The New Okecon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Horning, October H.19ZS
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TO RAUK OF MAJOR
Captain Elmer V.
Wooton has,
been - promoted to the grade
01
major to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of the late Major
Bolton Hamble and has been glv
en assignment as adjutant In the
headquarters, Oregon national
guard, according "to announcement
Saturday noon by Brigadier Gen
eral George A. White, command
er of the military forces of the
state. .
Major Wooton Is on doty in
General White's office in Salem
. and. previously held the assign
reent of Eighty-Second Infantry
brigade adjutant. He has serred
In tbe Oregon National Guard for
over J 5 years, during which time
he aenred on the Mexican border
with the old Third Oregon Inran
ty.
At the outbreak of the World
war. he warn a. serceant in the
I62d Infantry and attained a com
mission as first lieutenant at the
rfmt nrrwr'a training camp at
Prenidio of San Francisco. Call
fornta. He serred in many princi
pal engagements on the western
front and was wounaea ni tcuon.
At one time during the Argonne
offensive, when th major com
m.intinr hl battalion and other
IU Mf
orinoipal officers had become cas
...itua Vfalnr Wooton. who was
then a first lieutenant, command.
ed the battalion. For his out
Btandln qualifications as a lead
er on the battlefield, he was pro
moted to the grade of captain.
Major Wooton is married and has
two children.
Other promotions announced
Saturday include: Second lieuten
ant Kroeger to the first lieuten
cy and Sergeant Enoch R. Broom
to second lieutenant. Both these
officers are from Hillsboro.
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' It is understood that Mr. Kozer
will recommend two classifica
tions for proposed expenditures.
One classification would include
salaries and wages, while the oth
er classification would cover such
expenditures as capital outlays,
maintenance and operating ex
penses. It was said that such a
change in the method of prepar
ing the budgets would simplify
the present system and avoid call
log the emergency board into ses
sion. 'l Letters received at the execu
tive department Saturday indi
cated that virtually every depart
ment head will attend Monday's
conference. It was expected that
the conference would require the
larger part of the day.
Izaak Waltons
Form Chapter;
17 Are Members
STAYTON. Ore., Oct. 13
(Spl.) Stayton is to have an
fraak Walton league chapter. So
far there are 17 charter members
and the charter will remain open
for some time to give athers an
opportunity to join.
A. S. Davie has been elected
president and C. A. Beauchamp
secretary-treasurer. The purpose
of this organization is to protect
and foster the propagation of wild
game and fish, to encourage and
establish mre game refuges, and
in fact is intended to be a force
for good sportsmanship.
Lions Club Will
Receive Charter
MONMOUTH. Ore.. Oct. 13
(Spl.) The newly organized
Lions' club of Monmouth will bold
Its charter night. October 20. This
will also be ladies' night, and the
meeting will be held in the I. O. Q.
F. hall. Plans are in preparation
to make this an outstanding club
event.
Methodists Hold
Enjoyable Event ,
INDEPENDENCE. Ore, Oct. 13
(Special) About 76 numbers
and friends of the Methdhit
church attended the pot-luck sup
per In the social halls of the
church Thursday evening. A
pleasant time was enjoyed by all
who attended.
Glee Club Plan
For O. N. S. Men
' MONMOUTH. Ore.. Oct. 13
(Spl.) A men's glee club has
-y been organized at Oregon Normal
school for which 20 members
have already been signed up. Election-Of
officers and plans for a
constitution will be nextt In order.
Tbe club will probably appear be
fore several out of town audiences
throughout the year.
EhgemansMove
To Opedahl Farm
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SILVERTON, Ore., . Oct, II.
(Special) Mr. and Mrs. Leland
Engeman. who. hare been on the
Sebo farm in the Evergreen district.-
are moving soon to their
new homo of the Thomas Opedahl
ranch near Molalla. . 1
Injured Girl Is
if; Fast Improving
- STAYTON. Ore.. Oct IS
Spt)- Dorothy - Waldron. seven
year old Aumsviile girl who .has
been in a plaster cast since being
M. t. i .i..a..ll1.; -iku.ll- t-
ImpTOvJnjr 'rapidly. Oa the first
mnmr
PROMOTED
1KUU1UI1
Hi
OWING
day she went to school, she step
ped front a school bus and a car
backed Into her, breaking her low
er jaw and a leg sad fracturing
the nelvlc , bone. - She also suf
fered concussion of the brain! The
family recently came - here from
Canada and bought the Pound
farm, where they hare just com-
pleted building a fine new home.
period. - -
CALLS COIEHCE
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Bank taxation win bo discussed
at a meeting of the state property
tax relief commission, state bank
ingboard and repreaenUtiTea 'of
the State Bankers association, to
be. held here Wednesday, Oetoeer
24. This was aanonneed at -the ex
ecutive department here Ftrdaj.
