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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1924)
SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1924 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON Story at Oregon Theater Today Is Epic and hardships ol pioneer, days on the Texas cattle ranges, has been filmed for . Paramount by Irvln Wlllat, ; who made the natural- thrills color picture, ''Wanderer ONE NIGHT Thursday; dec. 25 of the Family "North of 36," . by Emerson I Hough, depicting all the t : - . i ; , "" ; , , f 4 ; GRAND THEATER ! 1 r- 1 ' 1 11 111 1 111,1 i.ii'i.iiiiii. .iiHiiiiiii 1 11 "' in n . -. .. ; - : t. .... .-)--,..--'.- . : ' iJ ; spedafOrthsstm ; : I MAIL ORDERS NOW j I I Box office sale starts at 10 a. m. Dec. 24 j r ! All Reserved Seats .4 ....... ...$2.20 ' -I ! t - Gallery ......... j ....'...... .$1.10 ,.1 ' I (Including war tax) I , - - - - I - :: . . - ..! v ' t .' ; . ......... :-...s- X I i v I ',. V :' J 4 ! . ? ; k ! i V '1 403 STATE ST. ! : - . '. ' 1 : I f 1 pi;' E. Phillipi Oppenheim's : J I . M " v :f is11 l v . .v : BOOKS ire the most delightful gifts espe-' Mally at Christmas. ; We have a' satisfying selection for children and idults? Our BOOKS are suitable for jvery TASTE and PURSE, represent- tag FICTION, PLAYS, and POETRY J "For: 1 Qiho ' Other : - - .. 1 . - r: - ' . v ' '.! " : (, Than Books . Our stock affords an excellent opportunity for the choiceiof euch articles as Book Ends, Inccencs Burners Stuffed Toys, Stationery Roycroft Ware, Gold renjr and Pencils ATLAS BOOKand STATIONERY t GO. 403 STATE ST. Wasteland" and other, classics. "North of 36" is a talft of the exas cattle . trail, picturing a country wild, " almost lawless, at the period of the story, roughened and disheartened by the recent Civil war. , l - Lola Wilson, as Taisie Lockhart manager of her own vast ranch in Texas, finds herself penniless, with no means cf disposing of her herds, her chief asset being the true spirit of the pioneers. . Word comes that way up "north of 36" a market beckons. With her 4,500 cows, 16 cow hands, 19 kinds of rifles and six shooters and IIS cow ponies, Taisie makes the start with all the thrills that the. start of the wagon train in Emerson Hough's "The Covered Wagon" evolved. Through this great panorama one sees groups of ragged sinewy men, the glorious girl at their head, the oxcarts and. the sea of long horned cattle, accomplishing one of the greatest j deeds of pio neer bravery and daring. Paramount has furnished a not able least to visualize the story. It includes Jack Holt, Ernest Tor rence, Lois Wilson and Noah Beery In featured roles. The pic ture opens a three days' run today at the Oregon theater. . It's a col orful page from the history of the United States, a second "Covered Wagon." v I BITS FOR BREAKFAST 1 : : Have you noticed it? The evenings have been grow ing longer, and now the whole days will grow longer. S i . Marion county has 226 miles of paved roads, including the paved streets in the cities and towns. . S V f The doctors are explaining why people shiver when it is cold. It is in response to an irresistible 1 demand for oxygen. Does that satisfy you as well as a hot stbve? . S -h f We Webfeet are yearning fort a gentle south wind. The snow may be all right for the hard holled corn-feds from Iowa and Nebraska, but it is not our Style of weather. - , - The cherry growers are up against a .hard proposition. " But they know it, and they propose to fight it out to a final victory. There are others in the same boat, and they will no doubt get some help. The time to begin fighting is now, and the thing, to do is to keep it up till the bitter end. S Salem barber says customer told him to cut his hair, longer than usual: he was' afraid of be ing mistaken for- his wife. - s - .vAjxcrossrword-:'pntiiflr fan. hfes lust made the . startling discovery that It was Noah and not Daniel Webster who compiled the dictionary. One inTJiree Attends v Church in Great Britain i LONDON. Dec. 12. (AP) The churches Qf Great Britain have in creased in membership in the last year on a scale not' recorded since the great Welsh revival, wun three small exceptions, the Church in Wales, the Scottish Episcopal church and the United Free church of Scotland, every denomination has increased Its number of com municants or members, the total