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n OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon Yft&aes&tJ Morning; December 25, 1923
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Merry . Christmas!
We presume that among the
. many gifts the young hopefuls,
.rom the ages of three to IS or
thereabouts, received from Santa
Claus this morning, there were a
Jot of footballs, basketballs, base
balls, bats, gloTes, golf outfits,
tennis rackets, fishing tackle,
bows and arrows, rifles, shotguns
all manner of sport goods, in
other words.
HANDICAPS TO
BE ELIMINATED
If we had said anything on
thin subject at the time Christ
mas shopping; was going on, our
advice to parents would have
been, "Get good, standard goods
it pays." But we didn't, be
cause it is our endeavor to keep
advertising out of this column.
So many parents buy their
children canvas covered footballs,
waste-staffed baseballs that lose
their shape, toy tennis rackets
and then when these things last
through only a week or so of use,
blame the children for being so
destructive.
It's too late to do anything
about it this Christmas, but if
you made this mistake, just
watch what happens and re
member it next Christmas. Ad
vice given 364 days ahead of
time probably avoids being advertising.
Bat honestly, we hope that a
lot of boys ajd girls received gifts
of real, durable sports equip
ment, because there's nothing that
can give them normal boys and
girls greater enjoyment and
benefit.
"Trains Collide at Right
Angle," says headline in the C.
J. What, Mr. Headline Writer,
in the right angle for trains to
collide?
But to get back to the subject
of Christmas, we fear since the
big still at Stayton blew up last
week, that those boon companions
of Yuletide, Thomas and Jere
miah, will be sadly lacking In
many a home today.
We Where Harold Olinger
i doing his stuff for the Web
foot hoopers this season play
ing guard, but ranking right up
anion-; the point scorers. It's
poor year that Salem hasn't
someone to follow on the big
college quintets. Why shouldn't
it, with all the state champion
and near-champion teams Salem
high has turned out?
Excuse us, fans, if we are a lit
tle sbort this morning. We had to
go home early last night and help
decorated the tree.
lUOBfME
SAN PEDRO. Calif., Dec. 24
(AP) Frederick Moody. Jr., and
his bride, Helen Wills, arrived at
Los Angeles harbor late today,
where the forty-foot yawl, Gala
tea has awaited them since Sat
urday for their honeymoon cruise.
The couple, who were married at
Berkeley, Calif., yesterday, mo
tored here from Santa Barbara,
where they spent last night.
Arrival of the newlyweds at
the port apparently settled the
hitherto secret honeymoon plans
of the couple, indicating the truth
of reports that they would cruise
. at sea, far from the curious. They
disappeared shortly after their
brief wedding ceremony until lo
cated this afternoon at a Santa
Barbara h'otel. The Galatea, own
ed by Cyril Tobin, close friend of
the couple put into port Satur
day and was provisioned yesterday.
Eugene Delegation Visits in
Salem With View to Re
viving Old Lineup
NORTHWEST CONFERENCE DELEGATES AND COACHES
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The Willamette Valley baseball
league, which proved a success In
spite of certain serious handicaps
season before last, may be reviv
ed for the coming summer with
most of those handicaps elimin
ated, it was indicated here Tues
day following a visit in Salem on
the part of representatives of the
Eugene club.
The plan is to organize a more
compact league in point of dist
ances ' to be traveled, with Eu
gene and Oregon City probably
the farthest from each other. The
league may also include Salem,
Albany, Corvallis and one other
club, possibly Oswego.
Such an arrangement would do
away with long trips such as the
one to Bend which the teams had
to make twice or more in the
1928 season, and also the smaller
towns like Wendling and Cottage
Grove, whose teams did not draw
well in the larger towns.
Gaines Draw Despite
Serious Handicaps
Despite those handicaps, the
league proved a drawing card,
especially when clubs from any of
the four larger towns. Salem, Eu
gene, Albany and Bend were pit
ted against each other.
