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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1925)
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON WEDNESDAY MORNING, May 6, 192: LLjUHHD ' '! OfBIOMEt Extensive Improvements Are Under Way; Staff Re- ' mains .unchanged rfv The Marlon Hotel is, now tmder the management of James R. Linn. I Al N. Pierce, manager for fife years! having gone to Cor allis fto take charge of the new Hotel j Benton which he will man- prorements are under way in the halls, rooms and furnishings. The same staff will remain in. charge of the Marion that have been there for a number of, years. William Kane will ;be fn general control otj the -.house, C. D.Foul will be auditor, and - purchasing agent, Mrs. - Baird, housekeeper. Miss Jennie Baker will remain in charge of the dinning room and n ri-t r I v . i iix s h w i i w mjiiii mm ruei. Mr. Linn states that especial stress will be laid on service and that monthly conferences will be held with all employees in order to improve the service in every way possible. The furnishings in the rooms and halls are being gone over carefully and several im- -. - , ;.;f " , : , V- Oregon Spuds Are Placed Under. Ban by California Oregon potatoes have , ,, been quarantined, according, to 'a letter sent County Horticultural Inspec tor Van Trump by ..C. A; .Park, president : of . the state board of horticulture, who stated that Cal ifornia prohibits the Importation of Oregon and Washington spuds unless covered by a permit." ... . The order was issued to pro tect California from the, Colorado potato beetle, which Is supposed to have been found In some of the potatoes grown in Eastern Oregon. -: The prohibition states that ship mAnfa clnnot ho rrisria frnn Cint r- bar 1 to March 31, other than po tato tops or plants cannot be ship? ped . under any circumstances. ' '! seonfstonr f eeothe-AssocIateS Charities and a percentage of the proceeds. , - "h's- :. ; The funds which will be secured by ithe Associated Charities here are needed badly, as thetunds for relief " work have " been depleted anuSi .many , demands . are; being made.. " : ' . j : ; . . -' ' . -. . ' ' " t :. - itM! GiTHER FOR STATE KT II. Election of Officers Slated l oqay; governor nerce : Is Speaker ; : everal Dallas, or.. May 5 carloads of members of the local Modern Woodmen oZ America ii 1 lodge left early today for Albany to participate in the quadrennial meeting of the state camp; meet. About 43 .delegates, representing I all parts of the ! state, will have th; authority to elect state j off t ceis and , four national delegates who will go to Rock Island, 111., in JJuly to help compose the legis lative body for the million and a hajf members of the cosiety, - Jt is expected i that over j 1.000 Woodmen of the state will enjoy th hospitality of the Albany camp anil to partake fin the meetings which will begin this evening with a banquet Mr the officers ; and county deteg&iesJ Governor Pierce, state lecturer, . will be among the prominent speakers at the ban quet. - " i r j- -y : (Floyd D.'ftfore; formerly: coun-r tyllclerk of. Polk county, Js the delegaLs fronifPolk county and X, A.i Wxlght employe in , be Salem postoffice. Is the " delegate I from Marlon county. Many drill teams from the state,! including Dallas and Salem's crack teams, will par tlfipate In the parade and tnitia? tion-tomorrow. evening. . !--. Associated Charities Get 1 ; i Percentage of Proceeds A shining ferris - wheel and a brightly colored merry go round are being I operated . during this week) on Church, street between the post office and the court house building. The Browning Amuse ment company is to operate there, after securing permission from the city council. They are to pay. ithe ailER'SDilS ' BEES OOSEiED Flowers Being Ordered and Special Messages Are. to be Sent Sunday. lalf-Way Point Between pole and Equator Marked A spot on the Pacific highway which: is exactly half way between the equator and - the north ' pole to be designated by the Salem Kiwanis club following action tak en yesterday by the organization. Otto Paulus, originator of the idea has been working- on the r problem fbr somie time, was"pleased;to see the action taken yesterday by the club.