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1 ) i THE OREGON STATESMAN: TTOMtAY, APRIL . 1920. i I Oregon Statesman YEESS& Issued Dally Except Monday by THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING C03EPANT 216 8. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon , - MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATE!! PRRflA . The Associated Press is exclusively entitled tn thm na tar nnnMlnHmi of all newt dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in thla paper uu ou iu loemi news puDusnea nerein. THE INVISIBLE BIFOCALS We Grind Them HENRY E. MORRIS & CO. Eyesight Specialist 303 State Street SALEM Phone 239 R- J. Hendricks. . . , Stephen A. Stone. .......... Ralph Glorer Frank Jaskoskl. . .. . ..... .Manager . . .Managing Editor ...........Cashier .Manager Job Dept. t-r shudder when their names are mentioned. On top of thla Dr. Eugene Fisk of the Life Extension institute pre- DAILT STATESMAN, served bjr carrier In Salem and suburbs, IS centra sented a paper before the New York nAiiRTk!ri?uAi m-ii 'f - . ' , .v , medical convention to prove that daily STATESMAN, by mall, tS a year; $3 for six months; SO cents a ... t ; . month. Pop thr montha ni mnra ..m in .jniiM .... c human life can be prolonged for (THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD,! the great western weekly farm paper, will I niore than a thousand years. be sent a year to any one paying a year in advance to the Dally i statesman.) SUNDAY STATESMAN. $1 a year; SO cents for six months; 2S cents for mree momns. -WEEKLY STATESMAN. Issued In two six-page sections, Tuesdays and Fridays, $1 a year (If not pajd In advance, f 1.26); SO cenU for six months; 2S cents for three months. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department, 683. Job Department, 683. Entered at the Postofflce In Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. MORE FLAX AND MORE FISK If the doctor had started a thou sand years ago to prove his theory his demonstration would be observed with vast interest. As it is. he has proven through his science that certain insects and animals may have their lives ex tended eight or ten times beyond normal. It a human being had his days lengthened proportionate to ft fruit fly under experimentation it would be possible for a man to live 1900 years. (The trouble is that the doctor has enly been prolonging the life of I pests. A friend at the writer's elbow I The approach of the fishing season in the Columbia river finds I fears that he might do the same lew new nets being made on account of the exceedingly high price! thing when he undertook to monkey of twine over $4 a pound. I with the human race. We must raise more flax if we would catch more fish? I Think of conferring the boon of And we must find a way. here-in Salem, to fashion the flax fiber! a thousand extra years of lite on into twine for the fishermen. I one of these measly profiteers or That much may be undertaken at the penitentiary, without any wife-beaters! The doctor better go further warrant of law than already exists, in the opinion of the out behind the haystack and forget writer. , all he ever learned about making There is no one in Oregon who will not approve of any reason-! doubid centenarians of our tight- able effort to turn some of the flax fiber grown here in the Wil-lwads and loan sharks. For the love lamette valley into twine to be sold at a reasonable profit to the of Mike, let nature take her course. m - . nsnermen oi trm state. . . r .' I Dr. Fisk demonstrates to his own It is high time we took stock of ourselves as a state and brought satisfaction, at least, that youth is .about greater CO-operation. la physical state and not a function Let us begin to live up to our state s motto. of time, and being such is capable We have or can produce everything here to make Oregon the lot indefinite prolongation. But the empire state her founders intended her to become. trouble is that the wrong ones are Let the flax men come to the aid of the fishermen, by the ex-1 prolonged. ercise of a little wholesome morse sense and wise co-operation. POLITICAL PIKERS. Salem ought 'to have a survekr. right now. of her housing sit uation. This would be a good work for the Salem Commercial Senur Borah would limit the Club. There are a lot of places that may be prepared for people expense of presidential candidates to to live.. And the crowded condition of this city is going to persist I u'uwu .ior a long time yeu - - Secretary of, War liaker is himself a lawyer and. he also em ployed another lawyer to help him make out his income tax state ment. And yet he niade a mistake in the figuring, and the internal revenue bureau tells him he is entitled to a refund of $480. If cab inet members and lawyers can't fathom the income tax, how can or dinary citizens-be expected to understand it? But they must do it some way ; it isn t a question of how. Kutsoff ITeadzoff, a Russian revolutionist, has