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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1931)
PAGE SIXTEEN me UlCEUUN STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, April 19, 1931 ID DEPOSITS PET PAHADE1S OF SED JACK'S ROMANCE TAKES COUNTS SUCCESS Cute Animals Displayed by Children in Line of - March at Dallas. DALLAS. April 18 Cat, dogs, mice chickens, bird, goldtiih. Urtles and goats wre a few of the pets displayed by the children in tbe parade Satrrday after noon.. . One hundred and fifty children were in tbe ; line of march -which formed At the band stand on the court house square, dowB- Jefferson . to Washington, an Main street and doTrn Main t. the "Junior high school where hack to the band stand where ta swards were made and each chili presented with a candy bar. Each trlie was 12.50 in cash ad they were as folows: Largest pet. pofcy. Ralph Elliott. DalaU. Best trained pet, dog belonging to Lonlao Scott. Best entry, pen with chickens and pool. Mickey Lynn.. Dallas. Mcst unusual pet. Hut rreen fro. Maxine Helm., Dallas. Smallest pet. goldfish, CUttarA Moreland. Dallas. Fret- tlFFt Pet. parrot. Timothy Cam! bell. Dallas. Most originally dis played pet. burro with pack. Bus ter Brown. Salt Cresk. Ugliest per, bulldog. John Neufe!d, Dal las. - Most comic net; (Tressed. up roat. Linda Toeves, Dallas. CleTerest net. tlnr kid in rufaed ault. Anna May Erickson. Fea ture award was made to boys from the primary school, who were dressed In bear snUs. The urize money of $3.00 will be used for the school aetlTities. Jndces for the entries wen Mrs. Mary Adams and Mrs. D. J Ikei. Falls City; Mrs. Hershel Walt Mrs. Arthur Bearer. -Mrs. C. C. Campbell. Rlckreill: Mrs. Joe Rogers. Mrs. R. L. Alderson. Oakpoint; Mrs. C. K Cooper. Mrs. George Cooper. Dallas route J; Henry Voth. Dal'as route 1 and H. J. Elliott. Perrydale. E. J. Page. C B. Sandberg and J. R. Beck lined the children up for the narade. which wg bended by the Dallas band, and assisted long the line. The members of tbe committee in charge of the event indicated they were well pleased with the rent and might consider It for other year. Those carrying out the affair were C. B. Sund berg. chairman of the commerce committee of the chamber of commerce. F. W. Wes'fall, W. C. Retzer. Maurice Dalton, Ir?n Warner. II. O. Eroickson and C. L. Crider. TYPISTS OF SALEM Salem high school failed to Wing home any typing medals rrom tne nintn annual coniest held yesterday at Corrallis. Mer ritt Daris, commercial depart ment head reported upon his re turn. The gold medal In the ac curacy contest went to Irene Klkstrom of Portland who scored l.3f words . a minute while honorable mention went .to Wll ma Unlcume of Wlllamlna who cored C3.2 words a minute but suffered a deducatlon of two be cause of errors. Winners in the other divisions and, their scores, were: Novice division 1st prize, gold medal: Irene Elkstrom, Frank lin high, 61.36: 2nd prize silver medal: Elolse Crowley, Myrtle Point. 61.07: 3rd prize bronze medal: Margaret Childers, Med ford, 61.66; 4th honorable men tion: .Julia Leatberman, Myrtle Point, 58.13. Amateur division 1st prize gold medal: Mary Ellen Hartley, Myrtle Point, 77.13; 2nd . prize silver medal: Neva Calderwood, Warrenton, 76.35; 3rd bronze medal: Margaret Metzger.. Rose burg. 75.60: 4th honorable men tion: Doris Newblll. Dallas, 70.- Champion high school teams 1st prize state cup and banner Myrtle Point. . 14.5. 65.70; 2nd prize silver cup and banner: Med- ford, 15.5, 62.14; 3rd prize silver eup and banner: Dallas, 14.5, 66.67; 4th honorable mention: Klamath Falls, 18. 68.27. DROWNING BRir 6 i MEDALS Bones of Many Buffalo in Malheur Lake FIRE POSSIBLE ' CAUSE ' What actually killed a large number of buffalo, the bones of which" were found in the bottom of Malheur Lake, Is the problem that is being Investigated by Dr. Hlbbard. pioneer dentist of Har ney county, and a number of persons living In the vicinity of Burns. Dr. Hlbbard is a natural ist and Is well known throughout the central Oregon district. Were the animals the victims of disease, thirst, .swamp tire or did they crowd onto the Ice and fall through as has been tbe ease of cattle daring the spring break up? Dr. W. XI. Lytle. state vet erinarian, who recently returned i here from Burns, said the anl ' snals apparently met some unna tural death as no evidence was foand that they died from any disease. An examination of the boa as showed , no Indication of dlalmycosis or lumpy . Jaw. which has an affinity for boney . tissue . and leaves a permanent disease deformity mark. .Neither was there any evi dence to show that. these animals had reached the stage of old age