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ill' hi iMued Dally Except Monday by THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY ' 215 S. Commercial St.. Salem. Oregon (Portland Office, 627 Board of Trade Building. Phone Automatic cery business or house decorat 627-59) meat's secret sendee, U trying to throw off the cloak of mys tery! with which so many detec tives seek to surround themselves. He would put the work of the detective on a par with the gro- MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - ! The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication of all news disnatches credited to it or not otherwise credited Ucatibn of all newt dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in mis paper and also the local news published herein. j R. J. Hendricks....... Manager Stephen A. Stone Managing Editor Ralph Glover . ; '. , Cashier Frank Jaskoskl Manager Job Dept. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 22. Circulation Department, 583 Job Department, 583 Society Editor, 108 Entered at the Postofflce in Salem. Oregon, as second class matter THE BOYS' INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL ing.i He doesn't want to conjure up a person who wears false whiskers and walks in gum shoe.;. He is going to establish several schools for the, detection prevention ; of crime.; These are already in operation In New York and, (Chicago. These men . are taught thej line of work to which they are best adapted. They are also instructed In the identifica tion of crooks and Criminals. If all the wild blades were person ally known to all the policemen of the cities there would be a great lessening of crimes of all kinds. The detection and capture of the criminal would also be made easier. With a co-ordina- There are several misconceptions concerning the state tion of P1,ce of the cIt,es th industrial school for boys. wo";k r " would be much iu- First,-it has seemed to be assumed that the "cottage" proved and general results made system is a new idea. It is not new. The "cottage" or I more satisfactory. If the police 'family" system" has been employed ever since the Oregon osteins were on a par with the institution was opened. It is being employed now. army it wpuid be possible to have The difference between the present system and the one a mobile force that could be proposed is that each "family" of boys, under the proposed moved to j fit the demand. Men so-called new system, will have to be provided with a sep- witiji special gifts, j talents or arate building; a "cottage." Each "family" will also, tinder knowledges could be placed where the so-called new system, have to be provided with a man they would be of the greatest ser- and his wife, as heads of the "family." The new system will vice. Detective Burns would place require a greater number of employees; a greater number the police department in the con- Of buildings; more equipment. fidence of the public and bring Some 17 new buildings will have to be provided under the about an intelligent co-operation proposed new' building program. (between all law-abiding citizens This will make a magnificent new state industrial school and members of the force. When- Plant, Without doubt. But the writer does not believe it is ever there is an emergency the justified at the present time best police talent of thejeountry For about 150 boys I should be available no matter Boys for the most part now enjoying the kind of training where the location may be. what they need, and having more comfortable surroundings than hs more important than the de- most of them had before being committed to the institution tection and punishment of crime And enjoying all the benefits of the cottage system i8 its prevention, and in this the excepting Separate cottages. , j Intelligent and active patrolman Ss a most essential factor. More be superintendent. He has been a father and a confidant of the boys, and has sent them out into the world as good citizens, de termined to mold their lives ac cording to their ideal of Ameri canism as embodied in their true friend, Superintendent Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert has made good un der th? old sjEtem, without mod ern equipment, and all of the and ! handicaps of an antiquated sys- ! tem, old buildings and improper equipment. He is abreast of the times on modern methods of han dling boys. It was Mr. Gilbert who advocated the cottage sys tem, and it was on his recommen dation that Governor Olcott asked the last legislature to build an whose attitude at the outset is) deadlock. wrong, and at the same time turn, down a tried official without giv lag him an opportunity to use Whether the solution j lishing an article in was a wise one or not. at least a solution had been' reached. As for the coming Washington con- under- the new plant which is to be j ference Viscount Grey said: built upon his own recommenda tion. It isn't fair to the faithful Gil berts, and it isn't fair to the tax payers of Oregon, who are al ready so overburdened with taxes and who are demanding a reduc tion in expenses of the state gov ernment. O. P. Hoff. state treasurer, and a member of the board, made a brave fight against this wanton extravagance and it is to be hoped that the governor and the secre tary of state, the two members plant at a cost of 'no favor the Iowa superinten- Also, it does not seem to the writer that Oregon needed cops; less crime. to go out of this state to find a superintendent of theimsti- A .. A . i - . Jl 1 .a APSl ' lution, ana to propose to pay. mm ana nis wiie $ouuu a year, i bad news Fort Oregon L.