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M L. THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON . TUESDA.X310RNING; DECEMBER 21, 192G " 7 FI DEPiTH COVERED 342 M LES Chief Hutton's Annual Re v port Shows Most of Equip fnent in Good Condition : The Salem fire department in 192 traveled 342 miles in answer ing 34 alarms, 10 of them false, according to ti e annual report of the fire chief. H. Hutton. submit ted to the city council; last niht. Thia id In addition to 97 miles traveled in answering seven alarms outside the city. "The loss on buildings destroyed by. fire was 411306.43, of which 18,t7913 was covered by insur ance. on contents of build ing 'destroyed was $3800.95. of which 42695.95 was covered by insurance. -This does not include the re Cent fire in which the Fraternal temple was destroyed, with a loss estimated at between 540,000 and f 50,0)0. ; In putting out flre the depart ment laid 19,150 feet of 2 Mi -inch hose and 1900 . feet r,f 1 Vi-lrich hose." v It used 741 gallons of chemical fire extinguisher f There are 7.000 feet of 2 -incH hose in the fire department's pos session, -6500 feet of it in good condition and the oilier 500 feet in tair condition, i Alt the 750 feet of lVa-incb hope is in good condition. Three hundred feet of the 450 feet of chemical hose is in good condition, and the other 150 feet in fair condition. Of the other apparatus, a 1,000 gallon triple combination pumper, a 750 gallon pumper ."an 85-foot aerial ladder and one car are in good condition, while two combin ation chemical and .hose cars are in fair condition. cowissioniE HUM PASSED Acceptance Made by Coun cil in Soite of Protest From Mr. Hirsekom At Shipley's the ladies of Salem have satisfied themselves that they can get the finest fall and winter frocks, coats and dresses ever shown in this city. () W. G. Krueg.?. realtor, progres sive, fair, equ table. Growing city and country makes possible buys that will make you good money. Complete listings, 147 N. Com'l. C) Mr. Used Car Huyer: Have you een the real buys at. the Capitol Motors Incorporated? See Biddy Bishop. 350 N. High St. Tele phones 2125 and 2120. () "The city council last night adopted the report of the zoning and planning commission advocating that permission toA. I. Hirsekorn for building a laun dry at 15th and B streets be re fused, in spite of a protest record ed by Mr. Hirsekorn in person, and seconded by Alderman Gallo way. W. Callison, a resident of the district in which Mr. Hirsekorn wishes to erect the laundry, asked that the petition be turned down, saying that the residents did not wish to turn the region into a "little Italy." dents object to the laundry, Mr. Hirsekorn stated. Under the new zoning law, 50 per cent of -the residents must object to enlarg ing a business already in existence in a residential district. Yours Are Heavy Duty Dollars AVhen you make sure the coal you buy contains a minimum of ash and moisture, and a maximum of carbon, the basic heat producing element. For, as you well know, high ash and moisture content is, and must be, at the EXPENSE of the heat content. All these things are taken into consideration when we buy coal. If you take them into consideration when you buy coal you'll call 1855 TODAY. HILLMAN FUEL CO. . ... - ... ....... . As Your Further Protection Against Excessive Motmture All our Coal Is Stored Under Cover Pomeroy & Keene, jewelers, never fail to give you 100 on the -doUar. Watches, clocks, pins, charms. Standard high grade stock in all departments. () Acclimated ornamental nursery stock, evergreens, rose bushes. fruit and shade trees at Pearcy Bros, in season. We have our own nurseries, 178 S. Com'l. () ; t Parker & Co.. 444 S. Commer cial. Don't fail to see Parker about repairing your car. Expert mechanics at your service. All work guaranteed. ' () PRUNE GROWER SEEKS ACTIVE MARKET PLAN l Continued from page 1) before the prune grower to get them into some organized form, t The Different Plans In this article it is my purpose to show the relation of each of these movements to each other, and how they might be fitted to gether. Mr. Kipp begins by recognizing thetwo forms of cooperative or ganizations now existing, namely, growers organized who pack and sell their packed product through, their own selling agents to the public; example, the North Pacific Cooperative Prune Exchange for selling and several local organiza tions about the state for packing. The second form is a group of growers organized for the purpose of packing only. When packed they are offered for sale to such Interests as regularly buy prunes for resale and distribution. It is Mr. Kipp's desire that all who wish will join with either of these groups and that the re mainder will join into a third group for the purpose of pooling their ungraded prunes and selling collectively. I have reviewed Mr. Kipp's plan for the reason that both the plan which I gave you yesterday and Mr. Drager's plan uses for a foun dation this plan of Mr. Kipp's. The Differences In comparing the plan offered by Mr. Drager with my plan I find one. major difference and two minor differences. I shall discuss the least of these first. IJlrst: Mr. Drager does not provide for any supervisory control. If,-as I believe, such control Is necessary, admittedly it could be supplied in his plan. Second: Mr. Draper proposes a meeting of packers wih representative growers for the purpose of fixing the price. I reversed the order by having a grower meeting for fixing the price, to which the packers are invited for advice and counsel. Apparently only a triffling dif ference, but we must not lose sight of" the. fact that the growers only are permitted by law to organize to fix a price. These two are the minor differences. ' The major difference is that he would have a marginal difference fixed between the price to the grower and the price to the trade, this margin to cover, the packer's costs, the packer paying on de livery the stipulated price to the grower. I propose that . the prunes be delivered to the packer for packing at a fixed packing cost per pound and sold on a per centage commission basis. Wants Workable Plan Mr. Drager's plan has this ad vantage: It sounds good. It will meet the approval of the grower trfio would never cooperate, and that ts the Tellow we all want reached; I am in favor "of any plan Jthat will work. Any plan to woflc . must be capable of being jbuilntb force and kept tbere. Perhaps , his plan could be more easily -put into operation. But would it work? I am really sorry to have to say that I do not believe that it would. Why. Why not? Because in the price fixing con ference of growers and packers, the, packers "to work for their own interests (and who does not?) must of necessity advocate a low price on prunes. The growers naturally want a high price. The marginal difference between the growers price and the trade price which would be the packers share would ha.ve to be somewhere be tween one and two cents. No need to try to fix that point definitely now. So let us say two cents. Then as a common size letus con sider 40-50 prunes. Suppose the growers think they should have 6 cents, then the packers would need to sell at 8 cents. Would it not be much easier for the paeker to sell at 6 cents and pay the grower four cents and as he is to pay on delivery the packer surely would want to risk as little as possible. And the less it is the less the Backer risks, the ouicker i tho csiIa tha loei inf prpct and in surance the packer pays and he gets the same 2 cents for himself. So plainly on that point there would be no unity of interest be tween the grower and the packer. This Would Not Work Then Mr. Drager proposes to buy one fellow's prunes and leave the other fellow the privileged storing" his prunes in his bonded warehouse, paying storage, insur ance and interest on the money he can readily borrow. After a while he must take what he can get. which of course can't be helped. Fine for the fellow who sold his prunes and got his money. But how about the other fellow? What will he do? Just what any one would do. Cut the price and sell his prunes. And what will the packer do? lie will buy these cut price prunes and in turn cut the price to the trade. And no agreement to the contrary can stop him. For it has been tried out in the supreme court of the United States. It has been decid ed that when a buyer buys an article he can sell it as he pleases and no stipulation by the grower can prevent blmv v-.' I sincerely wish to see "some plan for saving the prune industry put into effect. If I am wrong and Mr. Drager's plan willwork, then let's have it. I suggest that as the United States department of agriculture has sent a man to Oregon to see what could be done, that we all meet with this govern ment man and submit our plans. Out of some of them perhaps something can oe evolved which will be satisfactory. . A. Ratclirf. I At the Theater Today i o o ........ The KlHinore: Douglas Mae Lean Mn " Hold That Lion." ; Oregon: "Up in Mable's Room," with Marie Pre vost, Harrison Ford Phyllis Haver and Harry Myers. GRUESOME PACT TOLD (Mr. Ilatcliff, who writes the above, and who wrote the outline of his plan which appeared in The Statesman of last Saturday morn ing, is, as was stated,' a promin ent prune grower. He was a di rector of the Oregon Growers Co operative association and Is still, for that association has not yet been dissolved. ' He is a director of the Salem Cooperative Prune Growers, and secretary-treasurer of this local unit of the northwest prune growers cooperative. So he is friendly to cooperative market ing, and has shown his friendship constantly. Ed.) Fishermen Agree t Cannibalism If Kit her Should Die The Rake-Rite Bakery. Busy every day supplying best homes with bakery goods of all kind; baked in - a kitchen as clean as your own. 345 State St. . ( SULPHUR CLEARS" ROUGH, RED SKIN Face, Neck and Arms Easily Made Smooth, Says Specialist Any breaking out of the skin, even fiery, itching eczema, can be quickly overcome by applying a little Mcntho Sulphur, declares a noted skin special ist Because of its germ destroying properties, this sulphur preparation begins at once to soothe irritated skin and heal eruptions such as rash, pim ples and ring worm. It seldom fails to remove the tor ment and disfigurement, and you do not have to wait tor relief from cm barra.;:ncnt. Improvement quickly shows. Sufferers from skin trouble should obtafn a small jar of Rnwies Mcntlio-Sulpliur from any good drug gist and use it like cold cream. Ad. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 20. (AP) A gruesome pact between two. Redondo Beach fishermen adrift in'a small boat, that should either die the other might use him for food, was told by the survivor, Elt B Kelley, 69, upon his arrival on the mainland tonight from Avalon. Santa Catalina island, where he was taken yesterday when resciied. On the same boat from the is land, came the' body his friend James r McKinley, 'H8 J. .The tw were carried to Eea without food or drinking Water daring a storm, McKinley dyia on the eighth day There will be no fcquest in Mc Ktnley's death, the corner an nounced today, being satisfied that McKinley died from exposure and starvation. Kelley admitted using the flush of his friend for food. Automobile -accessories for Christmas, gifts- PPreciajX cause of their utility. Perl A$ wo can help-you select a suitable gift for "him." Malcolm's Tire Shop fJDDIES'C0LDS W Should not be "dosed." Treat J them externally with UNRESERVED Horses, Cows, Chickens, Machinery, Hay, Etc. 2 miles south of Pringle school house on the Pringle road on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1926 Commencing at 1 p.m. Sharp ,l? 1 bay mare, age 10, weight 1350; 1 black mare, age 10y weight 1400; 1 brown mare, age 9, weight 4300; 1 bay mare ,age 3; 1 bay mare, age 7, weight 1350; 1 brown mare, age 9, weight 1300; 1 brown mare, age 9; 1 tcfam work horses. All the above horses are well broken to harness. 1 wagon and rack, 1 farm truck, 2 sets team harness, mower, rake, cultivator, incubators, cable, puW leys, cream separator, crosscut saws, stock saddle, etc., and other articles too numerous to mention. Terms of sale Cash, unless otherwise arranged for . T. . N. -Allenby, Owner . H. F. WOODRY & SON Auctioneers, 271 N. Com'l. 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