decrepitude. The heads - of the animals apparently were nor mal at the time of their death, and their upper Jaws were part ly filled with teeth. Indicating that they were' in- the prime of life. The examination also dis proved that tbe buffalo were vic tina o anv-large carnlverous . an W m v. yy , 1 fel iri Matrimony na received knockout blow from Jack Dempsey, who has uken op reindcnce in Ken to comply with the law to seeking a Jivorre from hi scire! wife. Estelle Taylor. The former king of the fistic world v quoted a declaring that Estelle asked him for hex Irco dom, as. according to Jack, she o refers a career to domesticity. Glories of Blacksmith's Shop Are Gone; Mitchell Roneer Recalls History THE DALLES, Ore.. (AP) The smithy's shop of olden days, where horseshoeing was the chief business, has become a thing just to be remembered and talked about. This is the view of D. V. Monroe, pioneer black smith of Mitchell, here to visit friends and to aid In promotion of a more direct road from the hinterland to the western part of Oregon. Monroe, native of Appanoose county, Iowa, who when less than two months old,- was taken by his parents to the great Ore gon country, is now 65 years old. His father, J Thomas Jefferson BAMBERGER BABY phes mem 01 Time Allays all Doubt of Mixed Babies' .True Identities, Word CHICAGO. (AP) Blood will tell, as two families have found eight months after the Watklns Bamberger baby mix-up was a na tional sensation. And the Solomon decision of Dr. Arnold Kegel, young Chicago health commissioner, ranks as somewhat of a 20th century dupli cation of the sagacity of the an cient kind of the Jews. Both families, the William Wat- kinses and the Charles Bamber ger, are satisfied the children are theirs, said Dr. Kegel. The Bam berger boy has taken on the facial and statute aspects or two otner children, three and five years old, and of the parents. The Watkins es no longer live in Chicago. The Watklns-Bamberger "mix- us' began last June wnen dots were born In the same hospital en the same night to Mrs. Wat kins and Mrs. Bamberger.' When the Watkinses went home from the hospital, two weeks lat er, they found an adhesive on their baby's back, bearing the name Bamberger," and the Bam berger child was marked "Wat- kins.- The Watklns" complaint tossed the baby mix-up before the pub lic In page-one headlines.. Joseph Sabath of divorce fame was call ed upon to settle the question. Dr. Kegel finally took a hand and In troduced! seven other physicians. Through blood tests and physi cal measurements, the health com missioner adjudged which was a Bamberger and which a Watklns. There was some grumbling, but the adjustment stood. "No, we're tired of the affair and want to be left alone," was Bamberger's ' remark when asked about his eight-months old son. But he smilingly added: "He's a Bamberger." . ' IS STUDIED imal, although severat large bear heads were ; found in the same part of the lake bed. Death of the animals might have resulted from swamp-res-Xr. Lytle said. - "Various ! species of animals frequently--have been driven out or tneir lairs by swamp fires.' said Dr. Lvtle. "snd -hav mlnri ed harmlessly together in their , Captain Louie of the Piute tribe, now quartered near Burns, when interviewed by Dr. Lytle. said his grandfather had many buffalo in Harney county. bui una was ue -nrst time that their bones ; had been recovered from the lake bed. Captain Louie was said to .be more than It) 0 years of age, and Is now blind. He originally was a scout during the Modoc Indian wars. He mar. rled a Piute wife and has since been given the title and honor of cemg cauea tne Piute chief. Chief Louie, once a famous horseman, recentlv. r.rmrt.A the theft detection officers at Burns mat one of his animals had been itolen. Louie recalled the markings fairly well. Dr. Ly tle said, and upon being ques tioned said the horse disappeared 12 years ago. The anlmcl was men seven yean old. - Louie Is an optimist. Dr. Lytle declared, and Is still hoping that ae wui una ma norse. , Monroe, set Linn county as his goal. In 1872 he went to the rich . grazing country' where be and the boy learned the work of cow 'punching on the large Gill- man, French and Company ranch. Monroe then established a blacksmith shop at Mitchell on the route of the old Dalles Mili tary highway over which freight wagons and stage coaches moved between The Dalles and Canyon City, center of the early days of gold mining. "In those days." Monroe said, we had all we could do to keep the teams of the freighters and stage coach people ' properly shod." Today his blacksmith shop is mainly a garage, i "We do a fair business, he continued. fitting up shoes for the pack