- M. Gilbert, the present superintendent, and his wife as matron, are receiving $2100 a year. The reader should Editor statesman- . i x a , l il.i xi j. a .: J ;x I uiiuersiaiiu, iiuwever, mat me bwic piuviues lor iia em- jne announcement that the ployees in such institutions their living; their ordinary med- Kusers had declded t0 accept the ical attendance everything but their clothing. And the po8ition of head of the boys' viuiiuujr uiuc, U4 Ysicguu win wuuuw i a j trainlrfg school, was bad news to clear is not a low salary, m the present times, tor a gooa a maJorlty of peop!e ln 0regon man ana nis wiie And,-by the same sign, that $5000 a year, with a new superintendent's cottage to live in, is a high salary, j It is twice the sum the proposed new superintendent is now re ceiving, in Iowa, in a much larger institution, in a much greater and richer state. ! This is no reflection on Mr. Kuser, the Iowa man selected, : for he looks like a competent man, and his wife looks like a competent woman, and no one should be blamed for attempt sing to better his -or her condition in life. I ; But the Gilberts are fine people, and they had their first ; training, too, in the Iowa school ; and they have had greater experience than the Kusers have had, and have proved them selves efficient. ; ;; " : The irony of the thing is that Superintendent Gilbert : recorrfm ended this proposed new state industrial school plant. : It will mean the junking of the whole present plant, or its use for some other purpose ..And it is a fine plant, and has cost about as much as the .proposed new one, some $280,000. In the erection of the first mail building for the present plant, however, Governor Pennoyer insisted upon appearance above utility; he wanted a tall building on a high hill; and so all the buildings; there have been built too tall to be perfectly adapted to the "cot tage" system. But the present buildings are well built; some iof them under, the direction of the same architect who is planning the new ones. The present buildings serv$ very well for 150 boys. The wise plan would be to use them as they are, and to provide new cottages in the location selected ' across the road as the institution grew commencing with one for the smaller boys. The present location is a good one. Most of the 600 acres i of land in connection with the institution is capable of a high state of cultivation, in the various crops that do well in this locality. A magnificent farm may be built up there,! under the right management; and plans ought to be laid in this re spect for a long period of years, witn a view to growtn as 1 the state grows. I have hesitated to criticize the action of the state board of con trol, in the hope that Mr. and Mrs. Kuser would discover from ex pressed public sentiment that they were not wanted here. ft is evident that, as stated at the lime the offer Was made, the offer of 5000 a year salary was the amount that had been named by; the parties themselves, and would therefore be satisfactory. But the deal has not yet been closed, and it is not yet too late to make a change In the interest of the taxpayers and of the boys who are and will become the fu ture inmates of the school. L. M. Gilbert has made good. He has done more than simply entirely new 1280.000. Superintendent Gilbert is the logical man to supervise the build ing and establishing of the new school. Having made such a wonderful showing with the old plant, he will do better for the boys and for the state with the new institution than any outsider who does not know Oregon boy3 and Oregon people can possibly do. Oregon is not behind othor states in progress. Oregon has set the pace for other states in form of state government, in ro-J forms and new methods, and it is not necessary for Oregon to go outside of the state for her pub lic officials. In fact Oregon can supply them to other states to the great benefit of those states. Superintendent Gilbert and his wife as matron have together been paid the pittance of $2100 a year and living expenses. It is pro posed to pay W. L. Kuser and wife $5000 a year, together with liv ing expenses, and to build them a new cottage, which, properly furnished, will cost the state prob ably $10,000. Living expenses for the family under these conditions will cost the people not less than $3000 a year. And the Kusers are such aris tocrats that they decline to live in the present superintendent's quar ters until the new cottage has been completed. So the board agreed to provide a home; for them in Salem while the new home is in process of erection. This In itself brands them as un fit for the position. They are not Oregon people. They do not have Oregon ways and are concerned with their own comfort and hap piness rather than the good of the state's wards, who are riaht now in the molding process and will either become good citizens or criminals, many of them, while waiting for a resident superin tendent and matron. The state is going to pay more than twice as much for a man who may make good, but who is at present an unknown quantity under Oregon conditions and dent, will come over to Mr. Hotf'e way of thinking and the will uf the people, before it is too late. OREGOXIAX. Salem. Nov. 3. 1921. WE ARE KEEPING FAITH Disarming our country is in di rect response to a public demand, based on protests against the bur den of taxes and powerful senti ment favorable to disarmament. It would seem that too little at tention has been given the tchievements of congress and the Hardii5 administration in this matter. Certainly any attempt to create the impression, either at home or abroad, whether for po litical or other reasons, that this country is trying to lead in the armament race falls before the facts. Reduction of the navy per sonnel, along with the hugh slash rn naval appropriations, furnishes sufficient proof of that state ment. Keeping faith with ourse'ves and practicing what we preach. Uncle Sam's delegates will attend the disarmament meeting with clean hands. America has start ed to disarm before she asked other nations to do likewise. We have set an example for other na tions to follow, to the end that the danger of war shall be min imized. Milwaukee Sentinel. "He did not regard the conference as a rival of tha ! League. He contended that any real