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LEATHER, FORECAST: . Unsettled, .with 4
occasional rains; moderate . temperature;
fresh and strong southeast and south Winds
Yesterday: Max.; 6T: Mln., $8; river, 6.
. Rainfall, .25; atmosphere, rloudy. Wind,'
south. -,:.- .
. SHOP EARLY Only 24 shopping days
, remain before Christmas. Do your shop
ping early and aroid the rush. - Yon win
find a new delight In this early shopping
and also you'll bring happiness to .tha -merchants
and the post office clerks.
VENTY-SIXraXEAB
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, 1926
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ARKANSAS AREA
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Governor and Adjutant Gen
eral Plan Relief for
Stricken Area
TROOPS MAY BE CALLED
Reports Drift' In "Wer fcrippled
AVlre System and Elst 23
Urrs Taken by Twister'
Thought Incomplete
PINE BLUFr,' Airk-, Not. 25.-t
.(AP) The knoown dead in te
tornado which struck in different
parts of Arkansas late today was
raised to 23 late tonight when
eight persons were, reported killed
tn Moscow ten miles South of here.
Thirty persons were reported at
Moscow also. ..--..-
. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 25.
(AP) Thirteen persons are
known to be dead and three in
jured, one seriously, fn the path
of a tornado which 'swept north
Arkansas this afternoon. The
twister traveled from Heber
Springs, in ' Cleburne, county,
through Ope'6 In Conway county
to Bellville, in Yell county. .Three
persons also are. missing at Opelo,
according to reports compiled to
night by the Arkansas Gasette.
Nine of "the dead are aV, Heber
' Springs, Ark., and reports are that
the town was badly damaged, fire
. breaking out In several Instances.
Besides the .three persons re
ported missing at Opelo, four per
sons are known to be dead there
and seven , or weight buildings de
molished. Including a schoolhouse.
The dead at Opelo : are . Mr. and
Mrs. Drake Stafford and child! and
Jones'. " ' I : ' U;
fcrbovernor Terrat and Adjutant
troneral Wayne conferred .after
., mews-oOhe disaster. a to-adr
bility of rushing aationiil guard
troops, tents and other supplies
td the stricken counties. ?.The Pu
lsskl county Red Cross organiza
tion also was, in conference.
i Reports drifting in over a crip
pled wire system were believed in
complete. tomm&nicat!bns with
Hebrr 8prings wa lost, during "re
ceipt or, a telephone message, at
Sarcy which told, briefly of the
to'rnado;An entire, family named
Morris was reported wiped out at
llteber Springs. , -
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MRS. HALL EATS
s DINNER IN JAIL
RROTllEH HA 1-XJNDNElSS FOR
; FU1E APPARATUS .
Sister Pleased With Testimony of
Brother' WilHWhlte on
Witnemi Stand
OHOO HITS
SOMMERVILLE. , N. t J.. Nov.
25. (AP) Mrs. Frances Stevens
Hall, about to follow her two
brothers to the witness stand in
the Halt-Mills case, came to jail
today to. have Thanksgiving din
ner with them; ... i .
.Prepared to testify tomorrow or
Saturday, she was buoyant' and
smiling and Issued one of her few
statements for publication when
she told reporters, I hope you
hive a good Thanksgiving din
nr." ' -;.-'-r -.-.. -.....-,
I Mrs. Hall brought several ap
plause cards to WiJi Strvens.-;It
wSs evident-that her cheerfulness
wis caused . in part it Ieist, by
many letters she 'has received,
from friends telling of their en
thusiasm, over "Willie's ability to
take care of himself and his wit
ness. . ' , :"
On the stand in his own behalf
her brother was William Carpen
der stevenl, very inuch at ease
and offering a ,sltarp contrast to a
widespread Impression of a Willie
Stevens, who had . tagged behind
the procession or dropped out al
" together. "
; ,As her brother testified, alertlv
sidestepping traps laid for htnt ty
prosecution counsel and politelr
correcting the state's lawyer when
he fumbled fc .pronunciation or
terra. Mrs. Hall beamed her satis
faction. She saw .hira. justifying
her characterisation of him as a
''very gallant, gentleman;, and
ranting strongly to the -support of
. the family physician who testified
vthat he was able to "make a lot
J tof people look foolish."
