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THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1925 --' '
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
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jTheriUs to Be. a Special Election, to Decidcfon disposition
- of thet Electric' Lipt Plant Persona! and Genera!
FJewjs Frofn the Live City oh the Western Side of Polk
County . i
fe tlil-tlpcllotf St Far Jtltfe 23". place card.
The city council ot Falls City
has set Tuesday, June 23, 1925,
i3 the date upon which the voters
of-Falls City will decide whether
i the city shall sell the munlcipalily
i dwnti. electric light plant to the
Mountain States Power company,
for the sum of $15,000. reserving
to the city the real estate ' and
water rignts jaow owned by It and
used in connection with said
plant. , -.. v.i;,; ' !, j .
M. E. Church and Sunday School
- Children Observe CftUdren'a Day
Wltk beautiful floral decora
tions, .special jrnusic and the joy
ous faces of the children for inspi
ration." the parents and friends of
-the children of the Methodist
Stttiday school enjoyed "Children's
Day,?, with them at the, morning
service of the church last Sunday
A baptismal ceremony added to
the Impressiveness of the service.
The pastor, Rev. J. F. Dunlop,
delivered a short address. Mrs.
Marie . Luriney and Miss ( Alice
Kauf fman eang.
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Epworth, Iieag-oeito Give PrOgrami
June 320th
Friday, June ,26, the Epworth
league of the Methodist church,
will give an' entertainment at Vic
tory hall a. "Gypsy program"
with an admission fee of ten and
twenty cents.'- The proceeds will
be used to add to the fund pledged
by- the league for park improve?
menW, especially to help build the
swimming pool and other athletic
improvements. A cordial Invita
tion Is eitended to the public to
be -present, enjoy a good entertain
ment, and help the young people
raise the funds necessary , to . help
put over . these needed Improve
ments. Everyone in the com
munity will profit by this. Let's
all help. " .
Ladies Art dab Honor Leaving
;:; Membbr-s at a Luncheon
1 The home Of . Mrs. Rdbert L.
Griswold was the scene of a very
enjoyable , luncheon last Friday
afternoon, the twelfth, when the
Ladies Art club entertained in
honor o( Mrs. A. F. Courter, and
lira , jt W. L. Kauf fman. both of
whom ate leaving; Falls City quite
apon.
The house was beautifully dec
orated for the occasion, a color
scheme of. green and yellow being
carried out by the nse of f.-reen
candles In green -(glass holders,
With yellow f lowers, favors and
place cards of green and yellow
Beside the honor guests, Mes-
dames Courter and KautfmaA,
and the' hostess, Mrs. Griswold,
there were present: Mesdames
Frank Butler, Raymond, Cris well,
J,F. Dunlop, F. E. Driggs, J. C.
Frink, D. J. Grant, M. D. Ham
mel, Geo. Lowe, Ira C. Mehrling,
A. Roy McDonald, II. Mather
Smith and E. G. White. M
. - Each of the honor guests was
presented with a set of book ends
'on behalf of the club, and 'the
afternoon was spent In "Truth
Telling,", each guest responding to
the subject suggested upon ; her
One of the honor
guests, Mrs. A. F. Courter replied
to her toast, by saying she first
came - to Falls .City j twenty-five
years ago that day upon her wed
ding trip, and so of course liked
It here. Mrs, Frank Butler, who
is one of the earliest settlers of
the -community, told of her ex
periences In crossing from Eng
land, giting mariy amusing anec
dotes. One of the founders! of the
club, Mrs. Geo. Lowe, told of her
early pioneering while homeslead
inrnear Falls City, j j !
The next meeting of the club,
and the last meeting until ; next
fall, will be held with Mrs! E. G.
White as hostess on 'June j 16, at
which time officers will be elected.
Pioneer Family to Lire in Eugene
A. P. Courter, who recently sold
his interest in the Hardware
store here, has purchased j ai fur
niture and crockery; business in
Eugene, having taken possession
last week, and Mrs. Courter will
join the family there a little later.
