PAGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Friday Morning, December LZ. 1930 2 Packed in Audiences Help Charity Cause; McNam- ara Takes House Every goal who spent bis money- for the good of the Elks Christmas f and by baying a ticket to Mm Minstrel ihow pat oa by th Elka lodx at BHch'i Capitol theatre Thursday night came oat Ahead. The show wai a howling .-eacceas. Howllnr is the right weed for the audience recked with laughter through most of the Acts. - No one who saw "Tiny" Mc Namara lead his hobo hand will forget the figure- he cut- Let It be added that the act was a truly original one. Comedy in music fs not ordinary. Bnt laughs came furiously as one performer after Another took up the melody and twisted it iato his own particular whim, yet at all tlmea kept har . mony and rhythm In the numbers played. The end men were really amus ing the chorus was good, "The . Perkins Family" went oyer much better than far more pretentious actsr and the orchestra gave excel lent support. . -v The public wag there with ex cellent support, too. The theatre was completely filled twice. Be- v - . . a ...a trik I street corner. Erery cent of the proceeds goes to the Christmas fund which will take a little of the ache of poverty out of thn lives of manr a worthy family. The Christmas cheer is not charity it Is a helping hand . . . j tar iiiuaty wiiU3o iuck ciinocea sud denly and left" them in a place to receive when last year perhaps they were among those who could give. The complete personnel of the minstrel show was: Fnd men: Dr. S. T. Seatt. Chat Know, lacd. Evaratt Park. Fraak inn. Geo. Clinton, Jms Savaga. Iatorlocotar, Ly m McDonald. Ckerma: John Caarriaftoa, Jimmi. Clark. Prank -Caia. . H. Lactt, Clifton Madd. Aagvst. Carl. A. E. Hnua, A. A. Ga.ffroy, Geo. L. Cooper. Floyd Me Cana. K. C. Mage. Don Jfadiaon. Robert Ho tea eoa. Robert Field, R. D. Barton. Tylfta la( ortGy. "The Per'kina Familj" directed by Henry Da Tie Leiniaxrr. The "Maaieal Kallicaa" directed by V. F. MeXanara and whoae participant! were Tiny Mc Namara. Frank Cain, Dr. 8. F. Scott. Cliaa. KaewUad. Tyler Morley. Walt Tbampaea. Frank Zian. Geo. Clinton. Jeaa Savage. Ewiair MeCroaky. - Robert Hatch- i eon. and the Elks elua oreheatra, W. H. Mill dircc't nr. vaoaa peraoanel is Chat. J Knrth. I.. Miehelson, Adolah Boaberk. R. F. DeSart. Ralph .Bnrronfka, Chaa. l'abat. Oaear StaeUaauMr. John Steel hammer. A. N. Doerfler. Roy Peaae. Half W. Soathwick. V. P. Me Nam ara. Bird tlxpert to Y. M. at Salem Birds" will be the object of the address by W. A. Elliott, eoclety. at S o'clock at the regu lar T. M. C. A. Friday night pro gram this week. Colored lantern elides will accompany the lec ture. Mr. Elliott will apeak In par ticular oa the birds who find their homes ill Oregon during the winter and the measures that should be : taken by authorities awd residents, tor 'the protection of these creatures.- According to those 'who have heard the speak er, he Is a rood speaker and knows his subject thoroughly. Preceding the address will be a number of tenor solos, commen cing at 7 :Z9 o'clock. These will be presented by Wendell Robin son with Lois Plumber at thepl . ano. The Call Board By OLIVE M. DOAK THE HOLLYWOOD Today 'The Silent Enemy," an epic of Indian life. THE GRAND ' Today .Richard Arlen In "The Border Legion.- Today Ronald Colmaa In -Raines". At night Elks Christmas Minstrel show.- THE ELBDrOKH Today Douglas Fair- banks Jr., and Anita Page in "Little Accident". - Fortunate Indeed is that por tion of Der Publlk" which will see either "Little Accident" at the EUiaore or "Raffles" at Bligh's Capitol, and much more fortunate those who get to see both of them. 4 Ronald Colmaa Is the master of screes actors with- the possible exception of George Arllss, who perhaps has come to be classed as a screen actor. Smooth, Intelligent,- with understanding sym pathy for his part, in "Raffles," Colman plays through the role of a gentleman crook who wishes to reform for the love of a woman, Kay Francis, and whose tempta tion for theft Is greater than he can alone withstand. David Torrence makes a won derful sciet of Scotland Yard, who is placed in charge of searching down a thief in the home of wealthy Lord Melrose, a part beautifully played by Frederick Kerr, and Mrs. Melrose, Just as interestingly played' by Alison Skipworth. John Rogers, as the stupid co hort of Colman, is also very ex cellently cast and does superior acting. In tact, the whole sup porting cast Is very superior in; the work done and thus the work of Colman is made even more splendid in comparison with good acting. In my opinion Kay Fran cis does the least commendable work of the whole cast, "Little Accident" at the Elsln- ore. Is completely opposite In plot from "Raffles." It Is highly amus ing and carries a new Idea for