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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON . . . ,
SUNDAY MORNING,. DECEMBER 13, 1925
JMIESCffi
Bf TELEPlKE USE
teahyr' Wichita, ? Head -: of
V'Small Debtors Court,"
Gets Results i : ;
-WICHITA,4 Kans. David Leahy
of .WlchltavTdean of Kansas news
paper ..ihen, is one" judge in the
jt'nHedL' States, rhd tries cases by
.telephone.. ' " '. ' '. -;jrV-;" v
- tie la judge 'of the smai debt
ors' court," permission for the es
tablishment" of wlifbh waj granted
'by the last legislature. ' ' -'
-;A telephone rings in a Wichita
business house; ':':.''.
"Hello: This" is Judge Leahy.
We want to get your testimony in
regard to- the Jahe3 ,; vs. Jones
case.7 And so the testimony is
taken, .to be incorporated in the
court, records and used as the ba
Is for a decision:; ;
, The'telephone cases" are de
cided by judgr Leahy hrtef all the
evidence is collected, and then hi
decision' is mailed to the princi
pals. ; '" '
.'Judge Leahy's courtroom is a
poor place for a lawyer. He him
self receives no compensation for
his services,- anil legal lights are
barred - from admission ; unless
they wish to be mere spectators.
' Even the courtroom . is. aban
doned in the sudHner time. Most
of the cases decided this jpast sum
mer 'were heard on Judge Leahy's
front porch. The seat of Judg
ment .was a rocking chair; the de
fendant and plaintiff took their,
places at the counsel tables the
front steps." .' V
-. In the 200 cases "tried, since
the Institution of th courtwith
out cost--not .an' appeal has been
laken from judge Leahy's' i deci
sion. Only persons! whose y con
troversy involves a sum of 20 or
less ' are admitted to the court.
Many t potential cases are settled
"out of codrf by Judge Leahy's
. getting the , principals together
,and talking it over with them. :
.Wicfhita's charitable judge acts
as a Judge even outside of, office
, hours. Recently, two prominent
eastern' authors found themselves
embroiled In a" controversy over
the color of "Wild Billv? Hickok's
hair, "Wild BilV noted f rentiers
mau 'was' dtr Intimate friend :of
Judge Leah" when, Kansas' was
HM 1n hbrt tl-ousers. ' '!
The controversy. was referred to
the I. Kansas -newspaper "man.
;WiId Hi'a hair, was straw-col-
u ui ut-i 1&JUU. T i no oin
wpoft-cuts make it look dark."
f'resldingrover a small debtors'
court seems . to lake . the Judgment
PC fir S61omibn"J observes Judge
Lrfahy. rbu'tiri ofilytplairi.ffeom
mbr sense." T '
"Pitees That 'Move,. . Plant
tine of state's Unique
Curiosities ; ;
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fn Better Hpmes Cotiipeiiiion In
Which 2,000 Communities
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LpS ANGELES Only a half
; jjub trom me Humming
. sthdjos of Hollywood 'and Culver
City; '-where" the movies march on
', to their appointed future with a
great blare of publicity, there is a
placewhere time has stopped and
where one may see the film Indus
try in its swaddling clothes, ialve
ly. offering to the. passerby i"Plc
.tures That Move!" fo-
t . v . r -
Jt Js in Uu hadbt nvifu r
" i!'I;ge:Lo!r iAr?lee;:where
Jim Jeffries is still heavyweight
cnampion flfLthfiL world and where
on! the picture postcards of hv.
rone era. Gldrta Swanson' still
.wears ine bathing suit of her
beach comedy days. ' j ? .
. Here, in machines called Mnto.
