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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1928)
mm Elsinore Theater Although literally hundreds hare landed "Ben Hur the mo tion picture ihowins at the Elai- uore, as the most .wonderful pho toplay ever screened, it la possible only to quote a few persons who, rolantarily and they are con servatives today gave rent to their feelings regarding the pro duction's merits. , i' R. A. Harris, real estate broker "I have seen The Birth of a Nation 'Intolerance "Quo Tadis and a score of other so-called super-films. May I say, very sin cerely, that none is comparable to Ben IfurV ... Al Krause, merchant "Ad jec tlves are futile. I am almost eon rinced there can be but one "Ben Hur No one may adequately de scribe It. It must be -seen to be appreciated. Frank Myers, merchant "1 seed no questions put to me con cerning 'Ben Hur.' It stands alone to the motion picture world thus lar." Percy Varney. merchant "I know what the average personjmust be seen. BOY OF 11 MHERjYIC AGE" AHEAD HIGHWAY SAFETY ESSAY BE- StXTS ANNOUNCED Jack Glover, age 11, Laurel- hurst school. Portland, won first prize for the best essay on "High way Safety," submitted by Oregon elementary students in the 1926 27 national safety campaign held under the dlrect'on of the Nation- al automobile chamber of com merce. Young Glorer resides, at 1647 Couch street, Portland. He was awarded a gold medal Talued at $15. Second prize of $10 was award ed to Burke Inlow. Lincoln school Pendleton. Third prizes were awarded to Ruby Gilbert. Wash Ington school. Pendleton, and Eve lyn Caplinger, Hawthorne school Pendleton. The third prizes were bronze medals valued at $5 each The contestants wrote on the subject, "Why Should I be Taught Street and- Highway Safety at Home and at School." The essay? were illustrated by an original drawing, appropriate photograph or clipping from a magazine or newspaper and were written by pupils of the 5th, 6th, 7th or Stb grades. Miss Janet N. Latourette, a teacher In the Lewis and Clark school, Astoria, received first hon ors for Oregon on her lesson ir highway safety. No state award) were offered, for teachers. The prizes In the safety essa campaign are being forwarded to the winners by Charles A., How ard, state superintendent of pub lie instruction. 32,(42 TIE BIUS TWO-THIRDS OF VETERAN'S ACCEPT CASH PLAN Approximately 32,642 ex-ser rice men have taken advantage of the cast bonus and loan privileges of the state bonus act, according to a lengthy financial report filed in the executive department here today by Frank Moore, secretary of the world war veterans state aid commission. Of the total number of appli cants for the bonus. 10.018 ae cepted the loan provision of the law. These loans on Deeembei 11. 1927. aggregated $24,356. 225. or an average of $2431 for each applicant. Cash bonus die tributed among 22.624 ex-service men totalled $5,014,320 or an average of $223. - Of the. cash bonus payments 1355 have been refunded in order that the applicants might take ad vantage of the loan provisions of the law. Eighteen of the bonus loans aggregating $41,800 were cancelled. Repayments on bonus loans to ? date total $5,482,108.59. of which amount $2,322,486.27 was Inter est and $2,823,486.27 was Inter est and $2,658,622,2J was prln cipal. . TARIFF VOTE MONDAY WASHINGTON, Jan. If. (AP) --The senate agreed today to rote on Monday at three p. m. on the resolution of Senator McMaster, republican. South Dakota, calling for Immediate revision of the tar iff. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. OF EXECUTRIX Notice la hereby given that the undersigned has been duly ap pointed by the County Court of the State of Oregon for the Coun ty Marlon. - as executrix of the ' last will and testament and estate of Jennie V. Hunt, deceased, and such executrix; all persons hav - In claims against the estate of that she' has duly qualified; as aid decedent fare hereby notified to present the same duly verified, to me, at the office of Ronald C dorer, my attorney, 20$ Oregon Building Salem, - Marion County, 'Oregon, within six months from. the date of this notice. . - Dated at Salem Oregon, this 14th day or January, 112 iv -; CLARA COOLET, Executrix of the last will and tea- -tament and estate of Jennie .V. - Hunt, deceased. RONALD C. GLOVER, ; Attorney for executrix, . i I Salem, Oregon. . , - J14-21-28F4-11 - . . . . . . 