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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1937)
?AGE TWO Exposition of Progress Here i j - Tracks Arrive, Showhouse Set up for Opening . Tonight at 7 5 'A fleet of mammoth red and silver trucks. - housing the Gen- eral Motors Parade of Progress Exposition., rolled Into Salem - Saturday for a two-day showing starting today at 7 p. m. The caravan ' was met at the city limits hr a receotion committee headed by Mayor V. E. K"uhn and W. W. . Chad wick, president of the" local chamber of commerce. and 1 then ; paraded the principal streets of the city. . The big trucks were driven onto the lot at 14th and Madison tnlrth e 5iTin ppppppppppppp streets and were placed three abreast. ' By means of an ingen ious arrangement the sides of the tracks were raised on hinges to form peaked, roofs; inner panels were lowered to form floors and the exhibit halls thus formed will show to the Salem people the Drozress that has been made In the past forty years, j Yesterday's Parlor ! 0ne exhibtion hall is devoted to progress In the home. A beau tiful modern living room 1s the first room one enters in tht hall; a brown and tan lounge, a blue barrel-chair, built in book . shelves and radio nook, indirect lighting and many other attrac- t From the modern livingroom visitors lire Invited to walk Into - the parlor. of yesterday where a taelodion, a luxury 130 years ago, occupies a corner. The kero sene lamp, the best known meth od of lighting before Edison cre ated a new industry, rests on a modern top table casting its dim, yellow glow on - a black, i pot-bellied stove. A fireman i )ra needed In the parlor, too. !' Into the "labor saving kitch en" the sight-seer steps and ob serves how science In the home bas saved time, saved steps, sav ed money .. and started new in dustries. -'All modern conveni ences' are within reaching dis tance "; from the center of the room.; - - ; "f City of Progress Through the doorway is the contrasting "corner of grand mother's kitchen" where cooking was- a full time job. There la the big woodburnlng range. Good rooks had also to be expert fire med.r The old woodbox beside the v range was without a bot tom, so thought the wood-carry-i ; kn. nf feneration ago; Inspectors of the little gray sink with Its hand pump on the . left are informed that this old time kitchen had "cold. Tunning : water, day or night." In the "hall of transporta tion, a moving diorama of the "City of Progress" is shown on the right. Two hundred tiny ri and trucks move along mln- i.tnra htffhwftva between build ings of futuristic TSeslgn; diesel Mwcred trains spin past; an air plane erchea on the top of one nf thti tan Duuanrs. iuo server feels that progress in America has Just begun. . Science Marvel -nn ti nnnosite wall, in con trast with tlftt modern scene. Is the diorama ! tae -aaaua dmw of the SO 'a. A one-man trolley car jerka ita palinful way down a destitute looking street At the controls Is a mustached man wearing a uu - other vehicle to appear is chugging "horseless carriage pi loted by one of the town's dan dles. In those days five miles to town and back was day i tr!?n still another hall the vis- . . -13 kl.V,mlt1l Itor- enters tne bvmu. 'shop which symbolises the serv ice station . for the first "horse less carrtagea." The blacksmith of yesterday, like the mechanic of today, was a skilled crafts man, but Industry had not yet provided hlm with, machinery and tools. - , ---Automotive Progress progress from then to now is shown ; i the next truck ex hibit . . modern service sU tion for. automobiles, iuiiy equipped with the most up-to-date precision testing apparatus. A research worker on an at tractive; well equipped stage which; -when not in use converts Into a huge treamUed, traces - the olnUon of industry through. series of highly Inter esting 'and entertaining mentiw . Tor instance he pointa out , that a simple coll of wire, rlui electricity, la the basis for neatly ,all of our Present, elec trical accomplishments. With a simple coil he shows .L telegraph came to, be lnnted. and v later the telephone. Still using cdll n dmon9irt" how. in the