EIGHT, PAGES TODAY Early Shopping Saves late Hopples -Arc 1,1 t! Rush and Worry of Late Chopping. Jlert!... . Are Announcing Many Suggestions Suitable f ; .r Christmas (J If 1 8 Read the Ads.' The Weather lis ht local rains.; moderate temperature; moder ate westerly winds. Friday Max. 67; Mln. 46; River 12.8 rising: Rainfall 1.09; Atmosphere cloudy; wind northwest. '. SALEM; OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1924 SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR PRICE FIVE CZir A III MA 1 fTO JOflHT SEES LAST PR0GR1 OF COON SHOW Crowds are Greater Than Ever Before; Estimate Made That 10,000 Will Visit Annual Exposition NEED OF FACTORIES .DISCUSSED BY KAY Crops That Re-Inforce Soil Also Urged; Schubert . ' Octette Pleases Crowds were greater the second day and j night of the annual Mar lon county corn show and indus trial exhibit and it was estimated that 2,100 people saw the show during the first day and about 3.250 for the second day. Today a much larger crowd is expected. Estimates by the oflicials of the exposition state that fully 4,520 -visitors will be In attendance to- day. ;Tms aiienaance a , uicu heavier than last year. j Openu Until 10 p. m. A. S. Dudley, manager of- the State Chamber of Commerce, will deliver the closing address of the meeting, tonight which brings the show to a close. , However, It has been 1 arranged that no exhibits will be torn down before i 1 0 o'clock Saturday night, which will give every person am 3le opportunity to attend the corn show J : " Tom B. Kay gave the main ad dress last night and graphically told of Oregon's greatest needs in the way of. factories and indus trial projects. Of the vast amount of farm land which Oregon ' has for cultivation, only one-third is actually used at the present time, was the statement of the speaker. The entire state was waking up to the opportunities that are pre senting themselves, he said, linen Industry Stressed r Kay urged the farmers ' to cultivate crops that would rein force uregon b awmaung resourc es, and forestall a depression that was sure to come upon the land when the " timber waa gone. At tention, must be paid to the linen and flax industry in the Willa mette valley, and industry must be developed to give employment to the many people that are here at the present time, he declared. Th Schubert Octette entertain ed the visitors at the corn show last night and they received sev eral encores. Such numbers as 'Since She Went Away" and other titles weresung. Much favorable comment was heard in the audi ence regarding their appearance. Members of the octette are Gladys Stevenson," Eva Roberts, Ruth Bedford, Hilda Amsler, Delia Amsler, Byra Gleason, Helen Hamilton, Grace Fowler and Ber tha Vick, accompanist. Miss Min jvetta Magers is director. IE ; KILLS CHILDREN Note Indicates Woman ' Hanged Boy and Girl and Then Killed Self MASS ILLONY Ohio. Nov. 21. A note: found on the dining room table when he returned from a hunting ! trip early this afternoon directed Donald Burkhart to the basement, of his home, where, he found hanging from a beam the lifeless bodies of his wife, Mrs. Ruth Burkhart, 32, and their two children, Nellie May, 8, and Don aid, Jr., 7. Mrs. Burkhart had been in ill health for some time. Police Chief Edward Ertle, who was called to the scene of the tri ple tragedy and who cut down -the bodies, expressed the opinion that the mother had strangled the chil dren before tying ropes about their necks and hanging them in the cellar. 1 The - note Indicated that Mrs. Burkhart hanged her two chil dren, went upstairs and wrote the note, and then killed herself by r v m , A L jurs. tfuranari S nuie uteu uer husband to "be good to my baby and be good to yourself.'' It con tinued: "Please forgive me what I have done, but my head! Oh, I believe I am Insane. Please dress ns ail in white. My Donald and Nellie are dead, and I am going now' A third child, Grace, four, was at the home of Mrs. Burkhart's mother, Mrs. John Schuriemer, north of here. , EUGENE 7; ALBANY O ALBANY, Or., Nov. 2 1 .The Eugene high school football eleven defeated the Albany team here to- fay by a score of 7 to 0. other YMCA Building Is Sold to Automobile Dealer; Consideration Is $20,000 Sale of the YMCA building at Commercials and' Chemeketa to Fred E. Kirkwood .for $20,000 cash was announced Friday by the board of directors of the YMCA. The new owner will take immedi ate possession and begin remodel ing the lower portion of his prop erty, which will be used for auto mobile purposes. Mr. Kirkwood, who Is local distributor for the Hudson and Essex automobiles, is located at 246 State. Under the! terms of the contract the YMCA will be permitted to use the building and swimming pool as in the past until July, when the new YMCA building on Court' street is expected to be completed. The sum received for the old building i is! equivalent to the amount needed to furnish the new structure with modern equipment throughout, according to advices from the international building committee. Should the new build ing not be completed r the YMCA offices will I remain, and $75 a month paid in rent until ready to move. 