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MAKE SALEM
i- '-There were three fatal automobile accidents in Salem last
iyear, and four more in the country near Salem
' , .And the showing is not a bad one, compared with other
cities in this country; taking into consideration relative pop
ulations - ,
But there were hundreds and perhaps thousands of close
; escape from accidents that might have resulted in loss of
Jife or serious injury
-'. And in nearly every case this was due to carelessness
or recklessness in driving, or to some sin of omission in not
attending to faults and defects of machines.
' In proportion to mileage covered, automobiles would be
vmuch safer than teams, if all tha rules of the road were re
- t garded.j the speed limits observed, and the machines kept in
good repair fn all particulars
,' For the. team cannot always be kept under the control
jof the driver; and the accidents from fright and runaways
: ' are always to be taken into account.
4 : " This is a plea to make Salem safe and sane in the driving
' ? of automobiles-- '
i To let the ever increasing number of visitors in autos
know that they may 'expect sanity and safety here
; And to reassure all of our people that they do not take
their lives in their hands when they go out onto our streets
and roads in automobiles on business or for pleasure.
I U Such a reputation would be a real asset of value.
T : ; We may secure it with the cooperation of all of our peo-
pie; with the taking of extra pains and the exercising of a
' little care, and with? full copperation with the traffic
I cfficials - i
w . With a determination to make it an offence against the
good name and the well being of Salem for any one to risk
his own life or endanger the life of any other person by the
least show of carelessness in driving or the least disposition
4 to disregard the rules, of safety in any particular on the
. streets and highways. ,.
TIIE IRISH HOUSE OF LORDS
.The
Irish House of Lords:"
I voted tq annihilate itself when it passed the Act of Union on
: New Year's" Day, 1801.' .In. consideration of this favor to
3 .' him,'-Pitt conferred upon the Irish peerage, at that time
: numbering more than a hundred members, the rieht to elect
2 twenty-eight of their- number
U British iHouse of xLords. Arid
irit today.' One of them is-the
' Kedleston, Lloyd George s Foreign Minister.
.The ratification of the treaty between the British and Irish
.. delegates renders the status of these ionts uncertain. Lord
'k Curzon'a seat is safe as he is, in addition to being an' Irish
j j lord; a pieer of the United Kingdom. The other twenty-seven
' scats may soon become vacant. . , S
j -i The ijicurable romanticism of the Celt which has led to
! V the resuscitation of a dying language may also lead to the
j restoration of the defunct Irish House of Lords. True, none
; of the otier Dominions possesses hereditary upper chambers.
j None pf jthe others, however, is blessed with the available
inaterialJl Only the Irish Free State has an ancient peerage
J ready miBe. ' : ' ' -
invitaticp extended to the four
bishops M the Roman Catholic
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Copyright, 1022, Associated Editors
THE TUNEFUL TUNERS ORGANIZE
i)
H wb ' Ethel's brother who
'saTediithe day" when she and her
three 4hums were about to give
wp trying to f nd somethting to
do fori their part of the Girls
club "Stunt Night" program.
."W.ljjr don't you get up an or
chestra and give 'cm some mus
ic?" Al suggested.
nu none of us cn p'ay a
thing.' said Ethel. "How can we
Kv them mnslc when we can't
tnakfc (any?" f
- "Easy." replied AI. and be went
rn to explain how each 'of the four
rlrls ronld make sn instrument of
ber own and learn' to play in no
more (than three or four hours
time. ! ' f ,. r. . ;.. '
Ethel mnde n papr wh s-tlv
Kjcurij 1 :.ahows how h did it. A
roncai rut was mdo In two pie-c-0"
of tjh'n "oml Th piecfl woro
rUd Itocetber with a strip ot
TU'ng pipr lxtween. Ity put
t'n tfe whistle between her teeth
K:1 blowing through tho opening
rhvia-dea most w'erd sound
'TrwHW little saM ,1. "and
y'lVjlw able to get real tunes out
"'ati'-n Fox mde bottle
fltra She attached eight bottlen
f rpifotw B'aes to a strip of card
bosrdj with pieces of heavy string,
jixahown In figure 2. vThe bottles
were? arranged in graduated or-
' . Hour
Statesman
Manager
. .Managing Editor
.......... .Cashier
Manager Job Jnt.
Oregon, as, second class matter.
