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f N ' :f1 OREGON V-WwWLLCJ. Rain jn west; snows.and .raina east , of Cascades; Increasing southeast and south winds. Max. 43: -Mia 40- Fcrly ?aj;c3 Tcu?.' Part Five Pa -1 to 0 'Annual ! News - S ccilc -: . MM .WiH'i.&f.L! :': y'Ty FOUHUI YEAH ' , i - SALEM OREGON THUR : t V tr vmBm mm FOR rHTinr ptnTr ill iillULOIHIt. Optimistis Attitude Taken By , Industrial Life for 1925 Declares Commissioner f.'arshall BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION WILL GAIN 15 PER CENT Specialized Farm I Is Trend; Mines ere Active and Rail- -. roads 'Being Bunt An optimistic feeling prevades the Industrial life of Oregon . and employer generally "are confident that 1925 will be a jVosperous year, according to William Mar shall, member of the state indus trial accident commission, who bases his assertions upon today's Indications that there will be a greater demand for skilled labor tn thejjxt twelve months than was required this year. Building activities will increase while there will be a slight decrease in state highway construction and special ized farming will be adopted by more' of the farmers, he believes. Minning Is expected to -continue at about the same rate while rail road construction will be in full swing in 1925. : -t- Building to Increase i "It hr conservatively .estimated that building construction will be - greater .by 15 . percent in 1325 in Portland than during '1924," Mr. Marshall said. "It la safe to say that this ratio of increase - Will prevail throughout the 'state. ' It i also expected , that . building . craftsmen will have increased op- - portunities -of employment-but it Is anticipated that there will be enough mechanics within the state to take , care of the -building pro gram." j -j- ! a 1i "There will be a alight decrease In state highway; construction in 1925 compared with 1924. About $5,000,000 will be expended by the state in constructing roads in Oregon the coming year. The ex pense of constructing ,the state roads is defrayed by money here tofore appropriated. In addition new county roads are planned to be built next year, - financed - by bond issues approximating in cost $2,000,000, also $20,000,000 to be expended, for market roads-is contemplated ,as a part of the county road building program." : In speaking of agricultural de- (Cntinad om pc ) BE , i OF DRY UDIT Open Investigation Is Decid ed Upon By Senate Com mittee After Debate WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 1. Open investigation of :. the .prohibition unit which formed the'basis for a heated disagreement between the administration and tho senate at the last session was decided upon today by the senate committee un der the chairmanship -of Senator Couzens, republican, Michigan. : The decision was reached after the committee had heard from both its own investigators and of ficials of,the international revenue bureau and "the "f prohibition en forcement division. A definite date for beginning the .hearings was not fixed, but it probably will be at a time not more than two weeks distant. Commissioner Haynes told the committee that much of the criti cisms offered had been -justified but that; conditions leading up to haA ben- remedied. ' Jie promised the committee would be given full cooperation m gei"" ii iha fata -as he said it had been given in tho phases of the nnlfv mndlicteil UP to m'a ""' TV IT AY lVi Hip heat wishes tif the j ear bcf&U you ani yours for ORE PRO all . Tt-V JhVZL A TUSIC fails to iy SOOTIIE BREASTS i; OF CITY POLICE Seven-riece ! Orchestra Unable to Play "How Dry I Am" lie-; i cause They "Weren't ? : A total of ; $no was collected from members of a pre-NewJYear party - which was ' staged at: 415 North Twenty-third early Wednes day morning ; and nipped ii j the bud by Officer Wiles, Edwards, Davis and Wright. j I ; v Varied charges of drunkenness and disorderly conduct were! filed against the Bennie Johnson orches- tra, comprising jsix men and two women, who were staging the im promptu performance. j After pleading guilty to