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." !. , V :i -', . . .. - ; ; ? - : V I. . ' r-. TITS OTOGOy STATESMAN: Tl KsnAV, Jr.VK 1 7. 1010 V THE OREGON STATESMAN . Issued Daily Except Monday by TUB BTATES3XAN PUBLUHEta COJEPAITr 21S 8. Commercial St.. Salem, Oregon BIEMBKR OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Preas la exclusively entitled to the use for republication f all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the lcaJ news published herein. R. J. Hendricks. .. ... . . , 8tephen A. Stone.. . . Ralph Glover W. C. Squier. . . . . . . Prank Jaskoski. , . . .... , ........ . . . .Manager ........... Managing Editor .Cashier .Advertising Manager ...... ... . . . . . ...... .Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN, served by carrier in Salem and suburbs, IS cents a ' week, 60 cents a month. i - - DAILY STATESMAN, by mall, $6 a year; ,$3 for six months; SO cents a month. For three months or more, paid in advance, at rate of $5 year. SUNDAY STATESMAN, 1 a jear; SO cents tor six months; 2 S cents for - 1 three months. - . ' WEEKLY STATESMAN, issued in two six-page sections, Tuesdays and Fridays fl a year (if not paid in adrance, 11.20); SO cents tor six months; 2S cents for three months. .4 TELEPHONES: . Business Office. 23. Circulation Department. 683. Job Department, 683. Entered at the Postofflce in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. i ' " . HENRY L MORRIS & CO. 0tt-rls. MaaBfartarlag- 105 State St. rbone 239 The decision is in line with reason. It means that people who have in vested in homes along fide thorough fares now menaced by the invasion of the glaring signs may be protected by the municipal authorities. THE OREGON ILIAD. The Berlin fire-eaters say Ger many will not sign. But Berlin Is not Germany; and that part of Ger many will shave to go easy to stay in the new republic at all. Chairman Hurley of the Shipping Board is a wizard if he is successful in. , operating government' ships so as to produce a profitable revenue. pay high wages and give low freight rates and first-class service. ' (Portland Journal. Sunday.) The pageant of Willamette university ! as produced at . Salem, under the direction of. Delia Crowder Miller, is in the main the his tory of the earliest missionaries to the Pacific Northwest. Staged in connection ."with the last commencement exercises of the third quarter, century in the history of that university, it is remarkable "that many of the descendants of the first colonists, missionaries and Indian converts of Oregon could participate as performers. Alan son Beers, member of the first gubernatorial committee of the pro visional government, was represented . by his granddaughter, Miss Lois Evans. Josephine Ilolman Albert ot Salem is granddaughter of Almira Phelps, a missionary teacher whtf came on the ship Lau sanne in 1840, and Joseph Ilolman, who arrived the same year over land from Illinois. . Rev. J.'L. Parrish, another well known missionary of the Lau , sanne, was represented by his daughter, Mrs. Frederick Stewart. Some of the Indian performers trace their lineage to the red men and women who received from the lips of Rev. Jason Lee their first intimation of the white man s Book of Heaven. j .Also several pieces of furniture used in the pageant are more than a century old; and the roses that brighten one of the principal scenes in the pageant were the perpetuated growth of roses brought to Uregon by Mrs. AJanson Beers m 1837.? I v Many of the leading citizens of Salem,; the entire student body ' of the university, and 50 Chemawa Indian school students assisted 'in the cast, and the patronage was such that the alumni associa tion later requested the trustees of the university to repeat the pageant at regular intervals in order that the dramatic events that : brought Christianity to Oregon, ' that established Willamette uni- versity, the first institution of hieher learminer on the Pacific coast. ; that essentially founded the city of Salem, and that wielded a mighty papers told about vlIlie sfdi8' tne influence in locatinj? the capital of Oresron in that citv. miht be M0' Phenomenon, who at the1 age of TwrrutnAtA1 ' " ;---.