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THE OREGON STATESMAN,- SALEM, OREGON
. SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 21f-1924
HIE SDUTIItlSTEB
FOLIC Viir.T RELIEF.
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PImS fea Drainage District
Meet ,With Apathy of the
'County Court
Tor
some time nast th land
owners in the southeastern part
fv s?len "and thoser owning' land
to. the sooth-along Mill creek have
been making a persistent effort to
perfect wan organization wjtn a
ylew-of taking care of : the high
water which every year oversows
thl8 part of the city. The city has
otferea willing cooperation in the
matter contingent upon the county
and the state joining. The mem
bers of, the state board of control
Aaraexpressed: a' willingness to
.participate, but tho county court
, has declined to render any as
sistance in this movement.
1 The residents of the southeast
ernpart of the city are every year
Ptif to "great inconvenience on ac
count '"of high i water,' which also
handicaps the development and
growth of the city in this direc
tion, and property is consequently
depreciated in value. The land
ow.nrers south of Salem, including
the state of Oregonr which . owns
a. .large tract of bottom land,, is
, likewise damaged each season by
the periodic overflow of Mill creek
The Southern Pacific Railroad
company has expressed an inter
est - in the matter on account of
the probable decrease in the main
tenance cost of Its roadbed. . The
county has a---' number- of roads
which are affected by high water,
but is still standing aloof and
seems disinclined to participate in
the undertaking.
The general plan involves the
organization of a drainage district
and the enlargement of ditches
and the clearing out of stream
channels in order that the water
may find Its way off these lands
more rapidly. It i has also been
suggested that some of the water
now coming into Salem may 'be
turned off in' another direction.
If Salem is to come into its own
in the way of development, im
provements of this character must
be taken care of, I and the plan
proposed roffers a ready basis for
the equitable distribution of all
expenditures 'for , 'such develop
ment. Each parcel of land con
tributes its proportion to the ben
efits actually received.
MARTIN, WORLD FLIGHT COMMANDER, BACK SAFE AFTER
ALASKAN CRASH, REPORTS TO GENERAL Ft-KmiMU
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Women Will Advise Men
At Monday Noon Luncheon
"What the men can do to make
Salem a bigger, and better city."
will . be fold members of the Sa
lem Chamber of Commerce at the
regular luncheon Monday noon 'by
presidents of the seven local wom
en's clubs. ; Each speaker will be
limited to 'four miuntes, with Ora
F. Mclntyre. former president of
the Salem Business and Professional-Woman's
club, as timekeep
er' and1' bell ringer., Harley O.
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, TODAY - - TOMORROW
Four Big New Acts
-Clean, Refined and Entertaining
JACKHOXIE
s And the Famous Universal Ranch Riders
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"THE BACK TRAIL",
Other Features Too i
BLIGH THEATER
Major Frederick Ii Martin, who
itarted as commander of the
Army's round-the-world flight, and
nearly" lost his life when bis plane
crashed into a mountain in the
Alaskan wilds, returned. to Wash
ington and reported to General
Mason M. " Patertck. Chief , of . the
Army Air Service, and General
Pershinp. Tho. photograph., takon
at the Army Building, shows (left
to right) General Pershing." Major
Martin and General Patrick. .
White.' president of the Chamber
of Commerce, will be the chairman
of the day. ; ,
, Women rwho have been invited
to speak at the Monday forum are
Mrs. William Everett Anderson,
president of the Salem Floral so
ciety; Mrs. Dr Mary Purvine. pres
ident of the Business and Profes
sional Woman's club; Mrs. George
J. Wenderoth, . president of the
Highland Parent-Teacher associa
tion; Mrs. Charles K. Spaulding.
president - or , the Salem Woman's
club; Mrs. Richard Cartwright;
president of the Woman's Civic
league of Salem; Mrs. Paul H
Hauser, president of the Lincoln-
McKinley Parent-Teacher associa
tion, and Mrs. John A. Carson,
president of the Salem chapter of
American War Mothers., - -
PUBLIC PLEASED
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Loving Cup Is Won By
" Silverton Publication
"SILVERTONV Or., June 19.
(Special to The Statesman.) A
silver loving, cup, offered by Don
C. Wilson -of the Penny Prlntery
of Corvallis, was won by The Sil
vertonia, the annual publication of
the Silverton high school. The
cup was offered ;for the best pub
lication by a high school with a
registration of less than 350 stud
ents. . The Oregon state chapter of
Sigma Delta Chi, professional
journalism fraternity, conducted
the contest- in which the Silverton
publication was placed first. Rich
ard H. Syring was editor and Lee
Alfred editor. They were both
members of the 1924 graduating
class of Silverton high school.
