- . teen votes" but Elliot, chairman. - made ah unexpected move at, the last momenrand the majority re port was accepted. i - "- ' THlvWEIrTHER OREGON Fair' Wednesday, . except cloudy neaf the coast;, moderate westerly winds. ,V 115 LOCAL, Maximum temperature, 71. 'Minimum temperature, 52. Rainfall (none). .River," -0.4, "stationary. Atmosphere,' cloudy. Wind. west. ANOTHER UNION IN CHURCHES IS SAID POSSIBLE Presbyterian Units May Fol- low Methodist Example; Separate Since 1861 GRAND RAPIDS. Mich:. May 27. (By The Associated Press.) Dr. Thornton Whaling of Louis ville. : Kv.. m oHfrnt nr nf thn Presbyterian church in the United States , (south ). and Dr. Clarence fSSSS'lSrL ?l , States of America, clasped hands I toaay on the rostrum of the Foun tain Street Baptist church here. JVlrJn the first' tangible personal indica-1 lion of a possible union of the Aro bodies. 1 There was a strong. union sentl- was greeted, with an ovation and his remarks were received with enthusiasm. He emphasized the singleness . of j purpose of, the two churches and indicated the will ingness of the Southern church to reunite with the parent church from which it was separated in 1861 and with other presbyterian bodies now existing as distinct units. BfiO BE Attitude on Foot and Mouth to . Depend on Whether Outbreaks Occur When 21 days shall have I elapsed since the outbreak of I ,k i.aM i .v previously disease-free . area Of California then the state of Ore- vnn will eHmlt rltm frnita from I disease-free areas of that state, if properly fumigated, if Governor Pierce modifies ; the Oregon em bargo, according to recommends. tiong submitted to him yesterday, The latest "outbreak in free ten tory, reported, to Oregon was on May 13. so irthere is no rther In the meantime the ban on citrus products should be lifted June 4 "When St ' days' have elapsed similarly the ban will be lifted in accord f with the Salt , Lake con ference, though fumigation will be required: Under this regula tlon wool, hides, and all animal The recommendation made to the governor Is , -signed byv Walter W. lajriur, Kuauuau vuo oi.... livestock sanitary' board; Dr. B T. Slmms,who was Oregon's rep resentative in California; and Dr. W. H. Lytle, state veterinarian. The recommendation comes as from the livestock sanitary board, It follows In full: ' '" '"p ' "Owing to the present foot- and-mouth I disease situation in California and from first' hand re-1 ports made by Dr. B. T. Sims," Just returned from California, the state livestock sanitary board's commit-j tee "recommends, the r following modifications be made to the proc- lamationof Goverhbr Pierce'under date of April 21, 1924.' That! when 21 days have elapsed aince the appearance oft any 'foot-and-mouth disease in I disease free areas ' of California! that' upon such date the admission Of citrus fruit from Calitornia (Continued on page, 2) STHEUTiME Mayor Giesy Requests Peo- p e to UDserve iviay ou - in rroper vvay In a statement Issued yesterday Mayor John B. Glesy calls upon the neonle ot Salem to observe Memorial ; day with appropriate ti,. services and ceremonials statement says: . . i.. i. u "The a win aay i eerved I16 a daysa!red-fc .""W 5f IPUBO UCvwa w . have made the supreme sacrifice in the defense of theif country. It ia a dav to be observed, not In a spirit ot celebration, but in a spirit of profound respect ana reverence tnr our soldier dead. T ijAf4.inftm6rJ therefore, I, . . . i' i lrZ-7 IiT-- m,t in. a - m a n, nr SAiem aL .nre.l n ?vUlZ, V; as Memona, Y "3a7e the people oiSalem by appropriate services and ceremonies. mt t niEsr. Uivor.".. PARTLY LIFTED Ill: : OVER BRIDGE BID SCANDAL MUItnOmah COUntV Grand li and Builders Over to Face 106 IOURS OFFICE MALFEASANCE CHARGED IN AWARDS Contrafitnrs flPA AppmcpH nf ; PlWn and Conspiracy in Making Bids PORTLAND, May 27. The Multnomah county grand jury late today returned nine more indict ments in connection . with : its In quiry In the ' Willamette river bridge scandal. The indictments included all three of the recalled county commissioners and, also bridge contractors. The former commissioners are charged jointly with malfeasance in office : in awarding the Burnside bridge con tract to J. H. Tillman, whose bid was more than 1500,000 higher than the only other bidder. The . contractors are -accused of collusion in bidding and conspir acy to prevent free and Open com petition' In bidding. Those Indicted were: Charles 1 S. Rudeen, Dow t V. Walker and J. H. "Rankin, county commissioners who awarded the alleged collusive contracts George 'A. Sears and C J Hu ber of the Union Bridge company, sole biaaer on tne beuwooa nnage. C. II. Parker ana t. . tiaune1a ue "4 x , bidder, on the Bops island ormge ' J! - H. : Tillman, high i bidder