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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1924)
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1021 Miss Helen Wills, America's Olympic Victor, and Mile. Vlasto, Runner-Up in Tennis Championship tCITZ NEWS IN BRIEF 1 v : i-.5t.T ... . f . ' 1 t i i .1 ' tome m ana look kj ver uur THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON ) ) v ' ' i i 7 J 1 1 . 4 t . 'V t Boises Nesting Home Mr. and Mrs. It. P. Boise, who hare been touring in Europe, ar rived in Vancouver, B. C, yester day over the Canadian Pacific. They are due in Portland this evening. Yc, Wo IIav Boyce-ite, Marion Auto CoJ A-10 Homing Pigeons Helens One hundred and eighty homing pigeons will - be liberated at 5 o'clock this morning from the of fice of the American Express com pany as a start on a race to Oak land, Cal. The race is being con ducted 6 by the Pacific Homing Pigeon club. The birds are ex pected to arrive in Oakland by 9 o'clock Sunday morning if weather conditions are favorable to the flight. West Salem Church Services in new churco building -tomorrow commencing with Sun day school at 9; 45 a. m. Preach ing, 11 a. m. ' and 7:30 p. m. Junior league, 3 p. m. Song serv ice; 7 p. m. Summit Church Services tomorrow: , Sunday school. 10 a. m. Rev. Earle Offi cer will preach at 11 a. in. Pub lic welcome. Bee Salem Sights , Mr. and Mrs. George II. Letholz ot Peoria. Kan., and Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Brune of Woodburn spent Friday visiting and seeing the sights of Salem and vicinity. Ifaynvilln Baptist . Sunday school at 10 o'clock. Preaching service, 1 1. At this serv Jce the two girls who were at Co lumbia City, Elva Cross and Har riett Kenton, will give a report ot the things they received . while there. It is earnestly hoped that all who are interested in Baptist work of the state will be there to hear these reports and a few re marks from the pastor. - We all are. alike: we do not realize the WOODRY Boys Fnrnifcre Phone 511 411 Oregon Bldg. Phone 457 The Seavy Bell Insurance Agency : General Insurance "BiHy" Bell Dr. B. H. White ' V Dr. Anne Brekke Osteopathy : .... Surgery - Electronic diagnosis and treat ment (Dr. Abrams' method). : Office phone 859 Residence 4 6 9-J , SOS U. S., Bank Bldg. We're All Moved and now that we are located in our new quarters at 143 S. LIBERTY ST. we are in a position to give you till better service on .your transfer and hauling work. We Still Handle Fuel and have several carloads ot coal due in a few days. Bet ter get your order in early. Larmer Transfer & Storage Co. rhonc 930 i Cars for Hire j WITHOUT DRIVERS Our autos are all kept in prime condition therefore are absolutely safe to drive. 1 ! We hire them either with or without drivers. TERMINAL TAXI SERVICE PHONE 2020. Office at. Stage Terminal DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE V LADD & BUSH BANKERS j Established 18C3 ' General Br.nlring Business - Office Hours frost 10 iu m. to 8 p. fct, great responsibility, that -rests upon us as Christians In this state. Before we can do our duties as such we must know what our duty is and how far it extends. Come, let us learn more of our Christian co-workers of the state. B. Y. P. IT. at 7:15. Preaching at 8:00. Topic: "The Growth of Sin." Grey Wool j Camping blankets, $4.50, at Bishop's. I ; i ' ; alO Leaving for Vacation Mr. and Mrs.) Frank, Bligh and daughter will leave for the beach Monday morning to be gone about two weeks. Mr. Bligh plans to take in the state convention of Elks and the bathing girl contest at Kockaway beach. Another Home Burglarized Paul Hendricks, 1109 Market, reported to the! police about 8:30 o'clock that his home had been en tered by a prowler and a watch and chain stolen. Hendricks was away from his i residence but a comparatively few minutes The prowler entered through a rear door by means of a pass key and left by the front door. A neigh bor reported that a young man of slight build and light complexion had been seen' loitering in that vicinity this afternoon.