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w . a- him iwii Lbl ;iatusiia..suniih VjTek by u; z y Business Changes in itfS Live iity in jthWcslenPart of Polk Countv ShalTthe Citvt Sell the Municipal Elec V tric Ufrb?lcni Is a Questibn.That Is Agitating the People ot Frijis City-ersonaland General flews Mack & 31 nek Enlarging Their Business Holding in Falls Ctty ' , FiaisatjrrMwiiatll9 Company Stock Purchi8eil on Monday :i Mack- iluckl -who came her? a -few months ago and bought the general merchandise and feed tore operated by C. J. Bruce, hare ' again shown their confidence In the future of Falls City by pur chasing the stock and,, fixtures of the Falls ity Mercantile com pany's, store' here. This store kin be operated in its present location between the Bank i of ..Falls City a'nd the postof f ice, under the same old firm name, by Roy G. Muck. The business :wlll he carried, on as usual, with the exception of delivery.,. The, deliTery for both stores will be made by Mr. Robert Bennett, who .has been employed by Muck 4k Muck thus eliminating ) the, expense. of operating two deli Tery cars employing two .drivers. This consolidation should make for better serrice to the commun ity, and Mr. A. A.' Muck stated in a recent interview that it will be the policy, of the firm . to give their ; customers the benefit of , whatever savings may. arise from the consolidation! The Falls City Mercantile store Is one of the old est In! Falls City, and the latest owners), 1H. E. and A. I. Barnhart, both have other business and pro fessional Interests which rendered it Inadvisable for them to continue this business. . . -7" "... - r . i ladles' Art Club Enjoys Afternoon i , With Mrs. Ira MehrUnff at ?i -.. Her Ranch. Home -Tuesday afternoon, June 2, Mrs .Ira Mehrling .was hostess, to the Ladies' ;Art club, at her.,; ranch home, "where many of them en joyed for the-first time an inspec tion of the recently, rebuilt house. and many improvements , made since Mr. and JMrs. Mehrling have been spending all of .their time at the ranch. The house was" beauti fully decorated. .with wild flowers from -nearby woods and meadows , The ; 'afternoon was spent In social, chat, and needlework. . A delicious lunch of salad, sandwich es, pickles, with dessert of straw berry ice cream, angel fdod cake and coffee, . was .served by the .'. hostess.-,.,, w. ! . j i :,4 ' The, following members enjoyed the ' afternoon:' Mesdames Cour ter, Criswell, Griswold.- Horn, Driggs. Dunlop, McDonald. Lowe, Thompson, "and E. G. White, Mrsl4 E. G. White will be the next hostess, June 16 Committee Working For Fair- lExhibifs j ; . ' Mrs.' Carrie,. E. Jones heads , a committee of five, the 'other mem bers being: Mrs. Geo. Lowe, Mrs. . R. L, Griswold, and Hal.- Thomp- son and Eldon Frink, who are working out plans for a commun ity exhibit at both the Polk county and Oregon state fairs, for 1925'," and ask t everyone in Fails , City and surrounding' community to nelp by. planning for one or more exhibits. As. now arranged the departments will be cared for as follows;-- - 1 1 ; Agriculture: Eldon Frink. Live stock and poultry: Hal Thompson. , ; Horticulture and domestic art: Mrs., Griswold. -. ... ., . . , Domestic science: Mrs. Lowe. Vegetables and flowers: Mrs. ; ' Jones."';;'. IV; '-:y i ; p- ;,r'j Photography: Mr. Clinton A. i Case..v-:-:--;,t'--r .vri;v;;-j-1 "fi)-U School exhibit: Will be made; no superintendent assigned. The committee:; plans to assem ble all local exhibits possible at some central location and hold" a display here at home so that all may enjoy as much of the fairs as possible even St . unable to ati tend. ; Announcement of further piass will be made from time to time. i-Foi' further information Just phone Mrs. Carrie E. Jones. 