i THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MCRNING, JULY 3, 1921 Issued' Dally Except Monday by THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 91 K ft. Paimmprritl St.. Salem. Oregon (Portland Office 627 Board of Trad a Bulldinc. Phone Aotomatlc ' 627-69) ;: .-' MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press U exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication of all newa dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local newa published herein. j . 1 R. J. Hendricks. ....... Stephen A. Stone ....... Ralph Glover .......... Frank Jaakoskl ......... ...... .1 Manager .....Managing Editor Cashier . . . Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN, served by carrier In Salem and suburbs.; 15 - eenta a week, 65 cents a month. j DAILY STATESMAN, by niall. in advance. f a year. $3 fori six months, fl.60 for three months, 60 cents a month, in Marion : - and Polk counties; outside of these counties, $7 a year. $1.50 ' for six months, $1.76 for three months. 60 cents a month. When ' not paid In, advance, 60 eenta a year additiocal. j : THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, the. great weatern weekly -farm paper, will be sent a year to anyone paying a year In advance to the Dally Statesman. . . : SUNDAY STATESMAN, $1.60 a year; 76 eenta for alx monthly 40 , eenta for three mouths; 26 cents for .2 months; 16 eenta j for . : one month. '-t . i WEEKLY STATESMAN, Issued in two six-page sections, Tuesdays i and Fridays. $1 a year (If not paid In advance, $J.)? 60 s eenta for alx months; 25 cenu for three months. TELEPHONES; Business Office. 23. Circulation Department, 682 Job Department. 683 Society Editor, 106 , Entered at the Postofflce In Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE The Declaration of Independence! The interest which in that paper has survived the occasion upon which it jwas issued, the interest which is of every age and every clime, the interest which quickens with the lapse of years, spreads as it grows old, and brightens asjt recedes, is in the prin ciples which it DroclairasC It was the first solemn declaration by a nation of the only legitimate foundation of civil gov ernment. It Jwas the corner-stone of a new fabric, destined to cover the surface of the globe. It demolished at a stfake the lawfulness of all ffovernmenta founded upon conquest. It swept away all the rubbish of accumulated centuries of servi tude. It announced in practical form to the world the tran scendent truth of the inalienable sovereignty of the pedple. It proved that the social compact was no figment of the imagination, but a real, solid, and. sacred bond of the social union. John Quincy Adams. ? - CREED FOR AMERICANS I believe in the United States of America as a govern ment of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed ; a de mocracy in a republic; a sovereign nation 01 many sovereign states ; a perfect union, one and inseparable ; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and for tunes. "..' ' -Lv'" -V;'-V " ' therefore believe it is my duty to my country toilove Tfcfto support its constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag and to defend It against all enemies. cess Is through the devotion of their energies exclusively to the regeneration of the world rather than the enactment or revolutionary laws and the change of constitutions and forms of government. It would certainly be most foolish to ignore the present elfish state of humanitvnd attempt to force upon mankind as it is today a state ofsociety which cannot possibly work unless the individuals composing, it are ani mated by unselfish considerations. Every attempt at social ism lias ended in the selfish and the indolent striving to en joy the products of the labor of the unselfish and industrious without themselves giving any return. As the selfish and indolent greatly outnumber the unselfish and those who will work for the common good alone, such attempts must always end jin failure,, just as they always have. Until human na ture! is radically changed socialism and all its brood of isms arc 1 it idle dreams, wholly visionary, impractical and chimerical. IThe real progress of the race for the immediate future lies fin furnishing encouragement and opportunity for the fullest individual activity and initiative, and making the re wards of this activity and initiative as certain as possible for every individual; in developing a real sense of justice among all classes, and