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7 i PAGE TEH Thtt OREGON STATESlIAtf, Saleid. Oregon, Tnes3ay Horolajf. llirc 17 1532 SOCIAL G1VBI DY: IlPilE PLACES FOR : VICTIMS OF FATAL HOAX BATTERING-THE "CHINESE VERDUN,' DELEGATES HEEDED i l imimi a a aba a i - " . , ma mm. - ; - v .. r r.V-; .". . i r--s. 2 v 1 1 . ?:-: '-. - ' l!r. and - Mrs. McFarlene ; fr Will Celebrate 50th -k: IWeddmg Friday 1 ?; " 1 CLEAR LAKE, Feb.. 29. The B. young people of the Evan gelistic church held a social at the church Friday night with good ..attendance. 5 1 , Those present were Alice Ma By. Gladys Brown. Dorothy, .Wain. Martha Robertson. Rose Marie Scblerman. Pauline Canse. 'Ada Mae and Neva Smith. Hazel and Nellie Clement. - Lunelle and Elaine Chaptn,. Pearly Jones. Marie - Harold. Bob Massy, Calvin Maron. He Outoit, Vernon Trultt, Ilene - Truut and Nina Laterette. . i Mr. and Mrs. V. Boyd of near Qutoaby Teport the. loss Of three dozen chickens in three recent , thefts. ;,". ., ,::r v-.V -' " Elaine Chapln was home- erer the t" week, end from Gresham where aha la teaching. -1 , - happy eyent will be celebrat cd la honor of Mr. and Mrs. Me Farlene of Qainaby next Friday, it , hetnf their 60th wedding annlTer aary. Relatires will gather at the oon-hour and enjoy a big dinner .and Old friends and neighbors are lnrlted to spend the eTenlng. Mr. - and Mrs. McFarlen hare spent , most of their married life In the "Willamette Talley. Mr. McFarlene has taught school here for sereral '. : years. ' - Fred Hammock returned home , . from the hospital last week after an operation for appendicitis. He Is recovering nicely. . Henry Stolk has been delivering white fir to the paper mill for BUI - Clement the past week. Work , hasn't; opened up aroun'd here yet, as It u too wet to work the ground, j l Tbd Improvement club met for fan 'all-day session Wednesday. Mrs. McFarlene fas visitor for the - day. :J -; Police of Boston are seeking the anthor of the. fake cablegram which' Is believed to have Indirectly caused the death of Miss Elizabeth Cook (left), of Broohline. Mass. The cable, announcing the "death" of George Tucker Arnold (right), Miss Cook's fiance, was received by the rirV In Napier, Italy. She at once started for home, but died at sea between Naples and Gibraltar. Arnold, a member of an old Virginia family, now 'employed In Boston, has applied to Senator Glass of Virginia for cooperation of the State Department in the investigation of the fatal hoax. Farmers on Island Put , Many Improvements Up During Past 12 Months GRAND ISLAND. Feb. 29 The I I saying that the appearance of country homes, including both land and buildings, speaks loud er than words as to the prosper ity of the community may truly be spoken of the Grand Island! district. Land owners and pros- At the west end of the building stands a silo sixe S br 21 feet. Conveniently located a short dis tance from this Is a square con crete watering trough with a ca pacity of 4300 gallons of water. The house was moved to a dif ferent location and completely HAZEL GREEN, Feb. 29. The community club elected officers as follows: President. Leonard Rutherford; vice-president, Mrs. Ralph Gilbert; secretary, Mrs. Julius Slatten, and treasurer, Mrs. Robert I Massie. A rising vote of thanks 'was given the retiring of ficers. Mrs. Ralph Word en exhibited a quilt made by the Sunshine Sew ing club. -Mrs. Robert Massie, chairman of the program committee, intro duced the speaker. Dean Roy Hew itt of Willamette- university, who gave a most Interesting address on Japan and China. Other numbers were a vocal solo by Virginia Par men tier, accompanied by Mrs. Jer ome Parmentler; piano solo. Hazel ' Woelke, and 1 a reading, . Beulah Cook.:. I Saturday night the Sunshine Sewing club entertained husbands and children at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Perrln. A large group en Joyed games and music. Refresh ments were served by the hostess. pectlve land owners are putting I modernized. All foundation la set iurm BTerj eiiori to maae ineir i n cnnrrntm homes a profitable and enjoyable place of abode. Not only is .there a large amount of. land and crop Improvement being carried on but there has also been numerous building projects launched during the past two years. Perhaps the most outstanding among the buildings recently erected is the large up