0 4 . , - ., i -r -i Miss Helen J. Gordon will con tinue with her Class in piano, and beginning Tuesday. June IB ih lessons will be given in the Meth odist church. Instead of at the home of Prof. j. w. L. Kaufman: Miss Cordon announces she will nave hourg open for additional pupils.' and will be glad: to have anyone interested - call on her mere. . ; - Prof. J. A. Goodwin has return ed to his home in Corvallis, hav Ing closed a successful year's In struction in Fans City high school. and next year will leach history In Corvallis high school. This will enable- Prof. Goodwin and'famlly to be united, as his sons are at tending O.A.a eo'the family has liTed in Corvallis during the time Mr. uoodwlnrwas teaching here. . Personals'; . i- :.. r. tand iirs. James H. Bohle, of Raymond. Washington. wre among out of town guests "of the exsss or 182 who attended com mencement last Thursday. Mis Geneva Treat has returned home from Flora. Ore., where, she j a i . . jui ciosea a successful .year a teaenmjr in a school near there. -Miss Dorothy Ostraader return y PTTf " ' -' "' ? to date repohter day. She plans to spend the sum mer In Portland. Miss. Phyllis Palmer had as her guest vlast -week her mother, Mrs. John Palmer, who came over from the ; capitol city to attend com mencement exercises of Falls City high school, Thursday evening. Miss Palaaer - returned - te SaleA with her mother that evening. Fred J. Pattpn, who will be sup erintendent of schools next year, attended commencement exercises last weeju Miss Esther Cleveland Is spend-! Insr a few dava with her sister i who lives : In Newport. Miss Lorena Treat arrived homo from The Dulles last week, where she has been traching in the city schools. . ; She has been ; engaged for the same work, fifth and sixth grades, for the. school . year . of 1925-26. at an advance in salary. Walter Thresher will teach the Oakdale school next year. Dr. R. K. Howe has returned from Portland, whereJ he spent a very : enjoyable week, ; attending the meeting of the state dental as sociation, h J Mr; and Mrs. j.C. Frink have aq their guests this week their daughter, Mrs. J. ! C. Leavltt, and grandson Roswell Leavitt, who hav recently returned from a trip to the Hawaiian Islands. Their home is In Montana, but most of the time l they write it '"Washing ton, D. C," as Mr. Leavitt is a member of congress from Montana.'-! ': : :.'-' i. jj- U: Mrs,. Nellie Syverson "has pur chased the Dale Bell property, ad joining W.'D. Bancroft's and will improve the property for a home The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Elle, and children, will rejoice to know that little Bernice who . has been very ill with pne umonia, Is much, improved. ! MissIna B" Graham went to Newberg last Saturday, where she Will be the guest of ; her brother, W. A. Graham, for a short time. going from there to her former home In Iowa, where she will spend the summer, visiting relat Ives in Des Moines, . and other points.-! ;i . , Mrs. W. L. Russell and children are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Alex Courter. ; ; Mr. W. L. Russell, who will be remembered by the residents of Falls City, as the successful prop rietor of the West Side Feed store a few years ago. Is now traveling for Swift & company. Mrs,! E. P. Brown and Mrs Anna Mehrling fare in Portland this week, being ; delegates to the grand lodge of the Eastern Star in session there Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Graham drove up -from Newberg last Fri day,, and were guests at the J. C Frink home, i A, A. Muck was a business visitor in Portland last week. Mrs. R. VanDenBosch, Miss Claire Weister and Richard Van DenBosch, Jr., were over from Pedee last Thursday, (attending graduation exercises of Falls City high school.1 "' ' ! Mr. Vem Cannon, who was a delegate from Flora, Ore.,; to the state grange convention held In Dallas Hast week, visited at the home of G. D. Treat for a few days. - ii ''iM ;N - : i : Miss Alice Kaufman has arrived home from! SUverton. where she was teaching the past year. Alias Kaufman has been reelected to her. ;posltlon in. the schools there, with an Increase in salary, and has also been selected as contralto soloist in one of the leading Churches In Salem, so she plans to return to Silverton to teach, and will continue her vocal stri dies as well. : j .. I Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Treat and I daughters .were shopping in our Capital city last Friday. i