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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1928 f r r i. ; v : f i t I I I n ' f sr 5 . SIDELIGHTS OF THE aoe an Klsinorc Theater One of the screen's most ap I ealing lore stories, told with the photographically beautiful Ozark mountains as a background, is "The Shepherd of the Hills," now heading the entertaining bill at the Elsinore theater. "The Shepherd of the Hills." a First National Pictures screen vernion of the famous novel by Harold Bell Wright, and the lovers of the story. "Sammy" Lane and Young Matt, are portrayed by Mol ly O'Day and John Bales. Albert Rogell directed the picture, which was produced for First National by Charles R. Rogers. In the cast, aleo, are A I'M- H. Francis, who plays the title role; Matthew Betz, as the villain, and Romaine Fielding. Otis Harlan. Jo seph Bennett. Maurice Murphy. Carl Stockade, Marion Douglas. John Westwood and other notable artists. Molly O'Day. who played oppo site Richard Barthelmess in "The Patent leather Kid" and Milton Sills in "Hard-Boiled Hagger.ty," demonstrates her real attractive ness and ability in the role of the ii tle Ozark girl. It is by far her best work to date. Fox News, replete with a score of interesting happenings of the day was on the bill, as was a Christie comedy. Patrons of the Elsinore are an ticipating something heralded as truly extraordinary "Man. Wo man and Sin." The title tells lit tle, however, for the film stars the internationally known Jeanne teles. The picture has Wash IN GREAT CIRCLE Three Marion County Boys Near Burma As Holiday Season Approaches (Avery Thompson and Benoit McCroskey of Salem and Walter Hempstead of Aurora, are on a trip around the world, represent ing the University of Oregon as a debating team, matching their wits with the teams of the leading nations of the Orient and Europe ami the United States. These three Marion county boys are called the "World Debaters." and t!iy are as much ambassadors of good will and understanding as they are debaters a3 they journey westward and when they reach the opposite" side of the globe will continue westward on their unique and remarkable voyage. The fol lowing two letters of Avery Thompson, will be of very general interest: Editor of Statesman: Many tlme have I thought of China as a great, irresponsible na tion. Not until I had the privil ege of visiting her was I aware of thk great sincerity she manifests in tier earnest desire to take her place among the family of nations. Her people are very poor: her so cial order has been disrupted by thf present Nationalist movement. Ye;. I dare say. there is scarcely any oue who favors returning to tin old Manchu regime. At Canton we were entertained i.v i ei:md fhaoin. formerly of Willamette university, who now is teaching at Lingnan university. Through him we- were able to come In direct contact with the Chinese people.. We made miiny trips on the river with the so called river peo ple who. although they are indif ferent to such things as politics, furnished an Interesting insight in to the Chinese living conditions. AI! they have in the world is the boat which gives the means to a living as well as a home. Undoubt edly even the boats have been handed down for many genera tions. Yet they seemingly are hap py. If they have already earned enough for two meals ahead, it takes much coaxing to get them to paddle one across the river. To them there is no such thing as a rainy day. They are content In thir smug complacency, and have no desire to learn anything differ ent. In the city it is different. En P.gutment has stirred the people. In Canton there is felt that under neath the surface of things there !s a turmoil of forces which is about 'to give an enormous up heaval at any moment. We wit nessed a demonstration of strikers on the bund which proved to me. more than anything else, that a great political revolution Is taking place In China. It is the manifes tation of the common people. Only do the river people, and perhaps those of the Tillages, retain that old conserrative Chinese charac teristic. There is constantly a cry among: the students and goTernraent offi cials that China has a future. It mar be in chaos now, but it is a time of combined social, political and industrial revolutions. No Western nation haa at any time in lta history been so tested. Oar three upheaval hare come separ ately and with long" lnterrala be tween them. Canton Is the center of this movement for China. We were able then to meat a few