SAFE AND SANE
. -
obedient to the behest of Pitt.
to sit as life members of the
there twentv-eitrht of them
distinguished Lord Curzon of
archbishops and twenty-four
Church in Ireland to become
The lilggcst Little
der, running from the- smallest
bottle to the largest. The necks
of the bottles were allowed to ex
tend a little above the edge ot
the cardboard. By holding the
card close to the lower lip and
blowing into the bo.ttle "t'hile
sMding the card back and forth
a really musical sound is obtain
ed. "Some flute," laughed Mari
lyn. , 1MKJTTI..E FLUTE
But equally as novel sk the
bottle flute was Ilea trice Minn's
rubber band barn.- She Dlaced a
I number of brada in the two long
edges of a dep cigar box. Then
over thee little nails she stretch
ed rubber bands of various sizes
placing the thickest band at one
end "of the box and graduating
them to the other end.
In order to stretch the bands
sufficiently to make them hum
when nicked with a chicken feath
er ouill. the bands w-;re stretched
over two nails on each side of
the box.
It didn't take P.eatrlce long to
learn bow to pick out favorite
tunes on her harp
And. of fuurse. I hove whs the
old familiar conl-aiid-t:ssuo-pa-ner
instrument. Figure 5 fhows
how the tissue paper is placed
over the leefh of thju comb. Ity
lioldiuc Ibe coiub to your Hps,
Lord's Spirijtual in the new second chamber, f In this case,
the world might some day be entertained with a debate be
tween Cardinal Logue, the Pope's, chief representative in
Ireland, and Lord Dunsany, eighteenth of a linie of Plunketts
holding the jtitle of baron, on whether the image of Robert
Emmett or King Brian Boru should appear on the gold coin
of the Irish iFree State. r
Only onef category of upper
considered .lnsnmen ftoiaing patents oi nooiiny irom me
Pope. In this class belongs Count Plunkett, most talented
and versatile Sinn Feiner and oldest member of the Dail
Eireann. George Noble Plunkett is Count of Rome, a here
ditary title nobility conferred upon him by the Pope, v
This would leave out Sir Horace Plunkett, founder of, the
Irish co-operatives and cousin
kett family,! however, would be adequately represented. Sir
Horace is, moreover, the most democratic member of his il
lustrious family and would probably much prefer to sit as a
member of the lower house.
i .
Speaking of thrift week, the community property as in
dicated in a Recent divorce case of prominent members olthe
Ix)s Angeles." movie colony consisted of a couple of runabouts,
a case of Scotch whisky and a chow dog. The pair were able
to divide everything but -the .dog. At last accounts the hus
band had the hark and the wife the bite.
Goodbye. cild wave. Hope it
may b-' a long farewell.
j
Many paving projects will he!p
Salem to niakse her 1922 build n
program a ieord one.
Henry Fordt gets Mudc'.e Shoals.
The development of that project
will likely bef the crowning event
of his remarMable career.
j -t
Wall strtejt had an exciting
day yesterday, over steel stocks.
due to -rumors of mergers and of
Henry Ford jjoperafons. Sounds
lik old timls. The country 13
gstting back;to normalcy.
With new developments in pow
er lines, in jtiniber and sawmill
operations, and many other fields,
the indications are that 1922 is
?oing to sta'rt Oregon off on a
'ong run of5 increasing prosper
ty. Ex-Senatoi; Phelan, reading
about the close vote seating Sen
ator Newberry, whose friends,
unknown toj him, spent about
$195,000 to-defeat Henry Ford,
no doubt winders what it is all
about. Lou ! Angeles Times.
When President Wilson wanted
to secure something of congress
he sent a sharp note to some of
his party laders. When Presi
dent Harding seeks the same end
he has then? in to dinner. Which
makes all he difference in the
world. Many a snarl is untangled
over the menu.
MOUK KritOPKAX CO.MPJ.ICA.
!' TIOXS
(Los iXneles Times.)
Raymonds Polncare's succession
to the Frenich premiership marks
the first estrangement under 4ho
Franco-Brit)sh entente cordfale
and, like DhoFt family quarrels, it
, FUTURE DATES
jnnrr 1921 Rlkt' Mardi GrM.
Jannarr 81? Tuesday. Gay Macharen.
at Grand Tlitatcr autpicet Salem Arts
lcaciie. j
Fobmarr 1 WcdnMlay Rotariana to
hav dinner .with memhera of coo Line
flan at WaBinrton junior high arhcxil.
rlruary 10, Friday Arbor Hay.
Febroary t6 to 19 inrlnaivo State
Christian KnienTor ronvention.
Paper In the World
which mus te parted slightly, and
humming jjnto the instrument, a
sound not; at all displeasing can
bo produced. Toots Clarke chose
this instrument as hers.
. For several evenings before
Stunt Night, the four girls prac
ticed together on their instru
ments. Twines that they were to
play on Stunt Night were decided
upon and rehearsed thoroughly.
