WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon: Tonight and Friday
fair; moderate easterly
winds.
Minimum today, 50.
" Maximum yesterday, 58.
CIRCULATION
At rare (or Quarter Ending
' December St, Ul
54 5 8
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press Full Leased Wire
FORTY-THIRD YEAR. NO. 1.
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1920.
TEN PAGES.
PRICE 2 CENTS.
UNITED STATES
li
TRADE 0U1L00
IN 1920 BRIGHT
Secretary Of Commerce Says
Return Of Normal Con-
Greater Than That Of 1919.
(Associated Press Leased Wire)
Ratification of
Treaty Without
Change Favored
Ballots Reveal
imsui
H'
EQUALIZATION
Cherrians Send
Victory Messa ge
'To Oregon Team
A total of 329 ballots have been re
ceived on the question of ratifying the
peace treaty by The Capital ' Journal
since it began to print the ballot These
show a total vote of 318 favorable to
ratification in some form to U against
ratification.
By far the larger number of voters
.. TP n .amitauuu wunoui any amend-
tiitions lo Create Business ime.nt or,re8ervation' a majority 0tm
u...s i ivj. uniy o iavor the
Iwodge reservations, 88 favoring an
reasonable compromise.
The total votes stand: ! v
Fortification by compromise, 88; for
Lodge reservations. 5: for ratification
Washington, Jan. 1. (By the Asso-lwithout amendement or reBervatfnn
( i;.ted Press.) Secretary Alexander, 225; against ratification in any Torm
of the department of comlmerce, has 11.
Hummed up the commercial outlookl The same proportion obtains in oth
f .r 1920 as follows: er sections of Oregon, wherever the
"The closing year witnessed a fabu-newsPaperg have printed the ballot,
Ions growth of American foreign com- showing that public sentiment In Ore-
merce. uur iraae Daiance for 1919 will un w overwneimlngly in favor of rati
le approximately four billions. A great Nation of the treaty and league of na
fleet of merchant ships, new indus-jtlons-
tries, new sources of supply and In- , -
ireusea unowieuge or our own re
sources, are some of the assets gained
from our war experience. Before the
war we were engaged for the most
part in the development of our own
business, with little serious thought of
extension of our activities into world
markets, and we were indifferent as
regards our position Inferiority on the
high seas. Today we are awake as
never before. The pride of ante-bellum
days is revived and we look to see ourl
flag at the masthead of an American
ship in every Important seaport of the
world, carrying American goods when-
Pvfkl Tnarlrata ,vini v. j
i i, i.,. ne Marion county court found
u...v 'UK-inn i-i-iiti. It. ti , . . . -
"Abnormal conditions, we hone, are1 "I"., naV a!.al W1U1 a three Phase
The tremendous increase in i n. l"8 annUal ,evy came
the exports of the war period made', nay tor consideration be
ui. largely of military suonHeaanrt , ' r tht .unt)r commissioners. Judge
. ... - . W . IV1
BILLS
SIGNED
I Knowing that the most "completely
happy, New Tear" that could come to
the Oregon football players at Pasa-
jdena would be victory.- King Bins; c.
B. Clancey, of the Salem Cherrians,
jThursday- morning wired the follow-
lng message from the organization to
iCoach "Shy" Huntington:
1 in i - .. i i . .
I J Iff i t aaium iiernans reel sure a
i resident Atiixes biaiature completeIy happy New Year ta yu an
r I means just' one thins- w
wishing It for you. Go to it, boys, for
Oregon and the west!"
Just Before Midnight Says
Tumulty; Purchase of Cub
an Product Left Open.
TWO TAX LEVIES
NEEDED TO MEET
COUNTY BUDGET
pausing.