'l The boards of directors met at Oil BOARD GIVES REPORT Preliminary Survey Submitt ed to President Coolidge Yesterday , WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. The special naval board appointed by Secretary Wilbur at the sugges tion of President Coolidge to for mulate a policy regarding avia tion in the fleets presented a pre liminary report to the secretary today stating that it had complet ed its work except for a study of "tests in connection with the bat tleship Washington." These tests now are in progress off the Vir ginia capes. ! The report contained no reference to finding , which may have been reached. A list of witnesses, totaling about CO, was attached to the re port made today. The board noted that Rear Admiral William S. Sins, - retired -regarded -as one of the most strenuous critics of the present naval aviation policy, had failed to appear before it when in vited, instead sending a reference to "sundry published articles" on the subject. Will Take No Part in Contest for GPP Leader WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Pres ident Coolidge, it was stated of ficially at the White House today, will take no part in the contests for republican leadership in con gress, the senate end of which will come to a head at a party con ference next: Friday. Mr. Coolidge feels, it was said, that it is not his part to dictate or to suggest in such decisions and that he believes such a choice as is made by the memberships will be satisfactory to the administra tion. ; ' Burglars Enter Salem Leather-Goods Store ' '" The establishment of F. E. Sha fer at 170 South Commercial, was entered by prowlers last night and about $18 in checks and currency, a .32 hammerlesa nistol and a brown traveling bag was taken away. Entrance was gained by prying a strip from the rear door, which had been left unbarred, and tne insertion of a strip of metal tripping the lock. The handbag was marked with the name of C. B. Sackett and can be identified. l The establishment was not pa- troled by Merchant Patrolman Rowe. FLOOD STAGE IS Bureau Does Not Believe Willamette Will Rise to 1 Dangerous Level There is little danger of the Willamette river rising to the flood stage : at this time unless there is a continuation of very heavy rainfall. The rapid rise of two days ago has abated to a great extent and although a rise is still being recorded, it Is not expected to be out of the ordinary, accord ing to advice from Clarence Oliver of the local; branch of the U. S. weather bureau. ' ; The Santiam river is high but has not affected the Willamette, which was recorded . at 12.8 feet late last night. , It is said that a height of 20 feet is necessary to flood the lowlands, and the local bureau does not expect this. Re ports are received regularly from other bureaus in the vicinity, and anyone anxious about an abrupt rise may receive advice by calling Clarence Oliver, either at 1074 or at 225. 1 EXPECTED noon Friday and rejected the of fer for the building. Later they reconsidered the proposition and the acceptance followed, i '. Immediately - upon selling the building word was broadcast that as the remaining $14,000 due to fill the quota of $200,000 had been underwritten by the U mem bers of the building campaign committee, and that all pledges were binding. Special letters are being written to all subscribers to the fund today. . No time is being lost in getting the new building under way, and a committee consisting of Paul Wallace, T. A. Livesley, Tom B. Kay, B. C. Miles and Curtis Cross was named to take charge of the building plans. These plans have not sufficiently matured for the committee to set a date to adver tise for bids on the construction pf the new building. , In order to complete the building within the contemplated ' time it is expected that the preliminary business will be carried on speedily and actual construction begun as soon as the weather permits. I F STSWIADE-, FRAUD ALLEGED Homestead Entries Held Fraudulent; Eight Served With Warrants BAKER, Ore., Nov. 21. A movement on the part of the fed eral government relative to ' al 1 e g e d fraudulent . government homestead entries came to light today when