Thug itjwas that they "Origin
al and Only Tuneful Tuners" came
into existence.
T(HAYS PUZZLE
PPEREP.i NNOACN. S PLATE,
DADPLE.jNCALEC. BULCIP.
When tie above six groups ot
letters hajve been rearranged to
form the proper words, the words
may be so! arranged that their di
agonals, trading from the upper
left-hand jjcorned to the lower
riRht hand corner, spell something
used for drawing.
Answer! to yesterday's: Lame,
acid, minj, Eden.
i 0NlfWEL YARNS
TIK tTfl MAX'S 1HUTHOAY
Xmua;os iiasruin; i paoof pax
in the, glass and wondered If he
looked ascld as he felt. He was
a year oliler today than he was
yesterday,; Hp decided it was
time to b settling down ard look
ing dignified.
"Good 'morning, kid," Jretd
hi elder brother. -
"I wisR vou d stop calling me
that." salfl Ted.
"Oh. 1: forgot." bis brother
grinned. "You're having a blrth
dav. are't yon? liet vou tn'nk
old Methnslah had nothing on
yu." 1
"Why lon't jon havo some or
your pal.s over and play some
rmPi or aomethting?" Mtggested
Marion. Fistr.
"The fellows T with don't
Hkpar(es." he answered with
dipnity.
Marion's evPS twinkled. After
breakfast Ted noti.ed his -sMar
and bis -mother with their heide
together.'. Then Marion sprnt a
long tlmp at the phone, but he
house material; remains to bej
of Lord Dunsany. The Plun-j
originated in a dispute over fin
ances. The Franch ar3 desper
ately hard up. nationally and in
dividually, and they do not hesi
tate to let their? financial straits
We known. Their debts were hon
orably incurred, . Ono inclined
to be paradoxical would call them
a credit to the nat:on. Uut moral
credits do not lessen the burdens
of material debts.
The revenues of the govern
ment are i not sufficient to m??t
current expenses; yet the people
are taxed almost to the point of
exhaustion. The French aie a
thrifty people. They invested the
accumulated individual savings
of generations in government se
curities during the wJar; and when
the war was brought to a victori
ous issue, they looked to Germany
for repayment, f
Business has le?n slow in re
viving since thd war and France
is industrially in the worst con
dition in a century. The depreci
at'on of the franc has cut incomes
on savings more than in half;
and as the French see the mark,
tha ruble, the crown, and the I'm
falling still lower, they have be
come seriou3ly; alarmed lest the
franc shall be dragged farther
down. "Make; Germany pay."
That is. ths one issue in the French
mind, from the present financial,
crisis. They refuse to believe that
the Germans are unable to meet
their engagements under the Ver
sa'iles treaty, and suspect some
secret plot to Set their late ene
mies escape.
Such Is the stata of French
j opinion, outside a smal rpu
that has given the subject a-aer'.-i
ousf study and understands thet
there is something more than a
lack of inclination back of Ger
many's 1 inability to pny. The
French masses? think that Lloyu
George is not pressing the enemy
as hard as he should and that the
English find ii to their conimev
cial advantage to help German in
dustry to a rapid recovery.
Former Premier' Driand and
bis cabinet U that Germany
must be given more time in which
to establish industrial stability.
During Uriand's vis't to this coun
try he found that to be the pre-
HTJTMOK
PLAT
WOKS
EdiUMl by John II. Millar
didn't think much about it at the
time. ' .r
Ted came jhome from school
that afternoon and went up to his
room to start a new book I13 iiad
received for bis birthday. About
dinner time he heard -some one
coming up he walk, and he
glanced out. j An old man. lean
ing on a cane was coming in.
While Ted was wondering wheij!
he had seen the man befor".
Marion called for him to come
down.
"I have irjvited some, of you?
old friends oyer for dinner." sbr
said gT&vely. ; "I have given them
easy chairs i;n the living room,
come in."
Ted followed her. He entered
the room. His eyes widened
There were six old men with flow
ing beards and canes. Then Ttd
recognized Stiabby A'ken behind
the cotton bard af the old man
nearest hm. Ted grinned '
"Your friends were just telling
some of their exoeriences when
fhev were young." said Marion.
Ted sat down, and each on-j in
turn told some tory of his
"youth." A ; prize was p'ven for
the best story. After a while the
dining room; door was opened,
and the bov$ forgot their age a-'
they scrambled to the feast. They
all voted the "old man's party"
a bir success!, and Ted decided he
wasn't so old: after ail.
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Tailing opinion In Washington.
