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i t W - 5 - Tim oitsGtm statesman; saleregon; Ui i; THURSDAY? MQBNING -SEPTEMBER 23rl02ftv.:r it ummm mm m Modern Conveniences Otte Reason for Eight Fold Expanse; Increase rY .. t . . ,r ; NErk-YORlCsept,. 20. (API ThaHtdav newritenvtuneag ma-4 jar 'expenses ox an American fam ily today, aa 'compared, with fifty yfearnagfi. Tne'ifcjnt the money fcbent im heat, autos gasoline and UboV Its existence-was i brought out by the Interest which, the Pacific Northwest. Newspaper association took In a recent report from Cor nell, Agricultural college, which give th actual expenses of the Ucceedlnc generation ot the same amDy.- In each irase- the .family Numbered .slg..thre e children and three .adults, j Both lived on the lame farm. I' The budget of this family for he year 1880 waa $321.15, while for th year. 1924 it was IZ.863 ,16. .The difference- is not. all ac count for, Is. increased living ex cuses. Tha comparison brought iout many .rood things of life tehlAh'tha 1924 family enioVed that?) were unknown to the 1880 family; ,f In tba earlier, simpler genera tion the major expenses were ronrV food, clothing, children ithd Church Eaelt of these items cost In tbear. between., JO and; 100, In the year 1924, the church Cropped out in t'comparitlve ma jor item, even though In 1924 tnoreCwna given the church than In J88fc T&jraboUt SO per cent. In the : modern tear, food, . clothing and. children: remained three of the four fciajor items, but the I ourta waa the new major, and it lopped mil tiie others. In the Cor- tielL budgev tnts ttem was aenom Inated "General Operation." In 1880 -it cost 914.lt and in 1924 SOiltS t". PaWs and books Jumped from $2.50 to $161.70, fat passing the Church add showing - oiie of the greatest percentage,, Increases of any, although not the largest to tals ; i5',The figures were gathered by Professor Ralph A. Flten, exten sion professor Qf rural school op eration, who wrote W. O. HooKer, . secretary of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper association: ?The father's ' family bought cloth -by the yard, but the son's family bought ready made ciotnes The education of the son's chll dfeujs costing over twice as muoh as This own, due to the fact that teachers - salaries r haw neaTly trebled. The father took two pa pers only j the -son, during the year, bought , set of -Harvard Classics. The father's family light bill for the year was nine gallons Of kerosene,'S1.08r six lamp chim neys, 69 cents, and one wick, six tents, a total ot $1.73. The sbn spends two dollars a month for fuel for his lighting system, while the-'upkeep and depreciation Is $78 a year." ; ,Tbe professor further explained that the son has "all sorts of mod ern ' conveniences. 'Also , that the aon's.dQctor. bill for the year 1924 Vis especially large because during this year, his wife had a rather serious operation 4tt a hospital The figures of the two budgets x i tiuiowa.; k i 1924 , 99.00 447.73 280.15 411.43 8i.07 167.30 1S1.70 .1.73 . . sV.oo Light, including P- d.68 ' Clothtntt KSt Tkre children ' 72.30CJur.rck. - , , . " - 0.40 Doctort nd medicine.. . 80 Pnpers and book - Tfip and -fcUoB- f ' Amusemeata - K.9S General operation v j,- , coal, saaolino, i - aato. laoor) ,UB.17- Uiac)l4Becaa 22.26 1 691.51 159.82 83Z1.4S 82,563.76 -rv. nnv-nitk rWri - ttnii Uif jfnv iimnlrln, Rsif TinmM ' ttV l,.V. nAm rt all Vlnrfa - J . . . Daxes in a -aiteaen - ciean as year own 'S4S State St. fil ntmes (Eric Butler, manager ot . the Western Union Office in Salem, yesterday - received the ; following dispatch from Mr. Cole of Seattle, superintendent . for . that company in. this field: making the news re-! .cord for a most trying and diffi ctlt situation, met by the Western Vajon people rery promptly, mak- : ing. an. interesting story:) .'New Yerk - has three - chan aela to. Miami City, and; cable, connec- ; lion with . Miami : Beach Via Key . West. . Atlanta, has Are channels to Miami.. Night, letters and press : reports sent from - West Palm f v Beach at 11 o'clock' last nlghi in dicate a slowing up of urgent traf f5c': 'Acting on weather. - bureau warning. vv Immediately sent . 