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1)1 - - . - AUTOMOTIVE SECTION OUTDOOR NEWS The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon. Sunday Morning, September 21, 1930 PAGE ELEVEN 5-1 WILL keep but n lEl i Dr. Skiff Plans Building 20 More Cottages at Breitenbush Dr. Mark Skiff plans the con struction of 20 more cabins At Breitenbush Spring? where he operate a resort. The past sea son he reports very heavy business.-" The road Into Breitenbush from Detroit has been greatly improved and he will keep his resort open all winter. Twelve cabins were built for tbis year's business and there were many times wfc the accommodations could not take care of the peo ple. Breitenbush is becoming not ed as a health and recreation center. Its mineral springs are reputed to have excellent medi cinal propberties. Its location in the heart of the mountains at the base of Mount Jefferson gives it a wonderful advantage tor recreation and rest. Marion, county took over the road last spring and with better roads the travel to Breitenbush is expected to continne through out the year. Previously the re sorts had to close during the winter months. BAR HERE PISES JUSTICE SELECTION At a meetin of the Marion county bar association held Sat urday noon, resolutions lauding the appointment of Judge l;ercy R. Kelly were adopted. The text of the resolutions is as follows: Whereas, There has been tend ered to Honorable Pery R. Kelly, Judge of the circuit court of the state of Oregon for the third judi cial district, by the governor of the state of Oregon, the appoint ment to fill the vacancy caused by the lamentable death of Hon orable Thomas Allan McBride as one of the justices of the supreme court of the Btate of Oregon; and. Whereas, Honorable Percy R. Kelly has filled the office of Cir cuit Judge of this district for al most 20 years faithfully and well and his anscenslon to the office of justice of the supreme court of the state of Oregon will be a great loss to our district; and, Whereas, we recognize the ap pointment of Honorable Percy R. Kelly to such office as highly de served and as a fitting reward to the great service he has rendered the state In public office and as a proper appraisal of his judicial ability: Now, Therefore, He it resolved, that the gover nor of the state of Oregon be and he is hereby commended for his action in tendering said appoint ment as one of the justices of the supreme court of this state to Honorable Percy R. Kell). . AT 0. S. C. iflOMS OREGON STATE COLLEGE, CorvalHs. Sept. 20. Plans are complete and programs Lssue for the opening of freshman week here Monday. September 22, when close to 1200 new students are expected to arrive for prelimin ary examinations and instruction designed to aid the rain achiev ing a successful college educa tion. Total applications for admission to the college had reached lo-6 by the middle of thus month, and of these 10D1 had teen definite ly accepted. This is an increase over the same date a year ago. ITore than 10 per cent of all ap plicants, or 156, have teen do lled admission, while applica tions of 289 are still pending further Investigation. The entering students will meet first at 1 'c1kJ.1Mon(1 annd from then until Friday will put in busy days learning the ways of college life, with each group of 20 students under the personal guidance of a faculty member. . . . The beginners will all take a psychological test, a comp ete physical examination, an Engllsn placement test, and those in engi neering will take a mattemat c test. Finally each will be photo graphed, a pleUre is mad part f each individual record. o L. ? Swegle I SWEGLE. Sept. 20 Fred Lanfenberg and family lure gone to Rosrturg for a Tisit and Mr. Langenberg intends to do some deer hunting. O. P. Bond and John Lau are running their prune drier to full capacity and expect to keep them going for Another tea days. Miss Emma Hoffman was borne from Portland over the weekend John Marshall, has had a se vere attaeir of lumbago but Is a little better today. . No Smoke no Fire but Smell! "I smell smoke!" a woman cried along about 8:30 o'clock Friday nightl So she telephoned "37" and tne fire department went dashing to 645 South Sum mer strejt. But all they found was the smell. "Where there's make there's flame" but not necessarily so. In case of a "smelL? WEEK OLD MUSKET