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-'PORTLAND, Ore..' May 1. Erncitt
J. Elmgren, a tailor arrested lat
yeaterduy as he wub about to take
a cache supposed to contain $2000
conformed todny thut ho had sent
threatening letters to J. P. UusmuH-
sen, local pulnt denier. Deputy Hher-
iffs Pratt and - Christoffersen an
nounced. ElmRren was taken Into custody
on tho Powell valley road at a spot
where RaeniUHHen luid been directed
to. leave n paukut,'e containing 12000.
Tho paekape, however, was made up
of old pnpeiH,
The officers, "said Elmgren con
fesned he conceived the plot to ex
tort the money from KanmusHen
after reading a series of stories in a
weekly magazine.
Hp said ho was heavily In ck'bt
as a result of financial difficulties
and failure to succeed n his tailor
shop. He had . known Hasmuasen I
and made clothes for him for 15
years, he admitted.
'-Officers fluid he had nlBO admitted
planning to send n threatening let-1
ter to another man, John Dalquist. '
Elmgrcn said he never intended to
carry out tho threats contained in
his letter to Rasmussen.
in a letter KusmUHRen received lie
tvoH told that his buildings would be
burned and- that acid would be pour
ed In his automobiles unless he com
piled with the directions to turn
over the money.
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The' Markets
WASHINGTON, May 1. Presi
dent Coolidgo dcclxired tuduy that
the vexing transportation and Indus
trial problem in the cities must be
dealt with by the "broudest and most
inclusive view." A unlutiiin cannot
! iwi u iirkf.d urn ofiiciir . ii !(! move
ment .of traffic, he suid.
The iresident's statement, was
made in an address at the White
House to a group of secretaries of
I motor ciuds ainuaiea with me
American Automobile association.
"it seems fairly certain," awHurted
Air, Coolidge, "that If a half century
ago men could have foreseen the ;
transportation revolution they would i
have jigreed that it meant an end to I
Livestock
PORTLAND. Ore., May 1. Cattle
nominally steady; receipts 35.
Hogs slow; lecelplo, 675 (120 di
rect.) Hheep weak; receipts c6o.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 1. Eggs
steady unchanged. Current receipts
26c; pullets 23 ',4 24c; firsts 24$3
25c; henneries 20 ff. 20 '4 c delivered
Portland.
Hut lor . ,
flutter Cube butter weak.;. Jlentl-
ful. Prints unchanged. Extra cubes.
city 40c; standards SbV&c; prime firsts
3ifc; undergrades nominal; prints 42c
cartons 43c.
Huttert'at Bteady.' Best churning
cream 40c net snippers' track in zone
one; 41o delivered Portland.
OLD ONIONS AND
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PORTLAND, Ore., May 1. There
is almost a 'runaway market now
in old onions and potatoes locally.
Although new crop stocks are coming
in liberally, and prices are declining
rapidly holders of old stocks of pota
toes and omAns are asking prices al
most unreasonable and getting them
Very little of the old crop remains
in this state and the few dribbles,
here and there, are In strong hunds.
Restaurants, hotels, and the gro
cers are still using old stock and
need it and naturally must pay the
price. It is doubtful, however, Jf old
potatoes and onions will go much
higher. ...
Today old potatoes, U. S. No. 1
grade of Burbunks ure selling whole
sale at $2.75 with some fancy Des
chutes gems grins! n cr $3. Number
Poultry '
Poultry nulet. Heavy hens 236?
the congestion of populatlun In the 24c; Htfht 2L'fj)23c; broilers 38tf?40c.
limited areas of cities. It would '
have been assumed that when once
Potatoes
Onions firm, higher. $5IJr6.2G.
Potatoes firm, higher, $2.25 6) 2.35.
The Screen
At Uio Crillcrlan, SiUunliijr.
( Pminatlc HUHepriHe bulk purely upon
the- remarkable characterization of a
slnglo actor lifts never reached tho
heights In previous fllmH that It does
in "Ho Who Clets Slapped," which will
be repeated attain tomorrow matinee
and nlifht at Hunt's Cruturinn, laying
off ,tonlht for tho Senior Hliih school
play Tho characterization is lJon
Lop, Chaney's. Thero is but ono other
character of Chnney's that is compar
able with this, and that his Quasimodo
in j'lTho Hunchback of Notre Dame."
. Chaney has lived his character roles,
no (natter how Krotesquo or pictures
que':thoy may hayo been,- with ' the
Konuino love" of his Impersonations
siiih as , only an artist feels for his
canvas.
This Wcturcstops Into tho Bplrlt of
I.dfnikl Andreyev's play, from which
it was adapnted, und preserves tho flno
satire and delicate subtlety thtu so ills
sntlro and dnlinite subtillty that srt-dls-pilqsophlulni;.
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Spirit, Nhchl at. Hitfltn.
