THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL, 18, 192S
Whe Oregon
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! April
And ther crucified Him. and
that It might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet. They
parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast
leU. And sitting: down they watched Him there: Ana set up over
Kla head His accusation written.
'JEWS. Matthew 27:36-36-37.
THE COMMISSION FORM
The vote on a commission
government is put over till
I Giving time for fully considering and whipping into shape
I the draft that was submitted some time ago
j And giving' time also for a thorough discussion of its ad
I vantages by the people who will pass upon it at the polls.
TVto rnmmissinn form of
Should make for economy. It should call for expert manage
ment in the various departments of the city government
; It should make for efficiency.
! The writer believes that, to
rv umpnHpd to rail for one
ward, elected from the various wards. This will tend to
give the voters in -the wards a better sense of security for
their own local interests. The councilmen serve without
pay, and as the work of that body is done largely through
committees, the number will not make the body unwieldy.
All the other provisions of the
be preserved
That is, the mayor elected
council, and the heads of the
the councilmen, or by the mayor with the consent of the
council.
,, This will in effect be what
form of municipal commission government, the one that, in
various adaptations, is being used more generally now than
any other, where American cities are adopting the commis
sion form.
The writer believes that the people of the city will vote
for that kind of a commission form of their city govern
ment. They may amend it in future, if they come to feel
that amendments are desirable.
BUFFALO HERDS GROWING
Those whohave thought of
America as disappearing will be interested to learn that
early in June the Canadain government will ship 1100 more
buffalo," principally year-olds, from Wainwright national
park to the Mackenzie river district in the north, as has been
done in the past three years. A quarter of a century ago,
anxious to save the buffalo from extinction, the Canadian
government bought a herd of 715 from Montana and estab
lished Wainwright park. Within a few years, the -herd
grew to so many thousands that a slaughter was necessary,
and buffalo meat came on to the market. Then the scheme
of shipping the surplus animals north was adopted and
found to be very satisfactory. Plans are nearly completed
for the extension of the Wainwright park boundaries to the
jma m e v a a . , a
Canadian iNationai Kanway
their way to and from Jasper national park and the Pacific
coast may glimpse the herd from the windows of their train.
AN HONEST
(Eugene Register.)
Here is question that is frequently addressed by the
laity to the writers of editorials: "How do you manage to
find something to write about every day?" Let us answer
that question and answer it frankly. We write about some
thing worth while if we can find something worth while
to write about, and if not, we do the next best thing. The
next best thing, sometimes, is to write tommyrot.
A current example of WTiting tommyrot is provided by an
editor who gets all steamed up over the fact that color has
come into the kitchen. He waxes particularly lyric over red
dishpans. We had always that blue is the proper color for
a dishpan. At any rate, too much association with dishpans
is apt to give the housewife the blues.
But our hero of the editorial pen doesn't entirely lose his
poise in the presence of Jhe vermilion pan. He senses that
in its very allurement there is an element of danger ancLso,
true to his calling, he sounds a warning. He says : "But
beware of too much red. The reds and oranges are lovely,
but they need to be handled with care. Small doses are
enough. Too much stimulus makes for weariness, and the
weariness of nerve exhaustion may be hard to cure because
its causes are not suspected."
That is where the tommyrot comes in. It isn't the color
of the dishpan that brings nervous exhaustion to our good
housewives. It's the everlasting persistence of the darned
thing. Give the lady of the house a good electric dishwash
er, brother, and it may be cerise, or scarlet, or brilliant or
ange, or even sky blue pink, and she will manage somehow to
ward off the "weariness of nerve exhaustion."
National reforestation week
till Saturday, the 28th. The stress is. to be placed upon in
dividual planting of trees with the idea that it Is better for
n milUrtri rustrtla rrt nlanf a -tarn tvnjia amid 4Ua
people to combine together and'plant a million trees.