increase recorded being 110,000. ? While this increase has been made In the adujt section of the churches, there has been a decrease ot;23,662 In the number of Sun day school scholars. The strength of the churches in Great Britain is summarized as follows: Communicants and members 5 846,187; Sunday school scholars 5,495,292; Roman Catholic popu lation (England and Wales 1,997,- 250, making a total of 13,338,729. These figures, however, are not complete, as they do not Include the statistics of the Salvation Ar my, the Free Church of Scotland, the Unitarians, except as to their Sunday schools, and' a number of smaller communions, 'such as the Plymouth Brethren. As affording a fairly complete record, however, the figures may be compared with the last 'population census of 42, 767,530. On. this basis, one person in every three is associated defi nitely with a Christian church. STATE TAX IS IN EXCESS OF CURRENT YEAR (Continued from pag 1) Boyer, county clerk, by Earl Fish er, state tax commissioner. The levy for the county is i .044330 mills while the levy for Polk coun ey Is .018161 mills, $136,076.03. With the addition of the state tax the total tax to be levied for all purposes in the county will be $1,096,535.95 as cpmp'td with $1,004,930.73 for 1924, making an increase of $91,930.73 in the total tax levy. - - In addition to the increase in the state tax, the balance of the increase Is accounted for by$85,- 000 to be paid as an Installment on retiring the county road bonds, an increase of $1500 in the mon ey to be . paid for-the one mill market road fund. There is an offset "In a decrease of $1995.16 in the county gov ernment costs and $464 in the county school fnnd as well' as sev eral other minor decreases. Should it be decided that the school dis tricts in the Woodburn .union high school district, which are bow de funct, do not have to pay the tax es which they were not required to pay last year, the total county tax will be again increased by ap proximately $10,000. k ; OFFICER KILl:D BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Dec. , U Special Officer William Wiltes of District Attorney H. El Schmidt's prohibition squad was shot and instantly killed this afternoon near Woody by Lovlis Lowe, 31, who was operating a still, accord Ins to a report received at the district attorney's office. Lowe was captured by three other offic ers who were with Wiles. i iiiiii II I it I t i- YEILOWPENCIL thz RED BAND TAGLFPSA'CL CO. KSmcrJCUXA Taurvtt 'not :rf. Oregon Pulp and Paper C ' ' .Salem, Oreoa MANUFACTURERS Sulphite, and Manila, Wrappbt!V elzo Eaic-cra 77r; pings, Adding Machine Paper, (Grcoseprccf, Gl "li Drug Bond, Tissue Screenings Sfid Spztl Our Classified Advertisements Bring P.cpulta' Pearl Bearing Shells Need Fostering Care MANILA, Dec. 18. The insular government has . taken steps to protect the Philippine pearl beds and the pearling industry by or dering closed certain portions of the pearl fishing field around Mindanao and Sulu, during alter nate periods , ranging'; from three to five years. , a r This action is said to be ' pre liminary to a thorough regulation of the pearling industry which the government contemplates under taking after a survey of all the pearl beds in Philippine waters. The regulation of the industry by fixing open and closed seasons for', fishing in various-localities is urged by those engaged in the pearl fishing business on account of fears that the present beds in the, Sulu seas may become ex hausted in the near future. I STARTS TODAY SUNDAY 4 A a; i 4 The llillman Enacted by Irene Rich - Marguerite de la Motte llarry Rlyers Rosnrary Thctjy Anders Randolf Comedy News Today and Monday "AMERICA" UJUlJLlalilJ.UVJ STARTS TODAY (SUNDAY) Here is the most enthralling story of the pioneer West since, "The Covered Wagon" and the most appealing romance. If you re a real American, you 11 see it. By Emerson Hough, Author of "The Wagon." i Covered y V(J Blazing the Trail to -v x nVlk fK Civilization with a herd of 4S00 cattle and one " M XL I Y thousand miles to gOT-r C i Wi WJ Rivers tp ford, siorms f sf Ji to weather, Indians to y V , . V fx, bat tle,i stampedes to uttiLv tK W! combat h Ct SkSv (towv Herefs the thrilling con- &ammoun&: of the pioneer . Featuring JACK : MOLT-ERKES OIS WESON- ! 1 NOAH TORREMCE BEERY Pathe News McDonald i1 ' ijiJuijEuiiiyy j A