Jrl. Although two .'years younger
Jpthin her 5 year, old brother, Mrs.
Hall has been more the mother
thin sister of the man who carried
Into middle ay a "Vohthfnl fond
tiesa for fire fighting equipment.
Willi; Stevens made i no secret of
a fact that he has made a fire en-
pise. house for hi rlnh. but Jt was
developed by, his "testimony that
when he was in his own room
smoking ; ipo that "everybody
objected to,".- he- was reading
books that made A full-man.
V Henry and : Willie Stevemt and
their sister were Joined at -dinner
vy their cousins Henry re La
lirnyere Carpender.- He. tod. Is
tinder Jndfctment on a charge of
raurderinr Mrs. ElSTior Mills and
- the Tier. Kdward W. ITatl. btit was
ot brought lo trial with his rela-
A Day for Acknowledging Dependence for Blessings Received,
: Each One Possesses Gift of. Life and
Fellowship of Others
By Norman K. Tally
; Pastor First Presbyterian Church ;
As We think of Thanksgiving Day, it had a New England
origin and has come down to us through Colonial practice,
and gubernatorial and presidential proclamation. Not until
President j Lincoln's, time, 1863, was rthe day of observance
fiiced km the fourth Thursday of November.
.But back across the generations, through the harvest
festivals of; Merrie England, continental Europe, ancient
Greece and Rome, we find mankind in many ways tryingto
express its gratitude to the First Great Cause wjio sustains
" . ! '", .." ' "' " '" 'the race. In tha Feist of Taber-
MEXICANS BACK
CALLES REGIME
COUNTRY , . J OXLY KEEPING
RIGHTS DECLARES PAPER
Foreign Secretary Says Matter
Rests In Hand of United
States
..MEXICO CITY, Nov. 25.
(APJ Speculation on future de
velopments In the relations be
tween Mexico and the United
States has increased since the
newspapers printed the final . in-1
stallments of the notes exchanged
between the two governments- on
the Mexican oil and alien land
laws, and the Mexican government
let ft be known, although in a
statement not labelled official,
that it has said all. it has to say
on the Subject and sees ho neces
sity . for further notes, ; :
Apparently the editorial declar
ation of El Universal that Mexico
is only maintaining her sovereign
rights represents a widespread
popular conviction. t President
Cslles is receiving expressions of
support from the various political
groups both regarding the oil and
land laws ana Nicaraguan affairs.
With no present, prospects of
either Mexico or the United States
changing its position; some think
that the situation ; . will ' simmer
along nntU January, when the
Mexican government, tn accord-
aneq witTt1 tat; la is tujfll to 'btTEut'
Into effect. confiscates the land of
foreigners ,who have not renounc
ed the protection or their, govern
ments with regard to such prop-
Foreign Secretary Saenz said to
day, that the matter now rested
with the Washington government,
which may declare whether it Is
satisfied with Mexico's explana
tions; " - 1 ' - ' ' '
AMERICAN REUNION HELD
DENSE - FOG DOES NOT, STOP
GATHERING AT SAVGY
LONDON. Nov. 25. fAP)
British fog and Yankee ditties ad
ded; novelty; to the; American Sd?
cietfes Thanksgiving dinner. There
was another novelty, but one
which etiquette prvented the din
ers from discussing; that was the
fact that the bumpkin pie cost a
shilling a slice,' owing to the scar
city of .pumpkins, which are sold
here by-the ounce. r
The fog waS the densest of the
year, but it did not prevent about
500 Americans from groping tneir
way to the Savoy for the,, annual
family reunion inaugurated by the
Pilgrim Fathers,; v h ;, i
But fog is no respector of
Thanksgiving day this fir from
Plymouth, Mass., .and such thick
layers penetrated , the; banquet
hall, that 'from the long .table
where Ambassador. Houghton. pre
sided some of the diners across
the enormous room appeared al
most to fade away in the mist.
