.il
OIK
I
IE QUICKLY
Oil Switchboard Silenced,
Diil System put Into
- " Use at Midnight
1. -f
"
t
t i
i
- f Continued, frontf par 1) :",
'- bnlldlnr mnch the sams
- had taken place at
exactly
me'tlme. Cords, ronnlns be-
: f hoasaads -of : tiny derreea
a to telepbon employees as
ihpicka were punea cob
:r telephones wltb. the dial
a, ax -
.rata. ; . : : - ' ,
Cily one mlnate and 1 se
e r i i were rtsiulred to switch the
e. t';a. Salem telephone, ayatera
f .i the manual to thft-dlal ir
eaU. "And. according to Manager
Cc'Tins, the change -wis made
iitLottt s4nrle- misUke, which
I a said. Is an nnaiual clrcnm-
alif ee In' such a large-seal per-
.': ation.' :.. , -; - . .. -
f Irinl I" Second ..'"' " .
1o A lopt System- . . "
: f ilem 1 r the second city In
CWon to adopt -the dial tele-
t pfeonewblcb, ias gained .wldesp-
i rroval on the Paclllo coaat as
wTV as throughout the Bell sys
tem' The, system also v- is widely
used in Europe. ." - ' - -
; WKh the opening of dial tele
phone serrlce Salem will be rec
I. osmi6d as joxtfl of the most pro
gresslTe and most modern ex
changes on the Pacific oast, de
clared Mr. Collins. "More than
IS50.000. has been spent on Im
plements here during the past
two "years, and, we shall continue
t6' -expand our facilities and - to
fji fo these ImproTements In the
future. It is our de?lre thatlele
phone serrlce be accurate and
sufficient at all times; and it la
, toward this that we hare worked
unrl .hall continue to work.
.-..The thoroughness of the tele
phone company's dial demonstra
tions and instructions which hare
ben carried on during , the last
two' or three months is evidenced
In the scarcity of "trouble calls"
which. hare, been receded from
telephone timers since the opening
of the serrlce.
"'Tot the benefit of those who
still are uncertain about the op
eration of their telephones, com
plete instructions are gireni on
pages seven and eight of the. new.
directories, which went into use
coincident with the conversion.
Personal Instructions also will be
gfrerf by, representatives of the
company to anyone so desiring" -
Old telephone directories should
be destroyed, declared Mr. Col
lins, because of several thousand
-Hrftrtbef changes which, have been
made.- ": ' ' . '"'v"
stiisb mm
III 1917 RECALLED
I proud Tticiftui n .- - - -
fcowlex to tts (irc'.-r.ur.t cf
STIIX. LOYAL f-
V
7M
--s4s . - '
Mrs. Fred Burke, MUsourl farm
rirt-bride ol the most dangerous
criminal, wlio rushed to his aid
when he - raa arrested .at her
father's hou:ie. She married ham
as Richard Franklin White,
wealthy oil eeraUr.
are but one of the champions of
the rlehta of mankind, v .-. The
Ightls more precious than peace
and we say: ugnt ior mornings
which we nave always carried
nearest to uur hearts : - for
democracy, to asch a task we- ean
dedicate. our. Uvea and our for
tunes. ....... God helping her, she
can do no other.; : r
" Congress, Ita "little group of
willful men less strongs than in
the February before, moved rap
idly. Senator LaFollette blocked
the passage of the resolution for
48 hours-but Wednesday night,
April 4, 82 of 88 senators voted
for the declaration of - war. Lane
of Oregon voting no. In 1? hours
of debate, . the .house was ready
for the Tote. All amendments
failed and at 3-a.m. Friday morn
ing. April 6. while a world waited
for Ae news. 373 votes for to 60
against were recorded for war.
That afternoon the .president at
'1:18 o'clock signed the resolu
tion and the United States was
In the world war!- .
DUE HEAPS UP
I
WOOD FOR H
Vf (Continued from pare 1) '
greks'. tp convene - April 18, later
settinV tn dato ahead two weeks.
