t : lined Dally Except Monday by TOE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY v ; tit 8. Commercial St., Salem; Oregon f Portland Office, 2? Board of Trade Building. Phone Automatic MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , ' The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication of all news dlipatchei credited to It or not otherwise credited tn this paper and also the local news published herein. V R. . J. Hendricks. . . . . . . . . . . .Manager Stephen A. Stone. ....... . ... , . ............ .Managing Edlto- Ralph Glover .............:Y.................... Cashier frank Jaskoekl . . . . . . . , . . ... . ..... .. . Manager Job Dept. TELEPHONES: Business Office. 21. Clrcnlatlon Department. Ill Job Department, 181 Society Editor. lOf Entered at the Postoffiee In Salem, THE "ERA OF "The bitter fight at the tion measure recalls that from been a feeling in upstate counties that Portland was not fair with the rest of the state. voiced all over Oregon a generation ago. Men now well along in years used to hear it when Mlt appeared constantly in county, newspapers. It was a general feeling that Portland was always ready to "put some thing over" on the rest of the it and insincere politicians fed own benefit. ! ' . -' :. Mlt has nearer disappeared. ticularly in those days when for a brief period, got up the one and for a time held state a spirit of confidence and mutual good will. . . . . .1. ' "It is a period in the growth' be no feud betjween the upstate and its principal city. We are behind in population. We have barren lands to reclaim and make productive. We have hot yet been touched by the not go swiftly forward with at one anothers throats hi a "If the exposition is to feed this feud and perpetuate this wrangling, it will be unfortunate. It would be cheaper for Portland to pay the entire cost ' ' The above are excerpts from an editorial article in the Portland Journal of December ' ' The period of American history from 1817 to 1825, under President Monroe, was Known as the "era of good feeling. It was a time! when there was practically only one political party and all factions were generally agreed. ( ! t - f 1 Some one has recently predicted that the period from 1921 to 1929, under President Harding, will be known as another "period of good feeling" in the United States, and internationally, too; in the wide world- . - J , And. the "outcome of 'the Washington conference seems to point that way as do many other tendencies. And the Portland Journal is right. We Bhould have an era of good feeling in Oregon. Such an era, .with all the sections of this state working together in harmony with .first class team work, would bring many benefits to this sUte V It would be'a period of development, progress, pros perity, and general well being. ; - . Hrr'-rpr Salem went through a time when there was much bad feeling against this city; when the "Salem hog' was bandied about in various sections of the stateV iv5: : i 1 ; : I xi There was never any Salem hog, and the epithet has fallen into desuetude. 1, v. - '".,. 1 ( , Uet all Oregon join in making possible and gloriously con structive and progressive an era of good .feeling. ?K ; Henry Ford recalls that 17 years ago nobody in Detroit would trust him for the price of a Thanksgiving turkey and that last year he paid; $76,000,000 in taxes to the United States government. And yet one occasionally hears the wail - that there are no longer any chances left for great individual advancement fn this country. "... ' v T ; There is still a disposition on the part or several of the little nations to reach ap and bite their neighbors on 'the, ankle. V . C.,Z graooi BTTTDT ' apoaxg mm Copyright, 1021 Associated Editors nmm pwpet . A, good set of fingers, a piece of cardboard, a pen and Ink, and some: friends for an audience are all you need for an evening's fun with finger puppets. Make a hole In the center of the piece of cardboard.' The hole should be large enough to allow your forefinger! to pass through. Directly under it draw with Ink ' a, character- an' old man? or wom an, or a girl or boy. . :i ; c ;;u ; On ' the tip of your forefinger draw .with ink the features of a face that suitii : the character whose figure yon have made on the. card. Put your forefinger through the hole in the card. Wig gle.it. The entire figure will have a! surprising life-like appear ance, -supply suitable monologue for ine cnaracter. v -i , ,v . , The center figure of the above Illustration shews 