The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, September 05, 1920, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER S,1 KM statesman , Issued Dailr Except Monday by THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CTOIPAXY 215 8. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PKESS The Associated Press is exclusiTely entitled to the use for republi cation of all news dispatches credited tout or not otherwise credited In this paper and also me locai news puuuaucu m-icm. It. J. Hendricks...... Stephen A. Stone.... Kalph Cloter. Fraak Jaskoski . ..Manager ...... . . . . .Managing Editor .Cashier ....Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN, served by carrier in Salem and suburbs, 15 cents a week, 50 cents a month. DAILY STATESMAN, by mail, IS a year; $3 for six months; SO cents a month. For three months or more, paid In adrance, a rate of $5 year. . (THE TACIFIC 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, $1 a year; 50 centa for six montbs; 25 cents for three months. , ; - WEEKLY STATESMAN, issued. In two six-page sections. Tuesdays and Fridays, $1 a year if not paid In advance, (11.25); 50 cent for six months; 25 cents for three months. TELEPHONES: " Business Office, 23. Circulation Department. 583. Job Department, 683. Catered at the Postofflce in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. . - ' - . opment, if they are to long maintain their hold upon the human mind. - - One's inmost thoughts are the most important things in his life. What his mind is absorbed with during his waking hours, and especially in the quiet and seclusion of. his cham ber, is his life, lhe New Testament records Jesus as tersely saying: "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he." As he hmks m his heart" so is life unconsciously shaped. Thus his ideals are formed, thus his ambitions take shape, thus his character is builded. By the thoughts, "in his heart, rather than by his deliberate purpose it is determined whether his life is to be large, strong, useful, pure, and a blessing to society, or narrow, sinful, weak, criminal, a block in the path of progress. IF ALL THIS BE TRUE. IiUV IMPORTANT THAT ONE SHOULD THINK THE BIGGEST, HIGHEST. PUR EST, MOST BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS OF WHICH HE IS CAPABLE! Instead of being forbidden to think, by every possible means his mind should be led to the contemplation of the large, pure and beautiful things in life and thus stim ulate in him these things that make it easy for him to tread the upward way. A little knowledge is said to be a dangerous thincr. but in religion as in everything else there is safety in full, in com plete knowledge. Of course, absolutely full knowledge is to be found only in the Great Source of all knowledge, and can be acquired only by coming into actual relations with this source m ones own consciousness: but until this comes. freedom and independence in thinking of, and striving for, the largest noblest, purest and most beautiful things, in creation, lead unerringly toward this final communion with the Infinite. " i i A VLEA FOR INDEPENDENT THINKING. from any quarter, it would have no injury done Marion county; tut it Is among those whe be lieve that a reapportionment of legislative membership la due. It does not speak particularly for Multnomah county nor for Mar lon nor any of the large counties, but for the smaller counties. The present plan of apportionment la absurd, discriminatory, unfair, pot truly representative. Here, lor example, are six counties Crook. Deschutes. Grant. Jeffer son. Klamath. Lake joined to gether In a single district and given a grand total of two repre sentatives. . The result is tnai four of the fix counties must al ways be without direct represen tation in the house. They are certain ta feel that In many mat ters they are denied a voice, and it will be true. A fair and practicable method ot apportionment would be to as- Cox Is trying to prove that rhere are other great liars be sides ' himself. So far, he holds the belt. , Senator Harding used all the influence he possessed to satisfy Theodore Roosevelfa desire to raise a division to fight Germany. What did Franklin DJ Roosevelt io in this matter? (Copyrighted by. The San Jose Mercury) Even about matters of the highest importance to them selves and the world, few people do their own thinking. They mav have ideas about various things, but upon critical exam ination these ideas will of ten be found not to be based upon first hand knowledge or upon experience or any, deep or serious study or thought by ttfe individual upon his own ac count They are apt to be superficial impressions gained from other neoDle or from indiscriminate reading of news- TtoriAiVaU nr hnn Mnnv nf Uipsa imnrpssions are Tni8 Mother baby edition of ' J . r r . - T. . . . The Statesman. This - writer false, warped or imperfect, u tney are not positively perm- wouid offer no excuse if the ba are fixed or influenced has been preparedly the author as Lide of the advertisements. , They propaganda, not-in the interest of the plain, unvarnished are the greatest things in thi truth, but to advance some cult or cause wmcn ne is paid to worId lf not ln the nexL promote. v v , v Quite a large class of people refuse to think except along certain lines. Having settled certain things in their own minds, they are constantly on their guard against entertain ing any thought that might tend to unsettle or upset their ideas about these certain things. They only think the things they want to think, shutting their minds against anything not in harmony with their preconceived opinions. This habit o mind, which is all too common, is what makes the unreason ing, extreme partisan in politics and the hopeless bigot in re- Hgion. 