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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1922)
6 me - ' Issued Daily Except Monday by ' - , TIIE RTATK831AX PUBLISHING : COMPANY ' " ' 1 . US- 8- Commercial St., Salemv Oregon (Portland Office, C 27 Board of Trade Building. Phone Automatic - .; f , : w -t ' - v 627-5S j MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press to exclusively enUtled to the use (or publi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. I JL J. Hendricks Stephen A, 8tone Ralph Oloyer Frank Jaskoskl 'V?' .Manager ...... Managing Editor Cashier . . .Manager Job Dept. TELEPHONES: i Business Office, X 3 Circulation Department, SSS Job Department, S8S - Society Editor, IOC lighter than cold- That Is why so many campaign speeches carry so little weight. Forest protection week. There Is more reason for its observance In Oregon than in any other state in the Union. Bergdoll will be brought from Germany within a - year, a con gressman predicts, but he does not explain the reason for the unseem ly haste. Entered at the Postoff ice In Salem, Oregon, 'as second class matter Having despaired of proving he had red hair, a southern news paper sow says George Washing ton was a Democrat. But those southerners have not yet claimed that Abe Lincoln was president ot the Confederacy. 40NE TOWN THArS SHACKLING TAfcGATHERERS "At least one Western town is prospering on rube methods not at all in accord with usual tax boosting and bond inflation methods. . Its levy for city expenses is less than during the first year of the .war. - In 1915 it was fifteen mills and for two years it has; been 13.8. This city of twenty thousand people has only $474,000 bonded debt almost entirely for streets and sewers. It pays off $40,000 annually. This rub berneck town has shamelessly disregarded official privileges . and has abolished some offices and reduced salaries in sev eral instances. To the general surprise of many no one has resigned office and the city is not falling behind by misering on taxes. - Other; Western cities and states are shouting for increased expenses to meet their growth, but Salem, Ore., is thriving on its penuriousness.1 People are actually leaving other more progressive tax collecting communities and flock ing! to Salem where taxgathering has 'been shackled." Salt LakeTribunel ;-. . The above is a very good boost, albeit a rather left-handed 'one j- ?''. - f -v, V".'. ' V;; . For We Salemites are not willing to admit that ours is a rubberneck town; or that Salem employs rube methods, or is addicted to penuriousness. - v . AIL city salaries have . been raised in Salem ; and the forces of municipal officers and employes have been in creased, on account of the growth of business and the general J! M. M - M 1ML1 X 1 .1 spreading out ox, necessary xaciuues xor uiiuiik care ox me Interests of a constantly augmenting population and business. , The levy for city expenses in 1917 was 14 mills, and for 1918 and 1919 it. was 12 mills .for each of those years, and for 1920 and 1921 13.7 and 13.9 mills respectively. And. outside of $242,856.63 for bonds for street improve ments under the Bancroft act, the general liability bonds of the city of Salem have been reduced since the Salt Lake Tribune secured' its figures; they have been reduced from the $474,000 mentioned to $413,000 Reduced by the payments on serial bonds. So Salem is doing very well, thank you. Due credit should be given to a careful city council and economical city officials, who try to render good service at the least possible cost and along strictly business lines. U ' With. thV.saltoe general policies in the future, and with some improvements in methods, " and with the constant . crnwth. in bonulation" and conseauent increase of taxable property in Salem, even lower leviesmay.be confidently looked for in the" years to come: and that without neglecting : , the1 increasing facilities thati will necessarily. TaeT teulred to keeD Salem in the forefront as a progressive city 4" For be it know that Salem is a progressive city, and pro- ' ' . m m - m a . ' poses to so continue; m order to Keep up wun ana oe wortny of the great and growing country that surrounds this city, .demanding constantly increased manufacturing and mer chandising and shipping and banking facilities to take care . of the raw products that are taken from the land each year. ! Jsck Dempsey has gone to Ear ope,'' so the war mast be -ended. ' Air Is a light tatnf to talk About, hat . the professor tells as The Democrats and Assistant Democrats of Oregon are not go ing to forgive George A. White for getting into the gubernatorial race. The more they think about It the more disturbed and the mad der they get, and they are not going to be comforted. chairman Lasher of the shin- pin board declares the govern ment is spending ISO, 000. 