future. It might oe found practical to cook witnoui heat. 3tore the astonished eyes of the audience he friea an egg on a rstove'1 which is a coil of wire, 'whkh i absolutely cold to the touch! . "- Brush College JIan lias Ilip Fractured in , Fall - Bit ITS II CREE K George HaugeVho slipped Wednesday night and broke his hip. was wit en to the Silverton hospital Fri day in the Ltrsoff ambulance. , Hauge has been ill tor several year and has walked only with the ld of crutches. It waa hie bestl-Jeg . that was brokfen. His mother, Mrs: Hauge. has been ear ing tor him. for several years. Re cently he had Improved sufficients ly to be up' and around out of doors on his crutches.- V7olen bridge at. Evens , Valley Undergoes Repair EVEN'S VALtE Y--The wooden bridge' in the-north end of Evens Valley Tiai recently been-repaired by the county road"- crew. .New sides and flooring have been add ed, both of ; which w e r e hadly needed. '- v: - -2 'tc HarTesting of grain hare '-will re er'trely completed within a .aw fliys. Returns were, reponeu not as good as usual. Novel 7i IN.-- , - (T ay & p v .A z Jjj jt zj ;v. Upper center: Boas, executive, leader, ambassador of good will. Director M. Jerpe, otherwiM known m "Jack. Whfla tho ex position was the brain child of the talented genius of science and research, C P. Kettering, the gigantle task of patting It before the people of America falls upon the broad shoulders of versatile Jack Jerpe. His problems are not small. Thcaravan aa experiment wheat be took It over and bow a proven activity of considerable merit shows to an average of 15,000 people per playday. His stiff Includes Departing Pastor Feted, Salt Creek SALT CREEK Rev. and Mrs. G. Neumann were honored with a reception at the Baptist church Wednesday night. A large crowd attended. Rev. Olhof f of Salem had charge of the pro gram. ' Presidents of the varioua church organizations gave two minute talks and five visiting ministers from the mlddlewest had a part on the program. The men's chorua and the mixed choir both gave numbers. Rev. and Mrs. Neumann and three children are leaving Mon day for Detroit, Mich., where he will be pastor of the Burns Ave. Baptist church. He will preach hla farewell sermon Sunday hav ing charge of loth morning and evening services. Members of the church presented them with a gift in token of their love and appreciation of work done here. i Man v from this community at tended the general conference of North America of the German Baptist church and many are visiting here from other places who attended the conference. Among them are Rev. and Mrs Fred Bartel and daughters of Avon, S.' D. Mr. Bartel waa minister here IS years ago. Missionary Club -Elects Treasurer JEFFERSON At the meeting of the Evangelical Missionary so ciety Wednesday afternoon at the home ot Mrs. A. P. Layton Mrs. J. T. Jones was elected treasurer to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. M. J. Davidson who moved to Sal em. Mrs. Jones gave a report of the branch convention held re cently at Jennings lodge. Miss Elizabeth Caulkins ot Spo kane, and Miss Lorene Smith of Seattle were - dinner guests Fri day of Miss Elizabeth Looney. They were enroute to their homes from Stanford university, in Call- m r 111 OFFICE SUPPLIES - BOOKS FILING EQUIPMENT ; GREETING CARDS fir All Occasion ' 'i ' i ', - Headquarters for School-Books yGTA'Smimn.Yr COMPANY S40 Slate St. ,. Jast East of Ladd Bush The OREGON Mobile I mm i fornia where they both received their master degrees. Other recent guests at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Looney were Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Duvall and aon of Davenport, Iowa. They were motoring to California, on a tour of the west. Mishap Hurts Man At Silverton Hill SILVERTON HILLS Ed Nel aon la carrying one hand in a sling following an injury recently sustained to his second finger on his left hand when he caught his finger in the capper at the Sil verton Canning company. C. V. Murray will build a new 32 by 34 foot two-story house on the Murray farm here and has begun digging of the basement. Murray also haa a service station on his