of the I BATERS d Si creen ington. D. C. as a background, and many interesting details as to the manner in which Uncle Sam holds a Job as a city manager are re vealed. Reviewers, however, are cau tioned not to expose the nature of what is really an unusual plot. Oregon Theater Metro-Gold wyn-Mayer. in ar rangement with A. L. . Erlanger, Charles Dillingham and F. Zieg feld, Jr., offers the world's mightiest attraction at the Oregon today, in the celebrated picture! version of "Ben-Hur," to which j all New York has crowded for many monhts and which etfually delighted Chicago and Philadel phia in as many record-breaking runs. This wonderful picturiza-' tion cost $4,000,000, three years': time and the labors or loO.OOOj persons in Italy and California. It culminated in the construe-' tion of the gigantic Circus Maxi-j mus and race-course of Antioch and in the filming thereon of the thrilling chariot race. Instead of! eight horses and the old-time me-j chanical illusion of the stage; show, the new and greater "Ben-! Hur" shows twelve teams of four horses. The details of Genera! Lewj Wallace's famous "Tale of the! Chr'sf have been reverently fol lowed. Not only that, the picture heightens the powerful melodram atic and love interest of the play, centering in the four romantic characters of Ben-Hur. Messala, Esther and Iras, enacted by Ra mon Navarro. Francis X. Bush man, May McAvoy and Carmel Myers. governmental leaders who follow the wake of the Cautonese army ro promote civil order. They seem to be intelligent and judicious in heir means and endeavors. Most f them are educated in the United States, and consequently have an American point of view in many ways. The task before them looks discouraging, but they are persist ently going ahead as though there were no disturbance in China at all. - Dr. Lei. vice president of uftig n a n university, took us to the Na tionalist cemetery where the her oes of the revolution are burled. Two companies of soldiers were paying tribute before a monument of the "4 heroes of the revolution. These soldiers were about to leave for the northern battlefields to fight for the Nationalist cause. Yet one is skeptical that they really know what they are fighting for On their faces certainly there is not written a desire to kill or in jure anyone. That is why it seems so futile. China is fighting for something, but no one has a clear idea of Just what that something is. AVERY THOMPSON. Aboard S. S. Mishi Marti. Enroute to Singapore, Dec. 5. 1927. Approaching Rangoon Kditor of Statesman: Whatever democratic idealists have meant by "the people." I am en re they had in mind a high er type of individuals than some we have come in contact with dur ing our sojourn arouad the Malay peninsula? As I sit on "B" deck of His Majesty's ship. "Ellenga,' steaming through the Bay of Ben gal, the unkindness of the wind brings to my nostrils from the steerage below the offending smell of sticky, unclean, sweaty bodies Malays and Indians lie about, sleeping and mechanically chant ing prayers of Budda or Moham met. Perhaps the masses of France were low in etandard. but they had the energy and ingenuity to lift themselves in a great revolution. I doubt that these people have ever such desire. They seem too staid in their stenching complacency. At any rate, since water is cheap I earnestly hope that they take advantage of it before we reach Rangoon. They do take baths, however. In Singapore we saw two rather ranky natives come down to the harbor canal opposite our boat, re move their loin cloth, and bathe in a yellowish liquid that came pouring out of a hole in the ce ment stairs that comes down to the water's edge. Whatever the yellow liquid may be, it certainly did not look to be the most cleans ing thing in the world. Friday evening about 5 o'clock we anchored in the bay of Penang. the most peculiar place I have ever imagined. We went to shore in launches and were caught in a tro pical rain. Flashes of lightning came from across the bay where U. S. rubber is grown in large plantations. We sheltered our selves in a Chinese temple, while ANNUAL JANUARY SALE NOW ON 10 JO 50 REDUCTIONS ON HOME FURNISHINGS (Contract Goods Excepted) Giese-Powers Furniture Co. the streets outside were , ankle deep with running water. Naked Malay boys were dashing about with much glee and enthusiasm over their shower baths. Across the way a native shop keeper was sweeping back the approaching wa ter from the overflowing gutter. In another shop Malay women were peddling their