Mrs. . Conner is at present on
a combined business and pleasure
trip to Salt Lake City, and,1 upon
her return, the . family will take
up their residence in ! Eugene
where their son Clive plihs V to
enter the University ot Oregon
next fall. r - Irr- I - - '
Mr. and Mrs.. Courter ahd sons
have been active in business,
social and fraternal affairs in
this community and will be missed
by all. Our good wishes go with
them. ; ,
Parks Receiving Many Visitors
Many visitors have enjoyed our
parks in the past two weeks, and
in spite of the showery weather
have found much j pleasure In
visiting the Jumping off j places"
of the roads as so many jused to
term' Falls City. : ! ; :'HM 1 ;
With a road through to Valsetz,
the road through King's jValley to
the - coast in fine condition, and
other side roads to numerous
farming and saw milling opera
lions we are ceasing to! be quite
at the "end of the trail;"; The
delicious and plentiful i fruit now
being harvested means the pot of
gold at the end or the rainbow
for the fruit growers, with
of better things to comf
H.
-;! Personals a
Mather Smith j transacted
promise
business i in Valsetz on I Tuesday.
J. N. Sumpter, who resides in
Lewiston, Idaho, came np from
Grant's Pass, last week for a
visit with his niece, Mrs. J. G.
Russell. : ,. J : I I
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. HU1 drove
up from Kewport Sunday, bring
ing Mr. Hill's mother to the Dal
las, hospital for treatment for, an
infected ; foot. They were calling
on old friends 'n Falls City, Mon
day. ' - i
Mrs. F. E. McDonald, of Puyal
lup. Wash., Is here to spend the
Summer with her son, J. E
Leverish and family.
C. E. Leverich and wife ot
Portland, visited his cousin J. E
Leverish last week, i i i-
Mrs. II. D. Bartholemy, of Ben
. . Junior Chautauqua Entertainer ;
Margaret Dyers Delights All In Child Impersonations
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Pegasus Votaries Contribute Program at
Ly Rotary; Irving E. Vining Also Present
Local ; Authors and Poets for Literary Digest, i Collier's, American
JIagazine antl Other I'ublications Heart'-From Their
AVorks; Two Xpw Members Takm'In
The defense side in the Scopes anti-evolution case hopes to make the trial so dramatic as to
focus the attention of the nation on the little Tennessee town where it will be held, Dayton. To
lliis end a powerful array of counsel is being organized, i Bainbridge Colby (inset) former secre
tary oi state, ana C larence ucrrow, world famous lawyer, will be thcleading defense attorrrev-j. i
(William Jennings Bryan, another ex-secretary of state, will be a prosecutor). The defense is seen
faying its plans at a meeting in New York: StAndihg (I. to r.) George P. Rappleyea, Samuel:
Rosensohn, and Walter Nelles, .who are providing financial backing- Seated: (I "t r CAiirenev
Dirrow, Dudley Field Malonfe, another defcnRe lawyer," Dr. John R. Neal, senior advisory counsel
John T. Scopes, Roger Baldwin, head of civil liberties union. ! : r
Ore., is the house , guest of her
parents, Rev, and Mrs. J. P. Dun
lop. . ,
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond. Cris-
well drove to Corvallis last Saturr
day afternoon, bringing home with
them Mr. and Mrs. : Garnet Best
and baby daughter, Patricia. who
were their guests over the week
end. . . ;
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Boyd are
receiving the congratulations ot
their friends upon the birth of a
baby, daughter, who -arrived to
gladden their home last Saturday,
June 13.
Mrs. Delia Ellis and grand
children, Belvia Erma, Eloise,
Willene, and baby Delia Jean Mc-
Dougall have gone to Yakima,
Wash., to reside with. Mr. Mc-
Dongall. . t .
Church of Christ
Errol B. Sloan, pastor. Sunday
services: Bible school, 10 a. m.