to date $2, 000 dairy barn on the Ernest Douglas farm. The barn stands north and sodth and is 38 by S feet. A concrete 10 foot tile wall built. on a con crete base gives the barn an ex tremely solid foundation. Approx imately 1200 blocks were 'used In making the tile wall. These tile walls were all made by the use of an up to date tile machine on the Douglas farm The entire 'floor of the barn is concrete. The gutter, feed alley and back of the cows are all left In that form while a board floor has been laid over the concrete in the space where the eowi stand. On the east side of the barn are plaeed 14 all steel stanchions with an automatic drinking fountain placed between each two cows. TV 1-f nUkr1 Prtrkl The managers are of concrete. On " I tha vpsr mAm art fonnd three Sereral smaller buildings were built in the community. Among these were a small four-room house on the Robert Anderson farm, a garage and a hog house on the C. A. Rockhill farm. The hog house is approximately 24 by CO feet and thus furnishes plenty of pens for the manr head of bora which are raised on this farm. At present a S1S00 residence Is about finished on the Worth Wi ley farm, under the supervision of Charles Sergeant, contractor. The outside walls o( this six room nonse, size zg by 14 feet, are made entirely ot'tile blocks set upon a concrete foundation whieh furnishes a full sized basement. The porches and steps are also of concrete. The 1500 blocks used In the outside -walls were all made with the use of a tile machine by Mr. Wiley and an assistant. The house will be modern in every de tail and finished with a stucco over the tile blocks. Jew Homes and Repairs on Old Ones Numerous at . - V North Howell';: . NORTH HOWELL. Teb. 29 A fine program was put on by the Silverton' chamber of commerce at the North Howell grange hall Friday. Tap dancing, solos,' har monica specialties, . skJts, ciever readings, and old- time musle by the Silver Falls Stranglers made the entertainment. very enjoyable to the large .crowd. , Lunch and dancing followed the program. , Mrs. Minnie Beckett has con sented to return to the school here again next year as principal: At a recent meeting of the school board Miss Peterson's resignation for . another year was accepted and Mrs, Elvln Prnltt of ,Slem hired to teach the primary, pupils. The " attractive Jew borne of Mr. and Mrs. . Robert Meye Is Bearing completion, and the fam Or la moTinr goods. In . from where they have been;, living, near Mrs. Meye'a. parents,, Mr, and Mrs., Anton Pf an in Parkers-, vine. . . . . - - . . . Charles Hagan is .laying the. foundation for. a new barn, on the Louis Mayte farm which Is pact Vat the old Fletcher.; place. Im provements are also being plan ned 'on the Schaap farm which waa recently purchased by Theo dore Marks, architect and con tractor of Portland, and who has now taken possession of the place. - The next event of local inter est will be the benefit card party Friday night at the grange -hall. A small admission will be askjed which entltes one to all attrac tions. . JIade ia the actual Crinr line, this photo shows one land,' sea and air Woosnnf has held out and earned ox the Japanese mountain batteries urn are oom bardinf the Weotunsj. forts ia action. The Japs, who are concentrated at this point: form the crack ' artillery corps of the Invaders, which was rushed from ToUo for. the special pnrpoee of aabdnlnf the forts. But despite the terriLe bombardments by Community Club Enjoys Patriotic Feature in Program ROBERTS. Feb. 29. Pleasinsr and appropriate was the program given at the community club meet Saturday night. The first group of numbers waa given in commemor ation of Washington's birthday. Memories. by pupils in the up per grades, was especially good. The pantomime. "George and Martha Returned," by Floyd Bow man, Rosanne Goodrich and Mr: and Mrs. Albert Blankenshlp, was well given. Other numbers on the program included group songs. selections by the male quartet; music by an Instrumental trio, a skit, group of ballads by Julia Query and a playlet; "The Sur prise Party at Dorothy's." CORN CLUB HEBTfl ELDRIEDGE, Feb. II The 4-H Corn club members met Fri day afternoon at the home of Fern Runcorn, local leader. Dem onstrating the Ragdol test were Vincent and Junior Helsler, and Robert Runcorn.' Other members present were Vernon Lamb, Dale Fuller. Fred Sahli. and Robert Sharff. for itself the proud title of the Chinese Verdun.' Latest advices from the front Indicate that the Japs have realized they took ea a man-sized task. There is now talk of doubling the amount of troops on the ChapeWWoosaaf line In a last effort to crush the Chinese. - r y ' " Thief Talies 'Jt. ? Schoolroom! HATE S VTLLE, - Feb. 29 For the second time this winter, the Hayesville school has been enter ed by unknown persons. The first time it was apparently used for Bleeping purposes. . .