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- ' ' ' ' " ' r : . - 'j-"- t - - THE UllEUUN STATJSSMAJS. BAlU, UKiuuvrt - - ' - r: SATURDAY MORNINGJANUARY 1322 Issued Dally Except Monday by ; ! - THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY -" if ' ' 215 8." Commercial St.. Salem, Oregon (Portland Office, 627 Board of Trade Building. PLone Automatic ,; 527-59 , ! r MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated P ress is 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 news published herein. R. J. Hendricks...,. Stephen A. Stone.. Ralph Glorer.. . .... Prank Ti.Vn.VI ! . . . . Manager Managing Editor Cashier ... J ... .Manager Job Dept. TELEPHONES: Business Office. 23. Circulation Department. SS3. Job Department, 5S3. 8ociety Editor, 106. Entered at the Postoffice In Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. THE ERA OF GOOD FEELING AGAIN As The Statesman has remarked before, the "era of good feeling" in this country is becoming international, and not the least of the evidences of this is the stand being taken by the eminent French historian, Prof. Alphonse Aulard, in urging the people of France to sympathize with and aid the cause of democracy in Germany . An attitude that has not been in evidence in official France. v., :-. Prof. Aulard contends that, once victorious in war, France "ought to have been the first to lead the way to democracy ;' instead, it is "struggling reluctantly in the rear." : There is little room for liberal policies so long as Briand represents the center of gravity and is constantly under menace from a formidable alliance of reactionary and. mili taristic groups. While the political controversies of France are a matter, of domestic concern, the choice between poli cies leading to peaceful reconstruction and those threaten ing a troubled future must necessarily concern all countries and (especially those which found themselves drawn into the ''World war for the defense of France and of what. France was believed to stand for. While the bill appropriating $20,000,000 to buy food in this country for the starving people of Russia .was being dis cussed in the upper house of Congress, Senator Zorah sprang a surprise by advocating the recognition' of the soviet govern ment of Russia. He declared that "the best friends this government has had in Europe in the last hundred years have been the Russian people;" and that they "are the only great people of Europe who have not at some time or other disclosed a great enmity toward the people of the United Mates ana toward our government. WW - ; The literary Digest of today is devoted especially to the presentation of the facts concerning Jcjpan and the Japanese people which are calculated to' create a'better feeling. toward and a better understanding of Japan and the Japanese on the part of the American people. The greatest of all the American advertising agencies, N. W. Ayer & Son, Philadelphia, has, been sending letters to the American newspapers calling attention to this special edition on Japan of the Literary Digest, and. urging upon the publishers of the United States a fuller discussion of things Japanese, in order to bring about the educative benefits of a morewidely spread understanding of our Japanese problems. : We read In the current Issue of "the Saturday Evening Post the article "bf Marcossen telling the world of the ac tivities of the. big business concerns of Germany in devel oping Russian trade and commerce and the conclusion is that (while other countries are talking and writing and pro posing," the gigatic interlocking trusts that are making over Germany are acting, and preparing to make over Russia, with some of the greatest development schemes the world has ever seen? to the benefit of Russia, and for the good of the whole world; and, more especially, for the good of Ger many, which is staging the greatest come-back in shipping and manufacturing and commerce the world has ever wit- ncssed. s , v t' . c - Yy . . . .- ... . . 