THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON.
SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER S,1 KM
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opment, if they are to long maintain their hold upon the
human mind.
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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
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(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
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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 . . ,
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(all and see our Trust Officer on this vital
matter while it h in your mind and Kefore it
is too late.
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