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theorf-gox statimax: wF.nxEsnAV. prromKuai. ioia The Oregon Statesman Issued Dally Except Monday by THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 216 S. Commercial St.. Salem, Oregon MKMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. R. J. Hendricks... ............... Manager Btephen A. Stone. . . .Managing Editor Ralph Glover Cashier Prank Jaskoski. . .!. .Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN, served by carrier In Salem and suburbs, 15 cents a week, 60 cents a month. DAILY STATESMAN,' by mail, $C a year; S3 for six months; 50 cents a month. For three months or more, paid In advance, at rate of $5 year. (THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, the great western weekly farm paper, will be sent a year to any one paying a year In advance to the Dally Statesman.) SUNDAY STATESMAN. Si a year; 50 cents for six months; 25 cents for three months. WEEKLY STATESMAN, Issued In two six-page sections Tuesdays and Fridays, $l.a year (If not paid in advance, $1.25); 60 cents for six months; 25 cents for three months. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department, 583. Job Department, 683. Entered at the Postoffice In Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. OREGON TO THE Senator Chas. L. McNary of Oregon was the storm center yes terday of the efforts being made to secure the ratification of the treaty of peace, with the League of Nations. ! Our junior Oregon Senator is taking a leading place among the "mild reservationists.' That group of Senators are working to have the treaty ratified, including the League of Nations with only interpretative reserva tions; conserving in specific terms the rights and privileges which are a part of the spirit of the great document, but which many over cautious Americans believe ought to be set out in plain terms. If the present efforts of Senator McNary shall be crowned with success, the result will add materially to his prestige in the upper branch of Congress, and to the prestige of Oregon. The Statesman hopes they may succeed. We do not believe iti would make a whit of difference whether the interpretative reservations were tacked on or not. But those who sincerely think it would be safer to have them included are entitled to consideration and if the "mild reservation ists" had been given a proper hearing from the start, the Senate would have ratified the treaty long ago, for the good of the entire world. ! A prune grower brought to The Statesman office last night a linb of a prune tree that, when cut into a few days ago, showed black under the bark. "Now the sap has resumed its natural flow, and the limb shows a healthy green, and the fruit buds show no injury from the recent .freeze. . It is to be hoped that the fears for the safety of other fruit trees and fruit crops will be largely dissipated as the Reason progresses. The United States Chamber. of Commerce, in its annual review, predicts that flush times will continue in the United States at least until after the next harvest. , Nothing can stop the prosperity of the United States as long as the billions of new wealth annually come from the soil. j . . ; I ... ,i , una ., iitr j . n .T . " ' ' There should at least be no timo spent at the special session of the Oregon legislature in 1, considering freak laws. 1 ! The state department's rullngtnat United States consular agents Jn Mexico must pay their own ransoms when kidnaped ought to somewhat reduce the demands, of deserving GRAND " OPERA HOUSE FRIDAY, JANUARY 2 A. L. Erlanger Presents ; CHAUNCEY OLCOTT "rilACUSHLA" A BEAUTIFUL IRISH COMEDY .r IX FOUR ACTS RIDA JOHXSOX YOUX HEAR OLCOTT SING "That's How the Shannon Flows' "Machushla Asthore" (Pulse of My Heart) '"Tis An Irish Girl I Love and She's Just Like You" v and "I'll Miss You Old Ireland, God Bless You Good Bye" SEAT SALE TODAY OPERA HOUSE PHARMACY , PRICES 50c to $2.00 HAPPY NEW YEAR HALE NOW HAMILTON In "JOHNNY ON THE SPOT" A Lively Metro Comedy of Young1 America PERFECTION IN PHOTOPLAY PROJECTION YE L II B FORE AGAIN Democrats for places in that particu lar branch of the government service. Kansas City: Times, i "Compromise on peace treaty loom3 nearer." according to Associat ed Press dispatches from Washing ton. Sounds encouraging. Secretary Baker admits that a re organization of the war department is Imperatively needed. All right. Newt, let us begin at the top. Ex change. Georges Clemenceau, premier ano. minister of war, is said to be booked for president of France. Clemen ceau is yet in the heydey of a busy life. He is but 80 years of age. Claims that the styles are going to be "nothing below the knees and nothing above the waist," leads one to think of nothing above the collar. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. There will be some very valuable Information for cherry growers - and prospective cherry growers in the Sa lem slogan pages of The Statesman of tomorrow.- By the way. If you are interested in the cherry industry, and have any knowledge that is wortt. while to growers, you must not fail to write to The Statesman, and do it today, if you have not already attend ed to this plain duty. It might be a good thing if the red plot to seize some United States merchant ships and take them into a Russian soviet port were carried out. That would give a job to the United States navy that would soon settle the whole Bolshevist problem. h 1 "HIGH POCKETS" THURSDAY r s E R T Y The rapidity and accuracy of your work depends on the con dition of your eyes HENRY L MORRIS & CO. Eyesight Specialist 305 State Street. SALEM ates once upon a time! Globe-Democrat. -St. Louis WKEIKKD LAW'S. Thos. Gordnier, of 739 South Cen tral avenue, Los Angeles. Cal., and who uses a rubber stamp on his ler-ter-head, writes the following to The Statesman, under the above heading, and under date of Dec. 27: 'Every reader of this article shoulc write to at least two state legislators of Oregon demanding the enactment of the following laws at the January, 1920. session of the Oregon s:ate leg islature. "Do it now before you forget it. "A bank depositors' guaranty lar. Nine states have it. "A state owned bank at Salem. North Dakota has one at Bismarck. "A six hour working law for all employees. Labor saving machinery forces that if there is to be no unem ployment. "A fire insurance law that insures every building in Oregon worth more than J5d to 95" per cent or value; the premium to be collected by an increased state tax levy. "Repeal of all laws that protect wild game except the laws that pro tect birds. The preservation of wild animals, is not worth the expense that it makes the taxjayers. "Old age pension of $12 quarterly to those more than 90 years of age who have lived in Oregon continu ously for 16 years last past and whose income is less than $30 per month. "Prohibition of the growing, man ufacturing, selling, giving away and importing of tobacco into the United States. Memorial to congress on that. "No legal holidays. Every holi day is an annoyance to many persons. "A state life insurance law that insures residents of Oregon for eith er J1000, $2000 or. 13000. provided they secure and pay for the policy. Wisconsin has had that law for sev eral1 years, and it has made the life insurance companies sit up and take notice. bolition of the state senate. Ratification of national woman suffrage. "Start .the legal proceedings for making ten states of the United States, by making two tiers of states from ocean to ocean with five states in each tier.' : Mr. Gordnier does not go far enough. What is the use of working at all?. Why work six hours a day. when all work may as well be abol ished by law? Only slaves work. And why provide fire insurance at state expense, and make people pay for tneir Die insurance! or some or us life insurance is a sort of fire insur ance anyway; considering the way we are going. But why does not Mr Gordnier try it on the dog? . Cali fornia is a greater state by far for freak legislation than is Oregon. Let MrJ Gordnier get busy with the Cal ifornia solons. 5 BITS FOR BREAKFAST I Last day of old 1919. S Cherry slogan tomorrow. The last touches are being made on Salem's big meat packing plant. It is already partially under way. Future school boys will be always mixing up buccaneers and profiteer?, " "U The anvil chorus Is composed of those who have failed at everything else. S The trouble is that Europe always thinks of patriotism in terms of ac quisition. If Charley McNary gets his dove of peace through the present cold spell in Washington, he will be some bird. " "i There's nothing the matter with the world except that the steering gear isn't working. V . The more experience Uncle Sam has with Russian Reds, the more he wishes he could apologize for what he said about the Romanoffs. Among the fruit trees, all is not black that was frozen. The hopeful green is appearing. Five Students Leave for Convention at Des Moines Five students of Willamette uni versity left Fridav for De? Moines, la., where they will attend th? inter national convention of the- Student Volunteers movement. The convention will begin January 6. 