- -. t i I. . i jj The spot is on the Pacific high way about 2500 feet north of the 45-mile post couth of Portland.: It fa ; just . a few hundred ; feet past the . famous tulip- - beds near the Chemawa school. " S:fWjSILCTCM;:NE At the regular monthly meeting of the city council Monday night an ordinance, was passed governing the regulation of -street- cutting! This ordinance contained, a, meas ure! requiring tbe--ItyS-engineer whd is supervising the repairing of streets; to place, a i bond j of twice the, estimated cost of the repairing before . the streets . were !cut into. ' r - ' I. " 1 . . . .,.-. . - Another ordinance was passed j making i it unlawful to wash cars . . . . i i i . i mi . f f . 1 i on ireL3 wuum iu inn iiujiia. i State Food and Dairy Commls eioner Mikle appeared before the ! council at'the request of, the.Sil ! vertonf j Parent-Teachers,,- associa i tion and gave a few ideas on the regulation of the sale of mjll?. He suggested that all , milk salesman be licensed aJ)d required to live, up to a few certain rules. . t fi" j V. r ".;:(. ,rr b TTpnriten. riulsa Henrfksen and Mi C.1 Jacobsen motored to Port-i i land Sunday evening to try to se-i cure a nurse for Miss Dora Hen-! riksen who is critically ill with; i pneumonla-i They were unable to! secure the services of the one they sought so they returned to Stlver-i ton: ' Later it was learned that! Miss Delia Lofgr&i who was form erly head of the Silverton hospital and' more recently superintendent of that of Corral lis 'had returned! from a trip to California and was! . at the present time visiting atCorj vallis. Rev. Mr. Henrfksen got in; touch with Miss LofgTen and she! is -now at Silverton in charge of Miss Henrfksen., Miss. Henrlksen is; reported as being a (ittle bettef at the present time. f , large number of the members of he Lutheran Brohterhood of Ore-' on are maJdog plana, to.attend the centenial. ' l, t ' . . , ' 111 John Elder Mulkey died at the Good Smaritan ' Hospital at Port land Monday after an Illness of live weeks caused by a fall. He was two- years old and the son of Air. and MrsJ James Mulkey of Silverton: Funeral services Will be held from the f Jack and ! Ekman mortuary Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and Interment will be made at the Silverton cemetery." Mother's Day, which is to be ob served in Salem t next Sunday, Is loked forward to by many of, the people in Salem, according to the number of telegraph messages and flower orders that have been filed with the local telegraph company. The .Western, Union, has offered a special service in sending the greetings for , the- one day., of the, year, as has the Postal Telegraph. The Postal have secured a spe cially designed letterhead which will carry the Mother's Day greet ings.. ..-. - .. ... Those planning to send greet ings can get the lower rates by sending- their messages the even ing before to be delivered the fol lowing day. t - ; Over one hundred orders for flowers have been filed with the local office here. These will be delivered next Sunday. . 1 FORMER SALEMITE II James ;E. PeeDles to Take 'jChafge of, Office Lqcat-. led in. rqiUand: v.? I. James E. Peebles, district man ager, of Portland's new office of bureau of foreign and domestic commerce which opens May 15," Is a former Salem' boy and the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Peebles, 1085 North Cottage, j He was graduated from Salem , high school in 1909 and from Stanford university" ", in, 1913. -At one: time he was a pa per carrier for The Statesman. Mr. Peebles is familar with the northwest and Its needs and was sent to the Portland office from Seattle, where he was in the dis trict office for five years Offices will be In the Oregon building, Portland. j 1 : ! The appointment of a district manager followed a campaign of 10 years waged by the Portland Chamber of Commerce. A cooper ative office was opened nearly a decade ago but the service ; was not sufficient to meet the demands. Rosarian Prime Minister " to Visit Cherrians Soon S.C Pier, prime minister of the Portland Rosarians will tell the Cherrians about the pageant "Rosaria" to be held in Portland. The prime, minister will be accom panied by a number of the Rosar ians council to a grand feed to be held here by the Cherrians on May 12- i ! 