o i . ;. j i - f ; iM fmmxmmm mmkt0& mi l i ' " "" JL-' muwJW mm - , fpf " IV m-iJ IZ-L. . . , -' . .w. A. peculiar quirk! of nature resulted from the placing of an old muzzle-loading musket ia the crotch of an oak tree by a pioneer in 1879 the tree grew around the gun until it was eventually imprisoned in a grasp of ten inches of hardwood. Pictures show the gun and tree as they wer originally discovered near Chehalis, Wash., and a 1930 Buick sedan sent out with a scout party to ascertain the true story of the gun and oak tree. By HALF Hello, folks. Thi4 has been a great week, what ! with fall opening Friday night, hunting season in full force, opening of school and a number of other things. There's been plenty do ing for everybody we encounter ed during the past few days, es pecially along "auto row." Automobile dealers awl ser vice men seem to center their attention on hosting since opening of the season. Many actually left their ; work for a week or so for the woods and most of the others? "wish they could go." Pity the latter! "It will be just too had if Grant Farris comes back without some venison for Us," declared Bill Watkins Saturday, speaking of his battery and electrical man who left a week ago. Farris is expected back Sunday and Bill hinted that Grant glands a chance of losing his job at Smith and Watkins service station if he hasn't anything to show for his week's jaunt. Hill McCJnry of Pan Hums parts fJx p (the store with the famous motto "Not firothers the Same Man") is one auto mobile man who Isn't going in for hunting when he starts n two weeks' vacation soon. He plans to take a trip to I-os- An geles and is exporting to lave next Sunday. Walt Winslow and Chief of Police Frank Minto, of firefight ing fame since last season when they were drafted by the forestry service while on; their annual hunting expedition, have added a couple of well known local UNIVERSITY SETS M FROM 1EIU! UNfVF-RSjTY OF OREGON, Eugene, Sept. 20. (Special) The record for the "biggest fresli-' man class," which Is made almost every succeeding year by the Uni versity of Orceon, will be estab lished again this i year, according to all Indications at tho present time, said Earl M.: Pallett. regist rar. Applications are coming In so much faster than last year, that when freshman week starts Sep tember 22, it is believed there will be more firstyear students on the campus than ever before. Included among the new stu dents who have bad their cre dentials passed on are a large number from Marion county. Among them are Gladys E. Backe, George L. Belt, ! Harlan Boals, Lawrence N. Brbwn, Edwin CJjoosing his wife but has had the Cross, David Eyre, Peggy Good- fellow, Homer Goulet, Margaret Heltzel, Claude: Hooks, . Byron Lillle, Marjorie Marcus, Roberta Mills, Kimball Page, Stanley Price, Blanche Reece, Mark T. Shoesmith, Yvonne Smith, Marg aret A. Wagner, Gertrude Wins low, Nonnaa K. Winslow, Marga ret Wilson, from Salem; Roger Com stock and Wlnnlfred Eastman from Silvertoa. ; These do not! Include the np perclass students who will be re turning from Marion county, who hare Uken a pfomineat part la the Uelvereity Of Oregon classes and activities. Moving Storing Crating Larmer Transfer Storage Telephone 3131 i We also handle "ADOPTED" BY STURDY OAK NELSON i men to their party this year. One of them is Charles! Vick of Vick Brothers otti South : Commercial street, and 'the other, Dr. Ed ward Lee ) Russell. They are hunting "somewhere in Douglas county" and are expected back today. j ; Grant Xiles of the Day d Niles service station ventured to help us breeze up this "colnm" by telling on his bookkeeper. . It seems she ar rived 15 minutes (early Satur day umruiaK, au unusual event according to Niles. Bat we promised not to use her name for fear of a broken neck or something: or other. Verle fJoiver, urease mau at the sta tion, will start a ten days' va cation tomorrow, ive learned. We drove the "company crate" into Frank Doollttle's master station Saturday morning looking for the boss. Just; drove in and parked not expecting to buy any thing, remember, nid when we came back to the car ' there was a girl in bine and; gold washing the windshield. We were too ba?hful to start ai conversation, and besides we were in a hurry so we cr.n i ten you ner name. I but we appreciated -the service, ' ounoriallv cin-n: not a DellllV Was spent during the slop. It ass Smith is another auto aaa wh fell : victim to tbe bunting rare dnrinq: the past week. It ;is reported he spent his time near Rosebnrg in Jtoairlag county. jHo may be bark home by this time as he was expected early Sunday morning. J Hollywood s HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 20 Mr. nd Mrs, J. j; Kleeman. Miss orence Kleeman and W. W. Kleeman of HollyWood complete ly surprised their son and broth er, E. A. Kleeman,' Saturday eve ning when they came in on him unaware ; showering him with birthday gifts J Ms. E. A. Klee man who was In On the surprise had a very dainty birthday dinner prepared ; which all enjoyed. Af ter dinner the evening was spent in games and a general good time was hadJ Parting came all too soon and the good byes were loathly said. Mr. and Mrs. Vicar Kron and daughter of Minnesota are visit ing with Mr. Kron 's sister, Mrs. J. J. Wagers of Hollywood. Mr. Kron was a resident of Holly wood several years ago. Since leaving this district Mr. Kron has not only; had the misfortune of good fortune of finding himself another. Mr. Kron expects to lo cate near Salem. J; Mr. and Mrs. Brow of Bridal Tale, Oregon has spent tbe week visiting with W.i M. Davis and family of Hollywood. Mrs. Brow is a sister ef Mr. Davis. The Brows expect! so return home Saturday i Make application for the $1.00 North American Accident Insur ance policy issued to Statesman subscribers. Toil will receive protection worth fr more than the cost Of the policy. Fuel Oil and Coal Independent Fouls law in Campaign Llewellyn A. Banks, ( independ ent candidate for the United States senate opposing Charles L McXary, incumbent, may be a scoff law ! At least, someone evidently representing Mr. Banks, whose home is at Med ford, was violat ing a Salem city ordinance Satur day. Literature advertising Mr. Banks' candidacy was found in the automobiles of local residents who left their cars parked down town, all of which is contrary to an ordinance which ha 3 been faith fully observed for the last three years with only two or three brief lapses. Prominent on tho Ranks litera ture appear tic wor,1a "restore constitutional righis." Whether tha rights insisted upon by Mr. Banks included that of cluttering up Salem automobiles with leaf lets, could not bo determined Sat urday. Liberty Woman On. Trip South For two Weeks LIBERTY. Sept. 20 Mrs. P. G. Judd lft Friday evening for a two weeks' visit at San Diego and Los Angeles, Calif. She is making the trip to visit her son Lynn, who has been ill for sev eral months at the naval hospi tal at San Diego. While In Los Angeles she will be the guest of her son Fred and Mr. Judd's brother. Frank Judd and family. Orville Headrick of Santa Rosa. Calif., is visiting at the home of his sister, Mrs. R. A. Erixson. Miss Dorothy Judd came home Saturday from Monmouth where she has been the past month with her aunt, Mrs. Tittle, pick ing evergreen blackberries. Miss Dorothy will be a senior at the Salem hi'sh this year. U W - IMC FROtrs. VALLEY MOTOH 1928 Chevrolet CQCAr Coupe Ps)3U 1928 Sport Coupe QOIO 18ILr $440 1926 Chrysler $90 ft Coupe ... . $UD3 1926 Tudor 1 7C Sedan pll 3 Roadster .... $350 ' WleyMotorCo Corner Center and Liberty Tel. 1995 N SEATTLE, Wash., A group of 349 mills reporting to the West Coast Lumbermen s association for the week ending September 13 operated at 46.25 per cent of capacity, as compared with 1 an average of 47.85 per cent of cap acity from January r to June 1. These 349 mills have reduced their output during the past 16 weeks by 716.672,000 feet, which represents over five full weeks of production tor the entire lum ber industry in the Douglas fir region of Oregon, Washington and British ColumtCa. Orders received by a group of 127 thnis, for which the associa tion has a weekly record of pro duction, orders and shipments, exceeded the output for the week ending September 13, by 2.22 per cent. Unfilled orders of these mills Increased about 7,000,000 feet. New business reported by these 227 identical mills for the eight weeks from the week end ing July 19 to September 13 shows that orders received dur ing that period exceeded produc tion by 5.70 per cent. Rail trade orders reported were higher than ir any week since June 21. In the 16 weeks from May 24 to September 13, Inventories de clined 