- Poodle Iog Found ; Small white poodle dog with black nose, black ; eyes and red leather collar found. Owner may have dog by calling at 2397 Cent er street and paying for this ad vertisement. A9 Ret urned From the oast Albert Clark.8 night foreman of The Statesman returned from a week's sojourn to the seacoast. He says he did no fishing, as he left hi3 liars' license at home. Yes. We Hav Boyce-ite, Marion Auto Co. A-10 Band Concert Enjoyed Although the crowd at the Cher rian band concert in Willson park last night was not the largest of the season, nevertheless thero was an appreciative audience of a few thousands of persons. The cool weather discouraged a few who did not wish to sit out in the open air for an hour or two. Miss Feme Coach er, a student at Wil lamette university, was the soloist last night. There will be only one concert next week, the one on Tuesday night. On account of the state gathering of Elks at Tillamook the f Friday night con cert is being, postponed until the end of the season. Grain Reported Stolen 1 A sack of wheat was stolen from his garage Thursday night, accord ing to a complaint made tq the police yesterday by G. W. Bellamy, 702 North Church. Speeder Pays Fi F.'Viesco. 1343 South Liberty, contributed $15 to the police court coffers Friday for speeding. Ac cording to the report of Officer Wiles Viesco was hitting it up to 55 miles an hour along Capitol a few nights ago. Gets Building Permit - A building permit to spend $800 in altering and repairing a dwell ing at 1259 IChemeketa street, wag issued Friday from the city recorder's offiee to Ruth E. Sayre. Still Selling Cranberries f Robert G. McNary, Bales mana ger of the Pacific Cranberry Ex change of Ilwaco, Wash., was In the city yesterday on his way to California. The crop this year will be in excess of 35 per cent of Popular Priced Tailored Suits $25 to 4S Men' and Yonng Mne D. H. MOSHER TAILOR Promote Good Health GREENWOOD Cottage Cheese One-Third Cream -H. EL RIDKOUT, Proprietor the crop last year, or about 60,- 000 boxes. The eastern produc tion is cut nearly 50 per cent this year, he said. According to gov- eminent investigation, the Oregon berry requires about one-third less sugar than the eastern berry. The exchange with which Mr. McNary is connected, handles about 90 per cent of the cranberry acreage in Oregon and Washington. Before going with this exchange Mr. Mc Nary was connected with the fresh truit department of the Oregon Growers Cooperative association and is widely known in the Salem district and Willamette valley. ;- Dance Albany Every Thursday- Music by Jasper's Versatile Band. A-9 Rain Clouds IHsappca What promised to be a rain up until noon Friday disappeared early in the afternoon and another day passed with the long drought still unbroken. Timber Placed On Sale : Twenty-five hundred acres of land carrying 107,630.000 feet of standing Douglas fir. spruce, hem lock and cedar timber in the Si letz reservation in Lincoln county rtll be placed on sale in the Unit ed States land office in Portland on August 18, it is announced by Walter L. Tooze, Sr., register, and Frank O. Nprthup, receiver of the office. The timber has an ap praised value of $140,025 and the land $3247.60. Terms of the sale are one-third cash down, one-sixth ot the remainder the first year and the balance in three years. Five percent Interest Is charged on deferred payments. ' Talk Silver Fox Kami j Seeking to interest people In the breeding and raising of silver foxes, E. E. Amsden. state agent of the Allegan Silver Fox company, of Allegan, Mich., is spending the weeki in Salem. Arrangements for the establishment of a fox farm at the IT; W. Thielsen place on route 3, have been completed. The climate in the Willamette val ley is ideal for this purpose, Mr. Amsden said, and each of the sev eral farms are making a success. The firm sells foxes for $500 to $1700 to those wishing to start farms. The average price for a pair of breeding foxes is $2000. The pelts, most of which are sold in London, net the farmer from $500 to $700. f ! Grey Wool Camping blankets, Bishop's.! $4.50, at ; alO July Is Rainless With only a trace of precipita tion on the 14th, July was