against 'the Pacific Bridge ' com pany's lower bid on the Burnside bridge. turned. , for eo n Mme Hearings are Placed on Docket for Thursday Morning Session I Nine cases are already slated to I come before the regular session of the Marion county grand jury which" convenes Thursday morning and there is" every indication that these will be increased to 10 by that time from 'the Justice court in addition there are several cases I from other sections of the county ' Cases which have been placed I on the docket are He Yim and Lo Koo. unlawful possession of nar cotics; Lloyd Clemens,' accused of dog poisoning; Oscar ' Norton, ob taining money under false' : pre- tenses; C.W. Mann, forgery; Lewis Bitner, larceny not in a dwelling; Leo Darling and Ralph J Hazen, larceny of an automobile j and Stanley Larisky, who created a disturbance in the business dis- i trict ; one afternoon : by hurling' a platter through Jthe window . at the Coffee Shop restaurant." linn IIUWDU I1DSSTUDEI1TS Gerald Mero; Elected i Yell Leader and Girod Atple- tic Manager Yesterday the students of the I high "school were voting again the i ... . . . 1 second time in two weew. .ine for all of this was that I resauu tn ,, in three of the student body offices The offices being i that of president, yell leader and athletic manager, Avery Thomp son received the highest number of votes for president and i there fore will be student body president for the next year. He defeated Edgar ;Tibbetts., The positionof iii i.iiIm nt tn Oprald Mero i j " incumbent. Carlen Simpson was defeated' for this position. oltod won the position of athletic yi v,a-oDOOnentr Clark T " v.r, I Jackson, cases mm BWSDl INFORMANT IS ! ? SURE HE SAW' BOY'S St AYER Chicago Switchman Declares He Identified Car "Near Scene, of Crime . CHICAGO. May 27. An eye witness account of what the. in formant believes was the midnight burial of Robert Franks, i 2-year-old son, of a Chicago millionaire, whose body was found In a south side swamp after the' parents had received ransom demands, was the principal development today in the search' f6r the slayers. ' "r ' The nian' who 'gave the infor mation was John H." Shackelford of "Gary, Ihd., a' railroad .swltch mah.' who said that' 'late Wednes day "night when 'the boy disap peared he saw a green sedan near the swamp in which the boy's body wan iuuuu. . . I YELLOWS PAY FOB Kiwanis Club Has Good Time and Adopts Program for - , Future ' 1 The . Brown books, captained by T. M. Hicks, won the Kiwanis at tendance contest and as a result the" Yellow '"" books paid for the dinner furnished the visitors last night. A hilarious evening was spent and . many testimonials of pleasure at the -complete success of the undertaking were expressed. A serious item of business was considered at the meeting Involv ing the adoption of six objectives for the effort of the club: " " 1. Incenerator for burning the city's garbage -"on a selt-support- ng .basis, if possible" or other sanitary disposition of same. 2. Initiate and promote mental testing and classification of ' ex ceptional (backward or gifted) children in order to .permit their more accurate grading and in struction. - 3. To invite four representative citizens from each of the various community' clubs' to luncheons from time to time. 4. Kiwanis club lends its sup port to any movement tending to ward the preservation ot the shade trees of the city, ' and uniform planting of 'roses along the curbs Of the ' Pacl f ic highways within1 the city." S. Support and . promote the movement of placing proper, ex hibits in the state house typical of state's natural resources. 6. Proper numbering of houses, the placing of street signs indi cating thereon the house numbers in the block',' and proper lines and signs at street intersections in the congested area and illuminated highway gigns at entrance of and through the city. f ? HAPPY AND CLAMOROUSCROWD APPLAUDS SAjEM APOLLO CLUB By AUDRED BUNCH Salem likes the Apollo club, and it 5 Isn't any wonder. Tot . the third time this season this popular men's singing group was greeted by a large and clamorous audi ence. -The first, club number was the Wagnorian "Chorus of Re turning Pilgrims." from Taiihr hauser, full 'of fine feeling and melody. Choosing, too. a Wagner, number. Mrs. H. H. Harms, lyric soprano, whose voice is of excep tional purity, sang the aria from Tannhauser. "O Hall of Song." re sponding with Troharne's "Mother, My Dear." The second of the en semble numbers included the beautiful Brahms "Lullaby," and the delightful Hugo Juengst whim sy, "Spin, Spin." .: The Apollo club quartet, Glais- yer, Robertson, Gille and Hansen, received due applause for Scbtt's Ole Uncle Moon,; and the up roarious "Quartet Rehearsal," (O'- Hara ). ' "Sleep," , ( LeBleg) .was granted as an encore. M " ' ' Appearing1 before the Salem nubile for the first time the Euter- peatt octettd was received ' last night with 'considerable enthusl asm. Luigl Denza's suite from "Garden of Flowers" was offered and warmly accepted by a grati fied audience. " 'Snowflakes'' (Co wen) was the octette's favor to the crowd. - ' - With Dr. Sites himself playing the accompaniment, Lyman Mc Donald sang1 Bruno Huhn's power ful arrangement of "Invictus, and Henry E Gechl's "For Yon Alon, responding' to much ready applause withL"Give a Man a Horse He Can jApnesEare bitter About exclusion act .,. ... .j -, . 