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8 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1924 COKE 'PROUD OF Public Service Commission .Only Department to Keep .... Under Allotment . Claims of being the only depart ment of, the state that has func tioned, successfully Jelow the an nual appropriation are made by the public service commission In a letter to Governor Pierce from Hf H. Corey, chairman of the com mission. ! The blennlum appropri ation tort the last two years .was 1140,000, and of this amount only Ji7.5i9.82 waa used In 1923 and $49,100.96 for the first nine months of this year, leaving an estimated balance of $15,000 to be returned to the state. 1 Notwithstanding ' the additional duties placed on the commission jf the legislature, the commission will .bare operated during the bi ennial .period of 1923-24 at a sar in? of $20,000 orer the previous bie&nium, the letter states. i During this period the commis sion jhas made a saving of $800, 000. to the state annually by the LADY EXPERT i TTIXTO MINV TO HELP - WOMEN Demonstrates .". Rice Method v ; Free to All 'tin. -Ft'tR' Williams, represent- Ins-WlUUm. S. Rice, Adams. N. Y., lnyentor of the famous Rice ( Non Surgical j Method for Rupture, will be X at - Marlon Hotel, Salem, Ore , Saturday, Oct. 25, to demon strate a aew special corset attacn ment that holds any rupture no matter; ho w; large. 'Even if the abdomen 'Is. Terr fleshy, it holds anVruoture with ease, comfort and security. Every woman who has teen ;ompelled to wear an ordinary truss 3T abdominal sup port." knows the gouging, cutting and eh ting -mm caused by narrow biodi. The weight at the ab domen or pre s sure necessary in holding the rup 4. V I .1 r5 ture must be car ried by the band around : the back, and the pressure -V la sometimes very g r e a t, causing jntold Buffering e special, oroad Supporting t edif ComMi tributes the pres- EsMrc saa Cimt sure so as, to do ff . ... iway with aU cpf. .ting and chafing There are thousands of women wtbf are in Rerfeci misery because they :cannot . find anything that will. hold, jlheir , rupture . and the abdomen ait-the same time.; The appliances usually worn are hot, buiky coating and irritating. But this, wonderful 'Combined Corset Back -; Support - is light; flexible. durabia and cool and tits the tig ure like a glove. It gives you a se;e of .absolute comfort and pro- tertioa ? while at the same time gtfcatljrj improving abdominal out line;'; -., . , ; rt ' xl, y , i i Trasses m common use are not auipted .lol Irojnen and often do treat - harm. , Women, therefore. suffer more atU are in greater danger . ttqxa rupture than - men. and au , women, who nave ruptures or , -Who wtar an - abdominal sup- part -.at any kind, should not fail td 'call, and1 see this-wonderful Combined (Corset Back Support No-description or illuatration can fully convey the remarkable utility m uus spienoua support. it must be seen; it! must be put on to con vince any woman that it was de sighed lor iher. 1 i Mrs.., Williams takes a large woman JuAt as she is, all out of shape -and! unsightly and by , this remarkable .Corset Support gives her. a' natural, neat, trim figure. k She will also give full instruc tions', on how to handle and care for any - rapture, large or small SM will .show, now to Hold any kind of ' rupture from the simple groin and femoral to the large and difficult Navel and after Opera (Jon. Ruptures, without chafing or squeezing. also how . to wear the corset correctly, ;i ; 4 Don't let this great opportunity get away from you. uon't con tinue to suffer the burden of rup ture and truss wearing when it is so entirely unnecessary, k Your call cn- this Lady Expert is sure to prove one ot the best things you ever did. She will be there only one day, then your opportunity will be gone. The fitting and de monstration are free. It don eoat you a penny to-learn all about the Rice Method and the wonderf ful opportunity for help it offers In your case. After demonstration you can purchase; the Outfit re quired if you wisn. Call any time from 9 to 12 a m.i 2 to 5 p. m. or, 7 to 9 evenings Just ask at the hotel desk for the Rice Representative and she will Hi reduction In express rates, Mr. Corey elates Orders from the commission reducing rates on farm - products, such as grain. grain products, onions, from 10 to 0 per Icent, and by eliminating branch line differentials will make a saving to the farmer of - thou sands of dollars annually. Puring 1923 and 1924 the com mission i has i prosecuted a com plaint written by Mr. Corey before the ICC requiring the construction of much needed , railroads in cen tral and southern Oregon, the suc cessful outcome of which would result in such vast benefit to the state as to preclude its estimate in dollars and cents. As a direct result of the activities of the com mission railroad construction has Increased until today Oregon stands second In the United States to Texas only in the matter of new railroad construction. Filberts to be Featured By