-,-v ! . :. A 111 had mastered the 'fourth' dimen- . The request comes timely, inasmuch as onlv here and there in s,on and could rguethe Harvard history has there been a pilgrimage more far-reaching in its re- profe8SOr3 do,ira on almost a11 sub sulta than the One which first brought the lamD of learning to what Jecta- He Equated from Harvard 1 is now the city of Salem. The story of sacrifices made, hardships whtn ne was 15. thus getting a new , suffered and privations endured bv those! missinnaripa in.tliPii. AL record in precocity. Ut that time yotion to the uplift of a people livinsr heathendom indicates in .part, the purchase price of civilization in Oregon. Therefore, the ; pageant depicting the origin and early progress of Willamette uni- t versity incidentally emphasizes one of the! most important features ; recounted in" the great Iliad of Oregon. ; f The pageant is not local to Willamette university, or to Salem". ,"It belongs to the nation and to civilization:.'" '.It depicts in human figures and action the Evolutionary process from barbarism to civi- pnce ' more- He 18 sentencea to -a .'.lized conditions, from ignorance to enlightenment, from the wilder-rezr and a half in iai, ?or ri?tins ; ness to rue electric lights, wireless and birdmen. , This spectacle of history, reproduced at other times will be sought ;and'seen by all within Oregon's borders and beyond. There will , pugiimages 10 wnutss us proaucuon,as mere are to Oberam- mergau. ; "..' . .."' , It is a field in which Willamette university is distinctive, notable auu uucuaucugvu. Patience on a monument has noth ing on former King Constantine. who Is still watchfully waiting for brother-in-law Bill Hujzollern to restore him to the throne of Greece. A lot of unnecessary argument has been utilized over the question. Wbat is beer?" It is of, merely academic interest, and shsaJd be cor rected to read, "What was beer?" N : : i" jA wheat, binder bought foar years ago for SlaO and used to harvest four successive wheat crops, was sold last .week at a public sale in Kansas for f 190.. Som? one asks In this connection: "How would it do 4 " to close out a few old political ma chines?" ! ; I i ' . Some years ago American news- selves and the. public. So called safe ty meetings art being held, largs numbers of circulars and posters are being distributed and talks on safe ty are being given to the employes in groups on the entire properties. The employes are urged to use cau tion and avoid Incautious or careless acts, as 'statistics prove that 95 per cent 9f deaths -and injuries are the result of' carelessness or kindred faults. "While tbe employes are doln all possible to keep from injuring the automobilist or any vehicle driver at the railroad crossing, as well as the person who walks along the track or tries to steal a ride, they are nearly helpless in doing s5 unles3 the public likewise is cognizaat of the danger lurking at the crossing oit the train and on the trac. The entire 100 per cent of deaths and injuries to non-employes on railroads wxmld be avoided if the public would heed tbe various warning signs at crossings and stations and use rea ronable care while on trains. The railroad employes therefore appeal to the public to h?lp mako.1 "No Accident Week" a success and j show the entire United States that here out West we can run railroads the size of ours for one week at least without an accident of any kind. . - - The employes will cooperate and do ' all . they can to avoid injuring anyone, but in turn they ask for the cooperation of the public. Don't try to steal a ride on a train, you may fall under or between cars and be ground to death. If you are a passenger in a train don't put heavy articles in the over head racks above you. or above oth r passengers, as vibration of the car, may cause them to fall and in jure parties underneath. Avoid put ting them, in the aisles. When you walk through the 'aisle don't stum ble on . a suitcase or ladder which may be In the aisle. Be car;ful in closing doors so they won't mash your hand or finger. J3o not try to raise or lower a win dow; you may gt a' mashed finger. Ask the trainmen to do this for you.4 In getting on or'off a train, first wait till it cornea to a full atop, then be sure you won't make a misstep and sprain your ankle by fall or otherwise. Do not at any time stand on or near tbe tiack at stations or else where. Do not stand in vestibules between cirs when train is mov.'ng. In driving over a crossing, b sure your way ia clear. One miscalcu lation may cause your death. Stap, Look and Lftten; e saf. don't tske a chace, ts the ccmeterle.1 uow hare a much