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- THE OREGON STATESMAN,' SALEM, OREGON issued Daily Except Monday by ; TTIK STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY ' 215 S. Commercial St, Salem, Oregon (Portland Office, 704 Spalding Building. Phone Main 1116) .MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. R. J. Hendricks Manager Stephen A. Stone.... v .Managing Editor Ralph Glorer 1 .Cashier Prank Jaskoskl. . . . .Manager Job Dept. than the enforcement of the laws and ordinances. A cetition for such ft recall would iret nowhere, and an election, if such a thing could be imagined, would be 99 per cent against the re-1 call. The people ot saiem are ior law ana oraer. uiey are croinir to stand behind the officer who enforces the laws and keeps down and out the criminal classes of both hieh and low degree. This is spoken in the name oi nearly all the vot ers of Salem, both men and women. And it is spoken to Map shal Moffitt and all the members of his force. fI WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 2g, 1921 BBBBaBBaBB aa a-BaaaaaaBB BMBBBBa 1BBBBBB- i-r THINGS THAT NEVES HAPPSH Br GEN BYRNES The season of may-I-nottiug rapidly passing. is DAILY STATESMAN, served by carrier in Salem and suburbs, IS . l ; ennts a ck. S cents a month nliT.v STiTPSMAW. fer mail, in advance. SS a year. $3 for six -r months, $1.50 for three months. In Marion and Polk counties; 17 a year. IS. 50 for six months. $1.75 for three months, out- nf thM counties. When not paid in advance, 50 cents a year additional. . . y THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, the great western weekly farm paper. wi be Dent a year to any one paying a year la advance to the Daily Statesman. " ' " . ' . An SUNDAY STATESMAN, $1.50 a year; 75 eenU for six months; 40 cents for three months. ; WEEKLY STATESMAN, Issued In two six-page sections, Tuesdays and Fridays, $1 a year (if not paid In advance, $1.25); 60 cents for six months; 25 cents for three months. The Russian soviet has ordered all women to marry- Who'll get Era Goldman? It is announced that the Dem ocratic party is looking tor a new leader. Here is a chance for the unemployed. Help the Salem slogan editor prove that this Is a great celery district. Which it is. Do it today. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. " Circulation Department, 583. Job Department, 583. Society Editor 106. Entered at the Postofflce in Salem. Oregon, as second class matter. j There were a number Of agree able surprises in the Welcome edition of The Statesman. The great and rapidly increasing vol ume of the business of the Salem postofflce, for instance. AT LAST. GEARED TO STAGE-COACH DAYS Did you send your copy of yes terday's Statesman to an eastern friend? That is-where it belongs. 1 rwiA fce fiffViTino- nnmtions before the Oregon Legis- together with a lot of rxtra copies lature at the present session is over a reapportionment of the to other friends. Everybody's do- l onrl ronrospntative districts ling it. r And it appears that Eastern Oregon and Portland are combined against Western Oregon. . I The Welcome edition of The t Multnomah county now has 12 members in the House, statesman speaks in superlatives 'and a joint member with Clackamas county. If a reappor- 0f the Salem district, in many tionment measure were agreed upon, and the number of mem- ways, and gets away with it. bers were assigned in accordance with the "number of white Every copy ought to go to a pros- V a m m . m A A J. aT ll fPODUlation. as provided by the onsuiuuon, mminoraan i p9Ctive newcomer. i county would get 21 members . i And that number in a body ot sixty memoers wouia oe enough to wield the balance of power at all times, on any issue. m m . , . . V. I hopes to have it perfected by the The modern tendency of all governments is to get away rnmlnv coo enn Tf n.