Six hundred and fifty new families have been brought to
Marion county by land settlement activities, and this means
more than 3000 new people on the land. Linen mill enter
prise has added some 65 workers and paper mill extensions
about 100 workers. And with more people, at work, the re
port from Salem reads, "Business is good." Portland Jour
nal. !:. - '
St a TESMANiStase Ability
Ralph H. KMiing. AdTertiaing Maaager
Lloyd E. Stiff ler - Superintendent
W. if. Henderson, Circalation Manager
E. A. Rhoten - Livestock Editor
W. C. Conner Poultry Editor
ASSOCIATED FEE 88
TELEPHONES Jto reparteat....: S81
Xew Dept 23 or 3S3 Circulation Office 58S
Oregon, as aecond class matter.
18, ll28
Darted His garment, casting lots
THIS IS JESUS THE KING OP THE
or council manager form of city
the November election
government has advantages. It
begin with, the draft ought to
or two councilmen from each
draft in its present form may
from the membership of the
various departments named by
is known as the corporation
the buffalo herds of North
tracKs, so tnat travelers on
CONFESSION
begins next Sunday, lasting
By Pupils in
By Rozell Banch
A real discovery In dramatics
was made last night at the Elsl
nore theater when a cast of 300
children, students at the Sacred
Heart Academy and St. Vincent de
Panl school, presented "Snow
White and the Seren Dwarfs." an
operetta in four acts. The audience
was remarkably large and the
quality of the operetta was sur
passing; in every way.
The entire cast of characters
took their parts In a manner that
will give a lasting reputation to
the two institutions and,. for the
audience, gave an evening of un
broken delight.
The operetta, which is adapted
from the popular fairy tale of the
same title, was engrossingly de
picted from the first act through
the fourth.
Miss Helen Carroll, as the Prin
cess, carried the leading role and
proved herself ably competent for
the part. Her voice, a dramatic
soprano, was well controlled and
of unusual beauty.
Francis Saalfeld, as Karl the
huntsman; and Augustine Meyer,
as Prince of the Neighboring King
dom, player throughout the eve
ning with the necessary confi
dence and understanding.
Miss Margaret Thompson, who
took the role of the Jealous Queen,
played her part with commendable
sincerity and was as consistent a
character as has been seen in an
amateur production for some time.
She sang in a pleasing voice, with
perrect modulation and enuncia
tlon.
The seven sprightly little dwarfs
with their pointed caps, and turn-
ed-up toes, added zest and dis
tinctiveness to the program.
tjtaer attractive dances were
given by the court dancers; the
forest knights, in their suits of
m
b. mm george
American Has No Chance To
Ask Questions During
Dinner At London
L.UN1XJX. April 17. (AP)
nenry rord saw Lloyd-George at
his beet today. The war time pre
mier, just back from the Easter
holidays, was as keen as a whistle,
and so inquisitive about the Unit
ed States that he almost forgot to
eat his chop.
Mr. Ford accepted Mr. Lloyd
George's luncheon invitation with
pleasure, and anticipated hearing
much about British politics. He
had already met the king and the
Prince of Wales, but, of course.
no foreigner ever thinks of talk
ing pontics with royalty. So the
American automobile manufactur
er thought an opportunity to learn
all about the Ins and oute of Eng
lish political events had arrived at
last.
Mr. Ford had many questions In
mind to ask the liberal leader.
But Mr. Lloyd-George started ask
ing about the presidential cam
paign, what were Hoover's
chances, and Dawes, and Al
Smith's. Then he got Mr. Ford's
views on prohibition, on Industry,
on export?, on agriculture the
former premier being particularly
interested In farmers. He asked
about tractors, and inquired about
rubber, about Wall street, about
Dearborn, about Detroit, about
America's vlew on the League of
Nations in fact Just about every
thing under the American sun.
And the first thing Mr. Ford knew
the luncheon was concluded, and
Mr. Lloyd-George rushed off to at
tend the opening of the house of
commons.
"My goodness." exclaimed Mr.
Ford afterward, "but that man
can aek questions."
WIN FIRST PUCE
PORTLAND. April 17. -(AP).