Leo "Frisco" Edwards, who has
managed the Salem Senators tor
the last three seasons, is inter
ested in the proposition, but will
insist that it be held strictly to a
semi-pro basis, with not more
than two salaried players permit
ted on any club.
The days of big guarantees for
all players are gone, killed by the
players themselves because their
demands grew to the point where
the public would "t support j yancouver Ramblers Nosed
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Faculty delegates, of the six members of the Northwest conference met at Portland for their annual
meeting following the most successful conference year since the organization was re-formed. Here they
are with the coaches:
Left to right, Dean Frank M. Erickson, Willamette University; C. T. Battin, general manager. Asso
ciated students. College of Puget Sound; Rolla Renne, student manager, Linfield college; Leo Franks,
coach. Pacific university; Professor C. A. Bobbins, College of Puget Sound, new conference president: E.
k W. Pirwitx, coach, College of Puget Sound; Professor W. R. Frerichs, Linfield; Henry Slelk, coach, Lin-
neia; I'roressor Paul Murphy, College of Idaho; Roy S. Keene, coach, Willamette; Professor W. R. Davis.
Whitman college, retiring president; Professor Harward, Pacific; R. V. Borleske, coach, Whitman; Anse
Cornell, coach, College of Idaho; and Lestle Sparks, graduate manager. Willamette.
MAN POSES AS
DANNY MURPHY
WEBFOOT FIVE
IN ANOTHER
Now the
point bas been reached at which
players, with the possible excep
tion of a battery, must be con
tent with their share of the net
gate receipts.
Championship Series
Proves Expensive
The Willamette Valley league
championship in 1928 was won by
the Bend club, after a playoff
with Salem, but it was an ex
pensive, victory. Involving the
Bend Eagles lodge, which spons
ored the team, in financial diffi
culties resulting in the arrest of
the club secretary, wh was also
business manager of the team, on
charges of embezzlement, of which
he was later cleared.
The Senators last season held
a franchise in the Oregon-Washington
league, which broke up
because of financial difficulties
of several of the clubs after the
schedule was about two-thirds
played. There has been some talk
of reviving this league for the
coming year, but the Senators,
who were able to finish the last
season, will not participate in the
reorganization, if any.
Out in Last Minutes
Of Fast Game
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec. 24.
(AP) Bill Reinhart's Univer
sity of Oregon basketball team
staged a brilliant last minute rally
to defeat the Vancouver Ramblers
39 to 36 here tonight. With five
minutes to play, the Ramblers led
34 to 26, but the Oregon fast
breaking offense came to life and
nosed out the opposing team.
Walt Henry, Rambler forward,
was high point man with 13,
while Vincent Dolp, forward, and
Jean Eberhart, center, led the
Webfoot attack with 11 and 10
points, respectively.
The lineup:
Oregon (39) FG
Redskins Seek '
Hoop Games as
Team Is Formed
GRAND RONDE. Dec. 24 The
grand Rhonde Indian basketball
team, which has had two success
ful seasons in the past, has been
reorganized for -the season now
opening. It is composed of for
mer high school players, all In
dian boys, and is the only inde
pendent Indian team in the state.
Any team desiring stiff compe
tition Is invited to write to A. J.
Hudson, manager, at Grand
Ronde.
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Dolp, F 5 1
Olinger. F 3 2
Eberhart, C 5 0
Calkins, G 0 1
Horner, G 0 0
Bell, G 2 0
Stevens, F 1 1
Totals 17 5
Vancouver (36)
Henry, F . 5 3
Haird, F 0 0
Hodges, C 3 0,
Luepke, G -. 4 1
Hruby, G 2 2
Kaiser, G 2 2
Scott, G 1 0
Totals 15 6
Referee, Ras Broks; umpire,
Ick DeCuman.
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Heavy Traffic
Is Reported by
Railway Lines
Heavy traffic has marked the
Christmas season ""on the railroad.