March 18 saw federal orders Issu
' ef for 'the national guard to be
1a' readiness. '
Patriotism Is '
Invoked Here . ,A
- The nation was cementing it
self for war. The impending rail
road strike was averted-March 17.
March. 23 to 31 was set aside for
patrietle week In Salem and
thousands of other towns showed
similar sign of the increase: of
war fever. Sunday. March 25.
was' set aside as "Patriotic Sun
day" and sermons In all churches
were? delivered on the subject of
" patriotism.
At Washington the cabinet had
decided that half-way - measures
could not be taken and was mak
ing active preparation for war.
Civic organizations here were us
ing their.pressure to recruit Com-
nanr M of toe .Tnira uregon 10
full strength. '
March 28 came word from Se--cretarr
of War Baker that the
national auard would at once be
a?' rrned to natol duty: when the
books of Company M, were, closed
that "night there wern ,72 men
anj two officers In the outfit
Company M. Goes : t '
- Awar March -SO ! I T
- March SO was a heart-stirring
car inalem. At 9:30 a.m. the
.aoliers of M company started for
Vancouver - Barracks, some of
them never again to lire in 8a
leM. "Hope is strong that they
will return," run The Statesman
tews article. "But Just here is
the suspense that grinds." No one
knows but God."
' Stores were closed, schools were
-dismissed and a "great parade was
arranged as a tribute to' soldiers
I&arlng lot - Vancouver.' -'Ten
thousand people were reported to
have attended the farewell exer-
- eises held that momentuous Fri
day when the beys entrained from
the Southern Pacific depot. .
" .1 In dramatic, trenchant lan-
raage President . Wilson asked
congress to declare war when' be
addressed It Monday night. April
2. In words which became history
h said, "The world must be made
safe for democracy,. . . . We have
no selfish ends. to serve. . ... We
, (Continued from page, I) -
happy over the way the swollen
waters carried away their fences
or the wax in which much drift
has been piled ' up in , their
fields," the road master added.
A small bridge a short dis
tance' from the Buena Vista ferry
was left Intact, except for wash
ing away of loose gravel, Mr.
Johnson -said." He had expected
to find Ahe bridge impaired, if
not out - entirely. ' Some gravel
was washed off all the roads and
few minor cuts were made, but
on the whole damage was neg
ligible. I
Earlier in the Iday : the road-
master and Commissioner - Jim
Smith visited the Labish Mea
dows, where they found water as
high as eignt and 10 feet deep.
i
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FILLED Oil EASTER
(Continued from page 1)
Episcopal and the South Salem
Friends church. Baptismal aerr-
ices will be held' in a number of
churches, and vthe Sunday school
departments in some will also pre
sent special numbers. 1 " -
Two servlcea of the St. Paul
Episcopal choir will be held this
morning, and. all. churches, will
feature some special Easter music
at the 11 o'clock worship hour. .
Especially elaborate cantatas or
pageants will be presented In the
evening at the following churches:
Calvary Baptist, First Evangelical,
Christ Lutheran,' Knight Memor
ial . Congregational. Leslie Mem
orial M. E., First Congregational.
Ford Memorial M. E., and Ameri
can Lutheran."""
Hearing Set in
Streetcar Case
PLEOIITUDE OF
WATER FOT
Danger of; Drought "Is I Over
and Filter Deemed not
- So Essential now -
Continued from page 1),
tain clients who are "all In readi
ness to go into court to "protest
the steal.", WMUams said last
night that he 'felt 8275.000,' the
Baar and Cunningham appraisal,
was : all that should be paid for.