People - Well Pleased With
"A Society Scandal",Show
1 Today at the Oregon
For the scores-of admirers of
Gloria Swahson there .is a' real
treat in A Society v Scandal"
which finishes its? run at the Ore
gon theater! this evening. By
critfes everywhere It has been pro
claimed as the crowning achieve
ment of this popular star's bril
liant : career, and tliose who have
seen it here have without excep
tion been loud in their praise of
the production..
Not alone does it stand out as
an excellent piece of dramatic
work crowded with cleverly con
ceived situations of absorbing in
terest, but it is superb in rich and
colorful costuming. Fourteen dif
ferent gowns, all of, them which
can be clashed as creations and
running the whole gamut from
elaborate evening attire to robes
du nult are worn by Miss Swan-
son, and with telling eifect.
"A Society Scandal- is alt a
good j picture should be. The
events take place within the in
ner" circle of New York society;
and it is not the movie-studio so
ciety that parades- before our
eyes. The settings are authentic,
one of the big scenes actually tak
ing place in the real Ritz ball
room, and among the actresses is
a sister of Mrsf. Reginald Vander
bilt. ; ':; i
Miss Swanson's beautiful gowns
do not in any way detract from
the emotional power and fire that
she throws into her big scenes.
The story, which was adapted
from the famous Alfred Sutro's
"The Laughing Lady," is not the
usually jazz-mad society stuff but
is a thoroughly logical, gripping
and at all times entertaining
drama of .love, divorce and a wom
an's reputation, i
In the story Miss1 Swanson en
ters upon a ' cold-blooded attempt
to infatuate with her charms the
young lawyer, who ruined her rep
utatlon in the divorce court. She
succeeds, only to discover that she
cannot go inrougn with her pur
pose of ruining him as he did her.
Hi HOME
FROM TRIP EAST
Western Man for Vice Presi
dent Would Have Been
Better, He Says
Irrigation System Is
Installed By Benson
SILVERTON, Or., June 19,
(Special to The Statesman.)
n T
ueuson . recently put an
end to the drought which has ex
isted at his berry farm in the Sil
verton hills. By the Installation
of an irrigation system. v which is
run by a centrifugal force pump,
he is able to water ten acres of
strawberries. Water for the sys
tem is iurnished by mountain
springs. :--;-t,-
Louis Lachmund returned yes
terday from a visit , of several
weeks on the Atlantic coast, dur
ing which he spent some time In
Washlngtdn, New 'York and other
large cities: He wa in Washing
ton two. days and visited Senator
McNacy. and for two weeks was
with relatives in New York City.
He attended the Republican na
tional convention atv Cleveland
and witnessed the nomination of
Coolidge and Dawes.
General sentiment In the east,
says Mr. Lachmund, is that the
vice presidential nominee should
have been a strong western man.
The fact that both Coolidge and
Dawes are considered as repre
senting the big financial interests,
be found, does not tend to
strengthen the ticket to the point
of strength it would have shown
had r a strong westerner received
the second place on the ticket.
"One reason for this," said Mr.
Lachmund, "is that the east is be
ginning- to take cognizance of the
condition of the middle' western
and the western farmer, whose fi
nancial straights are now being
reflected in the business of the
east. There is a very material
checking up of business' in the
east and the western situation is
coming home to the easterners
Banks are very cautious about
loaning money on new enter
prises."
Mr Lachmund does not venture
a prediction on the Democratic
choice for president.
"The extreme east," he said
"does not want McAdoo, and while
Governor Smith is immensely
popular in New - York and New
Jersey, he is not considered avail
able presidential timber. McAdoo
is not considered a lawyer, al
though he is believed to have
made a couple of million dollars
in the last two or three years as.
a member of a law firm. This is
attributed mainly to the influence
he built up as the former, secre
tary of the treasury. V
"The wet and dry issue is be
ing widely discussed in the east
and there is a -general sentiment
in favor of a modification of the
Volstead act to permit light wine
and beer." ;
STARTING TOMORROW
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A PICTURE so out of the ordi
nary, of such unusual beauty
and artistry, of such simplicity
and humanness, It will enchant
jrou with Its charm. A picture
that will stir the heart, bring the
tears to the eyes and a smile to
the Hps one you never will for
get. "Our Dick" in his greatest'
acting part. ' '
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306 Went fo Jobs From Em-
ployment Bureau First
, Five Days of Week
M. C. A;
a ' busy
Sim Phillips, of the Y.
employment - bureau, is
man these days.