-till greater exports of the months fol-'Gou"v www "unt and w- '
lowing the war, in which foodstuffs'?. "ItLl t0 Par ,the ori?In'
3d lanrelv. mnv not '. "". " carry it in two lev
itely.- These tremendous fi
"""6"' Baiiamcuun to ail, DUUIbvv
definitely.- These
jiKureu largely, may not continue in- i.t . 7 .u. " 1, , .
se tremendous fio...1".' " m " Proo.ems. a intra
have brought tif ; , :i?urauu" 18 lne legality of the extra
;m l zr ,The Tniy buaget ds adopted by
Htion in Eurone ha hln "'il' "l6.00"'? atter late h" on
- """""uaj iitgiii, piUVlUtJS IOr IWO
ilri nti'fnv 1 : 1.1. ,
forelBnhiivr.tM....;:;.I--l1" rveB- me regular 1920 Item
u " in wme ch includes the full ft nor ront
,ses government restriction on buy.excess over the 1919 levy and is 81 -r?H.
lWt, WU d con,lnu8 eign 2C0.000. The extra le I ' for
JfJ?l" J"?! " This special lev? takes"
problem and is so uncomfortable for
- - - u nilivi CAi I1M IIL'H nr OVTPQ AVnanil ti. . ,3
.credit to European buvers. 8.. t iii ' a "
and lm.f C5lt,lon !.n. Whlch buns! legislation Causes Increase
ana selling- will be of Wnfft tn hthi t .ii.i
n., i. . """'I ""lu" fjiiauimeiiis wnicn maae
un that basis we may built a additional expenditure necessary are:
Approval of a measure Increasing
sides.
K-miiiereiai structure on a firm found
Progress Satisfactory.
too much to expect normnl
"It is
TICKET SCALPERS
TAKE ADVANTAGE
Of SEAT SCARCITY
(Associated Press Leased Wire)
Washington, Jan. 1. President
Wilson has signed the McNary bill
continuing the United States sugar
equalization board through 1920. it
was announced today at the white
house that his signature had been at
tached before midnight last night.
Secretary Tumulty in making the
announcement, issued this statement:
"The president has signed tha su
gar control bill. The bill confers dis-
H .1 ! 1 . . . , . . 1
v. .IJrBB,UB"1 ner in advance of the game was a fa
ter of purchasing sugar from Cuba. ' h ,.,, .
i,M0UbtfUlWhfhltWlII!?P.r,,f "! the" Harvard-Oregon gridiron cedented bufiness I all lines: tripled
ticable or wise for thd president to I , " h -r,f xJli, .i, i floit
exercise the power conferred so far " "" " "1 T" T"w - --v
as the purchase and distribution of,"0 Jll f , and an undreamed of volume of real
sugar are concerned" 8 at the cast verBUS west cIassic- estate deals: these things all indicate
Some of the Cuban sugar has al-l"doplns out tl,he wi"nT beoro, th,that Salem is on plane of progress
ready -been purchased and there islbattle apparen"yn 3ust M fa8C'"at-, which will place this city on the map
no central control over sugar in Cu-ling ato tbe 60.?0K0 more would-be the Ieadlng frult production and
(Associated Press Leased Wire)
Pasadena, Cat., Jan. 1. (Early
Harvard-Oregon.) Picking the win-
SURVEY OF PAST YEAR
SHOWS DEVELOPMENT :
: M SALEM SETS RECORDS
Growth, Prosperity and Progress Is Noted In
Eyery Line of Endeavor; Payrolls Tripledi
Savings Deposits Doubled as Result of New
and Elnlarged Industries
Father Time, in closing up h'is books for the year 1919, must certainly be astonish
ed at the entrees to be found there concerning Salem, Oregon. That heralded conser
vative "Sleepy Hollowof the Willamette Valley.has manifested (indisputable evidence
01 growin, prosperity ana progress aunng ine past year, ana me epiinet sieepy can
longer be properly applied to the Capital City of the State of Oregon.