E. C. - Rich, now of Salem, for merly manager of the Falls City Mercantile, transacted business in our town on Tuesday. J Mrs. H. E. Starr and son. Paul, are spending a -few weeks at the Starr & Grant ranch in the Eola Hills, overseeing the ' berry pick ing, j : '. f ; Miss Gordon, of Dallas, will continue .her . class In piano, .but beginning with Tuesday, the 16th leesons will be given at the Meth odist , church instead of at the home Of Prof. Kaufman.' She will be glad to meet anyone interested Commercial Club to Hold Open r Meeting Wednesday, Jane 17 ! The commercial club will hold an open meeting Wednesday, June 17, in Victory hall i everybody Is invited; open discussion of the proposed ; sale of electric 2 light plant to occupy most of the eve ning; E- J. Pase of Dallas will be present to explain the future plans of the; Mountain 'States Power company : if they purchase ; the plant. M j.' y) l' r-- ( To this open ; : forum meeting every taxpayer Is . invited to ex press his wishes and opinions and discuss ! the question from all sides. ; A committee will try to obtain pome good speakers for the occasion. There will be entertain; ment. Let every voter and tax" payer , tome oat. t The election Is WJDE1IES IE C0JIS1 BY III05E0S OF T0;:a E3 DAY li The Strawberry Pack Is About Half Over Here Wow for the Year, and the Harvest Will Last for About Three Weeks MbreT-rLoganberries Wiin Begin to Come Soon Gooseberries Done . Strawberry harvest for the Sa lem district is now at 'its peak load. It is about, half over, and it wilL last for about three weeks. It will fee the largest crop ever harvested here; more than double the crop of last year. If the weather , conditions shall remain favorable, or not too bad. The general opinion of the can ners and packers Is that the showers have o far done ' no damage; that they have in fact prolonged and increased the har- vesi--ana ine -Demes are gen erally of high quality; very high Superfine. t And the canners gen-j erally have already sold , their packs, or are not worrying about that , part of It, for there is a wide' demand , for strawberries. They do not have to be advertised, . especially the ;Oregon berries. . , There are , not j far from 2000 people working now In the Salem canneries and packing houses. Gooseberry harvest is over. The canneries and shippers took them all. Loganberries will begin to dribble Into some of the canneries within a few days; but most of the cannery men do not expect a large supply for a week to ten days. . vl.- . ., .; ;." , " The Individual Plant The Oregoa Packing company had . strawberries piled in every available space on Tuesday night. Had a day's supply ahead before noon yesterday. They, are getting in about 8.0,000 pounds a day. Were working 490 to 500 people yesterday. Hunt Bros, company were work ing 400 to 500 people yesterday, on strawberries; all varieties. They are about half , through. They are using about 200 sacks of sugar a day. They are through with gooseberries, and expect log anberries soon; some most any day now. The Starr Fruit Products com pany's cannery is working on strawberries. Had about 150 women at work yesterday. The Producers Canniag &. Pack ing company will work about 75 women today. They finished gooseberries on Tuesday. Had a much larger pack of gooseberries man last year, iney are , on strawberries now, and they expect to get a fair supply of loganber riea by the 20th. . The Northwest Fruit Products company had about 150 women at work on strawberries yester day. , -. .;. ,; .i : t . The Pacific Fruit Canning and Packing company, West Salem, are employing about 100 women. The new. machinery is limbered up and : running In good order They are still packing gooseber ries, also, of course, strawberries. They expect loganberries within a week to ten days. Practically all their pack is already sold. They consider themselves fortunate in .... Baker, Kelly & McLaughlin are working about 150 people at their balem plant; barreling strawber ries; mostly Marshalls, (Wilsons and . Ettersburg 121's. They are using for the season about S00 tons of sugar. TheyH