Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1927)
THE OltEGON STATESllAN, SALEM;.OREGON. TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 16.1627.' PUPILS HUH THOSE RECEIVING HIGH GRADES AT UBERTT LISTED XJBKRTT. Nov. 14. --(Special.) -Those who 'received the highest average la thenpper grades In the recent tests given at the close of the-first anarfer ; at school are as follows: sixth. Lillian Davis; TeTenth, Helen Copley; eighth. Teresa Murhammer; ninth. Walt er Esplln. Those who wrote the most Items, supplementing their English work are: sixth. Verda Rains; eighth. Marie Murhammer; - ninth. Dorothy Browning. -'. A communitr Christmas tree rJVad program will be given in the The school - will give - the program, and the- Sanday school. ' f assisted by the other community I - organisations, will hare chares of the rest of the entertainment. Miss , Helen Adams, who fin-' Ished the ninth grade is the Lib- erty school last year, was a week-; end guest of Miss Mildred -Allen. Mrs. so. tuck passed away Sunday at 3 p. m. after a linger ing illness. The funeral services wlll.be held at Rlgdon's at 1:10 o'clock Tuesday. ' Mrs. H. II. Mumford and daugh ters of Independence were visiting relatives and the school her Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. M. Kuebler and son of Portland spent . Armistice day with Mr. and Mrs. F. Kueb ler. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Haggles hare returned home from Port land where they have been work-' log. : . .v--- Mrs. F. Cone was called to Seat tle on account of the sickness of her son. . ' . - V- -". Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Calvert hav moved to Portland, w ' Monday evening. November 21, the boys of the Sunday school will give a party In honor of the Sun day , school girls to express their appreciation, for the Hallowe'en entertainment given them by thr "f. girls.- y-f Mrs. Harris and children of Mil) , City visited at the home of Mr. and M. M. Jay and family, who livr y on the Chestnut place, are moving to Salem. Hugh Westenhonse ha rented the place they are leaving. Mr. and Mrs. Gossen and fam ily were Dallas visitors Sunday. Opal Dorm an of Jefferson wa a recent guest , of her uncle, B -Free. " Lan B5 68 Lincoln ......... Sj ' tS Una ........... 54 84 Malheur ........St 8t Marion ,..M 81 Morrow ...... ,.7S it Multnomah? ..t..54 64 Polk ...........45 44 Sherman ....... 8 5 88 Tillamook . .....77 78 Umatilla ...... ; 69 - 70 Union .....7S 78 Wallowa .......70 69 Wasco ...... .-..i 76 73 Washington .... .46 46 Wheeler ... i . . : 7 8 . 79 Yamhill . B 4 54 The tax levy for the year 1928. which will be based on the proper ty valuations for the year 1927, will be announced by the state tax commission early in December. 85 88 6t 5t 58 76 64 .44 84 .80 69 78 69 73 46 7 54 CONTRACTS TO BE . LET BY COMMISSION KOV. 2tt fcrmoai iooiDau team takes a siesta .very Wednesday. We know a lot of other football teams that go to sleep every Saturday after-) John Day highway. noon. . Bids for a number of highway projects will be considered I at meeting of the state highway com mission to be held In Portland Tuesday. November 2 9. aocorfclng to announcement made at t the of fices here Monday. ; I : The projects for which bids will be opened follow:. - Gilliam and Morrow counties furnishing 14.000 cubic yards of I may bid on either, - or both units. The north unit requires 12,000 cubio yards of broken stone and the south unit 11,000 cubic yards of broken stfihe. - - Klamath county Grading eight miles of Bly-Forest Boundary Sec tion of the Devils Garden section of Klamath Falls-Lakeview high way. ;-"Wi.;v 'y-"- Sherman county Furnishing 16,000 cubic yards of broken stone for maintenance purposes on Moro Kent section of Sherman highway. ; Umatilla county Six mile of grading on south unit of Lazinka Ranch Albee section of Pendle-ton-John Day -highway. ; Wasco . county Furnishing, 25, 000 cubic yards of broken stone of Dufur- Grants Pass Irrigation District To Meet Debts broken stone for maintenance our- on Henoiicr Jnnctlon-Ion.! maintenance purposes en .m. n...nn.