TRIBUTE TO THE
: LATE GEO. W. BELT
The Old Time Citizens ofSa
!em Will Know How Well
;' Words Are Deserved
(In its. editorial columns, np
doubt written by Frank Irvine, the
Portland Journal of last even lug
had the following:) , M? j
j George W. Belt, killed Saturday
night in a street accident at Spo
kane, was in his day the most fa
mus baseball pitcher in Oregon.
tHIs fame was won as captain
and pitcher or the "College club.f'
a Willamette university team that
long field sway as champions of
Oregon. The pitcher didn't throw
the ball In those days, but had to
delirer it below the waist. It was
a: clean-cut pitch, but George Belt
developed Yery great speed under
that, form of delivery and served
a difficult ball to hit. That was
before the days of the curved ball
and while professional baseball
Kas yet in Its infancy. j i
From college Mr. Belt went into
the law and soon became prose
cuting attorney In thesecond Ju
dicial district, then comprising
Linn, Marlon, Polk and Yamhill
counties. In ;, that . capacity hp
prosecuted the late W. W. Saun
ders on a charge of murder com
mitted at Albany. ' ' . :
1 The Saunders, case had'manjr
sensational features an& at the
time attracted conspicuous atten
tion thronehovt vOreeon. Saun
ders, a newspaper man at Cof
allis, armed himself, went to Al
bany andshpt, a man whom no
charge wUttdhavlng Insulted the
. sister7 of Miss Allison,-later Mrs.
Sounders. j . ! j
At the first trial Saunders was
sentenced to be hanged, and at the
second was given life imprison
ment. After a short time In pris
on Saunders made a sensational
escape, and with the supposed as
sistance of friends made his way
to and down the Pacific coast
until captured Dy a snerui in
western Douglas county. : ; :
' At the endof nine years Saun
ders was pardoned. 3y GovernoV
Pennoyer. He went to Spokane,
engaged in the practice of law, was
elected Justice tf the peace, raa-
. ried Miss Minnie Allison, amassed
a considerable competence, and
died a year ago. f
From his home at Salem, George
. to Spokane, engaged In the prac
tice of law,, and in time served k
term as superior Judge." He wa
the son of Dr. A. M. Belt, head jf
a well known pioneer Salem fam
ily and brother of the late "wife
of Justice Burnett of the Oregon
supreme court. 1
George Belt was a kindly ma?,
a loyal friend, a delightful conf
panion, an able lawyer, a conscien
tious Jurist, and a citizen of tb!e
highest ideals. .
; Bits Tor Breakfast
. A prediction
" Before a long time
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The f 10 common stock sharfes
of the Second linen mill will be
worth 1100; and they will te
worth $1000 and more eventually.
And the Miles Linen company
stock wlir grow In. value In like
proportion. j
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TEerewlir "Be no better stocks
brrtnttk state than linen
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Vniii stocks. There are none bet
ter in Ireland in4 Scotland. Aid
.pinen . manufacturing here wll
lave'4ay advantages not -en-Joyed
by the Irish and Scotch fac
' lories. Onrtyf the wealthiest fai
ilies in the world is the Barbour
family; their wealth founded On
klineps.' ' Every' woman j knoirs
about Barbour thread. . ! ; 'j I
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The poultry industry in the Sa
lem -"district is having another
wonderful exnansion this year.
" That is great. The poultry boom
'cannot get too big. It .is Justified
by our superior natural conditions.
(we can produce more eggs at less
- cost than any other section. That
i as a branch of egriculture we must
. boost. We must get It beyond
4)J2Q, 000,000 a year, which" is Che
..amount of sales , of poultry P?o-
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FURNACE"
V For Your Home
v Why Not Try An
- Eastman Sibloco
;. It's a Marion County pro-.
; stalled in your home by
' our own men. Anywhere
"in the Salem district. Low
jn first cost. Users will
tell you of its extreme
economy in fuel con
sumption. Easy to con
trol, and durable. - j
For information, f
, Write or Phone j
EASTT.1AN BROS.
' Formerly Silverton Blow j
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Sllvcrtcn, Ore. -
ducts j annually' of the;; district
around Petaluma, Cal.
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' A Spaniard who had never used
a telephone is! dead at the over
ripe old age of 116 years. That
gives some idea of how the exas
perations of "wrong! number and
"busy" shorten life for most of us
to iay nothing of how they may
affect us in the life hereafter.