000 more than it receives each year in the operation of its ships. He says that the direct and indirect federal aid proposed in the ad ministration merchant marine bill now pending in congress would amount to about 140.000.000 a year. The passage of the bill would thus mean a cash saying of 1)10,000,000 annually and, in addition, the country would get better service on the ocean than it has ever enjoyed. Probably the merchant marine bill wUl be am ended, in some minor details be fore it becomes a law, but no seri ous opposition to its principles has been manifested, and it will not be long before the country begins to reap the advantages of the legislation. With . Henry Ford and Thomas A.- Edison on a fishing trip to gether for a week it would seem that fish would be mighty scarce in that locality for some time to come. Yet they do say that the twain would sometimes sit for hours without a nibble. Genius and efficiency sometimes falter when there is a fishpole in hand The vanguard of 2000 Russians from the United States and Can ada have arrived at Sebezh, Rus sia, with 400 tons of American agricultural implements with which they propose to introduce modern farming methods. The incident illustrates a useful by product ot Immigration. Mrs. Margot Asquith, it is re ported, made 1)5,000 from her American tour, being only sec ond to Sir Oliver Lodge among recent English visitors in respect to financial success. Will her forthcoming "American Diary record the American as apprecia tive of real merit or show him up as an "easy mark?" the upkeep of armies, the United States can lend! no effective aid. i MAKIXE BILL CERTAIN admits: "Agrietulral conditions are recovering from deflation to some extent. Farmers are look ing forward now as prices advanced The wholesome effect of the laLI Of course it may rain all sum -1 disastrous conditions is shown in destroyed or prevented! from trow ing where it might grow on de forested land. NORMALCY DAWNS, SAYS GOVERNORS the farmers, determination to or ganize and practise business prin ciples in production and market ing." Governor Baxter, of Maine, pre dicts: "I consider the agrciultural situation of Maine more favorable. The inquiry for Maine farms is five times as great sis one year ago. Unquestionably the business of farming will be very attractive in Maine in the next ten years." Governor McKelvie, of Nebras ka, assures: "Nebraska has turned the corner and is now well on the way back to normal and perman ent prosperity- Thfl farm value of principal agricultural prodccts in Nebraska increased $(5,357,000 between November, 1921, and March 1, 1922. While the prices for farm products have increased, the prices of things for which these products must be exchanged have declined. . .. There is prof it now in nearly all branches of farming." Governor Cox, of Massachusetts and Governor Russell, of Mlssi ssippi. find conditions favorable in those two states. The whole country has "turned mer, or careless people may burn upj their homes and themselves before getting into the woods. Otherwise we may expect the usual forest tire news, chronicling the loss of sums sufficient to en dow all our schools and hospitals or pay our taxes for a lifetime. Or shall we do better this year? If riot or invasion should sweep our western states, plundering our people of millions in homes, sav ings and business capital, and de stroying uor principal industries, the catastrophe would startle the world. If It should recur every year, the situation would be in tolerable. Everything else would be forgotten in Dreoaration for defense. Except In sensation and defensive preparation, the forest tire evil is a close parallel. FOREST PROTECTION WEEK Affairs in , this country con tinue on the mend. That the far mers are now started on the road to normally prosperous conditions was the view of the governors of the leading agricultural states re- the corner. cently made public in New York City. Governor Harry L Davis, of Ohio, advises: "Our department of agriculture has made a survey of farm conditions in Ohio. Glad to advise that agriculturally farmers are on the upgrade. Improvement in price of farm products and im proved marketing conditions have given Ohio farmers renewed hope ana lszx gives every indication with forest fires