the water plant. , ,v - -Criticism
Brines - '
Wekewis. Word '-' ; ; -: '
Third, there is weakening with
in the ranks of the group of eight
because of private , and public
pressure la. the form of aecnaa
tlons of a "deal and : similar
criticism. ; : J
At least one member, of -the
utilities . committee, in whose
hands the tentative contract be
tween the ltr council and the
water company rests, is known to
be visibly effected by these criti
cisms and not Jn the least certain
that he can continue to vote- with
the majority for the execution of
the- contract.'. . . - : . . - t
- Fourth, is a difference in final
details- of the contract between
the negotiators for the idty and
the water company. Advices from
San Francisco yesterday were that
a 1 L per .cent depreciation scale
a year was to be allowed by the
company on all depreciable items
from February 1, 1931, agreed as
tbe valuation time In the pending
contract, and the actual date of
the city's taking over the prop
erty. City negotiators are holding
out for 2 per cent and this may
be a snag which will bold np the
contract, "s , '
Conclude Company
Was Too Anxious '
Fifth, tbe ready capitulation of
the water company representa
tives to most of the requests 'of
the council's utilities committee
has frightened some of its mem
bers .who feel the supposedly re
luctant 'sellers -were too anxious
to, make concessions. -
: Tomorrow ' Aldermen Kowits,
Purrine and Patton, members .of
the utilities .committee, are to go
over the .tentative -contract.
Whether or not they will submit
it for consideration of the alder
men Monday night as - the final
basis for the pending purchase
agreement, is not certain. . "
Mayor P. M. Gregory said last
night that he had not been a par
ty to any negotiations made dur
ing the last week. He said he waa
not Informed on the manner in
which the water purchase nego
tlations would be laid before the
council tomorrow night. -
Uinship Xeaws I
Honey, to Uife
JtACQN, G April . 4 ( AP )
The will of Emory Wlnshlp, filed
here today, provided 22 SO
monthly Income for ' the " wife
whose actions a coroner's Jury de
cided led the former naval officer
to suicide In Ean Francisco March
21. The income terminates If she
remarries. ,. - , . ... .
Carries Judag 'r
v 1 Part to Finale
- AUBURN, N. X. April j 4-r-
tAf j weeaa or renearsal were
ended: - tomorrow the Easter
drama. - - ; . v ...
." Alfred E. Hooker would depict
the tragic betrayal by Judas Is-
earlot, his betrayal of the Christ
for 30 pieces of silrer; bis -'despondency,
bia suicide. I s T
Hooker died tonight. Ha cdta
mitted suicide s , -
I!03SIMIJ
IHOOFl'M
.LAMAR, Colo:, April 4 (AP)
-The nation's newest Juvenile
hero, 13 -year-old Bryant Untledt
of Towner, Colo.; tonight was de
luged with invitations- incident to
the visit he is to make to Presi
dent Hoover, - - ' .
; Within two week .Bryan will
be discharged from .Maxwell .hos
pital In Lamar and take bis first
ride in a Pullman car, bound for
Washington. There he will be the
rueSt- of -the chief . executive for
one day. He will sleep in the aiune-j
bed - occupied by .Colonel' Charles
A., Lindbergh upon his- return
from aerial conquest of; tne .At
lantic in 1927, adrices here-said.
1 tjongTessman; Edward , Tiylor of
Colorado, also has. Invited Bryan
to be bis guest for seraV' dajni
after be leaves the White House
. Frojn.Kanj&aa XUj .camia, so. oX-
f er to transport Aim from Colora
do to waElIngton by air r line.
v Tomorrow be will celebrate bis
thirteenth birthday fa a hospital
bed; -t-:
-. The yonth Ig credited with bar
ing, .aaved, the Uvea of . many of
the , 2 0 -Towner -acbool- xhlldzen.
marooned for 38 hours. In a bus.
Five of his school mates dled.-.The
bus driver died : In the storm
while trying to get aid. ,
Operation Upon:
I Japan - Premier
Said z Successful
. TOKYO,' April 5 (Sunday)
f AP)- ':The Japanese nation
waited 'anxiouslyVtoday-for defin-
ate .wjoxd:. concerning the ' condi
tion of Premier Ynke Hamagnebl,
operated, upon shortly after mfd?
night.;, -i 1 i- " Av.