We have a class for you. Com
munion and preaching service,
11 a, m. Christian Endeavor at
7 P. m. All. young people are
especially invited to this service.
Preaching service at 8 p. m. Mid
week prayer meeting Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock. June 28, one
week from next Sunday will be
Children's day, and a program is
being prepared.
HREPORTS ARE - C05IIXG TO
SUPER IX TEXDEXT
THIRTY DISTRICTS IN
COUNTY FILE RETURNS
Over 100 Districts Xot Xet Heard
From;1 All Expected tiy liast
Of Month i
HOME ON WHEELS HERE
TRUCK WELL EQUIPPED WITH
MODER3T APPLUNCES
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? Salem Junior ChautauQuatwill be Organized at thtjl biff tent on
the university campus on the morning ot July 10. . I j i
. ing the season's program, thoughtful care being given to jthe selection
of the program for th special afternoon set aside for children. On
Margaret Byers, talented, dainty, graceful child impersonator, has
. fallen the honor of entertaining the. Juniors this seasohJ j Shells a
bundle of loveliness, grace and fun, sings in a way that brings delight
, to every youthful heart, and acts her boy and girl parts !sd naturally
that the kiddies think she is one of them. . .. 1 j!
- f The program for Junior Day Is stamped with excellence by the
announcement that Margaret Byers heads It, "and boys "anal girls will
lose a . real treat if they miss this program. Grownups ienjoy dainty
Margaret as much as the kiddies, laugh with them at! her comical
jokes and applaud her child impersonations. &a ciakea tho old
, Probably the best house on
wheels that has come rt Salera
was the Federal truck, that was
parked in front of Director's de
partment store on North Commer
cial street Wednesday.
. The house which was complete,
with, all modern appliances that
any home might have, was owned
and designed by P. O. Millard of
Saratoga, Cat Th& Inside which
was finished in oak, was equipped
with a modern water system, lava
tory, and other appliances that
might be found in the most mod
em of . homes. compartment as
a closet for lothing and another
as a closet for linens were feat
ures of the truck - home, i A com
fortable seat was in front for the
driver and a row, of Beats were in
the rear for the others who were
traveling with the owner. ,
The outside was finished In the
richest gray. iJtt fact the whole
bus was one of the finest of ma
terial and had the appearance of
splendor. , ,
Mr. Willard and his party are
touring the Pacific northwest and
plan on returning to their home
later in the season. ' The bus is
called the "Rambler. .,.
youcj enj tig iourj hafpyj.
WELCOME ALL TOURISTS
GIVE THEM A tSLAD HAX1
- V1XIXG URGES. -ROTARY
"Give Calif ornians a glad hand
and welcome them 'with a word
of hospitality, using the example
they have , set In their state In
showing them the true spirit of
Oregon," declared Professor Irv
ing Vlning, president of the Ore
gon State Chamber ot Commerce,
in" a brief address at the Rotary
club yesterday. ,
'The tourist horde which, Is
sweeping down upon us Is exceed
ing any visitation previous to this
and during. June the mark was
set high and it is expected to Con
tinue to climb, " declared , the
speaker in commenting upon the
tourist situation.
-, "lixiend tne loyanty and hos
pitality along the entire Pacific
Northwest, and let them go back
to their home with the fsplrit of
What a wonderful place Oregon
fs and the-pevjplo that are living
here, and give a good, sincere wel
come to the strangers that are
within our gates,", were the "clos-
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Of the 143 school districts In
Marion county, only 30 have as
yet completed the election of dis
trict' clerks and directors, accord
ing to the reports on file with
the county school superintendent.
A complete record is expected by
the end of the months
The returns from the 30 dis
tricts are as follows: !
, Arbor Grove, district , 2, J. O.
Duke, chairman, A. H. Rehm,
Mrs. ; Rose M. Yergen, - Frank
Huensting, clerk.
Manning, district 13, ' E. C.
Naftzgen, chairman, R. G. McKay,
C. A. Hoover, Ward j Manning,
clerk. i
Oak Grove, district 16, J. W.
