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Hitv Gets Another FireEn&neTh ,: JPeefc.
Jfossible Repair oj Present One, 1 hen Residence District Protection Soon
Wetbrr forecasts Fair; freezing tem
peratures In the Interior; gentle northerly
winds becoming Y&ri&ble. Maximum tem
perature yesterday 61, minimum SI. rlref
9.9, rainfall none, atmosphere clear, wind,
northwest. - .
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THIRTY-TWO PAGES
SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1923
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Important Matters Face Al
dermen Monday Night;
Incinerator Waits
BID OPENING SCHEDULED
Problem of Idleness rriaclpally
Among Transients, Claimed
By Some; Anti-Music Or
dinance Said Doomed.
Opening of bids on sewer tftpe
and fire bone, consideration of
the ordinance , prohibiting the
playing of musical instruments
and radios on public street, pass
age of resolutions covering salary
.farreases, and reading of reports
- ., . ..it it nfftiAra iftncarnln wnrlr
f the past year, are some of the
X business items scheduled to come
lfore the city council at the reg
uiaTlneeting Monday evening.
Location of the incinerator will
not be an issue at the meeting, AU
tit i man Dancy, chairman of the,
committee, said yesterday. The
committee is now considering sev
en sites, some of which were pro
posed by W. C. Winsiow, local at
torney. None of them are satis
factory. Dancy may not even be
at the meeting, he said, as he has
another engagement that evening.
Unemployment Topic
Some means of alleviating the
unemployment condition may be
considered. It is understood that
Mayor Livesley will urge immedi
ate action on certain improvement
projects. It -has been suggested
that men be placed with pick and
shovel at cleaning out ditches
when high water diminishes.- in
stead of using the dredgiug much
Inea , -"' H-U ''j
' V is contended in some quar
ters that the unemployment- condi
tion among strictly Salem people
is not as bad as pictured. Dozens
i. people of the hobo type have
fooie into Salem during the past
"Uvv weeks, expecting aid from the
jf . auu many ui iuue seeking
jobs are of this type.
Ordinance Doomed
The proposed ordinance seek
ii g to stop merchants from play
ing musical instruments by the
ordinance committee. The ordin
ance is too general and inclusive.
(Contuuiaii on pl 5.)
FORTY REBELS
nil?-"'"NIP A P A P.I T A
MARINE CORPS AIRPLANE
SQUADRON. MAKES ATTACK
Wombs, Hand Grenades and Ma
chine Gun V-.- u in Offen
sive Against Natives
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 14
t A F ) Forty rebels were killed
today by a marine corps airplane
equadron that attacked El Chipote.
stronghold of General Augnstino
Sdiidino, the'squadron's comman
der. Major "Rusty" iroweii re-
The aviators hid 5.000 feet in
jn wntii opportunity oiierea to
drop bombs, fire machine guns
a? J even throw hand grenades.
This Is believed here to be the
first time hand grenades ever
were used from airplanes.
The squadron left Managua
early this morning foir El Chipote.
Pandlno's mountain' stronghold
which is itself 5,000 feet above
sea level. Br Chipote is nearly
20 miles northeast of Qualili
which, marines recently captured
from the rebel general in the cost
iWt battle since they came to
Nkaragna. .
Waiting above drifting clouds
tte planes would dart into clear
atmosphere, circle low enough for
Sa ndlno's position to become dis
tinctly visible and drop . bombs.
They would then' sweep lower and
strafe the rebels with machine
guns and hand grenades. "These
tactics were followed- time and
witte what the squadron
reared satisfactory disastrous
?sulti , . - .
Sahdlnoj had. two anti-aircraft
rilna orYtlxV Irint lUDlUirifl A WOT
at the planes which wrje also
targets for, severe rifle fire, - One
Plane was trurk twice bv bullets
hlch almost hit the pilot.
One observer stated that he saw
.a . ..a k .
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-. - f a fit DftaiaH aa J a fM A nine
trouble and thought for a while he
might have to land In enemy ter
ritory.! ;. -.