in stimulating in all the conviction that the promotion of the common good and the welfare of others is the highest expression of self-interest. ji- . jWce Jesus upon earth today it is certain that He would still ibe striiing to regenerate men, to turn them from their worlhip of mammon, their gratification of the appetites and passions and to substitute for their selfishness real love and service, of God and men. Is it conceivable that with His di vine; wisdom giving Him knowledge of the condition of hu manity He would undertake to force upon them a social state not at all adapted to their present condition ? Churches of all denominations would do well to try to "walk in His steps" in this regard and not attempt to add to theii legitimate activities the function of the legislator and that of the, student and instructor in economics and business. If they can worlc a real revolution in the individual lives and character of the people there will be no need not even an excise for them to feed the fires of social or political revo lution by lending encouragement to the Socialists, Bolsheviki and other disciples of anarchy and unrest in their childish attempts to bring the millennium. H.Sobody home." also This is the day we celebrate- tomorrow. A pastor says people don't be lieve; In hell; any more. Geograph ically speaking, perhaps not. T ra evefy human life there is a Getbsemane and, whatever one's station, the! burden ot the cross Is not-to be evaded. Rev. Gentry of Covina has 200 business men as regular Sunday school attendants. Good business. vou you lem ers. like reverence. More power to Los Angeles Times.: : Silverton Is running against Sa in the j matter of auto camp Let them go as far as they Competition is the life of THE CHURCH AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION . ' ., (CoDvriffhted bv the San Jose Mercury) Dr. Fosdick, pastor of -the First Presbyterian church of New York City, has started a nation-wide discussion of! this subject by issuing a startling warning to those business in terests which refuse to contribute to church organizations because of their "social creeps." His warning amounts! to a threat that unless these business interests contribute , to those church organizations which are advocating various' rad ical remedies for the present social unrest, the business in terests of the country will not only be obliged to face -com-. plete social revolution by peaceful means, but that a tragedy similar to that enacted in Russia is almost certain to be staged here. ':", . V .'. - -.v "... There may be some question about the morality of tiyv irig to force support for religious organizations by threats ot this kind, but aside from that, there is treat danger to the influence and power of the churches from such an attitude. Certainly many people will doubt the wisdom of the church engaging in discussions of purely secular questions when their pastors and leaders have not the practical experience and equipment to wisely handle such matters. Their Mew point must of necessity be largely if not entirely theoretical. Bishop Manning of New York, discussing this subject; very wisely remarks: 'The church is noncommissioned nir en dowed with special wisdom to pronounceipon specific Politi cal and economic programs.? 1 1 : Bishop Manning probably may fairly be said to represent the conservative element in all the churches And if the ex pressions in many leading journals are representative of the ideas of the general public, the lay sentiment of the country quite generally agrees with Bishop Manning, Th Detroit Free Press, for example, says upon. this subject: "It ii true of churches as of men that they may try to do too jmany things. They mayweaken4heir power for good by spread ing it out too thin, and they may discredit their intelligence in those things they really, understand by trying to act in matters that they do not understand." And most people will heartily agree with the blunt statement in regard to this matter by the Boston News Bureau: 'The pulpit is noj place for partisan politics or for class economics. Both congre gation and the public are weary and resentful of such at tempts' " - j V For some time there has been quite a religious element in this country, not only among the laity but among ; the clergy, who are fond of talking about "Christian socialism. Just what they mean by this they 'have not made entirely Dlain. for certainly neither Jesus nor His disciples ever taught anything at all