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SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON J SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1925
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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Neuritis
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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
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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 ;
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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
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- 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
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Experts Would SaVe Herring
For. England's - Breakfasts
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. 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
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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
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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
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. 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.
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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
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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.
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Monday is National Thrift Day. the
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succeeding. , atarx your
deposits regularly.
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educational, and religious
to some speci
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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
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govern the route toSuccess.
Study the
lives of those
hird day
Week. Join those
who are
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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
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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
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$300 GRAND PIANO
, Just like new. This is a real
j snap, j Terms $lij a months
Gow C. Will, 432 State St.
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