I cops. is .the great Jeffries-Shar;
J ' ovemoer; :I899
Filmed by the old Biocraoh iom-
pany in'New York, it at ill fH
the' gaze of tne' ring fan wining to
put, a penny in the slot and turn
yet' an unknown;" of his Victory
over w i iiar a so nint nas peaetrat
. ed thia hldinc nliM at th -
, 4ftd here,-: if cone hSs a ; qod
.meniory.for faces . seen ;bnthe
nickelodeon screen 'almost a score
of' ypars ago'.' one may recognize
otner : ieatures . still f amnia. and
pernaps even lamotfs,: In Tlltnddm
f n, his early association with
, Bipgraph the man who later, dj
rected -"The Birth' i"V6tf
eatned a modest living directing
these , quaint Mutoscope pictures
which one seesy peering Into a
. hollow contraption of metal, i If
oneis not afraid of being seen in
1 these,: penny j arckdes,' and one
J scathes long enough, it is "even
possible to find somewhere Sthe
Mutoscope in which David ' Wark
v-;.- GrlfflTh acted.1 . f , " ;:i-:--r
And after' a few hours, uspen't
among the Mutoscopes ' of the
penny arcades the student of mo
tion picturo destiny may gafa'new
respect for ' the r men -who, like
Grjffith. took these crude and. cus
tomarily spandalous one-minute
comedy, affairs and out of, them,
step by step, lifted motion pictures
to .their present plane.
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was boot at s cost of jonIy.fl.S15.
and waa furnished throughout at a
cost of a, trifle less than $00. Some
of this furniture w&ssecond-li4nd:
the balance waa Inexpensive, but
waa comfortable, neat, and attrac
tive In ltsel as well as la its ar
rangement, v
: The other demonstrations to
these two cities Illustrated to their
respective communities homes
tastefully arranged and designed
for families of somewhat larger In
comes. The chief aim of the edu
cational organization known as
Better Homes In America la to II-
i-TtJLKTA. GA- and Santa Bar- from a plan drawn by the Archi- lostrate ahd make a-vallable to the
A -hifai-.CaTitr divided the first tecta Small House Service Bureau, minions of American families of
prize tfl the 1925 Better Homes la This house of four rooms cost limited Incomes how Uiey can make
America competitions '.ta . which $2,150. the lot beingvalued at ISSO. the most of their homes Trom the
2,noo.:AtoerlCn:" eommuniuest par- Tne nouse was mienaea ior occa- standpoints of beauty, comfort, and
ticlpated. In each of these widely pancy by. 4 negro fainlly. and IU utmty; within the confines of the
separated communlUea ; the , local furnishing and demonatratloa was family means.
volunteer committees demonstrated tn charge of a negror sub-commit- Secretary Hoover Is president of
several types of homes, suited to tee. Tne tunings were urao- B domes la America, and Mrs.
the needs of various Income groups live, yet cost only IT50. Tvah.,.- .
of tnelr populations.' In Santa Barbara; the . "No. S John IX Sherman, who la president
- h- mtrtionn above show Home" was Intended as the home of the General Federation of Wom-
-Home No. i S" In Atlanta which of a family of very limited income, en'a Clubs. Is a member of 1U
waa built with slight modifications This nouae oi tnree rooms ana Data noara or airectors. .
PerjpernimI Oil Price Soars
Owing to Acute Shortage
SOUTH BENi, Jnd K pound
of peppermint oil now is worth
its weight. in silver. , .
An acute shortage, resut'.ing
from. unseasonable frost and heut
in May in southern Michigan and
northwefet Indiana, where 60 per
cent of ,the world's supply of pep;
permint is produced ( ; reduced
the crop 70 r per cent o rto ap
proximately 250,000, pounds, i
Throughout the late' summer
and early fall peppermint. oil has
steadily increased in price until
it exceeded 517 a pound. , The
maximum price last year was S4
ahtf ' f pnr years ago It was. S 1 . 2 5 .
Gradually . the growers ar&
JriftUik Howard a T single "pool"!
through which they would mar
ket their vollf when the demand
price - is right. " In several in
stances, farmers have been
known to store their oil in safe
ty deposit boxes to await furth
er market advances.
Manufacturers of tooth paste,
candies, chewing gum, various
toothache remedies and all other
products which require pepper
mint flavoring are interested in
the cooperative efforts of the
growers. The normal yearly con
sumption of the oil is 400,000
pounds,
; Peppermint." plants, the oil of
which is distilled from the leaves
and' stalks, thrives best in heavy,
mucky soil, found In the lowlands
along the Indiana-Michigan bor
der; The farms usually are small
fifty or sixty acres. Under nor
mal conditions two crops may be
harvested each summer.
