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A late season is usually a good
season, for most crops, in the Sa
lem district.
Tea; Salem can be made not
Only the Cherry City of the world,
but also The Fruit City of the
world. . s
" Lloyd George has little hope for
RufBla; but he still hopes. He
is the, premier hoper and interna
tional optimist of his day, or any
other day.
SITE FOR A NEW HIGH SCHOOL
. Instead of being against the
Harding administration, the Indi
ana Republicans are for President
Harding with both feet and hands
and roice and spirit.
The Oregon Jersey breeders are
having a great trip. They are sit
ting on the world. The breeders
in all the lands bordering on the
seven seas look up to them.'
attitude of dictator. To the olfre temational comity without them.
branch extended by the . other There was more than passing
powers they responded with vain fgjgnificane In the warning to the
boasting and a reaKirmaUon of Russians expressed in the closing
what they claimed their country's speech of Lloyd George: "Europe
right to repudiate its just obliga- ia more nd more filiing the gaps
tions; and adhered to the Bolstae- jer DT Russia." The! other coun-
STATIONS OX THE SEAS
vik policy or taking the property I xxlss of Europe are turning totheEarP oa tneIr bicycles.
' First thing we know somebody
will come along with a suggestion
to extend the boardwalk at Atlan
tic City to Liverpool and we will
hear of Iowa tourists going to
of Individuals without 'compenaaM Americas for the ; raft: materials
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tion. I that ther once received from Rus-
The Russo-uerman treaty had I sia. If Russia can exist without
the effect of bringing the other I the rest of Europe; the rest of the flye right away. Equipped
They want to make the Atlan
tic safe for all kinds of travel.
They are going to fix it up for
The opinion, in Salem is all but unanimous in favor of
keeping intact the'oak grove fronting on Capitol street, just
north of North Mill creek
And not allowing it to be divided into building lots.
The Salem school district must soon figure on a new high
school building. The present high school building is already
overcrowded, and it will be more so from year to year.
The" school "district already owns the Ispacious "athletic
grounds joining the oak grove tract under consideration, and
it would seem the part of wisdom for the city and the school
board to work in harmony in respect to the keeping of this
tract, and as to its use, for park purposes, high school build
ing sita or playgrounds, or for all these uses. ;
It will not be very long till that point is near both the:
geographical and the jwpulation center of Salem, for this
city is bound to grow steadily perhaps faster; than most
... . . if 1 1 J X. it' A ! ..' .H.l
conservative people wowa ai mis uma predict,.
. BULLIONS OF DAYS LOST
- A large western corporation which employs continuously
1282 of fice workers has, figured out from its records that
the average clerk, loses 8.15 days a year through illness. This
supports the estimate made by the Federated American En
gineering Societies that the 42,000,000 men and women gain
fully employed in the United States probably lose - on the
average more than eight days each annually from disabilities
resulting from illness. '4 ' -
The total number of days lost by the 42,000,000 men and
women workers is 342,300,000. This is 937,808 years. This
is an Impressive period oltime; one of the estimates scien
tists have made; as to the age, of mankind put the appear-;
ance of the first type of man on earth at Z50,000 years ago
If this mformed guess be approximately accurate, illness
causes annually the loss to American men and women work
crs of nearly four times as many years as the race has spent
lit reaching its present stage of development.
: Whatever age is assigned to mankind, the tremendous tax
illness among workers lays on capital, on labor, on personal
savings and on national wealth needs, however, no compan
son 10 maxe eviaenu
The May Festival will ' show ? that Saletm is a growing
; musical center, a distinction in which there'will be found;
both cultural pleasure and commercial protit.
nations into a closer understand- Europe can exist without Russia,
ing. In the face of a patent men- For this reason the' conference
ace petty differences were forgot- at The Hague is likely to be of
ten. The neutral, countries, the (much' greater importance than the
Little Entente and the four ma-1 one at Genoa. Russia will likely
jor powers -J Great Britain. I be given Its last chance. If It
France. Italy and . Japan ended (elects to still play the part of ln-
the conference in common accord. I ternational outlaw, the other Eu-
There was no, flinching before J ropean countries . will perfect an
the menace of sovietism .or of a I organization to protect the small-Rnsso-German
alliance. ' Lloyd ler countries against outlaw depre-
George went to Genoa empowered I dations.
by the house of commons to rec- Germany will likely also be
ognize, under certain conditions, I compelled to make its choice be-
CEXOA AXD THE HAGUE
Compared with the brilliant
and permanent results of the
Washington conference, the meet
ing of the powers at Genoa was,
to say the least, inconclusive;
acknowledged so by Lloyd George
in his speech in the house of com
mons , yesterday.' The torch of
peace emitted but a fitful flame.