4 . '!' Y ':' , v i Y Y ' , The' world needs an era of good feeling, and we need it in this country; and we will have to be up and dfcing, and watching and working, rather than watching and waiting, in order that our people and our government may reap their share of the good things of the era oi gooa ieeuns construction that is going on. Y The world is going to be a poor place in the next ten years for a slothful or Jazy man, or one who is not torwara looking. And the same is true of nations, i Spread the spirit of optimism. The discussion of th liquor business Btfll goes on. An cx chanre is out for "Wholesome light wine, where do stuff Exchange. wines and beer." "Light they get that G. K. Chesterton, the fat Eng lish author, says he will not re turn to the United States asain until, prohibition has Kone out of fashion. Goodbye, Gilbert, yon will be a long time gone. How erer, we shall manage in, some way. Exchange. The nat'onal president of the ice cream makers' admits that, while other industries have been hard hit by the war, the ice cream business has been good and every body has made money. A frank confession is good for the soul. The surest way for Salem to be sure of growth is to boost the agricultural and horticultural in dustries of the Salem district, which includes the whole central Willamette valley, and to keep on boosting them. The Hoover organization Jn Russia is now feeding 1.000.000 children and the number is grow ing daily. So there is a new. ikon in thousands of Russian homes. It is the . American tlafr. Is it likely that the children who gaze on it can ever be" induced to fight America? And the high cost of football is something fierce. : ''Bo"' Mc Millin is to get 110.000 a year for three years to teach the stud ents at Centenary college, at Shreveport, La., how to play tha game. . The professors at the col lege possibly get less than one fourth that amount. .h war office.; The fanonf field, marshal was not betrayed j by a British officer who consorted with a German woman spy. Kitchener it will be remembered, want to Ihia death when me ".v Ili-mpbhirc. on; which he baa em barked fqr Russia, was sunk off the coast of Scotland. A fantas tic yarn was spread abroad that a female spy named Elbie Bosek er supplied information to Berlin which enabled the Germans to send a submarine to blow up the ship. There was such a woman but it is revealed that wac In a British jail at the time th Hampshire sailed; that she had been impTisoned before the ar ranRements for the trip were made, and hat she never could have had knowledge that it was; contemplated or how and when ; Kitchener would start for Russia.: After she was deported she saw a chance to capitalize her work for Germany,: where, by telling lier .falsehood, she was hailed a3 a heroine, whereas the Britisb war office statement proves she! was merely a monumental iur When one reflects on the numer ous stories which pas?ed current Tor truth during the war audi which since have been exploded. doubt enters the mind regarding many historical- episodes. We know now that it wasn't Persh ing who said, "Lafayeti?, we are here," and thete comes a suspic ion whether the Roman dictator ever uttered ,the word?, "Et tu. Brnte? then fall Caesar," par ticularly as at the time Pompey's Btatue was 'supposed to have run blood and you can't gt Alood out of a stone.: Shakespeare can be forgvien for drawing on his im agination but the German woman will always . remain that pjor th'ng a spyi Still her story will probably enjoy prominence in Ger man histories along with the vic tory at Jutland." ated. A very "rs percentage p. the world's best work has bepn done by men who did not feel wU most of the time they were doins it. Abounding health, like un limited. riches, involves its temp tations and its handicaps. Oae feels too much like catting short the hours of labor and going out and having fun. Thus the theory of compensation works out. ; The spirit, not the body, is what really counts the will, not .the stomach. Ohio Stte Journal, j IJAItKD HEAIS AXI AGE The announcement' of the fact that the 1923 fair board is game, and will go ahead with the great project, will help in the spirit of optimism that is being built up. All Oregon will know that there s going to be something doing, and so will all the world, which will lead; to many more things doing. FANTASTIC TALE COFFINED 'One bjr one the war fables are being laid out. The tale of the ghostly archers who were said to have appeared to the British dur ing the retreat from Mons was some time ago shown to have been but the fabric of a dream; the French have somewhat sadly ad mitted that Joan of Arc did not appear on the battlefield of the Somme, and now tha Kitchener lie has been coffined by the P.rit- FUTURE DATES .Tnnr 19 21 EIV MrH Om Another doctor arises to re mark that there is no reason Why people should cot live to the age of 120 to 140 years. If they will