outfits of the sheep ranches. These are carried along and put on the horses at .the camps." Because of his unusual mem ory for dates and his person ac quaintance with pioneer -inci dents, Monroe has become the historian of the Wheeler country. He recalled that Mitchell was es tablished as a postoffice In 1872 or 1874. It was named, for Unit ed States Senator Mitchell. Wheeler county got Its name from Henry Wheeler, pioneer stage coach driver, be said, -who was attacked by Indians one day near the present town of Mitch ell. The stage carried a large shipment of gold and 110,000 in greenbacks which were being shipped from Canyon City to The Dalles., The Indians fired on Wheeler and - his express guard, a man named Payne. A bullet struck Wheeler In the cheek, passing through his face and carrying away part of his Jawbone. The two men, however, managed to cut loose two of their horses and escaped. Wheeler was brought to The Dalles where he was giv en surgical aid. The Indians took the gold but left the green backs, not knowing their value. Cross '-Word Puzzle By EUCiENK HORIZONTAL 1 in the - distance 5 visionaries 12 lendow !" 14 dry bed ef small stream ' 15 land ; measure ' 16 warble 18 myselX : 19 recede ; 21 perceive .22 exist , 28 product 25 nocturnal mammal 26 cleverer tS the ones specified $0 poisonous ' plant of . the bean 1 family $1 mark with i ridges ; 23 Greek ; ' Soddess of iscord 84 open to view ' 86 join 88 moist . 89 do, . t0 ehort forf. 41 away from 43 expire 44 part of to be 46 odor 48 age 49 intoned monoto- " nously 50 small - - crane on a ship $2 praises 63 large - bodies ef r L- water : : VERTICAL. ' 1 the first ' 1 Herewith is the vrday's Puzzle1: ISjTiglNf AM i". m I 2 3 IN 5 6 7 S H iO II i8 H? w H2 H1H23 ""il"!!25"" il I3'!il!i 3i4 i 35 p 36 W -H 11 M 1 I Ui o rl l B:IO H A SfflP AWE S EThiB'A-N.D 1 T SI Edward 3 DEM Savings and Time Amounts However Show. Gain to New" Record Level . Total deposits of all banks In Oregon at the close of business March 25 was - $270,905,164.11, or a decrease of approximately eight million dollars . since the last call on December SI, 1930. according to a statement issned here Saturday by A. A. Schramm, state superintendent of banks. The statement showed an in crease In reserves during the same period of five million dol lars, or total deposit reserves of 1178,545.118.99. , - "Aggregate savings - and time deposits of 8120.285.680.40," read the statement, "disclose a figure in excess of that reported by the banks at any previous call during tbe month of March, although .there was a slight de crease 1 since the last quarterly call on December 81, 1930. The combined resources of all banks aggregate $817,405,972.81." Realty Holdings -Also Decreased ; Holdings in -other real estate, banking house and furniture and fixtures have shown a gradual reduction during the past year. This decrease aggregated $600. 000 during the past three months. "The conservative basLr on which the 220 Oregon banks are operating," continued the report, "is clearly indicated by the im provement in the deposit reserve during. the past fiscal year. Cash and due from banks have In creased almost nine million dol lars, while holdings In bnods and securities have Increased six mil lion dollars since March 27, 1930. "With the exception of 1928. operations are now maintained on less borrowed money than was reported on the correspond ing spring call of any year since 1916. As compared with a year ago there has been a reduction of almost three million dollars in borrowed money." On March 25, 1931, redis counts and bills payable aggre gated $2,772,618.76. SALE NOT MADE WEST STAYTON, April 18 A school meeting was held at the West Stayton school house Wed nesday evening. Bids were open ed for ther-old school building, now being used. As yet It has not been fully decided who will get the building. There were two bids. A cat which recently died at Al pine, Tex., had been in the same household for 21 years. to gxa imn axs ua OUR. SHOULD BE EXAMINED tF yow have Frequent HEAD ACHES. rj" yea cannot read fine print at thread s nrcrtlr IF yen are EKVOU8 and irrt table. Consult ms NOW. Charges Reasonable SHEFFEIt t front 8 reverential fear 4 note of the scale 6 streak ef light 7 Greek god ; ef love 8 passionate 9 birthmark 10 organ ef sight 11- k-receivins; office (abbr.) IS disprove : 17 try again 19 mistake 20 funeral casket 22 pertaining to a base 13 unit of compound - y 24 tie er lash 25 hat worn " by French students 26 hesitated 27 stirred the ; feelings ef 29 in the future , 82 enslave " 35 seat of a monarch 87 water- : nymph. 