TUESDAY MORNING,-DECEMBER 7,' 1926.
!: ThelOregon Statesman
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Iri &. Uc&barry . . City JMitor
Srtr BiMii .... TW(Tpk Editor
iwlrWBiMk . . Hoeivty Editor
W. H. Bntom OlmUMt Mmpi
Ralph H. Klatsisf A4vtiair lUaagf.
Prank Jkoki - Mr Job Dpw
E. A. KtkOtM - . LivMtoek Editor
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TltE BVRS OF THfc LORD "For the eyes of the Lord run to and
fro throughout the whole earth, to shew Himself strong in the behalf
of turt whose heart is perfect toward Him." 2 Chron. 16:9.
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-V.:: THIS PRUNE PLAN WOULD FAIL
Editor Statesman:
"Kucloed please find a synoposis for your consideration of the
cooperative , arrangement for fixing prune prices which, the writer
attempted to call your attention to the other day.
Kindly give the matter your best thought, and if you decide the
Idea carrie tarft. we ask that you get behind it editorially with all
the force The Statesman can muster.
Tpou, no account treat the matter as communicated, as to do so
will cause the plan to fall flat and will attract no attention, besides
the writer is looking for no free advertising. ,
'It m Ay take considerable missionary effort to educate our growers
to became Active along these lines, but. the writer has consulted many
growers and a few packers, and so far all have signified their will
Ingnetts to enter into the plan.
Tlio idea uses the Only weapon which the grower really has; viz..
the- right. to save or lose his crop as conditions warrant.
It will uphold the hands of the packer in making a decent price
to the eastern trade without fear of price cutting.
' 'tt wJH stabilize prices, 'and thus protect the jobber in buying
freely according to his needs Instead of the piecemeal plan now in
rogue. . : I . . ; -
V, Any cooperative movement looking toward forcing a decent price
outjof the trade once the crop is harvested must needs fail, as the
jobber can out wait the grower, as was so plainly shown by the Oregon
GroDwers fiasco.
"VTbo local banker sbouM not oppose the measure, as it is the only
plan. which will assure him of regaining his funds now sunk in the
Industry ?
"-Year three, leading garem bankers found nothing wrong with the
plan, and two Salem packers say it will do the work.
"lf you can arona enough interest among the growers to put this
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The United States coast guard seizes the schooner Conuelo II" with a cargo of 5G0$cases of
liquors, charging that she was inside "territorial waters." Photo shows the "Consuelo IF? of the
Statue of Liberty with coast guard cutter alongside, after the capture. V
IE RAINMAKER'
OPEKS HERE TODAY
Elsinore Theater Offers Love
Drama With Plenty of
, : Thrills-
Like the cooperatives of California;
And these cooperatives pay good salaries. They get big
men and have to pay good salaries, to keep them. They earn
their salaries, many times over.
And the editor of The Statesman does not agree that the
Oregon Growers Cooperative association was a fiasco ; except
ing in the failure of the members to give it better support.
(Some of the growers thought the officers were getting too
high salaries
And some of them have been making many times their
salaries since . '
Were worth many times their salaries then, and would
have been worth still more, if they had had full cooperation.
It takes about 50 different processes and lines of infor
mation to get a car of prunes from Salem, Oregon, to Paris,
ADVERTISING GETS
FARMING SETTLER
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reasonable returns to the growers.
PUBLIC H I
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Dr, Hall Conducts Courses at
YMCA, Twenty Attend
First Meeting
In looking about for an instruc
tor for the class of public speaking
which opens Tomorrow night at
the YMCA the educational com
mittee was exceptionally fortunate
in being able to secure Dr. 'John
O. Hall, head of the department of
in the local "Y" class. He ex
pressed Si view that the books were
highly adaptable for the needs of
the men in positions of leadership
in our business and political life
of today.
At the preliminary meeting last
Wednesday night Dr. Hall spoke
to over 20 men, all of which reg
istered for the course, and more
have registered since then. The
class will meet every Wednesday
night at 7:30 o'clock at the YMCA
for 17 sessions.
France. Who can know them all, and not neglect one of them
Idea of a similar ;one over yoa will be doing us an infinitely greater (perhaps a fatal one), without the possession of first class
service, m- saving an eeianusnea inaustry man m promoting new ,.,.,
Tfce writer's Idea of a decent price to the trade in prunes is 7c "1C 11 u" """an.y vicn cc wv-
fot? 16-35's; with the old time quarter cent drop ail along the line for ative managed by competent men, ana witn iuu per cent
each five additional prunes to the pound. cooperation on the part of the growers, there would be no
This -price 40 obtain In full crop years; in short years we must ouestion concerning the erowinjr of the right varieties, the
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n.Thanking you in advance for any assistance which you may lend
Iho. matter, etc. . .