Humphrey, chairman. O- W.
Humphrey, A. W. King, Joseph
A. Itobl, clerk. ;
Parrish Gap, district 17, Ed
ward P. Chehak, chairman, Ches
ter H. Miller, William Ettner,
Mary Chehak, clerk
Pringle, district 22. Ju M. Sand-
ifer, chairman, O. E. Scott, E. G
Clark, Mrs. .Vera A. Coburn,
clerk.
Rock Point, district 29, Norris
Hunt, chairman, W. H. Downing,
Ed. Doerfler, George J. Lam-
brecht, clerk.
Silver Cliff, district- 35.-- Abel
Charpilloz, chairman, W. R
Warnock, J. II. Brewer, Estella
Mulkey, clerk.
Mission, district 36, W. P. Col-
lard, chairman, S. Paul Jones,
Jessie C. Jones, Jennie Collard,
clerk. . , .',
Falrview, district 37, George
Bingenheimer, chairman, O. F.
Fowlef. Wilbur Caldwell, Jack
Turnbull, clerk.
West Woodburn, district 44,
Edgar .Crosby, chairman, J. A
McCormick, E. G. Wells, M. J.
McCormick, clerk.
; Llvesley, district 48, J. L
Zielke, chairman, J. W. Thomas,
JJ O. Walker, Hilda Heyden,
clerk.
Pratum, district 50, John Roth,
chairman, ". George Kleen, Otto
Rentier, Claud Ramsden, clerk..
Butteville, district g7, Joint. W
E. ; Thomas, chairman. Fred Den
tel, M. A. Pierson, Napoleon
Datic, clerk.
St. Louis, district 59, L. G.
Ferschweller, chairman, John F
Manning, J. I. Bliven, Marie
Ferschweiler, clerk.
Johnson, district 68, Mrs. Sigre
Warn pole, chairman, ( William
Johnson, Mrs. Nancy Johnston, V.
H.' Wells, clerk.
Harmony, district 70, Willie
Hosier, chairman, G. G. White,
Henry Annen, Volna J. White,
clerk.' . !-.
Scotta i Mills, district 73, C. J
Thomas, chairman, E W. Coul-
sen,, Ellla Nicholson, Walter F.
Geien, clerk.
Stayton, district 77, Grant Mur
phy, chairman, H. A. Beaa-
champs, A. D. Gardner, AV; H.
Hobson, clerk.
, Swegle, district 78. C. F. Raetz
chairman, R. A. West, Mrs. Min
nie Aufderheide, O'. P. Dons,
tlerk. ; ". v.i ' :
i Parkersville, district S2. C L.
Willlg, .chairman, Josie Brown, N
W. Cook, C. Shields, clerk.
. Sunnyslde, district D6, D. S
Pearson, chairman, H. H. Smith
C.' If. Taylor, N. C. "Alexander,
clerk. -.
Howell, district 98. Bruno J
Ruef , chairman,' Chdsttsr - Bftitn,
Archie KInsey, Mrs. Theresa
Ruef, clerk.
Hayesville. district 99, William
A. B. Settler, G. E. McAfee,
clerk. .
Woodburn, district 103, Thom
as Sims, chairman, W. F. Norman,
A. E. Austin, E. J. Stanard, clerk.
Brier Nob, district 114, E. G.
Syron, chairman, A. , Hilsman,
Gi'over Van Arnam, Iva Miller,
clerk. .
Mahony, district 119, Louis
Foruer, chairman, William Bates,
F, W. Mahoney, M. J. Mahoney,
clerk.
Clear Lake, district 122, Roy E.
Smith, chairman, Floyd Herrold,
William S. Clements, Anton
O'Neil, clerk. ; '
North Santiam, district 126,
Ruby E.. McClellan, chairman, I.
R. Hammer; George Howard, I.
E. Thomas, clerk.
Salem Heights, district : 128,
Harry Burnside. chairman, John
Douglas, Roy Bohannon, Mrs.