dwell much in the open and go bare-headed and bare-footed, it is easily possible to hang on to this world for a couple of cen turies. But who wants to run around the world in his bare feet for 100 years? What would have becoine of the Stetson family if everybody had gone are-headed for the last thousand years? What fun is there in plodding up and down the universe for a century or so and then croaking frira a stone-bruise? Imagine what! the daily-pageant on the principal streets of the average American city would look like If everybody had his or her dome and tootsies bared! ' ' ' .. j; HEALTH HAS ITS HAXIHCA1S A ".nan who work3 with his brain after pasrini; a sleepless night, or when in the clutches of some discomforting indisposition often does not se how he i3 pos sibly going to get through with his day's stint. ' He' goes at it, however, add is almost alwayr when fine and fit.' Weshrdcmfrn surprised to find that he works more rapidly and successfully than when fine and fit. We suppose this is because,; feeling the neces sity, he concentrates more deter minedly on what is before him The fact that he. Is rather tired and ill and therefore has little temptation or ainbitlon to o afield in. the flesh or the spirit. may also have something to do with jt. Whatever the explana tion, it is the truth. Perfect health is a glorious thing to haye, yet its relationship to success in life is much exagger- ICHOOti STUDY , troaia mm " -4.-' HTTMOK FLAT WOBK Cipjriglit, 1022, Associated Editors The Biggest Little Paper in the World Edltl by John II. MUIar r ONE REEL YARNS I t ; A SIIAWIi OVER HER HEAD , 4 .Just to thinks jnst to think." sang Shirley, "that I'm actually going to Mrs. Fielder's beautiful home. Wasn't it lovely of her to Invite me? What shall I wear?". , "It doesn't matter," said t her mother, 'IMrs. Fielder knows that we are not well off, and she will not be expecting you to be dressed like a millionaire's daughter." "Sweet and simple!" said Shir ley scornf Ally. "At least I shall try to act as though I were one of her wealthy friends." - So Shirley dressed up in her best clothes and went to call on Mrs. Fielder, who had become in terested in her when she heard her sing mt an , entertainment Shirley loved the wonderful Field er home, with Its big mirrors, polished floors, and beautiful paintings She sighed discontent edly as she thought of her own small home with its battered-furniture and worn carpets.' When Shirley was ready to go. Mrs. Fielder called for the car and Kld she would ride home with Shirley. Shirley wished she would not. She was ashamed to have the, wealthy woman see the plain little house where she lived.' ' Shirley had never ridden '. in mich fine car before. She sank back into the cushions and looked scornfully at the hurrying crowds on the sidewalks, pretending she owned the lotely car. v 4 , Suddenly, the aule stopped with a Jerk. "Goodness," said , Shirley, .shrugging her Bhonlders Impatiently. ."Some funny old woman with shawl over her head got right in front ot us." : "A Khawl over her head '. . said Mm. Fielder thoughtfully. ?That takes me back to the days when we lived In the little cot tago down fay the milt and I used to run down to the market to buy a soupbonw caring a shawl over Mrley. flushing scarleC silent ly sbrntilt into her corner. - "I'VE GOT IT!" Written Especially for this news paper by Art Staff Holder of the American Profes sional Ice-Skating Championship. One of the best games 1 have ever played on ice is called "I've Got It!" "I've Got It!" is just the reverse of common "Tag." As in "Tag," one person is "it." but instead of that person chasing all the others, the others chase him. When some one tags the one who is "it." that person yells "I've Got It!" and immediately he sets out as fast as he can. The other skaters. Including the one who was '"it," pursues. A player re mains "it" until some one tags him. Then be joins the chase, and the tagger is pursued. It's great sport. And now, to end tjils last article, permit me to. give yon one word of caution!. Do not encourage any inexperienced skater to "show off." It is dangerous. He might become injured or he might Injure some one else. I always say that "smart'.' skating by inexperienced skaters has caused more accidents on ice than anything else. L0RNA D00NE ; "Will you bo quiet for a bit?" . His father said to Lew; "No, sir," his slangy son replied, "But I'll keep still for two." "It wilt come out all right