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Newspaper Page Text-li ! "'--.-'-UlL" - ! 4 -!') - I Society Churches Better Homes Classified 11 SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON J SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1925 " : i t ; I f .i : i I 1 1? St- Part Two Pases 1 to 8 ' : j f m fWSfflUCTllI BROKE ALL RECORDS Values of Engineering Proj ects in US Reaches $2,002,533,000 ' KEWV YORK, Jam 17 Engi neering construction projects In the United States broke all yearly records in 1924. Engineering News Record reports in a surrey just - Announced. The total money value of such operations for the year, these including public works and building operations of public stflltles companies, is gives- at Yf2,002.533.000. The 1923 record 'was $1,899,254,000. Heaviest gains were noted In water-works, sewers, streets and roads, commercial buildings and in scattered and unclassified op erations such as stadiums, tunels, wharves and grain elevators. Un classified project, which Involved the face value minimum of $25. 009 in each case, totaled In value to $205,000,000, aa against a valuation of $182,000,000 In ' 1323. .. , Gains recorded were found la three major sections of the conn- " try. These were New England, the Middle Atlantic states and the South. The greatest increase, 24 per cent over 1923, was In the Middle Atlantic states. The chief loss, ll per cent. Was In the Mid dle West. " . In aetal physical construction placed under contract, the months whose records exceeded - those- of 1923 were February, May, July, August." October,' November and December. Although there was a distract falling off in November, that month was the heaviest since 1915, when costs were less than : hair. , "The year Just past makes a record not only in money value of cbntractsawarded." Engineer ing News-Record comments, "but ! it also has set a mark In actual - physical volume of engineering SAY '.'BAYER ASPIRIN" Unless you see the "Bayer Cross" on tablets you a r not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin; proved sui, by millions and prescribed by physicians 24 lyears for Colds ; Pain ; Headache Toothache AmAtia ! U Bart of! Buf Mttvfetsr f Uoooacetlcc5tetsi;of rSIicUceia . . . - A ' . - , - .- i . . -i x f ;. . : InUrhaUonal Typographical jUnion'sNeW Home at Stately halls and spacious draw f tng rooms wont to witness the P. .wank, and toagnificance of IIoo I alerdom's most exclusive ' society f affairs soon will ; resound to the ! clatter of typewriters and 'adding j machines - grinding out the buet ! Hess of a leading trade union. - 1 I A j It was announced here today that "the palatial Mnrdock home I In. the faohiouable North 'Meridian ' treet district willi-become" bead- M MM ; $A m &m p- elLiw; vvOWWi I hi 1 'VBPVt vZ ! lvi 7 - . . , . 1 i V TyjATIONAL THRIFT WEEK is a movement based on the fact thai Jhrift te an important 'factor pointing toward the attainment pi sttccess and happiness. It is a movement hleh aims to teach the principles of thrift to every, man,; woman and child in every cfimnmnity all over the United States. This campaign oft behalf of a more - thrifty nit Ion and therefore on behalf of a more happy and successful nation YOU WILL FIX1 IT OF I ; I j, MESSAGE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO EVERY IAN AND WOMAN WHO WQULD ACHIEV I construction! placed under ' con-! $68,564,000 for bridges; $26, tract. In terms of the 1923 ddK, S29.000 for excavations, drainage lar, 54 per) cent more construc tion was definitely authorised thin in that first pre-war ytrf j j Contracts ! included In-' the total of engineering projects rere com puted on the basis of p. $15,000 face value minimum , foi? water works, dredging, evcavatfon and. Irrigation; $25,000 for other pub lic works; $40,000 for? industrial buildings and $150,000! for com mercial buildings. ;" I I '? ! . Values of , the contricU j whlch go to make up the 1921 fotal In clude $61,445,000 for i water works; $74,553,000 for sewers; and INSIST Neuralgia' j Lumbago Neuritis Rheumatism Accept only "Bayer. ! package which contains proven; directions Handy "Eayer" boxes of Ml tablets Also bottles of 24 and lOOPru-cr'St, quaTters f or the I International Typographical Unioh.i April 1. Built! by Frank Van Camp, of