C00LIDGE ETSlfUhKEY
SECRETARY IELLOXCOX-
FERS WITH PRESIDENT
wisHlNGTON, ; iNot'iTi Isi-
i a P Washington, blessed -16
day with exceptionally fine .weath
er, made: the most of this to cele
brate Thinksgiving Day- In tradi
tional fashion, the presidential
household Setting the example in
laying aside customary Activities
and devoting the morning to relig
ious observance and the rest of the
day to quiet appreciation of the
holiday. t Suitable attention, how
ever. ; was given a fine 24 pound
turkey at the White House table.
.President Ceolidge, a8 a matter
of fact, did not, forget work ; en
tirely since SecretAry Mellon was
seen leaving the White House in
the morning, and in the late af
ternoon the executive put in some
further work on his annual mes
sage to congress.
TEMPORARY SEATS FALL
TWt INJURED AS 500 PERSONS
ARK IIURLKD TO GROUND -
CLARKSTON, Wash.J Nov. 25,
(AP) -Three, sections of tem
porary bleachers fell just before
the start of the Lewiston-Clarks-ton
high school "football game to
day, hurling .5 00. persona to the
ground, injuring two and bruising
many ; others. v - ' v' ;
Mrs. Livingston, Lewiston, was
injured below the Tight knee "and
Sturman -. Thorn psoH.- Chirkston,
i,
i New
England
nkcles of the Ancient Jewish peo
ple we find the direct. spiritual an
cestor of our Thanksgiving day.
To the same God who sustained
them and : won "their thinks We
Offer our grateful praise. - Perhaps
Deuteronomy 8:7-10 best de
scribes what God has done for us,
and tells why the colonists began'
the day in the New, World, and
why our presidents and governors
continue to summon us to its ob
servance. .. - j , i
; On the Fourth of Julywe assert
our independence; but on. Thanks
giving day we acknowledge our
dependence. We - did not make
the rich soil of our country with
the white cotton belt of the south,
the golden grain belt on the north,
and the yellow corn belt in be
tween and overlapping both. We
did not form the climate, nor do
we cause the sun to shine and the
rains to fall in, the earlier Or later
seasons to warp and moisten the
ground. We did not plant the for
ests on the mountains nor bury in
the ground the measures' Of coal
and iron. Our rich prinleval pas
ture land, our interlinking lakes,
our' rivers which feed our valleys
we made none of these things.
God supplied them all, !
Our industrial progress has been
great, but It would have been Im
possible without the artisans and
trained laborers which' Europe
sent uSv - We take pride in our" in
tellectual development, but we en-
oy it because the colonists' love of
learning caused them to set up
collejgealathfl-li1frnpsa, .TTraa
speech is one of TWir priceless
privileges, .but it was developed
aid- passed: ton to us by English
men. Even f the principles of the
Declaration of independence have
nestled in the hearts of -men since
the beginning; Thomas Jefferson
merely gave them $ felicitous ex
pression. .Our own great Lincoln
said that God Himself had linked
together, in the heart of man the
love ol lire and the love of liberty.
America says, "What G6d ' hath
joined together )et no man .put
asftttderv Wotlook: to the Holy
Land for our Savior and. the prin
ciples of our religion. Surely we
ought to acknowledge our depend
ence.
Moreover, each otte of us- has
the gift of. life; and its opportuni
ties in this favored land ; we' have
food and shelter, home and friend
ship, useful tasks and pure pleas
ures: we have , the, open Bible, the
fellowship of Christiin people,, the
good ' example . and blessed mem
ory of "our .dear remembered
fCoatiaaet oa pg 5.)
ILLINOIS GiG .