'seven gangs to the Florida storm area and five to Mobile. .The 200 repairmen in Florida when the ' ; fctorm broke now total 500, under , -direct supervlalon ofW. B. Titley. , nee presiaent ox the plant depart- vment. Over the week-end bur , office waa . the only illuminated building fan Flatlet street.: The - ' electricity there' and at, the Mlatai ueacn onice being ; supplied by I V emergency gas engine . equipment, . now a Ktandtng fealnre tof all our v ,iraportant , offices. ; Extra wires WMB rMfnnul thfa tnft,n!w f.nm , THE JQBin STORM Scctta MHls ilrs. Jean Ajdama of Portland Is Tislting her sister, frs. J. 8. KorM and family. Mr. and Mrsi Milton Magee and family of Rickey ' visited relatires nere last Tnnrsay. i Mr. and Mm-Ollre Rroneher of silem Ylsitd re lalivea here ot er the week-end. Iir. and' Mrs. g! C. Belllneer of Salem visited Mr. and Mrs." Allan JBellinger -. Sunday. J. o. Dixon wear m saiem Mon day on business. Mr. and Mrs. W- T. Hogg and A an rh ten. Dorla and Loraine. were dinner guests at thl home of Mr. Hogg's sister, Mrs. P. E. Bhafer and family in Salem, Mon day evening In honor of their son Early, who left for Cambridge. Mas&l, where he will enter Har vard again this fall. Mr and Mrs. J. B. Fisher ot RiversYde, Calif., who hare been touring', in the east all summer, are visiting friends here on their way home. Mr. and Mjrs. Fisher were form er residents of this vicinity be fore moving to California. Mrs. O. M. Wilson and son Frank whO Vhave been Hying at Wlllimlna tbUs summer hare re turned to thear home here. Mrs. Emtaa McCown and daughter Mrs. Ada Baker and son Jackie left for, their home In Loa Angeles Tuesday after Tislting at the Hugh Magee home several weeks. A. A. Gersch and son John mo tored to Portland Tuesday on busi ness. ' Leri Kellls was in Salem Mon day on business. Mrs. Ivan Smith visited at the Hugh Magee home last Thursday afternoon. Liberty; Liberty school started Monday, September 6, with an enrollment of TO, with more to enter. The teachers are . as follows: D. A. Hodg, principal; Mrs. D. A. Hoag, Mist Jessie King and Miss Doro thy Sloop. Mr. and Mrs. Hoag are. starting their fourth year as teachers in this place and will have charge of the advaced work. MIssTCing, the intermediate teach er, is from Stlverton and will live in the Williams home. Miss Sloop will have charge of the primary work and is boarding with Mrs. Kate Holder. Rosedale Miss Townsend has been a vis itor at the Porter home. The Kime family of Albany were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walters. The Sunday school had a pos ter contest Sunday. Mrs. Mary Cammack made the poster which was judged the beet. With the opening of the Salem school, many of the young people will' return to their studies. Mr. and Mrs. Sell have been spending some time at the coast. . 'Funeral services were held last Wednesday for tho late Mrs. War ner, who for some time had been a resident of this community. Hazel Green School will begin Oct. 4. Miss Albee principal. Miss Sylvia Paul- Main charge of primary classes. iiev. xaersnoon wu ue yasiur . t ii Usui riMan the coming year. Edward Dunigan Sr., and son. Henry, attended the roundup at Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Van Cleave and children are visiting Mr. Van Cleave's grandparents at Moscow, Idaho. Mrs. G. W. Dunigan of Chinook. Wash., and Mrs. k. siaier oi Roseburg visited their parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Davis this week. Miss Wllma Davis aceom I naaled her sister. Mrs. Slater, to I Rosebure tO attend SCnOOl I nib I win tor. I -rf 1 tA.1.n i xars. mm yuw u Frank Zelinski were called to Portland recently y me serious illness of their mother. Mrs. Aug ust ZelinskL Mnmer Davis has moved to a farm near Monitor. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Van Cleave '! : CratMg Local and) Long .Hautig lilovng .143 SoutH Liberty: : : TeleiSHbnd 930 of Monitor 'visited their brother. C. AST Van Cleaves Sunday.' ' Archie McCorkle is building a double garage, expecting to live in it until . he builds: his house. . Mr. and Mrs. Sheila and chil dren and Miss Rosalie Looney of Salem Were visitors "at the G. G, Looney home, Sunday. ' , P.. W. Davis has returned from a hunting frip heir Kdamath FaHs. Rev. Miss Luckey .attended the annual conference of United Brethren church at Portland from Thursday till Monday. O. G. Looney and family went to the fair at Silverton Thursday. Guy Allen and Glen Looney be long to the Cool id ge & MeClain Bank Jersey calf club. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Zelinski are rejoicing over the arrival of a baby daughter. The mail boxes have to be re numbered on route 9 since part ot the route was put with Brooks, route 7. C. A. Van Cleave- attended the conference of United Brethren church at Portland Thursday. Max. Wood and G. G. Looney are having a silo filled with corn. B. C. Zelinski and family are visiting Mrs. Zelinski's brother at Aniheim, Cal. Dr. and Mrs. Clayton Judy ot Silverton were calling on friends Sunday. They are leaving soon for Idaho where Dr. Judy has ac cepted a position. Max Woods and sons and Mr. Wood's father-in-law, August Zel inski of Portland, were visitors at Pendleton during the roundup. Mr. and Mrs. Kitleson have re turned from Spokane, Wash., hav ing been called there by Serious illness of Mr. Kitleson s father. Mrs. N. P. Williamson has been removed from the Sale -xnhospita! to hfs daughter Mrs. W. Ilawken's home on Summer street. Detroit Mrs. Ralph Heath has moved to Castle Rook, Wash. F. W. Stahlman has left for the Cascade forest for a few weeks on business for the forest service. Mr. and Mrs. Newt Knuieon are the parents of a new boy, named Jackie Thurston. Ernest Moore is here from Can ada looking after the interests of his uncle, Jim Moore, who died Sept. 2. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bewley and Misses Naida and Norma Stahl man spent Saturday in Salem. Mrs. Elba Burnett and children have returned to Albany for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Farwell have moved to Washington. Kenneth McClennan of Port land spent Sunday with F. W. Stahlman. The Indians from Warm Spriag3 are here drying salmon. North Howell Those who attended the Silver- ton community fair from this vi cinity were Mr. and Mrs. August Woelke and daughters. OUr school will open Sept. 27 with E. B. Fletcher principal and Susan Coonlles assistant. The new woodshed and play shed are improvements. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Dunn were Ho U B B rTT gQ B B Q b I ill f V Health tbe-fiixatsst Wealtb NOTHING mor quickiy 01 completely destroys health than chronic POes or other Rectal and Colon ailments. The constant lrTnatka affects important nerve centers steadirj snoermtntng bota pnyucal and mental Bt?to ream? a7d1oUAKANTl IN WRITING to can any caa mt Piiaa, M baoaS. harm. vatfQBvs. Scmf fesciBcv 4m mw FVEg lOO tmm UlaatnteS r i - a - t a LDHAN.M.DJnc trxsrssArrtE orruzs: Of Dr Oan Bwifd rvAi otm an r (i w.,T oif uiwjii if -. -y g turn J mi POKTLAMO MajaMaiaMaMaaaaaMa aaaa "' V . - ' S BRICK WAREHOUSE dnL Coal and Dry, Woo'd at Seasonable Prices " '" Salem business visitors last Tuea- dar.k-r -' : L Mr. And Mrs. J.. E,' Whitman were Sunday afternoon l callers at C. Ev. Mcirwaius. t Rev. CJ W. Tibbits filled the pulpft on Sunday. - Mr. and Mrs. Stenberg, will be back Tuesday from Gresham where they' nave been, several weks. Mrs. .Sten berg wailful the pulpit on Wed nesday -evening. Royce Allen will have a car load of onion, topped itt the nekf Jew days, onions are very .cheap, he growers are hoping for better prices. - Frank Hynes will have a new residence' built soon as the foun dation is now complete. W. H. Baughman will build a modern chicken house in the near future. , ' Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Weisner and son Daryl and Mr. and Mrs. Clabe Steele and daughter will move- in a few days tq Salem where the young 'people will at tend high school. E. B. Fletcher and son Elsworth called on friends in this section last Friday. Several from this vicinity at tended the farm sale north of Brooks on Thursday. Chester Jefferson has been gone on a deer hunt the past week. Mrs.. R. D. Dunn and son Keith called on Mrs. Albert Smith last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. H. P. Stlth, millinery. Most beautiful hats in Salem; all shapes and colors; full stock from which to make fine selections Best quality. 