41 out ef 42 sign . -v 44 melody - 45 small ru ga 46 upper -limb 47 find the sum of ' 48 night before a , - festival 49 perform L-l Lie solution to Sat j. mm- UA nriy SIN1A SV'lA N ilAHElSI One chain says they cheaner than anyone else- in the whole country. Whew! If one could believe that there'd be no use of anyone else trying, and this coun try'd soon be like a lot of others we read about. in our little sojourn of 40-orld years (not too heavy on the "odd," folks) there hasn't yet been a line of super humans developed, even th ovarii one is asked to believe there has been, that is if one is expected to believe some of the ads a few of the chain stores scribble for the bene fit of those not so gifted (or should I say conceited) as to believe they're super-human. Why folks, if we made such a statement as that you'd know good'n well we didn't believe it when we me it. That's all hooey (we mean one firm havin' super-human ability). Anyway we'd rather be like the folks of our own community and have them feel that our stores were good stores to buy their food from, than to be known all over the whole country as bein' super-human or something (accent on the something:). I. rather suspect, though, that the chains making such statements are gifted with a larg er portion of ego than is necessary (or maybe it's gab they've got a lot of). One of the main reasons we don't sell everything cheaper is because we don't sell all the cheap stuff offered for sale or should we say offered as bait. Without doubt here's the best advertising values ever offered by a manufacturer through out stores,- Of course we know there not offering this ust to appear philanthropic. No, quite the contrary they re doing it to ac quaint our customers with the real quality of their goods, which, by the way, are among the best of their fund. Here it is: 1 lb. Schilling's Coffee Reg. retail 0( value 0C 6 oz. can Cream of Tar tar Baking; Pow- OO der, Reg. value. Ltd C Both Coffee and Baking Powder for 39c 2 large cans Broken Sliced -' OA; Pineapple .t 2' large cans Choice Peaches 29c 2 cans , Grape Fruit 29 c 2 cans Monarch Golden Bantam Corn 1. 27c Please don't mention that we are selling Monarch corn ct that price. I think we're supposed to get 25 c per can for it, but we just haven't (he heart to doit NOT A CHAIN STORE Crisco,'6 lb. f MO Paib Milk and . Honey Gra ham Crackers 21b. Boxes 2 for 57c According to a sign we see on the display of these crackers, there's a Pkg. of Humming Bees FREE with Each 2 lb. pkg. Better wait right here till we go down and see what a Humming Bee is. Surely can't be like the one we met onee'd! No, it isn't, they're 5c packages of Animal Cookiesquite popular with the little folks, too, J. noticed. Yeah, Ain't It That's a funny lookin' sheet you got there what is it, an ad? Yeah; we said, it is if folks read it If they don't it's a flop. Nice Juicy Sweet Naval Orange, medium size Sunkist's 2 Doz. 35c Florida Grape Fr u i t good ones, too, 29c 3 for Imperial Grape OC Fruit, 4 for &3C Nice. Firm Ripe or Bananas,' 4 Ibs.. auC Choice Red I Apples Per Box $1.09 Carmel Syrup gallon tins 99c Tea1 t Garden Syrup ' gallon 99 c tins Pure .Cane Granulated loibs. 46c Morton's Iodized Salt, 26 oz. packages Of 3 for aCDC Freshly Ground Peanut Butter 9C 2 Pounds : wC Fresh Frozen Oregon Strawberries 07. 2 lbs. ZC Loganberries 25c 2 lbs. Pet Milk ie oz. tan cans OKn 4 cans -1 .7 0 C Jelly Powder choice .of all popular fla- OAg vors, 5 pkgs. aCitC Small White Jteans, 4 lbs 25c Standard Maca roni 5 lbs 25c Flour and Feed Dept. Honestly folks, when we use the word Best in quoting PiUsburyj flour we use the word ; as descriptive of the flour and hot just as a part' of the name. $1.25 2iy2 lb. gack . 69c Blue Daisy $1.09 .Flour White Spray Flour 99c White Mill Run 80 lb. sack - 69c Wheat, 100 lb. 93c sack BU-MAR Egg Maker "cknL.: $1.89 "Catchin'" Maybe, like Poison Oak Bill,- what's things coming to? "Oh", we don't know, why? Well, I see by the papers where one of the chain stores say they're going to sell coffee at a rea sonable price for a whole Week! That's nothing, we said, we sell everything rea sonable 475 days in every years hold on there, Bill, that's too many days for one year we know it. But when we tell one we tell a good one. Burbank Potatoes, good grade 100 lb. 95c sacks Busick'a Freshly Roast ed Coffee 3 lbs. . 69c 100 Pure Leaf Lard 4 lb. h Pails 69c Canada Dry Ginger Ale 2 Bottles 35c Rainier Ginger) on Ale 3 Bottles.!... ZtlC Schwartz Orange OA Dry 2 Bottles LVZ Busick's Oven fresh Bread Large and small, VVnite or Graham large loaves 7c Small loaves 5c In closing we wish to say that we're convinc ed that this store is chczt the best in the wjicle cczztry,cnd we hope you think so too. Thank you. Goodbye.