With what is looked on in bowl
ing circles as practically a novice
team, four of it members having
never tossed a ball before last
September, the Sohe! Clothing
company of Salem crashed its way
tnrough the ten pins on, the Ore
gon alleys tonight to capture first
place in th out-of-Town commer
cial team event In the 16th an
nual tournament of the northwest
ern International bowling con
gress. The Salem entry collected
2,910 pins, a figure which has
m'aay of the veteran wood collect
ing squads worried, as this score
has been bettered but twice be
fore in the history of the north
western congress.
The Schel bowlers won first
prize for visiting commercial
teams hands down, finishing 225
pin ahead of the 8outh Tacoma
Merchants, who. with a 2,(85
score rolled earlier In the week,
took second money. Eugene, with
2,675, was third, and the Broad
way Bowling academy at Tacoma,
fourth with 2J26. The fifth and
last prize wenfto the Puget Sound
Power and Light company of Se
attle with 2,589.
Salem's crack pin smashing
crew also la eligible for the five
man event prize In class A. The
team en its showing tonight Is
well balanced.
There was not a member of the
team who was able to climb to
the COO mark, bet they were net
far from that figure. H. Stein
bock led his team mate with B99.
8. Stelnbock had 588, Hemenway
580, Karr 57S and Newton 565.
Read the Classified Ads
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mil. I uiiu UL
SALEM BOWLERS
Revealed
'Snow White8
green and rea; me loresi maio
ens. wearing flowing reees or
preen: the brown gnomes, who
made merry until the first rays of
light came to their playground in
the forest; the golden sunbeams;
and the silver raindrops.
Seventeen maidens portrayed
the breetes la dance. Little fire
flies, with wings of red and black,
and gleaming eyea. added Interest
to the evening.
All dances were given nnder the
direction of Mrs. Rolph White.
Elaborate stage settings were an
other Interesting feature of the
production.
The first act of the operetta
showed the forest knoghts, maid
ens, court dancers, and eourt at
tendants, fathered to celebrate the
birthday of the Princess Snow
White. In the midst of their revel
ling, the haughty Queen, who is
extremely Jealous of Snow White's
beauty and position, appears and
casts gloom over the heppy day.
In the second set, Karl, the
huntsman liberates the Princess
whom be has led at the wicked
Queen's behest into the deep for
est to murder.. The Prince from
the neighboring kingdom comes
in search of SnOw White.
After wandering through the
forest many days. Snow White
comes to the home of the seven
dwarfs. In the third act she Is seen
keeping house for the dwarfs who
have come to love her and protect
her from the Queen.
The operetta closes with the
dwarfs, forest knights, forest
maidens, court attendants, court
dancers, and archers come to hon
or and welcomt Quoen Snow White
and the King ast heir rightful sov
erelerns. and the former Queen is
banished from the kingdom.
-Added interest was attached to
the program lest night as MUs
Margaret Mary Nathman and Miss
Norma Maier played all organ ac
companiments for the prductlon.
This was the first time that any
young artists have presided at the
console of the Elsinore organ. The
theater organist, Mr. Qrandln,
played numbers between acts.
This operetta, the annual pro
duction of the Sacred Heart Aca
demy, will be presented at a local
theater again In the near future.
DETAILS SHOW CLOSE
ESCAPE OF AVIATORS
(Continued from page 1)
was sighted and a landing made.
As the fliers stepped from their
damages plane, the Grenfell nurse
said, they all exclaimed "thank
God." The baron and Captain
Koehl In German and Major Fitz
maurice In English.
While these first authentic re
ports were coming in preparations
went forward for the Bremen's
crew to continue to New York,
teaving their trans-atlantlc plane
behind them to be shipped later to
Halifax for repairs.
The news that the Bremen's
lighting system failed toward the
end of its journey was wirelessed
to the Canadian Press from Point
Amour, the station which sent-out
the first word of the Bremen s
arrival. The baron was quoted as
estimating that the plane flew 400
miles without any lights by which
to read instruments, and to this
he attributed the fact that the Bre
men flew far to the north of its in
tended course.
Heavy Gale Encountered
At dawn of the second day, he
said, a blizzard forced the plane
dangerously low as it approached
the Newfoundland coast and when
the light on Greenly Island was
seen it was at once decided to try
a landing.
