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3 i- tllB OREGON STATIt ANiBAlPr, OTIEnON SUNDAY MORNING, tAY 10, 102." SALEM LAUNDRY GO. IN MEW HOME ModMB, Motor Ih-ireii mt l'p to . J'aje in Kverj; Way; Open j ' " in- This Week ' ' The Salem Laundrj company Is now established In Its riew-nuild-ing a 263 South High street.' And the capital city has one of the most complete and np to date laundry plants In this country; in any 'country, K. I Wleder, the general manager,' has been, work lug up f to. this point for 3 a years, during Tan of which time he has been in the laundry; business. He came to Salem front Albany three year ago and took over the, busl , hs of the Salem 'Laundry com pany, which for many years had -4een under the management of Colonel J Olmsted, i ' Fine New Building . The business; was in '" rented quarters, at 136 Liberty . street wear State, until ; few days age when, on April 27th, It was in stalled in its splendid new home; at 263 South Higfi. which is op posite theVick automobile bulld- mg. -;... ; ! The new building occupies a full lot, 74. by 165 feet, excepting ten foot driveway ion the south side. It Is two stories in the fron and one story in the rear, is of concrete, 'and s is modern In con st ruction In every way,' with splen did light and ventilation.,, a Mas Iju-co Capacity ' " The Institution in ft new lor - cation and with its additional equipment 'has about double' the capacity' of the old plant, and with - practically the same force "of em ' ployees. There are now 30 people on the pay roll. The ' work" now being turned out-would nave tak en at least 60 under the old meth ods, - and 'would not have: been : done asi well by any means." With very few-changes, f and without doubling jihe present force; twice the .present volume of : work' can t be done in the present location. -". There are nine ! washing ma chines, large and small, and" three extractors. There! are. fourteen different, kinds . ot ironing ina- chines,' besides six hand irons. V;; V Xeat And Clean - '.-';' -The workers in the Salem Laun . dry company's hew! home keep aa neat, and clean as those employed ; in office' work, ' or " store work. The steam is - bought from the Portland Electric Power, company and is metered into the new build ing. This steam is used In heat ittp all; the water and all the fron- , ing machines.- The; steam is under control,' so that it - is condensed and then used in washing.! Thus -' the purest; kind of fwater Is secur ed; as pure as rain water; purer. In .fact,' for there are always par ticles of -dust in the air. Every bit; of water used for suds would be fit to drink. ,'4 ; " f V And .how about the soap? ' it is 100 per cent pure. -; Absolutely. It Is made by Proctor & Gamble, ho , make Ivory soag. . There is Absolutely ' no alkali in the 'soap used in this laundry. It is made from escolite, whlch is, free from alkali an, other elements injurious to the fabric of clothing of aay kind. This is' something new, and satisfactory to , both "the; customer and the laundry-man,' compared with the best! methods known i a few years ago. '!-V : V ; rTf Modern, Moior Driven ; The "machinery is 'all modern .and jill motor drven; , nearly 'all of . It by Individual motors. There . in a blanket carding machine; an expensive Installation that makes the blankets like new. 7 There are four delivery cars kept busy, by , the Salemf laundry. v ' : ; ; l : t-" . ' ' IMeaaunt Place H f : V In the plant of .the "Salem Laun- t dry company with Its new home, is a plasunt place to work. There are; uo dark corners. I There : is not one foot of space without good vjitilation. There is" no. , hand Wjjrk. i:erythlng Is done by raa f uiaery.' The workers merely l'ted in the clothing and. wrap and loid it. - w . - - i . ; W hen there Is a bole In a sock, it ii darned by machinery. When there is a rent in a garment, it I repaired by mach inery. : . And when there is a button off, it is sewed, on. AH by machinery. And all without, cost to the customer. Th is Is all for service. I There is a" rest room for the women' employees "on the' second floor in the front part of the building; a place to make' their coffee, tables and chairs for their meals and .their times of rest; A cot, for any one who may become . ilL i;-: , . Will Give Opening " : The Salem Laundry company will give an opening of its new home, to which the public Is" in vited, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings of this week, from 7: 30 to; 9 :30, when all the machinery will be in operation. . . No doubt theInspection which the public will give this splendid ' new institution will ' help in in- GOOD WOOD 4 ft Large Second Growth Fir, 2 cords for $13.00 0 . 