THE OHECON STATESMAN: SCXDAY, FKUIU
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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
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to,
it
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(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.
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IMtedStal
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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