The air men were elated over
today's expedition, which they con
!
sidejed the most severe strafing
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LINDYTOTAKE
VACATION TRIP
AMERICAN AIR HERO '.GIVEN'
WELL EARNED REST
Several Days To Be Spent Near
Little Village of Bouquete
la Panama
PANAMA, Jan. 14.(AP)
Free for the moment of the con
tinuous rounds of receptions and
functions that have marked his
good will visit to Mexico and Cen
tral America, Colonel Charles A
Llnbergh tonight was on vacation
the fl.M. real opportunity for rest
he has had since he left Washing
ton Dec. 13.
. The American air hero, accom
panied by several of his fellow
aviators in the American army,
left Colon at 9:40 a.m. this morn
ing and two hours later the post
of-operations at France field of
me Auieium limy naa wora mat
he had landed safely in the little
village of Bouquete, about 200
miles from Panama where he will
spend four or five days before
continuing on to Caracas, Vene
zuela, en route to the Pan-American
conference at Havana.
Bouquete Is a tiny village in the
heart of the province of Chlriqul
within the shadow of Buru vol
cano which has been extinct for
four or five hundred years. The
village Is about 4.000 feet above
sea level and is not far from Dav
id, capita of the province.
The ordinary means of trans-
portation for getting there are by
cattle boat up the Chlriqul river.
a matter of about forty hours.
In Bouquete there Is a tavern
of sorts operated by an old time
canal digger known as Joe Wright
who grows fruit, houses h's infre
quent guests and plans to harness
a stream rushing down nearby to
operate an electric plant for his
"hotel."
- There are big coffee plantations
in the region and in the bush tap
irs and mountain lions and deer
provide excellent hunting. There
the also Central American tigers
ducks, and wild turkeys. The
temperature is always cool. The
men who accompanied the Ameri
can flier frequently hunt In" the
region and Colonel Lindbergh
probably will spend his time hunt
ing and fishing. :: tot,
.. While Colonel Lindbergh was
on his vacatton, Panama City to
day turned its attention to enter
tainment of the famous French
fliers. Dleudonne Costes and Jos
eph Lebrix. who arrived here yes
terday from Quayaquil. Ecuador.
BOYS DECLARED THIEVES
Four In Jail; Assortment of Al
leged Ixtot Recovered
Articles declared to be many of
those which people have reported
stolen from their automobiles,
lined the desk at the police sta
tion last night while four boys.
(charged with an extensive series
;Of thefts, occupi
ipied cells in the city
Jail.
The boys are Paddy Barry, 70 J
Oak street; Tracy Baler, 1720
Lee; Mace! Sills. 555 Center street
and Raymond Stoutenberg, Day
ton. They were rounded up after
laborious Investigation on the part
of Traffic Officers Edwards and
Thomason, It was reported.
The articles recovered include
cameras, field glasees, and an as
sortment of sweaters, coats and
other wearing apparel.
VALUATIONS INCREASED
Property Values up More Than
Two Million in County
Total assessed valuation of
propeny in .Marion county in-t
creased from $45,807,527 in 19261
to 147.671.319 in 1927. according
to -a report made public yesterday
by Oscar Steelhammer, Marion,
county assessor. This is an In-,
creased valuation of 11, 863,746.
for the county.
In the city of Salem valuations
for the two years were: 1927.
116.939.161; 1926. $15,211,269.
This is an increase of $1,727,892.
The Salem city levy however.
Increased only 1.8 mills between
the two years. This is despite the
million dollar Improvement pro-i
gram that is being put over oy tne
city, including new sewer system,
tire, equipment, incinerator and
new bridges.
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PUMPKINS SAID DOOMED
Four Marker System Speeds
Traffle Without Danger
Up
The new system of guiding traf
fic Installed at Commercial and
State streets recently - is , proving
successful in speeding it up with
out danger of accident. - It Is quite
likely that the four markers will
be Installed at every intersection
in the near future, to replace the
one center "pumpkin."- -
'The pew plan Is working ont
well in every way," said Chief Min-
t'o yesterday," It has speeded . up
traffic' considerably ; r
FOR CITY'S USE
Fire Engine Provided Tem
porarily Until New One
Ordered Is Built
BETTER PROTECTION DUE
As - Sooa aa Present Engine Re
paired. Council Committee
Plans to Place It in Resi
dence District For Use
An iOO-gallon Seagrave fire
pumper was loaded on a freight
carat San Francisco yesterday ace.'
will be in Salem early this week,
according to Alderman W. H.