wares before a protected crowd of dark skinned admirers. Save for the muffled rautterings of the shop keepers, the night was still and warm. In apite of the downpour, tightly cur tained rickshaws were darting past the narrow enclosure of the street. The rickshaw men, half naked, drenched to the skin, trotted on to their various destinations. When the rain had subsided we paddled back to our wharf. My raincoat was uncomfortably warm in spite of the fact that I had be fore abandoned my B. V. D.'s, and had acquired a pair of short kha kis. We stumbled over sleeping na tives on the narrow covered side walks of stone. They were wrap ped up for the night's rest like silk warms in cocoons. Anyway, the December night was too warm for them inside of the stuffy build ings. Then many are bound to sleep where providence might put them on door steps, window sills, or on the hard cement walks. We went toward Front street. The rain had seemingly depressed the activities of the shop keepers. The banners which before un doubtedly indicated gay activity, now drooped in a melancholy at mosphere. The moon from across the bay guided our steps. We were glad for an opportunity to escape. The hundred and one smells were too much for us to relish. AVERY THOMPSON. Aboard S. S. Ellenga. Enroute to Rangoon, Dec. 11. 1927. (Thos. Cook and Son. London, was the address of the World De baters at the time the above letters were written. Ed.) THRIFT WEEK AIDED PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS VOL UMES OX THRIFT SUBJECTS The Salem public library is co operating in the Thrift week pro gram by making a special colltc tion of books easily available, ap propriate to the week. .The list follows: Thrift Day Books: Brown. De velopment of Thrift; Hall. Thrift; Marden. Thrift: How Other People Get Ahead; Ten Lessons in Thrift.01 ladders, and used 1007 gallons Budget Day books: Abe-1, Sue-!01 cessful Family Life on a Moderate Income; Railev Meal Plannlne1 and Table Service; d o n h a m.!" " B ' ' non. th Fmnr income- Fitz I repaired seven old hydrants, and a,ri,u nA.t Matin m a Dem- ocracy; Kinne and Coley, Shelter! and Clothing; Peyser. Cheating! the Junk Pile; Streightoff, Stand ard of Living; Taber, Business of the Household; Woolman, Cloth ing, Choice, Care. Cost. Life Insurance Day books: Fiske, An Epoch in Life Insurance; Hue bner, Life Insurance; Q. P.. How to Buy Life Insurance. Own Your Home Day books: Donta, Small House Primer; Crane. 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ADK1SSON 9he HOTEL CONGRESS PORTLAND, OREGON AT BLIGH'S CAPITOL TODAY fc" I?;- ANNA O. Mil f??OKi JXAi t hHfAMC I SC.B US H J YEAR'S FIRE LOSS E Fire Department Responds To 236 Alarms, Travels 329 Miles lr 1927 The total fire loss in Salem on buildings and contents for 1927 was $160,658.95. with insurance collected totalling $122,104.36. according to the report of Fire Chief Hutton. The loss on buildings was $53.- 110.90. and on contents, $107'.- 54S.05. The fire department responded to 226 calls during the year, trav elled 329 miles, laid out 36,000 feet of fire hose, raised 881 feet cnemicais. iMgni alarms rrom "u""u7 l,lc "ere ""-reu. e year, me aepart- the year, the "Pced six hydrants. At the present time, there are 6400 feet of hose in service, 6,000 feet of which are in good condi tion, and 400 feet in fair condi tion. One eighty-five foot aerial lad der, one-1000 gallon combination truck, one 750-gallon pumper, two combination hose chemical cars, and one Ford with 500 feet of 1 V4 inch hose. All hydrants have been inspect ed, flushed, and oiled; stand pipes have been' inspected; and hose connections oiled, according to the report. Women's League At State Normal Elects Officers OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL. Monmouth, Jan. 17. (Special) Election of officers of the Wo men's League and of house organ izations on the campus of the Mon mouth normal schaal was effected last week, according to the presi- j dent of the ieague. Ratelng the standards wilt be the sneeial aim of the Women's League during the winter term. At the council meeting held last j Thursday Dean Todd explained the plan by which a standard contest will be conducted between the house organizations. The contest will be based on a point system and point mal be earned through activities in the glee clubs, Mc Dowell club, orchestra. Lamron staff, Norm staff, debate, basket 0.69,95 (HELD OVER ONE MORE DAY) BEN HUR Last Times Today IR BE !; hi ui i 1 i 1 " up I NOW ll TODAY h PLAYING h Sr?Wn & THURS' &JJh . CARS. UkCMMUl. j LAtMMUl PAOOUCTfOM fJ I I I 4 J': 41 j COMEDY "-VsJ) NEWS EVENTS I I t itt i?"5- -Mx 1 ''I '11 THlttTeeNTHUROR ball. class play, class officers and any school activity. Winter term officers elected to serve in the Women's League are: Helen Schultz. of Oregon City, president; Vera Wells. Milton, vice president; Frances Kelly, La Grande, secretary-treasured; and Mildred Baker, Kewberg, social manager. C. G. Bunnell of Salem Di rects Army of Operators On Slayer's Car C. G. Bunnell, of Salem, who is commercial manager for the West ern Union in Oregon and Wash ington, had an interesting assign ment when Edward Hickman, child-slayer, was transported from Pendleton to Los Angeles recently. Mr Bunnell directed the small array of telegraph operators in their tasks aboard the Hickman special car. He boarded the train at Pendleton, and with him came three telegraph operators. As the train speeded on, more operators were taken aboard. At stations; where long dispatches were dropped, the extra operators were left behind to augment the office force at such points, and others went on the train to take their places. Every effort was made by the company to send the stories to various points in the United States without delay. Thousands of words of copy were filed at various points along the line, and it was necessary In many cases to send advance orders to have lines cleared and, where necessary, to establish new cir cuits. Mr. Bunnell grew up In Salem and still maintains a home here. He comes into town almost every week-end after completing a cir cuit of his territory. lie was one of the first messengers ever to be employed at the local telegraph office. He served for a time as manager here and then was pro moted to his present position. . A sister. Mrs. Edna Shoemake, is assistant manager at the local of fice. Lieutenant Frank Luke, Jr., one of the fa mom Americaa avia tors during the World War, brought down fourteen balloons. and four planes in seventeen day, which is believed to be a record. - according to an article in Liberty. SENDING lit I NEWS SUPERVISED Bridge Across Columbia At Astoria ASTORIA, Jan. 17. (AP) A W. D. B. Dodson, manager of the Portland chamber of commerce, in commenting upon the possible construction of an interstate bridge at Astoria, said last night: "If a bridge is proposed at As toria, we will ask only adequate vertical clearance and assurance that the channel will not be ob- structed. "In view of the fact that no national standard for bridge clear ances has been specified, we will insist upon a vertical clearance of 200 or 225 feet as has been asked at other major seaports." PORTLAND, Jan. 17. (AP) resolution proposing the bridging of the Columbia river at Astoria, submitted to tha city council by E. M. Elliott and Associates, Inc.. Chicago, for approval, was refer red to the city attorney and Oscar Gratz. city manager, for further investigation duing a regular ses sion of council men last night. Although the resolution carried nothing but toll charges and minor clauses pertaining to the right of way to approaches, councilmen to night pointed out the span would dwarf the proposed Longview-Ral-nier bridge in height and length and probably would cost in the neighborhood of twenty million dollars. There is little doubt but that the resolution would be approved by city officials unless some un foreseen development arises. In a letter addressed to the city council accompanying the resolu tion, the company stated: "Our neighbors In their preliminary study of your location suggest that there Is a possibility of the need for a bridge and that in all prob ability a more thorough check of traffic and bridge study will Bhow that were a bridge constructed it would pay for itself. "For your information our busi ness is the sale of money and through the same to profit directly as well as indirectly thereby. Wei together with our associated com panies seek out desirable toll bridge locations and when we have assured ourselves that a bridge over any stream or body of water, if built, would prove a profitable venture, then we design, finance, construct, operate, and maintain a privately owned toll bridge and where the occasion warrants, and if it is safe to do so, arrange that the bridge pay out and then be come the property of the bodies politic controlling the bridge heads." Little is known here of the E. M. Elliott and Associates, Inc., al- though In their letter they cite - connection with the J. O. White Engineering company, an