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A section of The Oregon Statesman featuring Merchandise Savings Salem, Oregon, Thursday Homing,, March 12, 19Z1 Watch for this Section! each Friday, USD LEADER a I. C. C GLEE CLUB So Rspcrts William P. Elis On Return From Trip For Fruit Growers . Clds Altchlson, who begin his jiubUe serrlce as a mt commis sioner In Salem, distinguished himself in the closing hours of congress by leading the interstate commerce commission gleo club in number of songs ; before the house of representatives, reported "William P. Ellis " "who . returned ' yesterday ; from "Washington, D. C. ' Ellis represented i the state publle sefTtce commissioner : and aa association of Oregon fruit growers ; in .. the northwest fruit rates cases, hearings, on which were held March 4 and 5. "Altchlson Is a fine musician and a good , leader and his men were well tralned,"commented El lis. "We found the commission yery attentive to our arguments and the Importance of the fruit rate eases was Indicated, by the fact that the commission sat en bane to hear the testimony and the argument; v "Our : request was for -; lower rates as soon as possible, notably on apples and pears. We pointed out that the fruit industry was severely affected by continued high rates and that some relief was well nigh imperative. Kills came home by way of Chi cago which was a cold city last Sunday when he was there. : Snow was heavy in the streets and traf fic was sluggish. As a whole, El lis noticed less evidences of win ter than usua at this time of year. Through th middle west . the ground was clear of snow In many places. ! " - Ronald Badger Wins State Honor GRAND ISLAND. March 11 Ronald Badger, a student In the Amity high school entered the -Willamette valley sectional voca tional agricultural contest held at.Corvallls Saturday. His work was In the soldering division. - Donald was much elated upon hia return home ' that ' evening, due to the fact that he had won a prise in the soldering contest which consisted of two new sold ering Irons. Ronald proved to be the -only Amity representative so fortunate. . r DANCE IS POPUliAR WALDO HILLS, March 11 One of the outstanding affairs of STILL GRINS o- : r r p . ; : - t. X , f I i ' ,' . - " fim Thorpe (above), acclaimed the greatest football player of all time and once the holder of the title ef world's best all-round ath lete who raised the flag of his na tive land to the tap of the Olvp pic mast, is working in Lee An geles as a laborer with pick and shovel for 4 a day,, but he can tiH gxfn. But Big Jim la deter mined to heat back. I day night at the club house. From the time the music began at 9 o'clock until Home Sweet Home was 'played at midnight, the floor was filled with , people. It la estimated that close to 200 attended. Music was furnished by club members assisted by Dr. A. D. Woodmanse, of Salem, Rudd Bentson, Art Canoy and "Curly" Leach of Silverton. Great credit is due Frank Egan as general manager and Fred Knight who had charge of the floor. Proceeds from the dance amounted to $19.- 50. ; , Heise Elected State College Ad Club Chief Wesley Heise of Salem, soph omore In commerce," was elected president of the Oregon State Col lege Ad club for the coming year at a meeting of the club held list week." i One of the most Important functions' of the club 14 the an nual banquet held on the campus In February each year. - wesiey Heise is a member the : Sigma Alpha Epsilon social fraternity. the, Waldo Hills community club f year was the dance held Satar- The weather service of the West Indies is maintained by 000 stations..; - i - ELIZABETH LOSSine fiT rav Mrs. Elizabeth " Lossing ; of Berkeley. Cel.. one of the Instruc tors at the police school here. this week, talked to the Rotarians about "IJttla ' Boys" yesterday. Her talk was largely a "case" talk, citing case after case of boys who had come before her for dis cipline, guidance and - correction, and the, methods employed to save the boys to society. Control and re-direction of their i activi ties, improvement of their envir onment are the aims of her organ ization. ; Punishment? she a aid, shoud be prompt ; and fair and not undertaken in anger. Dr. Edgar Fortner, flve-mlnute auto-biographer, related how he switched from a1' Texas farm to college and Harvard medical school and the practice of hia pro fession as physician and surgeon. 