1 "- mum would expect me to say of the greatest picture fbave ever seen. I don't say it. Merely let me say that ncxpT has "Ben Hur" been equalled." Don UBlobn. (with aliases) " 'Ben Hur is exquisite. It is the only picture I could enjoy four or flTe time." Rex Adolph "I'm not Tery good on this praise stuff. But Td like to say that, among the scores ot motion pictures I have wit nessed. none anoroaches "Ben Hur. H0III3 Huntington, merchant "Nerer have I seen anything to equal it I mean Ben Hur.' Frankly, though I can't qualify as an expert. I never expect to set another film as fine." Jesse George, reatauranteur "It 'Ben Hur' is the most mar velous spectacle I ever expect to witness." E. F. Smith, life Insurance man "No. layman can. in words, do the pictnre-Justice. 'Ben Hur. is much more than I expected. It REV. C. E. WARD ADDRESSES LIONS CLUB MEETING "We are on the threshold of -'a magic age." Rev. C. E. Ward, pes tor of the First Congregational church, told members of the Lions club at the luncheon yesterday, in urging members to keep in step with this super-century of dis covery. Rev. Ward mentioned some of the important discoveries which nave been made since 1900, the radio, in 1903; the election tube. in 1904, Importance of ritamraes in 1905; commercial wireless fn 1907. Perry's discovery of the North Pole, in 1909; Amundsen'c discovery of the South Pole, in 1912; the Einstein theory in 1115 giant stars in 1920; and the cos mic ray in 1925. "There Is no excuse for not us X A . as me menial equipment we have." said Rev. Ward. "Instead nowever. we pick the poorest of the great accumulation of litera ture, and seldom get deeper than .ne Innny paper. Kev. Ward characterized the r."t . i . i . . ..... ciusiein ineory oi relativity ae th profoundest single achieve ment of the human mind, and went at length to Illustrate it for the ;lub members. Rev. Ward also traced new de velopments in psychology and re ligion. Another speaker at the club luncheon was Henry Swart, of Portland, who nrged the local club to aid in organizing other club: a valley towns. miss Kutn Bedford sang two numbers, accompanied- by Betty Bedford. it BOUT MCE" OPENS SALVATION ARMY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONTEST UNIQUE "Sir Thomas Lipton" will ar rive In Salem Sunday and the famous yaeh classic, between the Columbia" and the "Shamrock," will begin. Only instead of having the race un on the Willamette, aa one might naturally . suppose, the event will take place at the local Salvation Army hall on State street. To make matters more clear, this is to be a Sunday school con test, for the securing of new mem bers especially boys and girls baring no church connection. The real Sir Thomas will be ccpresented by Victor Williams, s young mqmber of the Army's Sun day school, while the yacht "Co lumbia" will be skippered by Trances Matteson, as "Miss Colum Ma." A strip of the ocean on paper has been stretched across the wall of the local hall, and small replicas of the two famous yachts will run their course over this as the contest progresses from Sun day to Sunday, 500 miles to be covered. Points, or miles, are to be gain ed as follows: every new member will count 5 miles for the side responsible; the side . knowing Memory Text the best gains 6 miles; another 6 miles will go to the side having the largest attend ance, per Sunday, while the side that gives the most in the "offer ing" will receive 1 mile tor every "dime" over and above the other. Primarily the contest la planned as a "drive" for the securing of new "young blood" among those whom the Army la in the habit of reaching In the main. ' TUES., JAN.17TH ine jueiuur Presented by Moroni Olsen : Players Mail Orders Received. Now! First 2 rows lower floor $1.10 Balance lower floor 1.65 Balcony, loges V . i . 1.65 First! 6 rows balcony, -1.10 Next 4 rows balcony .71 Balance of balcony .19 t. ' Boxofnee seat sale , " Jan.lfl -40 A. BL IPS THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON. iiuijii ! - . ,1 "The Detour" At the Capitol Will Present Some Inter- estirig Scenes I . Steven Hardy, owner of a small farm on remote Long Island thought that he could ran a bouse aa well as any woman and start ed In to prove it. It -ell came 'about this way. His wife Helen Hardy had been a kit ehen drudge for twenty years. She had saved and suffered and sac rificed comfort, health, beauty for the sake of her daughter. She had. I she believed, discovered in the girl the artistic genius that she had felt she-had had herself as a girl but ' the exprseion of which she had surrendered to the youthful passion of love and married her former husband. . As time went on the relentless monotony and dreariness of the backwoods farm lift had made the development of her powers and take her