The Grenfell nurse was Miss
Greta Ferris, who with other mis
sion workers traveled 15 miles
across the Ice from the mainland
for the first interview with the
fliers.
She said that although the avi
ators had been through a terrible
ordeal in the air and the baron
had been near exhaustion and still
felt the cold keenly, she and her
companions were received cordial
ly. The fliers signed their auto
graphs and posed for pictures and
when the women left the baron
kissed their hands with punctllous
old world courtesy.
Miss Ferris said she learned that
fog was encountered during almost
all the 36 hours the Bremen was
in the air and that when the Green
ly Island light was first seen the
fliers thought it was a fishing
steamer caught in the ice.
Flounder Through Water
Her account Indicated that aft
er the landing, in which the ice of
the little pond on which the Bre
men was brought down was bro
ken, the airmen had to flounder
through the water to safety. She
said that the first thing done for
them at the island lighthouse was
to give them dry footwear, and
then they were given a meal of
fresh milk and biscuits.
It had been hoped that the Bre
men could be repaired sufficiently
to continue its flight to New York.
But this plan has been abandoned.
according to reports from com
munication stations in touch with
the island, and plans were made
for the crew to complete the Jour
ney to New York In the Bremen's
sister ship F-13. Major Fitzmaur
Ice flew to the mainland In a ski
equipped Canadian Airways plane
jvionaay and it was reported that
his German companions wonld loin
him there and all would go on to
gether. Miss Ferris spoke In her
of a plane landing at the island
Sunday. But she spoke of it as the
8caip. presumably the official des
ignation or the airways r.lan
which was piloted by C. A. fDnVi.
Schiller and Dr. Louts Cnislnler.
HAVOC WROUGHT BY
EARTHQUAKES IN PERU
(Continued front page 1)
blocked with debris. Communica
tion with Coranl has been en t off
and no information has been re
ceived from there."
RIO JANEIRO. Apr. 17. f API
Residents of several towns in
the state of Rio Grande de Norte
have been frightened tor several
days tyw hat they believe were
earthnnakaa. It was explained te
day, however, that ne teal earth
quakes occur In Brasil, the eels-
moa-raDhs here registering only
distant shocks.
Alexis Delemoe. director pf the
Clonal observatory, said that the
na
supposed Quakee were merely ge
ological phenomena. He said that
the formations underlying Bratii
are such that genuine earthquakes
are not possible.
MEXICO CITY, Apr. 17. -(AP)
-Residents of Oaxaca, capital of
the state ot that name, spent Mon
day night in the streets In pitch
darkness fearing a recurrence or
the earthquake which early In the
evening cracked the walls and
roofs of their dwellings and cut
off their lights.
Reports of the shock which
reached here today said that no
deaths have been reported in the
state and the only injured person
was i child struck by a falling
brick.
The worst property damage was
caused by four landslides which
have 'disrupted train service. The
largest slide was near Tomellin.
Dispatches from other southern
states. relate that the quake caus
ed much excitement but that no
serious damage resulted.
POLITICS STAGE IS SET,
FOR MAY 18 ELECTION
(Continued from pace 1)
J. C. Siegmund. who Vi an.
pointed county Judge by Governor! The Mead people have not lost any.
Patterson to fill the unexpired but they have been obliged to keep
term Of J. T. Hunt, is linnnnniieilLln.a u. itl nt Ihoir hlvm nnrt tn
for reelection to that office.
COUNTY-WINNER, LAND
GRANT REFUND APPEAL
(Continued from paf 1)
each subdivision will receive the
aatne amount as though the mon
ey had been paid by a taxpayer
for each year
Definition .jCeneral
"The words, state, county, port
districts, etc., as used In the act
are clearly words of general defi
nition, embracing all oossible ben-
enciaries or the funds, and the
general terms are restricted by the
last clause of section five, whtch
provides the method of Identifying
tne actual ana particular bene
nciarles intended by the act. This
construction Is further strength
ened by the fact that the title of
the act and the first four sections
thereof refer only to the counties.
