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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1920)
THE OHECON STATESMAN: SCXDAY, FKUIU The Oregon Statesman Issued Daily Except Monday by TDK STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPACT 2 IS 8. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press ts exclusively entitled to the use for republication all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this "paper pi. also the local news published herein. J. Hendricks. Manager tephen A. Stone. Managing Editor Ialph Clover. Cashier frank Jaskoskl. .......... .' Manager Job Dept. I IA1LT STATESMAN, served by carrier in Salem and suburbs, 15 cents a i week. SO cents a month. iAILT STATESMAN, by mall. $6 a year; $3 for six months; 60 cents a j month. For three months or more, paid in advance, at rate of J 6 year. THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, the great western weekly farm paper, will H be sent a year to any one paying a year in advance to the Dally Statesman.) t lUNDAY STATESMAN, $1 a year; EQ cents for six months; 26 cents for f three months. i VEEKLY STATESMAN, issued in two six-page sections. Tuesdays and tt Fridays, $1 a year (if not paid in advance, $1.26); 60 cents for six months;' 26 cents for three months. UILEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department. 683. Job Department, 6S3. ' Entered at the Postofflce In Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. SUPPORT THE SALEM COMMERCIAL CLUB The Salem Commercial Club has been doing good work. It is well managed. It h. justified its existence." l$ul it should do a larger work. And; in order to do ajarger work it must have larger support It hhould be representative of the community spirit. There U no other organization Co take its place. It is expected to reply to requests" from everywhere for infor .itb.i concerning Salem a thousand and one kinds of information There is iio adequate supply of literature to aid the Commercial hj in perforiaing tins part of its work No adequate facilities. The directors of the Commercial Club are to ask the business n and manufacturers and property holders for am additional $10,- This should be provided. And quickly, i Without a question. There arc other community need? to be supplied; but the one i. of literature and proper attention to inquiries could have ex- i i : . i 1 IS 1 a. AinnnA 11.- 'And not a cent would be vasted. It would be a community investment, and not an expense. Salem cannot grow fast without more people and especially r people to work the land; to respond to the slogan, "More acres i I more to the acre." Wc have the land and the factories and facilities to work up 1 provide a market for all that can be raised on the land, with most intensive kind of cultivation. Wc need only the people. - SALEM'S MAYOR 13 BEHIND THE ESSAY CONTEST js Conserve for the Future The little squirrel lays up a store of chestnuts for . the winter months ahead. Your eyesight is your guarantee of sustenance and livelihood for the future. Save it. Come to us for periodical examina tion. Henry E. Morris & Co. 305 State St., Salem, Ore. failed and there was distress in the clusters of raisins and two hundred you get acquainted with yourself, and see what kind of a fellow you are. Ask yourself hard questions about yourself. Ascertain from orig inal sources, if you are really the manner of man you say your are; and it you are always honest; if you always tell the square perfect truth In business details; if your life is as good and upflght at 11 o clock at night as it Is'at noon; if, in short, you are really! the sort of man your father hopes you are, and your sweet heart believes you are. Get on inti mate terms with yourself, my boy. and believe me. every time you come out of one of those private inter views you win be a stronger, parer man. Dont forget this, lad. It will do you good and put you in line to carry off the sweepstakes in the bat tie of life. Arkansaw Thomas Cat. "3Iy atfenlion Tias befcri called to the School Essay Con test on the advantages) of enlistment in the New Democratic Peace Time Army. ' ' "The project appeals to me not only as an admirable stimulous to patriotism and to a broader understanding of j a national defense, but especially as a most effective