are putting strawberries Into barrels at four points, Salem, Albany, Woodburn and Lebanon. The S showers have been local, and some days they have been receiving "barrels" of berries at one plant, while the supply was 'checked up by the showers at other t points. Th.ey had a hurry-up call yesterday from Lebanon for more sugar; they had been covered up with more straw berries than they expected. More ... i. Tfce Daytona Swim-Kap is again one of our promt- nent offerings for 1925. Trimmed at the sides with tubular rosettes and avail- able in several attractive s color combinations. The Daytona is a Kap of rare beauty. . Like . all Swim Kaps The Daytona Is made " by expert workmen from up-river Bolivian -Para rubber of highest quality. , Price 65c .; This Is only one-of many " stunning Swim-Kap mod els. Swim-Kaps are so rea sonable it's nice "to get three or four: and - vary . , them from day to day the same as one's hats, ; Pqf ry Drug Store .115 Sooth Commercial Salem, Oregon sugar was rushed out to Lebanon from Albany. With the crop of 1925. Oregon is going away ahead of any state in the Union in strawberry pack. It is the great, strawberry state, in cannery and barrel packs. With new acreage, new methods, and some irrigation wbea seeded, this state will go much farther ahead In. future years. And most of the pack goes from the Salem district Salem is the strawberry center of the United States. Berries for The Dalles LIbby, McNeill & Libby, at the Fruit Union building, are taking la strawberries for their cannery at The Dalles. The berries go from here by truck. Some of the growers who are supplying berries there are saying that they are not going to get as many from their vines as they expected. However, Libby, McNeill & Libby still ex pect to be able to ship from here 100 tons of strawberries, Uhe hmount they estimated at the be ginning of the season. Silverton Calvin Geer. the member of an Oregon Pioneer family, the uncle of the once famou Homer Calvin JJavenport, and a cousin of T."T. Geer, Oregon's first governor, is visiting at Silverton. Mr. Geer and his sister, Mrs. Samentha Bower, at whose home he. is visiting, are to his knowledge the only living members of the emigrant train which was the first to cross the Barlow road. This was done in the early part of 1847. Mr. Geer also reports that Asa Smith Is the only other person who crossed the plains In 1847 who now lives at Silverton. - The old pioneer, who Is 87 years of age and far from feeble, recalls some of the hardships Of that emigrant train. 'For 14 days we wandered in the mountains," says Mr. Geer, "and it was very little we had to eat. We were forced to kill some of the com pany's cattle for food. We were glad when we . reached Oregon City. We stopped at the Hudson Bay supply store for flour but found that other emigrants had been there before us. The com pany was out of flour. Mother traded an old sheet iron stove for a barrel of molasses and 200 pounds of 'shorts. These , made the best hot cakes I ever tasted. They were fit for a king, I'm sure." Mr. Geer came to Silverton from Yuma, Arizona and will vis it here for a few weeks. Next Sunday the Geer family will hold a pioneer reunion of Geers at the Archie Geer farm home in the Waldo Hills. Mr. Geer will also . Mortgage How about that mortgage of yours, Mr. Farmer? Is the interest rate so high as to make payments hard to meet? If so, let us refinance your mortgage at an interest cost which is extremely low and over the term of years best suited to your require ments from five to twenty years.' A call will not incur obligation' but 'will prove most advan tageous to you. Your farm can be put on a more profitable basis by proper financing Mo tg acc , " Loan s Bonos an d Invcstmcnts HAWKI NS 8 i. I i. la -si attend the pioneer picnic at Ore gon City on June 22. Miss Lulu - Goplerud, a gradu ate of the Silver ton high school. is a member of a class of 245 students who will receive their di plomas from the Bellingham. nor mal . schools Thursday evening. June 11. Miss Goplerud Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Goplerud -of Silverton. --She will teach at Scotts Mills next winter. Miss Goplerud has specialized in primary work and will have charge of the first and second grades. After completing her work, at Bellingham she will visit friends in Washington a time be fore returning to .her Silverton home. .; ; ' . Silverton students who were graduated this week from the Oregon Agricultural college were Miss Dorothy i Hubbs,, Arthur Towe and Theodore Hobart. Elam Amstutz will graduate from the University '"A of Oregon. Another university graduate of interest at Silverton is Miss Hilda Chase, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Chase formerly of Silverton. Seventy-five Norwegians gath ered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sonnesyn north of Silverton Sunday afternoon to celebrate the Norwegian centenial, it being 100 years ago since -a ne nrst group of Scandinavians eame to Amer ica. Both Americans and Norwe gian patriotic songs were sting by those present. ; Addresses were made by E. P. Teigen and Rev. J. S, Byberg. A male trio num ber composed of B. Herigstad, B. Peterson and G. Alrick gave a number of vocal selections. A group of- Norwegian pioneers spoke on their early .experiences in America and at Silverton. Among these were. A. Grinde, Rev. O. Sjovangen and L. Oppe dahl. Mr. and Mrs. L. II. Meyer, Miss Althea Meyer, Ludvig Meyer, Mrs. L. G. Timmons, Miss Delia Tim mons, . Miss Ella Svarvari, Edwin Svarvari are spending Tuesday at Pacific City and Neskowin. Mrs. Timmons and her daughter will leave this week for their home at Alliance, Nebraska. SUMMER SCHOOL OF THE CLUB W0BKERS - (Continued from paga 9) ture, farm mechanics, poultry, beekeeping, and bacteriology will be taught the boys fn such a way that they will understand. The girls' program has been Increased also: Baking canning, cooking, house decoration, table service, and other home economic projects will be taught. J .. Assembly speakers will be such men as Governor Walter M. Pierce; J. A. Churchill, state sup erintendent of public instruction: W. J. Kerr, president of the col lege; Paul V. Maris, director of the state extension service, and Miss Gertrude Warren of the United States department of agri culture. A city of beautiful streets and well-kept lawns. Salem, Oregon r 4: the Farm 2ncJ. Floor. One con Dloo ROBERTS INC . . ; Salem. "fir - " Lowly Clam To Make It Produce More Pearls r t t ' ?- - : ::. :;: ::":;r' -r'K : y i. ;;';; rw-:;...:':fv i -;; -mum Dr. Ernest MUler is. pictured here with Mrs. Lester1 M. Norman, Illustrating to her how he succeed ed in : "Buxbanking" cjanis to srow more pearls. He expects to start a pearl farm in California that will rival the pearl fisheries f .4 fc'i '( hi mi jj 14 a( THE SALEW1 FLORAL SOCIETY HAS DONE' SPLENDID It Has Promoted Civic Beautification and Increased Per sonal Enjoyment in a Plot of Ground The Annual Floral Show of the Society Will Take Place the Latter Part of the Month lJy AUDRED BUNCH Back in pre-war days a group of Salem (garden enthusiasts, with the late Irs. W. P. Lord a lead ing figure, congregated In the Commercial club rooms for the purpose of organizing a civic flor al club. The Salem Floral society, as it became known, had the two fold purpose of promoting general civic beautification and the in crease of personal enjoyment in a plot of . ground. These ourDOses have stood:" And while interest diverted in the war days it has since renewed under new leadership til this club has taken its rightful place in the community, with an approximate membership of several hundred on the roll. Aside. from monthly meetings at the Chamber of Commerce rooms with a speaker of note, and not infrequently special musical num bers to lend to the pleasurt of the gatherings, the local floral society good in value and. fair in price. i 1. ' 2ii hi H of the Far East. Dr. Miller has long been interested in pearl and shellfish culture and? he says his discovery will make the clam pro duce more pearls than clams ever grew before. - - WORK has been the organization back of numerous undertakings. Twq garden at homes, one at the home