8.90 per cent. The rela markets ia gradually being strengthened by the continued decline in inventories and the fa vorable ratio of orders to produc tion and by the Increasing vol ume of unfilled orders, according to the association. This report covers the seventh successive week In which orders have ex ceeded current production. -4t I Scotts Mills SCOTTS MILLS, Sept. 20 Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hogg attended the funeral of Mrs. J. T. Beckwith held in Jefferson Wednesday af ternoon. Mr. Hogg made his home with the Beckwith's when a boy. Mrs. C. D. Hartman, Mrs. George Helvey and G. W. Thom as attended the fair an Canby Thursday. Mrs. Almond- Rich and two children were in Silverton Wed nesday morning. Mrs. Louie j Schaechar has re turned home from Woodburn, where she was working in the cannery. Mrs. M. Callin, a member of The Statesman force visited Mrs. W. T. Hogg Thursday. Miss Blondina Wellman visited her mother, Mrs. William Well man, and other relatives and friends the first of the week. -o I O- Rickreall 1 RICKREALL. Sept. 19 Cath erine Lowery was taken to the doctor last week to have six stitches' taken In her hand and leg. She fell down stairs while carrying several fruit Jars and was cut by broken glass. Jack Goodell purchased a new car recently. It is reported "lie will be able to carry the mail beginning with next month. Pete Hansen started picking his prune crop Tuesday. His crop is about a fourth as much as it was last year. Jane Harland will teach this winter In the Garfield school in Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ross owners of the "Bar-b-q" left Wednes day. Mrs. McKee will run it from now on. School will start Tuesday, September 2 4. George Carrol will finish his hop picking Saturday night or Sunday. Hop picking has lasted a week longer than expected. lMH73 " V M W ft-- DnUERS QVJ EXCEED MIL ran Silver Creek Falls Trip Interesting Tour From City Road Improvement now tip Falls Area to More People by Making Trip Much Easier Silver Creek falls have long 1 been the favorite trip of Sunday motorists. Travel to the falls has been handicapped this year owing to the extensive construction work on both branches of the loop road. The road through Sil verton to the north falls has been especially bad, heavy grading be ing In progress. Now that rains have come the dust will not be so bad, and the trip can be made without muck real discomfort. People nave become accustomed to splendid paved or graveled roads so that when they run into dirt roads or roads under con struction they are apt to be fretful over the lad roads. They forget how bad conditions were tea years ago and how great the progress has been. In another season there will be splendid roads to both north and south falls of Silver Creek. These falls are about the most beautiful spot in Marion county and are visited annually by thousands of people. The grounds around the falls should be made Into a state park and facilities installed for the comfort of picnic parties that visit the area. At present the south falls area is privately own ed with a toll collected from vis itors. The north falls are open to the public without charge. The dry summer cut down the flow of water over the precipices, but a few weeks ago when a Statesman reporter visited the falls there was still plenty of water to make an Impressive sight as it leaped over the edge into the pool far below. Fall rains of course will increase the "flow, The best way is to make a loop trip of the journey to the alls One may go out the State street road, turning to the left at the first paved road south of Four Oarners, and then following the signs through the beautiful Wal do hills country, past Shaw and on past Union hill school and thence up" the ridge above Drift Creek to Silver Falls City and on to tne south rails which are nearby. The north falls are two miles farther on, the road eon nectlng being well improved. OurJjomst Prices in Z9 x 4dO Size LOW PRICE is fast on of the good reasons for the national swing to Trail Blazer Ttres..Ja addition to the savings on its verjr low cost Trail Bluer brings yoa PERFORMANCE In Mileage and Skid Proof Safety far better than yon get from any tires which cost much more. "VITAIIZBD KOIIir IS TODOBIRI Vitalised Kvbbcr is our robber treated witis "Antioxidant.