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4' TIIE OREGON. STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 18,.1Q21 , iita. i issued Daily Except Monday by THE KTATKSMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 215 S. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon (Portland Office. 704 Spalding Building. Phone Mala 1118) 31EMULK OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , The Associated Press U exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication or all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. R. J. Hendricks Stephen A. Stone. ...... Ralph Glorer Frank Jaskoski ........ Manager .... .Managing Editor .Cashier Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN, served by carrier In Salem and suburbs, 16 cents a week, 6S cents a month. ' .. . , DAILY STATESMAN, by mall, in advance, St a year. S3 for .six months. 11.60 for three months. In Marion and Polk counties, $7 a year, 13.60 for six months, 11.75 for th'ee months, out side of these counties. When not paid in advance, 60 cents a year additional. L THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, the great. western weeklyjfann wi' be rent a year to any one paying a year in adt ance to the Daily Statesman. . .... SUNDAY STATESMAN, $1.60 year; 76 cents for tlx months, 40 WEEKLY STATESMAN, Issued in two six-page tfetlOBi. TAe,d ? and Fridays, tl a year fit not paid In advance, f 1.26); 60 cents .for six months; 25 cents for three months. life and there have been many fatal accidents In the air malt ser vice. Txchange. You are going to want to rend copSe cf the Welcome edition of The Statesman to your friends. It it going to be entirely worthy. Better order in advance, no tbey will go right along in the early mails. Following the retirement of President Wilson from the presi dency it U announced that, if hi health permits, he will pend seme time vacationing at the home of a friend outside of Wasfclng trn. At Senator Henry t Cabot Lodge's, possibly. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department. 663. Job Department, 6S3. Society Editor 106. Entered t the Postotflee in Salem. Oregon, as second class matter. Lord Chalmers, permanent sec retary of the English treasury, l coming to the United States to see what can be done about the money that is due this country from England "on demand.' Let Mm phove it under the door. In that case no arrangement are necessary. HELP A GREAT HOME INDUSTRY The attention of the members of the Legislature is again directed to the flax plant at the .Oregonpemtentiary. - will reveal that this plant is pays iL.i u t. An h near around industry: that, with better Ilia l ji aa j - - - . ..t!.i.. i A.nkia nf Koinor maHa to nav better' That, with a small investment, which may be provided v . Ai hv 4 Via xTvndinff of the money De- UV till suuiuutMiivii w ; - . ----- . ing now earned at the flax plant, machinery may be added tnavfnr twine! ? all the seine twines used in Oregon, lor instance, thus aiding the salmon fishing industry. a nA Kv Via ame ?rn. the hemo industry may be started JmJtp ajj . - - w - o F - - . An industry the possibilities of which were demonstrated ,.. tn Ya 1 aXco T.abish district- An industry tnat wouia very soon pruvwe wt nc v. twine used by the grain growers of Oregon - , And an industry that would in time bring millions of dol lars annually to this state from other states and countries. In due course, all this will be provided by private enter prise, for the natural conditions are here, and the flax indus try is fairly well started, and the practicability of the hemp industry thoroughly established by experiment. - But the help of the state is important in these fields for the present, and there is no better way of employing part of the prisoners; even more of them than have been employed; considering Dotn tne state ltseu ana iw peopie ami t iuuu trial growth; but considering also the welfare of the prison ers for they are learning something about industries that are bound to grow and flourish and to need their services when they became free men again. Governor Olcott is right about the great advantages of the cottage system for the state