practi cally, a rainless montn. according to the official report of Clarence E. Oliver, federal weather observe er. The atmosphere was clear on 23 days., partly cloudy on six oth ers and clbndy only twice. The mean maximum for the month was 83.4 iwith mean minimum 51:de- grees. The actual teperature was K7.2 decrees. July 24 was the hottest day of the month., with a temperature of 99 degrees the hot test this year. The minimum tem perature was recorded on July 12. when the thermometer stood at 43 degrees. Nebraska Admits Sheep- Governor Pierce yesterday re ceived a message from Governor Bryan of Nebraska consenting to allow Lake county lambs entrance into! that state for feeding pur poses under conditions. The agree ment applies only to Lake county. The lambs must be transferred at Wendell, Lassen county, Califor nia,! directly from the narrow guage to the standard guage rail road bv means of a chute.; The animals'must have a federal guar antee that they are free from dis ease. 1 Yci We Hv i ; Boyce-ite, Marion Auto Co. A-10 Three Accidents Fatal During the week ending August 7 a total of 611 accidents were re ported to th9 state industrial ac cident commission, of which three were fatal. The fatal cases were Richard -Younger. Black Hock, wood eutter; Lewis AI l?chafer, Woodburn, donkey engin opera tor; Harold Hastings. Cottage Grove, choker setter. Of the total number of accidents reported 532 were subject to the provisions of the workmen's compensation act, 75 were from firms and corpora, tions that have ; not elected to come under the act, and four were from public utility corporations that are not subject to the' act. Lane Schools Strong .Lane county has 191 school dis tricts, which Is a larger number than any other county in the state, and employs 416 teachers, or more than any other county In the state except ; Multnomah, de clares .the annual report to 1 the state department of education made by E. J. Moore, Lane county school superintendent. The en rollment in the schools of the county increased during the school RIGDON c SON'S w. VfV-rwM us ' St j v, ; 'fpS IS M " 'T? - 7 s j? C - 1 y s rv I t i -II 1 1 j i ) A3KXtomiKillXl'iVX Wllilll IMI IIIIIMMIIIIIIWiaMIIIIIIIIIHII MMMUMI ft Miss Wills, the Berkeley. CaL. star. Is shown here with Mile, Vlasto jmmAtaie.y the Aaaar- year, of 1923-1324 to 9 670, as compared with 9119 the pre vious year, an incrgajjj ot 551. In the elemental graces 7657 pu pils were enrolled and 2015 in the high schools. The report shows that of the 416 teachers employed 127 have been to college for at least ne year, 170 have spent at least one year at normal school, 96 have! been graduated from high school and only 23 have not had a four-year course at high school. Sixty-nine teachers are college graduates and SS are graduates of standard normal schools. Grey Wool Camping blankets, $4.50, at Bishop's. . alO Five Join Lions Club Five jnew members were intro duced at the Lions club luncheon at the Marion hotel Friday noon. These were C. F. Bates, of the Capital! City Cooperative cream ery and former president of the Marion j County Jersey Breeders" association; Fred Williams, who is engaged in the stationery busi ness; Eugene Grabenhorst, real,1 estate; Konert Holmes, traveling agent or the Southern Pacific, and Mr. Ely, a retired capitalist and banker, who has been making his home in Salem for the last two years. Bakeryj Change i M. T, Madsen is; selling out the Dixie bakery to Frank' Dowelman of Portland. Mr. Madsen came here almost six years ago and bought the Dixie bakery. Since that time he has doubled the busi ness and put in electric machin ery. : j " ' Salem Man Injured Claude Ballard of Salem, em ployed in the Holt camp of the Spaulding Logging company, stop ped here last evening for medi cal attention while on his way to Salem, j He had a bruised shoul der, a sprained back and a badly injured arm. Anotheryoung man, whose name could not be learned, was injured at the same time, al so came here for medical attention Independence Enterprise. FlaxHGrowers Elect- All of the old officers of the Willamette Valley Flax Growers' association