Dancy, chairman of the fire and
water committee.
The defective truck in the de-i
partment will be placed in a local
machine shop Immediately upon
arrival .of the utility track, and.
two mechanics assigned to its re
pair. It was decided to make the
repairs locally instead of elsewhere
when the fire department was of
fered use of the local shop. The
truck can be repalerd in four or
five weeks and it will then
be available for placement In au
outlying district engine house.
Not Engine Purchased
The truck shipped from San
Francisco yesterday Is not the
one ordered by the city but it is
being sent by the Seagrave corpo
ration as a courtesy and conven
ience to Salem pending the con
struction according to specifica
tions of the 1,000 gallon pnmper
on which the firm was successful
bidder. The regular trfeck should
be in Salem within 50 days, ac
cording to J. F Cribben. branch
mangger. -
, .Expansion Planned
If the city council will vote suf
ficient nioney to purchase another
truck immediately. Alderman
- (Con tinned n pi re 5.)
HE'S FOR ENFORCEMENT
Depjnty Sheriff Willing to
Fine, But Not Assessed
Pay
?Tm Deputy Sheriff Clem of
Albany. I'm number 23042. I'm
strictly for law enforcement.
Here's a tag which says I parked
over time. What's the fine?" said
all in one breath, a six foot four
individual who marched into
Judge Poulsen's police court yes
terday afternoon, bearing a famil
lar looking yellow tag.
Clem finally explained that the
delay In leaving the curb was due
to a dentistAaking too much time
In working on the big man's tooth,
so Judge Poulsen said he was
willing to forego the fine.
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THRIFT PROGRAM
BEGINS TUESDAY
GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS WEEK
FRANKLIN MODEL
Schools and Other Organizations
Adopt Plan; Statesman
Will Aid
Governor Patterson by official
proclamation Saturday set apart
January 1? to 23 as Thrift week
in Oregon. The former date is the
22nd anniversary of the birth of
Benjamin Franklin.
Daring the week the governor
urges that schools, churches and
all other civio and educational ag
encies "give consideration to the
importance of the thriftful hus
bandry of private possession and
the careful conservation of public
resources."
The Statesman will cooperate
with other Salem institutions in
the observance of Thrift week, by
publishing on Tuesday morning a
Thrift week special section in the
regular edition. Local business
houses will encourage the princi
ple of thrift In their advertising.
Special Thrift programs at the
public schools, the churches, and
luncheon clubs are being arranged
under direction of the Y. M. C. A.
The Salem Teachers' council
went on record last week favoring
observance of the week and each
school is asked to work out its
own plan.
Ninety-six public school child
ren, two boys and two girls from
each building, will be conducted
on a special inspection tour of Sa
lem banks. An officer of each
bank inspected will explain work
ings of the Institution to the fav
ored children. , The delegates
from each school will be selected
on the basis of regard for thrift.
CHURCHES CONSOLIDATE
Baptists and Christians Join To
gether at Hermiston
HERMISTON, Ore., Jan. 14.
(AP) A ' trial fusion of the Bap
tist and Christian churches of Her
miston has been entered into an
effort to combine the membership
and resources of the two bodies,
according 'to an announcement
made by Rev. A. J. Ware, pastor
of the Baptist church.
If the trial unification of the
two bodies proves successful, the
merger will be made permanent.
SEEK RECALL OF BOARD
New Move Launched Against
Woman Principal at Newport
OREGON CITY. Ore., Jan. 14.
(AP) Preliminary steps toward
the recall of the Newport school
board were to be launched today,
according to Mayor J. J. Tobin of
that city. School patrons and stu
dents .axe dissatisfied with the
board's action 1 n employing a
woman principal. Mr. Tobin was
a former member of the city
council here.
BIRTHDAY REFLECTIONS
9 PAPER FIRMS
EYE THIS STATE
MANUFACTURING COMPANIES
WANT LOCATIONS HERE
Sturnpage Supply and Water Fa
cilities : Being Studied by
Various Concerns
PORTLAND, Jan. 14. (AP)
Nine pulp land paper manufactur
ing companies, well established in
other parts of the United States
and financially able to take care
of themselves are eyeing Oregon
for probable locations for new
mills. Announcement of the .in
tention of , one of these companies
to build may be expected within
ten days. It was said at the Port
land chamber of commerce today.