educa- ( - tional plan to broaden the minds of our students and de- i vclop thejr powers of expression. j v'l trust that Our citizens will encourage the contest in I everyway 'and,.: reflect credit upon our country by a gener- P 4t t t Vtaiivr ibiwtncfl f f Ttl vtm frit 4 Vi a lrv: - rv i f' uui l v s ivu v - f ' v a ass, ir ?t s. ,ma j a I il VFlll , VHr Schools. L V 4 "OTTO J. WILSON, ' ' - l : .Mayor' The alfflve proclamation by Major Wilson is representative of Salem spirit of patriotism and co-operation in all movements for general welfare, j The $25 cash offered by The Statesman will be equally divided veen Marion and 1'olk counties in whatever way the county ol Superintendents of the two counties may direr t. This direction is made because of the fact that there will be nty boards to judge the efforts of the essays of the school chil- n r . ' . 1 1 L ' 1 , mm , , , twb: sre a immucr oi umrr prizes aireauy ouereu uv oaieiu rchants; and star more will.be .forthcoming. Jr'o there will be handsome rewards for our school children who I study diligently and do their best in the great coutest. The Loval Leirion of Locirers and Lumbermen ha Walter T uitli, organizer, at work in Salem helping to form a loeal made up ' the employees of the Spauldiiig Logging ., the officers of that Mnpany hiving become affiliated, and all their various nlants ex- j)ting the Salem mill having already come into the organization. li-writcY has said, many times, that the Four' L. arganization is king along the correct lines. In that organization both sides are presented. And there can be no strikes and no lockouts where the ,ur u principles are dominant. This idea w an Oregon idea. 1 mc out of war conditions. Hut it is taking toot everywhere 1 it is bound to be the leader of a movement that will finally ing aooui uiuversai inuusinai peace, us way is the onlv wav I A record of 155 miles an hour has ed made "by an aviator. Of course t was an American. The census enumerators report ore are not nearly. as many red tes to report this year as in 1910. We are still technically at war th Germany; but all of the fighting being done in the United States i nate. . i '; ol predictmns. But Jonah had the inside track in this exploiution Tell us what you know about onion growing. It is important. j The movement to popularize whale t at docs not seem to grow, In spite It t IRK IATKS. f htvrr S to 11 Pcrtut w-k. 4 i brimry 1ft. TuoMty Mans merlins 1 ,f fk.rat rnthuaiaata to diacuaa "City t '. utlful."" . ' ' . i-uarr 1. Tuead ay Everett- V.ab I , -.Fck of l'ortUn! will tdrraa Inter , irr decoration rlaaa of the 8aJein Art ' iracue at S p. m. lit tha Commercial t .iidilnriuni. Kruarr ie. Tueadar -Mualral concert t uditorlnm Of liish :hool. ' ...... rv IS i ll-Y.W.OA. camnalicn. i mrf VVedneaday Open forum t ' ,.!ilrBT of Hatem fmmerclal rluh. t ruary H. Thttraday---lJBcli birth ru'arv 1. ilowdajr SpanUh War . Momn basket iMvcial.at armory. rury IS. 19 and 2e Salem Auto nhil. hir. niarv 1. Tburaday fhildrena tti- nlr. tent tl rnmmtti'Hi nut. .iry i'S.., Suodajr f Waahinatoa't rthdnjr. - rmry II. Hwdr KVench aovera "t anafda. thrnn$h American le- ii. mnirlal rerilfieatea to rela- ( .i.iera nhu nat livea in war ' r '21. In Octribrr 9jlraB .'.sr.- The Salem Commercial club should be financed for its publicity paign and all the other vitally im portant work which it proposes. It will cost a little something to put the Salem Commercial club thor oughly on its feet. But It will pay, big. The Hindus have their belief that the world will last another 426.980 years. Wonder If Bryan will be run mnB ior presitieui when the end comes? STAY IX THE FIGHT. You've beard' of that house by the side of the road. v nere tnat wnimsicai man wros alone; He says he prefers his poor humble abode To a palace of granite or stone. Because." as he says' (and his logic is good.) "I save many men who would fle r encourage and help like a. true j. brother should, " "" ' As the races of men go by.' ' This man has his ideals 'his love Is sincere. He helps all he can. we will say But what of the brothers who fail to appear Who have fallen a mile up the way? Aye, what of the souls in the great caravan. Who moan 'neatb their sorrow and load Yet their moans are not heard by this kindly old man In his