On the following day there will
be a conference of the relief com
mission and the banking board
with representatives of financial
institutions that are in competition
with banks, such as bond houses.
mortgage companies, and building
and loan associations.
Tbe conference to study bank
taxation was called by John Car
kin of Medford, chairman of the
tax relief commission and speaker
of the house of representatives
during the last session. A. A.
Smith of Baker will preside at the
conference. .
ID ASSUME DUTIES
SILVERTON, Ore., Oct. 13.
(Special) M. E. Satchwell, for
merly of Yoncalla. - Oregon, has
arrived In Silverton with his fam
ily, to ill his new position as
Southern Pacific station agent.
which was formerly held by Guy
Raven, who has been transferred
to Corvallis.
The Satchwells will occupy the
Raven home on Adams street.
John Moe. relief agent, plans to
leave here Saturday for North
Bend, where he will make his
home.
Council to Open
Bids Upon Bonds
Monday Night
Bids will be opened at Monday
night's meeting of the city coun
cil, on S48. 429.51 worth of street
improvement bonds. Recently ex
pressed fears that municipal bonds
might fail to bring .par proved
groundless when bids on bridge
bonds -were opened, and the street
improvement bonds are also ex
pected to bring a premium.
Little other business of im
portance is foreseen for the Mon
day, night council meeting, al
though residents in the vicinity
of 15th and E Streets are expected
to file a protest against the op
eration of a laundry there by A.
L. Hirsekon. They claim that
Hirsekorn agreed not to conduct
a laundry when he erected a build
ing under a garage permit, but
that the building 13 being used as
a laundry.
Restaurant Has
New Ownership
The Salem Restuaraat. former
ly at the old Mlnto stand in the
ew saiem hotel building, has
teen taken over by E. A. Ellis.
Mr. tins has taken a three-year
lease on tne business and has done
remodeling and made other im
provements. He will operate it
upon the family style plan. Mr.
Ellis was with the Valley Motor
company ror several years.
Joseph T.
Robinson
.
Democratic Vice
Presidential Candidate
who will speak at the
. Armory 1bmorrow
: '.. t Afternoon
2:30 p.m.
.IT'-"'
Jnds O. P: CoshoW wiU
- Introduce the speaker
Paid advertisement. Democratic
Cea-ral Committee, by Aug.
HackstetR. . - .
h ran comes
Hear
Senator
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The state supreme court, in an
oral opinion Saturday affirmed the
decree of Judge George Bagley pf
the Marion county circuit court is
the suit launched by George Ar
thur Brown of Portland to restrain
Grant Boyer, Marion county clerk.
and the secretary of state, from
recognising the progressive party
Indorsement of the Smith-Robin
son ticket on the ballot at the No
vember election. . .
-As a desalt of the decree of the
supreme court it will be necessary
for county clerks to-eliminate frm
the ballot the word "progressive"
after the names of Smith and Rob-
tinsra, for president and vice-pre-
ident, and the - five democratic
presidential electors. - '
The progressive party indorse
ment was attacked by Mr. Brown
en the grounds that the progres
sive party in Oregon was extinct,
and that the pretended assembly
at which 'the indorsements were
made was not legal under the elec
tion laws of. this state. It was set
out in the complaint that only 22
persons attended the convention or
assembly, whereas the law pro
vides that 100 Qualified voters are
necessary to nominate.
Immediately following receipt
of the decree signed by Judge Bag-
ley the -case was appealed to the
supreme court for final determina
tion. Arguments were heard by
the supreme court Tuesday.
It was announced that a written
opinion would be handed, down by
tne supreme court Tuesday. Jus
tices Rand and Rossman did not
sit at the hearing In the supereme
cout.
Church Plans
Supper Event
The monthly church nlrht ann-
Dr for the porrrslnn nt
Knight Memorial Congregational
cnurca. win oe neia Wednesday
evening, October 17,- beginning at
C:45 o'clock- aav tha
H. p. Stover. The church Is
eaten at 11th and Ferry streets.
Luther League
To Have Social
The Lather ?Mrno Ar
Christ Lutheran church. State and
aq streets, is planning a social
meeting for Friday evsninv t
o'clock, states the weekly an.
nouncements for the church. The
saiuraay religious school will
be held October 20 at s o'clock.
The Rev. A. I. Heine is pastor.
Seats Provided
For Six Pupils
JEFFERSON, pre., Oct. IS -(Special)
The school Hoard h.
furnished six new seats Tor tie
seventh and eighth grade room
providing places for the additional
number of dubIIs. The in Ait
enrolled In the seventh and eighth
graaes.
IfJ DRDWfJ LAWSUIT
To popularize this store as the greatest bargain giving store in Salem
We are going to sell repair work at a loss. We will do this for a
month watching the results, 'tye think it will bring us a large in
.crease in shoe busihessand if it does we will continue to take a
loss on the repairing, charging it to advertising.