prevented, na of being a more properous year ture will grow new forest crops ap- By E. T. Allen Smokeless summers bring preciative tourists. A few months rebuilt San Fran cisco. It takes a lifetime to re- grow a forest. that the quantity of air that pas ses through a pair of human lungs every day would weigh more than thirty pounds If It were herded I their substance to economic re- an thi hiT acaies. Hot . air 'is I habituation instead ot waste in Before entering the Genoa par leys France signified her intention of maintaining an army of 665, 000 on the Rhine. She declares that Germany is already repudiat ing her. treaties, and that a force of that size is necessary to her protection. Regardless of the merits of the Frenchcontentlop, the fact remains that the huge army is there and likely to remain, with ail it huge financial burdens. Europe as a whole is militaristic, whether special fault attaches to one nation or another. Until the nations are Europe are ready to end their auarrels and devote than the past.- Ohio Is in as sound condition as any state in the Union. We have turned the cor ner and are going forward agri culturally and commercially." Governor McCray, of Indiana, exclaims: "Conditions are improv ed and prospects brighter in In diana. On the whole the outlook is good for an early return to nor malcy." Governor Sproul, of Pennsyl vania, opines: "I feel that all con- on our deforested land. Russian Famine Relief Campaign Closes Here Tnrs to the announcements through papers and addresses, the Russian famine relief campaign closed on April 15. "We shall fill the few appoint ments already booked or pending, but no new hearings will be so licited," said Nathan Swabb chairman of the local committee "Although Salem should have shipped' four or five cars of low grade flour in proportion to what other cities have done, it will be impossible to ship even one car as the contributions do not total any where near the equivalent of car. This will make it impossible to spend the money here as adver tised. If you have made a con tribution and are unwilling that It should b sent in cash form to committee In Philadelphia, please lot rae know by letter, phone or in person before April 25 and it will be refunded to you. On the other hand, contributions will suu be received, subject to the above conditions, until April 25. Nathan Swabb. chairman oflo- cal committee. 794 South Twenty first street. Phone 11 81 J. ' - Lows of Appetite is also loss ot vitality, vigor, tone. To recover appetite and the rest take Hood i Sarsaparilla. that strengthens the stomach, perfects digestion, makes eating a pleasure. It also makes the blood rich and pure, and steadies the nerves. Adv. GEORGE LOANE" " TUCKER-'S LadiesWustUvs BETTYrOMPSUN fed Save Thursday, Friday or Saturday for this one. LIBERTY THEATRE SOOTHES The forest payroll pays nearly two-thirds of the Northwest's wa ges. We cannot afford to burn it up. UGLY. ITC16 SKIN The First Application Makes Skin Cool and Comfortable Our fathers' patriotism made this country worth defending. Don't let forest fires make it worthless. Fish and game need forest and ditions, point to better times for Btream. The man responsible for forest fire is worse than the game hog. agriculture in Pennsylvania. There may be some delay due to distur bance nlcident to the coal strike, etc.. hut I fol that much better si . : i . "-- industrlal conditions are immin ent and that our farmers, being so close to the markets, will ben efit" Governor Hyde, of Missouri, de clares: "The corner has definitely been turned. Missouri farmers .being close to three great terminal markets, Kansas City, St. Louis and St. Joseph, have been more fortunate than farmers more re mote from terminal markets." Governos Trinkle, of Virginia, Timber pays heavy taxes.- For est fire prevention helps us All meet the taxation problem. The woods are our recreation grounds. The careless camper, smoker or motorist who sets fire to them destroys the pleasure of his own, return1 as well as of ours. If you are suffering from ecze ma or some torturing, embarras sing skin trouble you may quickly be rid of it by using Mentho-Sul-phur, declares a noted skin spe cialist. This sulphur preparation, be cause of its germ destroying prop erties, seldim fails to quickly sub due itching, even of fiery eczema. The first application makes the skin cool and comfortable. Rash and blotches are healed right up. Mentho-Sulphur is applied like any pleasant cold cream and is perfectly harmless. You can ob tain a small jar from any good druggist. Adv. VCVtOOh