Dynamite : Attack J Early in
Day FoIIovved'By Ma
chine Gun Fighting
CHICAGO RIVALS BATTLE
Shot '' Fusillade Fired'. From . Car
Breaks Quiet of Thanksgiving
and Tnjarea Two Leaders
and Bystander
CHICAGO. Nov. 25. (AP)-
The rat-a-tat tat of a gangster
machine gun and shotguns broke
the Thanksgiving quiet of the
south side . tonight, and when the
Smoke of the battle had cleared
away, two botorius gangsters and
a bystander lay wounded in - the
Street, the result of a renewal of
the war of extermination between
rivil bands of bootleggers and
gangsters. r
The victims of tonight's, out
break were Thomas and Charles
O'Donnell, . bootlegging gangster
brothers of . Edward "Spike"
O'Donnell, who has engaged in the
beer racket here. The bystander
who was wounded was Charles
Barrett and standing .only a few
feet from the scene of the shoot
ing was John Conroy, county
assessor, who was unhurt.. . .
. The battle was as, spectacular
as that staged in State street on
the north side a few weeks ago,
when several gangsters were shot
by rivals hidden in an apartment
building and armed with a ma
chine gun.
- HARRISBURG, 111., Nov. 25.
(AP) Assailants who early today
attempted, to take the life of Vir
gil Hundsacker by dynamiting his
' (CtfBtiaaad a pais 4.) L ,
feMtiBUYs tAirpuweI
THREE" OF EIGHT NEW SHIPS
. FLY OVER BORDER .
' SANTA MONICA, CaL, Nov. 25.
(AP) Three of. a squadron of
eight new .Douglas, airplanes built
for the war department of the
Mexican government by the Dong
las company here, left Clover field
early today for Mexico, flying un-i
der command or Mexican, military
officers. NThe other five planes
wer delivered to the field and
were being placed In readiness to
take the air. These are the first
modern American airplanes built
for the Mexican government, local
aviation authorities declared. They
are . of the observation type and
Mexican officers here Indicated
that they would be converted into
bombing planes. '
. Information as to the exact des
tination of the planes was not
given out, but local aviation men
said that their understanding was
that the planes would be placed
In immediate readiness for use
against the .Yaquis.
WAITING FOR THE SECONb
AGGIES CRUSH
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TUG
MARQUETTE
Orange Tornado Rips 29 to 0
Score From Middle Wes
tern Grid Eleven
PASSES INCREASE SCORE
Line Slashing and End' Running
Attack Prove Too Much for East
ern Men in Fine Football
Exhibition
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Nov. 25.
(AP) Slashing through the line
and circling the. ends, with a for
ward pass mixed in here and there
the Oregon Aggies today crushed
the fighting Marquette university
team by a score of 29 to 0, in a
game which, despite unfavorable
weather conditions, was a splen
did exhibition.
Marquette was beaten by a team
whose line towered above them
and held a margin, not only in
weight and experience but in speed
as well. Lacking a plunging back
who could get much needed short
gains to make first downs, Mar
quette was : limited to a running
and passing game under condi
tions unfavorable to both.
Marquette's greatest weakness,
however, lay In its inadequate for
ward pass defense, which enabled
the Aggies to complete two long
forward passes that were good for
touchdowns. - The first, from
Maple to- Ward pulled the Mar
quette defense far out of posi
tion and enabled Ward, crossing
far over from left to right, to take
Maple's toss of about 20 yards
with no one near him and sprint
the rest of the : way to the goal
line, the play netting about 38
yards.
- The other pass was from a short
pass formation, Schulmerich hurl
ing -the '"ball some S5 yards to
Luby almost straight down . the
field,' Luby catching it over his
shoulder on the dead run at about
the 20 yard line, behind the Mar
quette secondary defense man,
and continuing over the goal line.
Both those scores occurred late in
the second period.
The visitors' third and fourth
touchdowns were made in the
fourth period,. largely by driving
through the Marquette line and
off tackle. . jarvis made the first
of these and Grider, a substitute
halfback the last one.
Early in the first period Schul
merich kicked a field goal from
placement from the 28 yard line,
the ball hitting the cross bar but
obligingly bouncing over for three
points.
. About 15,000 persons saw the
game.
THE STADIUM, Seattle. Wash.,
Nov. 25. (AP) The University
of Washington,, football team de-
(Coalinaed on tJCe 5.)