O.j C. Wells, deputy United States marshal for Oregon, arrived in Baker and served a warrant upon Mark E. Radebaugh, indicted in the federal court of Portland, for alleged perjury in connection with the homestead entry of Raymond Barnes of this county. -:- - i ' Radebaugh was; taken) before United States Commissioner Woodson 1,. Patterson who placed him under $1,500 bonds. , ' Mr. Wells made the following arrests-f: yesterday; eachcharged with violation of section 125 of the federal penal code: : ; Armstead E, Brown, I Burns, Ore., prominent stockman and sheepman; Forest Jones, Juntura, Ore., banker; Edward J. Howard, Drusy, Ore:, rancher and stock man; Bertie E. Dunten, Drusy, Ore., rancher and stockman, and his wife, Victoria W. Dunten. All were released on furnishing $2,000 bonds each with the excep tion of Howard, who as required to furnish $1,500 bond. FBElfillER : PASS U BILL One Hundred Million Loan to Be Advanced By Amer- ; ican Financiers PARIS, Nov. 21. (By the AP.) The senate and the chamber of deputies tonight passed the loan bill under which $100,000,000 are to be advanced to France by Am erican financial interests headed by J. P. Morgan & Co. The bill passed the chamber of deputies by a vote of 535 to 29. In the senate the vote was unani mous 290 to 0. Finance Minister Clementel this morning announced that he had concluded arrangements with the American financiers for the loan at 7 per cent. .The government Immediately stated that it would endeavor to have both chambers of parliament pass the loan bill without undue delay. ' Premier Herriot was said to have argued before the senate the necessity of voting the bill before the opening of the bourse tomor row. There had been a great drop In the dollar on the Paris bourse during the day's trading the dol lar fell more than 50 centimes, and was weaker in the trading af ter the closing hour. " - ;. Twenty are Injured in Street Car Collision SEATTLE; Nov. 21.- More than a score of persons were injured and the lives of hundreds more imperiled when a crowded one man street car collided into the rear of a larger trolley also pack ed with people during the rush hours in the business district here tonight. Three ambulances car ried the Injured to hospitals. None were fatally hurt. Traffic was delayed 30 minutes. HELD CONSTITUTIONAL OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 21. A law passed by the 1923 legislature for the supervision by the state de partment of - agriculture of com mission merchants dealing in agri cultural and forest products was held constitutional . by the state supreme court here today, ARE TpINE NEW HOME V FOR SALEM BANK LIVESLEVS AIM AfUr YMCA Building Is Com plcted Capitalist Institution . ' May Rise ; ' . At the meeting of the Salem YMCA board of directors at noon yesterday there were congratula tions all around on the f comple tion of the $200,000 building fund campaign. T, ; A. Livesley, who was the chairman of the campaign com mittees, and who wlas th4 largest subscriber to the fund and one of the hardest of all the workers, was given an ovation. In responding very briefly Mr. Livesley thanked all the -crusaders who had labored so fcard and long. He said that he had o&e more thing in which he would take great satisfaction, and that was in see ing a creditable First National Bank building In Salem: - It is well known that . Mr. Livesley is on the official board of the First National, andhat the officials of that bank expect to erect a new building on the corner of State and Liberty, where, the Pomeroy & Keene jewelry store now stands. ; v r MTU HOWELL ED T Salem Heights Second in in Community Awards; 8 Districts at Show North Howell, scoring 412 points out of a possible 500, secured first place In the community, exhibit department of the Marion corn show and Industrial exhibit, Fri day, with Salem Heights register ing 481 points, only one point be low the winner, placing second. Communities showing this year are Marion, Frultland, Sunnyside, Liberty, Labish Center, North Howell and St. Paul-Cbampoeg. Four' communities entered last year. Brush College taking first: North Howell second; 4 and Salem Heights third. v -. Sweepstakes for, the Jest .10 ears of corn went to E.;G. Wies ner, of North Howell; the best 50 ears of corn entry was taken by A. E. Hughes, of Woodburn, and the best single ear of corn by Mr. Weisner. Other corn awards were as follows: . Corn , J. S. Coomler of North Howell first prize for the best 60 ears of yellow dent corn; E. G. Weisner of North Howell second; and A. E. Hughes of Woodburn, third. Ten ears yellow dent First, E. G. Wiesner, North Howell; second. Phil May, Mt. Angel; third, Elinar