in thn fmt lil ; lh " Imv mm wtm I squeezed a tube of tooth pasler "I want to get my cousin a book for her birthday." said Vir ginia. TI don't want one of these books written Just for girls. She's tired ofj those things. They're all the same. I want a really good book she'll want to keep for al ways . and still I want it to be sort of 'exciting." "I think I. know what you want,"! said the bookstore clerk. "Here's Lorna Doone.' a favorite story, printed in a young people's edition; with lovely illustrations. It is what is known as a 'classic,' but don't let that. scare you. "The scene of the book is Ex moor, a beautiful but very wild, rough part of England. ' In this region j is a chasm with a secret entrance, in which Is the strong hold of a band of robbers known as 'The Bloody Doones of Bag worthy. "The father of the hero, John Ridd, iwas killed by these cruel brigands. - The book begins when John is a boy away at school. He is called home, and on the way he almost runs into the robber band. Here is how they looked to him when he was hiding behind a rock: ! "'Heavy men and large of stature, reckless how they bore their guns or how they sate their horses; with leathern jerkins, and long boots, and iron plates on breast; and head, plunder heaped behincf their saddles, and flagons slung In front of them; more than thirty! went along, like clouds up-! on red sunset. Some had carcasses of sheep swinging with their skins on, others-had deer, and one had a child flung .across his saddle bow, i nether the child were dead ' or . alive was beyond my vision, only it hung head down wards! there and must take the chance of It.'-- They had got the child, j a very young one. for the sake of the dress, no doubt, which they couldn't stop to pull from it; for tK drcfts-shono bright, where theIiro' 6truck It, af It With gold and jewelsf." The clerk stopped reaaing. Wouldnt your cousin like to read about John Ridd and about ine stolen child?" she smiled. I m sure she will." said Vlr Kima, s vsne recahed for her purse, oat rra afraid, if her orotners get hold of it. she won get a chance to read it herself." Dinabatr ALL IX THE FAMILY The 'mayor of Indianapolis lias appointed his wife as head of the park commission. He says that f rom the way the lady bosses him he knows she will clean up : the city parks and keep them dressed for company. , The c!ty govern ment in Indianapolis is therefore something of a family affair.' LOOKING FORWARD Herbert Hoover says that Am erica has' some wonderful things to look forward to. Of course it has. Among them is the pbstl biltiy ot seeing Herbert Hoover in the White House. Los Angeles Ttmes. KEEPING THE PEACE This is the year that Mexico gets recognized. America;" has been taking her' time in according official recognition, but it is about due now. Mexico can come pretty near givingall nations tho safety signal. the causes con tributary to the rise and fall ot nations are fully aware that peoples were strong and powerful so long as they man ifested a respect for and adhered to the written law. and that de struction if ollowed f ast after those who, through , lack of patriotism or corruption of manners, broke away from legal ) restraint. The American republic will escape the fate of those that have gone be fore only oh condition that the people of the cdiintr avoid tlw mistakes and pitfalls that led the others to destruction. Making a mockery of the lSth amendment is m4kihg a mockery pf the constitution of which it is a part. The Times nas always opposed the passage of sumptuary laws and expressed its opinion editorially against national pro hibition when the subject was be fore congress and the different state legislatures But the Times is not of those who seek to make a virtue of violating the amend ment because they opposed 1' adoption. Their attitude is no more defensible jthan that of the southern states who refused to be "reconstructed" if or twenty years after the Civil war closed. The Times agrees with General Grant that there is one legitimate way to secure the repeal of an ob jectionable 'law, and that is by its strict enforcement. If the question of national pro hibition were now before the pub-; lie, the Times would express lu opinion freely and without reserve' concerning the wisdom or un wisdom of the act; but the issue; transcends that or any other Bin-: gle question that confronts the: American people; it is the ques tion whether by preachment and: example we shall