Capital journal., March 13, 1925, Image 4

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CapitaljLJournal
Salem. Oregon '
An Independent Newspaper Published every evening except Sundaj
Telephone 81; newi (1
GEOHOE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher
The Phez Case
Judgment of $110,213.19 against the Salem Fruit Union
in favor of the Phez company as damages caused by breach
of contract in delivering loganberries is the final outcome of
the litigation that has been pending for years in the courts,
It will necessitate a receivership for the union and the sale
of all of its assets, although individual growers escape penal
ties imposed in the original decree.
The Phez company had contracted with the Salem Fruit
Union and with its individual members for their loganberry
output at a stipulated price for a term of years. War condi
tions caused a higher market, which the company endeavored
to meet by some advance over contract schedule. The Fruit
Union and its membership refused to deliver and sold their
crop at higher figures elsewhere, forcing the Phez company
to buy in the open market at prohibitive figures.
As a result, such high prices had to be charged for logan
berry products that it destroyed the market by forcing a
1 lyors strike. Then came the after-the-war slump and the
consequent bankruptcy of many fruit canneries and proces
sors, loaded up with high priced product on a falling and
demoralized market, including the Phez company.
There are several lessons to be learned from this exper
ience. First and foremost, is that a contract is not to be
treated as a scrap of paper. As a result of so treating it, the
Phez company was ruined, the Fruit Union faces ruin, and
t!--- loganberry industry is all but destroyed. All of the con
tractors have lost far more than they made by refusing to
lulfill the terms of their pact. In other words it pays to be
honest.
Another lesson is that it id not" good business to seek
excessive prices for fruit because they curtail the demand
and destroy the market. It is possible in a single year to
ist ruin an industry it has taken years to develop, merely
by forcing prices so high the public will not buy as has been
demonstrated with loganberries.
i.oganuerrie.s are gramiauy coming uacK, hut a juice
making plant, like the 1'hez company is needed as a stabilizer
to utilize the surplus and there is no market for high
pried juice.
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
'FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 192
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TODAY'S CROSS WORD PUZZLE
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ii. A summary
HOW TO SOLVE THE CROSS WORD PUZZLE
Hte war to arrive the Cm Word Puula u fo nil In the white
squares of I ho diagram with toe words which agree with Che nccora
lianylnc definitions. Ttie definitions are numbered Co correspond with
I he numbers on lite diagram
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Any word defined In thai ttxk under 'HORIZONTAL' will twain
at lie number, shown on the diagram, and will extend all the war
across to I ho first black space $o the right of that number. That hi,
the word must begin In the qn:ire that coutalus Ita ldcntliluff num
ber, and extend as far as the white squares continue uninterrupted! jr.
An word defined under "VERTICAL" will also begin, In the white
pace that contains It number, but will exteud downwud as far a
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Copyright IS2I Gcorso Maltliew Adams
ftlen, Wothers and maids
A Romantic Serial of Modern Life
By ID AH McGLONE GIBSON
IN CLOTH OF GOLD
The telephone rang and Mrs.
Valla maid knocked at the door.
"Madame. Mr. Kennedy asks if
you would U'e to dine with Mias
Vail alone this evening."
"I should aay not. Ia Mr. Ken
nedy still on the wire?"
'Ye, ms'Iame."
Mrs. Vail went jo the phone.
"Of eounr, Harold, we dtn't want
to dine alone. Kind Ovid and Mi
Norton. Tell them that Lltlemny
and I will be ready In an hour. In
that time I shall expect you to get
scats for the wildest revue in
town and after that I want to
dance until my feet refuse to take
another step."
There was a sliffht pause while
Mrs. Vail evidently listened to
what Harold was saying to her.
Thn she answered: You
thought I wanted to have my
daughter to myself this first night?
Well, I have had Ullemay all this
afternoon aJid we have been hang
ing on each other's necks and
weeping and having a most glori
ous time. We have wept ourselves
out, however, and now we are go
ing to bo the gayest kind of girls
for the next few hours. Y ou
would like to so with us, wouldn't
yoo, Harold?
There was another slight hesita
tion in her mother's voice and
then:
'Well, If you want to be with
us, that's settled. Hun along now
and drws. We'll be ready In about
an hour."
Lillemay had heard only her
mother's sldo of the telephone con
versation, but she could not help
Loin? surprised at tho change in
her mood. Again she was the wo
man who had met her at the pier.