; Peppermint, first was introduc
ed into - Indiana and Michigan
about 1640. from Ohio. A quarter
of a century before it had been
imported from England.
BIBLE STORY FREE
TO 2,000 PAPERS
(Continued from page 1.)
half to tell the story of the Bible,
Mr. Reid estimates. The bureau
hopes to extend the Bible service
to 14,000 weeklies and 7,000 trade
publications and to interest more
than 500 radio stations in broad
casting -its sermonettes.
Incorporated under the laws of
Ohio in 1923. tho Press-Radio
Bible service, which, during the
three years previous was known
as the Back-To-The-Bible-Bureau,
has been existing upon voluntary
subscriptions without support
frbm any agency.
KLAMATH FALLS. Masonic
order lays cornerstone for new
Episcopal church.
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Chnstrnds Giving
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Full fashioned Silk Hose in all of the new ,
' shades such' as Tillc, Rochelle, Sunset, Rose,
Beige, Madera ,51
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1 , ' Full fashioned Hose in Harvest, Cloth of v
Silver, Flesh, Hogar, Maize, Beige, Honeysuckle,
Blush; Rose Blush and jthe newest Rose Gray
, 51.95
- ST.jiELENS.Plans ..approved
for $1,000,000 paper mill, and
cocfctructlon will tcgla soon,
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4. Shadow' clocked chiffon in shades of Beige,
Blonde, Atmosphere, Cherub
$2.95
Phoenix lace garter 'top, in all the wanted
shades - ;
$3.95
. YoUlI Make a Saving on Our
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Rheims Is City With Homes
Begging; 'Sales Slumping
J RHEIMS Rheims is among the
few cities; in France with empty
apartments and a slumping indus
trial real estate market." The re
turn of the population has not
kept pace with rebuilding and res
toration, as there are only 75,000
inhabitants : as compared with
117,000 before the war.
To the world. Rheims prenerally
is associated first with cathedrals,
and . the Champagne. Before the
war, however. It was an important
industrial city, where wool weav
ing, . spinihg and bleaching em
ployed 10,000 persons, now reduc
ed .to about one-third of that dum
ber. . . '
Land which at Armistice time
sold for 10 to 30 frahes'the square
meter, when it was thought that
the. city would be itself , again in
a short time, is now offered at
from 5 to 10 francs.
The "League for the Industrial.
Commercial and Labor Develop
ment of Rheims, has been formed
to come to the rescue.
Prehistoric Flappers Also
Concealed Their Ears
TUCSON, Ariz. Prehistoric
flappers who lived In Mexico about
10,000 years ago used the same
care in concealing their ears that
the fair senoritas do today.
The sheiks of that, period were
more worried about their leg line
than they were about their waist
measurement.
These are two prehistoric fash
ion notes discovered by Dean By
ron Cummings, professor of ar
ehaelogy at the University of Ari
zona, in his excavations in the
pyramid of Cuicuilco, 12 miles
south of Mexico City.
j The flappers of the ancient day
Instead of concealing their ears
under the now prevalent barrage
of hair used large disc-like ear
plugs made of an American vari
ety of jade. The sheiks of that
time corded their thighs to give
themselves a bandy legged effect
that apparently was all the rage.
' Bandon Thrift Ranch incor
porates for $40,000 to farm 840
acres.
White teeth -and clean finger
nails ate great helps in looking
for a job. . , .
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They are Santa's most useful gifts. They riot only
serve the recipient, but by making work easier and
better, firing new happinss to all the household.
We have everything from a hair curler to the most
complicated washing machine all working by electri
city and all necessities. Once you use them, you would
never like to be without them. " '
Come in and see the multitudinous things we 'have
here for Xmas. .
ED DENNISON, The Electric Man
Electric Fixture & Supply Co,
Phone 1934
222 NORTH LIBERTY STREET '
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All your friends and relatives will cherish a picture of
the "baby.'
It's something .they t can keep through the years. It's
such fun to compare photographs taken at different stages,
of his growth and 'development. V -
Everybody loves the little fellow! They'd like noth
ing better thah;to possess : splendid likeness of him! ,
Gdm in knd sed about it today!
It s nbt too late to order pictures for Christmas.
Ve will accept orders to deliver before Christmas up
to Wednesday; December the 23rd.
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