humor. Most of the plot centers about Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., who learns on the eve of his wedding that he has become a father, and the mother of the child is not the girl whom he is supposed to marry. Much of the action is In the "Ellen Harris maternity hospital and here in very, very funny dia logue one learns much, as three men wait for answers concerning newly arriving' families. Slim Summervllle, Henry Armetta and Fairbanks are the amusing ones here; later in scenes in Fairbanks apartment, which has been turn ed Into a nursery After a most amusing kidnaping episode has been enacted," Zasa Pitts brings down her share of shrlefs of laughter. All in all, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. does the beet acting of his history, la my opinion. In fact, he does the first really good acting I have ever seen the young man do. Heretofore . he seemed to be coasting -on the family reputation. In "Little Accident he does some work on his own account. Love Notes of Other Woman in Divorce Action In divorce suit tiled yesterday by Ann M. Conner against Arch E. Conner, plaintiff alleges that defendant has been receiving en dearing letters from other women; that shortly after appearance of first of these his attitude toward her cooled; that he often flew Into a rage over trivial matters and "beat up" her tlve-year-old daugh ter of another marriage; that she found him on - many occasions driving about the streets of Salem with other women; and that he refused to. provide care tor her when she was ill. She says he Is permanently em played at S200 a month and asks $25 a month for support money and attorney's tees. They were married In January. im. ; ' . Dressed MM Free C 0. D. Delivery Rich in Protein and v Economical The ideal meat SHAEFER'S RABBIT SHOP 'lOO 8. Com? Tel. 2812J U Open every week day except Monday : The Iowa house of representa tives win be equipped with an electrical voting; device at Its next session. TIMTaa'li'3 "FwEach HerOwnt GORDON PETITE CORDON PRINCESS GORDON REGAL! . CORDON 'siilND!DE SHIPLEY'S QUALITY VEERCHANDISX - POPULAR PRICES . S2QQ.O0Q APPROVED fob fii satmi ! (Contfoaed from pat 1 formally that they : prefer the North Santlam ronte as the most direct and best graded highway into eastern Oregon, ; " 1 ' ' Contracts It For S218J00O Road Work PORTLAND. Ore.. Dee. 11 (AP) The state highway eom mission a.t its meeting here to day reeivad bids (or construc tion work on 72 miles of highway within the tUto. Many of the projects on which bids were received, however, were held In abeyance. Contracts let totalled $218, 15. The commission authorized Clackamas county to purchase right of way on the -east side Pa cific highway, connecting Port land and Oregon City. A Clack amas county- delegation told the commission early purchase was urgent because options on prop erty desired would expire soon. The delegation urged' that work be started soon so that It could be synchronized with government dredging In the Clackamas river. Material dredged from the river, it was pointed out, could be used for fills. Harney and Malheur county of ficials urged the commission to let contracts for the IS uncom pleted miles of the central Ore gon highway into Juntra. They were promised early action. The following bids were awarded: Coos county Lakeside-North Bend section of the Roosevelt highway, 13. C miles of surfacing. saxton & Looney, Uorvalils, $122,195. Deschutes county Hampton Lake county line section of the Central Oregon highway, 11.7 miles of surfacing, John & Har kins. Walla Walla $5610. Linn county Bryant Hill- Trout creek section of the San- tiam highway, three mllea grad ing. Meyers it Goulter, Seattle. $86,116. Coos eountv Constrnctlnn of frame addition to the highway shop building at Coqullle. J. L. Hansen, Marshfleld, $1735. Heod River countv Construc tion of frame storage building at Cascade Locks. ,0. N. Pierce, Portland $3510. Bethelites Lose I To Monmouthites McCOY, Dec. 11. A doable header basketball game was play ed Tuesday night on the gym floor of Bethel high school with that team and Monmouth high school. The girls' game, which was offi cial, ran a score of 32 to 24 in favor of Monmouth. The boys game, which was a practice game, was also won by Monmouth. HOPS SELL AT 16c ' With report of sale of 202 bales of hops by James Collins of Independence to -Ray at 16 cents, and changing hand of some other small lots,. It la indi cated the market may have Bat tled at somewhere around A It cent point. It is expected there will be other sales before the week is up at about that price. P0HWG0Di Home of 25c Talkie TODAY and SATURDAY Special Mickey Moose Mat inee Sat. 1:30 P. M. SECOND EPISODE OX 1 mm: ft Also See the TJirlUtna; Tmth! Wild Beasts! Wild People Fighting for Love, life! "A magnificent