A (rain she was the woman deter-;
mine J to find somewhere aluus the
wav her lost youth.
Immediately things began to
happen. Although she had ioiu
llarqld to notify Ovid and Mnw
NorUn she calied up Marchmont
himself.
"Ovid, will you be ready to dine
with us in three-quarters of on
hour," she aked. "Hope you have
not been thinking 1 have been sel
fish fr taking these first few
hour alone with Llllemay."
Kvidtn'.ly the man said he wou!:i
be ready at the time named and
reassured Mrs. Vail that lie did
not think her se'.fUh.
There was a call for' her dm Kil
ler's maid and it was found that
the trunks had been delivered.
"What are you going to wear,
Lltlemay?" Mrs. Vail afked e-tger-iy.
I haven't thought much about
it. What do you want mo tu near,
mulher?"
"Have you anything In gol 1 tis
sue ?'
"No, no, mother. Please Jo not
ask me to wear a gold lace gown.
I hate them, I'll never wear mc
again if I can help it."
Melissa Vail looked at her
daughter curiously, but she de
cided that now was not the time
tu ask questions.
"If Madamolscllo will h-t me
surest tho ben'iUf'i! while and
sliver gown has never been worn,"
Interposed Lille inay'd maid,
"Yea, that will be lovely. An J.
dear, I have something that 1
want you to wear with it.
"Marie, bring me that jewel ca.je
cn the Uresaer."
The girl placed the opon leath
er-covered box in Mrs. Will's l:tp
She picked it up and handed it to
her daughter.
"Oh, mother, how exquisitely
heau'lfu!,' exclaimed Lllteinay as
she held up a long trlng of pearls
with a gorgeous diamond clasp.
Upside It on the white velvet
cushion wad a bandeau of pearls
rr the hair with a diamond medal
ion for her forehead. "I have nev.
er seen anything so lovely In Ku
i ope."
"Vcs," remarked Mrs. Vail com
placently. "Harald, who helped me
to buy and match the pearls, said
you would aay so."
Two lilt la lines came between
the girl's eves, but her mother did
not notiM as she continued: "Har
old male a spoclil trip to New
York over a year ago to start the
purchtse and Dreiser sent a man
twice to Hollywood to complete
the sale."
Lille wondered how much com
mission Harold Kennedy had made
hy means of the transaction and
then she callo.i herself a little cat,
as she acknowledged that a com
mission would be legitimate.
"To pay hei'bclf for her ugly
thoughts Liilo fiald enthusiastical
ly, "1 think they are the most
beautiful things I have ever seen.
Tho string of emeralds I have
brought to you is Just a bauble,
niatner dcir, bcsi.te this gorgeous
necklace and bandeau."
"Oh, have you brought me soma
emeralds? Yestctlay Harold gave
mo a beautiful emerald bracelet.
I had intended to wear It tonight
with my violei embroidered chif
f n. That is the reason I thought
you would be a nice contrast in a
clr.th of gold."
"You couldn't look Ilk a modest
vIoM, mother, even with me in
cloth of gold na a contraa."
Tomorrow Like a Know Maiden
BRINGING UP FATHER
Bv George McManus
Romance Taken Out
Of Child Marriages
By Study of Unions
N.'w York, March 13. After
Investigating the problem of child
marriages the Kussell Sago Foun
dation in a report made public to
il ay says Its Btudy disproves the
idea that thcro is nomutlilng idyl
lic about eucn youthful unions.
The investigators' con elusion j
aro opposed to niarrlao at too
young an age, boauiHe of the phy
sical and mcntai immaturity of
tho contracting; children, or he
cause, in tho cuao nf a girl child,
married to an older man "either
may ever It now mo meaning of
genuine comradeship fn the? mar
riago relation."
The foundation recently declar
ed that there are 700,00(1 persons
In the United States who were
married when under 16. Tho per
centage of marriages of girls 10
to 19 years old Is lowest In New
York city and In New Knglaud
On tho 1'j' lric coast and in moun
tainous stales it i twice tho New
ICuglunJ percentage and In the
central southern states three time
as high.
Youthful marriages are most
prevalent In remote rural regions.
As railroads, automoltltes, tele
phones, the telegraph and news
papers como to these lonely sec
tion tho investigators believe it
probable that child murrluges will
rlcercane,
It was found, according to fit
report, that In certain isolated
romnmuities there were not only
very early marriages, but eo many
mlcr-marriagcs among the cousin.'
of one family si rain that soim
throe-fourths of the inhabitants of
a vfllago have the same surname.