"No one would contend that a
port district, or school district, sit
uated in a county, or counties
named in the act of 19 26 would be
entitled to have a portion of the
money paid to a county, appor
tioned and paid to such district by
a county.' unless there wonld have
been some tax upon such grant
lands that would have been as
sessed, levied and collected by
such district during the period, so
that it would receive the same
amount as though the money
would have been paid by the tax
payer.
"It does not appear frem the
writ tnat Aianon county has re
ceived from the United States or
has In its possession the sum of
S24.059.4l, or any other sum,
which the law requires or directs
to be paid to the state of Oregon
or which belongs to the state.
"Therefore, the peremptory writ
of mandamus Is denied and the
judgment of the circuit court sus
taining the demurrer to the writ
and dismissing the action is af-
In the dissenting opinion Chief
Justice Rand wrote:
"The parties to which the mon
ey Is to be distributed are express
ly named and designated In sec
tion five of the act and, as so des
ignated, the state Is expressly
named as one of the parties to
which a part of the money shall
be paid.
"In determining the Intention
of congress, the fact that the
state is so named cannot be over
looked for, unless congress had
intended for the state to receive a
part of the money, it would not
have expressly named the state
as one of the corporate entities to
which the money should be dis
tributed. "In express terms the act pro
vides that the apportioned moneys
shall be prorated, apportioned and
paid to the state as well as to the
other parties named In the act. It
Is obvious from the language of
the act itself that congress In
tended for the state to receive
such a part of and that particular
part of the appropriated moneys,
that would have accrued against
said lands in favor of the state. If
the lands had remained privately
owned and taxable.
"Congress Intended by the act
to reimburse the state as well as
the counties and districts named
in the act for the amounts of
money which would have accrued
to them separately from the landF
themselves if they had not been
withdrawn from taxation."
Other opinions handed down by
the supreme court today follow:
L. J. Ruble, appellant, vs. R. J.
Kirkwood, appeal from Multno
mah county; action for alleged
libel. Opinion by Justice Belt.
Judge Walter II. Evans affirmed.
Vincent Forrest, an infant, by
Winifred Forrest, guaTdian. vs.
H. S. Turley, appellant; appeal
from Columbia county; action for
damages. Opinion by Justice Belt.
Judge J. A. Eakln affirmed.
J. E. Beach vs. M. F. Cooper and
Mrs. M. F. Cooper, appellant; ap
peal from Multnomah county; suit
to foreclose mechanics lien De
cree of Judge T. E. J. Duffy, af
firmed with modification In opin
ion by Justice Belt.
Lloyd G. Trulllnger, appellant,
vs. Dooley and company, et al; ap
peal from Multnomah county; pe
tition for rehearing denied in
opinion by Justice Coshow.
James A. Douglas, appellant, vs.
C. E. Rnmelin and M. A. M. Ash
ley, doing business as Ashley and
Rumelln; appeal from Multnomah
county; petition for rehearing de
nied in opinion by Justice Coshow.
James R. Burke vs. C. W. Par
dey. apellant; appeal from Mult
nomah county; action for dam
ages. Opinion by Justice Bean.
Judge Robert Tueker affirmed.
Egfbo E. Tortora and Anna Tor
tora vs. William Albert Wyatt. ap
pellant, and I. H. Jackson, defend
ant: appeal from Benton county.
Suit to enforce performance of
agreement to exchange land. Opin
ion by Justice McBrlde. 'Judge G.
F. Skipworth affirmed. v
Pearl Nickson vs. Oregon-Amer-i
lean Lumber company, appellant;
Wadbame and company and 8. J.
Domnlsse, defendant, and Carl
Davidson, appellant; appeal front
Multnomah county; action for
damages. Opinion by Justice Mc
Bride, judge" Louis P. Hewitt af
firmed. M. E. Barr vs. Yamhill county.;
appellant; appeal from Marlon
ounty; decree of Judge Percy Kel
ler affirmed in opinion by the
court.
Mary B. Mannix. administra
trix of the estate of Joseph Man
nix, deceased, appellant, vs. N. E.
Harju and J. C. Clinton; appeal
from Clatsop county; decree of
Judge J. A. Eakln modified and
case remanded in opinion by the
court.
