TbA tr oppov Statesman. SaI-tt. Oregon; Saturday Morning, February 2, 192S hi V Local News Briefs i : - 'nohrftstedt In Portland A. C. Fcom Valseta Maand Mrs. Befcrftstedt. local realtor, made a.G.rL. Elhlns are in Salem from -uslne trip to Portland Friday. ! Malt Carrier 111 Luther Cook, all carrier on Salem route two. ras oft the route Friday due to line. t-leM-ing Mill Sued Dwight ftlsaer be nan action against the ;.1ma Flouring Milla of Silverton kre Friday, demanding $950 on a alleged promissory note. Iter to VaaLoha Mr. and Mrs' raaLeh, route nine. box 201. are areata of a baby "boy born Frl lay at the Salem General hospital. Htnk Born Here A baby boy mas born Friday at the, Salem Otterar hospital to Mr. and Mrs. firove Peterson of Independence. VRHwrt Men Visit J. H. ""Neil, traveling passenger agent, and 3. A. Nott, traveling freight accent, both with the Union Pat-irk", m-ere in Salem Friday from Portland. Tw t'onples Wed Marriage 11-rtic-ii were issued here Friday to Joseph F. Kraeraer. 26. and Mary Babr, 19. both of Wt. Angel, and to Frank Porter. 21. andBesaie BentooB. 20. both of Silverton. Kn Driver Fined T. Savage, stage driver, was fined $20 by Justice of the Peace Small when he appeared in justice court to answer a charge of speeding Fri day. Savage paid the fine. Kecwvering From Operation Mrs. J. K. Holt. 1920 North 4th street. Is recovering nicely from a major operation performed the middle of last month. She waa recently removed to her home. Mrs. Holt is the wife of J. K. Holt with the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York. - Few Petitions Out There are I few retad petitions still being circulated In the county and time will be allowed for these to be filed, it was indicated Friday at the office of the county court. No bw petitions will be allowed to go out. It was indicated. There are row 53 petitions on file, repre senting a total of between 130 and 200 miles of market roads. Two petitions were filed Friday. One asks a market road between Champoeg and the Cook Corner road, a distance of three miles. The other has to do with four mile of the St. Paul-Woodburnt.. toad. FISH BILL GHOST Many people will rt member, a rertain sign, in letters many feet kih. which announces to the world : that under the roof on wUtch the sign is painted is an industry which took som 50 years to build, yet was destroyed by "the people of Oregon." some of whom are mentioned somewhat specifically, by ballot in just one day. This fatal act destroy: the fcines took place in 1926, but the ghosts of a once humming factory still come out at each ses aiMi of the legislature. This time tfa ghost walk takes the form of ftause Bill 333. which would re peal the first four sections of the art commonly known as the "flsli wheel bill." and furthermore, the aieaaure contains an emergency rlause. In brief, it is the desire of some ple to take fish from the Co- ilnbla by fish traps, a practice kt wa stopped by legislation sed fey the people at the gen- ral election in November. 1926. Iheae people had a similar desire the last session of the legtsla- ife. but their hopes were not r tilted. The four sections which it is sugat to repeal are aa folio wa: 1. It Is unlawful to catch fish y means of a fish wheel. Z. It is unlawful to operate a tshwheel. 3. It is unlawful to catch fish by Bmnt of a fish trap- or seine east mt the Cascade Locks in the Columbia. 4. It Is unlawful to operate a fUhtrap or seine east of the Cas cade hocks in the Columbia. A lively debate is expected on the Measure If it succeeds in .get ting out of the committee to which it will be assigned when read the coni time. Senator. Staples Too 111 to Greet Associate Solons Isaar R. Staples, member of the senate and prominent Portland businessman, is seriously ill in his apartment here. Senator Staple! bad not been In good health for several weeks, and was compelled to retire while presiding at a meeting of the joint ways and sneaca committee .Tuesday night. Mrs. Staples and other relatives of the senator arrivtC in Salem Thursday. President Norblad announced Friday that no one would be al lowed to visit Senator Staples rooaa. but that the. .senate .wouid be advised of his condition from! slay to day. - ! v ' ! Judge D'Arcy Is Spt waker For Club laJM TAtar If Ti'lrw wttiA prtpcipai pear at ue - nesi Franklin club banquet held' at the! Spa Friday noon. The banquet was la boaer of the 118th birthday f j Roraee Grealey .and-Judge .DAr. era Maress ras appropriate to tae occasion. The judge Is an old -tsaJa i printer andean Biettbr of the Ben Franklin club Mi Uo of 8alem Typj4p....