Vastly increased population; imnra. i
fruit shipping center of the world,
' Savings Are Doubled. '
The concensus of opinion among
bankers and business men of Salem is
that the year now passing has been
without doubt the best year in the
is of general and special Interest, and
that is the fact that saving's deposits
Facing a gigantic road building pro- First work of the county's road
gram, calling for the expenditure of a ; makers will be grading and preparing1
One bankiifc itemlhalf million dollars, the laying of.the six miles south of Salem for con
firm 18 to 20 miles jThard surface tractors wno win Jay the Hard sur
pavement. the grading and graveling, 'ace. The road between , Woodburn
of anroxtmatelv 60 miles of roads, the n Newberg will be graded and grav-
emnloyment of probably 400 men,-theellea during the nevt season, the coun-
ho o. tv, , if . 1vfc!ii:tLL"" nu 01 sranu
so mvis toot J auu i l iiijk i t a - , , . , ,
therefore be impossible for the -2 '
ernment now to step in and purchase aop e. , K .J-,
the sugar without increasing the price L Baers for both teams morally and
to the consumer. The bill, however, .flnancloJ. .were p entiful Some saw
nnntini... th iiin. in the marked shift in the weather
this power may be used to assist in om warm to co1' certain augury of history of the city
controlling the profiteering among ,"""" .l ir . .
distributors. Mnoh Pnhan ,.r i B0"1 TcamS Ut Early.
coming-in now and the indications .t v" . uountereu who have doubied in number during the
are that prices have reached their assertlon that the lemon-yelloW,past 365 dayS) indicating that the in
peak and that there will be a ten, Players are iuat aa mucn accuatomed creased number of industries haw
dency for prices to fall in the next i10,,00?1 wfather as the easterners and meant a great deal t0 iaborers ana
of the various enterprise ty enters the new year leading the
now established In the city. I tate in highway development
7 , " ,'T" )" uu has resided here for more than a half procuring rock and gravel, the road
don their fighting clothes in readiness 'century is thoroughly convinced that making department of the county will
forthe referee s whistle at 2:30 oclock'Salem has passed most of the "worw'undertake a road-making program this
this afternoon All possible to be done bends ln the roaj. -and that the clty.s'yeari the immensity of which is known
in the way of preparation has beenrOM 4h, ftm ,, v. t
r "T..1."1 "uu" .without halt
xiiesa lur me oig Diow on.
Pasteboard profiteers, alias ticket
Marion County Enters
New Year Leading State
In Highway Development
few weeks.
BUSINESS PIERS
I FUTURE WIN
DEEPEST CONCERN
win ucuem s uiucn uy loaay B-iBm-iempi0yes
Both teams were up and around
erection of two new bridges, all with
in the next 12 months, Marion coun
Two New Paving Plants.
Unemployment Scarce. Two new paving plants will be add-
Perhapa one of tllfii most enoOurJgi ed to the hard surface making equip-
lng factors concerning Salem s uies-,ment already on hand one at Aums-
ent status -so far as general prosper- ville and ons at Mount Angel making
ty plans. In all, . approximately CO
miles of roads in the county will be
graded and macadamized during the)
year, exclusive of the hard surface
mileage.
Aside from the county's contem
plated paving work during the year
the state will lay 19 miles of hard
surface In the county. This is con
fined to those portions of the Pacific
highway north and Bouth of Salem
that have Veen contracted.
At tho present road making sched
ule in the county, pursuant to the re
quirements of the bonding act of last
year, one-tnird of the roads In the
tne school purpose appropriation to
ui,oiu wnicn. is i25,470.0 in ex-
provided un
Washington, Jan. 1 American busi
ness feels anxious over what the future these today were believed to have been
holds, the federal reserve board au- sold, however, and $20, $25 or even
scalpers, were up and around early
too, although 'neir activities were
r""""" ". ae" ltv Is concerned la found In t. thr navina- Dlants turains- o(.t dstlv'I-.- i.V iV. 'fM". "
aPnrn0fO kSS swatc fngr1"' r jT ? C"? f.''"?- f da ? ?0T
the government tax Prevailing prices C!L,iUdBe ?a?e ln, to,u?h wlti'1 LI0 Si"10 arter'eS t0 a" part8!The macadamized road work 1. paid for
last night were $12.50 for $3.50 tickets ' "ie,n " A " J., ' V t , s , 0 'argeiy Dy special levies In various road
mm i lur me t6 variety. All or
Vmh of that nthD.i. u4 .. uum:eu ui iu uecemoer review, luji-.sbv ior tne cnolcest seats were de-
coiulitions, for which we all are so lm-der the 6 per cent limitation. jtinued advance in prices, reduction in Vended this morning by some.