At the conference in" Cannes! the
French delegates were in a minor
ity and they could not prevent
the extension of additional time
to Germany to make reparation
payments. But the French mass
es accused the delegation of sacri
ficing the:r country. That ac
counts for the hostility Brland
eneountt?d w hen he faced ' tue
chambei of deputies on his re
tarn and was the real cause of
his resignation.
, Raymond Poincare was anion?
tho.e who insisted that no leni
ency shoaid b3 shown to Ger
many. Ue was (juoted as saying
that Franc? shou'd stand by hef
rishts though the rest of the
world le avainst her. He warnod
Itraud. while the latter was ii
London, not to enter into any
agretirtents over financial settle
ments until th.'.v should be firs:
submitted to the chain ber. In a
statement published in the Paris
Matin he said:
"M. Driand is being assisted
in London by a team of experts,
lie can only be congratulated,
for he is sure to find -M. Lloyd
Goorj-'e surrounded by an army
of technical men. 1 The sub
jects to be stndied are not suit
ed to oratorical treatment;
thsy demand attention and re
flection. Whatever may be th-;
value of his assistants, M.
Briand will be well advised if
he refuses to come to any de-
c'sion on the spot, if he leaves
ev?rythins open to reference to
h's government and if he conies
back to Paris without having
tied his hands. It is the fate
of France that is at stake."
Driand refused to heed this
counsel, knowing it came from a
political enemy, but concluded tha
contemplated agreements, brought
them back to Paris, threw them
upon the table in Vie chamber,
told the members to TTake them
or leave them," and resigned.
Poincare is now the head of
the government. He must deciJa
whether to accept the agreements
or repudiate them, other than
that extending the time in which
Germany must make reparation
payments. Over that he has no
Control. . The reparations com
mission is vested with that auth
ority under the treaty of Ver
sa .lies and the commission has
acted. France cannot invade
German territory to enforce pay
ment without herself violating the
treaty. . ;
Premier Poincare haa reserved
fors himself the position of min
ister of foreign affairs. He will
ln?ad the French delegation to the
economic conference at Genoa,
and the French people look to
him to do something to "make
Germany pay." English senti
ment is hostile to his cabinet; al
though conferences between him
and Lloyd Georges will be taken
up at the poin where they were
dropped when Briand retired.
So tha relations under the en
tente cordiale are a bit strained,
although far from a break. Poin
care has encouraged the French
masses in the belief that France
can escape from bankruptcy only
if th9 German reparation pay
ments are made according to the
original schedule. The position
of the Lloyd George government
is that there can be no economic
stability in either England or
France until industrial activity in
central and eastern Europe, in
cluding Russa. is revived. The
Kngli.sh point of view is expressed
in the following editorial utter
ance by the London Daily Tele
graph: "The restoration of central
and eastern Europe to econoni
is health and full industrial ac
tivity concerns the whole world,
nor will the world be comfort
able and quiet' till it is accom
plished." There -is no escaping the con
clusion that the European indus
trial situation has been compli
cated by the chanue of ministries
in France: and the president and
Secretary Hughes are very prob
ably giv'ng a serious considera
tion to the perplexing problem
whether the United States should
participate in the economic con
ference at Genoa or st?er scrupu
lously dear of it. It is one of
the gravest of the many problem
by which they are confronted!
Our sympathies are all with th-
French p?opl? in their financial
Straits. ',ut how ran vL-n
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TAXIXCi MGIlt OWLS
The Germans have fonud a new
sokirce of rveniie. In Uerlin the
police are supposed to close up
the saloons and caFes about 1
o'clock in the morning, but main-
M the caf,s n till .. ,
w ..r x 111 U-III' III
Places are only Kt-tting a go;d
tart at that hour. The night
owl are just beginning to enjov
thems?Iyiw'.- Hereafter a ctiy o,-'
dinanee will reiiiire , them to pav
for their fnn. There is a du.y
on night life. A man can buy a
card permitting him u 1H. abnnd
-iicr tne. closing Lour. Tber it
SATURDAY MORNING.
also a tchedule of assessment in
connection with places of amuse
ment. It a man wants to 0
slumming he pays an! assessment
of 100 per cent oh h s bill. There
are other rates for dancs hails
and cafes in addition to the usual
entrance fee. Those who like the
night air must pay extra for It.
Possibly the Germans will get
around vet to th grant ng of
licenses toi burg'ars, footpads an t
other nocturnal craftsmen.
SPUH OF THE MOMENT
Several thousand Citizens who
had assembled, at the capital for
another purpose joined a spon
taneous movement that journVyed
through two miles of slush and
snow to express its respect fo.