1"T The rjeply to the invitation ex tended. by King Bing Perry, of the Cherrians has been accepted, ac cording " to the information sent here. " It Is expected that the Ro sarians will extend the Cherrians an invitation to participate in the Portland-Rose. Festival. i The Pioneer Boys gave a pro gram at the Christian church Sun day morning. The boys also had charge of .the decoration which, was very much in keeping with, the prqV gram. A log house with a log and an axe were features of the decoration scheme. Numbers oh the program were: Violin solo-ff- LeRoy Conoy; pland soloRobr$t Terrls: reciutlon Melvln - Webb. TTilliam Moores and Melvin Webb also gave very interesting" reports on the Older Boys'. Conference held at Salem. '.'--. ! . E. W. Coates of Seattle, travel irz passenger agent of the Can' d:an Kational Railways company, is at SIl''e,', Jlouday in the I- terest of the railroad, i Mr, Coates appeared before the Luth- c -an Erotheriiood at! its. session I onday afternoon In an endeavor f . frtf rr - r Itcsa -rr!:3'.trer- ccn- t mplating' attending the Korwe . .. . ... i t 4 , H . . . ROSTEIN 'ft 'GREENBAIhH RELIABLE MERCHANDISE - 1 n i - i I - Our Millinery Department, Best in the City Big: Selection of Hats, Frames and Flowers The Newest Styles, Best of Quality, Lowest Prices Expert Milliners Ready to Consult With You." Bring Your Millinery Troubles to "Us ' Tiwue Ginghams Sillc Crepes r Very Fine . ew Stripes"' Pretty Patterns Very Pretty yard 49c yard 31.65 ! 36 inch ! 32 inch . - ' : Dress Linen Amoskeag Fast Colors Uress Uinghams Reduced Price 'r4 Fast' Colors Yard 59c yard 21c Renfrew Suitings Pretty Yoiles New Shades , Good Quality : Sunfast and Tubfast Reduced; Price i yard 59c yard 49c ; Ladies New Hosiery $1.65, $1.23, 'Jl.OO and 75c a pair 'if'.,-! . ' j - i. Rcnf rev " Devonshire Huck Towels Sunfast and Tubfast- Colors, Pink, Gold or Blue , Neat. Patterns T W 50c Grade ' yr.rd CI a r for 38c 81nC0 SliceU ,9-4 Shcetin- i Seamless ; Gpod Grade - 01.25 yard'SOc 2 ID mid 2-13 Ncrlli Ccmmcrcial Slrcct "'fc , ai bsms J s1 iB 1 ' ' - i -j 1 . r In order that every home may have music we are putting on a sale of musical instruments that will never be equaled in Salem. Glance over the values represented in this advertisement, then come down "and see for yourself j t i- i. t . fir A Sensation $530 Nationally Advertised Gilbron san Player Piano like new - - Terms $ 1 0 a Month Extra Special $500 Newman Bros7 Piano, new -v like appearance, fully guaranteed Terms 7.00 a Month H It I; Good Practice Piano . t :. 'rTi $5 down, $5 a month 'if This piano is worth $125. Plays fine. See This Bargain J i One of the old makes. Good condition-- 10 Down II '1 - -t J It " - jw:-- ft sr I I $5 a Month 1 " m ' ! - It; -: - 1 ..;V:.1r;,:r:v-r--"'.;r;;; J Three pianos nearly given away your choice at each r'" J Terms,, $5 down and $5 month. You will you get ohe of these! You may have. it have to come early if -5 LJs: 'U.'UrJi i - eiPEG " ' ' ' ' ... - I 1 Just think of it R. S. Howsird Player, cost $750 when new. Couldn't be told from new, only - X hardly 1 - - 4 , $. f) fk j Terms $1 0 a month JIM Ten year guarantee witH t ear, lVI1;'---iW ... - t-': ; r-, . . . .. ; : -; V iTinioinio 150 Victrola . . . 4-. ..--..... 75 125 Brunswick . .....A r ...... ...lij....... 49 225 Coliimhia ........ .......,.... 89 225 Victrola L.J L ! 145 120 Starr J 1 49 5rf Victrola i 1 2Z 50 Columbia 20 5 tVOJ - , 150 Emerson ..i...........!..:...-......... 60 95 Edison 55 145 Edison HO 150 Columbia ' 65 120 Columbia 59 35 Victrola .....l ." 15 75 Victrola ...L........:...... ..... 45 $5 DOWN DELIVERS ANY PHONOGRABH Ve also have uWd Saxaphones" Cornets, Banjos) Guitars, and other instruments tnn nimT, fr. mention. All: goihs atrrastic reductions. - " . :. . . ' IMPORTANT These prices are positively only for this week. We guarantee these prices to be the lowest we have ever of ferd. "V - "-', r--r-r-r EVERYTHING i 432 State St. Your Lcr.jnj TJizlz Dqahr for Ycr.rs 1 ... . . . ' , .-.-.- -