patient, should come within v, iJ TTnrioi- hih 4..1.1. ' production and high cost of living are "My- men are rlKht Dhvsicallv and
nerciiu menace.
i.M.iUhs since the signing of the armls-lw a requirement of $30,207 is made, ireKAa,'d.ed as a comm
ice. 1 he wonder is that the situation 'which is $12,801.20 in excess of the I A'thouEh the retal
not more unsettled. Let us hope $17,468.80 allowed by the 6 per cent
that in the year 1920 there will be less;"iitatlon.
social unrest, that production will ln-l A $10,000 armory was authorized
creases and living costs be gradually for.SUverton for which no fund was
reduced and that by intelligent co-ou-'Provided by the legislature.
ration and unselfish regard for thJ Marion county is requred to make
public welfare our national prosperity
May continue."
nhoonroHnn a . A J ........ j . i Afipnrrltnc tn nrAoont nlana fynm 1 9 . . . , .
1I1 VmiKilllUll . ..... v ! ' ' . ' . . . UlBlHr H .flnff hn B 1 . ,
finds that there is less actual unem-ijo 20 miles of hard surface will be market road program as provided by
ployment in Salem than at any time in ,ald ln the county next year, on the 'the bond issue.
the history of the city.' This is espe- Principal highways. Contracts for thel Much Done In 1819
dally convincing, coming during the PaJlnS of six miles next season from a review of the highway work dona
winter months when much work Is af-,Jefterson north toward Salem and four! during-1919 ln the county is Indicative
fected by weather conditions, 'ino m,Ies on the PadAc highway north of of the enterprise of a progressive corn-
retail trade showed vard Just before: the game. "If we fail majority ot tne requests-coming into "-"'""''-'"'"'"'' - munity. since road work began July
great activity and wholesalers and to win there can be no alibi. There Is the recorder s orrice are by transients ' ,1 'k , . tnQt perlod up t0 SePtem
manufacturers are piled with orders.'muoh at stake and ewrv man oa the and not Benerally from regular resi- Bn tra"5; faJ 't,?nl ? ninJ Z .When lncle"ent weather pre-
growth in business, the report said.lteam Is eager to do his best.- ;lentijf the city. ract '"'"f "'".f " yend fUther acUv,t'. miles of
was in terms of dollars and not in pro. "Oregon has its chance and fs un-J All rea! estate offices ,report ln- w en p Ybatimv Til. JS. S fi""v,Ce Wa" 'ald by the colratJr
ductlon, High priced labor refuse (U afraid.- . were Coach Huntington's ceased busine88,-a!nong these vJiV S t, WM ,ald between tno Va"
work regularly-, and demands short words. "We are Dhvsicallv fit and John H. Scott, Walter McLaren, Laf-""at 'h' "fh of the road maycifio highway and Liberty, and two
V
up deficits Amounting to $352 in two hours wltn consequent falling off In, ready to give all we nave to win. Weller & Lafler. F. L. Wood, W. H. Gra-j
New Bridge to Rise.
MISSING POY LURED
---AWAVKUEF HOW
A embrvonlc COwhnv nnma TJ.. ...
who Is believed to have induced Fred- special levy covering the total excess-ied to..be reIleved bv Increase in Con
ine ward, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. es the county court hopes to "get by"
1a. Ward, Fourth and Shipping streets, 'without treading on anyone's corns:
to leave Salem with him Wednesday I 11 is understood that the county
flight, was being sought by police court's order authorizing these levies
Thursday. Portland police were asuc-wl" 09 niade Immediately and that
ed to watch for the pair, and wires cou,lty off'cials in whose care these
were despatched to Hood River, wherj'funds are Paced niay then proceed
It Is befleved Brown has relatives and to mnke the necessary disbursements,
probably will go. (As to the legality of the entire matter,
Young Ward, who has been working !tne cou,,ty court makesio claim that
drew his pay, amounting to about 147 tlle Proceains" 18 legal, but has author
Wednesday evening, and because of 'Iv?d Max Gehlhar to Invite litigation
his friendliness with Brown Is believed frm any taxpayer who desires to test
have been persuaded by him ,rttne case In the supreme court.