- chemkal discovery jrtdch doolies Its life. "Anti-OxidJinr is now osed by a special process m nsoutdiaf all Ward's tine treads. TRAIL DLAZEE1 NSW LOrf PRICES 50 x Stf $4.29 51 X 4 $7.49 82 4 $7.75 29 x 5.25 $8.10 29 x 4.50. $5.30 28 X 4.75 ..$0.25 29 X 4.75 $OJUi 29 x 5.00 $fl.05 All Other sms sf 275 N. Liberty Under way Will Open The return may be made by continuing on the road on the north side of Silver Creek, through Hult, past Silverton Grange hall and down the high ridge to Silverton. If one has time a stop should be "made in the beautiful Coolidge-McClaine park in Silverton. The round trip is only about 60 miles, and it is one of the most interesting that may be made In Marion county, passing as it does through rich farming country. and on Info the foothill country with Its timber. When the road is completed the trip wHI become even more popular, it is to be hoped that the sites of the falls may soon be made into county or state park areas preserving the scenic values for all future time. I Spring Valley j o : o SPRING VALLEY. Sent. 2 0 Howard Teeple has returned to his home here after having spent several days In Portland visiting at the home of Mrs. Charles Felt. F. B. Windsor and son. Ver non, accompanied by R. J. Hack- ett, left here Thursday morning on a com Dined fishing and hunt ing trip through the Alsea coun try. Arlie Simkins and Elmer Ray are also on a hunting trip. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Davidson and daughters Cloydine and Janet were dinner guests Thurs- aay evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Wilkinson, where they enjoyed deer meat, the gift of Mrs. Davidson's brother, E. J. Simkins) who just returned from a successful hunting trip. Quite a number of people from this vicinity attended the Fred Versteeg auction sale at the Fred Kirkwood farm ..near Hopewell Wednesday. Miss Eula Smith visited the Spring Valley school Thursday. Vivian Stratton is hulling clov er in the Zena district this week. The warm weather during the past week has been ideal for clover hulling. A. Lenstrom and sons are working at their clover now also. Tires and Tabes at Propsrtloaaisly Law Prises Telephone 1435 O-I Dallas DALLAS. Sept. 20 Miss Margaret Leitch will make her home with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rlegs, of Salem, this winter while teaching in the Salem schools The family of Fred Gerllnger are planning to move in a short time to Redding. Calif., where he has purchased a foundry business. Their household goods will be moved by the Star Transfer Co The Delphian chapter will be gin its year's work September 22, the meeting to be held at the home of Mrs. V. C. Staats. The stndy thi3 year will be on art. Friends of Mrs. Wynn Johnson, who made her home in Dallas for a number of years will be Inter ested to learn that she is to be the house mother at one of the sororities in CorralUs this win ter. Mrs. J. J. Wick returned home the last of this week from Strip to her former home, Larvick, Nor way. She has been away since June. As part of the national style show of the furniture dealers, Maurice Dalton, of the Sterling Furniture company, has arranged a special display for September 2G tJ Oct. 4, and will have the store of)en those evenings. Liberty l -o LIBERTY. Sept. 20 Art Wil liams and family who have been living on the Lynch place are leaving the first of the week for Hood River to pick fruit, W. W. Kirk had traded his place for a chicken ranch at Scfo and are going to move their new home next week. Florence Berndt will go te Monmouth Sunday where she will attend the Oregon Normal school this winter. Visit From Santa Rosa Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Headrick of Santa Rosa, Calif., are the guests this week of their daugh ter, Mrs. R. A. Erlxson. ' Harlan Judd, who Is a deputy in the county clerk's office has returned from a week's vacation in the Alsea country. C. T. Valentine was in an auto accident on the- Crolsan Canyon road last Tuesday. Fortunately no one was injured. Mr. and Mrs. Al Brown and daughter Patricia returned home Friday from a ten day motor trip to California. They went as far south as Los Angeles. 19 Years! 1 1- QIVBIIOIDE HEAVY DUTY. t-PLY 29 x 4.40.. $7.83 80 x 4.50 $8S $1 z 0.25 ..$11.63 29 x 5.50 $1SSS 82 x 040 $1349 8S Z 6.00 $18.10 32 z 6.50 $14.70 53 x 6.75 $17.50 Salem, Oregon i I