THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
WEDNESDAY MORNING, May 6, 192:
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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ROSTEIN 'ft 'GREENBAIhH
RELIABLE MERCHANDISE - 1 n
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Good Practice Piano
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$5 down, $5 a month
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This piano is worth $125. Plays fine.
See This
Bargain
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One of the old makes. Good condition--
10
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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
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Just think of it R. S. Howsird Player, cost $750 when new. Couldn't
be told from new, only
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Terms $1 0 a month
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Ten year guarantee witH t
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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
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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
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