"n. : all your old shoes, boy and girls, sHoes same price
. shofe No wait jobs, all shoes must be left until the next
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Society andjiElut) News
W.USorofities
ChooseTheir
Pledges
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fflHE annual fall rushing
X. season of the soronties
of Willamette university was
terminated Friday night -.by
the checking of preferential
bids in the office of Miss
OK ve M. DahL dean of worn
en- "Pledge services were held
Saturday morninc- at the
three sorority- houses, fol
lowed by luncheons at each
house.
Pledges of Alpha Phi Alpha
are: Estel Chaney, Marsh
field; Josephine Conn. Day
ton; Lois Oliver, Pendleton; Mur
iel. Scheldt. Everett, Washington;
Lois Ounkelberger, Helen Hanke,
Elizabeth . Ogden. . Helen Stiles.
Lois Oerman, of Portland; Muriel
White, Helen Breithaupt, Ellen
Jean Moody, Gladys Taylor, La
dle Cummings, Maxlne Ulrlch and
Mary Kafoury, of Salem.
Beta Chi pledges are: Doris
Steele, Tacoma, Wn.; Helen Coch-
ren. Albany; Beryl Hale, Mon
tague. Cal.; Frances Smullin.
Parkdale; Helen Pybus and Wil
ma Buttles, Wenatchee, Wn.;
Faye Cornutt, Ladle " Scuults,
Eleanor Henderson and Lois Jean
Rasch, of Portland; Josephine Al
bert. Margaret Morehouse and
Eloise White, of Salem.
Pledges of Delta Phi are: Rer-
nice Nelson, Harlan. Iowa; Jean
Spencer, McSJinnville; Margaret
juiay, inaepenaence; Marjorie
Mosier, Tenino. Wn.; Wilms Aus
man, Asotin, Wn.; Btfena Brown,
Manson, Wn.r Ray WIndust, Day
ton, Wn.; Nellie Badley, and Eliz
abeth Kelly, of Portland: May rt
Fletcher, Mildred Mulkey. Bertha
Babcock, Edith Findley, Gertrude
Oehler and Viola Crosier, all of
saiem.
Dinner Wednesday
Honors Organist
.
Mr. and Mrs. John Stark Evans
of Eugene were entertained with
a dinner in their honor given by
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Churchill
Wednesday evening preceedlng
the organ concert Mr. Evans gave
at the First Presbyterian church.
Other guests at the dinner includ
ed M. Preston, who installed the
new Reuter organ on which Mr.
Evans played. Miss Perry of De
troit, Michigan, and Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Schnltt. f
Turner W. C T. U.
Meets' Wednesday
TURNER- Mrs. ,C. A. Bear en
tertained the , members of the
Turner W. C. T. IT. at her country
home south of Turner Wednesday
afternoon. The meeting was open
ed with a devotional hour. A dis
cussion of the candidates for the
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Mens Half Soles
Rub"Wr Heels put on every
Best 50c Heels
V
coming elections was held, and
preparations were made to send
delegates to the W. C. T. IT. state
convention at Eugene, October IS
to ip, inclusive. : - . -
At the close of the business ses
sion. Mrs, Bear served refresh
ments. Those present included
Mrs. Farrta, Mrs. Scott Funaton.
Mrs. Nellie Gunning, Mrs. Pearl
WItxel, Mrs. Earl Prather, Mrs.
Webb, Mrs. Earl Bear, Mrs. But-
terfield and the hostess, Mrs.
Bear.
Royal Neighbors !
Sponsor Benefit
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A large benefit affair is being
-planned by hte Royal Neighbors
of America for Tuesday, October
IS, in the Fraternal temple. The
club women will serve a mer
chant's luncheon In the dining
room of the Fraternal temple
from 11 to 2 o'clock.
Following the luncheon, a bene
fit card party will be held from
2 to 5 o'clock, with Mrs. Carrie
Bonn and Mrs. Susie Parmenter
in charge of arrangements.
All-Day Session for
Daughters of Nile
The Salem Daughters -of the
Nile will hold aq all-day meeting
in the Masonic temple Wednesday.
October 17. Luncheon will be
served at noon by. a committee
which includes Mrs. George
Burnett, chairman; Mrs. Lucile
Sweeney, Mrs. Grace Crater, Mrs.
Martha LeGarie and Mrs. Mona
Hauser. The women will sew for
the Shrine hospital at Portland.
Mrs. W. G. Allen spent Friday
in Portland.
SPECIAL
Week Oct 15 to 20 Only
10 discount on all andirons, spark
guards or fire sets sold this week.
We have ju3t received a large shipment.
Get yours at this special price while our
assortment is complete.
MARKET FURNITURE CO.