Harry Rayburn, clerk, j ,
Riyerview, district 138, J. B.
Cummings, chairman, E. F. Cros-
haw, Oscar Purcell, W. C. Petty
John, clerk,- and Jane Brown,
school librarian.
u. remarks of th egeakcr, Hay, chairman! Ivai I.JJJtgrback,
' Six followjers of -Pegasus con
tributed the program at yester
day's - Rotary- luncheon at the
Marion hotel, 'with Irving, E. Vin
ing, president of the State Cham
ber of Commerce, Investing the
hour-, with even further interest.
Preceding the Introduction of the
literary guests-all of whdm are
members of the Writers section of
the Salem .Arts League the lead
er of the section, Grace Elisabeth J
Smith, was presented C. E.: Wilson,-the
entertainment chairman,
called attention to Miss Smith's
position as assistant attorney gen
eral for the state of Oregon.. and
announced her as a "writer" of
briefs.
Clara Virginia Barton (Mrs. F.
S.) read four poems, Radio
'The First Attacks," "Oregon,"
and "Scotch Broom In Oregon."
It was Interesting to the audience
present to know that Mrs. Barton's
poem "Radio" appeared, not only
in "Radio in the Home," but also
in the "Literary Digest." Mrs.
Barton, in common with each of
the -other five members, has had
delightful of her contributions In
the pages of the Oregon Statesman.
Oregon Teachers Monthly,- former
editor of ther Pacific Homestead
Woman's page, and as a contribu
tor' to the pages of Oregon publi
cations in general. Mrs. Jones
read an absorbing human interest
sketch entitled, "Father."
" Isabel ; Gray Clifford (Mrs. J.
M.) a poet of prominence In the
club, whose timely and -descriptive j
verse has been particularly well
received, read' "Blue Water," the
embodiment of an ancient -legend
dealing with the origin of.: Crater
Lake, in "Vivifying verse form.
Charles J. Lisle, the only mart
In the group, proved" that literary
proclivities aren't confined. to, the
weaker sexalone. With. published
articles to his credit in both Col
lier's and iathe Youth's Compan
ion, his group of editorials, part
of which have appeared In Col
lier's anonymously and part , in
the Dearborn Independent, proved
a particularly acceptable contribu
tion. - - ,
To Anna Van Horssen Nelson
(otherwise Mrs. J. C.) go further
laurels In the poetry field. Mrs.
Nelson, with explanations of each,,
read "Rain Sprites," "No Matter,'
in Modern Form, and a briefer
Mrs. Blanche' M. Jones was in- lyric, "The Shadow.
Was reserved for Ruth Fargd
(Mrs. W. F.) whose name Jias ap
peared in such magazines as tho'
Delineator, "The People's Home
Journal, the American Magazine,
Social Progress, Sunset, and local
papers and. magazines including1
tho Lariat, the Oregon Magazine,
and the Statesman. Mrs. Fargo
read "Rain at Night from Sunset
Magazine, and "Blossoms of May
from Social Progress. '
The program closed with a few
fitting words from Irvkig E. Till
ing, president of the state Cham
ber of Commerce.
'Two new members. Dr. IF." K
Stockwell and Professor Flprian
Vbh Eschen were given the hon
or of membership yesterday, Fred
W. Thielsen Instructing them in
their hew responsibility early la
the lunchebn hour.
Al . Pierce, of Corvallis was
among the guests and was given
a rousing cheer of welcome. .
CHLNESE PLAX COUP
CANTON, June 16. (By The
Associated Press). A meeting
last Sunday at the headquarters
of Kuomintang, to the Bolshevik,
branch of which General Feng
Yu-Hsiang belongs, is reported to
have decided on abolition of tho
civil governorship and. the placing
ot the government In the handa.
ot a commission of seven.
(The Kuomintang is the peo
pie's party).'
troduced as the past editor of the The last place on the program Q i (j Q Classified Ad
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