Fromel, Mt. Angel. Fifty ears white dent First, A. E. Hughes, Woodburn; second, Harley Hughes, Woodburn; third, Harry Hughes, Woodburn. Ten ears white dent-First, Harry Hughes, Woodburn; second, Harley Hughes, Woodburn; third. A. E. Hughes, Woodburn. Ten ears Flint First, Roy Mill er, Monmouth; second. S. M. Ray, Monmouth; third, Roy Miller, Monmouth. ' Fifty ears Flint First, Roy Miller, Monmouth; second, E. M. Ray, Monmouth; third, S. M. Ray, Monmouth. Popcorn c First, Mrs. Joe Bernt, Mt. Angel. Second, Mrs. Joe Rogers, Inde pendence. Third, G. C. Bolter, 2016 Trade street, Salem.' Boys Best 10 Ears Corn First, George Wlsner, North Howell. CREMATION CASE State.s, Attorney Will Re ceive Important Report of Chemists Today COLUMBUS. Ohio, Nov. 21. Investigation of the mysterious cremation of Mrs. Addie Sheats ley, 50, wife of C. V. Sheatsley, pastor of Christ's Lutheran church at Bexley, a suburb, whose char red body was found by Mr- Sheats ley in the furnace at their home Monday, was at a standstill to night awaiting arrival of Prosecu tor John B. King from Canton, Ohio, where he has been ques tioning members of the Sheatsley family. On his return, Prosecutor King will be handed a report of Colum bus analytical chemists who made an examination of the lungs and aesophagus of Mrs. Sheatsley in an effort to determine whether she breathed after entering the tire, box. On findings of the chemists will depend to a large extent, Mr. King aaid, what course he will follow. He has asserted that if It is found Mrs. Sheatsley did not breathe in the furnace it will strengthen the contention of the coroner that she committed suicide. in HCEWSN US DELEGATION RECEIVE CHECK Effort to Broaden . Scope of Conference Is: Halted When Committee Casts Contrary Vote f AMERICANS HOLD PLAN MAKESHIFT United States Suggests Opium Traffic Should Be Stopped in Ten! Years GENEVA, Nov. 2lj (By The Associated Pressi.) The Wmerl- - t - i 1 j can delegation's ef fort-j to broaden the! scope of the intrnational opi um conference met with a check today when the business commit tee, after a lively session lasting Into the night, took action, seven votes to four, tending to shut out consideration of several points in the plan submitted by : the Ameri cans. . j ; j China, Cuba and Italy support ed the United States; in its en deavor to make , the conference agenda extensive enough to cover all aspects of the opium and nar cotic drug evil. . Japan voted for a motion to limit the conference action, but with the reservations. M. Sugimura the chief Japanese delegate explained tonight that the subject at issue probably would be brought to the floor of the conference and fought out at a plenary meeting. f Representative Stephen G. Por ter and his fellow American dele gates who regard the decision as a makeshift most likely will seek to have the American suggestions discussed by proposing amend ments from time to time to the full conference. j The Americans have suggested that the importation of opium in to the far east for smoking be discontinued within 10 years. They also desire to have the manufac ture of heroin entirely prohibited. Other countries-want-hashish-iut on the agenda, but the Indian and English delegates are opposed to this. ' - I .The business committee will re port its finding to the full con ference tomorrow morning. Agriculture Head Appointed ' By President Coolidge Until March! 4 WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. It was stated officially at the White House today that President Cool idge expects to appoint Howard M. Gore, at present acting secre tary, as secretary of iagriculture to serve until March, 4, when he becomes governor of j West Vir ginia, s .' -i Mr. Gore has been acting secre tary since the : recent death of Secretary Wallace. j Such an appointment will give the president ample opportunity also to survey the field of candi dates for the office after March 4, for which many recommenda tions have been submitted by farm leaders at the request of Mr. Coolidge. J It is understood the president giving serious consideration to the recommendation of William M. Jardlne. president of Kansas Ag ricultural college; Louis J. Taber, master of the national grange, Columbus, Ohio; G. I. Christie of Purdue s university, Indiana, a former assistant secretary of agri cultue; and C. W. Pugsley, pro fessor of South Dakota Agricul tural college, also an assistant secretary of agriculture. Silverton Christian Church Plans on Big Home-Coming . i SILVERTON. Nov. 21. (Spe cial to The Statesman.) The Christian church of Silverton has made - plans for a ' home-coming service to be held November 23. An all-day service Is in order, and a basket lunch will be served at noon. .