'a more elab orate method of working finger puppets. . The bodies of the pup pets are not shown in this cane. Only the heads are seen by the audience. Three fingers are used, each, with a faef inked on, Each has a headgear made of paper or cloth, as in the case of the center cf the three puppets, a thimble, r atable conversation In the form ' J 'f v or even a playet, should . . . . : Jvfur tha puppetsv of ;r -, V 3 cne who operates the mc.x; J I I i 1 r til ljj (- , FlCTTv - PICK Oregon, aa second class natter. GOOD FEELING" C ; special session over trie exposi time immemorial there has That feeling of feudism was they were schoolboys. state. Sincere men voiced it and capitalized it to their - ,.. . - . Sometimes it smoldered, par the Oregon Development league, slogan 'One for all and all for - wide meetings and cultivated of Oregon when there should enormous resources that have hand of development, i We can sections of the state clutching bitter controversy, j . of the exposition. 27. ' , i f .There is too much deposition in this country at the present time to carp at those who are try ing to do things. The pessimist The Biggest Little Paper in the World entertainhient puppets does the speaking tor them, assuming a different pitch of roice for each character. The sides of the card are draped wih cloth to hide the hand, of , the operator. , . , . ; : On the right-hand ! aide of our picture two circus friends hold forth. : It Is an easy matter to figure out other .characters.; ; A clever boy or girl can amuse a party of friends n entire even ing with finger puppets. . Hsto a number or cards with figures on themv and on each finger have a puppet face. With bright -patter" for each puppet, a complete vaudeville shaw may be .present ed. ' ' ' -l Teacher: ''Name the poles.": John: "Tadpoles and Polecat" ' ' ' Th Gieat Race 1 ) ' Entrants: The cabbage and the garden hose. , J Result: The cabbage , came ' out a head, with the garden hose still running. . i Johhny:;'Did Moses have dys pepsia like you've got?" Dad: "How on earth do I know? Why do you ask such a question? ; Johnny f , Yell, ,: bur Sunday school ' teachers says 'the Lord gate Mosea two tablets." ought to be swatted. J There Is fio room In the country for . him. There 1b to be no downfall of t filiation. " The . destruction -mank'nd Is not imminent.1 The pessimists who are ' trylngN to minimis the work of the arms parley are having their trouble. No sooner -dp they predict that w- and-so will never be agreed to than It is agreed to. The birds of ill omen are playing in bad luck, ) J ; The Dail Eireann will take up its labors again today, the world hopes, to put Its stamp of approv al upon the proposed plan to set tle the Irish question. : It is growing plain to the men charged with ths task of distribut ing food to the starving Russians that the job will be a long one unless the rule of the overlords backed with the heavy hand of the army, living in comfort and luxury, can be "shaken off. Oh Lord, how long? ' Smile week Feb. 5 to 12 wait? Let's make it a year. Why smile . With the universal use of the English language at the Washing ton conference It seems that French no longer holds its proud placs as the language of dip'om acy. If it were not "for the French delegates there would be no need of an Interpreter for any- body.- If the present crop prospects in' the Salem district all material ize,' and all the marketing and manufacturing organizations func tion successfully, to the end that there may be no waste, and reas onable prices are realized, Salera will( have the best year in its hla-- tory. , . ! ; i " - ;j ..!' , The Mexico' City newspaper El Universal proposes legislation pro hibiting children from seeing bull fights, and ' Its editor optimisti cally aruges that "if the young sters are now kept away from the fights the next generation will not want them." On the other hand. it may be that . the children will eagerly look .forward to their first permitted bull fights as the out ward and visible sign of their ma turity. , . j The Canadian government, la forbidding airplane "stunts" in yolving the leaving of a plane while in the air except by psira chute, will hardly hurt the de velopment of aeronautics. There Is no legitimate call for unmiti gated daredevlltry. . Isn't it about' time to write the He epitaph of Robert Emmett? said, fWhen my people shall tak? the'r places among the nations of the earth, then and not till then let my epitaph be written." The speech has been the