farm. . ; -Mrs. John Relnhart has been taken to the hospital for observa tion. , Mrs. Reinhart has been ill for some time. Her sister, Mrs. Leon Tarranoff, is caring for the Reinhart children during their mother'a absence. : Erection of a new play ahed at the Mt. View school is underway. The old shed went down last win ter under the deep snow. ' : t Returns From South SILVERTON Miss Muriel Bent son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rudd Bentaon, has returned to her home after a six weeks attend ance at the University of Califor nia at Los Angeles. Miss Bentaon is a Silverton school teacher. ' 4 r worij Famous t AKRON TRUSSES " ' : ' Correctly; fitted -"We Guarantee Comfort and x Secorlty -l-.i-- CAPITAL DRUG STORE , 405 State. Cor. Liberty and bebool Supplies STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Worlds "-4 -4. all forma of engineers, a doctor, cores of junior executive. It la a T, student, KendaU Warner runs odd lea? Jobs" iret rtvrZ-. jiwor ana civm leaoers. uetween time he apende hie odd momenta in the classroom eondncted for the other yonnar cara. VC ?PC TlshU Dotot" engineering. Iectm4r7maglcian Jarvia McElhany changes raw ergs to cooked eon wiUionthZa! -l?? JTLing to McaJlcSi Lebanon Federal Building Nearer LEBANON Word received from .Washington that Lebanon's application for a new 176.800 postofflce building has been placed on the recommended list, has given encouragement to those who have promoted the project and to the entire area affected. E. L. Clark left Saturday for Ogden, Utah to attend a district meeting of salesmen for the Mishawaka Rubber company. The 40 men on strike at the Sewell-Wynn mill have returned to work and the union organ iser, C. A. Paddock, was ar rested on disorderly conduct charges. The mill is operating on the same scale as before with plans for a possible expansion. William Irvine, who makes his home with his son. Dr. N. E. Irvine,- is spending a few days with - Portland friends. - Silverton Man Is I Reported Weaker , SILVERTON -C. S. Bristol, past 80 years old. continues critically ill at his home on Lib erty Hill. Mr. Bristol, who was a Silverton jeweler for over 30 years, retired two years ago and has since been at his home. He was taken ill some weeks MODERN DENTAL PLATES Of All MAKES OiKK IS I'KACTICE FILLINGS, CROWNS, .3 EXTRACTIONS, -BRIDGES bit HIGGINS ; dentist;; Over J. C Penney Store - . Tel. C834 1 LI: Sundar Morning, August 22, Fair Comes to T id- T If l.t acconatalnts, maintenance men and man's Jon. Upper lefti Mascot, mm tm hwwi neve PiavlnC Wttfi MO hlMM(Mf go but Improved sufficiently to be up and about again, but dur ing the past few days he haa been unable to be about in his garden and has been confined to his bed. Jefferson People At Pioneer Fiesta JEFFERSON -Mr. and Mrs Wirt Dailey spent the weekend In Oregon City attending the pioneer- celebration and visiting friends, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ar buckle. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Redmond and family, and Rev. and Mrs. F, O. Phillips and family enjoyed a pleasant day at the .North Forks of the Santlam near Quartsville. They report catching a number of fish. Miss Elizabeth Aupperle re turned home Thursday after sev eral days . visit with friends in Portland. . She will teach school at . Centralis, Wash., again, her school beginning August 80. DURING OUR OF THIS SEASON'S WOOLENS . For a Few Days Only! $30 SUITS ........ Jfou, $35 SUITS ....I....JV0W $40 SUITS ......... JVow $45 & $50 SUITS Note Savings of v r -:-e.