These firms are studying stump
age supply and water facilities,
and considering available sites Jn
this' region, chamber officials
said. ,v
Some of the pulp and paper
prospects are looking at this ter
ritory, it Is believed, because of
the study! made here last summer
by Dr. Hugh P. Baker, secretary
of the American Paper and Pulp
association. In his report, which
has been received in booklet form
by the chamber, Dr. Baker says:
"With the northwestern forests
a reservoir of future pulp wood
with an equable climate favoring
industrial development, and with
factors of water power and trans
portation equaling those of the
east and: south there can be no
question of large development of
the paper and pulp industry in the
northwest in the years to come."
Some of the nine prospective
pulp and paper manufacturing
mills have had representatives in
Portland recently. Others are ex
pected within 60 days.
Extensive reports on raw mater
ials, power and transportation fa
cilities here are being prepared
for the prospects by the chamber's
Industries department.
Available sites in a considerable
area surrounding Portland are be
ing Investigated. One group of
prospective manufacturers was
taken to see Astoria's advantages.
Index of Today's
News
Section One
General News.l. 4, 5, 7, 13, 16
Theaters 2, 3
Features 6, 13, 14
Editorial 8
City News 9
Society f. 10, 11
Woman's, Styles 12. 14
Classified 14, 15
i
Section Two
Automotive ......1, 2, 3, 4, S
Better Homes 5, 6, 7
Section Three
Sports 1, 2, 4
Radio 3
i
i Section Four
Comics 1-4
GOOD WILL HI
SAYS GOOLIDCE
Administration Nevertheless
Prepared To Stand Pat
On Nicaragua
NO TROUBLE EXPECTED
Problems Relative to Western
Hemisphere to be Worked Out
Harmoniously at Pan-American
Congress
ABOARD PRESIDENT COOL
IDGE'S SPECIAL TRAIN EN
ROUTE TO KEY WEST.. Fla..
Jan. 14. (AP). The American
delegation to the Pan-American
congress in Havana will seek firm
ly to establish there a spirit of
good will In which to solve com
mon problems of the new world,
free from all suspicion of aggres
siveness and dictation.
l was made clear tonight on
the special train carrying Presi
dent Coolidge to the congress that
the American delegation will stand
squarely on the policy which the
Washington government has pro
fessed for many years, claiming
no special privileges and undeslr
ous of Imposing any selfish aims.
Ready to Stand Pat4
In addition it was stated author
itatively that the delegation, head
ed by Charles Evans Hughes, is
prepared to face any repercussion
from the present American policy
in Nicaragua which involved
sending of marines to that nation.
The viewpoint of the Washington
government, it was made known,
will be presented upon the double
consideration that the trouble in
the Central American republic de
notes no quarrel with the Nicara
guan government, and upon the
United States policy of encourag
ing stable and constitutional re
gimes in the Carribbean.
American obligations under the
1923 i five power treaty. It was
stated, precluded indifference on
the part of the United States to
(Continued on page 5 )
RED ACTIVITIES CURBED
Police Break Up Communist Dem
onstration By Navy Yard
NEW YORK. Jan. 14 (AP)
Police broke up a demonstration
outside the gates of the Brooklyn
navy yard today when 4 00 men
and women paraded in protest
against American Intervention In
Nicaragua.
The marchers described them
selves with placards and leaflets
as members of the Young Work
ers League and the Workers
(Communist) Party.
S. W. Gerson. whom police de
scribed as a leader in the deman
stratlon was arrested, charged
with disorderly conduct and at
tempting to incite a riot.
The pa- ders'were dispersed by
mounted police three times before
the demonstration ended, in their
final effort, police need their clubs
on those who refused to move on.
FEELING AT HIGH PITCH
Police at Flint, Mich., Refuse to
Tell of Captures
FLINT, Mich.. Jan. 14 (AP)
Due to the frame of mind of cit
izens, stirred to a .high pitch by
the kidnaping and slaying of 5
year old Dorothy Schneider near
Mount Morris, police tonight de
cided 'against giving out further
information regarding the pro
gress of the search for the slayer.