greater population or chance takers ty about 100 perctnt It an tn:y rbct-ld tave. Be sure your car is in gooJ condition as to oil sup ply. ?tceriufc- gear, running i;ear a jd brake?, so ycu will not stall on tn track at a critical time. Si a Jsit ir s reveal that dpri g -e nineteen months of war tl'.ere v.cre 56,227 Americans killed and 200, 000 injured in the war, while hero in tne UnHed State of Am-mSc in Piavful occupations dnrirgr that same period in factories, manufao- ! turine -slants, on .the streets, on buildings. on railioads. etc.. there were 126,654 men. women and chil dren killed atd 2.000,000 injured. The casualty list therefoio revtals that during the rid vtat-d envi man, woman or child was either killed cr Injured in peaceful occu pation every time the clock ticl.cl off 23 seconds. The killed if laid shoulder to shoulder would require a rrerch forty-eifht miles long. Tbe campaign is being conlucted by Mr. II. J. Bell, regional- super visor of safety. Chicago, for tbe northwestern region, and by Mr. J. F. Crodxki, general safety agent, Portland, Oregon, for the linrs un der Federal Manager J. P. O'Brien LADD & BUSH, BANKERS Established 1SC3 J ; ! ; ; General Banking Business .1 Commencing June ICth banting; hours will be 10 a. m. to 3 p. mJ f- . 1 I : Charge for the plants, they said; Into my garden green. Charged the 5i hundred. ! i t Thrips, aphis, cutworms, too, Jt was a varied crew. That onward blundered. -Caterpillars, beetles, bugs. Ants, spiders, snails atsl 'slngr,. All of six hundred. Chaiged they without a yell. -Eating all night like hell. While the morn wondered Next day when morning l-rok. I rled as though from stroke. When outdoors I blundered. I gazed in deep !rspair, i There lay my garden fair. I .-Shattered and sunder?d. . I cursed and beat the air. Language I did not spare: I volleyed and thundered. Vanished all traces of green. Yet npt a bu? was seen. "Wh?re are they?" I wondered. Doubt you that tliey exist? Ask an cntomologirt. He's got them on his list, Curs'd lx hundred. JAMES T. EACNT. BITS FOR BREAKFAST It la Mayor Wilson. T 'And School Director Halvorsea. U .1 ; And the5 liuns will hare Ull Moa- day to sign oruomit. i CHARGE OF THE PEST niUGADK (With apology to the lnt Alfred Lord Tennyson). Half a yard, halt a yard, Half a yard onward. Into my garden green Charged the six hundred. "Forward thb Pejjt Brigade! LEST WK; FORGET! The tumult and the shouting diet The captains and the kings depart Still stands Tbina ancient sacrifice. An humble and a' contrite heart. ' Lord God of hosts, be wi'J. as yet. Lest we forget lest we forget! i i Work o$ the Salem paper mul vu commenced yesterday .. mornlir; clearing the. ground: for c-s of tb main buildings. ; - ' , . t . It is to! be hoped that. there may be a way to peace In the .loganberry world; and co-operation.- and tit '.right spiritall pulling together for the good of the Industry and ot Sa lem, i, : i i Down at tfie big dehydrating abut of the Salem King's Products com pany everything ia going forward; with a n a ruber of substantial; im provements, being made.-'. i'i S 4 There is a race betweea local and shipping orders at the Salem sawmill. The local ; trade Is taking a great deal more' than twice the amount of lumber bat it required last year. The surroanding country Is doiag a lot of building. I k S o But no v houses for rent ars going up in Salem; or practically none. And It growing harder tt find a habitable bouse for rent 5 Dr. Pagf of Boston says be is go ing to livejuntil he ia over 109 yean old, and th' reason he gives is.tkit he does ntt bathe, j What a goci man he would be to lead the Dot shevlki!' f i 5 A transmitter for wtreless tkat will tnarni(y thousands of times has been invented. How would it da TbeIma' Individual Chocolate A Salem product made by The Gray Belle distributed by George I to attach it'to a customer's jell wbea E. Water3 for sale everywhere. Be. 1 he tries toTinvet In ia pork chop. many educators condemned the way some parents have of pushing their children and making infant prodi gies of them, and predicted that the Sidis experiment would not turn out well.i Now young Sidis, who has grown to be. 21, has been heard 'of ' i' i Hi il I ! HI f II I j H i l i ! i ! i il and assaulting a . police officer in Boston duripg the Bolshcvikl demon stration on -May Day.. viHe braaenly told the court that he was' a believer in the soviet