na tural climax. the stampede of the rari- k bon." The Ereninr Post. "Actually made A pst in a nea rv avt nam eviiif ef w aH wl SlTM e "TOE 11 Ml LW (2 Qtmxmount Qtctme Also Talking Comedy Mickey Mouse Comedy and News, - Mickey Mouse NOTES Com early and get the Mickey Mouse club's present which win be given to every member It yoa ere not a member join bow. But come early, aad it sure is A real surprise. M M C The prise given at Williams last week was won by Evelyn Meyers. Bring your card every week for yon may be the next lucky one. M U C Hers ! a Kicker Uoom 711 handed in by Dolores Parker, one of our members. I know you'll all agree, with me that it deserves a great deal of merit. Wow Wow Wow Mickey Monae And How Joy Joy Joy Mickey Mouse Oh Boy. M MO Let's have more of these com posed. M M C We hare two new members on the honor roll. Bertha Klorfeinl and George Merton. M M C Ton bet, they were sure swell. Top, you were right. They were aU from Mrs. LUlburn'A "Musical Kindergarten." Their names are Mary East, Miriam Becke, Adele ' Hayes, and Geraldlne Smoher. We , hope to have much more enter-, tainment front Mrs. Lillbura'a school. M M C From our own. dab wo were entertained by Leone Goff and Hattle Shrauger. They were also rery good. Don't forget that when you at tend club meetings at The Elsl nore, do not make . any extra noises a Chief Mclntyre has In structed all ushers 'to take a way Mickey Mouse cards from all members making the unnecessary noises. . M M O .More Acts from our own mem bers. M M O Thin week the program will be one that you all will enjoy. The feature is Eddie Quilan in -Big Money, Fanchon and Marco's Way Back When," idea Krasy Kat in "Apatehy Kid" sounds good And chapter nine of "The Airman. M M O At the Klaiaora Saturday- at lt:tO. Little Child is Near-Victim of Auto Collision Tragedy was narrowly averted Thursday morning when K. B. Kegel of the Salem TtavsI Agency, turning his car sharply tox- avoid hitting Another ma chine, struck a little - girl who was walking alone the highway, according to accident report filed yesterday with the sheriff by E. L. Ferguson of Woodburn. Fergus -n says he was driving east from Woodburn and failed to stop at a highway atop sign, driving onto the road as Kugel, going north, came Along Kugel, to Avoid hitting Ferguson, ran off the highway and hit the child. A doctor's examination revealed that the child was not hurt, according to Ferguson's report. Buy mslnore-Capltol Christmas Scrip ana save . sis J X- a J avaYAaaUnaa SY "f I A k Vff V WaaWaW . . W Today and Saturday . Handsomet suave, fascination, be was peril to dowagers and diamonds bat when he fell in love he fell out with larceny and ibis daggers began . , , Exquisite Humor, Saepenscful Dilemmas. Exdttas; Encoemters. Smartest of Climaxes. ww.rayiri2nr:ar Ronald Colman as the gentleman gen- . ins of crime. Screendom's great adven turer in his most romantic role : " PUno I3E,OIMS)IIiE Last Times Today . dponsortd Ivy DAUGHTERS UNION HE CIVIL r r - ax dSS: i - C72Asa puts 1 : 1 i SATURDAY SUNDAY 1 FANCHON & MARCO'S IDEA THREE BENNET BROTHERS EMPERORS OF HARMONY MADELEINE DU VAL CARLA TORNEY DANCERS On The Screen DRAMA, LOVE,- 7 life, laughs, walk hand-In-hand In- eyery, scene of this engrossine; pie turer the finest of the year. PATHEta FEATURE Cattle Have Bad Time in East of State Conditions of the sheep end cattle raisers la the Jordan Valley district, Malheur county, eastern Oregon, are the worst he has ever seen in the 23 yearn he has lived there, John A. ourer, .hay and sheep man of that section declar ed yesterday while In Salem on business connected with applica tion lot water rights. Ifr. Oliver says when he left taat country two waeka gt. tho weather was the coldest that sec tion hit experienced la IS years and that, range conditions are worse than he has ever known. There simply isn't any feed, eith er green., or hay. Thousands of head of sheep hare been driven on tli itaaort Mil thr far win ter, in hopes that a fair percent age or. ioa wiu nuxriTO u ma weather Is not too severe.. Oliver himself operates a ranch About 190 miles from the nearest railroad. npsn LECioM YOU ARE READING THIS LITTLE AD Because the Dollar Sign caught your eye. By the same token the purchase of "Scrip", the Ideal Gift for Christmas, will catch yoor eye, and will save your money. $2.50 Books S2J25 $5.00 Books $4.50 $10.00 Books $9.00 Ask at Box Office BLIGH'S CAPITOL THE KLSINORE ! CALIFORNIA FOR THE HOLIDAYS C 1 1 .Mrn I The M &m ascadetF...:rei and other aaT A m Asl a M af save you rime, real comfort i A rare Christmas gift for your self and family a trip to Cali fornia! Let k be a Southern Pacific crip the fast, dependable, comfortable way. Let it be the "Osac" if you want the rciy finest. 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