The Southern Pacific has handled
an extremely heavy business on
passenger trains. California trains
have been running in two sections.
Mail and express have filled many
cars, and nightly there has been
one solid train of mail and ex
press south of Portland. This will
be discontinued as soon as the
Christmas rush Is over.
According to A. A. Michel, gen
eral agent, trains have run very
close to schedule. Some have been
20 minutes or so late. The delay
has been caused by the long stops
required at stations for handling
mail and express.
Dry pavements favored motor
ists over Christmas eve. Thous
ands ol cars crowded tne mgn
ways but very few accidents were
reported. Christmas coming in
mid-week held many of the trips
to shorter length than marks a
double holiday of a week-end.
will present a musical program.
A full program of Christmas,
classical and popular numbers in
vocal solos, duets and orchestra
selections will be presented from
6:30 to 7:30 over KGW, KOMO
and KGO.
Handel's overture to the "Mes
siah" the great Christmas orator
io, will preface a mixed program
of music from 9 to 9:30 over
KGO.
Sympathetic Fans Gather
Big Fund and Plan to Get
Imposter Free
CHICAGO. Dec. 24 (AP)
An Associated Press story of the
arraignment yesterday of Danny
Murphy as a vagrant ip which
Muvhy was identified as the
former right fielder, of the Phil
adelphia American League base
ball club, was in error and the As
sociated Press is glad to retract
the erroneous reference and to
correct a mistaken identity.
The erstwhile idol of Connie
Mack's world champion athletics
of two decades ago is a respected
business man of Jersey City, N. J.,
and the down and outer who al
most won his freedom and a
Christmas dinner on his fabricat
ed story, wag held In a police cell
tonight as a vagrant and an Im
poster. Out of the West Madison street
flop house district they picked the
homeless hobo up yesterday, some
one in the Judge Samuel Heller's
court thQught he recognized the
man as Dannny Murphy of the old
Athletics team. That was the
name he bad given, and he quick
ly responded with a story of his
fall into vagrabondage since the
death of his wife. He won the
sympathy of the judge and court
room, a Christmas fund was start
ed and Judge Heller invited him
to return today in expectation of
a dismissal and a Christmas din
ner summons.
Meanwhile friends of the real
Danny Murphy of the Athletics
communicated with the judge and
Eddie Collins, Mack's coach, tele
graphed that Murphy is a pros
perous hardware dealer in Jersey
City.
The importer, back In a cell to
day, faces a dismal Christmas and
on Thursday will face an Irate
judge. On re-arraignment today
he revised bis story and said he
had played semi - professional
baseball at Lebanon, Pa.
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Jefferson Hoop
Fives Win Games
JEFFERSON. Dec. 24. The
boys and girls' basketball teams
of Aumsville high school met the
Jefferson high school teams on
their home floor. Both the home
teams were victorious, the boys
winning 25 to 9 and the girls 31
to 14. Robbins of Lebanon was
referee for both games.
McALESJER, Okla.. Dec. 24
(AP) An explosion occurred to
night in the Pierce Coal company
coal mine at Manning, Okla. All
but two of the 85 men employed
in the mine had quit the workings
for the night.
High Schools
Asked to Send
Drama Experts
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON,
Eugene. Dec. 3. Special) Sa
lem high school, and high schools
all over the state, are being In
vited to the fourth annual high
school drama tournament, to be
held at the University of Oregon,
April 3, 4, 5, according to Mrs
Ottilie Seybolt, director of dra
matics at the university, who i
In charge of the event.
The first ten high schools ap
plying for entrance will come to
the campus to compete with one
act plays of their own selection.
Real talent is brought out In the
tournament, which Is a great stim
ulus to the presenting o worth
while plays In the high schools
of Oregon, it is believed thoe
In charge. Jto play may take long
er than 35 minutes to present, and
the registration fee and the name
of the plry to be given must rea. )i
the tournament committee before
the 15th of February, j
Diphtheria Hits
Two in Family
Two persons in a family .of
eight which came to Salem re
cently from Ashland are ill with
diphtheria, the local health dem
onstration reports. The disease
was contracted in Ashland, and
the family has gone on to Mc
Minnville, its home.