7--"'-?'" v.7;:7f':7';: :. " "' : '7 ; ' ;" ' Another large class of people are really afraid to think. Having been taught to believe that their-salvation from the fires of hell depends upon accepting certain religious formu las, they shudder at the suggestion of anything not in entire harmony with, these formulas. Thus men in all ages have become the slaves of creeds and the unresisting dupes of sacerdotalism. Indeed, until the United States of America was born, it was thought by most of the world to be pre sumptuous, if not criminal, for them to think anything ex cept what those in authority told them to think, at least about governmental or religious matters; But a new day is dawn ing. Civil and religious liberty is coming to mean more than it has in the past, even in this country. The coming of this day of, larger liberty is a call to every man to do JiU own thinking and refuse to follow any leader or leaders blindly, whether these leaders be social, industrial, political ' or re ligious. , The bigot cannot iustifv his bizotrv nor the strict sectar- !an oymiqo li!a tiarrnwnoea" hv onvtViiner in tlm JwTVctit tomorrow. This Is a 8. O. S. Call. ment.' We are there nlainlv commandedto "Prove all thinzs The-Saicm slogan editor canno and hold fast that whirh is mnH " Hnw nro v tn nrnvo nil run out of material.' In this great Ihinzs if our mirfds are not onen to receive new truth? The and Riwioua Willamette valley ll'ftrlrl will cranrl urVioro if Ja tnrlav in sHvonpomflnl r-ulf mt-o I Put he is Short OH time. The religion and evervthincr else for a thousand vears unless it mre unfortunately only 24 is to embrace th truths which advancing knnwipdjrp ' pxnori-l hour long;' and there is no day- if If tholsht saving scheme that wrtl wnrln had KturW to thA stJicrf rnnrh and stuhhrimlv rpfiisAd tnlHt,P use the railroad or the automobile when each in its turn came along, it would still be as slow and "poky and unde veloped as it was one hundred years ago." i What is true in the material world is just as true in the religious world. Creeds.; and theology arc pot divinely in spired: thev are onlv the reliirious contentions of the men of the past We have made : great Strides in knowledge, in ex- to more fru,t rl8eJ- rnrcnra nrA in avtrv u'nv cinro mil" rnxxls and thAAlrkfri. u-nnk I ncre nouia : oe. More acres mostlv. formulated and settled for us. How foolish, then, to Rnd moro lo lhe 1 conclude that our fathers and these old theologians' knew 8,8an- nd "kicking everiasting , everything about religion. Of course, they did not. No per- ly a" " w, brlns access" is son. no neonlf". no a?e ever did or ever can know all about tnr Watch Salem's smoke; V 1 w . - o . - 1 , Sf rrAcrrri oa tKav mh nrit iVnrmr oil 1 nKriiif nnvf rtiniv .aIco ool viiivii co viivj vmi iiv nil v s , Ma : e wa v uuj iiitiij ao oo broad as the universe and as infinite as God. The truth that the nast has exDerienced and develoned should, of course, be A 1 see ,l lf 1 were l stoop treasured up, "held fast," according to the commandment, lu cerHy. mere cumor, io to special classes. I would be falling la that purpoee which- 1 trust shall always be mine; not my own interest; not eTen the Interest f my rrty first, but America I Irst." Thoe were the words of Warren Harding, spokeji mi his front porch yesterday, fly those principles he will go to Tic- tory, and by any other Tictory would be failure, for himself and Lis couniry. Cox calls attention to the fact that the war cost this country more than one million dollars an hour for two year. He's a merry campaigner. How does he dare, as an administration candidate, to remind the voters of the spend thrift inefficiency of , Wilsonlsm? - Eat meat, don't eat meat; eat vegetables, don't eat vegetables: itarch and sugar are good, starch and sugar are deadly; drink plen ty of water with your, meals; don't imbibe liquids with your food; short fasts are beneficial, never allow the stomach to get entirely ; empty- goodness gra cious, what conflicting advice from the well meaning, serion minded fool : faddists! Heaven preserve as, we re in a pickle a regular jam!' Exchange. If you know anything about grain am) igrain products, the Salem slogan editor wants to hear front you, at once. .Today; Oregon is to have a new third or fourth or ilith or sixth (or 'steenth) party on the