-.i Unloav No; !!. - WALKS HI HI Valseti. i Making Business Visit 1. N Voble, representative bf the Sam son Tire and "Rubber company will return to his headquarters in Portland Saturday after a busi ness visit to the city. New Arrival Locate Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gardner of San Jose, Calif., have an iwd in Salem to ciake their limine in the Emniett residence at lt93 Saginaw street. Paisley Man Here H. A. Brat tain is a business visitor in Salem from Paisley. Dance for Charity All pro ceeds from an old-time dance to he held next Wednesday. Febru ary 6. will eo to Aoeiated Chari ties. Music -ll La furnished by "Dad" Baltimore's six-piece or chestra. The event is to be held in Castilian hall and the public is invited to attend.. Attend Funeral at Dallas E. C. Goodwin, accompanied by Mrs. Josephine Chriatenson and the Misses Mildred and Marjorie Chria tenson, .was in Dallas Friday to attend the funeral of the late Charles Larkin of Rickreall. Mrs. Chriatenson Is a sister of Mr. Lar kin. The local folk also accom panied the funeral party to New berg where interment was made. Worst Weather for Carriers The oldest carriers on the Salem mall routes have no praise for the present weather conditions, de claring that the weather Thurs day and Friday was the worst they have had to contend" with since they began service. F. L. South id the oldest carrier, hav ing been in the service here for 29 years, and he isn't slow in say ing he never had such a time to make his routes as during the present mow. James S. Albert and J. A. Remington have alio been with the local office for a long term of service and their ex perience parallels that of Mr. South. City carriers said Friday was even worse than Thursday; FIND IT HERE ! Old Time Dance Turner Sat. Nile. Dad Baltimore's orchestra. 1'sed Piano Bargain Sale" En da Saturday night. Buy now. H. L.. Stiff Furniture Co. Fnrnlturt) Upholsterer And repairing Glese-Powers Furniture Co. Dollar Dinner Every night 8:30 to t at the Marlon hotel. Kat at O'leary's Where good food is serred. Old Time Dance Crystal Garden every Wed. and Sat. night. Klks Dance Sat. Feb. 2. a goest. Klks may bring H. A. Loveoll of the Model Beauty Parlor has returned and is accepting appointments. Complete Line "Columbia Kolster" Radios and Combinations. H. L. Stiff Furni ture Co. Guaranteed Shed Dry Wood Coal. Prompt service. Tel. 13. Numerous College Students Tell us every year that they made a mistake In not taking a course in stenography before go ing to college. It is useful to earn one's way through and in taking and preserving lecture notes.- Do not make the same mistake, but spend the next four months in the Capital Business College acquiring a knowledge of these subjects. School Books , At the Atlas Book Store. Complete Line "Columbia Kolster" Radios and Combinations. H. L. Stiff Furni ture Co. Dance at Hazel Green Saturday- Good music, good crowd. Complete Uae "Columbia Kolster" Radios and Combinations. II. L. Stiff Furni ture Co. H-lio,l Rooks At the Atlas Book Store. Thomas Kroa. Band Mellowmoon -Kvery Wed. and Saturday. "Uxed IMaJto Bargain gale" Ends Saturday night. Buy now. II. L. Stiff Furniture Co. I lily's Blue Bag Wed. Evening on Slough road. Please return to Gray Belle. Reward. "t'ed Piano Bargain Hale" Knds Saturday night. Buy now. II. L. Stiff Furniture Co. jMit German Pol ire Pup- Notify Capt. Earl Williams, phone 1820. For Sale Farm light Plant And radio. Fred De Vries, Pra tum. NO. 291 We do first class repairing on Watches. Clocks and Jewelry. Stone Cutting. Mounting and Manufacturing. Bring your work now during the dull season as we can do your work cheaper and. better.' L. PRESCOTT j Jeweler l III