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1 A 1 Tt T" - I j The Oregon Statesman ' f " Issued Dally Except Monday by . t THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY . Y' 16 S. Commercial St., Salem. Oregon , 1 ( ' . MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PREM A The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the me for rennhlleation l all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper pu vw ia local news puousnea Herein. ; J. Hendricks Manager tephea A. Stone Maturing Editor r alpa Glover Cashier nk Jaskoskl Manager Job Dept. V t)AJLT STATESMAN, served by carrier In Salem and suburbs, IS cents a ; week, SO cents a month. DAILY STATESMAN, by mall, 1 8 a year; IS for six months; BO eents a , - month. For three months or more, paid In advance, at rate of $5 year. (TUB PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, the great western weekly farm paper, will V do sent a year to any one paying a year In advance to the Dally s Statesman.) I SUN?"" STATESMAN. $1 a year; SO cent for six months; 16 eents lor lurw mourns. i WEEKLY STATESMAN. Issued In two slx-nara section ThmiIiti and ! " Fridays, fl a year (If not paid In advance. $1.26); 60 cents for six monias; is cents xor three months. TELEPHONES: Bnsiness Office. 23. Circulation Department. 6SS. - ': Job Department, 683. Entered at the Postoftlce In Salem. Oregon, as second class matter. WHY MARS INSTEAD OF VENUS When a Feller Needs A Friend When a fellow really needs a friend is when, because of weakened eyes, be must bave someone else read to him. So many people, because of neglect of their eyes In ear lier life, are now depending upon others. Had they provided the friend liness of glasses to their eyes at the right time In their life, they would still be en joying good eyesight and in dependence. An examination will reveal the true condition of one's eyes. It's a little thing to seek, but a big thing to get, and so Important. Henry L Morris & Co. EyeMigAt Specialists 305 State Street 'i 1 ;t Captain Collins, president of the Aviators' Club of Pennsylvania, nas volunteered to take passage in a giant rocket bound for Mars. He already has evolved a plan for a rocket which would carry a man inside and says that he is ready to make the venture, stipulating that for one year before he starts the American people will give se- nous consideration to an appeal from him for a national aeronautic programme. ' There is something appealing about a man who is rash enoush to risk his neck in such a forlorn hope. ' ' It recalls. the custom of the Japanese Samurai, who used to com- mil smciue m oruer to can attention to oppression of the people by unjust ruiers. But why Mars? It looks as if the rash Pennsylvanian would simply lw butting into & SCrai) if!he should land. Internatinnal wntprv ore nf fiwntlv muddled and ithnight be well to wait for them to clear before getting "01 dl8posed to CCT l,het resuU !n mi-rAl n in ;nmU. i :-..: f 9 .u : v.. t nhe proper spirit of finality. He astronomical psychology, the name Mars was not given to that little planetary upstart, only about half the size of the earth, without a rea son. The Martians are very likely to be bellicose and unsociable, and making their acquaintance would not be worth the effort. 1 Why not Venus? Old Homer pictured that divinitv in a form that is certainly much more attractive than the war god. A visit to a planet over which she presided might really be worth while. We would not be surprised if such a lure should anneal to a darinc avia tor. The world has always been a bit shy on happiness. Perhaps H is on Venus that the missine kev is to be found. We have had enough of warfare to suffice a single generation. Why build rockets! 'The former German crown prince to be dispatched in quest of trouble? Venus is much nearer the sunhM ben taking boxing lessons anil than Mars, near- enoutrh for the hot nassiona of ebullient vnnih ml training hard for the last four germinate. Venus is nearer the earth, too, than Mars, and the fare I monins and is said to have developed wu at-nai iax service were established, would b less Thatl"" quest of the golden fleece was puerile compared to a romantic ven-l tfoves. iure aiier me giraie 01 Venus. court are handed down on a S-to-4 vote. They ought to be more unani mous. When a man figures that if one justice out of nine had thought the -other way the decision would have been exactly reversed, he is proper spirit of finality would accept the conclusions of a single judge with more complacency than the opinion of a bare majority in a court of nine. If there is a right and a wrong side to every case it would be pleasanter if the justices Indicated closer team work in dis closing the right. AT THE RINGSIDE. The Democrats haven't a chance, in June they are "going west." 