charges filed against them, i Bennie JTohu sonr' the leader or the . orchestra, A. Klein and yirgH ; White Iwere each fined $20 by Judge Poulsen. Fines of $10 each were assessed against B. Grif f iyt, M. McDon ald, Marvel Elford, Mrs. . W. J. Wilson and Mrs. Rj E. Jones. . Four . empty boftlea and two empty jugs, were brought to the station at the same time thefparty was lodged in the (city jalljearly yesterday morning.! j It was claim ed by the I party that the fmpty containers had been left there by some one else. Evidences, how ever, contrary to this statement. was introduced, and the chargfe3f4ram.was adopted by principals drunkenness was pressed against the three, men..- j 'U : I? . Evidence gathered by tho police officials stated that the house be longed to ' Glen Daughertyi who had loaned them a key during the absence of his wife. .. PILED TO Adjusted I :Setvice Certifi cates, Representing $750, 000,000 Sent Out WASHINGTON" Dec 31. Ap proximately 600.000 adjusted ser vice certificates,' i representing $750,000,000 as part ot the! bonus voted - f or ; Wofld j war veterans" by congress, were placed in the mail at midnight . tonight : by thef veter ans' bureau, -Promptly as the New Year begun more than' 250 .sacks of mail were moved front the post office to the railroad station. Un der, the law the certificates were not to be .Issued before January 1. By arrangements with;: the' post- office department a ' postal-branch was established at the bureau and as each certificate was completed It. was addressed, stamped and the stamp cancelled ready -for the .train. -.-ji.K'-". ;J. - E c Thirty! thousand checks ; for amounts ot $50 or less, .represent ing the cash payment for Soldiers who served' only a short period; have been prepared at the bureau, but these, under the law, are not to be mailed out until March 1. In mailing the insurance cer tificates;! the only preference was made to those Teterans who have died since applying for the bonus. These total not more? than 700, and beneficiaries ot these .'soldiers may receive pajvmqnt immediate ly. 'The certificate, properly in dorsed, together with proof of death, of the soldier, must be re turned to the veterans bureau -be fore payment is made. Payments on any other certificates re not to -be made before March Ll. - Director Haines estimated to day that from frov on abbut 20,- 000 certificates will be k mailed daily. A day force of about '300 clerks and a night staff i of 100 are handling the job. . j mi mm ? ''hi H.' ' ! ! y - '-if. : ' . ' I ". 'j r ", i J i - - j Incumbent Is First Mayor to 'Succeed, Himself fori Great : t l j Many Years! Mayor ; John - B. Giesy took his oath of office for. his second term Wednesday, the first; mayor to succeed himself in a great many years, ;eo m4ny.4f lnf fact, -that Judge Peter JL. D'Arcy4who was called out of bed: last night, was unable to recollect the iname Of the last mayor to be so honored Judge D'Arcyj was may0r in the early days. Ooth of ofrice was also taken yesterday, bjr Martin Poulsen,1 city recorder and police judge, and C. O. Rice, city treas urer. A ?h ":;f I Heads of other departments. such as chief of police,- chief of the fire .'department, and Lthe . re cently elected city officers and aldermen will not be Bwprn in un til after they are duly elected at the firt. meet ins of tbejclty, coun cil tL'.3 donth. j CERTIFICATES A D AT H 0 0 CB CHURCHILL IS CRITICIZED B? LOOQY Association Adopts Resqlu - i tion Disapproving of .State ; Superintendent's Normal ' School Policy PLAN. HELD MAKESHIFT . "BYSCHOOLSSOCIATION Oregon State Teachers' ...Con . f erence Closes Session i With Speeches " PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 31-A resolution, which in effect, criu Icized J. A. Churchill, state super lntendent . of public instruction fory sponsoring a branch .normal plan rather than insisting ion a comprehensive normal school nro- and superintendents at the cul mination of long argument at' the closing j session ' of the Oregon State Teachers' - association today. Mr. Churchill's plan for 10 j or