1920. and continue for five days. Delegates from all over the United States and Canada are expected. One of the main objects of this year's meeting ig to discuss and make plans for the forwarding of mission ser vice at home and in foreign coun tries. iThe students renrsfntinS Willamette university are Ralph 'Hi V ) t J 1 il Chauncey C)lottt. mIio will le el in 'Maulla" at the (irand OjKr.i li7Ue Friday. Jan. 'Jt. Iteervel swit sale !eiis tolay at a. m. at I lie let-ii HotiM Plinrmary. Barnes. Robhin Fisher, Mildred Gar rett. Virginia Mason and Harold Hull. LOCAL TEACHERS TO CONVENTION Salem Instructors Are on Pro gram of State Teachers Association Meeting of the State Teachers as sociation began Monday at Portland. Marion county is well represented by a notable selection of delegates who will talk on many ital .vtbjeets of the educational world. Superin tendent J. W. Todd of Salem I? a member of the executive committee of the association. Tho?e from Sa lem taking part In the program are: J. A. Churchill, who will speak on "The Teacher Situation From the Standpoint or the Rural Supervisor": Newton Van Daisem. state director of vocational education, "Vrcational Training Fnder the Smith-Hughes Act"; Professor E. E. Bergman. Smith-Hughes instructor. Salem. "The Problem of the Industrial School." and Miss Marie Barter, part time school, Saeni, "The Problem r-f the Part-Time School." ' The delegates who will represent HIGH QUALITY IN APPEARANCE AND EQUIPMENT PLACE YOUR ORDER TODAY the Marion roiiny toyrh.-r a Principal J. C. Xvlon of alm hish Ml:ool. representing the Salem lrh-l ers: SuKTintenilnt It. K. Foul of, Staion. rfpri-M ming the Mum-sij County Prliu-ip:il4 asocl:ii ion : I'jo-j feasor Mt-rioan fluik. f Sal m. hixh wUool, Suprintt'ndt-nt K. S. ; Stultz of Jt ffVrson. Superintendent V. J. Mishler of Woodliurn. Pnnci- j pal Clover Miller of ' Silvvrion and; Couniy Suilntnd-nt V. M. S.uli'a of Salem, representing the eaoner- of Marion county. I Seven More A p plications for Water Are Received ; Svpti new ap:liaiion for the ap- propriation of watr from Oro.u n streams have leen received by tin state engineering department. Thev are: By Meryl V. N'apton. of Homodal.r Idaho, ooverine the appropriation of water from Snake river for th i-ri-gation of 0 acres nar Owyhe, Ore gon. My Amanda K.lh. of Uaker. f-ovor-Ing the appropriation of waste water from the Baker city reservoir, for th Irrigation of a 40 acre tract of land. Hy the Butte Creek Land. Live stock & Lumber company, of Fostil covering the appropriation ef water from the John Day river, for 'h ir rigation of a small tract near Fo. sil. By C. R. Williams, or Unity. Ore., covering the construction of the East Camp Creek reservoir for the storage of 73 acre feet of water from Burnt river, for the irrigation of land. By II. E. Pratt of Maine.', cover ing the appropriation of water from the Pratt reservoir on Lai-nee! creek, for a supplemental supply forJcover,n ,he Impropriation of water, V THE UNIVERSAL CA COUPE ENCLOSED CAR SiULJ TU S3:: The Closed In Car Is the Coming Car One of our leading physicians who drove an open roadster in his practice, bought his wife a closed car, but he stuck to his roadster. Daring the past stormy weather his roadster went out of commission and he drove his wife's car for the day. ' The following day he said "My wife has Ind it all over me and I didn't know it--but I drive a closed car hereafter. Yes we sold hiii next day. The Proof of the Pudding is in the eating. Call up and let one of our salesmen take you for a drive and let you experience the comfort and convenience of a closed car. We can make good deliveries on this model Valley M 1 ii i H THE EVE OF NEW THINGS QjTARTING a new year usually means pro gressing in other lines for the thoughtful farseeing person. And of all things that will help turn your ambi tions into achievements there's nothing like one of those United States National BANK AC COUNTS. Get one going and keep it growing I' j several hundred acres of land near ,la,ne, By W. J. Welch of Haines. Ore.. J c l -r,.(-fc-3 t-TJrTm' k!)J UaBr ..Hi, SL . 1 afionalBanrc Oregon. Li3 i from the Summit Lake rocrvo!r on I the south fork of Powder river for I a supplemental supply for a Jarr area near Haines. w HliisBFoi kdCan I PRICE $827.46 WITH iELF STARTER PLACE YOUR ORDER TODAY 1 T'CJ