3 Iarije loads 16" Mill Wood forlfiwOO T ; -4 ft. old Fir, no large knots nor punlcy, 2 cords for $15.00 k 'V May&nd June Delivery the work of the laundries In this section.: The methods will profe a rdevelation to any one whof may have been acquainted with the methods of several years agof ! ' -. f Van Wieder, son' of E. L. Wied- er, has inoved; to Salem with family and Is associated with hfs lather in the active management of the laundry in its new. home. 1$ Held n - it '-i- f. ;vjr '. ! i - f ft yjohn Automobile Firm .Now 1m New Home Open house for customers land and friends of the F. ,W. Petty- John company was held yesterday T - f ; - - in the new quarters of the. con cern, 3B5 North Commercial street Salem, Need for additional space for the growing: business of the concern brought about: the erec tion of 4 class-A building of pleas ing I architecture.' 82 by. 165 feet, designed to house the various; de partments of the firmj A com plete showing of the newest mod els f of the ; Oldsmobile Six land Rickehbaker cars was arranged in the spacious show room which was tastefully decorated with a pro fusion of spring t lowers and. bas ket; feri)8. JUuslc was! furnished during the afternoon by the So ciety Serenaders, and a dance was enjoyed by a crowd of several hundred guests during the even- ing. ! -The building is arranred for uo to date sales and service of auto mobiles! and includes in its I ap pointments many conveniences for the customers and their cars. 1 Officers and personnel of ! the firm ar : F. W. Pettyjohn, presf-1 dentil J. H. Madden, manager; Horace jWooley,, service manager; K. Nbrdsen. assistant f manager; H. White H. Tracey, Fred Viesco and W. E. Harmon, salesmen. ; Out; 'fit town guests included Arnold Cohen. Jack Coxon and W I M. Twite of the . Oldsmobile company of Oregon; L-J E: Therk- elson aid Mr. Scott of Therkelson Mojtor Company of Portland, and representatives of many Portland Jobbing and supply houses. A large ctowd of people inspected th building and cars during the daj Wool Shipments by Truck Regulated by Commission The public service commission, in irxing a schedule !of ;' freight rates ror truck lines haulinjr wo61 shipments over , the John Day land tributary highways between Con don and Prairie City, established For hauls of 25 miles and un der over Improved highways! the rale will be HV cents per 1 Q 0 pounds) peri mile, while 1 cent Is" charged for shorter hauls. Rates onf uniinproved highways' are 3jc higher j Trucks ofy less than' two tons capacity will have a fixed rate of $2 an hour and larger trucks ! $2.50 an hour.! I Wasjhingtori Elm Gavels Promised Gavels from a Washington elm in Cambridge, Mass., have receiv ed by Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state, jto ornament the 'desks of the president of the Senate and the j speaker-of-the house. They bear the inscription: 'A piece of Washington Elm. which formerly stood' In the cftyro Cambridge. Bss., 132C", The gavels will be ehclos d In cases for preservation and display. ; . ( - Lift Off-No Pain! uoesn i nurt one nit! Drop a - - . . a. ' little! "Ffeez6ne't)n an aching corh,' fnstantly that eorn stop hurting, then shortly you lift if right off with fin -rem Your druggist sells a tiny bottle er, "lfreezone" tor a few dents, suf ficient to removo every hard corn, soft corn, , or eorn between tha teas, and the foot calluses, without tc-ess or irritation. -Adv. . TRO-MPT DELIX:nY I -i creaking DENTAL ESSAY : VMlNNERSiNAMED Nreral First Plars Am Award rI I'ttpiU Within &teih ''V'Tr""" ' fHstrirt ;:.:: iiorolhy Slead. Medford sixth grade pupil, and Clyde Tlsh. of the Pendleton eighth grade, were an Bounced -winners in the fourth annual statewide- essay' contest financed by the state board of den tal exa miners and directed by the stafe department ef education, by J A; Churchill state school supef- ItHendent. In districts outside the first class. May Hall, sixth grade District No. Columbia county and Clare Scidmore, eighth rade. district No. 48, Washington Coun ty,;, were the two winners.' -1 The four winning essays brought the aothors $23 ' each. Thirty-one counties in the state participated Pupils In the fifth and sixth grades wrote on "Our Guardian Angels, Good Teeth and1. Good Health" while the - seventh and eighth gnrde"'pnpils wrote on 4,Cobd Teeth and Good Health, Now and Forever, One and Insep arable.":.: T;' ;- ;"; .1 : - -Other winners in districts of the? first class included Mae and llobby Coffey. Silverton: Virginia Ahalt'eighth grade. Salem; Philip Hayter and Hetty Ha rcobe, Dallas; Dorothy E. Brady, district No.(70, and Reginald H, llees. district No. 128, Marion county;: Helen Wildt, district No. 7 0-7 9 , a nd Fra nk Hub bard, district No. 51," Polk county. M'Hary Forum Speaker; ' .