-vr)ii rtnn , Cov Canyon Junction section of highway. t : 1 i ? Gilliam and" Wheeler" counties furnishing broken stone ftr main tenance ,ot Olex-Fossll section of This ! project is in two units and contractors The Dalles-California highway. The president of Turkey has Just finished' a seven-day speech. All this talk about Turkey becom ing-civilised must be the bunk. Partial ' reorganisation of, , the Grants . Pass irrigation: district to the end that It may meet its obli gations and develop on a sound fi nancial '. basis, will -.be 'considered at a meeting to be held on the pro ject Saturday, t -r - -j .'V , - The meeting will be attended by members of the- state reclamation commission, state engineer, bond holders and directors of the' pro ject. It was said that the district is not in default, hut that more liberal term, are necessary la. case the ' settlers are to meet' their fi nancial obligations. - . : The bond holders probably will be xequested to give the settlers sdditional time In which to com-l plete their payments. . The Daybook o..; OF A Newybrker BY BURTON RA5COC . Fashion bint: Skirts will be no shorter this season. They can't. NEW YORK Let the long-suffering male emit a Jubilant cheer and perhaps even , a few; well placed heh-Aeh-heh's of triumph. For it appears, "from" recent de cision in a case - tried ; in this neighborhood, that the worm Ms about to have His turn. Mayhap it Is only temporary Yet . . let us hope. -At amy rate, here is the Joyous example: ' ; A youirg man'in New Jersey. bavins. been given the sir by his fiancee. feK. : perhaps, that be might later find use for .the Jew elry and assorted, cash which he had given her. In lieu of suing her for the actual recovery of his property.'through some legal tech nicality, he sued for 35,000 cash Perhaps he-asked for what the tabloids refer to as "heart balm.' Howsoever, the twelve good men and true decided that the fickle young woman must either return the jewelry and money or give her ex-fiance 3850. A, friend reports that while vis iting at a resort in New England he orer heard a passionate solllo- auv bv sn aged lady resident. And so that you may know to whom she was" referring, let me state, that at the time, a prominent Turkish-American novelist - was staying at the place." "New England isn't what : it used to be, sa."d the venerable lady. 'Why, when 1 was a girl, you had to be somebody to get into this place. - Now they admit Armenians and Turks - and all kinds of heathens, They even ad mit New Yorkers!" - Hcity. A columnist tells m taavr he had been receiving letter signed with the names of well known feminine stars, praising m,. member of a popular orchestra In" high terms, offering various Inci dents In his career as subjects for stories to be printed. At last, the columnist received a letter signed by a well-known actress. And the signature was misspelled. So he went to the lady and asked her - if she bad written the letter. She denied IC Subsequently, he went to other women of the stage, ask ing them If they had written the letters to which their names were- signed. All denied it. EivdenUyr; the young man had been praising.' himself Incognito. ' '.There- Is nothing that players on the Big Stem, as Broadway is called,' will not do to gain pub- Are you engaged to hlmf Yes." answered the prudenf girt :-Bnt I have requested time , to verify reports on his .title and fortune.. . '.: 1 . : . . -That Is not an engagement That is an option." : 1 ' r A i UTILITIES' RISE Ifl VALUES $13,000,000 (Continued from Page One) taw commission followed closely i.lgures submitted by Earl E. lsher, state tax commissioner.-In three cases the valuations placed on utilities by the state tax , com missioner were reduced by the state tax commission. The largest reduction was $1,- 000,000 on the properties of the Portland Electric company. 