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A '7 t Published in the Interests of United PURITY Stores Vol. I. United PURITY News, Friday, Febrnary 8, 1928. No. 3 NEW . STORES JOIN M : BIG UNITED PROGRAM -. -.-, ' -4 . . -' - .. 0- HOUSEWIVES SE Honenns DFVflLLEYST Comment Heard From Near and Far About Progres sive Oregon Merchants HOUSEWIVES PRAISE Purity Housewives throughout the Willamette valley have been lib eral in their praise of United Purity Stores. Many managers have relayed their expressions of praise to the central organ ization 'heads, telling how their customers have commented up on the new organization, its Ktrenirth. the fact that it gives lower pricifl feHd ! better t service j than were afforded under the unit form of grocery, selling. One of the features which has pleased the public is the im proved appearance of many grocery stores in the group. JSTew windows have been deco rated, store displays made tidy and attractive and in general a new atmosphere given in many) of the United runty Drancnes.. This Improvement will be con tinuous, every, merchant work ing to make his j own store an outstanding one in his own com munity. ; : " Thanks to the reception of pa trons of the new organization it now appears ito be pertain that there is a big future for United Purity Stores Is meeting the demands of Willamette val ley housewives for the finest foods at lower prices The organization of these 'stores is in line with a practice that has been spreading throughout the United States in the last year or so. That Ore gon should have such a lusty young chain of grocers has caused much comment , in other parts of the country. Especial ly is there a ;greatnterest among those who regret the trend of chain storeJwnersfiip throughout the country, for in United Purity Stores' this ob jection has been overcome by joining independent stone own ers in a great buying organiza tion and not infringing at all upon their business indepen dence. 65-Mile View Unfolds to Plane Passengers - Washington. Airplane passengers who get " bird's-eye view" of the country as they fly from city to city really set more than a real bird's-eye Li. .... ..WHS?, t lew. ; ; -i" ' : . Passengers In tbe air liner flying t a height of !0G feet, fan -average altitude for safe flylns of bis planes, see tbe horizon 65 miles distant on a clear day and have an area of 7.000 square miles within their vision. Within an angle of, 45 degrees straight down, air passengers with fair vision ran survey an area of bout J0.0U0.000 square feet. : Traveling at the usual mail-passenger plane speed of 100 miles an hour, the aerial traveler has less than n minute to decipher; signs' which have an area of MX) to 2,000 square feet Tbe billboard promoters of the fu . tore! will have to provide giant letters on the rdofs of buddings If they ex pect to "hide America behind the na tion's billboards." A six-foot letter Is legible at A.000 feet and a 15-foot let ter at 13.000 feet. ' . ES THE' FEATHERHEADS rficwerindw tha w-- - -- . . , ner smcken mocner. t.. : m;Ia4 propri8ti 8nd thriaUriS to tW f HERE IIS -A a- u rwwinnnnrTnrirTTi 5 Bureau of Standards Seeks a Perfect Fuel Washington. Why doee the ngtne of your uf omolHe soroetlmes miss when you step on the accelerator ' That's wlint the bureau ot " standards. In co-operation with the automotive and petroleum Industry. Is trying to find out. the Department of Commerce announces. The bureau of standards has already made a few discoveries .long this line. Forlnstaix-e. of two fuels, one may give let ter results In winter. wnmlier In .-summer. Another discovery is that while the temperature of an engine's water jacket has little effect on acceleration, a motor will "pick up" quicker when the Intake manifold Is-hot A perfect motor fuel Is what the bureau of standards hojtes to And, It will Invest 'gate -also the value of auxiliary devices designed to make low-rrode iras- ollnei function as arell as high test fuels. I ' MMHHt4HHHt Big Parade of Steamboats Is Planned on Ohio River Pittsburgh. A steamboat parade on the Ohio river, headed by President Elect Herbert Hoover, Is planned for September, 11)29, to celebrate comple tion of all locks and dams on the stream. , Capt Oscar Barrett, president of the Ohio Valley Improvement associ ation, aajs be already has" Invited Mr.' Hoover and that he has received his tentative acceptance. Towns aad cities along the river will be asked to cooperate, while steamship owners and operators are expected to participate. Three Million Artisans Are Listed in Russia Geneva, Switzerland. Official sta tistics from Russia, quoted in the weekly publication .of the Interna tional labor office, put, the number of artisans In the Soviet union at 2,900, 000, or 55 "per cent of the total num ber of Industrial workers. Their production. Including tattling. Is valued at $2,150,000,000. or 30 per cent of the total value of the Indus trial production of the Soviet union. There are 7.413 artisans' co-operatives, with a total membership of 463, 618 members." Modern Hotels in Paris Have American Names 31-Paris. A feature of many of the modern atyle hotels which are spring 'ng up all over Paris is the American nomenclature given them. "Hotel des Etata-Unls." the "New York"; Wssh lngton? and such like are becoming more and more, familiar. To Foil Conatorfietter - Washington. Secret service opera tives hope to educate the public against counterfeits when the .new small-sized currency Is Issued. It will show portraits of a-partlcular Ameri can celebrity like Washington or Lin coln on bills of one denomination only and help foil currency raisers, c - ' ' ;- . irl-"S'-: - i Kills Tot to Get Eve RIverbeud. N. Y. Aslo Hero, six teen, waa held on a charge of homi cide after confessing, police said, that he drowned four-year-old Frei Has ier In a pond to "get even", with the child's : uncle. r The nature of the grudge was not known, Kaews H "C1mk-c1io- Bucharest. Rumania. St.