in harmony with modern socialism, lit is . true that in the 5th chapter of Acts it is recorded that the early apostles "had everything in common.". This was a voluntary matter on the part of a few who. were giving their lives to the spread of the gospel. V It was the voluntary' act of men and women who had overcome themselves, including human selfishness, and who were seeking not their own, but the welfare of others of the world. They thus became one spiritual family, as it were, each mindful of the welfare of all its members equally with their own, and all animated by one unselfish motive, viz.: The promulgation of the jgospel of the spiritual life of Christ. However well adapted to such a social state, until jthe millenium dawns it would hard ly be practical generally in the world, among men arid wo men whose sole thought and motive are the gratification of their own desires and ambitions. When the world is universally regenerated like the com- ny of the apostles, no civil laws or constitutions or forms of government will at all matter, for every man will N a law untdhimself and will obey the commands of th4 Holy owm ot uoa Even the advocates of "Christian socialism ' trade'and city growth. 'J, he celebration will be back to nature, Jn this section, more large ly than ever before. Our people wllj find tongues in treeB, books In pinning brooks, and good tn everything. I The organist of Westminster Abby has started Sunday evening choir practice for the entire; con gregation. A . good tip , this Singing is part ot the worship and the! worshiper likes to hold his end hp with dignity. they build too many houset 'n Silverton, some ot pur people in Salem who cannot find houses to live In might live inSUverton 4s soon as the paved road if completed! It wirt be only a mat ten of a 30-minute trip by auto and many- suburbanites , on, the fringes of our great cities count upon an hour or more to get to and from business. must admit tnauch a condition of humanity in general is a lonsr way off. , Vj. ;; ;.: v.; If the advocates of'Christian: socialism" are bent on V v:c"1'.!n-tb moderri world a state of society, similar to tr.-t cf this company of tho early cpostIes,1fcFwaytoStic pn- interesting contribution tr church unity, or church co-oper itipn, is made by Joseph R. Mel ioi, roiier or the secretary : the treasury. In plans for - "Tht Church of the Wilderness" In a wild region of Westmoreland county, Pa., to be open to Cath olics and Protestants for servicer to be conducted by them as they wish. Until the population in creases to; a point where the vari on denominations concerned ma fel able to -go it alone." the venture may be helpful inciden tally in broadening the com mot grjmnd of the worshipers. THE FAILL'RK'S EPITArH. "Time la money,'; said Benja mfn Franklin, and a French sta tistician has been dabbling with out temporal wealth to find out juk what most of us do with It. " HIs facts and figures' show that the "average" man of SO has slept 6686 days, worked 6134, walked 750, amused himself 3793, eaten for 1423 days and been ill 475. jAnalytlng his figures, it is ap parent thai they conform rough ly! to the old Injunction that a man should sleep eight hours, al though In the figures mentioned. sitep , nas oeen siignted some what la favor of pleasure. The8e figures of course, show on'ly how the "average man spends his time. jlf figures were available indi cating what the "beypnd-the-av- ! : FUTURE DATES t reii srnool lor th dear. - 6xm4ay rkol flril, tt iv irwrads Jty 85 l SftT CaMUr& erage" man does as. the clock's hands go around, there can be no question but they would show that both sleep and pleasure are ruthlessly sacrificed in favor of work, in order to accomplish worth-while ambitions, attain po sition and pelf, and generally to do big things in a big way. Most of us are always com plaining that our days are few, and acting as though there were no end of them. The "average" man does not know the value of time the "be- yond-the-average" man does. And the latter thinks, plana and works; while the former is getting ready to commence to be gin, and idleness and the chase after amusement cause the mo ments to slip past out of his reach forever,-out into the great ocean of yesterday. - Napoleon used to say: "You may ask anything of me but time,' and it will bear repeating ihat the reason he beat the' Aus- trians was because he appreciated, the importance of five minutes "Time is money," Benjamin Franklin said; he was only partly