more normal courses to be carried on in connection with high schools was termed yb, the school men an inadequate makeshift, although it had been carried as a provision of a conference resolution earlier' in the session, v-r: ... ' ". i i . Action followed a disagreement as to policy between Mr. Churchill and .J. S. Landers, president of the Oregon formal . school and was a criticism of the state super intendent's action insofar -as it carried -with it the expression that the branch normal plan would be fatal to any hopes for a new nor mal school in eastern Oregon or southern Oregon - or to increased appropriations for equipment at Monmouth, - ,t- -. ! Many of- the-delegates; let t for their homes at : the close- of the convention after a day of depart mental conferences and speeches. The last meeting was held in the afternoon, with Chaplain John W. Beard,- representing the American legion, Miss Mabel Carney ; of Columbia university,; Newt York, and Thomas W, Dutches, presi dent of the Kansas State teachers' college1, as speakers.; , Formality of confirming, the new officers recently chosen was carried through and th efollowing were installed : : Cornelia " J. Spencer, Portland, president; J. S. Landers, , Mon mouth, - vice ! president; l Susanne Homes-Carter, Jacksonville;. H. E. Inlow, Pendleton,- ad George Hug Salem, executive committee. IHSTO BE ARGUED SDOn Covell'and PeareHearings Before Supreme Court i cSet-f orchis Mdntffi i . - , ,i ", i . . S. " i , Two cases Involving, the lives ot inmates of the state penitentiary, both ; of - whom are from Coos county and under sentence ot death for murder, have been plac ed on the supreme court calander for this month, Authur S.- Benson, clerk of the supreme court,' said yesterday. f ; . The f Irs t1 of ' these" is that of Arthur Covell, ;whoA Is charged with killing his sister-in-law, Ebba Covell, at Bandon on September 3, 1923. ' Arguments on appeal will be heard; January 1 3. The other case is that of L. W. Peare, of Co qullle, who is charged with killing his wife and neighbor, James Cul ver, on Decern ber 27, 1922, a little more than two years ago. II At the time of the murder Peare evident ly run amuck; records show for he killed several barnyard i fowl ; at the same. time. . Arguments .for this case are set for January 20. Covell" ia an astrologer and par alyzed from the waist down.. Imp licated with him was-Elton Covell, a nephew, about 17 years old, who is serving a life sentence at the state prison for the same crime Records at the supreme court show that Peare was tried for the slaying of Culver and not his wife. APPLES ARK FROZEN WENATCIIEE, Wash., Dec. 31. Many carloads of apples - ship ped, from ,hereearly .this,. month arrived in the east frozen, most of them a total loss, according to word received here today. Some si f r ts. "were ..trcsci-'jrrlii,- ,It SCH TRENCH DRINKING r SEEMS ON DECLINE DEALERS WORRYING 1034 Figure Allow One . Gallon X Per Week for ; Kach Man, , " Woman, and Child PARIS. Dee. 31. The people of Paris, during the year ended Oct. 1, drank .10,000,000 fewer liters of wine than1 they consumed in the previous 12 months, but even so the 1924 figures provided a gallon a week for evjery man, woman and child in the city. And these figures' do not 'include beer. - Wine merchants, however, are not down-hearted. They look, to a cold winter to stimulate the de mand, and they are ready to sell champagne to the foreign visitors who are - coming to Paris in In creasing numbers. IIN StXPLAXTS GIX SAN FRANCISQO, Dec -31. Din, rather than gin, featured the more obvious1 aspects of the cele bration) here of the debut of 1925. Ice and Snow Cost Accident Commission $25,000; i Falls are Numerous ' O ' I .