'Only 'the cryptic'ttement"that
the "operation . was '"successful'
came' from' the- surgeons, an off -cial-bulletin
"before- the operation
said it 'wasj. not serious' an; the
premier. ;shooldbe-able to" leave
the. hospital in about a fortnight.
Pair Cniinhi in
Ilortfcycstlilovr
i Denied Release
, 4 -3?- fc-s-
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.; ' April
4 (AP)-Hugh Bowen'and John
SL- Smith, Indicted " la Catoosa
county, Georgia, t or . the , death of
Paul R. Kingston, a part of an
alleged . insurance : plot, were re
fused writs of babeaa. corpus, to
day, to prevent , their return to
Geor;laJ ' .
. Bowen and Smith- were trailed
to Oregon .. and Washington by
Sheriff -Charlie Taylor and re
turned here, wsiving extradition.
?--Z-'.'- -J :r
7esfernTJnio
WMearl&iras01d&
,f NEW - TOnk; April- 4. (AP)
-jdajTwas 'one hrjemjnlscep.ee
for 'many old time telegraphers.
C5ai jnvenwTe fuuj.,
- The Western Us!oa Tek-rapa
Co. Is -75 years oil Arril 4.
1858, It was born at Eoccater,
m v Grarl. haired eperators.
tnany of-then retired, were tak
ing -prominent -.parts In diamond
Jubilee observations in many cit
ies throughout the country to
night. . .. 'r. .
m to gri nSTTra ess v
' gnocLD exa:
jw ; yon- nave 7. , .
ryoa cannot read f w
- thread a eeU. - '
. Utle-'-Conit cs 1.3
Cbarges Eea..s..-a
GEORGE SMITH TO
BE
o ei ir
11
Funeral for George Frederick
Smith. 59. who died here Thurs-
day, night. wUl be held Monday at
2 p.m. from the Clough-Barrick
chapel, with interment in the Odd
Fellows cemetery. .
While attending a prayer ser
vice at the Glad Tidings mission
Thursday night. Smith suffered a
heart attack and died almost ln-
stantly. He and his wife, resi
dents of Chico, Cal., were called to
Salem recently, by the Illness of
one of 'her relatives. He was a
member at . large of the . United
Spanish War veterans.
Besides the widow, Annabelle,
there survire a sister and a broth
er, Mrs. A. Denny of Ashlahd and.
C. Smith of Seattle, Wash.
Brewster Gets
Commission in
National Guard
Sergeant Rlehard M. .Brewster,
Battery A; 218th Field. Artillery.
Portland, has been promoted to
the rank of - second lieutenant,
according to announcement made
at national guard headquarters
here Friday
Brewster's., commission i. is tne
10,227th Issued since the Oregon
guard was created in 1887. The
first commission was issued by
tbe Oregon national guard went
to Frank O. - Abell of Portland.
He waa commissioned a captain.
A-
Here April 17 Young Cross is- ;
Arrested Upon
Hit-Run Charge
Hearing of the so-called Port
land street car fare case, involving
the "Northwest- public ' Service
company, will be held in Salem,
Friday, April 17. according to an
nouncement byC. M. Thomas,
public utilities i - commissioner.
Saturday. . I ! ; ;
An order was. Issued by Com
mlsslonerThomas Saturday for an
investigation of the rates, charges
and " practices of the. Pacific
Power and Light Company, which
operates extensively in eastern
Oregon. No date has been set 'for
the hearing. s .- .
i
. A Prayer for Easter
Brfnf resurrection dally to my heart i : i 1
. Master, I pray; : ' . ! '
:No special season would X set apart -' ' . -
- - In ritualistic way, - - - j: . ... -.'
But let my purpose so reflect thy living -' 1 ' ' i - -f
That through my touch may pass divine life-giving.
And seeing thee in me, some soul shall say, -
."The Lord Is risen today
.Let each day's road recall Emmaus story, i -
And luminous be. -
. May those with whom I travel glimpse thy glory ' -:
Because I walk with thee. i , -
' Wide open be my home to friend and stranger. - ' ,
Offering rest from toil, refreat from danger;
. And youth find understanding sympathy, i
Since thou dost dwell with rue. : i !