The Northern Pacific R. R. The growing of filberts in Ore- son will be strongly featured by the Northern ! Pacific Railroad comoany in the coming publicltv campaign which Is in preparation to nromote the north weat. Tnis campaign will include lectures and Dictures to be Riven throughout the east. In the preparation of the section on filberts' George A. Dorris of Springfield. Ore., a pi oneer in the filbert industry, con tributed his experience. Twenty three years ago Mr. Dorris plant ed 100 filbert trees on his farm in Springfield as an experiment. In the past twenty-three years these trees have given him eighteen full crops, with more than a half crop for the other two years. As a pi oneer in this industry Mr. Dorris is reaping a rich reward for his farsightedness. I The progress in this class of horticulture has been phenomenal and offers a splendid future. Is the firm belief of Mr. Dorris. i 'rune Exchange Doing Good Business Special meeting has been called by the North Pacific Cooperative Prune Exchange, Portland, Ore. of the! directors of the exchange and directors of the different locals, to be 'held in . Portland 10 a. m., October! 27 to discuss a definite date tor acceptance of prunes into thf4 year's pool. It Is probable November first will be set as the final date by different locals for accepting members for .this year in order to avoid small lots com ing in by late membership and holding up the closing of the pool a much longer; time than would other wise be necessary. An appropriation has been made by. the Prune Exchange for a prize and 1 assistance i to the boys and girls bread making contest in the booth of the Exchange at the Pa cific International Livestock Ex position, Nov. 1 to 8. Orders for shipments of carton packed prunes will be taken by the girls at the booth.'" i i You can't uplift people by step ping on their necks. NEW CAMPAIGN STARTS TODAY (CoBtlasat from pa 1) new building over the top with a good. margin of safety. While a few faint-hearts may drop out of the ranks, and some will be forced to give up for busi ness reasons orer which they hare no control, it is believed that the aggregate of enthusiasm and de termination for the new campaign will be greater than that of the first. Nobody wants to admit that he's whipped, or that his city is a piker, and his friends are quitters, and their fcollectiye judgment will not stand loyally by such a splen did institution as the Salem Y" ; so the new Y'j army is preparing to say a sincere and heartfelt prayer for Jthe j boyr it has saved and will continue to save in great er numbers wnen the great new building and equipment comes and then spit on its myriad bands and wade through to the finish, i It ought to be closed up within five days. It would be In one day if thpse who can help would come through tight now and not wait to ; be coaxed and explained to. But It's sure to come, whether in one day or ten, or in all winter." Opportunity passes by quicker than a high powered auto. These Are Hot ."! r . I " .f - .; .- f ... - -.1- ;' .". ;. ' . I If you want a Car look these over and act quick We Buy for Cash and Sell f or Cash Maxwell Touring:, starter and good tires ......... .:.$70 Buick Roadster, self starter and in good condi tion Indian Motorcycle with side carf bring $40 and take it away. Ford Bug worth $75 take it away today and you can have it for $40.00. Hupmobile Touring, self starter, good shape........$75 Chevrolet Bug . $60 Complete line of parts and side curtains at bargain prices. . , WHY WALK - i . Capital Bargain House 215 Center Street CAPTAIN ERNST LEHMANN, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AT:HART TABLE IN THE ZR-3' NAVIGATING GONDOLA i irw Ail si I ' -a" : ;jf; iprr: i v -T u-nis txAu Captain Hehmann was executive and senior watch officer during- the I flight of the Zeppelin-built dlrlg- I 3 i B. J. Kimber, of Hoquiam, Wash., to Succeed Ed win Socolof sky Here Benjamin J. Kimber, an experi enced man in religious work, has accepted the call to be secretary pr the Marion county ymca. The committee feels that it has made a very Jwise selection. Mr. . Kimber has always been interested in boys and in addition received a thorough training through the Presbyterian ministry. He is at present circulation man ager of a newspaper at Hoquiam, Wash., f and anybody knows that handling; boys is one of the requi sites of j such a position. f Mr; Kimber came down to Salem and spent two days here looking over the situation and conferring with the committee. When he left he said he hoped to accept the offer made, but would know in a.