1 It w:.s discovered by members of the tax commission'that in fixing the valuations on properties of the ronuno KifMnf nmnait that a ig number of items had been carried as - capital outlay, when they should have considered as operat ing expense. ' The valuations of the Southern I Pacific company, as fixed bv the ctate tax commissioner, were re duced 1800.000; while the valua tions placed on the properties Of the Oregon-Washington . Railroad and Navigation company were re duced 4E0,000. .. i" eiaie tax commission ap proved the valuation of $2,360,- 070.90 fixed by the state tax com missioner on the properties of the western union Telegraph com pany. This is an increase of ap 1 Proximately $1100 over the valua- Uons of this-company , for 1926 i ae increase was based on ap proximately S 42 miles of new wire In this state. , jne western union company recenUy filed v suit in the United states district court In Portland to Compel the state tax commission to keep the valuations of their properties within $1,800,000. The application lor a temporary in junction in this proceeding will be f" heard in Portland next Friday. The state tax commission wHl be jh K "Presented by the attorney gen 1 4 tral. company is successful in the pros-! ecutlon of this suit the state of Oregon would lose approximately $20,000 annually in tax revenues. Ratios .of as&essed to. -actual 'property cash values on the basis of whieh utility valuations and state taxes will be apportioned to the counties for the year 1927, were completed by the state tax commission today. " In 12 counties the ratios are the same as last year. In 12 other counties the ratios : are lowered, while in the, remaining 12 coun ties the ratios are Increased. ; ; TJ . ratios, as apportioned . to KtJLrldiiiVoiintM for h vpars iand 1927 follow: - 1927 1926 1925 Cosnties Ratio Ratio Ratio Baker ...70 70 70 ?nton ...... ...62 61 " 60 iackamas ......42 41 40 Clatsop ........ .73 76 7S Columbia .......67 68 71 Coos 63 69 60 Crook ..........63 60 68 Curry 79 .79 : 80 Deschutes .......46 46 46 Douglas ........ 63 64 65 Cilliam ..,.87 90 "90 Grant -...73 72, 71 barney .........69 68 63 Hood River , ... 6 4 63.' 64 Jackson ........65 63. 61' Jefferson 74 74 71' Josephine .......67" 67 67 Klamath. .. .....68 68 66 Lake .....74 74 69 1 f - off mm "40 Open Stock Patterns to Choose From. At 3TC emit A lNro-tne Irory Border Bayarian China pattern, in attractive new shapes. i -J 42 Piece Set - - $33.75 Less 20 $27.00 THE IMPERIAL 'X NtwBorder Pattern. r 42 Piece Set S23.50 Less 20 $18.80 MONTCALM PATTERNS I f By Wm. Grindler Co. An English Ivory. Porcelain on embossed UaotUdpattmu blanks. A really. $18.90 Less 20 $15.50 42 Piece Set Prices Ranging from $8.40 to $67.35 .- L THE MANCHESTER A beautiful pattern in Bavarian China, featuring a new rose garland border. V 42 Piece Set L $27.80 Less 20 $22.25 GLORIA PATTERN Domestic Ivory. A rose spray pattern on new delicate ivory shapes. ..This is really a beauty. See it. 42 piece set 18.40 less 20 $6.75 Johnson & Sons Gold Band An import English semi-porcelain. 42 Piece Set $20 Less 20 $16.00 THE ARGOSY A new ivory in a floral design featuring autumn coloring. This is a domestic pattern really worth while. 42 Piece Set $16.60 Less 20 $13.30 : - -s - . .. -; " . n j - - - - - - 33 OTHER PATTERNS IN OPEN STOCK TO CHOOSE FROM AT 20 DISCOUNT ittractive Patterns in Table "Glassware ; MINTON SCROLL GOLD INCRUSTED STEM WEAR . . ? ., - - ;' . r. ' " if . , Goblets, Sherbets, Cocktails., Reg. $18.00 per doz. Now each ! i $1.00 ; LfflBY 4NO NICK" ; NEEDLE ETCHED STEM WEAR A beautifully etched design. Set of 6 1 $3.90 Easy, I Terms l: i : t. COLORED GLASS SALAD PLATES IN ROSE & GREEN. SET OF 6 ' j $4.50 "MOONBEAM' GREEN FOOTED CUT STEM WEAR In Gobfcts, Sherbets, etc k Set of 6 $3.75 STAR AND GRAPE CUT STEM WEAR - At a real price. Per doz. . - : $3.90 Off . ft ft if yv fjffjw No ; Interest