training school for boys; and .'about the importance of better industrial training for Ihese wards of the state. Some very good work has been Vone in the past at that institution, which may be witnessed ly the results. But better work might have been done with letter faculties, and greater good accompiisned. wnen ine iriginal building was erected for that institution, utility was lacrificed for striking effect a tall building on a hill; due iirgely to Governor Pennoyer. Looking to the future, when Dregon shall have grown to three or four times its present I ovulation, the present buildings may have much more useful ; urposes for various activities. But, for the present, the great need is for new buildings, lending themselves to the uses of the cottage system and for shops of various kinds. ITie habit of industry is as important as the methods of in. i i i i ii i- i;i i i-aa x i J tlnjr the boys for future usefulness than in any other way. Oregon ought also to have an intermediate reformatory, for older boys and first offenders. But this should be either a ieparate institution or in closer connection with the peniten tiary than the reform schooL And all the work in all the itate institutions ought to be correctional and educative, as far as possible, ; ' . - ' . And now the onion grower want protection. It would seem that the possessor of a - crop of fairly strong onions ought to be able to take care of himself.- Los Angele Times, lie can. if the products of the smelly cheap labor of foreign lands are made to pay a reasonable duty on what they sell td our people. The advice of former Secretary McAdoo that the Democrats mnst crgan!ze if tbey expect to win is sound, it is evident that this practical politician sets no store by the . pre-election banquet pro gram. Politics is a practical bus iness and has nothing to do with a Bweil hotel menu. . It seems to be understood that William Howard Taft will get one of the first Tacaneies in the United States supreme court: Ex President rTaft is ode of the big gest men of the country, even if be was defeated for the presi dency In 1912. He' is in distin guished ' company. . John Adams (1800.) John Quincy Adams (182$,) Martin .Van Buren (1840.) Grorer Cleveland (18SS.) and Benjamin Harrison (1892) were all defeated for re-election. tb$ satisfaction of everybody. Most people are now convinced that Germany started the war although some still Insist that "perfidious Albion" wa really to Ma,,, but there will be less gen eral acceptance of the latest story that the Teutons Jananged for the assassination of Nicholas II and most of the members of the Imperial UuKkian family. Yet. arter reading the exposure made in the Count Witte memoirs now being publi.-hed concerning th dark, ways indulged in by Germ ans to win diplomatic successes one Is not prepared to wholly re ject the charge a too wild for belief. A writer in one of the leading London reviews declares j that the czar "was murdered not only by Germans, or what Is the jame thing. Magysr assassins, but for motives of German policy and with the connivance, if not at the instigation, of the. German gov ernment. The crime, be says. jr&s determined upon, following the treaty of Itrest-Lotivsk, which had Robbed Russia of vast terri tory inhabited by 48,000.000 peo ple and rich in resources. The Germans had no faith In Trotzky nd Lenine and believed they would disregard the treaty as Aoon as convenient. The wtiter Kays they therefore planned to restore the royal family if the Romanoffs would agree to recog nize the treaty. Nicholas II re fused to become a party to carv ing Russia for Germany's benefit. and bis death is said u have been lecreed by the German high com mand. Count MIrbach, the Ger man ambassador at Moscow, wbo l said to have been intrusted with the arrangements for the murder or the royal lamtiy, was put out of the way by assassin ation, it is declared, so that be could never reveal the authors of the plot. The story is a hard one td believe, but so many strange things happened during the war that It Is not beyond the range of THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN By CENC BIKTILa ssi s I r ' . I I I el V T kf. TRUTH I I I a kj o Nl rsx Hi N I I I I V vv V L-J V rux r . CwvW KTmf.Anc.a Ouitoow Co a. r. J-7 F 3 'i t'jan '17. The reason for Irirnin; I to add many I ... Mm I . I M merits wnicn r. ocimy u Suckow. the proprietens have bH-n planning fur some time, it is reported that among the Im provement M a new pine-organ. thUi (Special to improve-1 The , womavs i:r:txniKXiA- TKX. M'-s. n. T. Tryor. rranklin At., Otnego, ().. writes: "Nine years ago I was very much afflicted with kidney trouble. I bouani different kinds of medicine, but all to no effect, until one diy I bought a box-of Foley Kidney Pills. 