Two . great daily newspapers.
The Oregon Statesman and The
Portland Telegram, 60 cents per
month.
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516 OVER RADIO
"Christmas carols" from KGO
starts the morning of Christmas
day with appropriate music, time
from 7 to 8.
A three-act matinee "Prunella,
or Love In a Garden wjU be pre
sented from 1 tOji""m. over
KGV?, KOMO and2j
From4:30 to 5 Vrer the NBC
network ft 90 piece symphony eon
ducted by Cesare Sodero, with 50
instrumentalists and 40 vocalists.
in VICTIM
Jeanette Salstrom, four-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alec
Salsyom, 555 North 15th street,
died of diphtheria Tuesday morn
ing after an illness of two weeks.
She was the first victim of that
disease in Marion county since
June 30, 1927.
Since January 1. 1926, there
have been five deaths from this
disaese, the Marion County Child
Health demonstration reports,
whereas there were 17 in 1923, 18
In 1924 and 20 in 1925.
The little Salstrom girl had not
been immunized, it was reported.
Her mother is also ill with diph
theria, but the father, and four
other -children have not been ill.
The brothers and sisters, surviv
ing are Philip, Edward, Thyra and
Clara.
Private funeral services will be
held Thursday afternoon at 3:00
o'clock, with interment in St.
Barbara's cemetery.
Amalgamated
Milling
Corporation
(An Oregon Corporation)
Capital Stock $500,000
par value $1
X on- Assessable
- 100,00, Shares Available
for Subscription
Uoney from this Stock
sold is to be used to com
plete the road and purchase
machinery.
No salaries are to paid to
officers until mine Is on a
paying business.
For Full Information
Address
The Amalgamated
Mining: Corporation
817 Postal Bldg.
Portland, Oregon
Or R. H. Tyson,
Woodburn, Oregon
T We Wish to Extend
to j-ou the greetings of this Yuletide sea- I
son, and thank you for your patronage
r during the past year. J
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And all the Bells on Earth
Shall Ring on Christmas
Day in the Morning
THE good will of the Christmas
season reminds us of your
good will throughout the year for
which we give our heartfelt
thanks. May happiness, prosperity
and great success attend you.
Ladd & Bush
Bankers
In Salem since 1849
We Wish You
All A
MERRY CHRISTMAS"
Salem Hardware Co.
120 W. Commercial St.
9
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"I don't pay no income tax
for five years now, do you
pay yours?"
"I have to! You see I'm
the local Tax Collector."
JUST now we have in stock for your choice
many kinds and models of good used cars and
we mean good cars not the usual second-hand
cars.
Our cars represent the utmost in service and
mileage.
Our prices are very low, considering value.
A few to select from
1925 Hudson Sedan
1924 Willys Knight Se
dan 1929 Whippet Six Sedan
1928 Pontiac Sedan
1928 Otdsmobile 2-door
Sedan
1928 Essex Sedan
1928 Essex Coppe
1928 Nash Special Six
Cabriolet
1928 Chandler Sport .
Coupe
1928 Oldsmobile Coupe
1928 Chevrolet Coupe
1925 Standard Buick
Sedan
Capital Motors Co., Inc.
350 North High Street
The mistletoe hung in the castle
hall! The holly branch shone on
the old oak wall.
Thomas Bayly.
And we wish you a Merrier
Christmas than ever before!
Hudkins & Sanford
Over Miller's Store
Wishing you one and all
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
and a
HAPPY NEW YEAR
SALEM BARGAIN HOUSE
SALEM JUNK COMPANY
' ' Saffron & Kline
S20 N. COMMERCIAL ST.
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We Wish
All Our Friends
and Patrons a
V ery Merry Christmas
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