With the mntinee for ladies only this
afternoon, to be followed ut 0:31) p, m.
with his seupe from a nmd house
BtralKht Jacket In front of the theater
nhd.tlip' spirit cuhln'otit" tonight, in ad
dition tothls roKulnr performance, Al
burtus .will bo a. busy man. This is
what he calls his "spirit nlKht," when
he will introduco tho cabinets and
many, of the salient features of spir
ltuo.llstlc manlfcctntlons. Ho clalniH
to. bo tho only medium In tho world
evp. hblo to ptH favorable results in
thn .brlirlit open light, i
Boy 'Attacked By Farm
Dog Is Nearly Killed
' injaTiNE, ' Oro.i May 1 1.-W. K.
"Ted',' Mays of Oottno Grove enme
near ia IosIiir his life yestordny after
noon when he was attacked by n
lai'Bo iilrodalo.doR on the upper Mc
Kenzio river, acoordlnif to a story told
ot Springfield, whor ho was taken for
medic.nl uttentlon.
.ays had entered the ynrd of a
farm, home, according' to tho story,
when the hla- dog leaped from n porch
blilng him on arm and face. Children
pulled fhe animal from Mays.
''A half dozen stitches were taken In
the -tear on his face and his urm was
badly hrulsod whero tho ' animal's
tcptli hud sunk through his coat.
Tho VncUrtakor vins Finally.
FPKTLAND, Ore., Mny 1. Jung
Foo, ; 71, who was worklm? in a hop
yard at Hubbard, Ore., was seized
with apoplexy yesterday and friends
thought he was dead. They sent
for an undertaker, who discovered
the man was ullve. The undertaker
rushed: him to o hospital here, but
Jung Foo died early this morning
the business mun and the working
man found themselves ablo to live
many miles uway from their em
ployment, there would immediately
begin a sweeping re-distribution of
population, spreading it over wider
areas and organizing it In quite dif
ferent communities.
"Yet exneiienpA Iwim lw.en' milte
the contrary. Instead of using the1'103; "liu nam wnite, i.su.
transit facilities to end over- Today s . car receipts Wheat, l;
C HUNT'S IT Monday Night
RATERIAJY May4thr
8:30 curtain
Clfie BOHEMIANS, inc;
' AX-Jones 8 Morris Green
V Manoginq Directors i
announce ,
Portland Wheat.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 1. Wheat
bids: Hard white, bluestem, baart
11.70; soft white J1.S7; western
white SI. 55; hard winter 11. DC:
northern spring $1.58; western rod,
UNIQUE EXT0A0QWIUW
new transit facilities to end over
crowding, . people havo seemed de
termined to . crowd themselves more
than ever. The apartment house,
the skyscraper commercial building
and tho elevator havo tended to In
crease congestion. Klectric railways,
sun ways and motor cars havo tend
ed to diffusion of tho people,
must be said that thus far the vlcto.
rles have been all on the side of the
skyscraper, the elevator and ah ever
Increasing congestion of population.
. "Homo recent studies by englnoors
anu sociologists havo led to doubt
whether tho superior efficiency of
the very great cities as business, in
dustrial and cultural centers can be
taken altogether -for grunted. They
have advantages, but they also havo
disadvantages! und tho disadvantages
seem to be multiplying fustest."
flour, 3; oats, 4; hay, C.
Kan FraiK'Isfo Markets'
KAN KItANCIHCO, May t. tlutter
fat f.o.b. Han Francisco 411 c. ,
MATRON CUT OFF TO
BE DONE IN 1
Montgomery Ward
Sales Break Record
CHICAGO, May 1 Sales of Mont
gomery Ward and company for April,
amounting to 114,528,1 le, were the
largest for any April In" the hlstliry of
tho company and Increased 5.70 her
cent over sales of April, 1 924.' accord
ing to an official report.. ' Total sales
for tho first four months of 1920
wero (55,1135,281, or 8.4 jer ' cent
more than for tho samo period In
JIILM. ...
' 'A)rlrriliJff, wnsTtho 1 thli ly-nlnth
cmiseoutlvo month for which an In
crease was shown over the corre
sponding month of tho previous year,
the report said. . I
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PORTLAND, Ore., May 1. Con
struction of the Eugene-Klamath
Falls cut-off of tho Southern Oregon
system is progressing rapidly and
should be completed enrly next year,
i. .. tn'.i r ,v. nHM..t .
l ID BlithVII 111 L11U UllllUtt! I CHII I
Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of the
executive committee of the com
nanv's directors to the 57.512 share
holders. The report has been re- j
celved by officials of the compuny
hero. . , t
To complete the cut-off requires
the building of 107.78 miles of main
line nhd 29 miles of siding, accord
ing to Chuirmun . Kruttschnitt's re
port. . Of the 'C2.7 miles still to be com
pleted, nil of the' right of way has
been . cleared, 31 miles have, been
graded ready for ties and rallB, nnd
tho grading and tunnel work on the
remaining 31.7 miles of lino is pro
gressing. ' -
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SkeInwich
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A1.T..RTAP. HART
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Devised, and Staged by JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON
30 FAMOUS
ARTISTS' MODELS
SEATS NOW SELLING!