away from the empty hopeless existence on her fathers impoverished acres. The mother worked tremend ously to realize her" ambition and at last by the sale of some old an tique furniture had secretly amass ed a fortune! over one thousand dollars. Then! the husband stumbl ed across the money and declar ing that everything In the house was his proceeded to use her sav ings of a lifetime to acquire a neighbors twenty acres. The wife's! spirit rose stung at last to open rebellion. She bitter ly berated him. Ooaded by her taunts. Hardy gave his wife the alternative of giving up all claim to the money or taking the money and leaving the house. Naturally the mother chose to take the money and go. thus en suring the child's salvation, and immediately she and the girl be gin to pack their meagre belong ings, to start out on the feared but longed for trip to New York Here Is where the husband Ste ven Hardy proclaimed that "Any man can run a house as good as any woman.' "Sure you can. All yon need is a little common sense and a good appetite" says a neigh bor Tom Lane, who incidentally Is in love with the daughter and does all he can to keep her from going away, j The enfoldment of this amusing situation will be seen In "The Detour" by Owen Davis which the Moroni Olsen Players are bringing' to the Capitol thea ter on Tuesday, January 17th. Ladies, bring your husbands with you if jyou wish to Jeer at them In watching a man's help lessness when he starts to keep house. Come; and be stirred by the struggle of wills between the hus band and wife, girl and lover In this emotional drama of life on a Long Island ! farm. 14 MILES 6P ROAD INCLUDED in; PROJECTS Bids for the construction of ap proximately 14 miles of road and store concession at Emigrant park on the Old Oregon Trail, will be opened by the state highway com mission at a meeting to be held in Portland January 26. The. various projects for which bids will bei considered follow: Benton county Surfacing o f 6.1 miles and resurfacing of 5.9 miles of Alsea Mountain-Philo math section of Alsea highway. Clackamas county Widening of 4.7 miles; of Canemah-New Era section ot Pacific highway. Washington county T h r e e miles of grading on Beaverton Multnomah county line section of Tualatin Valley highway. - umauiia i county Lunch room and store concession at Emigrant park on old Oregon Trail about 2S miles southeast of Pendleton Contract to; cover a period ot three years. A TODAY FOX presents WILLIAM BUCK n rffl CAPITOI. STOCK CO LET GEORGE DO IT V OID BE N GO m HIEHWfl 15 11 mmM r i a i Flnnds SweeD EitinOr PENDLETON, Ore.. Jan. 12w- (AP) Creeks ; and streams throughout Umatilla county were ont of their banks today and high wars and roads were reported flooded In many sections follow ing two days and nights of warm weather-thawing the snow and ice and unusually heavy rains last night. I - The local office of the highway department was swamped with telephone calls this morning from all pans of the county asking for relief from water sweeping over the roads 1 or reporting - small slides. Locally, the flood bit on both the north and south sides this morning and streets leading from the bills were, In many cases, run ning full of water from curb to curb. In the east end of the city water poured over the highway leading . from town In such vol ume that highway officials auto mobiles detenred over- the rall ied right of way. In the west end Tatnllla creek was out of Its banks this morning and was flow ing over the state highway bridge on the Oregon-Washington high way leading to Pilot Rock and was approaching homes on the flat to hte north. Torrential rails fell In the Blue mountains last night and it was still raining r bard at Meacnlm at f o'clock this morning, according GROUPS TIE PART MUCH INTEREST SHOWN REVIVAL SERIES Every night this week some Sa lem church or group has attended the revival meetings at the Court Street Church of Christ, Court .and 17th. Tuesday a large delegation of Nazarenes were present, Wed nesdar. First Christian came. Thursday was Methodist night and Friday. Baptist night, while to night the Evangelicals are expect ed. The "Slnglnir Longs" are mak ing a place for themselves in the hearts of the people, as their work is entertaining as well as spiritual The sermons frequently develop unusual themes, or handle the old ones from a point of view entirely out of the ordinary. The half hour study of the lit tle-understood book. Revelation. from 7 to T: SO each evening is different from the usual, revival methods, and is proving of inter est to many. The most interest ing