N. Commercial Salem, Ore. JVriott MTMoomit mnxnuUMM 17 H BEFOpOUSE Nothing Startling Found in " Grist of Legislative Hopper Food Bills covering everything from smelt to. liability In automobile accidents were introduced in the house Friday, and when the noon adjournment, was taken 17 new measures had been dumped into the hopper. None of the bills are especially outstanding,! however, although some of them may have potential ities as yet not discerned. The list of bills Introduced fol lows: H. B. 38 By Metsger Amending section 5299 Oregon Laws as protecting school dis tricts in their vested property rights by making it impossible for any combination of school district? to devest some other school dis trict of its standard high school. II. B. 329 By Roblson To dc fin 3 type of gear by which smelt may be caught in the waters of Oregon. H. B. 330 By Joint Multnomah delegation -providing for two ad ditional circuit Judges for the fourth Judicion district. E. B. 331 By Johnson of Ben ton, Norton, and Johnson of Un ion and Wallowa Authorliing secretary of state to supply each member of legislature with a copy of Oregon Laws and supplement: thereto. H. B. 332 By Swope .Making' it unlawful to remove pitch oi bark from any tree belonging to or on the land of another person. II. B. 333 By Settlemier Re pealing sections of the act com monly known as the "fish wheel bill." H. B. 334 By McCrady Pro hibiting the use of certain kinds of tackle and lure in fishing, for trout in lakes. H. B. 335 by Robison Defin ing the kinds and type of gear that may be used in taking fish from the waters of the Colum bia river. II. B. 33 6, by Howard and Tompkins Amending section 4 589, Oregon Laws, relating to road districts as to who may vote at such meetings. II. B. ,337, by Joint Multnomah delegation Fixing the fees to be chargedln district court. II. B. 338. by joint Multnomah delegation Providing for an ad dition district judge and salary increase. H. B. 339. by Henderson and Bronaugh -Providing method of fixing liability as the result oi automobile accidents. H. B. 3 40. by Collier. Anderson and Robison Establishing and enforcing minimum standards and methods of construction. H. B. 3 41. by Mr. Potter, re lating to preservation as public record of all nistruments -affecting real property executed by the state land board. H. B. 342. by Mr. Potter, to en able abutting owners on a road way dedicated in' a plat, which has not been opened or used for 15 years or more, to have the same vacated by the county court. II. B. 34S. by M. J. Johnson. To promote dairy industry of Ore gon by establishment of a cream grading system. II. B. 344, by Howard and Bur dick. For an act to create a game refuge in the Three Sisters district la Lane and Deschutes 'counties. Tae rowowmg new bills were Introduced In the senate Friday: S. B. 75. by Norblad Relating to witness fees in both civil and criminal cases. S. B. 76, by Billingsley Relat ing to the salaries of county offi cers of Malheur county. S. B. 77, by Fisher Relating to adoption of 10 year textbooks. S.B. 78, by Dunn Relating to the regulation of public dance halls. S. B. 79, by Reynolds To pro hibit stock from running at large in Marlon county. S. B. 80, by Moser To provide enumeration, instruction and cost of instruction of crippled children. Larceny Charges Facing Publisher Involve $41 Sum R. H. Martin, publisher of the Sal?m shopping new?, was arrest ed Friday and brought into Justice court to face a Larceny charge in volving $41. Martin's case was eon Untied wit hout any plea being en tered, after a short hearing before Justice of the Peace Small. He was released on $500 bond. The charge was made by A. E. Schir maa, and Is said to relate to the business of the Shopping News. It was indicated Friday that the Shopping News, which has oper ated in Salem for several years, has suspended publication. $4.95 Finest Torlc reading lenses fit ted to your eyes at the above figure. We also insure your glasses against breakage the only firm in Salem extending this splendid FREE Service-. Exam ination, too. TIIOM PSO.N I-UIATSCH OPTICA I CO. HO X. Commercial St. At tne-Sign of the Spex" John J. Rotue . 