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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
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TUESDA.X310RNING; DECEMBER 21, 192G
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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.
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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.
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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. ()
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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
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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. Phone 75 or 1931M
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Po Ao says
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in capital letters
its- Wfwjif!-- .
"NO MORE WORRYIN'," as the song .
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Smoke, Prince Albert, all fussed up in
holiday attire. A gift to gladden his heart
on the Big Day; a generous supply to
keep him happy
Peeping out of the special Christmas
carton is the pound crystal-glass humidor
with sponge-moistener top. A container
to grace any smoking-stand or office-desk.
As practical as it is good-looking. Best
of all, it contains Prince Albert mild, I
mellow, and fragrant!
In addition to the glass humidor, there
are pound and half-pound tins of this
same wonderful tobacco. It's the tobacco,
after all, that counts. "Experienced smok
ers know that no other tobacco is like
P. A. for sheer pipe-enjoyment, day in
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Take out your Christmas list now.
Alongside the name of every pipe-smoker
write "Prince Albert." This is the happy
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