house road! by the side of the No man can be doing bis best in this life. If he lives in a house all alone; No man can be helping to conquer the, strife. If he lives like a hermit and drone. No man can be useful and happy and trae. If he waits for a brother to fall; No man can complete all the vork he should do. If he just sits around for a call So, give me the man who is mixed in the fight And always about in the fray Three cheers for' the man with his help and his light. Who goes MORE than a mile up the way! God give us the men who wfil stay in the strife. Who will help with the burden and load It's better than selfishly living a life In a house by the side of the road! Jack Wolf in San Quentin Bulletin. Two sugar profiteers down at hon Angeles fined $2500 each. They were convicted of selling sugar at a profit of. 7 cents a pound. Looks like a losing piece of business for cose two profiteers. And no tears tor the profiteers .either, on the part of the public. ; KXOW THYSELF Get away from the. jcrowd awhile, my boy, and think. Stand oa one sids and let the world run by, while JOSEPH THE FIRST FOOD IIOAKDEi:. In the current market reports of that time we learn that the principal food products of the lands described in the Old Testameat were corn, parched pratn. manna, locusts and wild honey the latter a combina tion affected by John with his rai ment of camel's hair and leather gir dle -figs, raisins, etc. There is no record of profiteering in the Illuminating afory of the wan derings and doings of the Children ot Israel; but seedtime and harvest land. There was no irrigation sys tem in all Egypt then, and when.it failed to rain h9 ranchers had to either stop 'eating or get assistance from some 'more favored community. But of all the contrivances for sus tenance the' manna furnished the Children of Israel in their 40 years' wanderings in the wilderoo was really the last word. We have no very clear definition of just what manna was. It fell every day but the Sabbath and enough fell on Saturday to last over Sunday and in sufficient qnantWes to feed a million people. It did not cost anything and must have been a perpetual delight to the lazy hus bands who were too busy discussing the last war and carrying home the washing that had been done by their wive to secure anvthlnc for the daily meal. It Is related that the Children of Israel never tired of it. There is no record that there ever was a short age of the manna crop, and as every bodv ate it there must have beer something In It to recommend it A cvnic at the writer's elbow thinks possibly there was a kick in it But the corner grocery always had it to give without price, thus doing away with any necessity on the part of the clerks of telling customers that they had no real manna on hand but they had something equally as good. Joseph was the first food hoarder of which we have any exact know! edge. When he was only 30 years of age and had become the political leader in his ward there were seven years of plenty 'In Egypt. What did the smooth Joseph do? Did he argue with himself that there would always be an abundance of foodstuff In the land? He did not. But "he gathered up all of the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt and laid up the food In the cities; the foo4 of the field which was roundabout every city laid he np in the same." There were no cold-storage warehouses in that day, and no . pending bills In congress to limit the period that food could remain in cold storage, so we are in ignorance of his meth Ods, but the fact remains tru tt stored the food. He wanted to see how the law of supply and demand would work out. . When the famine tame Joseph was the onlr man in. the settlement who had foddV - But bVdVd n'ei hunch' the price, like some of his .successors in the cold-storage business, but sold unto the Egyptians. 