Kv home, the pair traveling on I In "u,hori"n8 the various budget
Ward's money. "".items the county commissioners have
A description of Freddie . h,,d to th vlwpo'nt that every reg-
police. Brown U saTd t o be ou M Ulr' fun? ii eVUled to. .f.u11. allow-
J'oars old Th a.. n up io "i per cent umuauon,
- mtiffn on
tfe K.40 northbound train WetSesdjy
ana six-tenths miles bevond. Th.
ii . ' . . . ly " iaiku iJ him'. ; m ninnnp -r v... j - .
school districts, which further in- .Praucon- Known Harvard's strength but are noMDennrst, Perrine & Masters ahC ffipnyj A b d m , across 'on "th. " rY v uce was laid
creases the total deficit. - " ."""T?" to thl developments worried. We will fight to a finish and were even too busy to make a staJS-j he tiam river a Mehama Whit I a short dastan'rfiUr.oerthr0a.d 4b,eglnn,n
Second Levy Explained of tne three months retarding do the best we can. If we lose it will ment er this ... be 8teel or ed harnot'nenitetif rv ,? ,"' lh8 8,aU'
in brief, the 1919 ieg'islature J" - -t a better team." . Ho. Os Are nrny. yl. ,t?heaV
provsions ior expenaitures demanded i. k i,7 "1 1 . . " ' . . " f WPI"! ...a..o.Bt:j ui ie 240 feet lomr. Another new meel This brln. fh. ' V. -
,1V. i.iuiincu itm io commit tnem-.cKets cioseiy resembling the eenuine Marion notel, reports unprecedented h,-i,i ,m t. w..,,-' .1 i :
selves far into the future. article had been printed In Los" An- business, more than 24.820 quests hav-'nr. tT .!.,.. V . ,,:V" . co"nty to of
mum siiuweu some aoate- eeies ana mat attempts would be made '"g oeen entertained at that hostelry
ment during the month but the Idle- to sell them kept many prospective during the year. The Marion hotel has
ness of workmen was considereu ujbuyers from taking chances with the 8Pent $4000 in Improvements and has
Bremer prooiem man systematic scalpers.
rikes. I The lineup:
ine housing congestion was expect- Harvard.
Desmond L.B
Sedgwick L.T
Woods L.G
Havemeyer ... C K. Leslie Monday that the truest total of 29.398 used in fhe ,.u ' "! ",B pa,t rour years, has dl
im t . . (.;i.(a nignway worlr in
by public requirements without giv
ing authority to include these hems
In the various county budgets. The
6 per cent tax llmitaton as a consti
tutional amendment further compli
cates the situation by making illegal
any Item in addition to the 6 percent
excess permitted. By making tho
struction.
nifcht. it is thought.
Big IiK-rea.se Noted
Not pertaining especially to the
I present levies, but of general Interest
to taxpayers Is the amount of the
county's state tax for 1920, which Is
IJiS4.iH8.20 as compared with the
'im Item of $128,128.60. For 1920
.the regular state tax allowing a t
r , . ' 'per cent . Increase over last year Is
London. Jan. 1 Germany's armed $U4.2! 98. There are also the
forces are estimated by the British war am0unts of $41,521.02 under the
office to total close to a million men. ' Piercs market road bill to co-fund
tl AT. divldeJ ,nto ,h regular wlth Uke amount from the state, all
a.myof 400,000. the land forces of the ducatonal aid act for soldier re
regular navy 12.000: the armed eon-'m,.-, !SSl o Th two it.m last
Germany s Armed Forces
Close To Millioa Men
BUbulary 40,000 to 60.000; the tempo- .,,,.,, a not under th
volunteers or regular army re- iimitntnn uni f hlr
rary
iuv.vvu io ;ui',uuu; civic guards correlation
300.000 to 400.000.
Weather Idea! For Title
Game Between Hi Schools
with federal measures.