One man was severely beaten here
today by fellow workers of Leslie
Schneider. . father of - the slain
child, when, in discussing the case
he-is s id to have made a remark
which angered Ms attackers.
Twenty suspects- were arrested
today but most of them were re
leased after establishing alibis.
HUBBY QUITE OBLIGING
Too Anxious to Separate From
Her, Portland Woman Says
i PORTLAND. Ore, Jan. 14 -
(AP)--That her husband became
o anxious to -separate from her
ie" compiled an eligible list of men
which he arefully ran over from"
:?ay to day in an effort to find an
other, man whom his wife,' after
divorcing him, could, marry, was
charged in a . divorce' complaint
filed by attorneys Iva Seheffel
against "Roy " 8chellel." The wife
ilso charges that her husband 'de
veloped a mania for going on.' tht;
ttage and that he tolci her he was
Inferior, to him and not fitted for
his station In life. ' , ' ,
DURATION FLIGHT
ATTEMPT FAILS
CHAM BERLIN AND WILLIAMS
FORCED TO COME DOWN
Fuel Gives Out; New Effort to Be
Made Tomorrow to Es
tablish Record
MITCHELL FIELD. N. Y.. Jan.
14 (AP) Undaunted by failure
today to establish a new record
for duration flying after a gruel
ling struggle of 51 hours, 51 min
utes, 24 seconds, Clarence D.
Chamberlin and Roger Q. Wil
liams tonight were planning to
start their third Joint attempt at
dawn Monday.
The fliers came down out of the
skies at 2:04 p. m. today, having
taken off at 10:20 a. m. Thurs
day in an effort to break the
present world record of 52 hours.
22 minutes and 31 seconds, held
by Germany.
Their Fuel became exhausted.
They were hollow-eyed from fa
tigue and disappointed at their
second defeat this week but their
fighting spirits, put to the test
after long hours of sickness, cold
and hunger, remained unshaken.
Barely two hours after they
were forced to land for lack of
fuel, they were making plans for
their third duration flight attempt
instead of getting the sleep they
had been looking forward to.
The fliers reached their decision
in their rooms at a hotel In Gar
den City where they had gone to
get food and rest. Having made
up their niind.o. they immediately
donned their oil-smeared flying
clothes again, motored to Mitchell
field and prepared to fly their
monoplane to Curtis field, nearby,
to have It reconditioned.
The grim determination with
which they had staved off defeat
to the last was revealed when they
described how. they had discarded
every piece of 'excess weight they
could.
Ground observers who had read
of their thrilling struggle to stay
aloft, as described In notes drop
ped to the ground at frequent In
tervals were astonished at the
(Continued on page .V)
M. E. CHURCH BLOWN, UP
Terrific Blast Rocks Trinity Build
ing at Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 14.-
(AP) A bomb placed on a win
dow ledge of the Trinity Metho
dist church and reported by the
police to have been set off with a
fuse, shortly before midnight
wrecked an automobile parked
nearby, damaged three buildings
slightly and shattered . windows.
The church is that of the Rev. Bob
Sbuler, who has been active in
leading vice crusades and in at
tacks upon alleged corrups poli
tics. The bomb was constructed of a
section of iron pipe and filled with
black powder, investigating de
tectives reported. It was placed
on a window ledge of the church
directly-! beneath a tower of the
institution's radio broadcasting
station. The scene was an alley
way betwee nthe church and Sun
day school buildings, located in
the edge of the downtown busi
ness district. The wrecked ma
chine was parked in the alleyway.
The police reported a cornice of
the church building also was
blown off but that the entire dam
age was trivial.
PRESIDENT MAY RESIGN
Head of American Government in
Nicaragua to Quit, Said
. MANAGUA, Nicaragua. Jan. 14
(AP) Insistent rumors that
President Dlai will resign shortly
because of ill health are prevalent
in Nicaragua.