415 State St.-;!.-. Expert Shoe Fitter WALK-OVER . AND , CANTILEVER " FOOTWEAR West Salem News By LOU THOMPSON . Phone 417-W Miss Mable Porter who is a teacher at'Corbett, arrived Mon day evening. She was the guest of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Harry McDowell at the Capitol' tourist apartments on Edgewater street. Miss Porter left for Junction City Tuesday for an indefinite visit with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Porter. The school at Corbett is a consolidated dis trict. The pupils are taken to and from school In busses. Owing to weather condition the school 1b npw closed for an Indefinite per iod. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Theuer, and their son Arthur, and Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Fox were dinner guests re cently at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Kreuger of Rickreall. Mr. and Mrs. Will Martin and Mrs. G. C. Goodlow of Dallas were dinner guests Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Bevik on Edgewater street. Mrs. Sam V. Fuller Is 111 at her home on Cascade Drive. Up to the time of her illness, Mrs. Fuller was nursing at the Ambassador apart ments. She will return to her duties when she recovers. L BILL STILL LIS Glen R. Metsker. representa tive from Columbia county, has some, very determined ideas on legislation to nrotect school dis tricts "In their vested ri notwithstanding the fact that the house indefinitely postponed his House Bill 151 on this subject earlier In the week. That the Issue Is not yet dead, nor even dormant was demonstra ted Friday morning when it was discovered that the very first bill on the calendar re-opened the whole works. Mr. Metsker's new bill, almost like the other one, reads In title as follows: "That section 5299 Oregon laws as amended by chapter 72, General laws of Oregon, 1925, be amended, to protect school dis tricts in their vested property rights, by making it impossible, as under the present law, for any combination of school districts to divest some other school district of its standard high school and re move it to some other school dis trict." Prevention of "unionizing" high schools against the will of certain of the schools is said to be the ob ject of this measure. SeefrJJriiiormity In County Wages A uniform system of prbvlding amounts of pay for county offi cers is sought in H. J. R. 12, In troduced in the house Friday. At present pay and duties of county officers In many cases are regu lated by the county and a wide va riety, both in pay and duties is noted about the state. OBITUARY Matt he Augusta Marie Matthes, 17, died February 1 jit the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Mat thes, on Salem route nine. Besides the parents, a sister. Mrs. Mar garet Mears of California, sur vives. Funerat services will bo held Sunday at 2:30 p. m. at the Clough-Huston parlors, with in terment to follow at Hayesville. August Erickson. 79. died Fri day kt the Methodist Old People's home. He was the father of Mrs. Lloyd Stiffler, Ernest EJ. Erick son and Robert A. Erickson, all of Salem, and four grandchildren. Funeral services Monday "at 10:30 a. m. at the Rigdon mortuary, with interment in Cityview cem etery.. CloughhI Huston Co. fistxnctxvt material i: Servtcc 7t MT. CREST AfcBEY MAUSOLEUM Vault Entombment LLOYD T. RIGDON. Mngr. S1CT Apartment House For Rent Centrally located; consists of seven apartments, par tially furnished. Reasonable rent, long lease. See H. O. WHITE Phone 160, 261 State St. SPECIAL Clearance Prices on r Electric Fixtures r.?arItott- Glcctirlc Gbop Market Building, 'Marion The Epworth League have their play "Safety First almost ready for presentation. They have a few final rehearsals and will present it Friday evening, February 8, at eight o'clock in the community' hall. The play is a comedy and will give a real evening full of fun to all who attend. Tickets are on sale by various members of the cast; and by some of the classes in the Sunday school. Get your tickets and come. The proceeds from this play wiil apply on the payment, for the church carpet which the League recently purchased. II. DEBATERS