- This time, the occupant wasnt content with lodging;, but desired board as well. Not having much time they took It with them. Ten pounds of flour, sugar, two pounds of coffee and five bars of laundry soap were confiscated. These articles were for the use of the community club, and the hot school lunches which are served daily. Fifteen fountain pens were stol en with an estimated loss of $20. One of these' pens was valued at $8. Quite a few had the (Children's names on them. The alarm clock In the advanced room waa also wi(enafiw - Entrance was gained by taking a piece of glass from the pane and unfastened the lock. No clue was found, and it is suspected the deed was probably done by a transient. Parent-Teacher - Hear Interesting Patriotic Program WEST SALEM, Feb. 29 An Interesting short program of a patriotic nature was given Friday night at the monthly meeting of the ' Parent-Teacher association. The local Boy Scouts presented the colors. A short play was giv en by the upper grades of the school and a flag drill .by the Iowejr grades.. The school also contributed a song "The U. S. A. Forever" and a blackboard stunt. A similar stunt waa given by par ents! of pupils. The community club' was represented by Mrs. A. C. Hennlngsen who gave a read ing. - During the buainess meeting at which Mrs. Elmer . Cook, presi dent, presided. Miss Catherine Chandler gave a short report ot a recent meeting of the P.-T. A. county council which she had attended in Portland and an nounced another meeting ot the council for April S at Indepen dence at which all P.-T. A. asso ciations ot Polk county will be welcome. Epworth Leaguers Hosts for Party at Paul Starr's Home JEFFERSON . The Epworth League society ot the Methodist church enjoyed a party . at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Starr Friday night, with members of the Evangelical Christian Endea vor society as invited guests. Re freshments were served by the Misses Doris Roland, Violet and Frances Starr. As the 29th ot February was Violet Suit's birthday anniversary, a beautiful birthday cake was served. Those enjoying the pleasant time were Rev. and Mrs. T. H. Downs, Rev. O. F. Llenlng, Mr. and: Mrs. Pant Starr, Mary Lou ise Fontaine, Marjorle Fontaine, Frances and Violet Starr, Harvey Butts, Verdo Harris, Lincoln Wa terman, Mel ha Foster, Walter and Laura Kihs, Glenn and Ben lah , Wilson, Geraldine Jones, Frances Weddle, Robert Gulvin, Eva and Gladys Oakley. Carl Henderson, Geraldine Davis, Douglas Starr, and Doris Roland. Animals Die,: Founderand Stray, Said PRATTTM. Feb . 29 Mlna V!1- le Kleen left Monday morning for ) California where she will spend- six weeks with her sister at Den- air, near Oakland. ' The Mennonlte congregation at- tended the meeting at the Meth-' odlst ,. church Sunday evening ' where Rer. Itso from Halsey is '. holding meetings for two weeks. Homes are being listed who will entertaJn- delegates Friday 'night - during the oounty Sunday school . convention which wOl be held: here March 11-12. Delegates' who wish to stay here over night are requested, to notify Rer. J. M. . Franz of Pratum by next Sunday. ' Delegates need not be -elected by , their Sunday school. Every Sun-' day school worker who win attend ; the convention will be considered a" delegate regardless -how ' many from" one school may attend. ; ' Fred do Vries mailed over 229. parcels ot convention information last week consisting of nearly 100 -post cards,' about 109 programs and about 49 letters. More will be sent this week. Miss , Gladys Brown. president of the Hayesville Sunday school -district visited the Methodist Sun day, school .here Sunday, She waa accompanied by her mother. - Mr. -and- Mrs. Halger of Port land attended church here Sunday morning and were -visitors at the home . of Mr. P. Bbehoff. They . were accompanied by Daniel BU- choff. MACLEAT. Feb. 29 While all farmers have their nps and downs and losses, more than tho usual number of disasters seem to hare been visited on the ffaeleay farm er a recently Leo Geer lost a horse. 