rallying; cry of tha Irish Nationalists from Emmet's day: to" this. TODAY'S PUZZLE , "With a the butler walk to the table and was about to the bell when the maid rush ed In." ' i Fill each blank with the same four; letters, rearranged , In , each case to form a different 'word. Solution tomorrow. . i - ONE REEL YARNS I The Song of the Teakettle It was a very small teakettle and had felt rather ashamed lof its size when looked humbly at the larger . teakettles. ! : ' Therefore, when Mrs. . Vinton bought It and took It home to Doris, the teakettle made up its mind, that It would do its best to make up in other ways lor what it lacked in size. ' . "See the dear little teakettle I bought for your grill, Doris," said Mrs. Vinton. thought it woum ne nice and comfy to have it here so that when your friends come in I can make tea for .them right here tn your room." f f . Deria turned her head wearily and looked up listlessly "It looks too small," she said crossly, j" Yon can't make tea with that." Her mother sighed and set the teaket tle down on the grill on the table. " Write It 2 2;'-and yon ? cannot make It too strong in resolutions for greater and better thing tor your own .little world and the big world of which It Is a pore or less important part. - Now that the question Is der iSd of any personal aspect, It mlsht be as well for congress to con sider legislation to - provide for the succession to the presidency in case the occupant cf he office becomes disabled. Thero ought to be some legal definition of "disabled." Los Angeles Times. There Is no pact." y tb Bolivian government la a com munication to Chile, "which can condemn a country to perpetual deprivation of one "of ths essen tial attributes of sovereignty, which la free access to the sea." But however good Bolivia's claim may be. If a bit of sea coast were essential to sovereignty, what would Switzerland's position be? In the age of aerial navigation which is beginning, the commun ications of inland states may be much improved. Since Shake speare's day Bohemia has had no sea coast, buf Prague looks for ward to becoming one of the great centers of Europe for through, traffic by air. CLEARING THE SLATE At the age of 87 Ghauncey M. Depew is still mellow and forgiv ing. , He says that virtually, 1 2.- 000.000.000 of Europe's debt of some $11,000,000,000 due Ameri ca Is represented . by - Interest. Probably half of the : remainder is -excess profits taken fn supply ing the allies with munitions of war and supplies. It Isn't like a man despoiling himself to lent money to a friend. Rather It was like a "man putting some of his surplua capital into a partnership. According to the venerable New York statesman. America should abandon any aggressive or deter mined plan to collect Europe's debt and, rather seek to stabilize business conditions and foreign exchange in order to place the Old World on a debt-paying basis. There Is no particular use in threatening a bankrupt if you1 1 hope to do business With him again. .Former Senator Depaw says that it isn't wise to count a bad debt as an asset. He de clares that Eurppe cannot pay without something to pay with. It carfnot gain that without work, or the materials to work with. Europe must have her chance to5 go to work and make up for fpor years of wasted timey We. mnst help her all we can. i We need not forgive all our debta, but we may strive to cheer our debtors alonj until they, can stand alone upon their feet. By extending credits and being lenient in the matter of interest we can speed up the Industries of Europe; Our busi ness relat'ons would be akin to a partnership and in time alLpbll gatlos might be satisfactoriad Justed. Such are the opinionsspf the amiable New Yorker who ha) been deep in politics, diplonlaf; ana iinance zor more than ha a century. BTTMOX PLAY WOXX Edited, by John H. HlUair Just two months ago Doris had fallen and hurt her, back., and the doctor had ordered her six months In a plaster cast. It. seemed to Mrs. Vinton that she could never stand It. For two ,months Doris had not smiled. . - ' ; "III make a little afternoon tea for the two of us now," said Mrs. Vinton. "We'll break In the new teakettle." , It was a few minutes later that Doris spoke suddenly.,: "Listen! What's that?" The teakettle had begun to sing It poured its whole heart out In cheery little song that rose high er and higher. Doris took a deep breath, and some of the t . tired lines in herface smoothed out,' "ItH all ebme out all right, all right," jang the teakettle. -, ; "I I almost beliere you." said Doris under . her breath. , An,d-every afternoon Doris had to have her "tea. And erery after noon she, listened with more un derstanding to the teakettle's con tented little song. " Then one day the busy doctor stopped to have tea with Doris. "How the days are passing," he said. "It won't be long now until you'll be running out to take a ride in my car with me." . 