interna- tional organization The letter also sets out numerous Missouri. Kentucky and other southern states where bridges have been constructed by the Elliott concern together with cities which have approved resolutions similar to the one they have sent to the As toria commission. The letter further states that "Mr. Elliott is In Washington now doing the necessary work pertain ing to procuring congresslonJ permission. We would like to get your bridge bill through congress during this session and get into construction this spring so it's your move now." Councilmen pointed out tonight that the phrase that "in all prob ability a more thorough traffic check will ; show that were a bridge constructed ' was probably the hinging statement. City officials declared that a thorough traffic count would show that a span, costing approx- I - ' ! Yet Offers Yon a Chance to See I ! !Lff (7 nrirarnnrprTNITN (0)15 flilnfl fl (T S II in till I I II I u I I ! r I r -iriiiii ivi t i i 111 ' JAtltrrv n Matinee Adults 35c SC sAlJS) l 8 Evening Adults 50c f VW fl Children Anytime. lOc ' S rTPj 1 CaMl I Mini ii i wtJRr 3 r jAllA ) Today yl 7v Thursday ijj jcOME EARLY AND GET A SEAT gAiONY MhMMawi Q255l-55S55-a---a5l New Proposal lmately $20,000,000 could not "pay for itself." The resolution set out charges of $1 for automobiles and drivers and 10c for each additional pas senger, $1.50 for a bus and $1.25 for a half ton truck with 25 cents additional for each ton capacity of the truck. These charges are substantial reductions from ferry prices. The resolution provides for an option on a right of way 100 feet in width. The company would se cure all necessary federal permis sion and make the bridge conform to war department requirements. It also provides that construction of the bridge would be started within one year's time. BYRD BUYS VESSEL I SAIL' EXPLORER PLAN'S TO FOR ANTARCTIC SEPT. 10 CHICAGO, Jan. 17. (AP) Commander Richard E. Byrd an-' and west. Gray advocated' the pi nounced today that he would! sage of the remodeled McNa'j leave New York on his Antarctic: Haugen bill on the ground that t expedition next September 10. (represented the best legislation u , He has purchased the Ice ship' talnable. He suggested one imp.. "Sampson" for the trip. Theves-'tant amendment, creation of i sel now is at Tromso, Norway, and'visory councils in each of th- l. is being fitted up for an early trip' federal l&ML bank districts i i to New York. place of commodity advisory cam- The explorer and airman de-ciIs to be established at the de clared he hoped to return to the cret,on of ih federal fari bo.ir.l United States from the south pole1 ThIa ''01d' mean, he said, th.. region In June. 1929, but added! emersency ltuation3 H ''i' that rnndiHr.no thom miirM movJ modities in the regions would ti it necessary for him to remain un til June of 1930. He elaborated nn Ma nlma for the Antarctic expedition by saying! are re-u,red a3 situations aris,- , that he would take 100 dogs ln.jsPtlng any one commodity, stead of fifty he first thought' necessary. With these he will es-j The leaping baboon Is f..u:i, tablish bases and landing fields, only in South Africa, say naf.it -.tion the Ross Ice Barrier to within! ists. So college cheer l-ad-r, 1,000 miles of the south pole. The must be human after all. F TAKE A CHANCE MARY LEWIS January 26th. LOWER FLOOR: 1st 7 rows, $1.50; Next 11 rows, $2.00; Last 7 rows, $1.50. MEZZANINE : $2.50. BALCONY : 1st 2 rows, $1.50; Next 8 rows, $1.00; Last 7 rows, 75c MAIL ORDERS NOW final air flight will be 2.000 ni: vealed to man. The several bases and Undin fields, he explained, will euablj him to condoct air flights at rig1.: angles to the main course of ti expedition. They also will be i . an emergency should his plane .... the climactic flight be for.. down. Fifty five or sixty men will i - company him into me poiar i -glon. FARM RELIEF R68 AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION MAN SPEAKS WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. (AI - The much discussed equahza tion fee of the McNarv-Hauen bit was unaeia as a nasis ior a ner manent farm relief system befor the house agriculture commute today by Chester 11. Gray of th American Farm Bureau Federa tion with the opening of hearinu on means of remedying the agr. cultural situation. Representing farmers' origan:.: i ! tions throughout the middle w- met, and dealt with by councils if the respective regions. Under t!i i the present plan separate conn, i'i SINORE ?OLD mrrn n WRI6U 11 OVdN Mrv