-sti 14 o octet T irom control by the people oi tne greai ernes, oucn a control -is dangerous. . .; . ' ; ' lb lo CUIltciVaUlc lilalt UUUC& mc vicvu ojokiu vi uucvt Drimaries that, with such an apportionment, a very small mi- ' nority of radicals in the city of Portland might easily domi xiate the Oregon state government Si, Might turn Oregon Bolshevik over night, by due pro cess of law. ; t Rn in ms tViprA shall come such a reapportionment at ' the present session, there is no doubt but a cry would be i raised immediately for a constitutional amendment changing ' the manner of making reapportionments, j The Constitution has never been strictly followed in the 'past, any way, in making reapportionments 1 1 . For instance, no one has ever yet counted the black and brown and yellow, or even the red and blue noses, j J And in other -ways the Constitution has been disregarded , in its strict construction each time. - The Utah legislature must find time hanging heavy on its hands. It is debating a measure which would forbid a woman even the possession of a pair of shoes hav ing heeU more than one inch and a half in height. The measure has been considered by a number of women's clubs and Is not op poped by them. The bill goes so far as to forbid tha manufacture of shoes beyond the specifica tions named. A woman may be fined and jailed for wearing a pair. It may be necessary for an officer with a yard stick to visit all social functions and see that the ladles are complying with the requirements of the law. We must have about so many freak measures anyhow and we may as well have one dealing with the shoes of our women. At any rate we hare the . word ot jthe bone doctors and other specialists that very hlph heels spoil the feet of our loved ones, and no one wants that to happen. VAIX niAGIMXGS. - ' . I -- ' ' f A PAIR OF COMMOM j i I SCMSC SHOES WITH i JP. t LOW FLAT HCELS JHO i& 1 V C.LAST1CS tH Trtt SOp 1 j ' . IM SOLID COMFORT '(p i from a fcullet wound in ms nana, which be said was due to the ac cidental discharge of a shotgun while ont hunting. Chief of Po lice Moffitt Is holding him pend ing further Investigation. Moser Wants Employment Institution For the Blind An appropriation of $10,000 to be used In beginning- construction of the Oregon employment Insti tution for the blind In Portland, is carried In a bill Introduced yes terday by Senator :oser. A mlllage construction for allow ance for the construction of the Institution was provided by the iH.itnr of 1M9. but no mon ey tinder that act will be avail able until lzz. ana u thati Immediate construction oi thA Institution IS SO BWMIin that an appropriation ai mis slon Is warranted. A companion bill introaucea oy Senator Moser proviaes mai id Institution be nnder the jurisdic tion of the state board of con trol as are other state' Institu Luther Burbank is experiment ing on a seedless watermelon. - He much in the improvement of the table manners at some of the restaurants and cafeterias. - m ,An estimate by the comptroller oi tne treasury shows that every citizen carries an average of $13 in cash with him. In order to make the average so low he no doubt was compelled to leave out the editors. More than this, there would likely be a call for a constitu 'tibnal convention, for there are many good people in Oregon 4', who believe it is high time one were called. ? ,.r; rhe fact is, we are geared up to stage-coach tlays ' x. - And our state gogyernment is carried on in an archaic .mannerrid in a needlessly expensive manner, in many ways. U j-' There are too many commissions and boards and depart- ments, eachone getting in the way of all the others, to say 5 nothing of milling around in its own way . ' - And all of them costing too much money for'overhead" Wand clerk hire and printing bills, and supernumeraries in a hundred different ways. - ' . - i i lj i A commission form of government would conduct the business of the state at far less cost, and with far greater ef ficiency : ' ";.':-)j;.r;. .: :: : ' 7 1 That is, it would be calculated to do so. ' ; ; In these days of telegraphs and telephones and railroads and automobiles and flying machines; there is no sense in ' the state of Oregon being geared to the stage-coach days of V our lathers. ..' . . ."r- ; . If the Oregon Legislature at the present sessiorr wished A to ilo something outstanding, that would bear; the stamp of statesmanship and would be constructive and for the perman ent goodof all'.the people of Oregon, they wcruld put some! legislation on. the statute books directing some one to so con-J duct the flax plant at the penitentiary that it would add spin ning machines for making fishermen s seine twines, and other When first-class letter postage was fixed by law at three cents a large sum of money was raised and not many people vrere com i plaining. . The United States is perhaps the only Important na tion that has returned to Its low pre-war pesia gemote . . ... Anybody could sell a Chicago sport a "wooden nutmeg. Some body went through Clark street the other day and whispered that the Volstead act had 1-een scrap ped in favor of real beer. Inside of 24 hours there were 4000 ap plications for city saloon licenses. The council only charges $50 for a license. in these days, but here was $200,000 poked under the door. Supposing licenses were $1000 per each! If some admin istration ever attempted to run the liquor traffic to get all the money possible out ot it it could pay off the national debt in six months. 