TO IET0.S.C.S OREGON STATE COLLEGE. Corvallis, Feb. 1. (Special) The Willamette university men's varsity debate squad will meet the Oregon State team in its first appearance of the season. Febru ary 14. in Corvallis. The event will be a dual debate on the ques tion of removing the plea of tem porary insanity as a defense for crime. : An Oregon State team debating the negative side of the Insanity question will tour the North Pa cific, taking part in three confer ence and one non-conference de bates. The non-conference de bate with Spokane university will be the first one on the schedule. The three conference debates will be with Washington State college. University of Idaho and Whitman college. Home debates will be with Bay lor university of Texas, University of Arizona. University of Wyom ing, University of Nevada, Uni versity of California at Los An geles and University of Montana. Missionary Field Worker to Visit Here Next Week Mrs. E. E. Luce, a national field secretary of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the Metho dist Episcopal church, will be a visitor in Salem the first part of next week. Mrs. Luce Is spending two weeks visiting in the Oregon conference of the Methodist church. Mrs. Luce will speak at the First Methodist church Wednes day afternoon. Thursday morn ing she will address the student body of Kimball School of Theol ogy, and Thursday night she will speak at the Jason Lee Memorial church. While in Salem, Mrs. Luce will visit the Methodist Old Peoples home, which Is owned Jointly by the Missionary society and the Oregon conference. Dr. Canse Leaves For Tacoma Meet i Dr. J. M. Canse, left Friday night for Tacoma, where be will attend the annual meeting of the Washington State Historical so ciety tonight. On Sunday morn ing he will preach in the Metho dist church at Snohomish, Wash., and in the evening be will pre sent his Illustrated lecture "Trails of Christian Settlement" at the First Methodist church at Everett, Wash. He will return to Salem next Tuesday. for nnroRii ATRm BOUT LOCAL OR EASTERN RAILROAD TRIPS PHONE 727 Oregon Dectric Ry.A Willamette Taller Uu Stop That Cough Quick! Famous Prescription Hat A Double Action The phenomenal success of a fa mous doctor's prescription called Thoxine ts due to its double action. It immediately soothes the irrita tion and goes direct to the internal cause not reached by patent medi cines and cough syrups. The very first swallow usually relieves even the most obstinate cough. Thoxine contains no chloroform, dope or other dangerous drugs. Safe and pleasant for the whole family. Also excellent for sore throat. Quick relief or your money back. 3 5c. 60c and $1.00. Sold by Perry's Drug Store. Adv. and Ccmmerical. ; tel. 512 T 1 BILLS OF House Eliminates Pro and Con Talk, Gets Down To Real Work Oratory and debate found little favor In the house Friday morn ing, and with words pro and con kept down to a minimum the rep resentatives managed to clear the slate In time to adjourn for the week at noon. Seventeen bills were Introduced in rapid fire or der, and a dozen more up for third reading were quickly disposed of during the two hour period. Only one bill took -up much time, that proposed by Henderson of Clack amas for forestatlon and refores tation, and when members saw that oratory might be stretched out, the bill was voted an order of business to be settled on Monday. Disposition of the various meas ures was as follows: H. B. 113. relating to tax 1 . indefinitely postponed. H. B. 134, amending statutes relating to fences, recommitted to committee. H. B. 13S, amending laws re lating to liens on crops, re-referred to committee. II. B. 226, prohibiting the is suance of bonds for any irriga tion or drainage district in excess of 50 per cent of appraised value, re-referred to committee. Bills passed by the house are as follows: H. B. 130, amending section 5171, relating to estimates for schools. H. B.. amending laws relating to compulsory attendance. H. B. 140, amending section 5783, relating to liens on crops. II. B. 221. amending laws nro - vlding for the qualifications of, voters or electors in Irrigation districts. H. B. 