345 State BREAD Unwrapped 1 lb. each 5c 6c Wrapped Fresh from the oven The best bread in . the city Saturday Specials Lemon Pies Reg. 30e Special . 23c Hot Cross Buns 1 j D.Z. 20c Doz. Assorted Cookies 10c Boston Cream Cake 23c Very Special Fruit and Nut Filled Coffee Cakes 20c GRO CERT Telephones 48 A 49 We arc opes till 9:00 o'clock Saturday Nights 153 N. Com'l St. Oregon Full Cream Cheese evi Pounds 39c Oregon Semolina . Macaroni Made from the Finest , Hard Wheat Flour 3 Lbs. . . . 25c M. J. B. Jr. Coffee Xbs. 93c Swift's Pride Washing Powder L$ Large Pkgs. .. 45c : ' Gold Dost ' Washing Powder Large Pkg. i.23c The Waldorf Toilet Tissue ::K U Large Rolls 39c 12 Rolls 69c Oregon Burbank Potatoes Smooth medium size 100 l. 95c Vegetables Fancy Cauliflower Carrots, Beets, Parsnips, Crisp Celery, J3olid Lettuce, Mustard and Spinach Greens, Sweet Potatoes, Green Peppers, Radishes, New Peas, Artichokes, Fancy Baking Potatoes 1 ' Sweet; ' Oranges ; 15c 29c 59c Per Dozen ' Florida Grapefruit 4 "L '. L 25 c j Rome Beauty ' Apples ' Fine large sizes P.r;Box Sl.OO lobby's Florida GRAPEFRUIT Cans J 65d ! Del Monte Early j Garden Peas The Finest Peas grown 3 Cans . .... 65C Del Monte Whole Kernel ! Corn Tastes jost like fresh corn Cans .. 69c Rcx-Not Margarine Pounds . 35c Fancy Red ChUi " Beans VI Pounds 25c PursCane Sugar 10 i t. .49c S. & W. Rip Olives Pint size Cans ... 69c rai I -i sSS7i Q, YOURSELF win tnofiOfmift Id COFFEE 1-lb. can . ...........35c 2-Ib. can ....69c EH JOY DEEPER V - This Section Ea99(5)E distribution of this section with complete 'coverage of Salem and Salem R. F. D'a, MOVE TO NEW FAIW KINGS V ALLEY, March 11 Dick Siddall and -wife hare mov ed to their farm recently purchas ed front Jack Oleman. Mr. Siddall has just added 10 young peach trees to his already hearlnr ap ple and prune orchard; and has old all of his saw timber to Mr. Hunt who la logging- It aa fast aa weather eonditiona wiU permit. The logged off land and pas tures will be seeded and Jbeei stoek raised. . STAMfl SELLS STATE TO DIOWi C. D. Oartis, superintendent of schools -at .Pembina North .Dako ta, la gTeatly Interested In Salem and ta thinking seriously of locat ing here h wrKea The Statesman this week, asking tor more copies of the paper. "I recently Teceired a copy of the New Tear's edition of The Statesman;! 1 hare read It thor oughly and enjoyed the reading,? writes Curtis. - I - am thinking seriously of making my future home In er near Salem. I am thinklngr of bringing my family out about June 1 to Tlew. first hand the beauties of Oregon of which I bar heard and read' so much.? . ; . . Curtis adds that he has been a reader of The Statesman prior to this spring, with the Idea of lo cating in Oregon. - CHICKEN HOLDS SWAT : , KINGS VALLEY, March 11 A siege of chickenpbz has held the pedee schools In its grip for the last few weeks. It la reported that sis pupils with symptoms of the disease were sent home from the grades In one day. The dis ease la now on the wane. NORTH HOWELL, March lit. R. H. Drake, who spent the past winter with his parents in Kokomo, Ind., receired word last week that his father had passed away, on Febmarr 18. ni burled Mareh 2. I .? , PERFECT II OF HEARTS IS P1MD WASHINGTON. March 11. (AP) The dream of erery bridge played has come true for Mrs. Joseph P. Ralph. - , She picked up her hand 'last night and found 11 hearts. "I thought there must be-: a Joker somewhere," she said today. "For a main eat X hesitated. : I'd heard of people making all sorts of ' mistakes with perfect hands and I wasn't taking any chances. ."After a moment I bid seTen hearts and, of course, took all the tricks." . . She has been playing bridge SO years. ,.-- Town oi Eight Voters Elects ! One Democrat ? " ', nART'S LOCATION, N. H., March 11, (AP)-tln the heaviest Tote cast here In 10 years, the residents of this town have elect ed a; democrat to a town of rice. Series of recounts j of the eight ballots cast showed that there was no mistake -i- that James Monehaa. an admitted democrat, bad been elected road agent. : The other fire offices were fill ed by republicans, ; The increase In Toting popula tion from six to eight was ac counted for br the arriTal of two new residents since the last town meeting. u . i j ;! .. :. 