-ven-y ear old King Mk-hal attended the christen tug of - a big locomotive named after Tilm and waa told how It works. He astounded those present ly.-xplalnlng In detalt how. In eomparlson, an elec tric locomotive runs. ByQtlerae fettV life: rr : , r 11 rrrr. xl OH BOY UNITED PURITY STORE NEAR YOUR HOME SAVE -MONEY (CmiWa.w.M.V.1 Merely Dtrminatioa Courage Is merely a high-sounding name for backbone, a synonym for will. It Is not so much a cause as It Is an effect. It la the fruit of deter mination, backed by will power and resourcefulness to bring about accom plishment. GrljL Would lavettigate Farther Professor Y (writing to bis wife and daughter aojournlng at fashion able: watering place) DearMaizie:' You inform me that you have en" gaged our Lucie . to an elegant and dashing young chap. My eventual blessing and a very capable detective are now on the way to you. KememDcr how we used to nuu gaii jvu aiiu i, Would let the old cat die. Remember how we used to i nai we couia swinz so niin We'd touch the moon and, swinging We'd let the old est die. Remember how we peeked one day On Uncle Dick and Nell, And how she begged till we agreed That we would never tell How she was swinging In the swing And. as he tossed her high. He'd steal a kiss and maybe two And let the old est die. Sometimes when trouble comes along, And things go all awry I wish that we could swing again. And let the old cat die. . It seems to bring a sweet content v And all my troubles fly To think of how we used to swing. And let the old cat die, Along the Concrete 1 jj East Indian Dib Mulligatawny Is a highly seasoned, thick, East-Indlan-type soup, of which curry powder Is the essential charae terlstlcjngredlent Meats, vegetables, mango," chutney, coconut Jesh, rice, cayenne pepper, etc are variously employed and blended to suit the Ideas of the cook or canner. The title Is derived from two native words sig nifying "pepper water," Important r ton He that huth a trade hath an ea state. and he that hatfS a calling hath an office of profit and honor. Benja min Franklin. swing s C Sw-W- "r&h? wish ySrdi( was ' Yw rvii.rO FRENCH DEED PLOT FOR YANK'S GRAVE Village Where Hero Ends Controreray. Died Washington. Through the gift of the French village of Moyenmoutler of the ground occupied by the grave of Lieut. Thomas R. Plummer of New Bedford. XI ass., a controversy of tea years comes to an end. Unlike most American families whose' sons fell In France, the Plum mers strongly desired that Lieutenant Plummer's body be left In the little French cemetery where It was buried two days before the armistice was signed and a few days before the Croix de Guerre awarded him by the French government was received. This caused the unwinding of much red tape. Lieutenant Plummer, al though, fifty years of age when the war broke out, enlisted in the Amer ican Red Cross and was assigned to the French village of Moyenmoutler, Just behind tbe French .lines. There he did such valiant work that be was beloved by the entire population of the village. They burled him with highest honors In their "own village cemetery. His death was the result of unselfish devotion to sick and wounded French soldiers. ; When the work of removing Amer ican soldiers' bodies to government cemeteries In, this country and France began - Lieutenant Plummer's grave was one of the few isolated ones marked "Do not disturb." The government could not leave soldier's bcdles without definite title to the land or without assurance that graves would be properly cared for, however. After much Interchange of corre spondence between the town council of Moyenmoutler, the cemetery divi sion of the quartermaster corps of the United States army and the family of Lieutenant Plummer, the problem was solved with receipt of the title to the ground occupied by the grave. Rhymers to Royalty There seems to be no authentic rec ord of the origin of "Poet-Laureate of England" but tt is recorded that Rich ard Cocur de Lion bad a "versificator regis," a development of the practice of earlier times, when minstrels and versifiers were part of the retinue of tbe king. Pioneer Salem Grocer Has Enviable Record; Veteran's Son is Manager for Store Two Additional Members Allied With Rapidly Growing Chain of Independently Owned Willamette Valley Food Stores; St. Paul and Salem Profit by Enrollment of Merchants WAY back ih '88, when Henry Ford was playing marbles or at least unable to make the- wheels go around, A. Daue set himself up in the grocery business in Salem. And ever since that time, there has been a Daue grocery store I in Salem. The location of the business is at 1003 South Commer cial street. The present name-of the store is A. Daue & Son, but A. Daue, ' died recently at thev age of 69 years. For the past 15 years, the active management of this store has been in the hands of Elmer Daue, a son of the founder of the store. Mr. Daue has proved himself a capable business man