right. Time is not money unless you turn it Into money. Most men are poor because they are time-poor they squander the seconds of which success is tho iu'm they kill the present, an- mowing or unheeding that in it .Ives their future, which is th3 total of life's nows. ', Time is something practically none of us can afford to was'.e jnlesa we are prepared to want. Every moment is a precious drop freighted with destiny life's most meaningful words are these: , "Now is the accepted time." If the true epitaph of most failures were written it would probably read: "Here lies a might-have-been le killed Time. Therefore, he throttled his chances to' succeed." IN 8TREET ATTIRE. The chief ot police in ZIon City arrested a woman the other day 'or appearing on the streets in a short sklrf. and a peekaboo waist. It vas a costume that grandma might wear in Salem, but Zion City is more exacting than Salem in the matter of woman's raiment. This woman, however, was not much disconcerted. In a loud and haughty ,voice she announced that she would have recourse to th. constitution of our beloved coun try and until he had the privilege of buying her clothes no police man or other law-down person should question her apparel. The court bustained her contention When a man is buying the lady's garments he has the right to riticise their style and manner of wear. Until then he is sup posed to be dumb. JITSCIXAR CHRISTIANITY. The champion wrestler of all the colleges of America is going to desert the mat for the pulpit. After holding Ibis own with Strangler Lewis and Indicating an ability to become the foremost grappler ot his time, he announ res his purpose to take up preach ing as a career. He sehpuld be able to pluck - brands from ! the burn'ng. : He can take a sinner by the nape of the neck and hurl him bodUy Into the kingdom. Fromf : wrestling to prayer and preaching la but a step. . "," ', pol IE ! - ' - 'i - r- " ' "k 1 7 r Oregon Statesman PONY CONTEST FRANCIS IE HARIORT Wiiaer of Hrst Priae Pony "(Iran tke," Harness ami Bugg' - . ;1fl." it. t i ' A 1 ; VIXCKXT T1VRTIS f Winner of fUVlMl Prtsii Pony "lndrrella, jHarness and Buggy. l.EONA NEAL Winner of the Additional Prize Pony "Champion," Saddle ana llrldle. ROZEIXA Ll'PER Winner of Third Prize Pony, "Ma dame Tri i), " Harness and Cart 7. ,: FRED jJOUELMANX - Winner of onHh lrlx Pony -Sparkle," Waddle and Bridle After a very fast and close contest, Francis De Harport wins First Prize Pony, "Grandee,9' Harness an d buggy; Vincent Burtis wins second prize pony, "Cinderella", harness an d buggy; Rozella Luper wins third prize, "Madame Trixy," harness and cart; Fred Jobelmann wins fourth prize, "Sparkle " saddle and bridle; and Leona Neal wins thd additional prize pony, "Champion," saddle and bridle. At 11:30 p. m. Saturday. June 25th. the Statesman Pony Contest closed after a very fast, keen and interest ing race. Although this contest lasted nearly three months, the outcome was in doubt right up to the last day. Positions were changing constantly throughout the whole contest and the substantial lead attained by the pony winners was only secured during the closing hours of the competition and by a great effort on their part. This, was undoubtedly the greatest pony contest ever con ducted in Salem and the boys and girls in this competi tion demonstrated marvelous subscription getting ability and it is doubtful if they have any peers in this line in Oregon. We say that this is a most exceptional contest and The Pony Contest many contestants of good ability who i would hate won ponies in an ordinary contest were outclassed in this contest only by contestants of superb ability, and these contestants who were outclassed will no doubt throw up their hats and cheer for the winners Iri true sportsman like fashion, knowing full well that candidates who could surpass their own great efforts have! truly won. first honors and are entitled to all the praise it is possible to bestow on them. If r , .. J - j ; Y::.-;,.;W-.:s These contestants who have done exceptionally good work but who did not win a pony are going to have, their names entered on the Pony Club Honor Roll. The sales manship experience gained by the contestants in meet ing the public will prove an invaluable asset In years to come. - !!,'- Name Address Total Votes FKAXCIS DEHARPORT, 2200 MM street. Salem. . . . .6,077,400 Vl.MCKXT BI RTIS, 945 South 12th street, Salem. .. .5213,000 KOZEIXA lA'PKK, Wotxlburn 4,855,100 FRED JOBELMANN', Bligh Hoiel, Salem ......... . .4,302,000 LEONA NEAL, :120I North 17th street, Salem. . .... .3,200,150 Verna Sievers, box 44. LaGrande, ore.. .2.453.100 Pauline Findley, 226 North 20th street. Salem. .... .2,183.900 George Young, 173 South Cottage street, Salem." 