1: IHIIS- I met a friend on the street the other day. He looted right straight at me with kind of a worried look m his eyes, and said, Bill, who writes the ad for BusiclcV stores? J told him who the guilty party wals. Just As I Thought, He Said, and walked right on without saying another word. I Stood There arid Stared Einda Dumb-Like - i for a minute 6r so, then started on down the street won dering what the Sam Hill waslwrong with him, acting like that. ? ' . I ': Then, According: to a Lady 1 met, 1 Was talkine out loud to mvselr. 1 hat s bad, too, vou know ttalkme to one s selr. 1 mean), t rlere s what she said I was saying to myself: "I don't care what anyone says, I am going to stay right with that policy; He said it was the right way and he proved it too L f ' i ' tJ - 1 1; - : ';. .Say, eSaWi .What's that you were saying to yourself? Who's right? ! Who proved it? What are you going to stay with?, '(Of course now you know it was a woman because she asked all those questions without waiting for an answer.) I Told Her I Was Just Thinking about what Russell Sage once said. What did he say? she asked. Well, I said, he said if you want to succeed fn business and make money, always let the f other fell ow make a little at the same time. In other words, don't try to make it all. And I was just dunking that that was! just exactly . what Busick'a stores are doing, giving the customers a break - and it doesn't make so much difference whether our ads are good or not so long as the people know we're giving them the best prices we can; whether advertised or not. ! i 1 1 9 NOT A CHAIN STORE Fe3d iept. Mill Run, 8-lb. sack Bu-Mar Egg Maker Bu-Mar Scratch Feed Albers Chick Starter Albers Proven Egg Maker Linseed Oil Meal Dairy Ration Rolled Oats Rolled Barley Feed Wheat and Oats Flour Pillsbury Best Flour Jfot only . makes good Bread Biscuits and Pastries but It stakes mors of 'em per sack than ordinary floor does. Blue Daisy, Flour At our Prices is a tough one for other Brands to Beat, 49 lb. sk. edit Iept. At Both Stores Prims young Steer Beef, Pork from young grain fed porkers. Veal Hams Bacon Sausage, Luncheon Meats Chickens At Typical Busick Prices IB. Coff ea It's packed in that hew tin that ' keeps it good 1 lb. cans 2 lb. cans per lb. Tree Tea Vi lb. Package Green or i Orange Pekoe Both good values Freshly Ground Peanut Butter .." ' !".:. 1 f ;-.); ;r'v Pore mountain Honey ft lb. pails Also 10 lb. palls anned Foods Standard Tomatoes Solid Pack Tomatoes Cut Stringless Beans j Whole Stringless Beans Spinach No. 2Vi this : Peas, young tender ones r also some others ! a little large. Some folks say the larger ones have a better flavor than the smaller onesanyway we have all kinds.' Salmon,! Oysters, Sardines-1. Imported and Domestie Shrimp,! Crab, Lobster, Tuna and others such as well I can't think right now, but we've got em any way. Did 1 1 ever mention that we : have our t own Bakery T Wen, we have and we keep those Ovens working Overtime, too. 1 1 lb. loaves r . iy2 lb. loaves J "Coo& Heavens; man, you've left out tdl the prices. Don't you know the other stores won't know what prices to pat in their ads?" j . . ;.(;'; , V j. "Yett, for gosh' sake, you don't mean I didn't put in any prices at dl, da you?; Here; hand that back here end let me see what you're talking abort. Good grief! WhafU I do now?" "Go ahead and run it without pricesJ We can't wait cn cther week en you This paper comes out tomorrow you know, not Saturday" 1 ( i ; - j : On second thought, he said 4Tkcfs the difference? The people of this whole country know your prices are right wheth er you ever put 'em in th paper cr net" So you see what tedldng to yourself does for you you or get a let d tisnzs chtn. you do. (Tdh to yczrteU, L mecu) si Brealifa in u : jsj 1 k ' i . Kellogg Corn Flakes Post Toastles Bran Flakes Pep think mavbe that's what i 1 need, either that er Fish, i Pve heard fiah is good for Folks like me. :. Albers Minit Oats . Flap Jack Flour Kerr Gif ford's Hot Cake Flour Shredded Wheat . Pure Buckwheat FresIiFruitan: UegetaHes Oranges, Lemons, Grapefruit r Bananas Ripe Tomatoes, Green Peas, New Asparagus, Head Lettuce and. Cabbage, New. Carrots, Green Onions, " . Sprouts (BrusseH sprouts of course) .They're not a vegetable br fruit either for that matter, but we've got 'lots' 'of; 'em and - they're Fresh, too. C