ajid safe reduction in armaments must be simul taneous, world ; wide and comprehensive, and that the Lpague' has the machinery essential to insure that ;e suit. The Washington con ference could not take the place of the League because it will not be provided wita any machinery ; Which can deal with European ques tions." ; Mr. Mrshall will also be inter ested to learn that Gen. Sir Fred erick Maurice, an eminent Eng lish military authority, has come to the conclusion that to makts any considerable reduction of armaments possible, safe and en during it must be; done through the League of Nations. If Mr. Marshall is to continue to instruct people in the middle west, he should keep abreast of developments in world affairs. than hints at : an standing between the Stinnes in terests and a group headed by a French captain of industry. It is declared that an agreement has been reached to absorb certain works In old Austria and to act together In Russia. It is hard to believe that anyone can seriously consider France in such rompany and with such designs. Yet the Italina journal seems to be un der the Impression that the Ger man bogy man has been able to induce rich Frenchmen to join him in an effort to gain economic control in the land which now suffers under Lenin and Trotsky. France hopes to seo Russia re stored, but would e no rarty to any scheme promoted chiefly to i add to the growing power of ; Herr Stinnes. And if that fin ! ancier really has any designs on i sovietland he is too astute to pek i i v;. m i 'aria. uuis which it a partner"' might U for the purpose throwing1 dust In the eyes ot cer tain statesmen there. Ejcn were he totjrow the dst he would b. certain to miss the eyes. It would seem that the Italian jour nal is laboring under an optical delusion A i .cV 4t : Vr)WJ O-n Read The Classified Ads. KINGS IX EXILE "Why not exile all retired kings, emperors and other potentates to Catalina? There they wouldn't bother Europe much and they could plot among themselves and the mountain goats without do ing any harm. They might also add to the attractions of the place. Bill Wrigley would be willing to put up a stone schloss among the hills for their occu pancy and they could put on their crowns and go down and meet the afternoon boat without dis turbing the Balkans. Emperor Charles and his Zita are only playing with fire. At Catalina they could be happy and prosper ous selling abalone shells to tha tourists. Los Angeles Times. Gil I ...... Matinee & Night WEDNESDAY nov. 9 v.. with remlttanc nt to theatre treasurer will b honored In order of their receipt. 3 MATINEES-BEST 5trrS-N6HT55l THE GERMAN' ROGEY MAX "GONE G LLMMERI XG" . (Springfield Republican.) Thomas Riley Marshall, vice president of the United States during the two Wilson adminis trations, i3 reported as having said before the Sunday Afternoon club of Evanston, 111.: "The League of Nations has gone glimmering into oblivion a school boy's dream of an hour, but a won derful ideal." Mr. Marshall is in error. That the League has not gone glim mering is evident from Viscount Grey's speech in London last week. The viscount called at tention to the use made of the League in breaking the Silesian "Stinnes will get It if you don't watrh nut sppith in h th rrv in Europe. Cablegrams say bus- iness circles in Holland are be coming alarmed by the peril to Dutch firms arising from the con stantly spreading activities of the German Northcliffe. Stinnes is said to own so many newspapers, banks, shipbuilding yards and other industries that he has lost count of them, though he always was good at figurss. It is not desirable to believe all that is printed about the war-made in dustrial magnate. For instance, a fanciful yarn has just come out of Italy, to the effect that Stinnes is secretely negotiating a Franco German alliance. A leading Ital ian newspaper is said to have cre ated a great sensation by pub- THREE SNAP VALUES For Friday and Saturday Buying in Men's and Boys' Wear. The Prices Speak for themselves Men's and young men's heavy Corddroy Pants, dark and. light colors. j tf0 QO Friday and Saturday only I I. ...PwO Men's heavy Blue Denim 1Mb Overalls. QC Friday and Saturday only J. '. Jt Maekinaws These are f heavy pire wool. We havq. all sizes and colors. ' E? u oj.uj Youth's Boys' , $6.65 Men '4 ...4 $9.25 pill)) x"1? B S3 Salem's Bargain Center People are It Ting who will see Los Angeles the chief Pacific port as to foreign trade.,' Stick a dray pin there Los Angeles Times. Respectfully referred to San Francisco, Portland. Seattle, and Vancouver. ' Just to show that England is in favor of limiting her armament she has just laid the keel for a new super-submarine. They are building their navy wlille the building U good. i " In the last four years auch a thing as a gambling house or a disorderly house has been un known In New York for the first time." says former Governor Smith, speaking for Mayor Hy lan'a administration. Important. If true. . Lord Northcliffe. who is visit ing In Manila, says that the rule of the Philippines by the United States is worthy of all praise, and that this country is making a most Interesting experiment fa FUTURE DATES VoTcmW S, 8tnrdy Football vtiiata 1rifia nBivermity. November 5, 8lurWr Sml-Bn1 meeting of Msrion roonty Firent-rwc NoTO!br 8, Tedy-EomtntSofiii of National GnaHnmen for oatraae to weal v November S. Tneadar Special eleetloa in Polk covntr ,f TO.ouu roaa a November . Tneinlur Admiral iMaye November 1ft, Wodneaday Annual WlUaraetU university croaa-conntry r November SI. SS an So Manoa December 4, Holiday Elks Memorial service. Grand Taeatar. uplifting a people. This! leaves about everybody on that side of the fence but Bill hryan. j Hungary's request for the ab dication of Charles is quite in order, but for practical purposes he has already abdicated; it would be hard to organize a corporal's guard for a third attempt! on the throne. 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