'J! a, A new verb has -been introduced Into politics to "hijohnsonlze" to put up a bluff, to talk through your hat, etc.. etc. Los Angeles Times. We areVgradually getting back to the old-fasWoned days when honest work was considered better than profiteering find plain stealing. William Martin Williams is the new commissioner of internal reve nue. It is needless to say that he is from the south--"old Alabam." A Rembrant has just been sold in the east for 1300,000. It will soon be so that the works of the old mas ter will bring as much as the wages of a house painter: i No wonder Japan does not care to quarrel with this country. The fig ures show that for the first ten months of the calendar year we im ported $194,000,000 of raw silk from that country. Japan has no reason to eieate a rough house. 1 Suggest a slogan. It is Important to let the world know what are our uasic industries; important lor us to know what we can do and what varieties we can raise the best Then, following the lins of least re sistance, we will progress more sol-1 idly and surely and steadily. The league of nations is function- ing. The United States Is merely on the outside looking in, because we accidentally and temporarily have a few bull-headed reactionaries in the wrong places in this country. real handy man with the It is said that he has an uppercut that is quite convincing. Here is a chance for Dempsey to square himself. Put him in the ring with the prince and tell Frederick William that he can have his job back if he makes a showing against the American champion. Then let them go to it for the benefit of' the league of nations which needs a benefit bad enough, heaven knows But it is funny that the German prince should only learn to tight af ter the war is over. TEA MWOKK. A IIOItSK AIMECK. Co-operation won the war and it would still win the peace it the pol iticians at Washington would give it a chance. WHIULIXd WHEELS. One person out of every six of the population of Iowa owns an auto and there is a tractor to every 15 farm ers. They do believe in making the wheels go 'round In the Hawkeye state. The next state to it in these percentages is California, and Ore gon is going to overtake and pass them both in due course of time. The Germans are preparing a list of allied atrocities as an offset to the blacklist of the supreme council They wish to show that war is two- sided, even in barbarism. IJut the greatest offense of Mar shal Foch's forces, with the Ameri i can doughboys playing the major part, was the fiendish manner in which they chased the kaiser's noble I supporters from their comfortable j steam heated trenches. That was naughty trick. ' XEW MANDATORIES. MAJORITY RULE. Too many decisions of the supreme ): .nUUHUMUMmHlilWillHlliUiiUiiijui Ullllllj I HMK ltrtlltillliHkoiHOTKHKIItinDlrV ill n WSJBSJ WHY BUSINESS HOUSES LIKE TO RECEIVE CHECKS "HEN checks are received in payment of accounts, the merchant or tradesman dees not have to worry ahout getting to the hank right away and depositing his money for fear someone gtt in and steal it He endorses the checks he receives only when about to make a deposit and therefore they would not be nego tiable by anyone else. Carry a United States National pocket CHECK- BOOK with you While conflicting parties have dis regarded all forms of national law and have reported to armed force to gain possession of the government of Germany in Europe, allocations made by the supreme council of the league of nations have fixed the sovereign control of the former German pos sessions in Africa and in the Pacific ocean. Germany's bold bid for world dominion has coat bt-r terri tory with about eleven times the area of the htate of Ort-gon. Much of the land U lertile but fallow. Germany expended mort than S l.Ouu.uuo. hhi u ux money, above the income from the colonies, (ipecting that the future revenues would repay the initial investment many times over. Hut German pret-d overreached. Grasping at the th:ul ow of world dominion. ihe lot tVie substance. German Kant Africa, with a population of T.ouo.ooo. ha passed under a Joint mandatory of Great Iirirain and llelglum. It 1 bounded by the Iteigian Coneo on the west and Dritish Hast Africa on the north. The dual mandate Is a guaranty of neutrality. A Joint council will act as guardian until lh ative population Is suf firl-nily edu cated to b entrusted with th- In stitutions of self-government. German Southwest Africa will Ik , eveloped under a mandate of the union of South Africa, one of the units of the Itritish empire. Samoa ill be the ward of New Zealand; hiie the other former Island pos- sissions of Germany south of th equator will he developed under the mandatory of Australia. Japan will exercise a mandatory over the Ger man islands north of the equator. Prior to the war Germany im ported from these colonies raw ma terials annually valued at $5,000,- 000 and sent them exports for which they paid 112.000.000. Pretty kooJ business for the Junkers. Great Britain has held