Elected by the Nicaraguan con
gress after the intervention of
Americanmrines. Dias has been
chief executive since last Novem
ber. He also was president from
1911 to 1917 and Inaugurated Ni
caragua's new currency, the na
tional bank and other financial
reforms. - C. 1 ?i
General. Carmen Diat,, brother
of the president, told the Associa
ted Priss he had - requested his
brother to resign. The president
has been a victim of malaria fever
for some time and his family con
siders the strain of the 'coming
election, la addition to the present
strain brought about by the pres
ence of American ' marines and
pressure of political problems too
great for him. i
DUCKED FROM AIRPLANE
Daring Stunt Performed at Clear
water, Florida, Word
CLEARWATER. Fla.. Jan. 1 4
(AP) Ducked in the ocean
twice while he dangled from the
landing gear of f an airplane, 'then
dragged 400 feet along the beach
when the ship made a forced land
ing, Frank Hefllng. stunt flier, to
night was little worse for his ex
perience.: He sustained a sprained
ankle. . Several thousand spec
tators witnessed the narrow es
cape. ' 1
MM P015 IIP
TO
Too Many Now Connected
With State Administra
tion, Indication
SMALL ARMY EMPLOYED
Number ITsed Almost as Many as
Total la Army Service From
Oregon During World War,
Assertion Made
A plan having for its ultimate
object the conservation of public'
funds, and operating through the
co-ordination of state activities,
was proposed by Sam A. Kozer,
secretary of state, in a statement
prepared, here today. In connec
tion with the statement, the sec
retary pointed to the number of
persons in Oregon who are direct
ly or Indirectly connected with
the conduct of the various gov
ernmental activities.
"The total closely approacher
the numlier of Oregon men and
women wbo served in the armed
forces of the United States during
the world war," the secretary of
state said.
Public Servants Increase
"The number oOersons in pub
lic service in Oregon is Increasing
rapidly, and seems to be ap
proaching the percentages apply
ing to the city of Philadelphia
where there is one employe to each
PLAN
EXPENDITURES
100 Inhabitants.
"In the light of this situation,
should not steps be taken to the
end that costs of operating out
government machinery and actlv- .
Ities shall not be disproportionate
to the results desired to le ob
tained? "Taxes levied for strictly state
purposes in 1917 aggregated $2.-; j
699.250, while In 1927 these taes"
totaled $5,226,207.10. Taxes for
general county expenses In 1917
totaled $4,363,466.78 as against
$3,711,628.89 In 1927. The tax
for all school purposes in the
counties in 1917 was $6,S00.
593.19 while In 1927 this tax had
increased to $17,884,034.91.
Road Taxe Jump
"In 1917 there was raised by
taxation for road purposes the
amount of $2,659,123.20 while
for the year 1927. including mar
ket roads, the tax increased to
$5,663,873.78. These road taxes
were levied In the counties and
did not include the motor vehicle
license fees and gasoline taxes de- -manded
for the construction of
state highways.
"In the pasl.ten years the total
property tax has increased from -v.
$22,029,604 to $47,975,377."
The secretary of state pointed
out that the Investment of the
state of Oregon in Us public
buildings and equipment exceed
$16,000,000.
BUILDING SHOWS
GOOD FORECAST
FIRST HALF MONTH EXCEEDS
SAME PERIOD OF 1927
Record Is Even More Remarkable
Due to Bad Weather In First ' '
Week
With the first half month of tne
new year already gone by,' indica
tions of another active year In
building construction are already
noted. The total cost of building
started so far this month is great
er than .that for the tame period
of 1927, and also greater than for
the first IS days of 1926. : .
In the two weeks of 1928 that
have : passed. 15 building permit
totalling $69,700 have been takes
out. A year ago the first 1$ day
showed 27 permits, but the total
was only 5S,100.'
The largest single permit so fax
this year has been that , of the
Terminal Ice A Cold Storage com
pany, for remodeling the old Lar
mer warehouse building on Nortt ,
Front afreet at a'cost of $41,000.
The record so far this year I
all the more remarkable from th..
fact that weather conditions . wer
especially unf avdrable for the. firs'
week and a, little more. This con
dltion was. noticeable in, the al
most entl.e lack of permits whil
it prevailed.- ; k '
With better weather In th
week Just ended.' the permits be
gan to come in two and three, i
day. A year ago, on the contrary
the activity was steady. t,hrogb-r
out the two weeks.. duetto favor
able weather. - - , ' . .
Tins it may be "said that th
record for the past week repre-
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