- A program has i been pre pared for the day with Rev. Albyn Esson and Rev. Mr. Kendall, both former ' pastors, as the principal speakers. F ' Opposition Voiced to Proposed Federal Plan YAKIMA, Wash., Nov. 21. Op position to the proposed ; federal plan of basing annual repayments of construction charges on re clamation projects on a percentage of the gross receipts j from the land, was voiced In a (resolution passed here late , today by dele gates to the 12 th annual meeting of the. Washington Irrigation insti tute. .. ' . I j. A in on R GOREISHED H SECRETARY MRS. HARDING DIES A V -r 9 I- r. 1 Photo of Wife of Late President Harding:,- Taken Shortly Before She Was Stricken By Fatal Illness. COST RANGES IRRIGATOI Wide Divergence Given in Report Covering 43 Active Districts in Oregon Irrigation costs per acre in the 43 active districts in Oregon range from $1.24 per acre In the Jeffer son water conservancy district,' to $116.86 per acre In the Medford district, which is pushed a close scnidbytheGTantrr Pass dis trict, with a cost of $114.53 per acre, according to a report receiv ed by Jefferson Myers, state treas urer. The report covers costs per irrigable acre from only 29 of the districts, making an average of $43.81, while 36 of the districts, with 13,130 settlers, have an average of 36.75 settlers on each. Only two districts report a per acre cost In excess of $100. These are Uie Medford and Grants Pass districts, in southern Oregon. The Medford district, with 9500 acres, has a cost of $116.86 per acre; $1,110,000 in outstanding bonds; $1,215,221.10 total indebtedness, and 2800 settlers. Legal expenses were $17,584.60, and engineering expenses $95,671.45. The Grants Pass district, with 13,000 acres, has a cost of $114.53 per acre; an indebtedness of $1,901,150; bonds outstanding. $1,459,000; legal expenses, $2172, and engin eering, $49.6S3.08. The 43 districts have a total In debtedness of $14,872,906.98; . (Continued on page 3) PLEASURE YACHT HELD BOMBARDED Millionaire's Craft Is Fired on While on Cruise; Shots Cross Bow MIAMI. Fla , Nov. 21. The cruising yacht Cocoon, with the owner, M. M. Belding, wealthy New York Bilk manufacturer aboard, was fired on by coast guard' patrol boats shortly after dusk tonight two miles off Miami and boarded and searched, Mr. Belding reported here tonight. Shots from two one-pounders were fired on the Cocoon as the craft with a party of Mr. Beld Ing's friends, returning from a ishing trip, headed toward the government cut and Biscayne Bay, Mr. Belding said. After boarding the Cocoon, guns drawn and making a search of the vessel, coast guard offi cers expressed regret at the inci dent, he said. Mr. Belding said tonight that he was convinced ' that the coast guard boats knew the identity of the Cocoon. The yacht was light ed from stem to stern, the manu facturer said. Mr. Belding will protest to Washington, he declared. LOST AVIATORS RETURN BLAINE, Wash., Nov. 21- Ed ward and David Mooney, aTiators of Anacortes. Wash., landed near this city yesterday, having been lost in a heavy gale, accompanied by fog. after leaving Nanalmo, B C, Wednesday, in a seaplane. They declared on returning to-, night by stage from the home of their parepts. ln Anacortes, they made minor, repairs to the plane. '-"5s. ( Convention Recommends Adherence'to Non-Parti-san Political Policy EL PASO, Texas, Nor. 2I (By the AP.) .The annual con vention of the American Federa tion of Labor unanimously approv ed today the : recommendation of ts committee on education for "an Intensive nationwide campaign", in the interest of ratification of the child labor amendment to the fed eral constitution. Discussion of the program, consumed virtually all the entire afternoon session.. Action on a special report by the executive council on political activity went over' for a future session, probably early next week. The report, presented at a short morning session today, -: recom mended continued adherence to a nonpartisan political policy .exe cuted through existing nonpartisan political machinery. Recommen dations for "increased and broad ened' activity" in political affairs formed a part of the report. "The American labor 7 move ment," the report concluded, ""if It Is to be true to its mission to-defend, advocate, protect and pro mote the rights, interests and wel fare of America's wage earners, and the American people must be as free from political party dom ination now as at any time: in the history of our movement.". - "It will be noted,", the council reported in Interpreting the action of the federation, in the recent campaign, that by. its