what am ounted to mandatories ever Egypt and Persia for a number of years: hlle the United States has exer cised practically a mandatory over the Philippines. Hut Japan is placed on her good behavior, as it mere, by receiving a mandatory for the for mer German Islands north of the equator. Never before was so much of the HEAD STUFFED FROM CATARRH OR A COLD Says Cmn Applied ia Nerfrils Opens Air ranges lugm i?. Instant relief no waiting. Your rloKged nootrils open rUht up; the air pannages of your head clear and on can breathe freely. No more Law-kin, rnuffllnc. blowing, head ache, dryneM. .No struit itllnic for breath at night; your cold or ca tarrh disappears. Get a rmall bollle of Ely's Cream Halm from your druxjeiat now. Ap-i ply a little of this fragrant. antlep- tie. hellna cream in your notrils. i It penetrates through every air pas Maj;e of the bead, soothes the in flamed or woollen mucous mem brane and relief comes Instantly. It's Jutt fine. Don't stay stuffl u P wiih a cold or naaty catarrh. Withio the grave-yards over there. Hut they will perish aaywbere. Fn-d from their earihly human UDdi. Thy puiJ th- price they have no bound ; Their aplrlls soared beyond in realm Where human hands can ftildtb- helm Here and Here and everywhere. No lime nr distance ran impair The hI communion they can Slve With loving friends who yet may live. Ar- gen-tala For live In Trance and surface of the earth held in trust for undeveloped peoples. The ex periment is a new department in international policy. Each of the mandatories is held under the san ction of the league of nations, which will exercise a general supervUIon over the whole. It is an attempt to supplant national grted with inter national J u ti Ire. now they here Th-lr memories all will r revere. With ahs here or he there Their righteous deeds live every where. So let their ahe rest In peace. From whl-h their souls have been released: For well we know the carnal part Will turn to dust and thus depart V. T It- YOI It Ttm x. 48,000 Drugstores SH It. Five million people use it to KILL HILL'S MSCAMkMUININI COLDS XX E V X ttmmimri col X X i tablet XX si-i rim mm W. I ' I M WV rested? for M yvart piste fcrvaks a,M M 14 ! grip ta a rfaT. Sack J K fatU. TU giwaiM les has a K4 W lia nr. Kara pactmr. At ABDrwf 5t Illy Helen Jerkins. Manchester. VI.) Real towns are not made ly men afraid That some one else gets ahead; When every one works and nobody shirks You can raise a town from the dead. And if while you make your personal stake Your neighbor makes one too. Your town will be what you want it to be; It isn't your town It's you. If you want to live in the kind or town Like the kind of town you like. You needn't slip your clothes in a grip And start on a long, long hike. You will only find what you left be hind. For there's nothing that's really new; It's a knock at yourself whon you knock your town: It Isn't your town It's you! TIIK l-MITY TOM If. You cannot bring our heroes back. For they are now already here. These heroes for the world's ad vance Are resting not In dear eld France. The bonds for which they fought and died And e'en their vestments yet abide I BITS FOR BREAKFAST I 9 On the last lap The hospital fund. Make it certain over the top. now. sad sway Anyway, the r-op' TalteJ States are glad lo have a little re spite In the game of tweedledsm and tweedlede between the Taile-i States senate and the White Moss In the treaty matter. As great as the iaaues are. the game was dis gusting beyond the limit of patieace. It Is announced that Italy has agreed to the Wilson plan of settl ing the Flame situation whatever that is. Perhaps it is watcafs! waiting, the plaa by which the Mes lean sanation was "settled." There are a lot of hard quest loos before the voters of Oregoa. Taxation Is high enough, the Lord knows. . nut something ought to hm done to get better teachers for the coun try schools. As It stands now. cot enowgh even of the poorest kind raa be secured. Kaletn will make the astomobile visitors welcome la every way sal ought to. Another thing we do sot wader stand is where does all the money rome from to psy Ike outrageous prtcea asked for whisky aad traady by the bssy bootleggers, s s s Admiral Sims Is delivering sledge hammer blew at the management of the navy by Secretary DwaleU la his examination. The old sasmaa knows just what he Is talking about aad there ts ao padlock oa his or- Silver Polish Arirntala i one of the fliieit Silver I'oliahr-s ever Clb4c. Has rnjovrtl a Urg-e aiJf throughout the east tisrt Iv.M. Msle an.l taarkrted l.y Ileeil k lUrton. fsnvcs silversmith, Taunton, Matt. 33c Jar For sale exclusive) hj GARDNER & KEENE Jewrtlers txd Optkiin State Strrrt SALE! gaas of dellteraare ( Tia speech. Another thing, tat Is Was y, but every sua la o( tjmpc u take every vkaaco ct fared- fit na decllae a ?ew. S S tt Is ga'tiag so tnewe jys It Is possible to take a "Joy rf b a