1 realized so great a bene rit from the use of that box 'that I feel safe In recommending Fol ey Kidney Pills to any kidney suf ferers." They relieve headaches. sore muscles. . rheumatic pains and bladder ailments. Sold every m here. Polly Lou" is Dayton High School Play The Statesman). lenkr class of the Dtrus biRb nenool successfully prt-ur . ed "Polly Lou. their class to an enthusiastic overfU,;r. audience at the Opera house. 7 total receipts were ISS.V9. "I n going to get a nice Utr wife. 111 have a cozy little hoa, well cooked uiealrf. my ill j: peri ready for me when I get homt at night, my pipe always handy u rue and peace and contentaest tor the test of my days." -You never ougnt to marry." -Why not?' . j "Well, when a man has a drti like that he ought not to rUk waking up." Pittsburgh Chros. cle. DAYTON. Ore., Jan. 15. possibility. In resigning the Ohio senator ship President - elect - - Harding comes near equaling the record of that other' Ohio man, James Abram Garfield, who. was a mem ber of congress from the 19th dis trict, senator-elect from Ohio and president-elect of the United States at one and the same time. He was. a member of the house from 1863 to- 1880, when he re signed, in January of that year being elected senator to succeed Allen , G. Thurman for the term beginning March 4, 1881, but on that date, was inaugurated presi dent of the United States Instead of going to the senate. Rather cool rains Cut In most parts of the country, they would call it a January thaw. i Of course, when the Pacific fleet gets through the Panama canal It will make a full stop at Colon. - Speaking of the . proposition to disarm, every nation seems to be lit the position of being wilUng tu do something along that line provided the other fellows act n-'.ew i,-.-' . . - r - ... . ! ; Ifryou are writing . something for the Welcome edition of The Statesman, please hurry. The "forms" are being closed, and it will he out, in a few dayi if possible. -Friday The Salem slogan e;:or js go ing to prove that this is a good corn country, on Thursday; but he needs your help, if you know anything about corn, in order to clinch the matter. Today or to morrow. 'HOW COMET jThtrre may or may not be some significance in the fact that Hav- srhill. having elected a Socialist mayor, fs able to report that it Is . the only city In the common wealth having vacant houses and tenements. Springfield Union. BITS FOR BREAKFAST 1 The honse has cut out the ap propriation of over a million dol lars j for air mail service. That is propet. So far the scheme is not practical and there is no mail that cannot travel fast enough in the fast trains. Besides, the ex pediting of the mail will not 'pay (for the loss of a single human The Cuban factories are threat ening each other, and civil war would be certain there were it not for the fear of their Uncle Sam uel; and it appears that they do not fear armed intervention! as much as they do the Idea that the eighteenth amendment might; be enforced there it the United States had to .take charge. Cuba is In the condition of a diabetic, suf fering from too much augar In the system. The prices of sugar soared, under the manipulation of the profiteers,' till the Cubans all thought they vrere millionaires and would always' be, and they were broke when the bubble-fortune was busted. The United States will have to watch closely both the finances and morals of its brunette ward until the Cuban voters secure an education and develop character sufficient to govern themselves. Grinding again S V The grist under; the brown dome. , r The idea