1,771.000 Ernest Smith, route 3. box 159 ..1,766.434 Orlovr J. DeForrest, Independence, Oregon 1,617.500 Martha E. Martin, route 1, box 59, Mulino. Ore. 1.4S2.200 Chas. Meinhold. Saratoga. Washington 1.443,500 Harold Rosebraugh. 1422 State street, Salem 1.411,700 Loren Loose. 630 North Commercial street, Salem. ... 1,390.500 Clarence Crist, 1424 North Winter street. Salem 978.400 Raymond Hedlund. 1341 McCoy street, Salem. 927,600 J. Vinton Nygren, Bandon, Ore.. ' 859,500 Dorothy Wallace, Mist, Ore 810,500 Mae Shepherd, i box 204. McMinnville, Ore 802,000 Elmy Hesner. Pleasant Valley, Ore .- 592,600 Thelma Flake, 580 South 16th street, Salem v 491,900 Kenneth Keuscher, 1535 North Church street, Salem. . 463,400 Gene Neal Savage, Haines. Ore.....,.; 426.500 Virgil Wayne Davis, route 2, box 88, Hood River.. I. 408,500 Chas. Ruggles, Moro, Ore....... 324,000 Edith Norbergj Oak Grove, Ore 282,000 Alwiii Witzell, 1805 Market street, Salem 249,700, Harold Haverson, 452 North Liberty street, Salem 242,600 Frank Spears. 346 North 13th street, Salem.. 193.404 Francis Gould. '310 North 23rd street. Salem. ' 190.050. Ketton Butler, route 3. box 74, Salem 178.300 Robert Utter. 244 North 12th street. Salem 172,50 Jerome Herschbergrer, Hubbard, Ore i 166,000 Weldoo Leisi, 1465 South Church street, Salem 147,900 Name Address ! " Total Votes Edith RIggs. 907 Princeton street. Portland. 130,600 Joe Darby, 1258 Chemeketa street, Salem-i . .: .'. . .. 11,70 9 Robert Thomas. 1543 Mill street. Salem.!. . i ........ 114,109 Howard Batch. 1902 North fth street, Saleni . . . . . .i. . ' J09.S04 Lou lea 'Becker, Cleveland, Ore.. I ...... .. 87,000 Kenneth Hughes 1052 Saginaw... 71.362 .Kex Humphrey, route 1, box 31, Camas, Wn Iewia Kays, 907 South Commercial street, Salem.... Albert Roy, 720 North Church street, Salem ....... , tiarry mgiey. Ktchiand.. Wash, . .1. L . . . Everett Dancer, 1740 Hickory street. Salem ... . Haul Karoury. 166 Washington street, Salem... v iarence vuu3, woiiape urove, . ure.. . .i... w . .. . ... Hen Gibson. routej3. box 275A, Salem. . .!. ,i .. ... t'lenientenna Vaughn. Central -Point Ore.. U .' Jennie Ross, route 4. Silverton. . ...... .1 ., ...... ..- Joe Cooper. 1541 South High street, Salemi. . . . . . . Maxwell. 590 South 25th street, Salem. . y . Burton. Murphy. 1746 South Liberty street. Salem.. u Rowena Latimer. McMinnville, Ore,. . . . . L . Thomas. Beall, 359 Center street. Salem. .l ,Elltii Harris. 591 South 25th street. Salem. s. Harold Barker, 216 North 13th street, Salem t Leland Franklin,' 1147 North Commercial St. 8alem.,. Julyia Elvln, 605 Wilbur street, Salem., j W esley Kleinkey, 1110 Center street, Salem lames Johnson. 834 S. Commercial street, Silera. . . . Robert Smith, 605 North Summer street,! Salem...... ?ul Whiteman. 670 Union street, Salem J.......; .. !. iarry Kroner, 791 South 13th street.-Salem.'..-. ..-'' Constance Smart. 2515 Cherry avenue. Salem. .- . ...... 97 aoo' tobert Ryan. 447 S. Commercial street, Salem...... 20,409 U Jakes. 147 North 18th street. Salem f. . i j. . 18 000' Laverne Hewitt, Turner, Oregon. . .. . . .. . . . . . 25 000 Burton Murphy, Silverton, Oregon. .0. ... 2l',s00 ' 9 69,000 66.600 5.200 65.000 60,500 60,000 C4.000 54,000 64.000 51.100 47.400 45.000 39,000 28.500 36,000 36,000 36,000 36,000! 36.000 32,352: 30,000 30.000 30.000! 30,000. Pony Club Honor Roll Verna Sievers, La Grande Ore. George Young, 173 S. Cottage St., Sa ' lem, Ore., r Pauline Findley, 220 N. 20th St., Sa- lem, ,Ore.jh' i Earnest Smith, Rt. 3, box 159, Salem, Ore. f : i f Orlow J. DeForest, Independence, Or. Martha E. Martin, Rt. 1, box 59, Mu lino, Ore. Chas. Meinliold, Saratoga, Wash.' Clarence Crist, 1421 N. Winter St., Salem, Ore. Harold Rosebraugh, 1422 State St., 'Salem, Ore. Lome Loose, 630 N. Commercial St ! Salem, 'Ore. 1 Raymond Hedlund, 1341 McCoy St., Salem, Ore. P. Vinton Nygren, Bandon, Ore. Dorothy Wallace, Mist, Ore. Mae Shepherd, box 1204, McMinnville, i Ore. . ' :s , The Additionil-Prize Pony Champion : Saddle and Bridle ' I This prize was awarded to the pony contestant who collected the moat subscription money the last three weeks of the contesi and was won by Leona Neal. This young lady coli lected a total of $314.55 during this period. - h 1