. Like Mary's three, let each dawn find me ready ; ' V
"l My gifts to bear, .
At aepulcires of lost hopes hold me steady, : i ,
. Trusting a Father's care. -: -
With thee may 1 accept the Cross, unshrinking; ;
Like thee still love the multitude unthinking;
TX la the fellow-man, whose load I share, I
- , -1 see thee, risen there! : ; ; ' -
Edwin Cross was arrested late
Saturday 'night by local police
on a cnarge of falling to live
aid after an automobile accident.:
His car collided , with one driven
bx Miss .Bruce Putnam, niece of
George Putnam, publisher of the
capital Journal. Miss Putnam
was slightly Injured and an old
er woman In tbe .car with her
was more seriously hurt. Police
aid not learn her name. '
The accident occurred at Lin
coin and Commercial streets.
Young- Cross drove away and
wrecaea nis car in me flitch on
Lf leue street. He said - other
boys In the ear persuaded him
10 uee, ana mat he . would not
nave done It of bis own accord.
Rumanian King
: Loses Cabinet
BUCHAREST. Rumania. At.
- (API As a result of parlia
mentary difficulties. Prime Minis
ter ueorge s. Mlronescu and the
members of his cabinet banded
their resignations' to Kiz? Carol
today, meeting with his accept
ance.-- V" i - ';
WASHINGTON. April 4(AP)
A sweeping tax increase 'which
would reach the pay envelope of
nearly every wage earner - was
proposed -today by Senator Uing-
nam as the "surest way to curb
governmental extravagance" and
meet tbe prospective 870.000.000
: C sLT
mm
A friend of purs was in Uie ttore the other day tellingr some of our. boys about what a nice, clean and attractive
store they had, and he said, ."I noticed too that you have l a wonderfully nice lot of customers, but," he-said,
-"that's not surprising either, when one stops to look a t the prices and the freshness of the good things you
have here'-i:;::;vi l;T.-'-::,::- :
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I came in just after the gentleman making the above r emarks had left. I thought the. boys all looked Idnda
worried-like, so I asked them why all the seriousness. So they told me what the man had told them about the
chains losing face and they asked me what he meant. Now sometimes when anyone pops a question at me
right quick like that I can't tliink of the answer, especially one like this one, with all the boys Iooldn at me
and waitin for an answers TKey expected me to answer right back because - it hadn't been more'n an hour
since I had told them if there was anytliing they didn't know, to ask me and I'd tell 'em. I had to give some
kind of an answer so I said, "Wickers that's it boys. They're growing whiskers I betcha." "No," one of the
boys said, "that's not it. It means they don't see so many faces in their stores any more." "That ain't it.eith-
one of the boys said, It means they re losing presbge. Now when' we find out what that means we'll
" "Yes, by:golly, what will we be?" "Oh, I know, we'll be smarter than any of us is right this minute."
er,
be
attttEae
There's Nothing Particularly
new or surprising that the five.
' cent loaf of bread is back on
duty after an - absence of ten
years or so. Bat it is surprising:
to those buying Busick's Oven .
Fresh Bread for the first time
to find that the . quality is the
same as it was at the 10c Price.
Oven-Fresh
Bread
1 lb.
Loaf
the large
.1 lb. Loaf
Busick's Freshly Roast
ed Coffee, 3- Pounds-
Peanut
2 lbs.
Butter
Thompson's
Milk
1 lb. cans ...
Chocolate
5c
25c
Malted
39c
Royal Pure Fruit Flavored Gel
atine Dessert - ' 9C
3 Pkgs. --I.'- LD C
Kellogg's Corn Flakes
Z for
or 5 for
25c
.39c
Post Toasties
3 for .
25c
or 5 for .