TABLE
TE1
Monfey
in crowing sugar-
Beets for the Farmers
Raise Beets in Wisconsin for fclve Factories, Though a Turner
Farmer Is Said to Have Stated He Could Not - 5 r
Make Money at It
Under, the heading;, "Farmer Warns Farmers Beets Pay
No Profits," the 'following appeared in the Salem Capital
Journal of last evening : ,
"M. Fliflet, a farmer of Turner, warns the farmers 'of tjie
Willamette valley against attempting to raise sugar beets
that is if they want to raise them as a money-making com
modity. Fliflet says he has tried it. , . ' .
" 'Twenty-five years ago said Mr. Fliflet, 'farmers in
Baron county, Wis., I among them,- were Induced to grow
sugar beets. The price paid the " " " u '' ". " " '
farmers was from 1 4 to S6 a ton,
depending on the sugar test of the
beets. Only $C is being offered
now, and wages 2 5. years ago were
only 35 per, cent of what they are
at the present time.
y- "'The soil on which the Wis
consin farmers grew their beets
was new timber soil and very pro
ductive, yet the best crops were
failures and, none of the farmers
tried the ' experiment more than
one year. Hauling' vegetables to
town at 26 a ton is like hauling
your, whole farm to town.
.. On the same soil the farmers
were able to produce 200 bushels
of potatoes to 'the acre and 700
bushels of carrots and made mon
ey on them, but it was out of the
question to raise sugar beets at
a profit. The only exceptions were
some farmers who hired cheap
Russian labor, usually Russian
families. The cost of raising
sugar beets now would be abso
lutely prohibitive.'
Still Raising Them
t :If Mr. Fliflet will go back to
Wisconsin now, he will find that
the farmers of that state are still
growing sugar beets. He will find
jtem being raised for five fac
tories: At Chippewa Falls, where R. E.
Pospisil fs the general superin
tendent of the factory.
At green Bay, where August
Ludkig of Menominee Falls, . is
general superintendent.
. At Jancsville, the Rock County
Sugar company owning the factory.-
and Ps H. Marks of Bay
City, Mich.. V being . the general
Superintendent, v c
At Madison,' In a factory owned
by the United States Sugar com
pany, 428 Grand avenue, Milwau
kee, A. E. Johnson being general
superintendent.,
If any one will write to these
general superintendents, hfe ill
?et information About thft Success
of the beet sugar industry lnWis-
cohsin. shared by the factories ana
farmers, and the communities gen
erally; It Any one wants to know
more about the otner principal
employees of these ; factories, he
may have the information at in
Statesman office.
SO Not the Limit
And 26 a ton is not the limit of
the probable share of the grow
ers of beets tn the saiem aistricx.
They may get $8. They will get
about that, if the present price of
sugar keeps up. They will get the
S6 when the beets are aenvereo;
They will be sure of that. But
they will own half the sugar ex
tracted from their beets, and they
wttl est all of that, halt wnen tne
sugar is sold, less half the selling
costs. They will . get the tops.
worth in the Bellingham, wasns.
rifalrict as high as $20 an acre for
feeding to dairy animals. The fac
tory will geb the pulp ana tne mo
lasses. ,
Ana Next Year
And if they continue to grow
sugar beets, for the factory to be
built here In 1928. they will get
7 -when thev deliver the beets.
aad about $3 more a ton when the
sugar Is sold, it. tne sugar prices
remain as they are now. More,
if there shall be a rise in sugar
prices. . . . :
(i rowing as rreiu
The farmers around Belling
ham. Wash., are growing sugar
beets at a profit, on $435 an acre
land, on which the taxes are szu
an acre. Only one iarcner iue
who grew beets this year win noi
now that crop next year, and a
number will increase their acre
age. And the wage rate is as nign
in northwestern Washington as It
ia In the. Willamette valley and
J,.; f !
(CoaUaaea a pmcs.2.)