the wealthy cannlngjiidiistry fam ily n 1906, the home has - since been included; in' ail I sight-seeing tours of Indianapolis as one of the city's .most .beautiful! estates. It is - surrounded -'j-hi . landscaped grounds; comprising tout and on c uall acres kad'iiiclU.afng a Bunken garden The dlatrlci; ia wtica ;h H ADVANTAGE TO FOLLOW and irrigation; $415,216,000 for streets and roads; $204,969,000 for industrial buildings; $934, 905,000 for commercial buildings; $38,855,000 for Federal Govern ment work at $177,167,000 for un classified operations involving en gineering service." : - ,s I ' ' Expeditures for physical ex pansion of industry dropped in 1924 below the total for 1923, in which year industry spent $600,000,000 for new factories, power development, machine shops foundries r and .extensions in the process Industries. Last year not quite hair a billion dollars were spent.' There are signs: of a re vival. 4 ' - , :- ' :'," The last month of 1924, the study shows, developed a remark able recovery and closed the strongest " December ' on record, with its "construction volume 8 per cent greater thin that of 1922, the nearest competitor. The De cember total of Industrial cons truction was 50 per cent greater than that of December, 1923 Opening of 1925 finds the cons- truction industry facing the lm- mediate prospect of bids on huge public and private works, the en - gineering- paper reports. Out standing among- these undertak ings are the $18,000,000 dam at Los Banos. California, for the San Joaquin Valley Water Storage District; $9,000,000 (irrigation project for the , Board f of Water Fnglneers. state of Texas; $6,000. 000 university group : for Duke university. Durham. North! Caro lina; $3,000,000 sewage treatment plant for Akron, Ohio; $3,500,000 Ja.il for Wayne county, , Michigan $2,506,000 power plant for Dallas, Texas. ; j KANSAS Clf Jf STAR Women have been using Cosmetics for 3000 years, a historian announces.. Evi dently the plan is successful, then. , ?7 Till ri?-f else by this time. r they would have tried sometning Indianapolis; Indiana Is' located recently-was 'designated for business purposes- by the city planning commission; ' , The building s las 6f limestone with massive .walls and a wide, no covered veranda in the ' Italian ttyle reaches along two sides. The solid ; mahogany' woodwork of . the interior tfas carfed by artiste ; frtM Svncrland.'imported by Mf.f Vaa Catip'to do. tta vork ttf his - liking. A , . fl THRIFT WfiEK DAY BY DAY. EXPERTS PLf BIG LCBES New Ships tope 25 Per Cent Larger Than; Present' Naval Lfeviathans ; :- ' : "! ! 1 " - a. i j - - .- WASHINGTON J Jan. 17 Nav al engineers would hesitate today to predict whatfthe military char acteristics wlliS j be of the first American battlesnlps to be built in - replacement ujbder the . Wash ington limitation! treaty. Aside from the fact that they will be 85 peeent-1g-antfr9 present naval leTiatbans.j West "Virginia, Colorado and Maryland, and carry not larger than fit-inch guns, they are unknown quantities ? , ' ' The first two replacement ships may be laid down In 1931, to be completed In 1934, when the 12 inch gunners Florida and UUh will go to the scrap heap. They wiU j be 35.000 tona, j treaty measure ;ment. which means almost 4 o.uoe ton pre-treaty rating. The West Virginia class pfj battleships, now the biggest and, hardest hitting vessels afloat, Ire 32,000 tonsold rating. .. - j j , ; Since the fErst post-treaty bat tleships will be' the British Rodney and ' Nelson, to (be completed la 1926 when foofr ferripa of the pres eht British i fleet? Ibf the King George V clas will go to the Jttntt man, wide Interest prevails in hati al circles everywhere' as to what their armament "speed, cruising PaSrmsh ParaCTapiis By Tom ! - The Englisi classes are ' plan ning to devotl ajcertaln portion of this next wek -to! the writing of essays on some phase of "thrift, as" a part of thef 'Thrift Week" cam pafgtt. If la Jthe hope of the com mtttea ih-ehafge that much bene fit will be gained lit the wsy of tiseftti knowledge ! along this line. There is noWjcletibt that the con dieting of th thft campaign will finally nave,- to some 'degree, the dlf ed effect, whielf is thit our nation become thrifty as well as wealthy. JJrIzes are offered by