1 JKi; KELLY DID. The movement for extending the electric light and power lines td the farms in the Salem district goes on apace. It 13 a great ad vance." For all 'practical and pro gressive purposes, this is extend ing the city limits out into the rural districts. A nation wide rounding up ot all oriental ineligibles, especially the Chinese and Japanese, is an nounced - from Washington. The immigration officials are supposed to have been on that' Job right along. x The announcement sounds like one of the pronunciamento? of Attorney General Palmer that be was going td reduce the cost of livtngfby main strength and awkwardness. Did hs? Los An geles Times. He did. Like Kelly did. TE3fPERAIEXTAU There would be more home building in this town if so many of the newlyweds had not made up their minds to "live with the old' folks." And they are making a mistake that they will regret but once in their lives, and that will be for all time. Los Angelee Time. 't' .. . -.-' ' j . , -.. ' .' - i .There Is f&s to be said in fayor ot the Pilgrim Fathers, whore tercentenary has just been cele brated ' in various parts of the country. They had no' time to swear at the government, even If there had been a government. Conditions made them good citi- Some people are hard losers. They even gt peevish when they lose a little thing like their tem per. . -: " ' VACUUM CLKAXE1L v 4aa 4Mviivw .vr utwAtii a?a. o wvuiv V v UiW UiiU VV11U 'twines.- And to add the hemp industry, and to spin the sack 1 '.twine for the farmers of Oregon; and other twines used in I sens. Exchange. f jthla state.- All of which could be. done within the plant itself; J without the appropriation of a dollar. All of wh$ch. too, would f help to Duua up the greatest single industry Iri Oregon. All f of which, too, would provide all the year around work for all ' the convicts who could be spared, and within the prison walls. ; And all of which would finally make the penitentiary entirely - self supporting. And no other industry can do this. . r saiem s city marsnai may rest assurea mat ne is not tro ingjo be recalled, so long as he is guilty of no graver offence A I ljc' ltk The reduction of wages Is a big factor in the deflation of values in the east, where it is being exten sively done, and -the men are ac cepting the cut in the proper spirit. In getting down to bed rock values everybody must bear his part and It might as well be received in a friendly tpirit. A cut in the cost of production and an Increase in the volume of pro ducts will accomplish wonders. Los Angeles Times. L t Cf 1 c: H : HEADS UP AND FEET DOWN MAINTAINING one's equilibrium is about the most practical thing which can be done at this time. An un settled state of public mind makes un settled conditions. Before you know it a new impetus will be given business. It's all right to be careful, and one of those United States National bank ac counts makes you that way naturally. I SAtXM If any man has a formula for building wnat he thinks is a sta ble government out of nothing it might be a good Idea to give him Austria to practice with. - - EDITORIALS OF THE PEOPLE FUTURE DATES. Jtaatrr 2S. Fridir TrUaevlar Intrr rtinltnir debits, Stlrn, StrM nd Orrgnu City fcirh arhoola mmprtiar. Jaaaary 37, Tnarndar unild da a re. Janaary 2S t 80 rlnteratata eaaaa lioa I T. M. C. A. in 8alm. rabraary 3. Tanrtday Dnree da. sbnw aod tala. atata fair rronada. Krhraarr 12. 