PRICES, Including War Tax: 'Lower Floor, first 18 rows $3.85, next
L j 6 rows $3.30, balance $2.75. Balcony, first 2 rows $2.20, balance
$1.10. Box office open 12 to 4 and 7 to 9 P. M.
one Yakima gems are firm at $3 and
probably will be held a quarter high
er tho first of h'e' weolf. btSer's have
to pay 12.25 to 12.36 in the country
for old potatoes today and .$56 a ton
in Yuklma. t . , . .
New crop potatoes are plentiful at
5 14 to 6c and getting cheaper with
each new shipment.
Extreme . prices ..on old . onions as
high as 6 are heard along the street
with the bulk of sales around S5.75.
How bid He Propose?
GREENFIELD, Iowa, May 1.
It was necessary for -Rev. J. A. Stark,
pastor of the Qerman Lutheran
church here to repeat a wedding cere
mony in Two languages In order that
the bride, Miss Martha Gaidles, a.
native ' of Germany, tin8 tilt brfdo- '
groom, Petef D. Kkorneys, a native of
Crotla.. might understand the . vows
they were taking.
Neither bride nor groom could
understand the other'B language.
.City Manager Takes Post.
OREOO'N CITY, Ore., May ,1 J. L.
Frnnzen, city manager, officially took
over tho reins of city government to
day. C. W. Kelly, In addition to dlspens-
Iqg the duties of municipal Judge and
city recorder, has acted In the capac
ity of city manager for the past year.
A Beautiful Home For Sale"
; Modern 7-Room Bungalow
! ATTRAiDTIVE FEATURES Vi"
One block from busmes" district. Fine shade trees
and shrubbery. Garage, back porch screened- Four
bedrooms with bath, 'first f loor; toilet aiid layatbry,
se'c'brid floor. 'Two fireplaces ice coolA'many built
in fehtures. AH assessments and taxefc paid. ', 'u '
A liberal discount next seven ddys."'
REV; F 1? LEACH; 1(5 S. Laurel St.
star Meat market-
SATURDAY SPECIALS
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.'': ' C-' :t u ,1' ''i ' '
NICE LOT OF CHICKENS
,.; AND RABBITS . t
Beef Pot Roast, pr lb... 7. ..... 15c
Beef Stew,. per. lb....... .12c
' CORN FED PORK ROAST
Free Delivery
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Phone 273
; The new
Spring Fabrics
I am showing are
Simply Great!
I thought so .when I
ordered them.
Men who 6ught to
know tell me you
can't find their equal
anywhere in town
You're missing some
thing if you haven't
seen themcome in
today.
Free Delivery Service
Sahtfordi& Co.
307-309 East Main Street ;
Phone 702 1 Phone 703
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Free Delivery Service
Free Delivery Service
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Give Us Your Next Order and
Compare the Service (Ve Give
You With the Service You Have
Been Receiving. , , , . a ;
Fresh Eggs
We Use Large Quantities of
First Grade Fresh Eggs. We Pay
the Highest Market Price in
Cash. ,
Prices Quoted Below Are Good
Until Market Changes :
; Tender Peas, can..,...:..........l..l..... 15
Large Can Fancy Solid Pack Tomatoes .15
' Iowa Sweet Corn,' can....................:....... .12
Large Can Borden's Milk....... .09
Kellogg's Corn Flakes .10
. Best Creamery Butter, lb;... .42
' Van Camp's Pork and Beans, can '.08
' CampbeU's Soup, any kind 10
Fancy Asparagus Tips, can 20
10-Lb. Sack Pure Cane Sugar 75
25-Lb. Sack Pure Cane Sugar...........' 1.85
lOa-Lb. Sack Pure Cane Sugar'i..:........6.75
Pint Can Wesson Oil .28
Quart Can Wesson OiL..;...:........... .52
-Gallon' Can Wesson Oil 1.00
Jello, any flavor.......... .....a....,........;.... .10
1- Lb. Can Hill's Red Can Coffee .57
2- Lb. Can HiU's Red Coffee, Lb.....V... .56
2 Oz, VaniUa Extract. .25
V2 Lb. Fancy Tea , .30
6 Boxes Large Matches 25
4 Lbs.' Snowdriffc.. .95
8 Lbs. ' Snowdrift..."."...!........ 1.85
Pint Mason Jars, Complete, Doz 60
Quart Mason Jars, Complete, Doz 70
Compare the Price
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Compare the Price We Give You
With the Price You Have Been
Paying. , :V;V y
- Fresh Vegetables
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We Purchase Large Quantities
of First Grade Fresh Vegetables
We Pay You in Cash.
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