local ' business men to s'tfmulati Interest in the competition. . r The old paeV collected by Par fish Students; has not beefi sold yet, though! iai recent offer was made for stx dollars a ton. Wheri it Is sold th jmeney will go to wafd ; paying I tpi the ; canvas. ' ; On Thredt ' Mr. Dews, head of the commercial department and teacher of salesmanship in the 4 . - 1 T r 1 Experts Would SaVe Herring For. England's - Breakfasts I: 4- . . LONDOM, Jaa. 17 The humble herring, staple breakfast diet In thousands of British hdniee, has become ' the jsnbject of much' re- search td? Bt Itlsh - scfeatfsts reeently wtai1 to ; Norway J to ac quire a rt Ore f drilled khowledgw or his temperament and habits. Ffsheffefiil ktifhrtrttfos -trnfnt;mt that the h 4gei catches' of herring in the NOrfh Sea- of recent years have three fenedP the ' supprf. arlaJ the migratfohif and seasonal dls-i fitrlbtitlOBf ttitWt of different -ages La endorsed by forty-seven organizations of the country. National Thrift Week has an historical background of f significance. " It: always be gins on January 17th -the birthday of our great American apostle of Thrift, Ben jamin Franklhu Each of the OUR MERCHANTS, BANKERS, REALTORS AND INSURANCE MEN radius, .protection, method of pro pulsion, or other characterlaticg will prove to be. Little Is known generally as to' the British plans, developed vince the Washington conference. ' Jf j 1 r Bu no naval officer is likely to - forget that the dreadnaught, first all-blg-gun ship to be built, virtually, rendered 'obsolete every existing pre-dread-naught battleship- of any navy. 1 Nothing then afloat could compete with her on anything approaching equal terms, and the feverish building of dread naughts ori both! sides of the At lantic began. ? " -; American naval designers are storing nway I Information o n whleh plans ; for their own new ships will be based.' Experiments incidental to the sinking of the hull of what was to have been the itameshlp. Washington, w ducted f or -this; purpose, to a large extent, and much valuable data resulted.'" :f j t For one thing, navy experts wanted to know just how wisely they had planned the Increased deck protection of the Washington class of ships! j It has not been revealed definitely whether the Washington deck armor withstood high angle firej, but Secretary Wil bur announced j at the time that results of the) experiments liad Justified expectations.. ; That the new British ships will have ample deck protection as well as : a 'new type of 16-inch guns more powerful than" any. yet afloat In any navy i taken for a fore gone conclusion! They . will be the product of ithe post-war yeari of study by British experts of blt ter war experience with fighting shipsv iHH:V ' - ; I!':' -i i i : "5. t I Downs high school, gave our "occupation" class ; a very i interesting talk on salesmanship.; if . :: j :, Dallas defeated Parrish in a basketball game I January 9 , ' by a score of 18 to; 9. In the first quarter they were ahead ten to nine.: Both teams played hard but the . Dallas quintet was fast and kept ahead ! for the remainder of th game, f The j following night we defeated Independence' second team by a score of. 12 to 5. A re turn game wiUj be played there on January 24. jh j ?-j , : ff Tne following is the Parrlah line up: Nash Forward . . . . . . .. Forward Ecker . . She i . i i , ; orwira . Center . .'. . Guard . Guard Blaco . . . . 4 , Phillips i -1 ' '- 4 . The Cougars ; and - Millets team will play a preliminary game Wed nesday,' -A'f'-''': rr 'V-AA. are being afndied in , an effort toj prevent the decimation of thej funs, such I aa j happened ? in the case of salmon in the Pacific northwest i and T British Columbi4 waters.' Thoasanda of herring hav4 been captured; and marked for fur ther identification, then released, and fishermen!" advised to ndtlfy the' f rsherfet Development con misslon if they; afe caught fn the future. ! j -: -' ,, ;:r ', Another means of determining Lthe migration- routes of fish of different ages 1 is by counting thie annual growth of rings which ap- Fa 64 the-! scales. - i of the leading civic, industrial, days which follow are devoted E SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS. JAIL SENTENCE imprisonment Only Adequate Check to Prohibition