weaften in' others their inherited devotion for the constitution! and respect for the written laws of the nation. At the' threshold of the Key Year the Times urges upqn each and all its readers to join in a resolution that they will not wil lingly and willfully violate any article of the federal constitution during the next twelve months; that they will make a new resolve to respect the Jaws ot the land, regardless of their personal inclif nations or beliefs, to the end tha they will neither violate the 18th amendment themselves nor en courage others to do so. posea to stage an i international poultry show In1 Salenn. - I : : V i This would be a great boost for the poultry industry here In the Salem district, and there la noth ing more! important' along with our fruit industry; It wonld help to make Salem the Petaluma ot Oregon, which it has a chance to become. . Its main competitors now are Corvailis and Ctttage Grove. 1 ; The broccoli growers will have to be active soon, in getting ready to market their product.- There Is to be an early meeting of the growers who are, members of the Salem Broccoli association. The Oregon Growers Cooperative asso ciation is to ge assisted by one of the best vegetable men in the country, and by the United States agricultural department. Getting the product to market in the right shape is ona of the big things in the broccoli game. Is A lovelorn young man from Yy. -Was saying sweet things to his dy When her pa hove In sight . The young fellow took flight And deemed his escape to be ty. S Waterloo has as famous a name as a hamlet could well hope for, but it is to be changed to Loncin. which we may trust will never get itself into the history books. It has. .been suggested that the change is- In deference to Frenc'a susceptibilities, but to the Frencfc the great battle is not known as the battle of Waterloo. ' . the boms of Mrs. Tallman's par ents. Mr. and Mrs. W. li. xovsy.j, Miss Mary McGowan re turn c this week from about a montna Tisit In Portland with relatives. , FOLEY'S HAS NEVER FAILED January la a bad month lor in ; fluenxa. la grippe and bronchial; troubles. It la unwise to neglect , the slightest cougn. or cold. Fo ley's . Honey and Tar glrea prompt relief, gets right at the trouble, covers raw Inflamed sur faces ; with , a ; healing - coating, clears the air passages, eases stutt fy breathing and permits sound, refreshing, health-building sleep. Mrs. F. A. Gibson. 164? College -Ave., Racine, Wise, writes: "Fo ley's has never tailed In glring Immediate relief and I am never without It." Sold everywhere.- Adv. - . ; . .. New Water Applications Are Received and Filed REMEMBER THE COOK A Philadelphia millionaire left his cook $60,000 and a. limousine because she could make pies bet ter than his mother could. The subtle art of reaching a man's heart through his stomach Is much overlooked in these days, but it will be found profitable in the long run. BACK TO THE COXSTITITIOX At the party last night Ethel Clarke was playing a Piece I didn't recognize, so I says to her brother. "What Is that icharming thing she's Playing?" Says het "A piano. You dub!" ; TODAY'S PIZZLE . Form a word chain from wors meaning filth, a test, a smallbody of water,) to take nourishment, a pair of horses, and angry. Answer' to yesterday's: Kate. Rita. Beth. Anne. Diagonals from upper left to lower right, spell "kite." "Pardon me if I bore you.' the mosquito. said P INN IE DfOfJT MEAN TO BE VAMR BVTSHclHAOTO M11E WMFN cue CAU wu&r WAS COkw TZ (Los Angeles Times.) " "We, the people of the United States," are confronted at the opening of this year of grace 1922 by an insidious and widespread propaganda against the enforce ment of an article of that consti tution which our fathers revered and in whose support we have ever been prodigal of our treas ure or our blood. For the first time in 122 years a disposition has been evinced in many quar ters to treat one of its provisions lightly, to regard it as nonexis tent. ' Many who pride' themselves on their Americanism, who would offer, and have offered; their breasts as a bulwark In the de tense of our common- country. when menaced from without, are setting an example to others of contempt for the law. ' ' We refer to the frequent and riagrant violation of the 18th amendment, which is as much a part of the constitution as the sections guaranteeing the right Of free speech and protection- of life and property, as the articles which abolish slavery and