'The narrative says "and all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain. Im aglne an up to date profiteer in such a position of advantage. ' Joseph's father; Jacob, was no be liever in race suicide, and he had ten sons in addition, to Joseph, and he sent the ten brethren down to Jo seph to get grain. In the meantime Joseph had entered politics at the urgent request of his friends and was governor of the land and he supplied his brethren with all the grain they desired. Not only that, but when they were about to drive away In their automobiles loaded down to the radiators with grain they were much pleased to find all of their money "in the mouth of the sack." In other words, Joseph had refused to take any pay from the boys. Indicating' how much better Joseph did a grace ful thing than is the custom now. In 1019 the brethren might have es caped with their machines, but the would have been compelled to pay a high price and left the money. And there was Ruth, the Moabite damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab. There was a food shortage in her country due to the efforts of the college pro fessors to Increase their wages np to the plane enjoyed by members of the Amalgamated Order of Hod-Carriers, and a strike was threatened. The food supply was short and the best families had nothing more substan tial than bread, vinegar and parched corn. That was before the bakers had reduced the size of the loaf and jumped the prices, when vinegar was made out of pure cider and nothing but red ears of corn were grown in some parts of Moab. When Ahitophel got sore and hanged himself because his advice had not been followed by David, be tore the army of the latter had crossed Jordan In Its pursuit of Ab salom, we find the most varied list or food served to David and his vnen. There was wheat, barley, meal, parched pulse, honey, butter, sheep and cheese of the herd, a list that would compare favorably with a $2 dinner ticket in the Pullman diner. But prices were fair and reaeon- alle and there were no assistant at torney-generals gallivanting-nround the country at public expense organ izing presidential booms for their chief under the gulw of trying to reduce the price of living by takiftg hold of their boot straps and lifting lustily. r But then, as now, plenty of food has been a potent argument with a lot of people, and David, son of Jesse, fell for It. Aba gall took two hun dred loaves of bread, two bottles of; wine, five dressed fhctp. five meas ures of parched grain, a hundred cakes of figs. David was angry at Nabal. shepherd of Carmel. because be refused to turn over his slaught ered sheep to feed the army of Da vid, but when he saw the food he weakened and relented and Nabal gave a house-warming. A bit too much of the celebrated 2.7 was served on that occasion and Nabal got drunk, and subsequently In the proceedings Jehovah smote Nabal so that be died. But the Kood things taken to David by Abagall opened the heatt of David, as has been the un devlating record in this old world ever since. And so runs the story of that early time. Joseph was the only malefac tor of great wealth to buy up all of the grain and food in the country, but be sold it at a fair price and did the fair thing by his brethren In re storing to them the. money they had brought for the purchase of a supply. He never shook his old folks, which Is more than some people in this wonderful age of enlightenment and religious culture can say. Doctors Tells Why You Should Quit Tobacco !r. Krena xaya cigarette smoke acta! powerfully on lung tiaau al Induces pulmonary tuberculosis, while It caua ea permanent deirenerali&n of th cells of the nervoua slem. IncludinK lb of the brain, and thus weakens the mental facultlca. . fl)r. Kreley aaya tobacco enfeeble di gestion and laya the foundation for nearly evrry nervoua diaorder now common to the American people. It produce color blindnea. epllepay. bronchltia, rheumatism and lhm. dynpepaia, and catarrh, tobacco heart and cancer of the alotnach. Dr. Sol It. aurg-eon of St. Thomaa hos pital and expert in diseases of toe brain and mrvoua system, says: "1 know of no sinKle vlre -which doe a aw much harm aa ainnkinic. It Is a snare and a delusion. It soothes the excited nervous system at the time, to render It more Irritable and reeble ultimately 1 know of no other caune or agent that and throutch this In tha ead to vrgin;c C I sea sea t tbw iu much tends to bring: on Junctional i J. Kry diseases to lesd brain " Mr. Cmukr. can you afford to In dulge this habit? Let Nlcotol kelp yau to throw off tha fetters of tobacco. Nieotol kill the craving- and acta yeu free. It makea tha tobacco habit qait you and keepa you feeling- fine and fit all lb time. Gel