'Arthur Spell brink four head of heifers and John Anderson at pair of sil ver foxes. In some way Mr. Gears horse got down in the barn and got its head under its body and broke its neck. Mr. Spellbrink's heifer got into the grain bin and over ate. They were all subject to registration and would hare fresh ened soon. ' Mr. Anderson's foxes, valued at $200, dug out of their enclosure. They have been seen several times but so far no one has been able to capture them. This Lkjr. great loss to the Anderson family as they have been here only a short time and are trying to improve their farm. Anyone seeing the foxes should notify the family. COWBOY sums AID TICKET SALES LIBERTY, Feb. 9 Members of the Cowboy chorus got under way Friday selling tickets for the community club, benefit play. 'Bertie's Cavewoman" to be giv en In the near future. The - proceeds- from the enter tainment are to be used to pay oft the remaining Indebtedness on the community hall remodel ing of this pastwinter. Mis Josephine Pruitt enter tained a ' group of her friends with . an outdoor wiener and marsh mallow roast party at her home Friday evening. Later after the games, the. girls adjourned to the house for cake. Girls who enjoyed the evening were the Misses Orpha and Helen Dasch, ' Catherine Dallas, Jerry Jo Patterson. ' Florence Copley, Larerne Oakman. Wllma Westen- Share of Road Wcrkte'u"! and Armstrong Hill Gets ROSEDALE. Feb. 29 O. D. Needham, patrolman, has been do ing some work on the Armstrong hill In the western part of the dis trict, i Mrs. A. J. Hildy and daughter, Frances, returned Saturday from visiting with relatives in Port land. The Ladles Missionary society will meet with Mrs. Albert Bates, Wednesday afternoon. . COLE IMPROVED) MISSION BOTTOM. Feb. 29 Robert Cole, who has been ser iously HI the past two weeks at the Salem Sanltorlum is improv ing. It is hoped that he will bo removed to his home soon. An in fected arm resulting from a bruise caused his Illness. Miss Gladys Smith has been with Mrs. Cole the past week. Senior Play Goes Over in Big Way 1 : HUBBARD, Feb. 29 The sen ior play, "Hurry, Hurry, Hurry!" a three act comedy, was present ed by the Hubbard " high school seniors rat the city hall Friday -night to a crowded house. The cast. Included:. Mrfe. Hook er, i Irene Hlgglnbotham; Rita, Marjorle Wolf er; 4 Mr. Hoover, Ben Miller; . Barbara Hooker, Anna Knight; Stephen Hooker; Marion! Carl; John Crandall, Mel Tin Troudt; Letitia Brown, Helen Paulsen;' Ted Stone, Roy Clay pool; Professor Bartholomew, Stanley Wolf er. The producing staff wasMrs, Adeline; Fields, director; Bob Mil der,: business . manager; Dorothy Bcholl. costume s manager; -Max: Smolnlsky, stage manarer: Jack Moomaw and Garfield Voget, as sistant j stage managers. -.' if' t, ,.' K. 41 -SrPl of ft Annual 8Utmat of Aerie Central JJU Jnanraae Cmpaay mt Iadianapolit, ia tha StaU of mww, va ttirty-Iim dr f D. Mtear, ,1931. ma4 to th IatoraM Caamtsiloacr of the Stat t Oregon, pur nant to law: . - Tata! f mri for the year, Tatal ' nramlnni laeoma 93.744.2B2.31y , Itertet, Aivideada ana rati reeeir4 dartnc th year, f9SS.4Tl.32. IneaW from other tonrees reeetTe4 dartnc too year, S620,68fl.l. Total iaewne, $5,300,450.. V . t .DI85UH8EMENT8 . Paid for leiaee. endowment, aanaitiea and anrrender balnea, 3.OOO,885.08. Dirideadi paid to polieyholdera durinf OiVtdenda paid on eaplul atoek daring the year. 943.S40.00. , Commiiilon, and talariee paid dorins k year. 858,09.81. Tazeat Tieeneeo and tees paid " darinr fho yoar, S93.SS5.S4. - AainUt of all atkar .iMiiitarM tail . S03.8O. , - V Totol expenditure. S4.604.00J.8. i r ASSETS - Talu of real oatato - owned H market Value), $2,580,742.12. -. Value ot atocka and bonde owned (mar ket amortised value ), 3,88,321.7. , Loaaa ea morifagea oad collateral, ete, 84.637.659,75. , - ' Premiam note sad policy loaaa. Se ta 1.2 12. 88. - . - CaaliU.baaks sad oa hand, 8207. ? S14.lT.t - . Net nneoneetod sad deterred srotaiaau. . 