nortion of that prophecy Is Just being approached. Odd Fellows and Rebekah Lodges Install Officers OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL. Monmouth, Jan. 13. (Special) -Monmouth Odd Fellows and Re bekah lodges held a Joint Installa tion of new officers Tuesday eve ning in the Odd Fellows hall. According to the secretary, Bea- trict Crofoot, the following offic ers were Installed In the Rebekah lodge: noble grand, Olive Gentle; vice grand, Anna Hinkle; secre tary, Beatrice Crofoot; treasurer. Iva Hamar; Inside guardian, Ag ness Friesen; outside guardian, Lettie Johnson; chaplain, Myrtle Halladay; conductor, Alta Rogers: warden. Rosalie Andrus; music ian, Ella Coatea. Officers taking chairs in the Odd Fellows lodge were: noble grand, Cecil Price; vice grand, TZy Train Motor Unmatched travel ctmvatUmt I " ' I v fir quick trips in Oregon. Go via Southern Pacific br rail or iubway. tide conrf on ably, safely and on time at low cost - i , , Travel by.day on train or motor-coach. Or use the convenient over-eight Pullman service to Coos Bay, Klaxnath Fails and sowhn Oregon points. ' : Tnh act fait. wcU-trBtuina. Tba tilm-m aM l iaigm. mupritifh carafooaMa, Yom nH tkktm, italcta tpaciallr To Poftlaad-7:M, :. 10: a 7.43 p.fla,. ' ToPofflaa4--:es.':4,a.m.: !:. 4:40. 7:40 pjm. - i -; i - - Ttalaa -Te Albany, Eagene aad ooth J:20, Mocor-coaches leave and arrive NEW SALEM HOTEL High St. between State and Fcrrv .. SATURDAY MQKNINO, JAUUAttX 14, lire Down Upon to a telenhone message received by the East Oregonlan from the railroad ! operator at the mountain town, l i ' The Old. Oregon trail is cov ered with water in six places be tween Pendleton and Mission, other reports Indicated, but traf fic was fretting through. Wateri pouting down the Milton grade bear MlRon yesterday struck a; gopher hole and under mined a! section of the pavement. Temporary repairs , were made by highway! crews in that district. ; artiA v w nnrt: over the Oregon-Washington high thUrnlwishlnrton lh- way in several places near Adams and water was reported running over ail market road north of Adams, j The Umatilla river was a raging torrent : ! here today and was mounting higher hourly. Conditions on the Washington division of the O. W. R. and N. were reported better today fol lowing i high water along the Snake river at Starbuck. High water also caused trouble, between Hooper land La Crosse ard train number! 78. Pendleton to Spokane, returned to Pendleton from Walla Walla, j Number 78 left today tor Ssokane after making connections with Number 34. from Portland. and It: ; was expected to get through. : Jess Johnson; secretary, Paul Tacheron; treasurer. T. J. Pettit; inside guardian. J. M. Partridge: outside guardian. Jack Goodell; chaplain; H. K. SIckafoose and INhwarden, Clay Bush. Visitors from Albany. Independ ence and 'other points made up an attendance of more than 200. "I FIRST; CONCERT AT CHEM- AWA; TRIP PLANNED The fWlllamette university glee club gave Its Initial concert last evening i at Chemawa Indian school.! Next Wednesday, the singers will appear at Jefferson under au spices of the Methodist church. The group will start its annual tour January 27. The itinerary is as follows: West Linn, ' Sunnyside church Portland, Hood River, The Dalles. Pendleton, Whitman college at Walla Walla. Kennewlck, Ellens- burg. Wapato. and Washougal. Concerts in Milton, Oregon - Prosser, IToppenish and Golden- dale, Washington, are tentative The club expects to return to Sa lem by: February 11. March 14 Is the date set for the home concert. Playground Board Named; C. P. Bishop New Member The aDDolntment of C. P. Bish op to the playground board to suc ceed F. A. Erixon was announced yesterday by Mayor T. A. Llvesley. C. A. ; Kells will advance to chairmanship of the board. The other member is Mrs. Lamoine R. Clark. I FRENCHMEN LV PANAMA CAMPO LINDBERGH. Panama, Jan. 13. (AP) The French avi ators Costes and Lebrix arrived here this afternoon on their flight from Guayaquil, Ecuador. or iptatilr boilt (or chi$ terrica. moict, art good oa dwatotoe- a; 12:40. 1:. 2M. 4;30, JO. : . ttiOpjo, :4a,l 10 m.; 5:40. 