-r'-. ' r,:- f - . .v i- A complete selectbn of all the latest woolens in all the latest shades and patterns. ' '- . In my assortment-yon hare a selection of over 10,000 suits that will f it yoa perfectly; . . more suits than in all the combined clothing stocks in Portland. And every one .made according , to your wishes. Ladies' 2-piece suit at above prices. Tailored to order. V :'V : TAILOR - . -: :"-V474 Court St. " ' 1937 i T 4 V 'I 0 1 I magic, 'black light. Tjowert Partial view of the novel HCircns of Science set np and receiving its welcome goesta. In tfee f oregrovnd may be seem the exhibition halls coaatmcted from the enper highway leviathan convoys. Nnmerons exhibits aronad the court hold the visitor's Interest between stage shows which are held within the big top tent theatre in the backgroand. The exposition opens tonight on the circus grounds at 14th and,' Madison streets. It eontlnnes through tomorrow with continuous performances from ItalBa. . V. . M Mt Angel Slates Second Retreat XT. ANGEL The second lay men's retreat to be held at the Benedictine Abbey this summer will open with high mass at 10 o'clock next Friday morning, with Rev. Damlan Jentges, ,OSB, con ducting the exercises. The retreat will elose with high mass and gen eral communion, followed by breakfast in the refectory Sunday morning. Many applications tor reserva tions are already in, and it is ad visable that anyone wishing to make the retreat aend In hia appli cation aa soon as possible. The re treat is sponsored by the Mt. An gel Retreat Guild of which P. N. Smith is president.. The June retreat waa attended by 180 men from all parts ot Ore gon. All indications point towards a similar attendance for thia sec ond retreats The seminary build 02S5 OS OSS 040 Including) Free Pair of Trousen Nearly 50 aleiiii ''IJ.'T -3 . r, .v .y . . v.- -.jr t -j . tng will be thrown open for the accommodation of the men. Mt. Angel Hops Picked iafOUNT ANGEL, Aug. 21-(ff)- Hop picking atarted here this week with growers reporting ex cellent cropa. ' Picking prices are generally set at 1 cents a pouna, with a toUl harvesting cost ot about 10 'cents a pound. COUPON World's (10 VOLUMES) Encyclopedia r: Yours For 39c Per Volume . - And e Differently Numbered - Coupons t ' " HERE IS YOUR :v COUPON No. 1 " ' 'This coupon, together with 5 other ,diffwently. tiered coupons (6 in all), plus 39 centa, entitle you X VOLUME No. 1 Clip and save these coupons from the : The Orcson Statesman each dayv - , ,. ; - ; -' .' v. ' .-.'i: t 6 ABerentty numbered coupoaa, together with 39c, entities yoa to one volume ef the Worid's Popular Encyciopediiu There ar? 19 Tolumea to the set . . . and each week a aew vm wLde avaOable until the set of 10 volumes has ben completed. Whea you have the complete 6 consecutive coupons, 11 la your name and address below and present to this newspaper with 39c to ' obtain tow volume. If yoa order by ynail enclose 10 cents extra foe ; portage up to 150 miles; 11 cent up to 300 miles; or for greater - Sainerf..... ....,...,....... . THE OREGON Broken Flywheel Kills Amity Man E. E. Shields, 60, Victim of Wood saw Accident Friday Night AMITY When a balance wheel of a woodsaw on which he was working at his home about ( p. m. Friday flew to pieces, a fragment struck and fatally Injured E. B. Shields, co a , well known farmer near Amity. Mr. Shields was rushed to a McMinnville hospital where he died about 8 o'clock. He Is survived by his widuw Belle, and five children, Ernia' Ivan,, Hngh, Mrs. Wanda Van Horn and Carl, all of Amitv his mother, Mrs. Hettie Shields' of Amity; three brothers, George of Bethel, Otho of Amity and Dr Harley Shields of Portland, and one-sister, Mrs. Vernon Romig, of Portland. Funeral arrange' ments have not been completed. .-, .Mrs. Maude Davis, who teacht'g near Prlneville has been a guest at the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Fred Schaeffer, east of town for several days. Mrs. Davis left Thursday for Corvallls to vij!t friends - before returning Crook county. The East Sfde Sewing rial, met Thursday, afternoon at the home of Mrs. Soren Sorenson with the Tice-president, Mrs. t. C. Richter, presiding. After a short business meeting the after noon was spent In hemming dish towels and napkins for the host ess. - ' r Refreshments were served to ten members. Mrs. Jesse Jones of Portland, a sister of Mrs. Sor enson, was a guest. The next meeting will be held in Spring Valley at the home of Mrs. Edw. MeCIure, September 2. Visit at Lebanon LEBANON Mr. and Mrs. Jay Nedra of Astoria are making a vacation-visit with Mrs. Nedra 's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Hunt r Popular JP'....r?) YfOKLO'S ' ENCYCLu. iiUB ESKIMO who lives Vt BOESrTT : V!, NEBD : STATESMAN I J!