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- The Grower
V-Ta organize the United or Associated Prune Growers of Oregon,
Washington-California.
To Incorporate with only the necessary list of officers for in-corporatlon-.X
" T6 sign up for a period of 5 years pledging himself as follows:
. To sell no.fruit for less than a minimum price to be fixed by the
abovdTcofporation, "this price to be fixed annually.
To sell only to an accredited list of packers as furnished by the
corporation. : . .
To Wcure his pledge to the corporation by giving it a bill of sale
of his cured fruit to become effective only it his crop is picked against
the direct orders of the corporation.
To elect" from each rr lit growing district one member to form a
jriee fixing committee.
This committee to meet Jcne 1st. canvass the crop in sight, and
name a, minimum price to the packer,
If by the first day of August satisfactory assurances can be had
front the packer that he will agree and use his best efforts to handle
the crop at or above the minimum price named each grower will be
notified to harvest his crop, otherwise the order to go out to let the
fruit waste.
All packers making this agreement to form and become members
of an accredited list, a copy of which to be furnished each grower.
' Any7 packer failing to subscribe to this agreement to be boycotted,
' All cooperative bodies" to come in as packers with individuals
taking the individual pledge. '
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To pledge himself to offer no fruit at less than the minimum
price, fixed by the price fixing committee, plus his regular packer's
charge.'- . : '
To pledge himself to buy only from members of the corporation
To pledge himself to at once lay before the jobber the price fixed
by 4 he price fixing committee, and secure bis agreement to handle the
crop according to his needs on these terms, and report results to the
committee before August 1st.
The Price inl Organizations
The organization to be made as simple as possible with no fancy
salaries;; just wages for those serving, with a reasonable expense
allowance.
The prices named, at all times to be fair and just valuation, costs
considered, with no hold up figures.
Chamber ot Commerce Cam
paign Brings Many New
Residents From East
If yoa like a strong, forceful
love-drama, rich in action, thrills,
suspense and heart appeal, with a
strong -undercurrent of humor,
staged against typical race track
backgrounds and involving several
colorful dance hall episodes, then
you are sure to enjoy "The Rain
maker," showing today and Wed
nesday at the Elsinore theater.
For this Paramount, production
adapted from Hope. Loring and
Louis DT Ligh Ion from the famous
Red Book Magazine serial.
'Heavenbent," by. Gefald .Beau
mont, and directed by Clarenee
Badger, is compounded of those
elements just mentioned.
Futhermore, it has the added
advantage of a sterling cast, fea
turing such capable players as
Earnest Torrence, William Collier,
Jr., and Georgia Hale, and includ
ing in its supporting personnel
Brandon Hurst. Joseph Dowling.
Tom Wilson, Martha Mattox and
many others.
The theme of the plot is that of
regeneration and the characters
involved are a jockey and a dance
hall girl. It is the jockey who
gives the story its title, for his
seeming ability to call forth rain
merely by praying for it earns
liim the nickname of 'The Rain
maker.' Collier handles this role
in capital style and gives a per
formance that rings with sinceri
ty and humanness. ,'' t
Georgia Hale as-the; girl who
fails - in i her - attempt to break
away from' the dance hall life but
"eventually-, redeems 1 both herself
and the Jockey, is wistfully charm
ing and vividly convincing. Tor
rence wins new-laurels. wifh his
compelling . characterization of
"Mike, the bartender."
The action of the-story is swift
and dynamic, working up smooth
ly to a powerful climax, in which.!
an entire town is stricken with
plague a "id Collier's prayer for
rain Is answered by a roaring
cloudburst.
Cross Meat Market. Biggest,
busiest and best in Salem. Choic
est steaks, bacon, hams, sausage,
lard. eggs. milk. Absolutely sani
tary. 370 State St. ()
public speaking at Willamette unt-, Centerview-Evergreen
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The Willard Community club
has purchased new Aladdin lamps
for their meeting place, those that
they had last year having been
stolen. To guard against this
happening' again the new lamps
have .W C. C. engraved on the
bowl
L. B. Haberly took his wife to
Portland Tuesday to be under the
care of a specialist. Mrs. Haberly
has not been well since an attack
of flu some months ago.
Loraine Hetcher who teaches at
Centerview was a dinner guest at
Geer home' Tuesday
O. Hall
versity. Dr. Hall is constantly in
dem&nd as a nublic speaker and
has had in tr 12 vpflra exnerience r
The Statesman editor leeis compnmentea Dy tne aoove. as an instructor in this subject.