The demands for cherry and
berry pickers and other laborers.
mostly from the growers, "had
him going south" on Tuesday, but
he was about caught up yesterday
afternoon that is, the supply had
about caught up with the demand.
For the first five days of this
week, Mr. Phillips sent out to the
farmers 306 workers for the
first, five days up to S o'clock
last evening.
The number sent out on Mon
day was 86; Tuesday, 55; Wednes
day. 69; Thursday, 70; up to 5
o'clock yesterday.
Mr. Phillips sent 54 4 laborers
to Jobs in May.
All this is real service con
necting the man with the Job;
supplying people who need help
very badly with people who need
work very much. It is a com
munity service that adds vastly to
the prosperity, of the community.
YOUR WISH-
Ariel Ours
You want to buy only the best q:
f pod for your table ; ; and, naturally,
virant to pay as little as is. reasonable: '
is your wish ! Our wish is to; have'yc
a customer Arid we ought to have ;
because we sell only the best quality f
and we charge the lowest prices: Loc!: i
prices overi chcelc up your list of rieccb,
park in front of Damon's today.
MASON FRUIT JA.Sr
PINTS 7Qp QUARTS
HALF GALLQNS
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BEST HARD-WHEAT FLOUR CM
' ' FOR A XIMITKD TIME . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . ... . . . .
T1ILS WILL " COST US $7.20 A 11ARREL TO RI
PliACB OU SltO PErt SACK
6 POUNDS NEW ONIONS
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4 DOZEN JAR RUBBERS
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FULL GREAM CHEESE
At
40c LIBBY'S BEST SLICED PINE-
APPLE. OUR PRICE . . . . . .
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Fresh Meats Groceries Fresh Vcc '
899 North Commercial Street
As Is generally known, this is an
arm of the government free em
ployment bureau service, under
the federal department of labor.
PRUNE PLAN IS OFFERED
NEWPERG, Or., June 20. H
S. Gile. president of H. S. Gile &
Co., BPoke at the noonday lunch
eon of the . commercial club here
Monday on the "Feasibility of Co
operation," as applied to the mar
keting of prunes." He said he was
not opposed to the idea, of coop
eration,, but expressed the belief
that the present plan of Torming
state-wide cooperative organiza
tion would fail and that when it
did it would be . up to the small
associations and commercial pack
ers to save the situation ror me
growers.
Mr. Gile offered a plan as
substitute for the present program
under which the commercial pack
ers and small associations would
not buy prunes from the growers,
but would go into the eastern and
other markets and sell prunes for
the grower. A board of control
composed of one member of each
unit would be formed to set the
price. Growers would not be ask
ed to subscribe for stock; neither
would they have to pay any over
head; Each' packer or association
would sell prunes at the set price
and would operate without a prof
it, except that which came from
the packing. 1 - .
KXIVANIAXS IX:
Dr. T. F. Wall, British Inventor of Mysterious
Death Ray", in Sheffield University" Labratory
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Tr. WaJl's ipiaratus, which h
has patented, is reputed to spread
death, wherever the . ray strikes.
The British government failed to
Interest lUelf ' officially In the ln-
rntto-vntU Wall had left theV
country and then attempted to
prevent , his selling it . to France
Tha photograph shows lr. Wall la
Ws labratory . at Sheffield Univer
sity. - : Department " of Applied,'
Science i
DENVER. Colo., June
With the election cf v:
Johnson of Rockford, I'."..,
international.? president
selection of St. Paul, I.;:- ,
the 1925 ' convention civ,
eighth annual convention c
Kiwanis- club internation:,
journed here -today. Johns:
feated John H.1 Moss of III
kee. 951 to 365.
The selection of St, Paul c
a bitter contest waged duri:
convention between St. Paul
Seattle. : - .
J. Waiter C. Taylor of T
real and" Ralph Amniermar
Seranton. Pa., were elected
presidents of the organization
der the provisions of the new
stitution adopted at the P
meeting, providing for a redu
of : from - three to. two vice-:
dents, without distinction c
seniority. - Henry C. Heinz c
lanta. was chosen jreasurer.
secretary Is appointive.
KtnUgifc- Estate A piralsed
William Stalger.left an t
valued at $17,778:74, chic
notes and cash, according t
report filed by the appraise;
J. Millie,' S. G. Robinson and
Dunlap.
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