Petitions for rehearing denied
In State vs. Aetna Casualty Insur
ance company.
Request for advancement out oW
regular order granted in Yamhill
Electric company vs. McMiunville
involving constitutionality of state
public service act.
A. F. Lacy of Hood River ad
mitted to bar on Iowa certificate.
William R. Barnes of Los An
geles granted non-resident certif
icate to practice law in Oregon.
RAIN'S DAMAGE, FRUIT
HERE BELIEVED SLIGHT
i Continued from pace 1)
ey company, leading bee man in
the Salem district, said laHt night
that there has been a little loss
of bees in this part of the state
feed some of their bees: especially
those brought from California for
the pollination of the orchard
blooms.
These bees, and others, started
off very well with the fair weather
of a few weeks ago, and the queens
in consquence laid their eggs free
ly. The nursing of the young bees
takes more feeding than at a later
stage. When the heavy rains came
on, in the last spell of wetness, the
bees in such hives would have
starved; but for the feeding. They
could not get out in the heavy
rains and gather honey.
Mr. Mead said last night, too,
that in this condition the bees
could not be effective in the pol
lination of the fruit blossoms. He
has .heard fears expressed for the
consequences to the cherries, but
he is not certain that the cherries
or other fruits have suffered.
The weather prediction for to
day is fair east , portion, cloudy
west portion, and rain in the
northwest portion. This may mean
most anything for the Salem dis
trict. Let it be hoped that it means
fair weather, a condition very
much needed right now.
BUILD NEW QUARTERS
FOR HOSPITAL STAFF
(Continued from page 1)
tions for the building.
Delayed Over Yar
Construction of thi unit was
deferred by the board until this
time hoping that the expenditure
might be avoided during this bi
ennial period In view of the short
age, of finances.
At a recent meeting of the
board the crowded condition of the
institution in Salem, and the one
in Pendleton, was brought to its
attention by Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner,
superintendent. He was request
ed to submit facts and figures of
the present condition, and future
need of the Institution.
The action just taken for the
immediate construction of the new
unit will provide for the accom
modation of 168 additional pa
tients, and the board decided that
it would be necessary to construct
the building Immediately due to
the following facts submitted to
the board by Dr. Steiner:
"First: The maximum capacity
even under crowded conditions, of
the Oregon state hospital is 1900.
The population of this hospital to
day is 1877. The capaeitly of the
Eastern Oregon state hospital is
1050. 'The population of that In
Storage
We do not only furnish large clean vans for moving: furniture and experienced fur
niture movers, but sell first class Utah coal, briquets, and dry wood.
Local and Long
Crating
Give Us a Trial. CALL 930
ILJkRMER TRAlFER
and Storage Co.
stitution on the first of this month
was 102S. The population of the
182
fA State hospital at the be-
nnlng ofthls bUhnium (October
1. 1986) was 1S7S.
"There were transferred from
Salem tp th? Pendleton, institution
on October jf. 192$,J140 at!ent3;
and on December I. 1917, lo3 pa
tients, or a. total of 2IB.
"Now, let us remember that we
have six more months to go to
complete this present blennlum.
This will undoubtedly add a con
siderable increase of numbers.
Had these 242, patients not been
transferred to the Eastern Oregon
state hospital, where legislative
provision had been made, we
would have had that number ad
ded to our present 1877 today,
which would have made over 2000
population at the Salem hospital,
Indeed, an intolerable and dis
gracefully crowded condition in
which the helpless patients and
the public m,ust suffer.
"Should the nurses' home at
this hospital still be constructed
this year, it will liberate 84 day
nurses' rooms, which could be
utilised for 168 patients by plac
ing two in each room. Even then
we will have an incomplete build
ing program to care for our ine
vitable increase should present
conditions obtain.
"By the end of this present bi
ennium it appears that we will be
more than filled up at both insti
tutions. And should this provi
sion be made at the present time,
and the coming legislature not
make provision for increase, be
fore another legislature could con
vene and provide, we would be
confronted with a crowded condi
tion for our insane which would
reflect seriously upon our care for
them."
"I therefore ffrge upon you my
request that immediate steps .be
taken to provide this very neces
sary relief."