have been selected by the board of directors to serve for another year. Those re-elected are C.)F. Hein, president; W. Mc Kee, vice president; J. W. Den ham, secretary treasurer, and John Dozler, Joe Picser and Charles Eyre, directors, j Dance Art W. O. Tonight lalla Jasper's W. Hall. Versatile Band. - A-9 Sella Bakery Interests Frank Dolman, of the Foster Baking company of Portland has purchased the interest held In the Dixie Baking company here by,M. T. Madsen. who has been engaged In business here about six years. Upon coming to Salem Mr. Mad- Today Tomorrow FOUR ACTS VAUDEVILLE ALWAYS GOOD MOST TIMES GREAT "BEHIND THE CURTAIN" Wni. J. Flynn'H Great Mystery Drama YOUR XEXT A COMEDY BLIGH THEATRE MONDAY " Thos. Meiffhan "Dack Home and Broke ican champion had defeated th French girl on the Olympic court at Colombea. Franoa. J seni purchased .the Hastings bak ery, later changing the name to that of Dixie bakery. During his management the store space has been more than doubled. Mr. and Mrs. Madscn will remain in Salem through the summer, after which they will be located in San Fran cisco, where Mr. Madsen has other business interests. . Young Due Monday- According to telegraphic infor mation received in Salem yester day1, John Young, of Young; & wells, Spokane fresh fruit buyers, will arrive in Salem Mondavand begin buying green prunes for shipment to eastern markets. The firm was reoresented here in the spring, sending out a large num ber of carloads of cherries. Open Air Dance Tonite Santiam park, Jefferson. a9 Tourist Pays Fine G. Van Lent, a tourist, as going through the Willamette val ley) at too high a rate of speed Friday and wa lialted by State Traffic Officer Griffith. In the justice, court Van Lent contributed $15 before proceeding o-n his way. Prune Picker Prices Prune pickers in the Salem dis tri6t will probably receive the same amount paid those in the Itoseburg distrtctthis year, the price being 6 cents; a bushel, with an additional 1 cent bonus for remaining- through the season Some little confusion has arisen over the price, for the Roseburg box is a standard bushel and that used here Is a half-bushel. How ever, the pickers who have tie ured that the price means 6 cents fof the half-bushel box are doom ed to disapointment and the prices wii approximate those in the south. Auto Catches F : Defective wiring on an automo- Due caned. out the fire department to 534 North Winter street about 4:0 o'clock FHrlsv after The machine apparently was little aamagea Dy t&e lire, but did: re ceive a thorough drenching from uvaroy lawn hose Invited to Walk , Callers at offices in the Bank of Commerce building Friday were greeted by a sign on the ele vator telling them to take to the stairs as the hoisting apparatus was out of commission. Tonight! Tonight! Tonight! The big dance at Dreamland. The ten-pieco valley orchestra. Ladies free. :; a-9 Legion Meets Monday An invitation to all ex-service men in tho county ig being broad tasted by Capital post 'No.. 9:-"Am erican legion, for the. big special meeting -to bo held in McCornack nail Monday night. It is nlannnil to have a large ;n umber of bonus application blanks on hand, with equipment forthe taking of the The Banquet line has years. The Heart of the ranges, that is the inside has remained unchanged for over 25 years. The Beauty, finish, and exterior only has been changed. A fire box that will last in and under all conditions for this length of time must be RIGHT. j Let us show you how to end your stove troubles. : Priced from $39.50 to GEO. E. HARDWARE & . 236 N. Commercial necessary finger prtnts. Assistance will also be given in filling out the blanks. Several questions of im portance to ex-service men will be discussed, with a special talk to be given? by George Griffith, state commander. The meeting will be preceded by a-parade by the post drum and bugle corps, and will be featured , by special entertain ment and something to eat., Two Hirtlis Reported 1 Two birth reports, a trifle be lated, were filed with' the city health officer Friday, These were William Harry Maybe, to Mr. and Mrs. J. Clifton Storm, 730 South Nineteenth, July 20. and of Ray mond Arthur, to Mr, and Mrs. Charles Weathers, five jnlles north of Salem, on July 26. PERSONAL I W ' ' . . - Guy O. Smith, local attorney, spent yesterday in Portland on business. . Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Myers ex pect to leave soon for a short pleasure trip to Seattle It. E. Stacey, of Eugene, was in Salem Friday morning. Miss Irene Frost was in Salem yesterday from Independence. Mrs. John Fry, of Dallas, who recently underwent an operation at the Deaconess hospital is mak ing satisfactory progress toward recovery. Mr 8. Nona White and daughter, Zelphe, will leave for Portland this morning, where they will spend the week-end, Mrs. White Is county juvenile officer. A , TwirFold Saving!" uours bu ioinina our Free Coal Club f FIRST, you save one ton of coal for you receive that ton free upon joining the Club. Second, you save on fuel all next winter and all the winters after that -for the Heatrola uses no more coal than the ordinary stove, yet supplies furnace com fort to the whole house upstairs and down. One small down payment makes you a mem ber of the Heatrola Club; easy, convenient pay ments make you the owner of. a IIeatrolav It will be installed in your living-room or parlor long before the first hint of winter cold, while in your coal bin will be a ton of coal, given you absolutely free! - Hound good? The details are still more interesting Come in and learn all about It. FREE 1 JIT(Tti1 stood the test for $135 ALLEN MACHINERY 1 BITS FOR BREAKFAST I ! Canneries speeding up-- Our busiest busy season! Is open ing.' j ' ' : . : r-: . fU 'm .",. Hon. T. B. Kay talked to the McMinnville Rotary club about flax at their noon luncheon yes terday. Some other Salem Ro tarians werepresentl Mr. Kay showed tof the Yamhill people what a great thing it will be when the Willamette valley gets the flax and linen industries ftrlly developed. . j..'...: ;v -v They can grow fiber flax in Yamhill county of as good quality as is produced in Marion and Polk counties. This is truej of all of the Willamette valley. - And they can treat it as well up to the fiber stage. . But they cannot expect to get into the game unless they back the' industry by providing warehouse room, threshers, ret ting tanks and scutching facilities. These are not very expensive, but they will require some money;' the largest, expenditures being for the retting tanks. The state flax plant cannot take! care of a larger acre age than was contracted this year. In fact, had there been a full crop It would have literally swamped It; - Covered it up. ' " But the velopment great deal expected linen mill de- wlll soon require a more fiber than the state flax plant can supply. This will make fiber from a reliable, market for many plants, worked 4 j ' fees 7 COAL! To August 16th with free labor; preferably worked by individual farmers or groups of farmers. It would be a' good thing for the Industry If farmers in all the valley ' counties would, grow and treat some flax next year. They should start In a small way, perhaps, till they get the hang of the various stages. As the prices now stand they could make some money producing fla fiber for the general market, and some seed and upholstering tow, which, are by-products. But the big development will como with the construction of linen mills. and that seems about to start here. There are independent flax plants now at Turner and Stayton, and the farmers and business men of the other valley counties may get pointers from them.; Lineman Is Electrocuted By High Voltage Wire; j KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Aug. 8. Gabe B. Feleyn, 2 2, employed aa a lineman by the California-Oregon. Power company of Klamath Falls. .' was killed while working 50 feet above the ground when his body came in contact with a high voltage wire. The lineman's body fell across other wires and was badly burned. Feleyn, befor coming here had worked at Grants Pass, Or. His mother lives, at Can by, Minn. "Paris says fat women may come hack in style. This is considered bad news. It costs more to feed a fat woman. . DTIMDIIA