NINE SAVED FROM BLAZE
EXPLOSIONS WRECK YACHT
OFF COAST ; '
CORPUS CHRISTIE, Texas,
Nor. 25. ifAP) Nine persons.
including Captain -Gua Valentine,
were taken uninjured from the
pleasure cruiser Helena, in Corpos
Christie bay, following a series of
explosions f whlle the boat was
cruising two miles from shore to
night. : , - a 4
The 'etploslon was caused by a
backfire. which ignited oil and
the oil fire, setting off approxi
mately 100 gallons of gasoline. ;
Captain Angelo of the yacht
Lola and Captain Newton Curry
of the BonnlQ May went to the res
cue of those aboard - the Helena,
taking them off few - minutes
before the .': gasoline explosion
wrapped the boat in -flames.- " .
The Helena, -Btlll biasing, .drift
eA ashore. Mrs. Helen M,Jaluf
ka, one or the two licensed wo
men masters in the country, is
owper o tbo Helepg, ri, ' f
SANTA REMAINS
FAT AND JOLLY
OLD SANTA CLAUS AND REIN
DEER HERE IN DECEMBER
'Yule' Originated From Words
"Yon'll Do" Used by Angelo
axona The Anglo-Saxons who were the
early people of England, used to
have a winter celebration that has
grown partly Into our Christmas.
They used to roll a huge log Into
the fireplace as part of the cele
bration, and they'd. all enjoy the
warmth. They called it the Yule
log.
Funny how they got that name.
"Yule" log! Funny word! Prob
ably they made the word up right
out of their own heads, about
like thisr The men would go out
into the woods and hunt and hunt
until they found a . log that was
not too little for a big fire nor too
big for little men; and they'd
shout and say, "You'll do! YOu'lI
do J" They shortened it Into Yule
and that's the word we have today.
They had a kind of Santa Claus,
too, as part of the celebration.
We're pretty much English, as you
know, and we took over their cel
ebration as we take their names
and all the other things they leave
us. . '
Of course, the Christinas cele
bration really comes . front the
birth of Christ, at Bethlehem, who
came to bring peace and good will
to all men. We take the form of
the holiday, with Santa Claus and
the' big dinner and all that from
the Anglo Saxons; but the real
spirit of Christmas, the love and
fellowship and good will for every
body comes from ' the "Babe "at
Bethlehem. Christmas - without
this beautiful spirit would only be
a dinner twice as big as on Other
days; It wouldn't be the friendly
day It Is now; Santa- Claus Is a
jolly fat man who loves everybody
without caring about- color - or
place or condition; -he Is the loving
spirit of Christianity, with whisk
ers and reindeer and a fat stom
ach and a heart big as all the
world," going about hunting ways
to make folks happy, i a.--', ..-.y.i.
Do you know, . the forge tter
can't ever make people entirely
happy? He forgets td. mail the
important letter; he forgets to
bring bread for dinner; he forgets
to tell the neighbor the message
that mother wanted delivered; he
forgets to pay his bills. Of course;
the Forgetter is honest oh, dear.
yes! But every day he robs some
body of pleasure, of dependence,
6t comfort, by forgetting some
thing that ought to be done. Ana
.yet the police can's put a fellow
In jail for forgetting even the most
important things!
Santa Claus Is . coming r early
this year, as a lesson in. not for
getting. We all want to get our
Christmas, presents ready to- give
on time;- Santa Claus - coming
three weeks early is a lesson. We
want to hunt up the unlucky fel
lows who didn't leave their hew
address with . Santa Claus; ,, be
wants you to' get all these names,
and help him make a celebration
for every shut-in and out-of-luck
there isn Oregon. ,.. You jcan's do
all this on Christmas day; Santa
wants to tell you to do it now.
" Santa and his reindeer will be
here the first week in December,
for everybody to see and enjoy
But he'll tell you in advance, that
you don't have to wait for him, to
begin enjoying Christmas, He'll
tell you that it's a lot more fun to
give things than to keep grabbing
for yourself even after your arms
and pockets are already fnu. -lie
spends his whole time doing some
thing for other people; and that's
what makes him happy. , Laugh
and grow fat, the doctors say.
Santa Claus laughs ' over every
good deed he can do; that's why
(ObnliBUet! oa pas 4.)
.. 4 -
FOURTEEN MEN DROWNED
CLOUDBURST " BREAkS DM
LEADING TO TUNNEL
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. . 25.