'Mra Vinton smiled.' , "I shall miss her she said. f'She ;,and her little teakettle seem to have contest on to , see which ' can sing the cheeriest song." If "If punctured my : tire.'V said the driver.- . ; 'On a bottle; It" sure got my - ' goat." ... Why. didn't Ton swrttr f asked ' "Why, the kid had" it under hUcoat,".! Sending: the song of the night ingale over a , distance of ' 200 miles by wireless Is one of the recent feats of vocal transporta tion. In time we may be able to train our feathered' songsters to s'ng the tired New' Yorkers' to sleep. . - ; BEATING THi: RECORD The Doheny interests shipped, nearly C.000,000 barrels of oil out of, the Tampico district iu Decem ber. This would indicate that Mexico is getting back to. some thing better than normalcy. It 's the best ever. , THE END IN SIGHT It is reported that one of the greatest brewing plants in the world, located in Milwaukee, i? about to be converted Into a con densed milk industry: Cod moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform. Even the dwelled potency of the 18th amendment. FAIRY LANDS FORLORN Since Magellan fought his way into the sea which he named the Pacific there' has alawys' been a halo of romance about the islands of the gteat ocean. And yet, too, they have seemed fairy lands for lorn, fs'ow the four great powers of the world have taken- them under their protection with th hope that they may be spared for ever frpm the bllgh of :war. 11 is probable that Americana f wili give fa good deal more consider ation to these islands in the fu ture than they have done In the past. When hitherto they have been mentioned the ordinary man has visualized as best he "might Samoa, which he connects vague ly with Robert Louis Stevenson and the story of a great hurri cane; end the Marquesas, lately brought into this country's at tention through the writings of a former San Francisco newspaper man; and, of course, the Hawaii an, islands, which .Mark Twain praised so highly and where that early globe-trotter, Captain Cook, met his death at the hands of the savages. As senator Lodge, in presenting the four-power treaty to the conference at Washington happily said, there still lingers about these islands the; charm so compelling and fascinating which an undiscovered country has for the sons of men who are weary of the main-traveled roads and the trampled ' highways.' of ' trade and commerce which cover th surface of the patient earth. Ja pan itself, one- of the' treaty pow ers, is composed of more 'than 4000 islands, the archipelago con taining more than the Philippine group over which flies the Stars and Stripes. THE WAY TO "SAVE ITS FACE" (New York Herald.) J : In the present situation the Only way (for ths Washington confer ence to save its face with the Am erican people and the peonies of the world on the submarine ques tion is to shunt it off to another international conference j called specifically to consider and act on iu msius oi me suDmanne and all other demonical instruments of outlaw warfare. H It is a great pity that the Pres ent conference as a whole is so callous to its plain duty to man that it does not with wholeheart ed unanimity take the plunge W xavor or humanity and sweep these accursed things from the world once and forever.1 j" England in her stand for the total eUmination of the submarine from the waters of the worM fa right, splendidly right J j1 j America with er passive ac ceptance of the submarine, is wrong, dead wrong, i France in her insistent demand for the submarine is wrong, dead wrong. Japan and Italy, we eather. would not stand out against the aDoution of the; submarine ! If France and America would join England in her demand for scran. Ping all submarines aid the' pro- nioiuon of the future hniMtn of submarines. . , - ' j As things stand now. th fernce is at & deadlock with re- gara to the amount of, submarine tonnage France shall have and the relative -submarine tonnage the five nftfohs shall have. England ba yielded from her sUnd of rigorous opposition ta the reten tion of the submarine solely in the interest of harmony and of getting