EDITOR XOW MAYOR
(Continued on page four)
Gonzales To Outline His I
Platform For Presidency
Kverett. Wash.. Jan. 1 Clear westh-1
er, with a tinge of frost, provided Ideal, Ran Antonio, Texas, Jan. I. The
conditions for today's football game platform upon which General Pablo
between. Kverett hleh school and Scott nannies will seek election as president
hiKh school of Toledo. Ohio, for the 0f Mextco will be announced by Gen- cis. editor of the Ogden Standard, to
national high school championship, era! Oonsalea In a speech he will make day " cleaning out his editorial
Smudge fires were kept burning today at the Iris theater In Mexico desk preparatory to taking his post
al ound athletie) field last night to pro- City before a meeting held under the tion as mayor of Ogden. a position to
teot it against the heavy frost that Pre- Usplcea of' the Gonbalistaa dubs -of which he was elected last November.
vild and apparently the field will be Xf lw, to teleeraphie ad- rarrU J- Grtis- tormerty of the
dry and fast. The Scott te will not Mexic0 cT3la' to J!, Salt Lake Telegram, become editor of
".rive from Seattle until shortly before raehio het Ust &LsM lrom the Standard.
the game, scheduled to begin at noon. Mexico Citjr.
POPE'S AID IN FREEING
Oregon.
..... Howard
E.
the Turner-Aumsville road. Tiiis'Tch have been laid by the county
measures 100 feet. Extennlv ro.'anH in ? the state.
wlrs to the bridge across the Wlllam-1 This g?eat wV that means the
mm re lnSluded ,n 192? '' ventuar opening ot &'n Communities,
roiai.iioucu iitaiij ill liu 0.11UIIZ9, ' aillUIlK PrOfrrAm. - "" " ,(hA
the"" WgBage trUCkLZT- 'o"er,-oe new'coun
tapping of the resources . ?h
fL nits
,vi uauri ailU 1U nPW miPla mnllnn. PrUQln. t. . .
Showing that his hotel of 100 rooms Uls of 22 trucks 12 1Z "Z rTI B" centers In the west at
Leslle;had went through the year at a full and nine heavy road roll. i ronl x"J . . ln.".... Pervislon of
G. Bligh stated Urge catemlllar BTrtino. ... .. '.iv. vv"am C. Culver.
g tne year, reeled hlnhwav wort.
will be enEaeed fiinn,n . .. .
e nwoe UL'nina flfm find hanj
In pavine worb'i . . m len,,-
i - - mi nierance 01 tno
A. Horween UH...V. Jacobberger ness. Mr. Bligh. who is recognised asjork in various parts of the cout.Jjud w w "L the county court
Casep ....R.H... Brandenburg, the pioneer showman of Oregon, grading and macadami,in hit, " . ' M- Bx,Bhy- and Commlsslon-
n. norween .F vrntln Vlolr.,. th'ot .hn j. il " a, x. Hunt anA r ti
Williams capacity" rate, X
tt,.kko. t. - . . . .. . z . . . ' " uuring
n Aiautx aemonstratea mat Baiem is getting on Two hundred
Kane R.T Bartlett the hotel list , V ??
Steels . R E Anderannl Amusement and .how. lo Inl.i011""5 tn8 Season
Murray (C) Q Steers cated, full houses and Increased busi-(alone' and eas"y 2" wore will be a. road
the county.
I Officials Geo'. M. Varaell rrru 'oil nlikn,..u K iY.
Rome, Jan. 1 P6pe Benedict re- ft' ?' lSeyJ umpUr'- E- Plowdeii oughly shattered during the past year,
cently received a letter from the In- 'i.-.i1 .ad. 1 . esraan; Henry Butter- Percy A. Kupper, of the Oregon thea-
field, field Judge.
ternational committee of the Red
Cross at Geneva urging him to use
all his influence to hasten tue re
patriation of 200,000 prisoners still
ln Siberia who are suffering the grav
est privations.
thorities concerned to cooperate for H ' Uec-' t Nels P. 20per cent
Sorenson Need Not Serve
Jail Sentence, Court Says
ter, has the same observation to make
concerning the show game during the
year 1919.