In place of bringing all the peo
ples together. I of establishing
closer' industrial1 and trade rela
tions, of inaugurating a movement
for general disarmament, it; has
left Europe separated Into hostile
camps. There is an evident dis
position to return to the, old and
baneful poller of maintaining a
"balance of power. .-'toK
t Reading the record, one' reach
es the conclusion thaV Russia and
Germany, did. not . attend the
conference in good faith. The
Intent of the delegations of
those : v countries seems to
have ' been to divide ' Europe,
not to consolidate it. They did
not conduct themselves In a man
ner calculated to inspire faith in
their sincere desire that all the
peoples of Europe should hence
forth live in amity; and the hopes
of those who envisioned a united
and peaceful Europe hare been
rudely shattered. '
Russia and Germany negotiated
a separate treaty at a conference
where all nations were in 'honor
bound not to make private pacts
Such an., action .was. regarded by
the other nations in the nature of
Cohihevlk'deiegatlerir assumed the
the soviet government of Russia.
He was the outstanding friend of
European harmony in the confer
ence. But the Russian delega
tion responded to his conciliatory I able governments keeping their
advances with threats and boast- j engagements with the other. The
Ing. They declined to meet any J Hague conference will probably
of the conditions which would j determine whether the reorgani-
guarantee tne sarety of foreign 1 zation of Europe is to be made on
investments in Russia. Yet they 1 a basis of peace or war.
myuucuwjr iu8 wiuer gov- v.. gDeech of Teaterdav.
nuuicuiu vvx cmuu w me BUTiei ,,. rs-M .U i-
tween sovietism and free govern
ment. It cannot make an alli
ance with the Bolsheviks with one
hand and an alliance with honor-
government a loan of f 1,000,000,-
000.
Friends of European peace In
the conference, however, refused
to give up all hope. In the words
of the Italian premier, "the torch
of peace has not teen extinguish
ed. It has been passed on to The
Hague." Russia is to have anoth
er chance. The" nations ' repre
sented at Genoa will meet again
at The Hague, on June 15. The
light of tolerance and forebear-
ance will be kept burning, while
the Russian government has an
opportunity to consider what (he
end will be if Russia is to be iso
lated from the rest of Europe.
The friends of peace are hoping,
perhaps against hope, that, seeing
the futility of their threats, the
sia, it was hopeless for her, what
ever her government, to expect to
extricate herself from the pit of
squalid misery without assistance.
He said three courses are open-
first, force, which has failed; sec
ond, leave her to her fate; and
for the. third he did not answer.
Evidently leaving that to the fu
ture.
As to The Hague conference,
Lloyd George concluded: "I am
very hopeful that when they come
down to examination of political
propositions something will be
achieved."
FUTURE DATES
' Mar 22 to 27, Mondty to Saturday
Swimming week for boya and cirla at
Y.M.C.A.
Soviets will recognize that they I Jubilee.
Hay 26. Friday Program at State
stations for the landing of aerial-
is ts are to be established every
tour or five hundred miles. These
will be anchored so as to be still
resilient to the winds and storms.
They will be as Islands, yet hav
ing no soil. They will be as a
floating hotel with a vast landing
surface aloft. Each will also be
lighthouse and a wireless sta
tion. There will be machine shops
and unlimited fuel supplies. There
will be motor -boats and hydro-1
planes for relief and patrol serv
ice. Steamships may call or tie
up in case of need. There will
be stations for the convenience of
every globe-girdler. They should
make aerial navigation profitable.
As it is today an airship about to
start on a long sustained flight
cannot carry anything but its
pilot and its fuel. If oil can be
obtained every 400 miles' in a
fHght across the Atlantic it will
not 4e necessary to carry much
fuel. Thousands of pounds of
mail or express can be taken In
stead and the transportation be
mode profitable. By the creation
of these stations along lthe lanes
of air -and " ocean trave.l soaring
becomes a matter of safety and
advantage. They are among the
immediate necessities of the time.
a clamp of bushes and., firing
again, wounded others of the as
tonished Federals. the Union
men did not return the tire,, but
pursued them for six miles, hop
ing to take them alive.