flivver. o Here la aotaiag at linn, after alL Sure Way To Get. ' Rid Of Dtvndrufr Thero Is one sr way thai falls to remove daadraft fm?lu?j aad that Is to dissolve It. TXis ia stroya It entirely. Ta do tl-a. m , get abowt foar oae of Uia. s diaary Uqald arvoa; ayy.'y It at s ti when retlrtag: s eaosih ta ss:aw ea the scalp aad rub it la geay vri the flager Up. Py mora leg. mosf1 If not a2. tt your daadmrt will Ve gwae. sit thrve or fear more arslkauoaa 3 completely dissolve sad eaUrv.'y 4 troy every at s tie alga aa4 trwe 4f It. ao matter how zawca eaairtr: yv may have. Tow will find, too, that a3 rui-tg sad dlgglag of the srala wi3 Kf ta staatly. aad your hair wUl be CxTTt. lustrous, gloasy. silky aal ort.Vai look aad feel a haa4re4 tiaea bet'r. Ton caa get Iiwl4 arrea at azy drag storo. It ta laaweasee, sa4 foar a aces la ail row wUl seed. TV slmpto remedy has evtr beta kai to fall. Salevx 'iMUC-lnMlCili .Vwai -- iiiiiiniwisiiisnslssui-i tissp ii iisssiaiatsmiuaiuJijji .. - - "Ssa--Zr"B"s-hsBBBwaBBBi . j V III r r. . mil " IN ai j i er ui-v .1, g'.-' "3 I -S 'mi mw . m j it U it i rTi I I jtS atr -a 9 I FUTURE DATES. "rcn j. wwtndi- Lecture a pubMo library by Dr. J. H. Gilbert of the wnlveraltv of Oresron on "Immlrri tion and the Future American Stock.' March JI. Monday Meeting of Worn ens Republican club at armory. March II. Monday Willamette de oat tryout for . women. March II. Tuenday Jltnr danc armory. Benefit baby cliniea. March tt. Wednesday Special meet ing of Salem Buainesa Men's league. March IS. Friday Salem high school siumni banquet at Marion hotel. March 17. Saturday Tntercolleglat debate. Willamette vs. College of Pu get sound. March IS. Sunday Hayeaville dis trict Sunday school convention at Ja son ! Methodist church. March 15. Monday "Save money on meat week" begins. March S. Tuesday Queen of Hearts rnuaical. benefit hospital. Moose hall. p. m. April 11. Sunday Baseball. Salem Sen ators vs. Mooaejaw. April 3 and May 1 "Awakening of Spring pageant Opera Houae. hospital benefit. JUjrJ;.Tu'"d,jr Intercollegiate d. Willamette vs. O. A. C. V and IS Nineteenth annual Tj:,on.f reso" State Association fer Plumbers. In Salem. T? juicers schools for Guard at Vancouver fV National C A ?T79 and I! t .iiycle m "Voft -T CHUQUm S BAMjHMCVilTefy at IS Vatlnnat orvnav. I . im n in Haiam. .W1 i t A Jar of Vicks is Protection Against.CoIds rw AY 6V ' Your! l Bodyguard Against Colds .? ' More than a score of years ago, a drut gist in a little North Carolina town was earthing foe a better way to treat colds. He knew that eptcac and internal medi cine did not go direct to the hings and air passages, and often did derange the digestion. At last he found a process by which he could combine standard, time-tested remedies in salve form, so that when the salve was applied over the throat and chest the ingredients would be vaporized by the body heat. -u u These vapors, inhaled with each breath, carried the medication direct to the lungs and air passages. At the same time the alve waa absorbed through and stimu lated the skin, aiding the vapors inhaled to relieve the congestion. This preparation waa Earned Vicks VapoRob, and year by year its use has Bxcaauy grown until now more than 17 iuoQ jars are used annually. Vicks is a Real "Uttlo Bodyguard" . to 014 and Young For mothers with small children Vicks is a boon indeed. Nodoain just apply well over the throat and chest at the first sign of -snifnea." and cover with a hot flannel doth. Leave the covering loose around the neck ao the vapor arising may be freely inhaled. An application at bed time usually pre vent! a night attack of spasmodic croup. m For deep chest colds, bronchitis, sore throat, bosuseness bot wet towrcls should first be applied over the throat and chest to open the pores of the skin then rub on Vicks. For head colds, asthma, catarrh, whooping cough a little Vkks can be melted in a spoon and the vapors inhaled. Formula of Vkks Vicks contains Menthol from Jipan . Camphor from the Island of Formosa : Oil of Eucalyptus from Australia OJ of Juniper Tar from the Mediterranean Coast Turpentine from the long leaf pine trees of the South Petrols turn from the oil fields of Pennsylvania, and other valuable ingredients. If Filled on Prescription a 30at Jar of Vicks Would Cost from 60 to 75 Cants These Ingredients art bought tn enor mous quantities, carefully tested by our chemists and mixed by automatic ma chinery in our huge Labors tory, emplcyiri over 200 peopla. Recently an officer of this Company had a prescription for a 30-cent Jar of Vicks filled in various cities below are given the prices charged, which of course do not include the physician's fee : LywcAburcVa. JtA Cairaga, 10. .? BOunsra, aid. Jk New York, N.Y. JkS iFrwaciaco .71 Insist on tko Genuine) At All DrujrguU 30c 60-$1.20 w MAPORUB 1 w.l F, ' s- ' rrgos I'" l ' i " " - " - i m-.y V . 1 . """"aBiBBBswiaBawBWBWSBBBBaaBBawBMaay