- . . " . - . ' - Accidents traced . directly to the cold weather during .the. last two weeks is expected to cost the state accident commission between $25 000 and $30,000, it was estimated yesterday. I Of the fatal accidents, one occurred to an auto truck driver in Portland when '.his ma chine skidded on the icy. pavement while coming down a steep grade and another worker was drowned at Albany: while attempting to keep a -spillway at e power plant free, from the Ice. There. were also other fatal accidents in which weather conditions were important; factors. : : . j -1 Falls ' resulting from snow' and. ieer conditions 'caused the greatest number ot accidents. Included In this group ; were workmen who slipped from logs, from wood piles and boards and on floors covered with ice. i !: ... . " . r One workman was incapaciated when a large icicle struck his foot! and another was injured by a fall while breaking an ice jam in an irrigated canal. A number hoi eases of J frozen fingers and toes Vi F - '-9 were also reported and in one in stance a! worker, while disabled from a Previous injury, fell on the ice and re-fractured two r!bs The . accidents reported to the commission ; do not include lthe vast number ot accidents which occurred! to persons not coming under the attention of the cotti- miaaionJ At least one of these was f ataH that of a small boy. be ing killed in Salem while coast ing In the I southern part of the city a little more "J than a ; week aeo. Several local, peopie were also Injured by falls, of whom the greater ieortion .were women en gaged in Christmas shopping. ' jl '. p I , WILL NOT FKKSS UMJULt l r WASHINGTON. Dec. 31. With senators pressing their efforts to bring together representatives , pi railroad i labor and the ailroaas on compomlse legislation on waga disputes;! supporters of the now ell-Barkley bUl, ,to aocaisn jwe railroad labor board have decided to abandon their efforts to press the measure in the house next Monday,. -' -,: : ;', ''T SIlEF MiMiffHt Wedding As Bells Ring Wicoine To New Wedding bells mingled with' the fhlmn or New Tear bells aS 1925 was welcomed to Salem last night as the first wedding of the year was held at the Colonial Dame Tea Shoppe : at midnight when Miss Clella Curts became the bride of Richard Fish. The ceremony was performed: by Rev. R. L. Putnam, pastor :of jthe Court Street Chrlstr lan church. Miss,; Nellie Carta, sister lot the bride, was brides maid knd Tom Allen was best man. . I; -; j ' ' '. tM Only immediate relatives were present for the wedding, which was f marked by simplicity. The bridegroom's parents, ' Mr. aad Mrs: L. C. Priem. iwere present. Following a wedding sapper ' the young couple left on a motor .trip to Seattle, where they will spend their honeymoon. . ' W : i .Noise knd jollification, - featur ing tin horns, paper caps and con fetti kept a big crowd at the ar mory in I good humor, where i the Veterans of Foreign Wars were i stasir.T" a beet fit" dance." Otter UMP EXPLOSION RUINS CLOTHING WORN BY QUARTET t Sediment From Filtered Gasoline - ' Sprays Men and Women ; Sediment from filtered gasoline liberally sprayed Mr. iand Mrs. Fred Blgler and ; Mr.L and . Mrs,i oeorge EichtkWhen.a safety valve of the pressure tank at the Great Western garage on North High blew open. :-'All members of the party .received considerable dam age to . their - clothing I and slight personal injuries. j Damages were settled out ., of court yesterday by the garage oTyners, who agreed to buy. new clothing to- .replace, the, articles ruined, by the explosion. The accl dent'occurred Tuesday night. , A II There is no city ordinance rela tive 'to. neglecting gasoline pumps and r it Is said to be a, common practice to leave the safety valve open while th,e pumps are in ac tion. ' . IS If EASED Uncertainty Removed By Of ficial Information From US Ambassador WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 The Washington , government was : in possession ? tonigt of official In formation transmitted by Ambass ador i Herrick in ' Paris after his conversation with - Premier Herriot and M. . elemental,. French finance minister, which obviously removed much of the uncertainty that has characterized discussions of the Franco-American war debt. '" Ambassador Herrlck's report eased tension in quarters where debt .interest predominated but Urom none, of the administration officials .was- any y, word forthcom ing concerning the contents of the Park rabies, Bqnrould.