At last these three musketeers
took up a position in a graveyard
and, refusing all offers Of truce,
delivered a final' volley. Then
the Union commander gave the
order to fire and the last fighters
for the Confederacy were riddled
to death and buried in the grave
yard where they fell.
Swallow tail coats are ead to
to coming back. . The half-pint
site wUl be the popular cut.
EDITORIALS
OF THE
PEOPLE
Grove Buy Favored
Editor Statesman: I have often
looked at that beautiful oak 1
grove known as Parrlsh'a Grove
and wondered why the city did
not bny It tor a city park. . And
now that the city has a chance to
buy it by all means buy it. Don't
let the opportunity slip.
DAVID M. BARTLETT. .
Read the Classified:? ArJ-
HOME WRECKING
Because the wife refused to
sample ils home brew the hus
band knocked her down with his
fist. Now they are divorced. Be
ware of the home brew. If it
doesn't get people In one way it
does in another. It biteth like a
turned worm. Los Angeles
! Times. "
can only be associated with hon
orable governments on a basis of
honor.
Friends of peace have turned
the other cheek. But there is a
term to their patience ' and for
bearance. If the Bolsheviks con
tinue to affirm their policy of con
fiscation and plunder, and their
refusal to keep national pledges,
then the other countries . ot.Eu-j
trope wHl proceed to effect an in
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Ccryrliht, Associated Editors
The Biggest little raper ia the World
Edited by John H. Millar
I wish', we ; had " an, honest-to-
f oodne8s cave., says " Joe,, when
Our pirate Seven was hating a
meeting In our cave, which Isn't
really a cive - only a, sort of
hack ia one of the fellows' back
yard. . . -t ' '
t "WeM,? says Sam, who's gener
ally satisfied with anything, on
account of being tat.and. not lik
ing to moTe around, "we can't
have a cave because there Isn't
any J ocean. ,': Caves are" only on
oceans. ,;. ...,.,. r ; f .
"They aren't,: either.'.' 'Sauee
J lather speaks up. He's awful in
crested in rocks and things, and
when he speaks up abeut any-
thlng3lke, . that ; we : know he
k bows .,wha tube's . talking ahouU
wl got to reading about caves and
1 guess If there had ever been any
Inland ' pirates' "they could have
found. . caves Tall", right. iThere
might even bo some around here.
Ifwe'd hunt them
" 'Who ever heard of hunting
caves?', said Sam.
Any way," says ; Squee, "this
Professor Watklns,: that's a geol
ogist, has a friend who knows lots
about cavesl. : He goes around and
ixplores them. First he hunts tor
a place where there's a thick bed
'on sort of loose limestone. It he
Xiods sink-holes on the surface.
which s places where there's a
sort of caveln". and'5 water mna
4rvrn Into quicklyj he knows that
!there is probably cavern under
neath, - : . - .
"-TThere are .lots and lots tot
Miles of Secret Tassagrs
f "This ; explorer has knocked
around a lot in the Ozark moun
tains. There's a cave there called
Marble cave that is 400 feet below
the surface and has been traveled
for miles and miles. And near it
is another. Fairy cave," which, is
real beautiful; The way 'into it
la through a sink-hole 100 feet
deep. And In southern : Illinois
he's been In a cavern that has
been explored ' 14 miles' one way
and six miles another without
finding aa end. It. has a lake
and a river with eyeless fish in
it. - . ' ,
"In southern Indiana-there are
many caves, too, with Indian rel
ics in them. Of course, we've all
beard of Mammouth cave 'u Ken
tucky,, because It's the largest yet
discovered anywhere. There's
more than 200 miles of galleries
in it large enough for a man to
pass through. In it there's what's
known as the 'long route, for
visitors ' which it takes eight or
nine hours of steady walking to
cover. . ' v
The Bihk-IIolcs) '
' These cave pits or -sink-holes,
through,, which you can get into
pome of the caves,' are made-when
the arch above a cave which is
near, the surface of the ground
weakens and collapses. . Some
times these are awful deep., Why
there's one in Missouri called the
pevil's Hole, that, is so deep, that
when big logs are tumbled into it
they 'are nerer heard "to Btrjke
the. bottom. v .Doesn't that ;give
cliffs. ? When a soft layer of rock
Is under a hard layer on the face
of cliff, the soft stone takes up
water, you : see, and when this
freezes it is cracked oft The wind
grinds the broken -stone around,
and that is how these hollow
rooms are made in the cliffs".