through the far-reaching agreements already accepted by all the nations represented in the conference. .j , In this situation wouldn't It be the part of wisdom to delay act- ; . FUTURE DATES tmcaT- M!B4r-0PWi sbvstt a, VniT LrU iMlMsy. JBrjr .8, Jaey Pmblie ekeoto pMr rlrMtr tonrTVrmorT. " ' . -Jsssary ; 19-21 Elks' Usrdi Qrss. Ion on the submarine, making pro vision for its special eonsldera tion by another conference which should be called at an early dats and which should deal also witn poison gas and the bombing air plane? In the present temper of the Washington conference, to say nothing of the sordid view point of all . the nations except England on outlaw warfare, the best outcome we can hope for is a compromise.' j IVIIERE THE DERATES LEAD (New York Times.) i The debate on the submarine at the Washington conference ap perred at several points, to lead straight tq one unescapable con elusion. But no delegate ventured ... f to draw It. Secretary Hughes re- grettfully ' pointed out that It would be impossible to reach a universal and binding agreement about submarines. This was due not simply to the attitude of France and Italy. ! The main ob stacle was the uncertainty what position would be taken on the quest'.On by the many nations not represented In. the conference.- A similar difficulty arose in con nection j with the suggestion that international law be recast so as to make a stringent rule against ruthless; Submarine warfare. Thld was proposed by the advisory com mittee. ; But the Washington, con- ference can neither,, make no ro-. vise international law. The law is JM gentium," the law of all nations.- Vhere are aU 'nations and jdow is their voice to be ut tered? ;except through a League? That word, however, cannot at present be so much as mentioned in Washington. Officials and det effatelflee from it in fear and trembling. The general couviction seema) "to be that, if any indis creet rman said League of Nations out liud, the Washington monu ment fwouM fall upon Memorial hall and bury the conference In the rains.; If the tabooed words were to; be spoken near the White House.: that , building, with all that IsU therein, would submerge itself In the Potomac.. And if the forbidden name were whispered in the room of the senate commit tee, onn foreign relations, strong men would ! faint and Lodge and Borah ?woufd have to be carried out ona shutter. Oh, jo. We never mention 1I But it has a most unpleasant way of thrusting itself Into everybody's thoughts.! ;! I BITS FOR BREAKFAST Holidays are over. Now for work: let's go. s - Let us contribute to the era nf good feeling V "Life is too short tar tnnan nnv- leties." Kingsley. 'A man's ingress into the world Is - naked and bare His progress through the world is iruuuia ana care; And lastly, his-egress out of the world, is nobody knows where. It we do well here, we shall do well there: I can tell . you no more if -J preach k wnoie year.T i JOHN EDWIN. . a. 1 "Dip down upon the Northern shore. O SWeet New-Year; rielaVinv Innir- . . , - rnou dost t exnectant na'nr wrone Delaying long, delay! no more." TENNYSON. ' Salem's pra f t rTi - n.. the planting of more gooseberries, loganberries,; evergreen blackber ries. blaCK and i-reut roanWI. 1 and all the other fruits and nuts na vegeuroiM tnat may be grown with greater profit here than else where. And the list la a long one. This, and providing better facili- manuiaciuring and mar keting them.; and nn.asinp thum n to the places over the wide world where they will, start back the dol lara the consumers will be glad to exchahge for them new money every year exchanged for the ever increasing wealth of our soil and sunshine and showers, making this the land of dif erslty, the country of opportunity; and this the city set In a golden circle of contentment. f V V The attorney general br the state of Washington has ruled that women may wear trousers. Just as If It made a bit of differ ence whether he - ruled that way or not. i w A malt carrier in Denver buru ed 10,000 letters because it was too much trouble to deliver them. Ha possibly had not heard that Burleson was not on the job any longer, and thought he could get away with It. . Astronomers have discovered another, star, bigger than .Betel geuse and whose diameter caa only be guessed at Jt was tig ured out that Betelgense had. a diameter of 300,000.000 miles, and the new one ii still larger. And there still remains the mys tery of what these start are and how they are maintained in that exact