-state de partment officials admit even the receipt of such .reports. Inquiries there were met with flat state ments that the subject of Mr. Herrick-'s report was not one -that could ho .commented upon. 'Un official advices J from Paris recit ing the statement of M. Clementel to Ambassador Herrick in which the i French minister ; Tecognized the1 oblfgation . of his. government to the United States and declared its j intention to honor the debt, were received by administration leaders with no little satisfaction. The statement that Ambassador Herrick had transmitted M. Ciem entel's remarks I to Secretary Hughes, ' however,! produced only a reiteration of tjhe department's decision "not to fcomment." j - -i ; ,. V " " ) CAPITAL WELCOMES 1025 WASHINGTON! Dec. 31. -The year 1925, arriving i Washington tonight,-recelvedJa hilarious wel come from the city's population but found the capital's most dis tinguished president, Caivm joo idge, sound asleep. : SHIP UNDER TOW 1 T ries AMfiKTES. Dec. 31.-4-The r raeel Jananese liner Ginyo Maru, which caught fire early! yes terday morning otf the west coast ot Mexico, was proceeding slowly tonight to Manzanillo in tow of the Pacific Mail; motorshlp City of San Francisco f dances were held by the KO club, a high school' , organization, at Derby hall while members of the Illlhee Country. ; club, frollced at turned, out for the feature J mid night matinee at the Bligh sthea ter while numerous private parties were staged : throughout the! city. The - celebration was orderly throughout the city, as wasjtesti fied to by the police blotter at midnight.;-; s:t: i'-:f:i i-v t-hj : Watch meetings were held In a number ot Salem churches.r with socials and derotionals held' prior to midnight. Young people of the First Methodist; church gathered for a social at the home of Dr. M. C Flndley while" devotional , ser rlces will be ' held at the church tonight. Two masses win bb read at the St. Joseph Catholic church this; morning and a dinner and getaequalnted meeting will be staged at the Jason Lee church today. Tbi3 affair is in the na- DEBT TEH Held Years Ajnval : . a jturo ci a rauy uay ts-crt;, - a. iei iiiiiLei;: IGOiiiDE IL' LIST YEAR Annual Report of City. Re- corder Shews 444 Permits - Issued; Total Investment Is $1,843,856 CLASS OF STRUCTURES ! EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH All Residences. Churches and Business Blocks are Strictly Modern ' All previous building records' In Salem were, smashed this year when the previous high water mark of $1,285,732, in 1923, was exceeded hy nearly 3600.000. Fig ures for 1924, as completed yes terday by Marten Poulsen city re corder, show a financial outlay of 31.843,855 for new. buildings. The high class of the buildings, in cluding business blocks, churches, homes and manufacturing plants, is notable. : j - . Buildings Are Listed Permits for buildings and struc tures of the better class issued during the year were to the .John Hughes company, hotel and store building, 340,000; Charles Wel ler, store building, $16,000; Cur tis Choss residence $15,000; F. N. Derby,' warehouse, -$15,900; Mrs. Claudius Thayer, residence, $15, 000; 5T. A; Llvesley residence $65, 000; Unitarian church, $25,000; J.' L. Parrish Junior high school $166,000; W. T. BtgdfTTrSogK mortuai ; JpJmJ-B4ah gars r f1g )ftflT ,fp Mc- garage -$12,000; Otto Klett, store and natatorium, $22, 000; E. Eckerlin, store $ 10,000 ; John Palmer ; apartment,. $12000; H. Pohle & Son store, $15,000; St Joseph's Parish house hall, $10,000; . Salem Lodge No. ,336 Elks temple:, i$17 0,0 00; . Capita) Ice & Cold Storage, warehouse and plant, $20,000; .Welder , Brothers, laundry. $15,000. s v j April Building Montb; .; During 1924 there were a to tal of 444 permits issued amount ing to $1,843,855. The month, (OoDtinted on 7) STILL HESITAFJT Less Than 40, 000 Plates Is sued to Date; 1500 Given ;; Out Wednesday WmHBHHMHW ' " - j V. ! ' Less , than 40,000 ot the 1)25 automobile license plates had been Issued from! the motor vehieledl