I Bits For Breakfast I
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Too much rain
But, as Mark Twain remarked,
people are always complaining
about the weather, and nobody
every does anything about it.
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"What Children Know About
Their Community" will be the
subject of the talk before the
Salem Rotary club today by Dr.
W. H. Burton, professor of edu
cation, University of Chicago. In
the case of this city and the Salem
district, the children cannot know
too much about their unusual op
portunities and advantages.
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If the growing generation here
can be brought to fully realize
what may be done with Salem and
the surrounding country, this
knowledge will do more than any
other one thing in having the
great things done that can be and
ought to be done.
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Chautauqua time is coming. The
heads of the great chautauqua as
sociations of America report that
the movement Is getting back into
srT.
BECKE &
180 N. Hlgli
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- Fuel - Transfer
Moving
th
aiamp mai iojiowea te World
war. The staple ot galern did not
oollce the elump here. But it is
evident lhat the association heads
did see it. In other sections of the
country.
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Every week is some kind of a
week, these days. Next week ij
national reforestation week. What
is this week? Perhaps, If we can.
not think of the right thing, rain
week will do for the Salem sec
tion. "The first woman to smoke in
public appeared at the Hotel Port
land this morning. Naturally,
there was much excitement among
the guests and employes. The
smoker was a young woman tour
ist from New South Wales." So
reads a paragraph in the "Twenty
Years Ago" column of the Port
land Journal qf yesterday.
Na. 107
SynoDsii of Annual AtatBtnant f
THE FIDELITY MUTUAL IJTR iMarro.
AMOE CO MP ANT
of Philadelphia.. the State of Pennsjl
ranSa, on the thirty firet day of Dec am
ber, 1927. made to the insurance Coai
misaioner of the State of Oreron nuMu
nt to law: 1
Capital
capital sttk
Amount of
paid up
Meae
Income
income
Tot.! jiremiuin
for the year
$ 1S.S1S.S4S.S1
iBlfieit. dividend muA
rwnu received duriuj
the year .... ,..
Income from other aeur
ce received during
the year
A,i3S.80.8
371. SS4.SS
Total income J $ 18,048.638. 91
DlabursemenU
Paid for lotaei, endow-
menta, aunuitiea and
eurrender valuee $ 6,214.TTY1
DiTtdends pa d to policy
holders during the
year 2.611.384.40
Diridfiidi paid on capital
Mt'k during the yiar Koae
Commissions and salaries
paid during the year . . 3,S45,S5S.5j
Taxea. licenses and feea
paid during the year ... 348,439.71
Amount of ail other
penditurea 1.133.9S2.78
Total expenditures ...
Aaseta
$ 13,635,1)0. 81
Value of rl estate own
ed (market alue) $
Market value ot Hooks
and amortized value of
bonds owned (market
or amortised valuer...
Loans on mortgages and
collateral, etc.
Premium notes and policy
loani ,
Cash in banks and on
hand ..
Net uncollected and de
ferred premiums
Interest and rents due
and accrued
a. 471, 163. 48
23.JJ7, 795.21
34. 155.808.31
13,140.313.84
614, 392. S
1,713,009.4$
1.138.1 J 92
Noue
Other asset ineti ..
Total admitted assets. 9
Liabilities
76.583,319.17
03,252.347 Of)
3 5 6. 54 ".ft 4
8.716,7(il.7d
Xet reserves - $
Cross claims for losses
unpaid
All other liabilities
Total liabilities, exclu
sive of capital stock of
None $ 72,325.834 Vl
Business in Oregon for the Tear
(fi-oas premiums received
during the year $ 104.24 :.60
Premiums and dividends
returned during the
ytar i iac::.ij
Lusse paid during the
year 2.VVM 04
THE FIDELITY MUTUAL T.IFK INSl-K-
AXCK COMPANY
Walter LeMar Talbot, President.
R. F. Tull. Secretary
Statutory resident attorney for service:
T. J. Mendenhall. Portland, lire
its stride thoroughly,
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foi. -vet yb
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HENDRICKS
Telephone 161
Hauling