This papir would be very glad to get behind a plan to stabilise Dr. Hail received his ab degree
the prune industry of this district that would work- - nTTSZi$
Rut the one suinrested by the writer of the above, who, of Minnesota. He received his Ph.
according to his wish, shall be nameless, would be foredoomed aff Sctoo?
to failure. For several reasons. and sociology in Willamette uni-
'In the first place, the growers could not be induced to sign rersity prior o the war During
the contract; that is, in sufficient numbers to make it work- "J ai stausucai
able; "And neither COUld the packers. j work -for the war department.
In the next place, in low price years, they would not keeppoowing tne ciose oi me war.n
their contracts; many of them could not. . ; . versity m Washington, d. c, and
In the next pface, such n arrangement, if it could be put I while at this place instructed ad-
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oyer, would not be a good thing for the prune industry. V1 ST-ro minent men" of business
would" be reactionary. The industry would tend to, grow and political life. n ti t i 3
imalfoinitead of larger;, tend to peter pot entirely. - . ; .""VL0 ,55
Plans for a monopoly control set up an objective that ... B , Norway," which deals
Mr.TM I ,o tiHainod. Such clans obscure the real purposes and with the customs, and conditions
rssib1mofc
'fi:irmrnt-'tn cooperation and to the development ! ClllCient Minneapolis last year lr. jHall
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f i?'ti " - ' . - ;o r t : vi v 'isnareu ine puunu thh nctr-
ruainvi)iife. j.. -j: j ; - .v . I eni Coolidge and ; was the one
speaker and orator for his peopjef.
Tt, nontvr.itivea that are successful offer superior serv- Dr. Hall has expressed great st
a- - .iu:-' rlr,nrtrr fti in advcrtisini? I lstactlon In re
ice; inuyiGo eouwtiiii'.
for wider markets ; in providing f for t.
in HwrrKin isfacUon la reviewing tne textnoo
posiuon.oi rjy- for nse m-the YMCA public speak-
the A. A
evening.
Ruth Rue war. avisitor at her
parents' home over the week end.
Mrs. Frank Egan slipped on a
wet step Monday and fell injuring
herself quite badly. Her back and
arm were bruised and she is very
lame. -
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Haberly mo
tored to Corvallis Sunday to take
their daughter, Mildred, back to
OAC. On her return home Mrs.
Haberly found a message calling.
her to the bedside of her niece in
Portland, who was to undergo a
major operation. K
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Small are
staying in SHverton helping care"
for Mr. Small's aunt. Miss Moore
who Is Tery 111.
Mrs. Dave Ramseyer, Mrs. S.
Harris Thompson Mrs. Fred
Knight and the Misses Olive and
Vera Ottoway met at the A. A.
Geer home to formulate a new set
of by-lawn to the constitution of
the Willard Women's cjub. They,
will be presented for action at the
regular meeting, Thursday, at the
home of Mrs. Fred Knight:
Mr. and Mrs. Edson Comstock
and two children, ; Roger and
Janet motored lo; McMinnvillo
Sunday where they were guest at
the home of Rev. and Mrs. S,. W.
Hall. Mrs.: S. J. Comslrtck" of SO;
verton, who had been at McMinn-
Tllle visiting the Hairs the prev,
ious week, accompanied., them
home. -
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bowers are
driving a new Whippet sedan pur
chased ' through their nephew
Dewey AlIn ,of Allen Bros., Sll-
"It Pays to Advertise" is the
conviction of the land settlement
department of the state and Port
land chambers of commerce after
the splendid response they have
received from the advertising cam
paign launched November 1.
Advising farmers of the east,
middle west and south that over
2000 of their co-workers have re
cently selected homes in Oregon,
the department has been broad
casting an invitation to come to
Oregon through the medium of the
columns of farm . journals pub
lished and circulated in many
states. a
Immediate and sincere are the
550 letters which have come di
rectly from these advertisements
betokening an earnest desire to ac
cept Oregon's welcome to farmers.
A peculiar phase of the response
.is the fact that Iowa, Nebraska,
Minnesota and Wisconsin lead the
list of states represented by the
inquiries with 62 letters eafch com
ing directly from those advertise'
ments. Illinois followed close
with 4 6 inquiries, while the states
scattered from Florida to Califor
nia shared in contributing the re
maining 256.
i The campaign of advertising
wftl be continued in the farm jour
nals until the first of the year, it
is anticipated by W. G. Ide, who is
directing the work. That many
people have already come to Ore
gon from the states in which the
publicity is now being placed for
Oregon is borne out by the regis
tration of approximately 3400
people at- the chamber of com
merce booth at the Pacific Inter
nationaKLivestock exposition. The
largest registrations were from
I Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois,
Minnesota, Missouri and Ohio,
which indicates that the majority
of the people now settling here, at
least of those interested in the
Livestock Exposition, . came from
those states.