Where Cash Bays the Most
We Deliver Commercial and Marion Streets
WffllFf
Womens Half Soles & Heels
Wednesday at half price.
put on tor
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Election Talk at
W. C. T. U. Meeting'
, The North Salem W. C. T. U.
held their regular monthly meet
ins . Thursday afternoon at the
Msrifsan tTpt Mm Wflmon rave
an interesting ana instructive taia
on the coming election, which was
greatly appreciated by the women
present.
Mr. and Mrs; R.,: V. Myers. 879
Belmont street, entertained on
lit Friday afternoon from 4:30
to t:Z9 in honor of the sixteenth
birthday of their twin sons, Ralph
j xtwtmv Those who attena-
ed were John and Betty Evans.
Catharine and Arthur iion,
ert Hurst. Rosma Tully, and the
honor guests Ralph and Rodney
Meyers.-
,
tj v..ua smith of Portland
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and Frank Patterson, son or Mr.
u ntrre Patterson, were
guests at the Patterson home last
week-end. JJOtn omnu uu
Mr. Patterson are students at the
Oregon- State college., at Corval
lis. Mr. Patterson, who is a mem
ber of Phi Delta Theta, is presi
dent of the basketball team and a
senior at the college.
Mr and Mra. H. F. Shanks were
nests in Portland Friday night.
returning to Salem Saturday
morning. While in Portland. Mr.
Shanks was a special guest of the
Men's Council at the Kose city
Methodist church. The main- ad
dress of the evening was given by
Bishop Titus Lowe.
Mrs. John McCourt of Portland
is visiting in Salem as the guest of
Mra. Ostrander and Mrs. Steye
McFadden.
as ladies'
day.
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Burns Pioneer
Home Destroyed
-InEarly Fire
' - HALLAS, Ore. Oct. 13 (Spe
cial) The old Burns pioneer
home located about five miles
west of Dallas on the Lewisville
road was totally destroyed by fire
Friday morning.
The flames started from a spark
settling on the roof of the kitchen
and had gained such headway
when discovered that all efforts
to extinguish it proved ineffec
tual. - The building was more than 60
years old but had been remodel
ed and made an up-to-date farm
residence. The place was the
home of Bunnie Burns who wao
away from home at the time of
tbe fire. Neighbors and passers
by Baved most of tbe household
goods.
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Winter Appear si
Ice CoatForms
DALLAS. Ore Ort IS c ns
cial) Winter made its first an.
pearance in this vicinity this
morning and ice- tho thiKimoc.
cardboard was reDortei tmm
eral parts of the city. Thursday
morning the first heavy froet of
the season hit this mm muni h
no freezing weather had been re-
ponea until this morning t.b
crops of potatoes and tomatoes
were reported to be damaged by
me ireeze.
Nature SKows Her
Samples
Occasionally during: the
yoar Nature's effects of
bloom foliage and fruit are
particularly striking:. They
are forced upon our atten
tion. - October with gorge
ous red leaves set off by
yellow and green is the
most noteworthy of all.
It is possible to prolong this
effect over a considerable
part of the year by a 'suc
cession of evergreens and
berries in winter, bloom
from spring to summer,
and leaf colors, through the
fall. -,'7: .V
This effect has' been very
skillfully accomplished by
the landscape! architects at
Belcrest. While the main
dependence Has been upon
nptive Oregon trees and
shrubs, a few specimens
not native to the Pacific
will be imported in order
to complete this circle of
color effects. These are
without exceptions Varie
ties that have proven suitr
able to the valley climate.
It is on plans of this nature
we base the assertion that
Belcrest will constantly
grow in beauty with the
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years. . :"
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Ted Fox Found
2V7VV
Laundry Entrb
nT.r.AS. Ore.. Oct. 13 fSio.
cial) The Jury In the case of T d
Fox, an Independence boy who
had been accused of breaking m.
to the Independence Laundry, re
turned a verdict of not Eu;;tT
Thursday morning and baf-u 4
was discharged. -
The'iurr was out all night a-.l
until 10 o'clock the next day. I n.
mediately after the hearing t!
report of the- Jurr Judge Walk-r
adjourned court until Monday
October If.
Schools Win On
, Display At Fair
DALLAS. Ore.. Oct. 13. fSr.
cial) The Dallas schools wilSA
first nrize f tha cnnnlr falr'thij "
week for having 'the best exKV
of work of school chil'
Schools from all parts of the cbnr.
t v raninotorl fnr rrlrp And t : .1
showing made was such that r.
took careful judging to name t.
victor.
BAUMGARTNER
Mrs. Ada Stapleton Baumpr .
ner. at the residence, 280 Kg: h
Winter street, at the age of
Wife of Joseph Baumgartner p y
mother of Miss Josephine Bam .
gartner and Mrs. Lenta Caught!!
both of Salem. The body is
Rigdon's. Funeral services pmn
ably Tuesday 10 a. m.
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