confer the right ef suffrage. Are they indeed Americans who set themselves up to judge the constitution, to say "this sec tion we will observe because it meets the approval and this one we will violate because it la not in accord with our personal i inclina tions?" While not intended as such, this 18th amendment has served the purpose of a! test of true and unselfish Ancricanism The issue Is not one of "wet -and "dry;" it is not a question wheth er we approve or disapprove the Volstead act; It Is an issue that strikes directly at the fundamen tals of American citizenship. Shall the individual set himself above the law and the .constitution Shall he demand the privilege of electing which Jaws he shall obey and which he shall violate? Shall he place Individual liberty above organized, government? Those who are familiar with history, who have jread ' and re fleeted, -who have - -pondered .over BITS FOR BREAKFAST j Near-spring weatner. mmimm I. The Dail Eireann has its Dail-y thrill. - I 3 The 1925 fair management pfo- Clarence True Wilson Will Speak at Amity AMITY, Or., Jan. 6. (Special to the Statesman) Dr. .Clarence True Wilson of Washington, D. C, general secretary of the Na tional Board of Temperance and Public Morals will speak' here at the Methodist church on Sunday evening. January 8. An Interest ing meeting is anticipated ast he will give practically the same ad dress he delivered last August while In London at the world conference of temperance work ers. -.. j j,. tThe ' Amity Parent-Teachers will hold their regular meeting on Monday evening and a large at tendance expected. They will hav-a several reels of motion1 pier tures on the evening's program. Mrs. Minnie Alderman spent the most of this week in Portland visiting with friends. Mrs. J. H. Willett was a visi tor this week in Portland with relatives. : Joe Ruble, Jr., Arthur Allison and Bert Tovey, who were here visiting with - friends and rela tives during the holidays have re turned to Corvailis tos resume their school work at the college. J. W. Walling, mall carrier f-or route 2, was a week-end visitor in Portland, with his daughter Mrs. Lloyd Cole, who is in the St. Vincent's hospital there re covering from the injuries sus tained in-the railroad wreck at Celllo. ' The local Palace theater is un der new management now. A. A. Lowry hag leased the budding. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Tallman spent New Year's in Corvailis at Seven new applications for au thority to appropriate water from streams of Oregon are on file at the of rices of Percy A. Cupper, state engineer. They are; By Frank Saobert of Acme, Lane county, covering the appro priation of water from an un named spring tor domestic supply, . at a cost of approximately $200, By Roy Robertson, and the Band rake Crcamory. comjpany," of Tillamook, covering the appro-1 pr la tion of water from an un named spring, tributary to Sand lake, for domestic supply snd for use In a cheese factory, in Tills-; mook county. v. f By G. q. McAllister Pf Central : Point, covering the appropriation f of water from McAllister spring, fn riftimMH. annnl and tar Irri gation of, 10 f .acres in Jackson county, at a cost of. about f a uo. . By S. II. RockhtU -of Riddle, covering the appropriation ot water trimlCotfcreeg, inDouflai county,, for lrrlgaUhgtOIcres ot orchard-' r The cost of this develop ment is estimated at $1000. 4 By tSvtU 4frtWmaTn or Dufur.' covering the appropriation of wa IIU1U OUIIU1U AtWHMII tv r uieen aine creea, lor mo lrnga- tln of jiUhl mrm triot in XVmm- co " county. " v . 1 1 v .' . j By . the Hinsdale Estate com- pany of Gardiner,; covering the :. iHAmnHiMnn' nf fpnim an ' qnnamed creek,- and from Deas 1 creek, tributary to Umpqua river, ; for domestic supplies tor the sp-; pucani s oairy rancn, in uougiai county, The construction cost li estimated at about $1000. , ;, By Melvin II. Kundert of Vol tage, overlng the construction of the Dry Creek reservoir for thi storage of 240 acre feet of water 1 from flood water, snows and ratag and 'the appropriation of tha , stored water, together .with watej from Dry creek, for Irrigation of f 100'acres ln Harney county. Ths. estimated cost of construction of , the reservoir and distribution sys4 1 tern amounts to . approximately Classified Ads. In The Statesman Brine: Results NEW SHIPMENT OF MJGS Buy Your Rugs Here Toe3oy: At SPECIAL PRICES! A . 't Mm f . -its ;vrfir. 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