idea, though he said he I believed in resorting to force "only In case it should be necessary--" And of course hewanted io be the judge as to when force was necessary; In I other words he admitted himself an msm Right from the start you'll like UV. MUlUI.V UL LUC ajLJlAlIUll f 1 1 l 1 1 I Jf 11 Fl fFll fl TT1 fl A ID -Tt tT t vixucu 10 me iuea mat a contract to deliver fruit is a "wrsm nf 'paper." If it shall finally be heW that th p'rnntnipt Af fVio Qin, I anarchist. All right;1 the country will Tuit Union to deliver the 1200 tons of loganberries each year is a take. him l nls word' nd a8e re" yalid contract, and may be enforced, it wmil A seem tW ,a sorted to farce he win now feel the .. M A a w T " i CJWUAVr KWA yviu yarues ougni xo step m ana see if a compromise and . u -micauic seiuemeni cannot be made. iThere is no time for an extended quarrel. The picking season is about here. And nuarrpla and lawsuits are not crood for the busineKs. ro-orwratinn a spirit Ob mutual helnfulness onaht nn thMntmnr. the outlaw. It Is no more use to 1 "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the child wit thm reason .. Of Uod. : 1 with a drunken' man; to show them kindness is effects of superior force. That is the way to serve the Bolshevist wherever and whenever; he abuses the privileges of liberty by acting . The Germans have their terms and their ultimatum: and tliAv i .ven iwo ?tra in which t0 de"de upon signing or submitting. They art allowed tiU next Monday. f 'i - ' ; ; I ;'' ' " - "' - ,."' . ' T'This wUl be an anxious week in all the world. i ' And x wiI1 bc a busy week for Marshal Koch. - ' !: But the hun's do not have. to take a week, ! ' (Wlell, the British did it first in one ': 'nop; so ' that, ia some salve. ''. '9 fCoxt, the celebration, July 3 4 i-cd 5. .Yon are expected at Salem. Then, after the celebration, bar gain day in Salem, on the 12th. It ia Just one thing after another. v President Wilson has the courage ot fourteen points, and he Will stump the country for the League of V i ,:X , . t The , Mexican robbers must JPast be taught to stay on their side of th Rio Grande: --: at own Mexico will be obliged to be good or be taken innder the protecting wing by. the whole civilized world as man- uaiory. like casting pearls be fore swine. Good long terms in cor rective institutions will keep them from contaminating ' the rest of so ciety and will also cool down their ardor. And if this '' isn't enough, harsher measures will have to be adopted. It! is not to be supposed' that, after helping to save the world from ! the Huns, the people of this country are going to sit idly by and alIow these new enemiei of j civili zation to take control of everything. As fast as the reptiles show their heads they will have to be smashed. 1 viu mis nation drift or will it adopt a policy? The events of the next few months in Washington will determine,." . , Out of the present crucible Of poli tics in evidence at Washington will come the. candidates and the plat forms of the two principal political parties for the campaign of 1920. XO ACCIDENT WEEK A WOItTH 1 Win LB -DRIVE " v Mlico ,B Promising foreign -capl-V; ? reatmeat in the future, kf ' r -Europe is whipped into whipped into shape. CTCRE DATES. , 8.lm? V Tar-School lcUoa In . W, iujyt" Ohio. ate goa Stat fair. ' ."V-tigMIa Ore- ine Raiser says he didn't - want this war.-which is quite true. The war that: he wanted was one with Germany as the, winner. After the trial of the ex-kaiser ia ;'. (concluded Trotzky and nlne may as. well be prepared to step up to the dock. . ! ' i . . H ". The Supreme Court of. the United States has deeided that a city may prohibit the erection of billboards by the exercise of Its poiice power. ; All the railroads comprising the ?Corthwesern and Central ' Western regions, consisting of v 115 railroads with nearly 150,000 miles of track. are ? tagmg what is known as a "No Accident Week from June 2:2nd to 28th inclusive- next week. 1 The United States Railroad ad ministration will -endeavor to oper ate these "railroad, system? during that week without an accident of anv kind.: V.-'-i t " On the railroad properties undr Federal Manager -Ji Pi O'Brien. whichi Includes The ,Oregon-Waah- ingtoo Railroad-and Xavigation lines. the Southern Tacific J'nes north of Ashland, the Northern Pacific ' ter mmaliof Oregon, the Sn Francisco &. 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