relationship that has neve failed to puzzle man. Astronom ital science, like all physical sci ence, .is, developing. The giant reflector telescope on Mt. Wilson is the greatest in existence now. But there Is no assurance- that It wiu remain so. CURLED UP f O N ' Cepyrisht by Vnitrmooi a Underwood. ; When little Chaim Rttbenstein wants to take a little nap big noises mean nothing. Chaim was among the Jewish orphans brought from Poland to the United States on board the Polonia by the Joint Distrib uting Committee. As he was getting his first glimpse f the United States that tired feeling came over him, and he Just dozed off in the venUlator. - ' " . ; .. Pastor and Bride Arer i v Given Turner Reception TURNER, Ore., Jan. 2. - Ttev Ralph Thomas and bis bride re turned Saturday and in the eve ning several people gathered at the, Methodist church to greet them and to await the coming' of the new year. 1 After a program of musical numbers, readings, etc., was given, light refreshments were served. A prayer service was held just be fore midnight. : . . ... Mra. C. A, Bear and Hazel and Earl Bearv motored to Spring brook. Yamhill county, Saturday eveninr to attend the weddine of Miss Estelle Stroud and Clio War dock. The bride lava niece of Mrs. Bear and has often visited here. i Usona tind Henry-Thlessen Jr., visited their grandparents in New berg part of last week.! '. Mr, and Mrs. Gerald Gower have returned to Warrenton. Earl Bear leaves for Corvailis this week to take some special work in agriculture. . Small; Schools Preferred T to Some Bigger Districts A. E. Crunewald, of The Dalles, county j, school., superintendent of Wasco county, is one of the visi tors in Salem this week, to the state conventi6n of conntv auner-! lntehdents.- . . ; ' "I'd rather send' my childreri ta some of the little, bne-room schools than to any of the big con solidated districts if I could pick the teacher," la Mr, Oruhewald's interesting comment of" the school situation. "Because of our quality- of soil, our 'roads that 'are not hard surfaced are likely to be al most Impassable for hauling in tho winter time, and w find it harder to maintain the consolidated, free delivery districts than some other couuties. This makes it impera tive to look carefully to the per nonnel of the rural teachers who have the little schools where the children can, come from onlv good ; walking distances away. We are being veil placed with the qual ity of ; teaching ability shown in our ranks. Mr. Grunewald. as an interest ing personal hobby, maintain a i fine flock of White . Wyandotte I chickens of pedigreed stock. He LADp: or BUSH, BANKERS established 18C3 General Banking Bualnesi 1 , . : Office Honrs from 4 avic duty '., A GOOD CITIZEN'S first duty Js'toK be self-supporting, to take care of . himself, and hare; it ? possible, some-1 v thing over to help unfortunates. tf That implies a definite program ofsav- ing ana investment, and a working con- nection with an iirutruHnfa hanlr :.'...'' : The United States as your financial Si SALEM T AND ASLEEP. .4 . ;' if 4' has a pen of his birds in the all-the-year egg-laying contest begun In November, at Puyallup.-They stood third in their class of heavy weight breeda. for the first rnorlh. though their record . was ;hehlnd the Leghorns and other strictly egg-laying breeds. Mr. Qrunewald reports . an unusual demand lor hatching eggs this season. : Wrs. Brown (to callers) :. "Why, how do you do? What a pity you didn't come ilittle earlier; we've just. finished luncheon." " Tommy Brown: fOh, Ma, aren't we going to have any teore? I hadn't had half, enough when the door bell rang and you all jumped up. ". j .v..-.;.-.' : 4; . r:--:. 'i Switzerland admits that she ia to reduce her navy. Can there be anything fairer than that? ' . Beginning Business " Anew That's what all of us are doing) today . the first business day of '1922. And when we're beginning let" Us be sure that we, are begin ning - right : with an aasur ance that every , means will M put' intoJ.full ; play:1 ' l y .'' Yoiirf eys . are your most ' valued resource. Take c4re that they, give you. full ser-'.Ylce.";;;'- :"':;'!.; 4.' 1 WO are prepared to take care of all eye ills. Let us give you an, efficient exam ination', .if IMORRIS! . fOPTICAIi CX.'.' -104-xii Halem Bank; of Vi . Qomtpettre Buildint : V Oregon's Largest OpUcal t ' : . f Institution . r Phone SS9 for.appolntment f . . . i ; ' - I '" f .1 . . 10 a. m, to 3 p. m. v ': ... National offers itself " partner. . ; H f j 1 er-OREOON;