1 1 i. i ...! Editorial Comment Expresses in Tokio Disappointment In President TOKIO. May 28. Oy The As sociated Press. ) A bitter edito rial outburst marks' tlte final en actments of the American immi gration j bill, including the exclus ion of, Japanese. A. jma jority , of the newspapers express "disap pointment with the action of President Coolidge. ' t ' "if, the, president lad been of the same calibre as Lincoln," says Hochi, "he would have ferav ed opposition and vetoed the most inreasonable legislation congress ever passed. The president, how ever, has Japanepe sympathy since he did his best; under the circum stances to oppose ' the anti-Janan-ese agitators"- " Worthless Checks Aggregate ing About $200 Cashed on balem-Men Where is George Padrick. elec trician and. former employe of the PEP company? This is the thought uppermos in the minds' of half a score of Salem merchants .who were victim Ized Saturday by the.' elusive Pad rick, "who fwas enabled to leave the , city- richer by $200 and a quantity of clothing as a result; of having "floated "a" large number- of worthless checks. Pad rick's j activities began coming ; to light yesterday when the bank notified merchants that check's of fered J by Padrick were worthless. ; .Known victims and. the amounts lost are O. j. Schei, $64, who sold the missing man, a suit of clothes for this' amount; Central Cigar store, 145; the Man's Shop, $30; Halik Electric shop, $20; Roth Grocery company, $20, and an un paid grocery bill; Terminal res taurant, $15; Welch Electric. $10 Smith's cigar store, two checks. $5 and IIS, and Al Kra'use $1.50 Krause was particularly fortunate for his place Is protected by fraud insurance, ; and the' check was cashed in exchange for some cloth ing" late Saturday. . Monday the insurance policy expired; ' ; In addition to the checks cashed here. 1 the bank received one for $200 that had 'been cashed In Port Padrick and his wife had been living at 1365 Ferry. ' Some'oflilai victims visited the place Tuesday ana louna me nouse aesertea Mrs. Padrick and baby" left for Se-I attle Saturday morning to. visit Mr, riuricK s momer, neignDors sayj However, Padrick Is believed: to have f departed for other places as"'It Is" thought that" domestic troubles caused . his wife to leave; him: :" Ride." j The club followed with two further numbers and "Ole Sole Miot as an encore. , , Miss (Ruth Bedford, who is ac companist j for the Apollo club. played ; Rosenthal's "Papillons' with delicacy and finish. Appear ing for a later group, the octette sang the Russian, dance number, Romanika" and "Come Down. Laughing Streamlet." The audfr ence was more than gratified with the xesDonse of the group who chose for their last numbeir medley of southern planation songs, i t ' James P. Smart never fails to win! an audience' anywhere.- Last night he came onto the platform. in the Scottish plaids to the in troductory strains of his numbers Both announced choices were from Lauder, the first "The'Wagle O the Kilts." and the second "Wee Doeeh ' an. Dorris." With' much surprise," and an equal amount of genial 'gratitude, Mr. Smart's be wildered hands accepted the club's "floral tribute." a big top-heavy bunch of Scotch broom! The bou quet put him In good enough humor t sing, not only one but two. encores. . Two club numbers with a Jolly encore, ''Peter Piper "Picked Peck of Pickled Peppers," followed by f'America," closed the evening's program . , 1 . . The members of the octette, to gether with the sympathetic and gifted accompaniment. Miss Eliza beth Campbell are all pupils o Dr. Sites, as Is Lyman McDonald. GEORGE PADM1 GULF STATES seVrestbb Series of Tornadoes Visit SpMthern District Just Re covering From Similar Visitation LOSS OF LIFE MOUNTS TO 36; MANY INJURED Red Cross Ready Jo Send Succor to Suffering Com. munities oh Request ATLANTA, Ga., May 27. (By The Associated Press.) .Still maimed' and in the shadow of a devastated series of tornadoes of less 'than'" a month ago, rural "Ala bama and Mississippi late yester day and' early today again' were stricken by a second storm visita tion, and at a late " hour