and an able grocer with the result :that his business has been contin uously prosperous. : ..... New Store Added This week sees two ne?w grocery firms added as members of the rapidly growing organization of United Purity Stores. D. L. Van De Wiele, for many years a leading grocer at St. Paul, Ore gon, this week affiliated his business with United Purity Stores, and thus added one of the leading groceries in Marion sounty to the group. Webb's grocery at 1396 South 12th street joined the organ ization early In the week. Mr. Webb, the proprietor, is well known in that district of Salem and he will be a distinct acquisition to the large number of Salem grocers already in the organization. Big Parade of Steamboats Is Planned on Ohio River Pittsburgh. A steamboat parade on the Ohio river, headed by President Elect Herbert Hoover, Is planned for September, 1929, to celebrate comple tion of all locks and dams on tbe stream. " Capt. Oscar Barrett, president of the Ohio VaHey Improvement associ ation, says be already has Invited Mr. Hoover and that be has received his tentative acceptance. Towns and cities along the river will be asked to co-operate, while steamship owners-and operators are expected to participate.' Gains in Weight After Escaping Wife's Knife Kansas Cite, Mo. Following dis closures that he had gained 40 pounds In weight since he had stopped, run ning from a butcher knife wielded by his wife, ss well as since havjtog left her board, Harry Mitchell, a negro, was granted a divorce In tbe Inde pendence division of the Circuit court by Judge Willard P. Halt Mitchell and his wife lived at 1610 Brooklyn, avanue. Mrs. Mitchell threatened him with a knife, Mitchell said. "But were you always good to herl" inquired Judge Ball. . "Yes, sir." Mitchell replied. -"I al ways was on time for meals and al ways kept the house warm hi winter. But 1 lost weight mating her food." Mitchell said his wife's weight was 185 pounds and hi 145. whUe they lived together, "Creeping" Driver ... j Free for Lack of Law New York. For the first time In the history of the New York Traffic court, a motorist was brought before tbe magistrate on a charge of driving his cor. too slowly. The autoniobillst Is Mor timer N. Ierkerln, who. Patrol man (Jiilnn of traffic O said, was driving so slowly that his ear was an obstruction to traffic. '' 1 Although ' Magistrate 1 Renand Invokes the law against speed ing every day.' he searched In tain for a statute covering , "creeping" case, and finally dis charged I'erkertn. Blackmail A-brewing I I DHy Drawoirfilt A Voice From the Ranks CAPTAIN BILLY FARINHOLT, . now deceased, was one of the most , gallant soldiers that Essex county. Virginia, sent to the Confed erate array and If you don't believe Essex sent out her full share of hard fighters in 1801 Just ask any .native of the county, that's all. The old gentleman was a famous story teller. One of his favorites had to do with an actual occurrence of the Civil war In which cool grit In the face of almost certain death was mingled. I think. In Just the proper proportion, with a beautiful sense of humor. Tbe man from whom I got the yarn used to go on hunting expeditions with the captain. My - Informaut couldn't recall the name of the bat tie In which the thing occurred but . be was quite sure It was one of the bloody fights of the final Virginia campaign shortly before Lee's surv . render. - v v'-x-vv.. y? , . The general engagement had com- -menced. The brigade to which Cap tain Farlnbolt . belonged was", drawn ' up In reserve awaiting the command to advance, when a small battery of Union guns opened upon It from the top of a oearby hill, doing consider able damage. An order was given that Captain Farlnholt'e company should capture the battery and si- -lence the bothersome guns. This meant that unless some one devised a better plan, the detail must rush the hill by a frontal attack. It alao meant that1 the-little assaulting . force must suiter heavy . casualties . even If It were not entirely destroyed for there was no cover. Tbej must charge the enemy across an open space where the Federal pieces might play directly upon them. " As the men awaited the word to ad vance, the company- commander felt It his 'duty to fcdvlse tbera Cbst this was a most desperate adventure on which they were about to start Bit own instructions, be explained, were -not specific - He merely had been, told " that . he must eliminate ..those -pestiferous Yanks. Then, departing somewhat from strict military disci ptlne, he asked whether any Individu al present cared to make a surges-, tlon ; whereby ; the ; enemy's battery; - could be taken with the least po' -alble loss of life. A pause befell. No one. It seemed, could think of an easier wsy than the one already, de cided upon. - . - - A, : private, who stuttered 'badly, broke the silence: - 7 . "W-h-h-a-a-t say, fellers, l-e-ere-s-a ' Just e-h-l-p In a-n-d buy the d-a-a-mned ' thingr . kr th MeNaucttt Srnaicst. (ml) . . - Uwck laUrMt la , ' ' AJthoun total wrllpses of the moos ire far more generally observed than total ecllpees of the sun. since they nay be seen from more than half of . the earth's surface while a total Mllpse of the sun, according to the American Nature." assoctsilon. Is vla-v Jble only, within a very-narrow path of great, length, yet they"are not of so common occurrence that they pass unobserved ' or fall to arouse popular interest' "'-' PATRONIZING rr .... i. -i'v-