been executed bo omer of soviet, for opposing Trotzky. How simple and efficient the Bolshevik system is. If anyone does or says' or thinks anything against the soviet regime, he is merely wiped out of existence. What if we had suculi a system in this country! Then the president could send for Senator Lodge and have him executed, and everything could be lovely. How annoying it is to have people oppose your ideas! And how it does delay progress! Pathfinder. Someone suggests that that wouldn't keep Senator Johnson in gas If he had to buy it at one of I Rockefeller's stations. THEY ARE INCONSISTENT. Some of those who are Insisting upon the exclusion of the Turk frtfm Europe are opposing the League of I Nations through which it could alone be accomplished as an enduring pol icy. ' II LACK 8HEKP. Jimmy . Gerard got several . hun dred votes for ' president In South Dakota.. But that will not be quits enough. ( ... ,' ' President Wilson is now able to take a short outing each day. His time will be his own after March 4, 1921, at nigh noon. j I The honsing problem has again hit Washington. The candidates for the ' presidency are - seeking head quarters there. . They want to see what the govern ment left, A silo on every, rami. That will: be the burden of the Salem slogan! pages of The Statesman of Thurs day. - It Is what we have got to I come to. - It appears that Liidwlg Martens, the self-certified ambassador of so viet Russia, is a German subject and was once under a prison sentence for espousing anarchy. lie is a nne uirn 10 oe sutierea to build a nest in the dome of the national capital. r He should have been deported first tnd then have the situation explain d to him by night letter. WHO HIT HOOVER? ' - Over in Germany the people are working 14 hours a day, and they are busy, except when they take a day off for the purpose of over throwing the government. Northern Pacific railroad officials are makipg an inspection trip over their lines, checking up on the phys ical condition of the property the first time since the government gave back the property to the owners. Down-at Astoria on Easter morn ing 70 people joined, the First Pres byterian church; Rev. Major- Wll-I liam S. Gilbert, pastor. At that rate, the rough-neck city of Oregon will 'be good before long. LENGTH OF DAYS. First thing we know people will form the habit of living forever and then there will be a lot of things to worry about. An eminent London physician has announced a cure for heart disease and world-wide research work Is pinning down numbers of other ter rifying ailments until folks no long- luwywiiuaaaasaawawii Herbert Hoover may not be a spread-eagfo orator, but as a con vincing conversationalist when con structive problems are up he is in the very front rank of living Ameri cans. ' He talks to the point not over or around it. Likewise, when he takes his pen In hand he has a flow of classic and impressive English that Indicates an all-encompassing mind. There is a combination of intelligence, author ity and exquisite diction that has never yet been Indicated by one who was purely a politician. Herbert Hoover would produce state papers that would te well worth while from any viewpoint. Los Angeles Times. INCREASE RETURNS AND YOU ENHANCE : THE VALUE OF YOUR FARM LANDS - THE true'value of farm lands is based upon the relurnstherefrom. So, by increasing the returns from your farm you make both im mediate and ultimate profit Analyze your crop and livestock output and see if betterment can be achieved; The United States National Bank will be glad to cite you the experiences of others as an exam ple ' : ' . . v, ... ' - NEXT! n!: i,l 't'.ii .,' 'sl.! ' ? U t! I i i hill v M' ''i'-i I I ' '1 "i ( ll II "pi i'I A' Li! MoTRtSPCHSIBU, i I Sums 0 fOR !- r j&fA The International Barber Shop - benefit of two people ought to vertising for spinach. Give them all they need. There is money in It. and you get the crops. The paper mill be granted all the spur tracks they need for their business. And so should all other concerns wanting to do business tir-Salem. We are no longer a village, and we should get as far away as possible from village bickerings. S Chester Murphy is hesitating about building bis big apartment house in Salem. The costs are high. S But we have got to have more places for people to live. Let's have a survey of the bousing situation, and use all the available places we have, and get as many more as pos sible. The only really cheap cut of meat Is cut it out. You might say the German revo lution was de-Kappitated. .The price of clothing and eatables never Is. but always to be, reduced. A Chicago professor announces that we shall be iq physical contact With the moon, but says it will not occur for many years. Almost as uncertain as when Durleson will quit the cabinet. , Cfcndy prices are quoted as nor mal, and purchasers know all about what "normal" means. S Another proof that there will be no marriages In heaven