today were taking tolfof their dead and Injured and the unestlmated'thou sands of dollars damage done to farms and homes and buildings. Available 'advices from the torn districts place Alabama as the greatest sufferer In loss of human life, with a" known " total of 19 dead; Mississippi, with a deter mined aggregate of 1? killed and reports: of many other fatalities which, if confirmed, will greatly increase' ther casualty list of that state. " In Alabama; more than '30 persons were Injured, some fatal ly, . and "many seriously;' " while Mississippi, with more' than 0 in jured already reported; probably will be hardest hit when complete news of the . whirling destruction comes on reconstructed wires; ' The southern division of the Red: Cross' and various other re lief agencies are ' at ' work' caring ior tne nunareas of homeless or making preparations for succor ing the communities. .Late today the Red Xrosa1 here received" an urgent call for tents and cots from' Greenville and stated, they were1 prepared to 'meet' all requests re ceived. '"'';:- ' Georgia, untouched by the pres ent series of tornadoes, received a damaging blow In the northern section' .of the' 'state, when rains falling incessantly for seven hours caused stream's to overflow In' the towns of Rockmart and Cave Springs, where basements and flooTS of business houses' were re ported to be holding nearly 'a 'foot of 'water. " No loss of 'life' was re ported in either town. 1 ; FKD LEGTURER IS HE "Pussyfoot" Johnson, Inter- naiionai neiormer, Lec tures in Salem William E. ' (Pussyfoot) John son, known the world over as a temperance worker and , prohibi tion lecturer, will speak at ' the tabernacle on: Willamette univer sity campus tonight on "The Cross and the 'Crescent.' ' Mr. Johnson is filling many ' engagements in western Oregon at the present time. He will speak at the Rotary club luncheon at noon today. Mr. Johnson is literally a battle-scarred veteran in the cause of temperance, haying lost an eye at the hands of opponents of temper ance in England. Although his advance literature does not men tion the fact,, the news dispatches at. the time stated that Johnson proved so good a "sport" in his In jured condition that he won the hearts of those responsible. TUESDAY IN WASHINGTON 'Anti-trust "prosecutions were inquired into by the Daugherty committee.-" r " The senate Mayfield committee decided to close" evidence in the case this week. ' ' i Royal H. Weller, democrat. New York, was declared by the house to be entitled to his seat. ' - The senate foreign . relations committee's world court plan was formally reported to the senate. . ?. ' f- . .Carrying tha Borah amendment for publicity of campaign contri butlons, the postal salary increase bill wag passed by the senate. GIRL HOLDS UP BANK WITH HER CHILD IN ARMS 18-Year-OId Bandit Appre hended After Getting Away 'With' About $;000 PEORIA, 111.. May. 27. Norma Anderson, 18 years old, who with a baby in her arms held uo the Steenburg bank at Farmington this afternoon. : was a,rreste4 to night at Hanna City', after she forced a taxicab driver at the point of a gun to hurry her away. Over $1,000 in cash which she grabbed from a teller's window was re covered. . When the girl walked Into the bank and shoved a gun at the tel ler he thought she was playing a Joke and said "Don't be in a hur ry, I shall wait on you In a few moments." "You'll wait on me now." the girl demanded shoving the revolv er closer to him. "Hurry up and give me that money." The teller hesitated and the girl reached in side the window and seized a bag containing more than $1,000 in cash. , She then forced David Set tles, taxi driver, whom she .hired to take her to Farmington, to hurry her away. - " BS: 10 TiElfiCLE High School to Hold Gradua tion Exercises in Union Revival Hall ..Graduation exercises for Salem high school will be held ' at the tabernacle on June 13. "and In ap-; preclation of the courtesy shown the school board by the trustees ofWlllamette university the board last 'night offered a special vote of thanhs. Reddiway and 'Harris, purchasers of the tabernacle' will be 'granted an extension of 2 0' days to raze the structure. Leslie Sparks, of T Washington junior high, explained his program Tor' phyBlcaI'educaion' with em phasis upon corrective exercises. and was, employed' as high school physical director by . the.' " board. Hollis Huntington was engaged on part time and will coach athletics. J. T, . Ross, head janitor in the public schools, ' was"" garnted -a three weeks vacation at the end of the term;' 'The board indicated that it would not renew a contract with Mr, Hos8" lor next "year.1 '. Miss Carlotta Crowley, elemen tary supervisor of 'the school sys tem. met with the board and