vislon of the secretary of state's office Wednesday, thouh approxi mately; 1500 plates were received by Marlon and Polk county resi dents during, the day. These fig ures do not include the plates Is sued from the branch office- in Portland. ? Applications number. ing around 2000 are being receiv ed In the mail daily. j " -The longest line of the season was formed at the state house yesterday doubling the office door across .the lobby . and - down the hall toward the south entrance oi the capltol. ' I Though all other offices at the state house will he closed today. because of New Year's, the issuing of the license plates will be con tinued and ! the motor vehicle di vision will not enjoy a holiday to day. The office will open Bhortly at 8 o'clock this morning. Man Believed to Have Lost Life In Willamette Flood EUGENE, Or.. Dec. 31. i-i Charles Adler, salesman' for Stew art & Holmes, Seattle wholesale drug house. Is believed to have met death yesterday In the over flow of -the Willamette river here. He was .returnirig to Eugene from Coburg, six miles northeast of the city, where he had beea taking orders, and his car evident ly stalled When he was negotiat ing road covered two or three feet vdeep with flood waters.. Sheriff Frank c. Taylor believes Adler stepped out of his car into a ditch on the .right hand side cl the road and was swept away, by the rushing current and drowned. All of the man's papers and order books were iound In the car. Ila could nnt be located in any of the tpAITlUN.itoUtf A - NATURE US LOST; , GOLD LOSES TIN Suspicioiw,. Attitude JKesuItS j tn MisplacedConfidence; 91SO . in Cash JGone t V -Iron . Dars jnay jaat.t,. .prison make but they sometimes break friendships, for when Sam Gold appeared, before -Martin Poulsen. police judge, Wednesday he found that hii fellow cell-mate M, Mason had indeed ."done , him. wrong." Gold and Mason, in company- .with two women, ;. were .arrested in a local .rooming, house sand charged with - various violations ot the . law. Gold possessed a. illttle more than .$i2Q.ip .cash when he a.nd Mason 'Mned jap ihe. party" iGold was suspicious that bis .Jady-frlend might not be strictly on the. leel. so turned over two $50 bllls And a $20 to his -pal, .with instructions to place. the money 4alde the hat band, as i he Gold was wearing ,a Upon being arrested ;and search ed at the police station,-the mon ey .was found In possession of Mason, and the amount credited to him.: . i yn . ii' ' Learning that .; ball was J$Q0 forrhimself and -$10 for" his ;girl companion, Mason : got in touch with Clhief of Police Frank Mlnto, and obtained their liberty upon funds provided by Gold and with out the latter's knowledge.' Gold was later released upon bail fur nished by a near-reiative. Wednesday afternoon Gold ap- neared before 'Judge Poulsen to learn if Mason -had yet appeared. He learned that -Mason had not.. Gold also .told the police Judge that he had heard Mason had fil led up his gasoline tank and Jiad offered a check, which later prov ed worthless; Now both the police and Gold are seeking : the ; missing Mason, who forfeited Jumping. bail. Gold's money In Last Act of State Treasurer Places Department un der Spence o Beforej Jefferson Myers official ly retired from the offce of state treasurer Wednesday he notiied Governor Walter .M. Pierce - of ,the transfer of the .weights and meas urers department from ,tbe treas ury department to the market &- gent's department and that he had received a receipt for the equip ment from C. E. . Spence, state market agent. The Question has arised .as to the legality of the transfer before January, 19 2 7 and another ques tion asks whether; transfer should riot have been made at the time of the death of the late State Treas urer Hoff . on March 18. x I ' I Legal action may , be necessary to interpret the full meaning pi thej law, which , specifies in one place that the department oi welgnts ana measures uu , main under' thetreasury depart ment "during the Incumbency! of the present state treasurer." O..P. Hoff was treasurer whenfthe law