Letters and illustrated - books
have now been sent to the 1031
names furnished by those register
ing at the exposition-booth, and It
is anticipated that the depart
ment records will sooner or later
show that a large percentage of
these prospective homeseekers
will follow their former neigh
bor to Oregon.
Further follow up work is be
ing done directly, by Arthur Fos
ter, representative ,bf the depart
ment, who is now calling on farm
ers in Wisconsin. Two weeks in
the neighborhood of Duluth and
other Wisconsin cities are follow
ing Mr. Foster's activities in Min
nesota and other states where
many farmers are planning to
come to Oregon.
Eiker Auto Cor. Ferry at Lib
erty bt. Autos stored, and bought
ind Bold. Cars washed day and
night. Low prices and service will
make long friends. (
Special as long as they last
body powder and bath salts only
;c. regular 75c each. .These
make wonderful Christmas pres
ents. Crown Drug; 332 State. Ct)
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Cure that cold and 'that miser
able feeling in a jiffy. Get oa
Quick Cold Tablets at Nelson,
Hunt, Druggists, on the corner of
fonrt and Liberty Sts. Tel. 7. C?
Ddut ton on. all hats at the
Vanity Hat Shoppe. 289 Court SU
L He sure to see onr. line of hats be
fore buj Ing. Latest metal cbh
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The Miditet Meil Market nevrr
fails tn givn yoti (he finest mnats
ml fish.: There i but o plttri
'n Salem to get the finest fish. TiV
l bigot -Market has It for you. (Jf
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i Portland Dr. Brent Nature.
Food i company Installs 130,000
plant," for preparing honeyed
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The cnei -city bKing Co "s
oread.-pie and ciike are of Inch
est qualify. One of Oregon's most
unitary uken5S. Visit it. Worth
vbile. A Sln hw ola (
Walter - H. 7ak. automobile
tires, tubes and .'accessories. Vul
canizing that hfiids. Hish quality,
superior servieei" A trial makes a
customs.". 198 3. Com'l ()
EAGLES' liTIl
TICKETS SELLING
Rehearsals Under. Progress
Directed by Major Tom
Akers, Old Time S:ar
With, tickets for. the Eagles'
minstrels selling like the prover
bial hot-cakes indications now are
that the entire house will be sold
out by the time the curtain rtees
at the Grand theater next Tuesday
night, December 14. at . 8:15
o'clock. Reservations are being
made every day at thefJherman
Clay Music company's store, bat
announcement is made by.S. M.
Willitt, In charge of the produc
tion,5 that there are 'plenty of'good
urged ,eft- The ubli
fhem r tickets nd serving
Rehearsals have been In pro-
t on of Major Tom Akers. rld
time ,Mt, , star and W
E frthKe atement thatthe
Jhov, ,11 be excellent in
j A feature rrf the show .will be
me vresentaMon of many of th
jfavor.te songs of other days
. numbers which brini; rk
.ttaPuy memories to hundreds in
!h ai.,li..,.0.- Talent of the high
! order i,as ,HH,n jnvoked ,Q jn.
pure su.,ss of this feature. Such
.artists as William Ireland, lvrir
! tenor. Oliver Huston: lss,,- t' i
Shepard. tenor, s. x. Willett". ten-
others of known musical abilitv
will contribute solos of beauty and K
appeal.
The bis chorus, augumented bv
Pi'ked voices from the Ladis-
Auxiliary, has been well drilled
and sink's with a volume of tunVi- -ful
harmony. Several musical f
iiumuers or excepiional merit will
be presented in the afterpiece.
A dress rehearsal is announced
for Monday ni'ht. December 13.
at the Grand theater with full
orchestra.
At Shipley's tn ladies of Salem
! naye satisfied themselves that they
i tan get the finest fall and wln
! ter frocks, coats and dresses ever
j shown in this city. , (M
Roller skating at the Dream
land Rink. Tuesday. Friday and
Saturday from 7:30 to 10:30 p.
m. Ladies admitted free. Gen
tlemen 10c. Skating 25c. ()
Capital Bargain House. Capital
Tire Mfg. Co.. Mike's Auto Wreck
ing. Three in one. Bargain center
of Salem. Thousands ot bargains.
H. Stelnbock. 215 CentetL (
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