-X - Will Tell About Flax John H. McNary, local attorney. who has made an exhaustive study of th flax problem. In the Wil lamette valley will, speak Monday at ithe Salem Chamber of Com merce. He is to tell "What the Growing of Flax and a "Linen Mill in Salem Will Mean to the Wil lamette Galley.". ; !; ' Mr. McNary has been on of the strongest boosters for the new linen mill ' in this city: and has made many converts. He has ap peared before' a number of local organizations here to explain the merits of flax growing and what ItrlU mean to the city and valley to have a linen mm here, and the benefits to the farmer. American Legion 0 Member Is Called Dorward C. Pratt, son of Mr aBd Mrs. P. C. Pratt, 730 North Winter, died April 19. He was born at Sheldon, Iowa, June 2, 1896. He never married. He lived with his parents at" Bigelow Mlhn.; Modesto, Calif.; Stockton, Calif., and Veneta and Salem, Ore. rfhe deceased entered the Uhl? vefslty of Oregoh in the fall of 1917 and enlisted In the navy-the followins ' December, taking ap radio. He was sent from San Fran cisco -to' -Harvard ; untvereity, to complete his, trainlni?:. While there be was operated on for a nror.t trouble. , .; L. ;., '. ' , He lead a consistent Christian 1 "N Newly Compiled Complete Vo cabulary III jh: Editorial Qnal ity Self Prcnormcinir life, from early boyhood and at Ms death was t member of the First Baptist church. He was i,-ember of tba Eugene pos t. Amer itau !gion, later transferrin'; to Capilol Post No. 9. Labor Repori Is Good Total of 14.1 Workers Find Places Many ofr'Thrw Are I Women ; A record for the. year was set, by the : United States employment service for. the week endfns May , as Indicated by the report filed by Sim. Phillips, secretary -of the YMCA. "A total of 143 workers were put on jobs,, 29 of whom were women. . The lead was taken by agri cultural workers which placed S in-the field; common labor came second with a total of 34 place ments, while 21 woods laborers were put at work. Two carpen ters were placed on jobs, while a total of eight applications were filed by truck drivers and chauf- feurg. .' . ' . One of the biggest changes wa,s In the number of women placed at wort". iieretorore, women were not placed at work as well. This week's .report indicates that 29 of the C6 women who applied for work were placed on jobs A to tal of 25 were placed as agricultu ral laborers and four as house keepers. Royal Rosarians i Will Visit Salem Prime Minister ami Others, to At' tend Meeting of Cherrlans ! . Tuesday Cherrians looking forward to a most Interesting meeting at the regular monthly dinner to be held at the chamber of commerce. Tues day evening at :30 o'clock. The reason thereo f Is the fact that J. C. Perry. King B ing, has Just received a letter, from S. C Pier, Prime Minister of the Port- land Rosarians, stating that a number of Rosarian officlala will attend the" dinner. Also that ef forts were being made ' to bring with the Rosarians, a number of high powered speakers. Prime Minister Pier also inti mated in the letter sent to Mr. Perry, ; that f it wae probable the famous Rosarian quartet would accompany Rosarian officials to Salem j Tuesday evening and that the quartet would be primed to sins as often and as long as the Cherrians would indicate. The. Cherrians wilt take action at the Tuesday evening meetinc in regard to attending the Rose fes tival Thursday, June 18, and tak ing art in the parade. It is un derstood that the Rosarian offi cials are coming to Salem especial ly to extend an invitation. . Mr,! Pier also intimated that there was good prospecta of bring ing to the Tuesday evening meet iu with, the Rosarians. Mrs. Doris ?mith, author ot -"The Pageant of the Rteest which will be present ed at Multnomah field during Rose Festival week. ' BARGAIN ASEMENT in Square' for MONDAY and TUESDAY WEBSTER'S on Ideal for Cross-AjVord Puzzlds SPECIAL FEATURES New Words and Terms Prepar ed by Scholars Printed From Plates Large Clear Type Dcfinitioun in Synonym form. ' Fc'rci T qt& e,n4 Fhrases IIcKINLEY BRIEFS ' : ; I H, ; iiy ; i " HF.nTlIA n.BCOCK : .The whole - school was In ithe best of spirits Monday morning, because the -school won the silver loving cup at Willamette univer sity for having the largest per fent attendance at the bicycle tourna ment Saturday! morning, i Resides winning the silver cup for attend ance two other prizes were won, one by Malcolm McReyriolds j for riding a fiv inch board 70 feet The other prjste was wonj by Hor ace Stewart for having the; neat eat Boy Scout uniform. Several other, smaller 1 prizes were : given for the best decorated bicycles. The McKInley boys" Indoor base ball team defeated the Parr is h in door team for. the second time ;Iast Monday on the oM Washington school grounds, with a i score of 19 to 20. This game ends the in door season, ; ' f ; . McKinley's baseball diamond is being measured off and ; the boys will soon - -be practicing "baseball There is also a new backstop being built which will i o?s the ; entire west end of. the baseball fie The seventh and eighth grade girls