TXTDT aroaxa BT7MOB PLAT WOBX Another dry season is near. Un less eood citizenship keeps lire out of the woods, millions of dol lars which every' family should share will vanish, leaving nothing more enduring than a pall of wind-blown smoke. Copyright, 1022,' Associated Editors TRAINING FOR TRACK ! - The Biggest little Paper in the World Edited by John IL Millar THE RUNNER ? ! .... X ' J-riC If worked properly the throw will get you across the line Quick er than the ordinary method of sumply running into the tape, f Do not attempt to throw your self too creat a distance, and do Uiot bring your feet together you shove oft. In sprint, running probably the thing ot greatest Importance is the sJirt. l- -.. r''-r?;-v';:i! ' v twenty-five or thirty years ago, . runners started from a standing position, but this start has prac tically disappeared and today the popular form of starting is from : the- crouch.';." " 1 ; U " ?"- '.: - While waiting for the "take your marks" command, dig two small shallow holes -in the cinders near the starting line, one hole : for each toot. 'The holes are dug one In back ot the other with the rear one slightly toone aide. They are far enough; apart so that the sprinter, kneeling with .the toe of a shoe i neach hole,' is fnot in a cramped position. ( ' . A good way to get' the holes th ' proper distance apart is to dig tbe front hole first, and then kneel down with the toe of the left foot ; ia the hole so that the right knee . comes even with the Instep ot the ; left foot. Tha rear hols is dug where the toe of your right toot touches the ground. : . . v ; When you are commanded to "take your marks,! kneel with your feet in the holes, and place your hands, fingers spread, on the ground .about four inches in front oi yur leu ioot.1 Relaxr your body. - Allow your right knee to rest on the ground. This position Is shown on the left side of the picture printed here. . : At "get set" raise your body to the position shown on the right side of the picture. Every muscle is tense as yon wait for the com mand to "go. "" . At "go," bring your right leg forward quickly and follow with a short step with the left. Get into your stride immediately. ' So much for the all-important start which every sprinter should master. r- And now for the finish ot the race.' " ' In a elose race, about six or eight feet from, the tape, some sprinters employ what is known to some as "the Morton finish" to get them across the tape. The Morton finish is so named because J. W. Morton, an English sprinter, used it In winning races. vH-f . When you get within the proper distance ot the tape, which, as I say, is six to eight feet, give your self an extra hard shove with your right leg. Turn your" trunk so that you strike the tape with the left aide of the chest. This, of course, is done vice versa if your stride should leave yon on your left toot when you decide to throw yourself, Into the. tape. as I ONE REEL YARNS TUB PANTRY WINDOW Hugh Cross came running dqwn the alley behind the big gray stone house. His hat was gone and the wind whipped through his hair and cut through the torn. mud-stained sweater he was wear ing. At the corner of the house he almost Van into a ragged boy of about his own age. said the boy, with a sullen look at Hugh. Hugh looked back at him with a friendly grin. The boy's look became less sullen and suspicious. "Whatcha doln'?" Inquired Hugh. - , ,. The boyr looked at him "hesltat- ly for a minute," as though afraid to apeak, than he seemed; satisfied and said confidentially: "I'm try in' to get in that window there. but it's too high for me to reach "Whatcha want in for?" asked nuga. , , - "'Cause that's the window to the pantry ot that big house, and 111 bet there's a regular feed in there. There ain't nobody around the kitchen I been watchin. And tne window's unlocked. Like to give a fellow a boost?" As Hugh did not answer at once, he went on fiercely, "I s'pose you're goin to tell me It's wrong, but I don.t care. I'm hungry, see? And stuck- up rich folks don't care I if I starve." j . "All right," said Hugh, "hut I want to go along." He gave the boy a boost, and then the bov reached over and helped him up. Once inside they set to work1 and hungrily devoured whatever they wm wy weir hands On. i-:.' WHLIE mousSL I. JL H&E I TOLD YDU UAUt Pacific Coast lumbering nor mally brings nearly $300,060,000 a year, more than $800,000 a day to be distributed through every artery of community support and shared by every family. Forest fires strike straight at community i welfare. To every citizen