8559,77.68. , v . F , . , . IaUroet and roaU da and oeraod, 8404.942.S0. . Other aiaets (aot), $30,836.87. Total: odaaltted aeaeta, 118,530,888.00, 1 i Xrt reeerrea, 816,926,491.89. ? ' Orots catiaio for lotaot anpaid. $2L. 880.S4.' . - . , , All otlier UabmUel. $384,491.64. " Total liabilities-, zelutle of capital . Stock, of 8374,000.00, $1T,602.64.7. BUSINESS in OREGON FOB TBI 'TEAR f.i Orooa, premiums roosiTod dsriag ta :: yeae 8S4.139.1S. - - . , . Premiama and diridenls returned dnr iair U eyear. $9.f7. . Ioese ; paid during. ' fa : ovu.vv. horse stalls, one feed bin and two box stalls. By eliminating the box stalls eight more stanchions may be added making room for a herd of 21 cows. An abundance of light may be supplied on dark days by the use of electricity. On the north end is the door entering the mow which has hay capacity of (5 tons. Below this is a large door entering the 10 foot feed alley making it most convenient to unload a truck of feed inside. At the south end ot the barn stands two silos both eight br thirty feet. These are also built on a concrete founda tion. Two sliding doors are con veniently located one on each side of the silos. Located out In the barnyard . a short distance from the silos Is a round concrete wat ering trough with' an automatic stop and run. Thus the height of the water already in the trough regulates the amount of water coming into the same . Concrete walks entering the building are also an added con venience to this ideal dairy born; - Another, extensive building pro gram was completed on ' the Charles E. Nelson farm, at cost of over 12100, and included a new dairy barn, a remodeled house and a small chicken house. ; The modern dairy barn is 40 by 38 feet and tuns east and west. On the south side are ten Iron eow stanchions. Across the feed alley from the stanchions are two horse stalls, one box stall ana a space for. sheltering machinery.' ; Forty tons of loose hay may be easily stored in the mow, t . NOW tor the SE WW & BIGGEST WEEK "of B SHOES GREAT CLOSING OUT SALE of the STATE ST. STORE i j The response for the first few days of this closing-out event was positively astounding . . and no wonder, for such amazing .values have never been equalled in clothing history! But this store must go, and these great valued will continue until they are sold out. NOTICE! Additional merchandise has been added from our main store to give you better selections and to make rbbmf or the new. spring-merchandise. x V Just Look Over This Array of Fine In . all new styles and . - ..- j good color . many that would sell regular ly up to $25.00 . . now every one to go at this great value 0 X Men! Here They Are! The entire balance of our stock will go at O 0 0 this crashing price fine wool fabrics .ex ceptionally well tailor ed and suits that would sell regularly up to $35 . . but every suit must See our all new styles and go ows. zJn amoi of Coinpanr Ameriea mo jnnrano Coapoar. tn. Catral Nam of PreUdeat-fWt M. WooV am . Secrr7 Beey W. Staratorr resident aMoyaor fr-0rrJo P1K BUGKenOUIiD MONMOUTH. Feb. St Mon mouth's Civic club is making con tinued progress .toward the tree planting lathe city park to hon or the bl-centennial of Washing ton's" birth. The trees will be f ur nlshedjmalnly by various service and ffraternal . organisations of town.; - : ' i'-s . : i 8hrubbery is now being moved from the eenter of the ; original park site to be re-set as a baek- groaai for- the trees, vijr.w; r A- shert prograsB tor the Feb- rnaiT meetlar vae featured by song ec waaaiMtoa's" day by Mrs. F. Si Chambers; and an in teresting resasse of Washington as' a sidaaer. with' tatematteu eeaeerntngt the ears be , and trees on the It east veraea estale. Mre. Araie Parker resorted for the eomssitsee ea fleam tor .. the Zl$i.oo Fine fabrics, all good colors. VaL to 75c Now,-8 for:....... . Good patterns & good materials : to close out , " ' : 95c T, Wool Pullovers & Coat styles to close out .. . i $1.00 New smart patterns Val. to $1.00 Now 3 Coir bliss a Lias Stetson and tMory KIAOv Fine Beaver finish. Re. $10 Vst Now fQQJ. DrdoGGEoGCi oixinmro " :VaLto $2.6o aoseout C3C . v Wool in new patterns, all good styles. VaL to $2.00. - Qose ont , ,7. . ; 95c T.aG3'c FQeG KIC5GG $1.00 Silk & rayon, also interwoven wool. Close out 6 pair . ' k ,. All good colors & styles. . VaL to $5. Close oat " c $2.45 See Our Windows for These, v Close-Out Prices The Talk of tha Town Dont ;7, Iflira.Thtsa Savinrrs : . InraM Roiaaitaaat Ot Ovfm aew'yark addltiea:' - t