Woodrow Wilson and its belief
and confidence in the world or
ganization he sponsored. It was
late at niuht, but the sugg?stion
for the pilgrimage was rece'vei
with enthusiasm .and .executed'
with zeal. Senators.: former cabi
net officers, philanthropists and
business ntan. marched :de by
side through the sN et to pay trib
ute to one they denominate as
America's foremost 'j private citi
zen, it was all because they have
fa;th in a League of Nations and
feel that America is; a part there
of. It was not the recognition of
a man so much as a principle.
Los Auge'es Times.. ;
SNOW BOUND
Hiram Johnson explained that
he was unable to reach Washing
ton for the vote on; the Newberry
division on account of the bliz
zard in the middle west. The
weather bureau and the railway
offic'aJs say that the storm didn't
bother anybody else, and that no
trains were interfered with. They
didn't really know that there was
a blizzard at all. Hut the Cali
fornia senator Is a tender, shrink
ing thing a hothouse flower, as
it were, and when" he gets away
from sunny California he is at the
quivering mercy of the elements.
He Is perhaps the only living
statesman who carries ear muffs
and a foghorn at the same time.
One of the Washington organj
will probably strike the notes or
"Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast?"
Los Angeles Times.
SOMETHING TO SHOW
Major Hayhes, director of pro
hibition enforcement, says that
there were 20,000000 drinkers In
America in . the old days. They
were not all regular drinkers, per
haps, but they were not averse to
taking a nip at-times. Now, he
A Square Deal to
Yourself and Others
i' it ' '
JT is the squarest deal to all those you do
business yith, and, to yourself as well, to
observe the utmost promptness in meeting bills.
Such promptness causes good feeling. It makes
friends for you and it makes your life pleas
anter. Incidentally, by paying your bills
promptly you build up your credit, and con
vince men that you are a person of financial
responsibility:.
Pause and consider, on Pay Your Bills Promptly
Day, if there are any bills you have forgotten.
Give serious thought to the many reasons why
yoti can never afford to postpone or neglect just
bills. I
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JANUARY 21, 1922?
saytdthere are not over 2506,000
drinker, and tot halt of these
are getting what they want. Pro
hibition has at least dose that
much in cleaning up the tipplers.
In the face of the returns the
amendment can hardly be isaid to
be inefficient.
AT FOMHrOLM
If Henry, i-ora gets now ci
Muscle Shoals the first thing In
order would be to give the hold
ings a new name. It won't be
Elir&betli. either. But everybody
obiects to Muscle Shoals. It takes
more nerve than muscle to ban -
die jthe project anyhow.
f BITS FOR BREAKFAST
ujslcoiuo-, gentle rain.
V
Yesterday was own your home
dav in thrift week.
s s s
Today is pay your bills prompt
ly day.
N . S S
fiie own your own "home cam paign
-is makins good progress
in Salem, and the movement will
be accelerated by the soldier loan
moijiey that will soon begin to be
distributed.
U
The broccoli In the Roseburg
d'strlct was subjected to as low
temperature as was outs in ths
Salem district perhaps a degree
loer. The thermometer got
down to 15 above at Roneburg;
the coldest ever known there in
Japuary.
S m
Speaking of the German mark
a local punster says It is almost
rubbed out.
S
. There is a company making
contracts for land on which " to
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S&6 TIl6
LAU-DRY-ETTE
DEMONSTRATION
ALL DAY SATURDAY
Not .only washes your
clothes but wrings '
them
. A:.Tub Full At a Time
WELCH ELECTRIC CO.
379 State Street
SALEM BUSINESS
MEN'S LEAGUE
bore- tor oil In linn county; la
th3 Lebanon and Lacomb district
Every on win them luckv: j
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rn a recent address at Wash,
ingtaxii Dr. Alexander Graham
Bell- Inventor of the telephone,
declared that most people knew
more than he about the develop
ment nd perfecting" ot the inatra
memt. In speaking of the early
day lie said they first used men
onerators. bat they kept the wires
t0o' hot and it was necessary t
(employ women, whose voices and
ways were more adaptable. He
skiM the first foreign language
spoken over the telephone wa
Japanese. This occurred in 187$
anil was between two Japanese
! stidents at Harvard, who lat
flirst medical conference on the
telephone was held in Washing.
tofi when a doctor listened to Dr.
IIS HUie uaugiurr ruugu QTr
the wire and advised what to do
foa: her. .
iShe What were the provisions
of your uncle's will? , ;
l He That 1 should have all that
was left after the payment ot his
just debts.
She How generous! What
did he leave?
He Just debts Chicago Tribune.
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