of the Pacific ; Northwest, and his children as well, forest fire means handicap in industry, health and pleasure harder conditions of life. There is no way he can dodge persona loss whenever an acre of forest is So absorbed were they, that they forgot to be careful, and even chuckled aloud in their enjoy ment. Then they both stopped and caught their breath. Some one was coming toward the pan try door. They turned to the win dow, but they had closed it be hind them because of the draft. and now it stuck stubbornly. The boy looked at Hugh, white with terror. . , The door opened. They stood as thotgh some wV.ch had turned them into stone figures. "WJiy Master Hugh," said the butler. I didn't know you were here. Your mother has been looking for you." The stranger stared at Hugh, his face wearing a bewildered but strangely softened expression. TODAY'S PUZZLE Concealed In each of these sen tences is the name Of a country "Neither I nor Waynpassed the examination." "He lost his watch in a hotel." Solutions tomorrow. How, Why, and What Why do ducks waddle? The duck's legs and feet are swimming organs as well as limbs lor walking, so they are set wll to the rear of the body. This makes tha balance of the bird on land ungraceful and causes the waddling action which is peculiar to ducks. - l FUTURE DATES April 18 to St "Bttr Hula" ml ia Sslem. April 18. TnMdar DosMt ot I abella Dance and card party. Elite Hall April is, Tuesday Whitney Boya Ch"m to tier at Christian ehoreV April 21. erminr: April 22. matinee Dane recital, "Butterflies Ball," Grand Theater, benefit Salem hospital. April .zi. rnaay uonroinr r smoker April 24. Monday Prof. Punni'n lee- tort at Willamette nnvremity chapel "Profiles of Prejudices." S o.m. April 27. Thursday 100th Anniversary of. birth of V. & Grant. April 27, Thrrattay 100th anniver sary Of birth of Genersl U. 8. Grant. April 28, Friday State tax committee to meet in Naiem. April 80, Sunday Blossom, day. . - J " ... noted editor and literary man, to address miismeiie staaeata. May 4, 5 and . Oierriaa OiTrinre. May 5. Friday Jnnior nlay. "It Para to Advertise," Willamette anivertity. Mar 5 and 6. Friday and Saturday junior wees -en a resuvai at Willamette. May 12, Friday Concert by Mary ocnuiia. TKMinut, trraaa tneatre. May 18. Saturday Jnnior mIh I entertainment at O. A. CL May 19, Friday Primary oleeiiom. May 19. Friday Oni k.iu dopartment of! hick acho1. May 20 8awrdoy Marion County school athlete meet. May 26 and 27, Friday and Saturday May Festival. Oratorio Creation-Friday na oratory; uvngptetareo Saturday iB.t Jnne 3, Saturday Automobile races as state (air rreandt. Jena 5. Monday Track mat tCUl.m. otto and Pacifio University ot Forest Jna 14. Wadnaaday TT TWv Jua IS, Fridsy Higk school tiradaa- In. a A y . r . . . mil VX. TV -wbs 01 Orejwi Fir Chiefs' aaooeiatio at Marsh Jnlv S and AV4 fta. 8uto eoaveatioa of Artisans at Woodbara! "TvjSr9' . Wednoaday Oregoa Methodist conference meets ia Salem. Beptoaibor 11. 22 aad la P.mrflMi rvena-up. Beptember 21 SO laehulvo Oregoi State Fan. . Koraasoor T. Taaadav .Oaaayal ml. Increased Mileage Salem Laundry Company Salem, Oregon; April Ji, 1922. Auto Electric Air Feed, Ind - . Chicago. Ill - i. w , Gentlemen: I tested your Air Eater In my Chevrolet car today. I drove the car on a measured half gallon' of gasoline without your gas saving device, and with the instrument con nected I drove over the same road at the same speed, using exactly the same quantity of gasoline. ' - The increase In mileage with the Air Eater attached was exactly 60 per cent over the first run. ' L , ; 4 ..'.-' j -'. . Besides making this extraordinary saving in gasoline, my car pu'H hc",er on hills, has a quicker pick-up and the motor runs smoother since the Air Eater was installed. N, Yours very truly, ' " - (Signed) COLONEL J. OLMSTED. AIR EATER is the sensation of the automobile world. It took Eastern cities and states by storm. SOME DEALERS TERRITORY YET AVAILABLE Only high, class men with some financial responsi bility Considered. , t For appointment write, MReWHARTON .Marion Hotel. Are you makino: an intellicrent use of the passing hours?. To save time is to save money -money saved is profit profit is the object of business. There is no greater factor in the economy of time than the use of the long distance telephone. The serv ice is prompt, efficient, convenient , and satisfactory. , . . Gnsult the telephone directory as to rates and classes of service avail able. Every Bell telephone is a Long Distance station. e Pacific Telephone And Telegraph Company f I