According to John W. Todd, super
intendent of city schools, the element-
Canada To Snoend Total Of
$10,000,000 For Yank Autos
even Ininred When Texas
Trains Collide Early Today
Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 1. Seven
repatriation of the prisoners.
The Japanese emperor and govern
ment have been approached by Jhe
pope oq the subject.
Reds Take Town On Southern
Russian Front, Report Says
London. Jan. 1. The capture ot
Tekaterlnoslav, on the southern Rus
sian front nd Novomoskovsk, fifteen
miles northeast of Yekaterinoslav. Is
announced In a bolshevik official
statement issued today.
The reds also are fighting fiercely
for possession of Tcherkassy, on the
Dnieper. 95 miles southeast ot Kiev.
They have occupied Marinsk. east of
Tomsk, on the Siberian front the
sattement adds.
Ogden. Utah. Jan. 1. Frank Fran-
timberman. w T.,ni..n.. -ni
M- , -rAJ. . - ' . CT ... U VUU11UCUU
" a"a Kl Ire tonight by the' The following table, giving compara
six ; judges of the state circuit court tlve figures from Salem banks cover
sitting en banc following tho plea of Ing the periods. 191S-191S form indis
ms attorneys that to enforce a sen- putable proof of Salem's sound, flnan
tence of six months imprisonment lm- clal growth! . - esbfcia
posed by the municipal court, follow-1 Bank deposits Tell the Story,
ing Sorenson s conviction on a charge! 1918 1919
of having driven an automobile whim Ladd A Bush..$4.S2,J8 $4,939,199.11
intoxicated, would seriously Jeopardise .C. 8. National 1.(11.788 2,1 S3. 902.77
his health. Capital Nat l.. 9S7.717 1.1J4.167.J7
Bank of Com. 403,741 748,119.90
Wiff Walton, cashier of the Ladd 4.1
afc Bush bank says: "No cause to be any-!
thing but optimistic concerning Ra-i
lem's future.- The city progress during
4c the past year speaks for Itself." j
4c I David W. Eyre, vice-president of the;
4c United States National bank: 'The;
41 year 1919 has marked great progress'
in this institution and for Salem In!
4 general. For Salem and the Willam-
ette valley, the new year holds prom-
ise for wonderful development"
t Growtb Is Healthy.
j Joseph H. Alberts, president. Capital;
; National bank, points to the steady!
.growth of Salem aa the best proof of
Philadelphia, Jan. 1. Vanita Fits-'sound, conservative progress. I
hugh of New York, an actress, was I 8. B. Elliott cashier of the Salem'
killed ln an automobile accdent ln Bank of Commerce, lays stress usjjn1
this city early today. Miss Fitshugb the- fact that the development of the!
Winnipeg. Man., Jan. 1. The de
mand for automobiles ln the nrvin.ul
ary and high schools of Salem have," u seat that American factories w"l pern" wer reported injured this
an Increase in attendance of at least, 08 unable to meet the demand for mornln8 when a Texas ft Pacific
920 cars according to local dealers to- freight train and a passenger trahs
djy. It Is estimated that Canada will collided at Aledo. eighteen miles
pend $10,000,000 for automobiles dnr-of here.
ng tne year.
C S. BARRACKS Bt'RKT.
The only damage to roads In Uma
tilla county by the recent floods fc
the washing out of culverts and 71
feet of paving near Saxe station. The
damage is estimated at $1000.
Nantes, France, Jan. 1. Barracks
containing large stocks of American
army munitions were destroyed by
fire here last night.
ARMISTICE SIGXED
'
Dorpat Wednesday. Dec
SI (By the Associated Press
An armistice was signed to
day by representatives of Es
thonia and the soviet govern
men of Russia. The armistice
will be In force seven days.
4t
ACTRESS KILLED
was catapulted over th windshield Wilamette vallev and the eomannnrf-
f nm fi hr4iM
and fell nxtv feet tram fi hrtitn.
alias Fttxhugh was 24 years old. '
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