Shredded
Wheat "
4 for
-39c
11c
or
.39c
Canada
Bottles
2
. ..i
6 sBottles
'Doz. ;
: Bottles
Lime Rickey,
2 Bottles
Sparkling Orange Dry
2 Bottles : :
size
Dry Ginger Ale
35c
$1.00
$1.90
-29c
29c
30c
Wakefield Orange Juice
lied.
NOT A CHAIN STORE
The following message,
addressed to Busick, was
promptly delivered t o
"Bill" the ad writer, who
by the way has read read
it at least a hundred
times, and he says there's
a lot more to that mes
sage than just the words
thaf go to make it up.
Here-it is:
"Your ads are attractive and
interesting and I read them
regularly, and by cU means
keep the composer on the job,
even Uit is 'BUI' himself." ;
(Signed)
ALBERT TOZIER,
Champoeg Park.
Mr. Tozier, besides being in -charge
of Champoeg Park, , is
an experienced newspaper man
and Knows good READIN' and.
WRITEN when, he sees it and '
he no doubt .will accept this as
acknowledgment From "Bill".
Fresh Frozen Oregon
Strawberries, 2 lb$.
Loganberries,
2 lbs.'
33c
i25c
Oregon Blackberries
No. 2 cans
3 cans
Packed in
125c
Libby's Fancy Peaches
2 for
Libby's Choice Peaches
-2 for - ' - ' ' '
Rose Dale Peaches
2 eTi ; , , - ' -
Dainty Bits" Grape
Fruit, 2 cans
v Small4 can Grape Fruit
3 for -
39c.
37c
33c
29 c
25c
We have a feeling that we've
made some such remark about
PiUsburys Flour as this before
what's ythat ? ; By jove, yog're
right, here's the remark I was
- " alluding to '
Pillsbury's
Best Flour
at $125 for - a 49 , lb. sk. is a
value that's' hard to
beat. 49 lb. sk.
24y2
sack
lb.
Freshly MiUed
$1.25
69c
Cream Rolled
Oats
I don't know, why the , millers
call 'em , Cream Rolled less it's
because cream doesn't hurt 'em
any when yod put it on 'em r
before eatin em, anyway 'you
get a big No. 10 sk. full
for only- L'.:rZiL
- at the Market
35c
Mother's Quick Oats
with china, large pkg.
33c
They, call em Mother's Oats
, because it's not hard for
mothers to get us to eat, 'em.
A Ige. pkg. at 33c is about
; ' 'what they're worth.
Gaffeiniess
Coffee
Sanka, 1 tb.
cans
Eaffee HAG--lb.
55c
55c
Caffeinless Coffee is the kind
- that let's you sleep after -
drinking it, that is if you donH v
happen to think of the name of
'the last one listed than which
there s no werser name to call
a good Coffee unless you'd add
LE or EL.- f-cerer could get
. -; those darn. Utters risht.
Crisco
Fresh new stock
6 lb. Pail .. .
$1.47
- A Large Pkg. -
Edgemont
Crackers
and a Cracker
all for
Tin
39c
They'll last a long time, too,
that is the tin win.
Breakfast Cocoa
4 lbs.
Large Pearl Tapioca
4 .lbs.
Standard Macaroni
5 lbs. . :
Recleaned SmaU White
Beans, 4 lb. , ;
Red Beans
6 lbs. for k..
29 c
29c
25c
25 c
25c
and whfle- tout It I just as
weH teU yo-e have a lot of
' other things along that line
such as Rice, Lentils, Pearl
Batley, Dry', Green Peas,
. Yellow Split Peas, all of 'em at
Busick's regular low price too.
-Did I ever teU you that we -carry
a fuH line of Staple anil
Fancy groceries? How "stupid
of me. I should have told you
that years ago when we first
started in business. That's us
all over though, give us. time
and we'll te;IJ every thin J T
'- we know. v".
Now asye from a little matter
Hke explaining to the Boys why
I didn't check up ca our Prices
a little before Putin' 'em in the
Paper, this ad is about done,
finished completed cr
something. I always get mixed
up trying to end up anythirj.
!
treasury aeucit.
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