played indoor last Tuesday evening with a score In favor of the seventh grade. Wednesday the seventh and ninth grades play ed tne championship game with the n?ii'.i grade winning by point. ; J I : ' ;- Fifteen to 12 waa the Score of eight-inning game Thursday! be tween the eighth and ninth grade boys. The eighth grade boys won. Miss Virginia Aholt won $10 prize in the Dental essay test. The, seventh and eighth grades were the only ones enter ed In the contest.; ! Monday, May 11 is the date aet for the monthly meeting of the McKiniey. Latin clnb. ' After a business meeting ; ln the school house the club will leave for the woods where alt will take part in games, roasting weinies, and every thing that goes with, a picnic j The manual training department expects to make a trip to Cojrval- lis the last of this month to visit! the college.: i 1 There has been placed in manual training room a new lathe. This has been needed for several months and everyone is very care ful to take the best of care f It. When the students entered the study and assembly hall Wednes day morning, they found to their : surprise a new flag andipolel The pole was made by : the manual training department, ! ' : Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock the lower hall of McKiniey school was the scene of a victorious i school --Pep" meeting. School yells were given ror thosie I win ning in ; the bicycle tournament. indoor baseball add in dental con tests. The meeting ended With: a i serpentine through the building and over the grounds, i The 9-A j occupations j classes were honored as well an pleased with a visrt bt Mr. Did Erre, president of the United States Na tion aJ , bank. ! Mr. Eyre explained banking in every detail and an J 1 "I swered the numerous Questions asked by the students. ,;n Friday, May 15is the date set for the operetta to be given by the music department under the di rection of Miss Clretchen Kream er. This will be the, second and last operetta given by 'the. school. Alley Drains Are "Now Ready for Use . Alley drains for the pavement have been laid in the alley , ex tend ins between High and Liberty and State to Ferry. Later on the; extension will be made from Ferry to Trade."' ": i ARTICLES FOUND - . . . . . . - . Variety of Packages Claased as . "ledM flatter at Postof f ice During the course of a years time many articles are placed In the dead-package office ot-- the post office department, of the United States, .was disclosed yes terday when Arthur Gilbert, as sistant postmaster began a check on articles held here for delivery during the past week. "Not all goods sent Into the dead package office are caused by an insufficient address. Many of the packages ire here because the sender does riot want to pay to have them returned, while the lo cal man does not want to take the package from the postoff Ice. "Many kinds or articles land In this department," commented the speaker. ; , "Books, shoes, fountain Colorful, I suits in new smmeD TT OU'VE never seen a greater variety of stylish 1 Vnd European weaves in all of the new werp blues, Gothic browns, biscuit shades, they have given us all the new lines-r-wider thouldcr, shorter coats, lower pockets. Everything you could wish f or is here-and at the right price..' pens, advertising matter, , litho graph plates, printing forms, and many other articles of - merchandise.;-; ''y:'r - ?; "Here is a belated Christmas present. A' man failed to give his forwarding address, and the send Have -Yala &Mt& That Repaintiiij ; ; t I- - - ' 'r, ,.v -,-.,.s. . l , The use of genuine Duco is rabidly becominjr increas ed -among manufacturers af motor cars. It takes the . place and the major improvements of the past de cade in the automobiles. -Some of the cars using Genuine Dueo : Buick, Cadalac, Chevrolet, Cleveland, Nash, Uupmohile. Maxwell Cry sler, Oakland, 3Ioon, 'Chandler, RolU Royce, Marmon, jSewett, Franklin, Gardner, Oldsmobile, Lexington. Come in and iiispect our tork. We have expert refin ishers in Duco and can turn you ont as good a job as is done bj' the manufacturer using the same process. 0. P. Hull Auto Top & Paint Co. Authorised ef hushing Station for Duco in Salem and ' . : t . Vicinity. ; . . -Bear of Fire Department i 'f"J : : - strilqng. new things. We never have. Hart Schaffner ck Marx have given us the finest of American CLOTIIINGTOOLEN MlLLiO STORD w er, evidently his mother or sister, has not cared to send for the pakage." i i Air the held-over packages are listed' here' and examined before thy ar forwardd to "the central office at Seattle, 'Washington. a t2 ' r :t ( colors Ant- fawn, tens; i t! 2;f (' -iv f ll L( fct hi EC rn m (S the ass Th R ses hel .t e ,i. re ll. tea WO( ma Otb j Joh Hei Jli- h r tha f ing i. tim han I e eoni ?4rs I "Whc ! 0 fc IT :: Cca A cc. a: 4, t ; . r- rorr:: T::ur.cn M -1 " 1 t i . I, " t,:lVI-'.-