- few days. Sa. dispatch received yester day announced his acceptance. Mr. Kimber will find the work in fine; condition. He will go in to it with enthusiasm and courage, BORROWERS RESENT 1 PARADING AS DONE Fred Williams Reports on i Political Conditions in Southern Oregon Attorney Fred A. Williams, who has just returned from a ten-day business trip to southern Oregon, going as far south a? I Ashland, says that he did not find a single borrower from the school fund who was not ; against Jefferson Myers and the governor's policy of parading the farmers present temporary embarrassment before the voters for political profit. I The contention on the part ot the farm ers is that the censure is gener ally unjust, and in many cases entirely unfounded, Mr. Williams says, and they are therefore talk ing and working for Kay. , Mr. Williams also finds that sentiment is changing to Coolidge and Dawes and getting much stronger j every day. He says one bears Very little Davis talk, and the .. fight seems to be between Coolidge and La Follette. BULL ATTACKS TEACHER MONMOUTH, Ore., Oct. ..21. Professor Thomas Gentle of the Oregon Normal school,, who ; also operates a dairy farm on the edge of Monmouth, Saturday night was attacked by one of his bulls and but for the timely arrival of his .$40 HE SECRETARY 0 COUNTY M ible across the Atlantic from i Friedrlchshafen io Xakehurst. N. J. I With him, standing before the I daughter Catherine undoubtedly would have been killed. Profes sor Gentle was rendered uncon scious before his daughter arrived with a lantern, and she, disregard ing the danger to herself, beat off the enraged animal and dragged her father to safety. i i Professor Gentle is in a serious condition, being i Internally In jured, and will be unable to re sume his dties for at least one month. His dagbter ' isr also a member of the normal r faclty, teaching in the music department. iSSUES HARD TO FIND ; IN ENGLISH CAMPAIGN ; . (Contiaatd f rem pf 1) ial act ' of parliament passed in 1908 when suffragist disturb ances were rampart. This is the first time that the act has been. invoked since that period. The difficulty t of . forecasting the outcome of the present appeal to the country is not diminished by the fact that the government party lacks any adequate repre sentation in the daily press. This is particularly the case in Lon don, where, out of the whole field of newspaper activity, morn ing and evening, ; only one small paper represents Jabor while,' on the other hand, the conservatives have a representation in the big dailies far greater even than the liberal party; hence the people are apt to form ah erroneous opinion of the campaign. ' Both liberal and labor parties are beginning to feel the strain of the annually recurring elec tions and it is admitted that this Is in great part the explanation of the small proportion of liberal candidates in the field in com parison with the 1 two other par ties. It is here: that the conserv atives have a distinct advantage r the possession of almost inex haustible campaign funds. This state of affairs will induce the liberal and labor parties to advo cate some plan, either by propor tional representation or other method, to insure a more perman ent form of government, to ob- Portland Electric Power Co. 237 N. Liberty Street, Salem, Oregon t : i The Story of Coke Installment No. 6. chart tabie. are Fran Wltterman . . a- "aM von cnuier. PIONEER CLUB TO HAVE TRADE US i Carpentry , and Sheet .Metal . Works Offered By Cen ' tral Congregationals i A, new idea in Pioneer club ac tivities is being put into practice at the Central Congregational church on South Nineteenth, the congregation having approved of the; plan of substituting manual training in the place of the regular play hour which is a part of the Pioneer program. This is the only club in the city to have such an opportunity. This plan is made possible by the new church annex that was completed early n the spring. The necessary equipment and sup plies are available to all of the boys of the community, and none are- barred ; because of affiliation with other denominations, accord ing to Rev. Harry Johnson, pastor of the church. 1 i j -; Under the direction of C C. Harris, the boys are given an op portunity to learn carpentry and sheet metal work. The classes are held every Monday night in the annex, which i3 developing in to a community center. Albert Powell is the leader, of the Cen tral Congregational church Pio neer club, s viate these ever .recurring elec tions. The labor party, makes up for lack of money by the great en thusiasm and voluntary election work of its supporters but clear ly would not be able to stand the strain of the yearly contests. You hear as many , people laugh ing in small houses as you do In big ones. ': - 1 - I ' ' '' t '-: ' " J 4 i ! ( : . ; s ;,t.. THE; CLEANEST SOLID FUEL We explained yesterday how the dirty grease and oil was extracted from the coal in making COKE leaving only the -clean carbon. Therefore .. ' There Is No Soot in Coke You can even handle it without . soiling your hands. Neither will you get slivers in your fingers or chips and sawdust on your floor ; IF YOU BURN COKE ITER SUPPLY LUPER'S TOPIC Kiwanians Told of Possibili tes of Clear Lake Project By Engineer t interesting statistics on the CJear Lake water sunnlv nrnlnrt were presented to the Klwanis club Tuesday by Rhea Luper, state engineer. The estimated figure was that In 1950 the combined