Vio lations Says Report I : f Adequate: Jail sentences are the only effective remedies to exterm inate illicit- liquor traffic accord ing; to the. biennial report of George L. (Cleaver4, state prohibition: com missioner, which was given to the governor;. this week. In the last jail was handed to offenders., The onfy recommendation made by the Uli i I A J . i Definite principles Decide Today Will You THiee of these principles are-woi;k, planned I, saving. around you! ! lave succeeded; Although, the mere ac cumulation of money is not Success, money in the bank has played a vital, constructive part in'the careers of most successful men has enabled them to go forward. You, too, will find that regular, sykematic; deposits in bank accounts are the Key to Opportunity. :i:ii V i !' or Monday is National Thrift Day. the il'i M I National Thrift I ! 11 L J L J v i t A J A succeeding. , atarx your deposits regularly. U !! The United States National Bank if lliliHij !!!:-Salem, A -;: . Ar 'A V --Oregon-. . III lid-;. ' : - - i ------- -"jzV-VI --i h A 'AllAA i I-.f.r . - . fivv-io :' tt?t. - i - ,! J til- : v. ' . 1 ViYAvNvVX. ,v:jSAvVaW.. - educational, and religious to some speci ic thrifty HAVE A i. i report . is that the. legislature in crease the amount paid from fines to the state from! 25 to 50 per cent. No more, than five agents have ever been on salary at one time,' the re port states. " j ; Over 90 per, cent of those arrest ed entered . pleas of guilty while only 2 per fe4t of ail cases filed were lost' or dismissed. During the biennium convictions were secured of six county officials for .violating the law and two are now serving ; ime in the penitentiary. The main difficulty i3 In obtaining honest operatives and during the two year period eight men and one wo man were dismissed for - cause. Combined action Of. state and fed eral forces , in Oregon and Wash ington will be necessary to put a stop to tbe" ?ll-organied '.. rum running between Canada, Seattle and Portland A, majority; ot the county official, are- given credit for .cooperating' in the enforcement 4; : .- . 'A govern the route toSuccess. Study the lives of those hird day Week. Join those who are - '"-)'' t . "1 Dan k account now ana maKe Succeed? of the law. !Moro than 1000 Inves tigations were made in which suf ficient evidence to convict was lacking. Enforcement of the nar cotic law is j said to be the most difficult workl of the department, for returns jifrom fines, or 25 per cent of thejwhoIe, total but $6. 446.25, whichi8 held to be insuf ficient.,." j " ! The number of prohibition cases handled by the department was 1218; and narcotic cases 15, -a grand total of 1233.; Prohibition fines aggregated $271,903.65 and narcotic $1150. a total of $275, 053.63. Intoxicating liquor and mash destroyed totaled 28,144 gal lons. A total of 134 stills were seixed and! 43 automobiles were confiscated! The total cost of pro hibition cases was $49,834.16 and of narcotic "cases $6445.25. The amount collected in fines from the counties in 1926 was $174,415.78 knd In 1924. $203, 876.30. j . The report states that la the summer ofj 1923 the governor re quested the prohibition commis sioner to use his men as special agents. Relative to this the re port fays: "The Oregon Blue Book shows the appropriation of $10,000 for this work in 1921-2, and the actual expenditure of $13,242.30 more than the appropriation, or & total expense for the two years preced ing the present administration of $23,242.30 for state agents. Tbe appropriation for this purpose in 1923-4 was $4000 of which amount $357.50 hast beta turned back to the general jfund a 'difference of $19,599.80; effected by the combi nation suggested by the governor and the saving -of-'a salaried chief special agent." I ! , Women bus Drivers to Wear Clothes Designed in Paris - I I j - -TOKIO an. 17 pWomen bu conductors .have proved so 'satis factory' that the Tokio street rail way has decided to employ thed. Five . hundred will be Installed June 1 and; will gradually replace men conductors. Their uniforms will le of foreign style, designed by a Paris tailor. If i , . 1 ; ; r I! I $300 GRAND PIANO , Just like new. This is a real j snap, j Terms $lij a months Gow C. Will, 432 State St. 'mm. ' . ' l: 1' it' l - :A' I ff - i 'i