of Dr. H. J. Clements and , the second at the Putnam, Lansing and Hamilton homes on the crest of Lincoln Hill, took place during the past month, giv ing large numbers of people, not only from Salem, but also from the surrounding vicinity, oppor tunity to see what has taken place in thejandscaping of other yards, and may, with variations, be ap plied to their own. ' ' . : " An event that the Floral society makes of culminative interests for the entire year is the annual floral show. Last year the event held for two days in 4he Armory with cash prizes offered for a wide var iety of entries. This year's floral show will take place - late this month. , . - s : Manv orominent authorities in the field have been i speakers in Salem on various occasions. - OI -1 FOB THE CITY . inie .:jSJiiGJS-:-:ff NE1ARLY every one of us Has seen the cKeck-ered-suit person with the velvet tongue. How smoothly he once told of the merits of this product or that- and raked in perfectly good coin for purchases that were often worthless. TKe;fsliqk guy" is seldom seen today.VKen the wise person goes to buy, he knows what is Simply by glancing oyer the advertisements in your paper, you can see where to go for the best buys. You can compare values and' check up prices without even stirring from your easy chair. You know in advance just what you are going to get and how much it wjll cost. And you can have the satisfaction that comes from knowing your money is, wisely and safely spent. A ...... ..... Now days, no one need be at the mercyt of the " 'sick guy. There are still a few people who fail to read the advertisements and "take a chance." Don't be one of them. ; -. . - ..-'. Advertised products are safe buys. They have made good before they are announced. particular ;noU vice President of the a Rose society, wuu April of this jear. -- Je tne lovers, as 1. have tlTC. programs wIUM For tn.:'orTT!iU;;oke on ing. Miss wq f'T-ting the nowering. brabs'"-,U?"t"hef own ' m no meet- garden, while n - Me ing. tomorrow t fceauty will speai u - c,iem. Ihft b.e.oaE3 Part f.Ur.y tc. .-em. From the ouwei, - l1ti encouraged, parallel to vation of garden flowers, the sistent preservauuu varieties. Considerable haa also been done m me -- - . , iv,r nartlcularly m form iree . the parkings, this being work car ried out in cooperation -i tbe city council. ; bal directed numerous landscap ing Projects. Jncluding the land scaping at the grounds 6t the Par rlsh Junior mga - - securing of shrubbery for the i . .riuindt. iever , tulb and seed exchanges haye been fostered by tne socieij past years. --'-'.- ,-: r At the present time, aside from the approaching floral show.flnter est Is being attached to the oeau tification in the cemeteries. The club, having a personnel of those actively Interested in the purpos es tor which It stands, has been . able to exercise wide Influence, and the 'meetings have proved helpful opportunities for the dis cussion of many garden problems. The officers of the club for the current year aret Mrs. W. E. An .j -Mr a inhn tt Albert. Mrs. H. T. Love, Mrs. Elmo S. White, and Miss Mattie Beatty; Mrs. An derson being president and Mrs. Love Secretary, LOSS, BY FIRE IS HEAVY PROPERTY ' TOTAUXQ $468,708 GOES tl IS SJIOKE Fifty-five fires in the state dur ing May, excluding4 Portland, did damage amounting to $468,798. 32, according 1 to the report of Will Moore, ftate ;fire marshal. Hood River was the heaviest Buf ferer; with an apple factory, ware house !and, contents estimated. at $205i00. Klamath county was sec ond with the loss. of a mill at $150,000. " Of the fires, 18 were dwellings and contents; . 4 rooming or ap partment houses;, 4 farm dwell ings; 11 merchantile establish ments; 5 garages and 3 barns. Other : losses included a bakery, battery station; blacksmith shop, confectionery, dry cleaning estab lishment, elevator and a factory. L Conflagration or exposure caused 20 of the fires with sparks causing 10.- Defective wiring caused 5 while 8 causes are listed as unknowi. Read the Classified j Ads ' MM i ed to her hatne. la Salea last Sao called for 23rd of June. . 5w t.