Nieotol tablets tit any druggist. Note When asked about Nlcotol tab. lets, one of our leading druaaiats saM: "It is truly a wonderful remedr for the tobacco habit; aay ahead or any thing we hava ever aold befura. wa are authorized by the manufacturers t refund the money to every dissatis fied customer, and wa would not per mit the use of our nam unlesa th remedy possessed unusual merit. Nad olol tableta are aold tn this city under an iron-Clad money-back guarantee by nil up to data druggist, including: U. LOOKING HACK WARD. It Is only a couple of seasons back that Hiram Johnson declared that any association of a Progressive with the dead Republican party was a cov enant with bell. Now he is trying to make that covenant himself, but is bitterly opposed to the one of the league.of nations for which the great majority is clamoring. As a political prophet Hiram is a third-rate black smith. Some of. his words should make fine eating. Los Angeles Times. Also a fifth-rate jawsmlth. And a first-rate jackass. WAXTKD A 1IORE FOR HOOVER WITH AMERICAN PUSH AND WORLD PULL) To give in exchange, I have: One team, consisting of one jack ass 116 years old with revolutionary pedigree and reactionary perform ance, and one elephant 64. of pare African origin and jingo habits. Both hard, to wean; will work single or plural if permitted to suck all the time. Used to hauling trusts, tar iffs, strikes, lockouts, injunctions, et si. Were overloaded with the h. c. 1. and balk at leagues, treaties and price fixing. Several old platforms, good as new used only for campaign purposes. Job lot of political machines, steam rollers, bosses go. too. One deflated gold standard finan cial system with plenty of gold that don't go. . Batch of fussy statesmen, both supervicious and bolshevicious. No good for countries either with or without law. Slathers of old dinner paiis, honest dollars, 16 to Is. square deals, nig ger eq-uallty. bloody shirts, he kept us out ot war, super per cent Ameri cans, etc. Been uaed for hoodwinks. All goes for Junk. My kingdom for a horse for Hoo ver, reined with the golden rule. AMERICAN VOTER. (Verbal cartoon) The Hull Dog starter for Ford Cars will start your car ly uuaranteea. we now uave ior.oiu moueis No charge for installing. 0. J. HULL Y. II. C. A. Block . Ful-: Price $15.00. f ?e to, it .4 (The above comes to The States man on a postal card, mailed at Mc Mlnnville. Or. Ed.) CATTY .Mildred I think I'll have my beauty nap now. Maud Well, take a good long sleep, dear. Boston Transcript. A RESERVOIR OF RESOURCES 'THAT b exactly the relation of the. Federal Reserve System to its Member banksand their patrons. . Mobilized and centralized fi nance permits more equitable distribution of funds necessary for the'deyelopment of a coun try, a state, a community and an industry. We know you1 would appreciate gaining advan tage of the United States National's connection with that System. i- rw o IMtedStal j , . Salem . in USED CARS Because of the low profits on Chevrolet cars we allow less for used cars, in exchange, than most firms. It naturally follows that our prices to you on used cars are lower than usually asked. FOE YOUR GUIDANCE One Ford touring in fine shape, always had the best of care, not a junk heap by any means, shock absorbers, motor runs like a watch, good paint, price $350. Another Ford touring, recently overhauled, good body and top,-just the car for rough, hard work, priced right, $300. Still another five-passenger Ford repainted, seat covers, shock absorbers, late model, practically as good as new, priced at $450. 1918 Ford delivery, like new, just the car for the grocer, baker or fruit grower at a price that will appeal to you. Another 5-passenger Ford, right up to the minute, a lot of extras, repainted, runs like new, priced at less than the market. f One of our customers left a 6-cylinder Kissel Kar with us to sell. Its a big five with cord tires, convertible into a 7-passenger. Just the car for hire work. Look it over.' The price is right. We have a few model "Four Ninety" Chcvrolcts, 1918 model, good tires and in nice shape. Priced right. . - You will find good treatment here and goods at fair prices. SALEM AUTOMOBILE CO. - F. G. DELANO SALEM DALLAS Distributors A. L EOFF Chevrolet and Scripps-Booth, Can Republic Tires