"These are the robber dens you
hear ! abou t-' They're where the
bandits and wild animals hide on
the mountain side. I guess they
are about as Interesting as sea
side caves, aren't they?
The Cave Explorers
"Exploring caves ia. dangerous
business. It takes a Sot of nerve
to go Into a dark cavern and fol
low it "through. Usually at least
three fellows go . together in a
party. rThjey take" twine along
and pay it out as they go along,
so they'll ibe sure to find their
Way -back and notget tangled up
In the undergrottBd'passagesi.-?- -
a 'Some ,4aya'm, going, to do
something like that, I guess
Won't it be exciting, making your
way, along galleries .away under
ground, with only a flashlight,
and not knowing what you'll run
into? Sometimes they-find skele
tons In the caves or ancient rel
lcs.
"So-you see, there are Just as
many interesting caves Inland as
there' are along the seashore, af
ter all."
AL STUBB3. '
Scribe of the Pirate Seven.
Blind irhoot
Mar 28 aad ST. Friday mut. Satardar
May rattiral. Oratorio Oreatioa rriday
ia armory; livtaf pictnrea Batarday aigat.
i Mar 30, Tuesday Yuratin to be
prvaeated by students of Chemawa In-
diait school.
Mar 31 Wednesday Commencement
at- -Cheiaawa Indian school, 8 p.m.
May 31, Wednesday Health week be
gins.
t ane i. TBnrsaay ursnrt jury meets.
June 6. Tuesday Juwams-Kotarr
kanqoet.
I June 1. Thnrsday M iat Martha Fer-
tnson and rred J. MeUrew to appear
ft nnai recital of public speaking and
aiusic department of - wuiametta amv-
rsjty. . .
June a, Saturday Amtomobu race
at state fair around s.
Jaoa 5. Monday Track maet. Willani-
tta aad Paeifia TJnivaraitv at I'oreat
vrroTa.
Jua S. 7. 8 and 0 Oreron State
Vrang convention at MeMinnTilla.
JOBS 14, Wednesday riag Day.
June 15 to 29. National, cnard en-
eampment at American lake.
Juno 10. Friday Uirm aeboM cradna-
1 1MB.
June 20. 21. 22 and 23 Portland Boss
(sural.
' ! , umm w-w, rfmiy a oavauea 1
Oreroa rtra Calais' aatocUtioa at Martlt-
field.
Jnlr S aad 4 -MoadaT mmA Timh
State eoaveatioa of Artiaaaa at Weadbsra.
TAKING HIS TIME
Georges Clemenceau, the great
war premier of France, is taking
his time on his "memoirs." He
smilingly explains that he will
have the first chapter ready in
about three years. As he is ap
proaching his 85th year, it looks
as if he were expecting to con
tinue his labors well up towards
the century point in his remark
able career.
ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY
The ilast blood wals shed ,in
the Civil war 57 years ago last
Monday, May 22. This strange
engagement took place in 1865
after General Lee had surrender
ed to General Grant. Three Con
federate musketeers defied a force
September 8. S and 4 Lakariaw I of BOO Federals at Flovd Court
geptamber 13, ' Wednesday OroB house, Va., and boldly opened
Methodlat conference meets in Balem. nn v.orrl
Septaatsar 11. SS aad SI PaadJetoa " '"v""-
iwaad-ap. i Taken by surnrise. two Union
!8tat raw. soldiers were wounded; the des-
jNaabr v. Taoadar sarai i perate southerners then went Into
17 ft
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genuine :
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Other Models Ranging: From
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NOTHING DOWN
It You Buy Before Tomorrow Night
I THE SHORT STORY, JR.
caves m mis counyry uuv tne cnlTpril?
knows about most of them. Why, J . r .
he says that in. Kentucky alone
there, are at -Wit 100,000 miles
W caverns. Vhat do you ; know
about that?. -, v .
Cava in the Cliffs ;
"In the Appalachians and In
the southwestern , United States
there are caves . in 1 the faces of
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to yctrrday's: "The early bird catches the worm.
The Pomonk rirer was a laty
sort of t8treani. not very deep,
that wandered along just outside
of Sttdting. Here and there it
was dotted with little islands that
were covered with water in the
early spring, but later made fine
places for camps and fishing sta
tions -
To one of these island) Newt
Perkins and Jack Fulton rowed
one Saturday arternoon. They
took, with them some provisions.
intending to stay until late and
rook their own suppers. As usual.