282. to amend laws relat ing to return of writ of attach ment in matters of garnishees by sheriff. S. B. 3, to amend laws relative to creation of highway improve - ment districts. S. B. 9, to amend laws relating to highway improvement districts and limiting the powers of tax - ation thereon. . S. B. 21, providing for the elec-' tion to submit the question to; the legal voters of the abolish ment of park boards and transfer ing with their powers to city governments. Time Held Right To Study State's System of Schools Schools of Oregon require apJ proximately 40 per cent of funds raised by taxation, declares house' PUESCURED Without oparttloa ar f tin. - Dlw MARSHALL St Oixi-M. Bl. nyuke I N DISPOSED y I Strtemcatm I I Order Forns llieaeti GommereialPrintirig i joint resolution 10, Introduced by Anderson, Carkin and Hamilton, and it is believed -by these gentle men that the time is ripe' to thoroughly investigate the whole system. . The resolution provides for a commission of five professional business men to be appointed by the speaker of the honse and the president of the senate, who will thoroughly Investigate every phase of public schools and educa tional institutions. They will then make a conmrehenslve renort at the next session of the legislature and upon this report, legislation and regulation can be based. Tozier Testifies To Changed Order In Road Program . The old order changeth. So says Albert Tozier. well known for his connection with and devotion to Champoeg Mem orial park. A letter from Tozier Is attached to a road petition filed with the county court here Friday- It asserts that If the road in question, extending three miles from Champoeg to the Cook Cor ner road, is made a market road, there will be no trouble about the vomers, as everybody concerned is willing to have his land used to whatever extent seems necessary. Adding a word of commendation for the county road building pro gram, Tozier declares: "The county court of Marion lias certainly improved matters sine1 the day when Ed Dupoies advertised. 'Through by daylight Champoeg to Salem.' " Augusta Marie Matthes, 18, Dies Friday Morning Augusta Marie Matthes. 18- vpar - old daughter of E. A. Matthes of Salem route 9. died at her . home at 4 o'clock Friday morning. Funeral services will be held at the Clough-Huston parlors Sun day at 2:30 o'clock. Burial will be at Hayesville. j ! Miss Matthes was a student at j Farrish junior high school last , year. Besides her parents, she ! a survived by one siller, Mrs.i i Margaret Mears of California, and several aunts: Miss lla McMunn; ; of Quinaby, Mrs. Marie Mumper.) Mrs. George Matthes. Mrs. W. A. Matthes and Mrs. James Matthes of Kent. Oregon. We buy junk of all kinds. We want your old iron, rags, paper and every thing that you don't want. We call for it and pay you cash. Salem Junk Co. 820 X. Commercial St. Phone -402 SAFFROX A KLINE JET idP ' Ami.. JIMentwn Telepho ne 500 -..-; Miss Beryl Holt Of School Stati Is Operated Upon Miss Beryl Holt, head of the mathematics department In Salem high school, underwent, major' operation Friday in SL Vincent' hospital In Portland. Friday af ternoon he had recovered con- ieclouaneas and was reported to bo resting well. Members of her .family were with her. Knowing that " the operation would be necessary. Miss Holt had outlined her work far the second semester in Salem high school and had completed the requirements of the first term. - ( T; 1 August Erickson ; Services Monday Funeral services for August -Erickson, who died Friday at the Methodist Old People's home at the age of 79 years, will be held at the Rtgdon mortuary Monday morning at 10:30 o'clock, with In terment to follow in the Cityview cemetery. Mr. Erickson was tbl" father of Ernest E. Erickson. Mrs. Lloyd Stiffler aifd Robert Erlck. sou. all of Salem, and four grand children. Mr. Erickson had lived, in and near Salem for 20 years, spending some years on a small-' tract on route three. Just outside the south city limits. mmmm iA i SAYS Several Cheap need Fords and Chevrolet cars both open ami rloaeri models at bargain prices. 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