10:1 aja.1 T. lit a City Ticket Office I4 3i. XJbertr'St. t Phone 80 or 41 GLEE n mm coach mi mm PRDBATIOTl LAWS Too Much Mercy Reason Fori Present Predicament, Says Murderer LOS ANGELES, Cel.. Jan. 13 (AP) William Edward Hick man today blamed the probation law for the plight in which he finds himself indicted for the kidnaping, slaying and mutilating of 12 year old Marian Parker. mia ne reveaiea in a conversation Jailer Ray Bogle. He said: "If I hadn't been giv en probation on the check charge this crime obviously never would have occurred. "But when I was released It en couraged me. Now if I had been; placed in a reformatory and some, effort had been made to study my mind and correct me I probably would hare straightened up. "First offenders should not be given probation anyway. But I'm not in favor ot. putting tbem in prison. I think if boys were placed In a special school and giv en to understand It waan't a Jail but a place where they will be studied and helped, it would cut down crime. "I think they'd appreciate It. too. The doctors could look for any signs of insanity or any ment al disorder that might cause them to be criminals and correct it." During the night. Hickman, ac cording to bidden observers sta tioned in the Jail by orders of Dis trict Attorney Asa Keyes reported that the slayer had been rehears ing "insanity scenes" with which he Intends to try to hoodwink the Jury. He waved his arms, mum bled Incoherently and caused bia muscles to Jerk convulsively. Then changing his voice several degrees he read along In sing-song whine. In view of this earlier perform ance. Assistant Jailer Bogie said following Hickman's conversation on probation and crime: "That doesn't sound to me much like a crazy man talking." Tnew incorporations T o o The Olympian Investment com pany, with capital stock of $250, 000, has been incorporated by D. C. Millward. I. Johnston and George W. Gearhart. Headquart ers are In Portland. Other articles filed in the state corporation department follow: Portland Bottle Supply company. P6rtland, $10,000; A. Rosenfeld, M. Rosenfeld and S. Rosenfeld. Irving C. Huntington & Com pany, Portland. $10,000; Irving C. Huntington. Franz Bogner and B. S. Huntington. Van Wil-Mansfield Studios. Portland. $25,000; A. L. Mans field, B. G. Shepherd and J. F. DuPaul. Willamette Art Tile company, Eugene, $25,000; G, B. Steal, W. C. Steal and R. I. Trawln. Taxes collected In Klamath county during 1928 will be based on a rate of 58 mills on the dol lar. The 1926 rate was 70.8 mills. The Mightiest Picture in the History of the Screen Is Here Now! CHILDREN ADULTS . - ... ' - Loges ......... Heads Girls' Leagues ;) ;T3sA c-A Miss Ethel Elliott, Medford high school, president of the Girls' league association of Oregon, who will take a prominent part in the conference at the University of Oregon. Janu ary 13 and 14. Speaker At Normal School Tells of Russia of Today OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL, Monmouth, Jan. 13. (Special) A special assembly was called at the Oregon normal school at Mon mouth Thursday to afford the stu dent body the privilege -of hear ing a lecture by M. G. Hindus on the subject of "Russia." Mr. Hindus' description of the country as it is today, of the mil lions ot peasants 'who to him rep resent the future strength of Rus sia, of the Soviet government, and his intimate pictures of home lite in the Russian villages made his lecture Intensely interesting and humorous. The Coos Veneer ft Box com pany haa commenced construction of a furniture factory at Marsh- field that will cost $50,000. mrtAv The Captivating Film 6 6 The Wilderness llfomam" PRAISED BY CRITICS EVERYWHERE cf IBBE MODES' i,l!AR01D BELL wmir.irr S VRIGHT jioflyODay I COMING TO THE ELSINORE 25c 50c j- .......;....75c ClClffilSTFOioj XL NOBODY CLAIMS FOWLS THEFT CHARGED BIT Haled into Justice court as a -chicken thief, Fred McVern i " terday entered a plea of not ruMm and was placed la JafJ upon LU failure to put up $500 bail ihod-v : McVern really didn't steal th- i chickens, according to the storv be tell Clifford Moynlhan, the at torney representing him he i v found the min a couple of sacfj beside the road. He discovered the chickens a short distance north of Salem ca : Tuesday morning, be Insists : There were two sacks there, w!t!i three Rhode Island Red fowls, !a each. MeVrn. who had come all th way from Oregon City as a foox passenger, decided to appropriate the birds himself, or at least sara g them lor a wane, since there vrm 1 aebody there to take care of theiriV" w -mm BMesiea on riortn Capitol street, however, charged -with petty larceny. His case came up In Justice court yesterday. a i John loe warrant havine been t lodged against him. In the meantime, accordine to Moynlhan. nobody has come for- ' ward to claim the chickens. fn-s i iTrvrrri Draff Store nvi.Y l I fo) X ff Reliable 'Tr? ,r0, oeghs and 2 J D Xe0 opi St Cl A pure cough medi- Xi one. KTrtrasit FORTMt IAU S 1L T OMlCAl BUY i Capital SJBBnBBSBWflBHg9SSJBB8nJ .BBBW. IBk. .BT IB m av hmsb bl. k ta m 1 1 1 J Sw