Jack did the rowing and carried
the food. He was a quiet, slen
der boy who trailed about after
the bold, dashing Newt like a
willing slave.
"Gee. this place is muddy,
said Newt, when they' landed
"The spring rains ' haven't ' been
eff very long. I ray." Jack, let's
play 'desert island.,. I'm Robin
son Cruso, and you're Man Fri
day. Man Friday, let s build a
fire." Let's" meant that Jack
should do it, and so he set about
gathering together the driftwood.
Suddenly Jack looked up with
frightened eyes. "Newt!", he
called. "The boat's gone."
"Sure It is," said Newt easily,
with a flash in his daring eyes.
"What's a desert island it you've
got a boat?, I . let it. drift. It'll
catch down on the bar above the
bend. Always has. "Jack looked
at him, speechless. IfT "could
swim, but he hated the water,
having had 'a brother drown be
fore he moved to Stirling. New
did not know this. lie had plan
ned to tease Jack, intending to
tow him back to shore, as he wa4
an expert swimmer.
Jack was too hurt to say any
thing. He went silently abdtft
setting the meal. He had trou
ble making the fire burn. Then
he noticed the difficulty.
Water was creeping up on the
island. And oon both 43oys re
alized that for some ..reason i the
river .was rising and soon the ik
land would be covered. ; a, j
'Better get off our shoes," said
Newt, "and swim for it. He bad
hardly finished speaking when bij
foot slipped on the muddy ground
end down he went, doubling, it
under him. By the time Man
Friday got to his aid, he realized
something was very wrong.. Newt
could not move his leg. . And the
water was getting higher.
- Then . Newt , saw a strange
change in Jack. The .quiet, meek
boy was gone. With a business
like air, he made splints and ban
daged Newt's leg. Then' he got
a good hold on the Injured boy
and lowered him into the water.
and the surprised Newt saw him
strike out .boldly into the water,
When ! they were .: safe; on the
other shore, Newt looked up at
Jack with a humble looks. in bis
eyes. "I'm a fool. Jack." he said.
"From now on I'll be proud Jf
yottTf",!et v;me he; your Man - Fri?
day.
URN I
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Just a few words to the wise buyer. One visit to our store will convince yon that our low
overhead expense and our cash buying enables us to sell for less. JVe cany a complete
line of home furnishings.
' . refrigerators;'
We carry the famous line of Rhinelander refrigerators, guaranteed to keep food fresh and
sweet as long as any refrigerator made and sold at a moderate price within the reach
of all ' ' .
Priced from $15 to $30.
RUGS
Regular $57.50 9x12 Axministcr, Rug $45.00
Regular 45.00 9x12 Axministcr'Rujr. 35.00
Regular 37.50 9x12 Axminister Rug 31.50
Regular 35.00 9x12 Axminister Rug . 27.50
Regular 3000 9x12 Brussells Rug 22.50
Regular 27.50 9x12 Brussells Rug 21.50
Regular 25.00 9x12 Brussels Rug 20.00
Regular 15.00 9x12 Wool and Fibre Rug 11.50
Regular 13.00 8x10 Wool, and Fibre Rug.... 9.50
Regular 07.50 9x12 Wilton Velvet Rug . 45.00
Regular . 7.50 36 inches wide Axminister .5.50
Regular 4.00 27 inches wide Axminister.... 3.00
One special lot traveling man's samples, about fifty
rugs. A good quality of velvet rugs, special sale
price while they last, 27x54 inches wide, each..$2.50
Felt bas3 Linoleum, per yard .60
USED GOODS
DEPARTMENT
One Wedgewood gas range, with; wood and ' coal k
burner, all coiled and ready to Connect, only slightly
used, at HALF PRICE ,y
One U. S. Cream Separator, lika new., t ,rS;
One 4-burner oil stove with oven, good as new.
One 12x16 tent and fly. - t: v
Bed Springs, some like new, others slightly used.
No junk.
Ona Sonora large cabinet talking machine, mahog-'
any case, like new.
Several good used ranges, kitchen chairs, tables,
rugs, beds; ivory chest, kitchen utensils and some
tools. A lot ofgood fruit jars. '
All goods in good condition and prices are very low
to move them. .i
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