was enacted, the text of that sec tion; would make it appear that the- transfer should , have been made at Hoffs death. In another place the act reads that the trans fer Is to be made "at the" expira tion of office" of the present treasurer, , whose I term, . had Mr. Hoff lived, would not have expired until Jaanuary, 127. FIHIMEB KED TO CLOSE Failure of Banks Is, Laid to Combination of Causes; ; ' Money Withdrawn DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 31- A combination of causes. Includ ing uncertainty as to abrogation rights, of surety companies " guar- anting deposits, the probable with drawal of large 'sums of public money because of failure' of banks to obtain depository ' funds- from their public moneys and shaken public confidence was assigned by ; various officials ton Ight for the series of bank suspensions In Iowa today. . . '. Five banks closed their doors during the day! or two of them were j turned over to -the" state banking department, which, it was announced will exert every effort to protect the Interests of the "depositors.'-' These two ---were t :e Commercial Savings and the lie- IMS CUBES KIGHTBUB CflODIlDI; WEDSIii:; IS EXCELLi Secretary" Hoover Dc:!-c- fJewi iYear; Finds AVh:!: .World on More Sc!ld Eco nomic Foundation r REALADVArCESHOivn M A70RLD STACILITY 1925 Is Faced With Sathf-c tion; Better .Material ! Conditions Expected . WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. "Th j ney. year finds the economic struc ture .of the world upon more sol I i founoaUons than at any tlmo since the war," Secretary Hoover declaredMn a statement tonj-y.t, analyzing the business, industrial and financial situation In the Unit ed states and abroad. By Hi showing of recovery in Sgrlcultur al price levels recuperation ii Germany based on hopes of repar ations settlement, the Increase ot consuming power at home and a broad. adaijaUcrbwing im provements -in-international tratia and employment of workers, tha secretary said, population of tlUj country and the world In general faces a new year of existence with, satisfaction and hope of bettered material conditions. - I Advance Shown "With the exc4ption of a few things of secondary importance,' the statement said, "there has been during the past year, a real advance toward social, ecor"mic, and political stability; throughout the wOrld. The only exception are Jtvusia and China. .' which even before the 'war contributed 1c i than )3H per, cent of International Commerce and of course a part cf this continues. ' ; ;.;. fGenerally the world Is produc ing, more .goods, there, is '.fuller employment, there . are higher standards of living, more assur ance of economic stability for tto future and more promise of peaco than we have seenf or many years. The .world is by no means free from liability to economic chock. yet. the forces today in motion all tend, to great promise for tha forthcoming year. i "In -our own country the out standing economic development of the year has been .very, .lar-a recovery in agrlcultual after i t two years lag behind the recovery of Industry. There are some sec ondary difficulties still rer-ialr.'r - but the prices of all farm product a are generally coining toward tLa geneal average of commoiity prices. ' one His jCrest jof Present FIccJ ! Reached; . Viilrn I'd Stands at 14.1 FcJ Though the "Willamette rlv; rose .3 of a foot Wednesday ; stood at 14.1 feet last night, v r from the weather bureau at r t land predicted that the river wr ! begin falling today havios Teii the crest; .pf ;the present f stage. Late reports from c river cities were that at IZ:: the iver stood at 11 feet, I. V. 8.3 feet at Jctferson and fall: and j 15.4 feet a Albany, v," It was reported slowly ri.ir T- POPwTLAXD. Dec. 31. : conditions throughout v Oregon occasioned by reccr-t and rapid msltlng of snow, t were reported much Irnf rcv streams everywhere were f Ice which filled the . .. and Columbia rivers Is fast L ing'up. and shlrpln 1 ' Portland and the eea. wi3 i without nerfotis difficulty. mnm : - i - c ' ' A ZZZ t - ... j yj 4 c. .