population of Salem, Albany, Cor vallis. Eugene, Springfield, Leban on, Independence. Junction City and Urownsville would be 153,000 and the evident need, of a pure water supply was , clearly pre sented. By taking advantage of exist ing data, such as the United States geological survey maps, highway department profiles, forest service maps, and the data compiled by the several Interested cities, the preliminary report of the project was made at a cost far below that originally contemplated. ! Mr. Luper reported that to serve the cities in the upper Wil lamette valley; above and includ ing Salem, would require a pipe line 125 miles long and varying in diameter from 32 to 46 Inches This line would deliver about 29,- 000,000 gallons daily, or a quan tlty to furnish 190 gallons daily per capita for the estimated popu lation of 153,000 in the year 1950. A steel pipe would cost $7,200,000 approximately, and a wood stave creosoted pipe approxi mately $7,200,000. The assessed valuation of the cities considered Is $34,600,000, while the present indebtedness is a little over $3,- 000,000. Under the most favor able circumstances the proposed system could not be expected to operate before 1928, at which time the population would likely be about 80.000. A required per capita revenue of $13.20 per year would care for the annual operating expense of the steel system. :ln 1950 this per capita cost would be reduced to $6.90, or an average cost of a E LUMBAGO OR E h Kidneys cause backache? No Listen! Your backache is caused" by lumbago, sciatica, or a strain, and the quickest relief is soothing. penetrating St. Jacobs Oil. Rub it right on your painful back, and instantly the! soreness, ' stiffness and lameness disappears. Don't stay crippled! Get a small trial bottle of St. Jacobs Oil from your druggist and limber up. A mo ment after It, is applied you'll won der what became of the backache or lumbago pain. ' : Rub old, honest St. Jacobs Oil whenever you have sciatica, neu ralgia, rheumatism or sprains, as tt is. absolutely harmless and doesn't burn the akin. Adv. - OUCH! LAM BACK BC C MV little more than $2.40 per month for a family of four persons. "The only basis we. have for estimating the value of . a water supply such as is contemplated In thij project .is by comparing the cost with our payments at : the present time,'" Mr. Lii per contin ued. "There is ho comparison in the quality of the water -supply.: I "I want you to understand that I; am not promoting this project. We foundj that many of the, peo ple in this locality were intensely interested and had hoped that the project would prove more nearly feasible at this time. We are glad to supply facts and estimates.; but that is as far as we can go r J The diversion of Olallie, a trib utary ot the McKehzie river, is contemplated, because if offers many advantages over Clear lake. although the project is still called that. This stream is about two mileslong and is formed entirely by springs. The whole country in this vicinity forms a reat natural filter, and the water is as dear as it is possible for water to be, and Is absolutely free from possible contamination now Or In the fu ture. Measurements of the stream show the flow is 160 gallons per second feet, or 100,000.000 gal lons per day." i! - J " i In closing his. addcess Mr.; Lu per said: "We are not confronted with such necessity fas was Los Angeles, whose citizens paid $25, 000,900 at a time when its popu lation was slightly oyer 200,000, but we can be sure that we have pure supply of water available when it Is wanted, in my opinion. 1 ' ; Damon's Weekly Limerick Here is aPippin," by C. M. care of Mrs. S. L. Minard, Route 3, Box 279, Salem, Oregon To Damon's! To Damon's! and buy your supplies; You certainly will set a welcome surprise. It surely: is saner. And you'll be the gainer- Now thank me again for putting you wise. When C. M. calls she will receive without cost a three-pound can of Crescent Coffee: Crescent is some times called THE "CUP O' KINDNESS." i ' It strengthens and cheers, ' t Xor rauseth to stumble; - It's welcomed alike i By the great and the humble. -. 1 By SHAKE SPOOK. 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' McQulloch won the at tendance prize, which was offered by Dr. Temple. P. D. Quisenberry, a recent benedict, was presented with gifts, which brought, hilarious laughter! to the club and a hearty applause. Words of appreciation and a standing' salute was given N. D. Elliott, secretary of the ciub, for the splendid service given on the weekly bulletins. - Miss Maude Gwynn was encored several times in her solo numbers. WE PAY CASH FOR YOUR FURMITUH J AND TOOLS Capital Hardware z Furniture Co , j Beet Prices Paid 285 HT. Com'l St. Phone 347 Read tre Classified Ads. YOU CAN BUY J t:.gepf i ... ) . i i ' " . J ' 1 Wresbcsrsn 4 lbs. QR r i r r t r i 57 oz. rolls ' or3 O O vJ lh t5 . for LiOJ White, , . . 7 Ov7 ereamsr lbs for Ite. - r, No. 10 RQ 9 ' We Deliver. i. t i J ! 1 I Co the rest. , ,: IV, S, TCp, Inc. A&i N. T,