Is the prom ise that there will be no parting there. Some of our best and bitterest critics give their opinion about things they could not do themselves. Their eloquence and argument ad vances in ratio with their Ignorance of the subject In hand. IN SALKM ANI EVERYWHERE. An Ohio judge excused a motorist who had badly shattered the speed limit because' the prisoner convinced him that he was hurrying to rent a house that had just become vacant. The houfing problem Is every where and even the courts take ju dicial notice and would expedite re lief. In this case the excuse of fered was more effective than the old Tered was more effective than the old one about a sick wife or meeting train. ' If there dees not develop a greater home building movement In Salem 'than is now in sight, we mar. be fore very long, witness judicial no tice being takne here of such cases as the one in Ohio. I I. . a mmm mm ---- i oiiolBanl; fil Oregon, I BITS FOR BREAKFAST Let's be thankful. Thankful for our hunshine and showers. While the easterners suffer from .blizzards that freeze their gizzards. S i - Ordinarily, we need all the show- frs we get here after Easter. The dehydration people are ad- FUTURE DATES. April T. Wednesday Library lecture recital. "American Muaic." by Wttlam. ett university school of music. Public library. . April 9 ami) 10. Friday and Saturday Marlon County Sunday School con vention. Salem. April 9. Friday Annual play by Snikpoh Dramatic oclety of high school. April IS. Sunday (Tentative) Blos som day ia Salem. April 11. Sunday Ftaaeball. Salem Sa atora xt. klooseiaw. April 17. Saturday Debate between Willamette university and Collea of Pugret Sound. April 20. Tuesday Heglntratlun for voters closea . April 51. Wednesday Willamette Olee club . concert at Grand Opera houae. April f. Krldfiy llnward KvaMa weed, landman architect of Portland to address Salem Art league at public MDrary. .. . April 23. Friday Debate between Willamette university and Pacific uai veraity. April J. Friday Debate between Willamette university and McUinnvllle college. Wy H. Friday Debate between Willamette university and Oregon Ag ricultural college. April 30 and May 1 "Awakenlnar f Spring- pageant Opera House, hospital benefit. -May 11. Tuesday Inter collegiate do bate. Willamette va. O. A. C. Way II and it Nineteenth annual convention of Oregon State Association of Master Plumbers. In Salem. May 21. Friday William Howard Taft speaks at armory. June 1 to 17 Officers erhoola for Oregon National Guard at Vancouver and Fort Stevens. June It and 20 National gypsy tour motorcycle events In Salem. July C to 20 Annual encampment of Oregon national Guard. Infantry and engineers at Camp Lewis, artillery at Fort Steven. June 22. 22 and 31 Imperial conclave or Myatlo Shrln in Portland. Juno 22". Wednesday Imperial eon clave or Myatic Shrine to viait Salem. June 3. and 20 Portland Koaa festival. . - - - July -X2V ;3"ttttate Elks con tention la Salem. September JJte- Octohep 2 Or ego a state fair. (rmi of IMneeuae should be promptly expelled from the blood. This Is a time when the system Is especially susceptible to them. Get rid of all impurities In the blood by taking Hood's Sarsapariila. and thus fortify your Whole body and prevent Illness. Graduation Weddings Annircrxancj Party Favors Birthdays At thIseaon onr'atteatloa Is engaged with Crad nation. Weddings and anniversaries. It Is quite natural that friends aad relatives of the pattlcipaata should wish to help perpetaate In every way these happy oc casions. tw. What token can so well ac complish this what is so ap propriate aad so lasting as Gift of Jewelry, a reliable time piece or aa article of silver? - la our stock yon can find a carefully chosen assortment of exquisite Gift Things that win suit every purse. Please consider this as a per sonal Invitation to call at our store and see the teas tlfai Gifts we have gathered here. GARDNER & KEENE Salem's Moat Reliable Jewelers ad Opcidaas . ' Five-year-old Marts ret was talk, lng to her bosom friend. "Aad Jiv think. she said. "I've got my pray ers all said "up ahead for five dart. Won't have to say any more till next Saturday nlghL Mrs. Phoebe Whitlow Dies in San Francisco Word was received in Salem yes terday or the death of Mrs. Phoebe Whitlow, a well known former Sa lem woman, which occurred In San Francisco on March li arter an Ill ness of almost a year with paralysis. Mrs. Whitlow was sn active member or the First MethodUt church In this city and until her departure for Saa Francisco about two years ago Was prominent In church work. Educational Measure Is Endorsed at Hillsboro The Hillsboro Commercial club Is the latest to go on record as endors ing the bin providing tax levy of 2 mills for the benefit of elementary schools. That snch action has been taken was made known to the state department of education venter lay in a letter from U. W. Hovers or Hillsboro. 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