November ballot. It Is the "industrial la bor" party, with anether Cox for r resident; W. V. Cox ot St. Louis. What have the voters ot Oregon done? By the way Sven- sen of Astoria la that party's can didate for United States senator, end a fellow named Gillbaus of New York for. vice president. ? It should be turned the other which way. Cillhaua ought to be tagged ror Astoria, the great fih me tropolis. And all the suckers mould vote for him. FAIR PLAY IX THE" LKGISLA. TURK rign to every county . m member and to distribute the re mainder according to population. It would be necessary to Increase the membership ot the house In order to meet the Just require ments of the larger coontlea. Tho result would be a proper balance between the larger and smaller counties, giving the latter the representation which they have not, and not depriving ine lorraer of the reprcecntatlon which they have. VERY WELL. CHINE!? TAUGHT. FLYING. SHANGHAI. Sept. 3. In line with the Chinese government's purpose to train its own aviators to take charge of the country's luture aeronautical envelopment. five young Chinese, wh L... been studying avUtlon t the Ku Yuan avlaUon school w. L. to Manila this were sent summer tnw graduate training t riyUr j7 school of avUtion ther. Cardinal Gibbons says the uorld Is growing better instead of worw and It Is only because we hear more of the bad than ot the ood that It seems awry. Well, if be is satisfied that way, we'll be glad to be. Read the Qzuxified Adi. Our present stock of monuments, etc.. wLI afford you a wide range or choice. Tbone for our solicitor or call at our display rooms, 2210 South Commercial Street. Salem. CAPITAL MONUMENTAL WORKS J. C. Jones. Trop. Phone CtJ i- 1 " J'J!' ' ' " " " .- - . Ill 4--vTir ' (Oregonian) The 1 Salem Statesman 'notes. with come evidence ot perturba tion, that a movement Is under way to reduce the Marion county apportionment In the lower house ot the state legislature from five to four. It Is to be done through a combination ot the delegation ot Multnomah and the eastern Ore gon representatives. It is not re cited what special sins have been committed by Marion county, but it is admitted that the Marion ; delegation has not always con ducted Itself to the liking or cer tain -other members and it Is be lieved' that a spirit of revenge is a strong factor behind the scheme. The Oregonian has no other information that there Is any such project In contemplation , - -t .. . T1 w w m t 9 t w w m - i wi i . -w : t , The oneyardsticlvto measur Still they icome. That fruit dryer being built by Ilruce Cun ningham. In ' West Salem.- Is a whopper in site. - There is always room at the top. But. there will FUTURE 1ATES. rest Salem's, too. but the error, the misconceptions; the smallness and the nar rowness which came with this truth must and will be swept away by advancing development of the race. The man who does not recognize this is lacking in discrimination, to' say the least. This, of course, does, not mean that we are to throw all the old ideas to the winds without examination, merely be cause they are old, and joyfully receive the new suinrestions . indiscriminately with open arms; but it does mean that re-! ligiou3 organizations must not fly in the face of new truth as the experience and advancement of .the world develops it;! they must lead and not fight the onward march of progress i in an lines 01 numan development, including religious devel- politlcal -expediency, to appeals BeptratW 4. . and S 8ui eoarca tw af Artitaa Mfn. 8lta. ptihv B, Manila lbvr Hrpaikrr 7. Tandajr Martins of S vm Kf-pobliraa rlub at foart han.a. t. -raihilna randulalc far Tirv-prrai-Vnl. la sprak ia Kalrai. . 8-lteaiir 13. Monday Merliax af a- ""at aaeabcraaip af Salaai CMa)reial In a, ; - HytrW 17 G. -A. U. CoaUilatUa vrlrailvf-r IS, KataHar MaHiaK at MarioM loanly Kcpaatiraa Onlrat Caav nittr. Halm. Heptraabrr 1. Suadar All-faaaly pie mif. aaacr aaapira Mria 'aaaiy Cnmt aaitT rrdrratMa. Hpain Iiadia. 8rptaiUr 17. Ortabcr 2 Urens tata fair. pi'ar 30. Taaraaar SptaiBr "7 ruaie m aaiairrrial eiaa. Katnaktr 1. Taasdar Elarta a. fHINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN "The First Thing" . Grievous suffcrmg has been inflictel upon families liecau.se husbaiuls and fathers hare persistently procrastinated on the Will ques tion the first thing, perhaps YOU should at tend to. ... Vi . . , ....m m ' (all and see our Trust Officer on this vital matter while it h in your mind and Kefore it is too late. Capital National Bank ! TRUST DEPARTMENT SALEII :; 0REG0N: ' (HjTiO$E. WJ.C? NEVER DO. THEV MAKE My fiT 7: Xf I (jflOK entirely . . i 17011 'y Mi -sio.eauai regaroisss ox price Compare these prices:. TABRICITIREIPRICE S SIZE I9IO TODAY - 3QX3 25.45 I9aIO 3QX3 33;05 23.2Q 324 48:65 3&80 34x4T4 65.35 53.15 . 355 82.75 65.3T" 1 s . viyl .a a-. Best in the Long 'Run . , " -:t -r- ..... ; - --..;-.: . : zfs?p Mft ; y X''y-. : We Carry a Full Line of 7 - - TIRES and TUBES . - MARION AUTOMOBILE CO. 235 South Commercial St. Phone" 362 i V77 WTtRNATtONAt CtT rONT,