8aturdar Linmla'a birthday. : Kabruary 14. Monday Baakatball TTillamma vs Uaivanity of Idaho, at ffbnurr 15 and IS. Tnada and Wadapaday Raakalbalt. Willamatto va wnttmaa. at Walla Walla. rebraary 17. Tharadar HV)n Willamette a. Walla Walla T. M. C. at Walla Walla. February 14 aad 19. Friday and Hat arday Baskrtball. WUlameUO ya. Gob lata, at Fponana. rebraarr 22. Taeadav R.tk.ik.11 ninanieite Ta. taaa. at eaiam. rabraary 22. Taaadar Waabiartna'a birthday. rabraary 24 and 25. Tharada aad Wi. 4"-Tr".BMk,n,,1 WUlamatta t. Waitmaa Mar-h 4 and X. Friday and 8atrday -RaakeibalV Wiilamotto U. of O, at Earena. April 15. Fridar Baseball. WiUaaetU t- C. of C at Saleou April IS. Ratarday Baseball. Williai te . U. f 1, at Faceaa. May 2. 27 and 2S RaneK.II, Willaav etta . Whitman, at Walla Walla Orjohay 1 B.tartUy (BtatiTl Fastball. Willametta vs. O. A. C si Corrallia. . ... November It. Friday lataire) raotbalt. WiTaaieUa va, W hi tail a. at Walla Walla. " NoTomber 24. Tbmraday tentative) .JbaoV.itiTm day fantb IKVUiaaaattt durational Tax-Katlnx Ciomuinds tailor Statesman: Without seeking to commit you or your Journal to the endorse ment of any statements that make. I bg permission to express, in emphatic terms, to the general public, and to the members oi the legislature, my convictions touching the menace to public welfare, through the machina tions of th9 education tax-eating gprmands. ! I caused to be published in the Morning Oregonian of Nov. 29 1920: an article entitled "Machine Made Citizens by Tax-eating Gor- oinds." setting forth briefly the methods, purposes , and accom plishments of lbs machine; quot ing the forceful alignment of the educational tax-eating machine. as published editorially by the late Harvey Scott. In the Oregon Ian, under date of Feb. 11, 1905. If it were not for the fact that it would involve an overdraft on my Income account, . were that oossible. I would cause to be pub lished in bold type. leaded, said article, together with the follow ing, and more, were the way open. IJ however, realize the fact that by reason of the overpowering In (luence and ostracizing force of . . . me eaucauonai lax-eaiing ma chine. fw are willing to speak aloud their views, touching this propaganda. The machine, with whip in hand, are ready to apply It wherever outcroppings ot oppo sition apar. In Marion county. it is the "state capital done." We will remove it to Eugene or Port land." Every workable spot is noted and every device Invoked. A tew days since I vereived a wll writ ten letter, loudly complimenting ray article and making some good suggestions, withholding his name iy signing, -A Tazpayer." Many none have ventured to speak' Ioutf. So for myself, I have to say, "If any of the upstart gor mands have any shots to fire or bombs to explode, my address !s 464 East Twenty-fourth street. Portland." The educational tax-eating slo gan is still ringing tnrougn me school faculties and county and state conventions, with Imported, high salaried gormands roaring long and loud, "We must get while the getting Is good; we have the taxpayers where we want them." "We will force them to pay a great deal more than they are willing to pay." See Oregon Teachers Monthly for June, 1920, page 1075. The legislature is to be asked to legalize a "teachers' union.' requiring a normal school rubber stamp, oh life tenure basis, with fixed salaries and .old age pen sions. Class legislation it is true. but no legislator dare to object Along with this legislative movement will come the collegiate and university wing demanding Increased appropriations to their already exorbitant grafts, lnclud ing the law school and the medi cal school (by an oversign omit ting the undertaker.) All class legislation, for special privileges and bigh-brow protection, being. as the late Harrsy. Scott said. "A bxolber .or- slter or both - to- the horseback and the grave." One plea for large appropria tions is based on the statement of greatly increased attendance, and needed accommodations. The cause of this large increase to these state schools is graphi cally ret forth in an address by Pfof. It. W. Ttrown of Carlton collepe ot Xorthfild, Minn.. be fore tb national council of teach ers of English In the Chicago uni HtsltyV i, ! a. . j iieraia, in pari: -i nave come to the conclusion that any stu dent to receive attention from the faculty: of th5 average college crust be to a certain extent mor ally and mentally deficient." In the last ten years I have visited many .colleges and have attended a number of faculty meetings, and while I have found that con siderable time has been devoted to such questions as the num ber of fraternity dances to be given In a season, what hour ot th9 night the