(AP) Fourteen men were drown
ed today atOrinda, 15 miles east
of Oakland wnen the concrete tun
nel which they were constructing
flooded .as the result of a cloud
burst which caused a cofferdam to
break and Send a torrential. flood
into the tunnel. The men were
working ktn the Mokelumrae river
aqueduct which will bring a new
water supply to Oakland,
CHURCHES AID
-J
Ml THURSDAY
Salvation . Army and Other
Organizations ProviriB
. :. Dinner for 75
thANksGi vino jdirdiis
Fas tors
Contrast First . Thanks
giving and That of Today, . t
Cnp Presented ArinistlcQ nJ
lav Float s " . ' '
a:
Yesterday was a happy Thanks,
giving day tor everyone in Salem.
The day besmirched slightly by
occasional showers found many
families,- who for some time have
been feeling the pinch of hunger,
brightened up by the approach of
a plentiful dinner in? the hands
of the Salvation Army and other
religious organisations. f
Leading the field of endeavor,
the Salvation Army with the assis
tance of several of the local
churches provided for mora than
75 people. Besides giving a big
dinner to 33 men in their head
quarters, they delivered baskets
with food and clothing and in
some instances shoes to many des
titute families. - . . ; -
At the close of the day the Sal
vation group hefil their final
meeting Which was in the form of
a welcome . to Mrs. .Ensign Pitt
who has just returned to Salem
after visiting her home . in . Pu
eblo, Colorado. . . - .
Union church Services were held
in all districts of the city in the
morning and were well attended.
The speakers outlined the present
day understanding of Thanksgiv
ing, contrasting it to - the first
meeting of the Pilgrims on this
side of. the waters when confront
ed with ; religious persecution is
their home lands, .-. . .
They save thanks to ' God ' for
His godness and His mercy which
was the particular mesa re of Rev
erend E. H. shanks, pasipor of tht
First Baptist church, who was the
speaker at the union service held
at the Leslie M. E. -church.
. Rev. E.. H. Shanks also used
the expression . : of God's work
found In the pursuit and study of
world history. For all the disas
ters and plaugues that have befal
len the earth, he pointed out how
God's hand could be seen forever:
aiding and bringing comfort to the
needy.' .17 ' ; .- ; '
'The challenge of Gcd is to a
better and more consistent liv
Ing," was the keynote of the ser
mon. "
church was - delivered by ' Rev)
H. D. Chambers wbo conveyed th
thought that Deople of the presen
dav do not express their gratltud
by language and wotsMp as the;
' tCon4a4 fra PS "1 :
RAINS CONTINUE
SAYS FORECASTER
PACIFIC STORM MOVING EAST
WARD "SLOWLY .
Strong Wind Reported Off Moult
: . of Colombia River' by
North Head
PORTLAND, Nov. 25. AP)-
The .winter Tains that' thorough!
drenched Portland" last night as
threatened today with an overca
sky and intermittent showers, wi
continue throughout tomorrow ax
possibly Saturday, according t
weather forecasts by Edward I
Wells, of the United States west I
er bureau. : -
Portland's rainfall today tota
led 1.23 inches, just one inch mot
than the dally average for th
time of year.
- The northeast Pacific stor
moved slowly eastward today ar
was apparently centered off t!
coast of "British. Columbia,. We:
stated tonight. . Rains covered t:
entire Pacific slope and snow f i
In the northern Rocky Mounts'
region. Cooler temperatures f
the Rocky Mountain region ar
warmer weather in the upper M
sissippi valley were high spots
the day's weather reports.
Wind was not strong enough
do a great deal of damage in t!
vicinity, although it was report
strong off. the mouth of the Colu
bit river. ; North Head j-eport
a maximum velocity last night
64 miles an litaur.-
THE-
FAMILY
UPSTAIRS '
AT THE
OREGON
This ; great , wreen pT
wlir be at: the Oregon the
tre - today., Ask any c
who caw it at The Elsinoi
It is- wonderful tl
Showing the life of U.3 a
erage. family In.. this co
try, with a little thrown
for dramatic effect.
WEEDY PEOPLE
max!"