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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON.
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"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.
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(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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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petty larceny. His case came
up In Justice court yesterday. a i
John loe warrant havine been t
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