fudge kitchen In the girls' dormitory shall remain open, and what sized puddle may be used in the initiation of fresh men. never have I heard five m utes given the question of the ex ceptipnal student destined to be a leattain whatever line of en deavor he shall follow." He further said: "The aver age college student was not ex ccptlonally brilliant, but that was the rault of the college; its ath letics, fraternity dances and sim ilar attractions get Jnst the clasT of students to which these things appeal." For lack of space I cannot be specific or elaborate. i I close by simply stating there THURSDAY One Day Only . The Original TENNESSEE JUBILEE SINGERS The Sweetest Voices Iroa Dixieland A Refined High Class , Entertainment BLIGH THEATRE is another class of schools not In alliance or - connected with the public school machine. Schools of vice and Immorality. Insidious and alarming. These are round on tne streets, on tne highways and byways, in dens of infamy, in some amusement cen ters and resorts, and even in some so-called homes. The activities of these schools are shown In the crime wave now sweeping over the country, : as revealed by the fact (hat most of the criminals caught are young perrons barely on of their 'teens, and that. too. not wholly confined td the male sex. Dut what Is the remedy? W. H. ODELL. Portland, Or Jan. 25. 1921. Boy is Held Pending Further Investigation J. A. Crabb of route 5. report ed to the police department that a boy called at his home Monday night and requested the privilege of staying all night. He was giv en a bed in a room ordinarily oc cupied by a Mr. Keever. When in the morning the boy had dis appeared, it was learned that nair ot mittens and rome tobacco had also disappeared from the room: Later Police Officer Por ter found the lad and be was taken to the police station, when he admitted his name was Albert Miller and that his home was tn Aumsville but he had been work ing at Turner. He is suffering MERCHANDISE OF VALUE We have finished our inventory taking and haTe gone throtiglf and adjusted prices on our entire stock. Here are a few of real values while they last- " . .. u -s..jL.iiS!3 SHIRTS $5 Madras Drew ShlrU.. ...... A Few Silk Shirt left at. New Arrival ia Neckwear. 43 -51 UNDERWEAR A big lot of $4 Underwear, all si?es to clear $2.65 j $6.50 Union Suits 1 . 1)4. Cashmerette Hose, 6 pairs ...... 1... $1 25c Black Hose, special per pair.. .... . 10c jfr ' ' " 1 -t' '""' -,t"!" - - MEN STORE A GOOD NAME WANTED E. L. King and Dorsey B Smith, prime movers in the com' pany Just formed to operate per manently a line of high-class au tomobile busses letween Salem and Portland, with -. extension lines from Salem south, and even, tuatlv into California, are unde cided as to a proper name, to use for their different lines. i They are asking the 8alem peo ple to help them find and decide upon a proper and apfroriate name, and are asking anyone and everyone wno w:n te rood en ough to do so. to submit one or more names for consideration. such a Arrow Line. Crescent Line, Crown and Hammer Line. rersons suggesting a name wh'ch might be acceted are of fered a complimentary pass per mining eurn person to ride on any of their busses, at any time, for six months, on its through trip between Salem and Portland Letters suggestlne names should be addressed to the King-Smith (ompany. ISO Ilroadway, Port land. - Oremn. acknowledgement of which will be made at the time hv the company. , this line has aireaay oeen cstaMiKtied. and au to bnse are leaving the Marlon botH dally, at R:30 A. M. and 2 '.30 p. M. fqr Portland. Names should be in by January 31st. KiN;-Mimt vo. JHO Ilroadway - J f r J lie fill i m ic iv l in- i fr n pp v v i l ii i ill v iw i ii i i . KiM r IVI ' i V X. I I I I I I - I 1 X Mil II. i . II i J ia i-x i ' a i i i ii i.i i kffiriiii am wuuww mm V i Im: arriving. Many nave aireadv arrived and rr,- m nxvl ' 'II 4 havc no doubt already learned, we always V til V 1 J J i Pi.uri nj save you money on tnem. ti trvi u i n i jr;' ijvj . , :i iff ! J J You should call and make vour jvloctinn T AM' 1 s vat .nn L A A . 1 lil Vfl 11 uwn, nmit juu van ci juai me 111 JUU IUXU M K rJ A T V .a n v. rLl til mm wmm I 1L1 II 111 J Z J . t r J J MM ar I I U I I til II 3 , 'fi I- iJ ULJiH B JM 1 11 -I I Ml w i :v- - sty sWi&cs. i' j have made hearty approval, ittorUj3TT Oregon . " ii - -