ex plained in detail the nature ot her work' and of the 'satisfactory re sults obtained. Miss Evans,' re presenting the Palmer penmanship method, reported on the work be ing done in the local schools as. a result of a week spent, in visiting and offering her services as super visor of writing. No action was taken. A delegation representing - the Highland P-T. association i urged that a portable school be moved from the Grant to. the Highland schools in order to give the pupils proper assembly facilities and a place for physical education. An answer was requested by June 6. No Continuing Clause Al- lowed as Rider in Deal With PEP Co. - When the city council. meets on Monday night, June 2, the light committee will recommend that in entering into a new contract with the Portland Electric Power com pany the' city charter be adhered to precisely in its provision that such contracts shall not be' enter ed into for a greater "length of time than ' five years.' -This was decided upon at a joint meeting of the lights and the ways and means committees last night, the special meeting of the council failing, to materialize because of lack of a quorum. ' ' ; : ' : ' " " Manager W. M. Hamilton of the Portland Electric Power company submitted a contract that contain ed a continuing -clause whereby, after the expiration of five years. the contract would remain in ef feet until terminated after notice of one year by either party. This occasioned a long discussion, but because It Is held, to be contrary to the charter Its elimination from the contract will be asked.' GIVE DIPLO CITY GWEB TO eoeii coin REJECT FBI SHOALS OFFER OElmE ' r ' 4 Government Operatic zr i Owhershfn of LTusda Pcv;- er f Plant is Favcrcd By Agricultural Body NEW ATTEMPT TO DE I'uE FfJR pnOPOSAU Friends of Automobile r.!nr,'j- f acturer to Obtain First ' Vote. in Senate WASHINGTON. May 27. Gov- ernment ownership and operation of 'Muscle Shoals was endorsed to day by the senate agriculture com mittee alter Henry T ord s bid ha ; been rejected. By a vote of 11 to 4 the com mittee ' adopted the "Norris gov ernment ownership bill as an am endment to the McKeniie tblll, which passed the house pending acceptance of Ford's offer. A no tion to report favorably the Ford bill was defeated 11 to 5. The '.fight' will now be taken to the floor of the senate whera an effort will be luriile to have a vote' by the end of tlie weelc' Supporters of Ford's "Lid claim" they-have a paiiiafnntary ad vantage in the present Etatus cf the Ford offer. kt-u the Ie- Kenzie bill ' as afei-u led by tL-3 committee' is brought up in tl s senate. Ihey plan to offer tn amendment to the committee's re port which would bring a vote first on. Ford's offer. Amendments to the Norris till will be drawn up by a' gub-conr. 1 1- tee, at. the , request of Chairrr. : n Norris. who explained that e'. 3 the bill. was" drafted two "yesra a; 3 it needed to be brought up to dat a. He said he planned to submit e: - endments .which would, tiaka r:: 3 emphatic prOTlslons of; tta t : calling" for wide distribution c power and the' prod uctloa " of fertiliser -. Another amendment which t! i compromise has' In mind wou" 1 provide for the use of the f 3,472, 487 which was -1 received ty tl 3 government for the sale of tl Gorgas steam "plant to the por company, as working capital f:l J.he ' federal chemical corporat! which would be created under ti j Norris bill; for the operation 1 1 Muscle Shoals. Chairman Norris said , he pre ' '. ably also would submit an amen .1 inet torturh over to the nitres 1 research laboratory of the depart ment of agriculture nitrate plar.3 Nos'l and "2" for the production cf fertilizer Instead of the corpora ilon as the original bill providf 3. All Business Houses ' Close Memorial Day 1 J ' ' ' ; ' . All business houses in Salera will be 'closed Friday in'order to observe Memorial day. It was defi nitely decided yeeterday at a meet ing of the Business Mens' league, according' to O. E. ' McAfee, secre tary.. This thas been the custc 1 In the past 'and will be in order this year. "i j Flags belonging to the chamber of commerce will be placed throughout the business district cf the city Thursday, night. Tha Cherrian band will furnish tte music for the parade In the after noon, it was announced Tuesday by Oscar Steelhammer, director. I Are You Awake to Real Estato OpportwTiitie? The Statesman "Real Estate" ' columns are: alive with desirable of fers of high class real estate, city, ' f-uturban ; and farm property. Profit by the exper ience of others who have , bought and. sold through : these . columns . and ha va 1 become independent. Turn to the "Real E.--1 tate' columns on pa, 2 1 and read ; the epportura- ties listed there. ' . Oreircn Sinter rr.T.n - r m