332 State St. () Henry O. Miller, 184 S. Com'l. St., where most people prefer to get their auto parts for all makes of cars. Trade here and make savings on all auto parts. () Xotlce of Assessment for the Cost f Improving Xorth Fifteenth Street From the North Line of Marion Street to the South line of "D" Street. Notice is) hereby given that the Common Council of the City of Salem, Orejgon, will, at or about 7:30 p. m. on the 4th day of Oc tober, 19J6 or at any subsequent meeting of Che said Cuoncil there after, in thai Council Chambers of the City hall of Salem, Oregon, proceed to; assess, upon and against each lot or part thereof or parcel of land liable therefor its proportionate share of the cost of improving North Fifteenth Street from the north line of Marion Street to the south line of "D" Street, In th City of Salem,' Marion County, Oregon. All perspns interested in the said assessment are hereby noti fied to appear before the said Council at' said time and place and present their objections, if any they have, to said assessment, and apply to Bald Council to equalize their proportionate share of same. By order of the Common Coun cil, September 7, 1926. M. POULSEN, City Recorder. 24 0 Coughing Is L Indicative of Carelessness When You Can SCHAEFER'S HERBAL COUGH SYRUP, at SCHAEFER'Q DRUG STORE Penslar Store 135 North Commercial St 9riin&l .Yellow Front PHONE 197 - LiohsiClub i Sponsors Ticket Sale for Series of Per formances Salem will have Itsi Irst Artists Series of concerts; this fall and winter In the Elslnbre theater,- ac cording to plana just announced The Lions club here is sponsoring the movement, and will begin, a ticket selling drive Monday that will last, all week. A series of four . concerts will be given, two this fall and two next year during the coming win ter. Season tickets will sell for $6 apiece, an average of. $1.50 per concert, and the quality of the concerts to be given is worth more than this, according to Lions club officials. Reinald Werrenrath, world famous baritone, will appear in one of the concerts, Cecelia Han sen, considered, one of the best violin soloists in the world, will be featured in another. The Ukrain ian National chorus, composed of 48 voices, 24 men and 24 women, will be In another of the series. Three soloists will appear, in con nection with this group who are considered of exceptionally high class. The chorus will appear in its native costume and Russian music will be featured. Ernest Vpn Donyanl, pianist, completes the list of 'performers. He has bene attaining much fame in recent years, and ranks high among pianists in this country. This Is the first time sue ha pro gram has been-scheduled for Sa lem, according to' Lions club of ficials. In the past no suitable auditorium has been available. The local Lions are anxious to make a success of the affair, as in that case equally, good performers can be brought here every year during the winter season. The season- ticket will assure the holder ,of reserved seat privi leges at each" concert, and he will be able - to get good seats at a cheaper price than by buying in dividual tickets. The Lions club A WP- m'f-mmi! home Desk, Ia this new.Burroughg, portability and low , price are combined with Burroughs quality,.' dependability and accuracy. Big business is using this machine on individual desks in vari ous departments. The small retailer is using it on his counter and in his office. Professional . men; secretaries of 'organizations and others '-t find it indispensable in their offices and homes; for business and personal accounts 4 - - - - - - - - . , . . . . . . . nlso i euarahtees " - to V refund the money -in case.the engagement fa cancelled. -.y---. '-;V Frank: Neer is. chairman ot tte drive... 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