A committee of baby doctors has
determined by -careful measure
ments,1 that crying! is a healthy
exercise. If a baby cries 1 per
cent of the time it increases its
food-consuming energy l per cent.
An jail-day squaller creates enough
energy to lift it to the housetop.
The doctors fall to take into ac
count, however, the energies wast
ed by those who walk the floor,
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Torches were once wonderful;
with' them primitive man threw
around j himself a circle of light
which kept; the man-eaters at bay.
The torch was finally supplanted
by the grease lamp, then kerosene
conquered grease and was, later
on conquered by gas. The days
of gas for lighting purposes are
almost j gone,; for electricity has
put gas burners in the scrap heap
and It is becoming cheaper. Ac
cording to statistics a dollar will
now buy 16,200 candle-power I of
light, whereas the . . same dollar
would! have bought only 115 candle-power
in 1887. After electric
lighting, shall we have cold light?
Apparently, I the answer depends
upon whether or not mankind
learns the fire-fly's secret method
of jmanufacj.uring heatles3 light..
West Salem Methodist ,,
?f Offer Program Tonight
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The West Salem Methodist
church i tonight will be the scene
of ra benefit program iriven I to
raie money: to assist in complet
ing? the church, which is in the
process of construction. The uro
gram will be given by Perrr Pres-
cott Reigelman, ! reader and Im
personator, and Lyman McDonald,
popular Apallo club baritone, j
Both Mr. I Reieelman and Mr.
Mc&onald have had considerable
experience as entertainers, and
tbei program I for this evening Is
planned for entertainment pur
poses only. Mr. Reigelman was
one! of the "entertainers at' the
Phf Epsilon fraternitv banauet In
Mcillnnville recently, and Mr. Mc
Doialdi was ! broadcast with the
Salem Lion's club program from
the-; Oregonian a short time ago.
Th ; program offered consists of
humorous j and dramatic readings
and Impersonations and colorful.
entertaining songs. "
Buttej Montana Is Swept -
By anow; wires ah uown
BUTTE,1 I Monti , April 23.
Butte today j and last ' night ' was
swpt by the greatest spring snow
storm 'in its history. From 5
O'clock last night until 11 o'clock
this morning 11 inches of snow
had fallen and it is believed the
total will have reached 2 0 inches
this evening.! Traffic is demoral
ized, ' telegraph i and telephone
wires down : and during part of
this morning ' several suburbs
were completely cut off from com
munication.! ,
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No mofe brilliant" achievement In ambi
tious, motion pictures dealing with histori
cal romance has ever been exhibited than
Marjon Dayies latest, production, "Janice
Meredith.? The New York -Times.
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Starts Saturday
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REPORTS
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TO BE IFOIDED
Wild Rumors of Thousands
, of Executions in Sofia
Said to be Untrue
SOFIA, April 22. (By the As
sociated -Press.) Regarding the
Wild rumors In circulation that
thousands ; of persons have been
killed or arrested since the bomb
explosion in the Sveti Krai
cathedral, it is learned from what
is considered trustworthy author
ity that these , are gross exagger
ations. Although detailed infor
mation is lacking, the number
killed, It is asserted, does not
amount to more than a few dozen,
There have been 500 arrests,
but many of these taken -by the
authorities have been reletsed.
BELGRADE, Jugo Slavia, April
22. Three members of the Brit
ish! parliament arrived today from
Sofia, Bulgaria; asserted they
were convinced several hundred
persons were killed without trial
and on the merest presumption,"
after the .recent bomb . explosion
in the cathedral in Sofia. :
Ancient Car Set Afire;
Owner is Not Yet Found
ASTORIA. ! Or, April 22. When
the local fire; department answer
ed a' call today hey found a 1906
model maehijne In. which wood had
been piled between the seats and
set fire. The citizen who turned
In the alarm! informed Chief Bush
ing that he. had seen a man stand
ing by tne burning car who ad
mitted ownership and that the car
was partially . Insured, but who,
he said, urged him not to call the
fire department, as it was "not
worth while." l . i ; .
"When; the firemen arrived the
stranger had disappeared. Chief
Bushing said today that his Inves
tigation had revealed that the car
was apparently the property of . a
man named Lake, residing at Til
lamook, Oregon. ' 3
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No dental; treatment can
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more .
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Mooredale's Imported Plaids, Imported Mixtures
Diagonals Flannels Novelty Weaves
Colors were never in such variety! tans, browns, rose, rust,, greys,
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I Sizes for Misses and Women,
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Fashion decrees that the correct
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