of California, to set apart St. Valentine's day. as invi tation day for .this whole coast, is a good one; splendid ' i I It means that every onejn California, Washington and Ore gon; is to send a letter, dispatch or a local paper to a mend or rela tive in the east, with an Invitation to come and see. . j In the case of all the people of the Salem district, a copy of the forthcoming Welcome Edition of The Statesman will be the thing tor this edition is going to be ful ler of the real meat of information for the prospective new comer than any paper ever issued here, or in all Oregon, for that matter. S . - It is going to be a harbinger of welcome to our eastern friends that no one will be ashamed to send. 1 -' m . 'In Order to be sure to have your copy, or copies, it will be well for you to order In advance. Information concerning the pro posed cold storage plant for Sa lem, and its possibilities and bene fits, is being gathered as fast as possible. 'There is no time to lose: In fact, this part of the program should have been attended to long ago. I f 1 THRIFT WEEK YESTERDAY was Bank Day; today is Budget Day, in the schedule of National Thrift Week. Of course ONE day in the year for be ing businesslike isn't sufficient. But, make the one day be example for ALL the rest. ' ! Today is as good as yesterday to start that account at the United States National. SA1XM j s ' WHO - KILLED TUB CZAR? That's one of which never will the questions be settled to FUTURE DATES. Ton needn't keep on feeling distressed after eating, nor belch ing, .nor experiencing nauseau be tween meals. Hood's Sarsa par Ilia cures dyspepsia It . strengthens the stomach and other digestive organs for the proper perform ance of their functions. Take Hood's. - SILVKRTOX NOTES. SILVERTON. Or.. Jan. 17. (Special to The Statesman.) Much hard feeling has oeen caused recently among the Silverton high school students by tb fact that some of the students have been playing on a basket ball team go ing under the title of the S. H, S. basketball team. Recently this (am " .1 ofai taA tY,m K.aV.lV.II Stunt? Useia team of a Portland Junior hitth Moa Biktin. CaiTtrsity of Idaho, at OBCOOtt Jsnoirr 19 tn! SO. WhIbhit a4 TBar47 AbbI iattitata Y. W. C. A. Jaaaarr SO aed 21. Tbarsdar aad rn- dar BaakataaU. WiUaactta tu. V. at O. at S1rm. Jaaaarr 28. rridar Triaacnlar latar- arholaatie debate, Salra. Stayton sad Oracoa City aish araoola eompetiac. Janaary 28 t FO Intratat coarca ttoa of Y. M. C. A. in Salem. Fabrvary 3. Thanday Dvraa day. aoaw aad aaie. atata (air froaoda. rebraarr 12. birtaday. rbrary 14.- WiUaaiatta T February IS sad 18. Tartday sad Wcdacaday Baakstball. WilUaiatta V. Whitman, at Walla Walla. Frbraary 17. Thanday Baaketball WQlaaptta Walla Walla T. It. C A, at Walla Walla. Fcbraary IS aad 19. Fridar aad Bat arday Banknball, Wlllaaatia a. Ca tara. at Sponaaa. Fcbraary 22. Tacaday - BaakatbsII. Willamctta tra. Idaho, at Satoni. Febmary 22, Taeaday Waaalagt' birthday. Ftbroary 24 aad JX, Tbaraday and Pri day Baakatball. WUlamatU a. Wailaaa a! Salrw. IJarrh 4 aid 5, Friday aad Saturday Ratkaiball. Willametta va. U. ( O, at Eafeaa. April IV Friday Baaebail. WUlamrtta a. V. at at Saleaa. April 14. Satarday Baarball. WlHaat etta . V. ot al aana. May 2. 27 and 2S Bahall. WUlaa Hta a. Whitman, at Walla Walla. 0-toHr 1. 8atarday (tauttv Football WUlaactta VS. O. A. C. at CorraUia. NoTrmber 11, Friday (tfttatlye) vnMiNii. VMHaaMttO va. Waitaaaa. at i Walla Walla. INovaiator 24. Tbaraday (tentative) Thanbariyinr day faatbtU. WUlaaatt vs. iaaitaeaua, at Balaam. Decker. This week the club met with Miss Inex Fry. The mem bers of the club are Miss Hilda Decker. Miss Marian Taylor. Miss Jean Adams, Miss Ela Moore. Mi-s Selma Hufleh. Siss Elsie Swanebaur, Miss NelllefBock and Miss Inez Fry. A few frl?nds met at the home of Mrs. Aivin Williams Friday attemoon. The afternoon was tpent with fancy work. Corfee and cake were served at 4 o'clock. These present were Mrs. T. Olson. Miss Ella Svarvarl, Mrs. Alvln Williams. Mrs. George Henrlck sen, Mrs. Marie Duness, Miss Martha Jensen, Miss Alice Jensen. Miss Lillie Madsen. Miss Marie Finglestad and Mrs. Gilbert Un- derdahl. Mrs. L. H. . Meyer entertained Friday evening in honor of Alvln Hemmingson. who left Saturday for points in southern Oregon. Cards was the chief diversion of the evening. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Madsen, Hiss Ella Svarvari. Miss Mabel Lind quist. Edwin Svarvari. Alvln Hem mingson. Miss Althea Meyers, Ludvlg Meyers and Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Meyers. The Women's Social Science club held its weekly meeting Sat urday afternoon at the home of Mrs. H. B. Latham. Miss Cora Satern was hostess for the Trinity Sewing circle Sat urday lafternoon. 'The meeting was held in the Trinity church parlors. - . . The Abiqua Glee club met at the home of G. A. Walling Satur day evening. Dancing and cards were the amusements of the eve ning. The Trinity choir had a social evening in the Trinity church par lors Wednesday evening. Former members and new friends of the choir were invited guests. Re freshments were served during the. evening. The committee in charge of the entertainment con sisted of Miss Alice Jensen. Miss Cora Satern, .Miss Edna Johnson. Elmer Johnson and Walter Toft. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Satern. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Haugen, Mrs. Marie Runes. Alfred Jensen. Miss Alice Jensen. Miss Martha Jensen. Miss Nellie Hatteberg. Miss Lillle Mad sen. Miss Ruth Dahl. Miss Ruby Dahl. Mi Agnes Dahlen. Miss Cora Saturn, Miss Eva Rue, Miss Emily Haugen, Clifford Rue. Otto Legard. Alvln Legard, Chester Goplerud, Miss L-ilu Goplerud Miss Ruth Ombreck. Miss Mabel Johnson. Elmer Johnson. Miss Marie Corhouse, Miss Carle Qual Fet. Ed Qualst, Miss Ruby Shen- ander, Elmer Sbenander. Miss Dora Henricksen. Miss Louise lienrickeen. Rev. George Henrick 6en. Meivin aioe. waner 1011. Alfred Johnson. Miss Edna John son and Miss Setlla Iverson. Fielding McClalne or Spokane arrived at Silverton the middle of the week to be present at the annual stockholders' meeting of the Cool idee St McClalne. bank ers, which was held Thursday af ternoon. Mrs. M. Corbin is doing substt tute teaching In the third grade during Miss Ina Hubbs' illness. Elvln ' Hemmingson left for Med ford Saturday. Mr. Hem mingson ' is planning on being gone for a week or two. George Steelhammer. William Eisenhart. Roscoe Ames, Dr. A. Simmons, A. 1 Johnson and John Morley spent the greater part of the week In an outing at th upper Abiqna country. The Silver i Fall Timber com pany started their planer mill last Tuesday. Mi? Marie Corhonse, Mrs. Amos Corhonse and Mies Mabel Johnson were In Portland the first part of last week tor medi cal treatments Mrs; J. L.1 Edison, who hai been suffering .from poor health for some time, went to Portland Wednesday to consult a special ist. ' Ed Qualset Is here from Ne braska visiting with bis mother. who lives on the East Hill. Silverton Theatre to Close for Improvements SILVERTON. Ore.. Jan. 15. (Special to The Statesman). The Gem theatre will close for about three weeks commencing SALTS FINE FOR ACHING KIDNEYS We Fjtt Too Much Meat Which .Clog Kidneys, Tiara the ; ? Back Hurt. Articles appeared in the Salem and Portland papers to the effect that the junior high had chal leng?d only the members of the lower high school classes of Sil verton and that instead of this, tbey were met by thehigh school team. The fact is that Silverton high school has no basketball team this season because It was unable to procure a suitable hall. Any team which has been playing un der the name ot Silverton high school la doing so under false pretense. A new tocial club was formed J at Silverton recently by a rub ber of the younger set. It is known as the "J. B." club, the tetters bavnei a '"cret meaning to its members. The Idea of tb club Is purely; social and tne ai ternoons of the meetings are spent with music and chatting. Re freshments are served by the hos tesses, v. The first meeting was held at the home of Miss Hilda PAIN GONE! RUB SORE, RHEUMATIC ACHING JOINTS Hub pci In nway with a small trial bottle of obi "St. J aroint ! OiL Stop "dosing" Rheumatism. It'st pain only; not one case In fifty requires internal treatment. Rub soothing, penetrating "St Jacobs Oil" right on the "tender fepot," and by the time you say Jack Robinson out comes tb rheumatic pain and distress. "St Jacobs Oil" is a harmless rheu matism liniment which never dis appoints and doesn't burn tb skin. It takes pain, soreness and stiffness from aching joints, mu cles and bones; stops sciatica 1 umbs go. backache and neuralgia Limber up! Get a small trial bottl? of old-time, honest -St. Jacobs Oil" from any drug store, and in a moment you'll be free from pains, aches and stiffness Don't suffer! (Rub rheumatism away. Most folks forget that the kid neys, like the bowels, get slug gish and clogged and need a flushing occasionally, else we have backache and dull misery in the kidney region, severe headaches. 1 heunvatic twinges, torpid liver. acid stomach, sleeplessness and all sorts of bladder disorders. You simply; must keen your kidneys active and clean, and the moment you feel an ache or pain in the kidney; rerion. ret about fonr ounces of Jad Salts from any good drug store here, take tablespoonful In a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts .is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia. and is harmless to' flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to normal activity. ' It slso neutral izes the acids in the urine so it no longer irritates, tbus ending bladder disorders. Jad Salts is harmless: inexpen sive; makes a delightful efferves cent lithla-wafr drink which everybody shonld take now and then to keep their kidneya clean, thus avoiding ; serious complica A well known local drufcrlst says he sells lots of Jad Salts to folks who believe in overcoming kidney trouble while It Is only trouble. Save Your Eyes in securing the greatest measure of eyeglass effi ciency it is necessary to have your eyes examined b$ a competent5 authority. Make sure that your glass es are scientifically cor rect by having them fitted by one who la aa expert in the art; We are prepared to give prompt and efficient op tical service in every re spect. Long experience has taught us the value of mi nute accuracy and thor oughness. We welcome an opportuni ty to advise you In regard to your eyes and eyeglass needs. Morris Optical Co. 202 to 211 Bank of Cora- merce Building: SALEM :: OREGON Last Time Today The Talk of Salem "While New York ' Sleeps" Heard .About It Now la The Last Chance To See It Starting Thursday: t Tom Mix . in t "The Texan" G RAND Starting Thursday Tom Mix in The Texan GRAND LM LOWER Seed Prices for 1921 Oar resources as FIRST HAND CROWER5 mU to af aia offer or ckoico strains of Vegetable SooaU at Pre-War Prices. All tko oepoUr Lilly .MUty are lUtod im oor 1921 Seed AjmmuJ at BEET r ONIOPf CABBAGE i ii. I . JL RADISH CARROT I fT SPINACH CELERY r-w Vs SQUASH CUCUMBER. ""v TOMATO LETTUCE M TURNIP MELON U RUT ABACA Bit Ca J rt- . retkat . - eaial SPECIALS FOR 1921 Owe VfUt Sm4 NeraltlM ar a ttiac aVaa la t&alr raaewtjva cluMt THE ACME OF riJUXCTION. rf. catalac far raU a crieta al tkaa graao Per oaefct. IP CENTS, T taaia WRJTE. tar yaar caT A LiUy'a t41 Sara Aaaaal Na. 3S. aaao TODAY trot saalrt C arJaaa al Daiikt,- A eaatcara will aa. THE CHAS. H. LILLY CO. PORTLAND Carrie LEy area. G-B-D o BUY A HOME AND FURNITURE AT PUBLIC AUCTION Wednesday, January 19th, 1:30 p. m. 1395 N. Fifth Street, corner Hood Street Consistins of 2-story frame house with liTtn room, din ins room, kitchen, bath and toilet and two closets down stairs, and 2 bedrooms and large closets upstairs, has a fine lot 72x135 feet, with wood-shed in rear; has 4 cherry trees, 1 apple. 2 plumb. 1 quince. 2 peach trees aad grape Tines. Ce ment sidewalks and paved, street In front of bouse all paid for. Close to school and church. Electric lijhu and city water. This is good home for the man with moderate means and will be sold on terms $500 cash, balance arranged to suit purchaser at 7 per cent Clear abstract and title to date: aUo at same time and place furniture of all kinds Including, good 6-hole range and new heater, tools, home canned fruit, carpets, comforts, dishes and glass ware, kitchen utensils, po tatoes, onions, etc.. . , MRS. T. C WEST, OWNER F. N. W00DRY, ' THE ArCTIOXEETt NOTE "House open for Inspection on day of sale only." i. 4 '