action the American Federation of Labir did not endorse what has been mis called a third party movement. "While the nonpartisan political policy of the federation has result ed in remarkable achievements in protecting and promoting the in terests of the wage earners and of our cjti2enry, there is room for improvement and extension of our efforts-," the council said in pre facing its . recommendations for future activity. ' Immediately preceding adjourn ment for the day the convention stood with bowed heads for 30 seconds in tribute to the memory of Mrs. Warren G. Harding. Extensive Holdings in Clat sop County Acquired; 10,000 Acres Sold PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 21. Two northwestern timber sales, with an aggregate transfer of $8,400,000 were reported in Port land today. One was the sale by A. S. Kerry of Seattle of approximately 800, 000,000 feet of timber on 10,000 acres in Clatsop county. Oregon, adjoining the extensive holdings of the Oregon. American Lumber company, to a subsidiary corpor ation of this company. The" pur chase price was $2.50 a thousand feet. . ; . U i The other. deal reported was the purchase by the Long-Bell Lumber company of 1,600,000,000 feet of high grade timber on the upper Cowlitz river drainage in south western Washington from' the Weyerhaeuser Timber company at a price of $4 a thousand feet. .. , III CHILD LABOR BIG TIMBER DEAL IS REPORTED MADE IS. RAO llytJ DIES ilFTE! P ' 1 ii ii LOflGILLiE End Comes Peacsfully rt 8:55 A. M. at Whlto C ' : Farm; Relatives are Pres ent at Bedside DEATH OF MR. HARD! ','3 WAS MOST SEVERE TEC7 Passing of Late Pre 2 1 ! : Proves Trying Ordeal; , Weakens Strerth MARION, Ohio, Nov. 21. (Ty the Associated- Pressi.- A lilt! j "tone tomb in Marion cemetrry next Monday evening will Is tlj scene of the final meeting to iirt no more for Mr. and Mrs. Y.'arr, 1 G. Harding. Mrs. Hardin P rlir1 eorl " ' at the home of Dr. Carl W. f - yer, son of the late Dr. C. Eawj . r. President Harding's 'physic j. She had been critically ni fnr t . . eral weeks t White Oaks far: . tne Sawyer home where tie I I been livine. Next ifnnrfaw 1 - body will be placed In the tcrr.'j i Marion cemetery beside tint cr her husband. End Peaceful The end came peacefully to !' widow of the late president of 1 United States at 8:55 o'clock t ' ? morning while a brother sr 1 t friends stood by. She Ci ; t recognize them, however, as i i early evening before she ! .1 lapsed into the death coma. Only 15 months ago !rs. II:rJ Ing, leaning oh the arm cl C : : - : B. Christian, Jr., private tary to President Hardir.?. .al lowed the bier of her busbar.! t the little tomb and saw it r'" tenderly inside, there to awali 1 coming. Rows of soldiers f ' at attention as their come.-:. In chief had been consigned t temporary resting place i- 'tomb.'1, v- ' Four weeks ago today : : : Harding visited the tcr:b s talked person'Iv -;th every : ber- of tiie :rr..:jwt-y guard v has been on duty tfcere dcrirr t, months of waitina: for her i. ; visit. Next Monday afternoon that lit tle, handful of men will be up at present arms by Lieutesa-t Walter Lie Sherfey while the to -or Mrs. Harding is placed be Uj that of her husband. Ti.ps tt will be sounded and ibo lltilj (Continued on px st mn mm o; ci do":: Presbyterian Subscript! txpected to Reach 575, 000 By Monday The building fund for the rev Presbyterian church has reac' 1 a total over $45,000, accord in 1 1 reports last night. During tLa meeting 35 subscriptions :: turned in making a total of 172 subscriptions during the c. palgn. On account of the weather many of the prospects have r t been interviewed and consequ::. : ly the subscriptions have not I . as numerous as they might t it j been. Sunday and Monday will be U 3 cleanup days for the camar' ' and at that time it is exir-. ; . that the subslriptions will go over the $75,000 mark, the first ttey on the $125,000 building funi. - The final report of the c:r -paign is to be given Tuesda ' night at : 6 o'clock and at thst time the official closing of tl ; campaign will be announced. v;BIOTICS . To Our Read 2iz The Statesman carriers r.-VA call to make their monthly col lections today. . Your newspaper boy is j " 1 starting: in business for him self. This is his first effort t : learn business and his "succc: . or failure depends to a ccr: ' - erable extent on your good and cooperation. A plcar smile and a cherry word v.il. encourage your boy and I ' him make a success of this, I. first venture in business I He will appreciate it and si. . his good will in any way -can. V . If your subscription is r. ready paid, ignore this r.ct: and accept our thanks. STATESMAN PUCLini::