"Tho foundation habit of curly
ninn-iag" does not persist after the
first generation," the report anys.
"In fart the foreign girls of the
: ccond generation are actually
marrying at a later age than na
tive girls.
AT JEFFERSON
It ids for 24.1 mi lee of paving
.and iiy.D4 mi lee of surfacing and
grading, and for this construction
ot a bridge over the Southern l'a
citic tracks near Jefferson In Mar
lon county will be opened by the
blate highway commission at a
session in 1'ortland, March 20 and
27.
The projects are as follows:
Clatsop county Astorla-Sven
sen section of the Columbia river
highway, eight and nlue-ttiith
n. lies of pavement widening anil
resurfacing, involving both con
crete and bituminous types of con
slructiou.
l.auu mid Linn counties liar
rUhurg-J unction Cily seel ion of
the I'.ivii'ie highway, four and two
tent lis miles of paving.
Maker uml Malheur count iv
Lllily-llivam cret'k ttevtlou of the
John Hay highway, twelve and
four-truths miles of grading In
volving approiinalely 0.000
cubic yards of ea uUon.
llentou ami Lincoln counties
Missouri lU'inl section of the At
sea highway, etj: hi and two-lenlh'-mlle:t
nf hrokt-n stone surlai in;
involving appr)imately U 1,0 on
cubic yards of broken wlono.
Deschnlty count I.uva lint te
Lapino nection or Tho Dalles
California highway, nineteen ami
tMity-four huudreditis miles ot
broken stone surfacing Involving
approximately 4f,000 cubic yardb
of broken stone. I
Umatilla county Kmigrant tl 111
section of the Old Oregon Trail
twelve and six-tenths miles ot
roadbed widening and alignment
betterment, involving approxi
mately 91,000 cubic yards of ex
eavatltn. Approaches to bridge
over Umatilla river at rmatilla
three-tenths mile of grading. In
Tolving approximately 12. 00"
cubic ynrds of excavntton.
Yar..hlll county St. Joseph
Tillamook Junction section of thi
Went Sldo Pacific highway, one
nd two-tenths miles of concrete
paving and eight-tenths mile of
pavement widening end roeur fac
ing. Includes latching and re
tsfr work on nine miles of bltut
FOR PEACE TIME
San Ileo, Cab, Mar. 13 (By
Associated Press) A program of
naval nnd mtlltniy operations
without parallel in the pence time
history of the Vnlted States Is re
voab'd for the next two months
in tho presence of the United
States fleet In San Ilt-go harbor
here.
Highlights In this program are
the following:
March 25 All battleships of the
fleet will shoot in force praellee
off Han Pedro, the most Intense
gunnery fire ever bold In the Pa
cific. H will simulate tho effect
of the full hi a lor gun ucry power
'f tho c.ipit il tihlps .speeding In a
hattle lino against a great enemy
fleet.
April 1 llevlew of more than
IL'O uaal sea fi::lnera off San Pe
dro en n ml o to San Krauciseo
where the fleet will arrlvo Aim II
Apill 13 Departure of the fleet
on mn-oon of i a.Um of the
Hawaii in tsl;nid. ihe f i r-t wurk
ing out :a aetnal prai-tleo of such
A pioblem,
April He:iniiiiig tf the at-
ta k iipMi U nv.iil with the full
i'oive f t!i Putted states fleet
iMigagi-d In the atlaek, and Ihe
army forces of Haw ali, toget her
with naval forced utationcil there,
national gourd and army reserves
I of end In? the island. The naval
ittaclc mII be nisLited by a cou
nt motive force ot marines repre-
utlng two divisions, or 40,lH0
marines. This is n.ilil to be the
largest nillltaiy mniuuiver of any
kind In lime of peace In history.
Mnv 7 to 9 Fleet maneuvtM's off
Hawaii. Involving the largest tor
I edo Attack problem staged by the
navy.
mimjus pavement between Tilla
mook Junction and Sheridan.
Marlon county A bridge over
the Southern Pacific railroad
track on county road near Jeffer
son, reojiirinn approximately 2fi0
cubic yards excavation, 2t5 cubic
yards concrete, 45,000 pound
metal reinforcement and 263
lineal feet concrete handrail.
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