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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1922)
Ije Cteflxrn Statesman ....,, Issued Dally Except Monday by , THIS BTATK8SfAJf- PUBLISHIXQ COMPANY '-' , :.. 115 S. Commercial St, Salem, Oregon Portland Office, 27 Board of Trade Building. Phone Automatic , 511-93 - MEMBER OF THK ASSOCIATED PRESS ' Tne Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the u for publi cation of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited la this paper and also the local news published herein. R. J. Hendricks Stephen A. Stone Ralph Glorer ... frank Jaskoskl . . TELEPHONES: Business Office, ZB Circulation Department, fill . Job Department, 581 , , Society Editor, 10 1 Catered at the Postoffice in Salem, BRYAN AND JONAH ::' ; (Copyrighted by the San Jose Mercury) . P 'WILBUR GLEN VOLIVA, the successor of John Alex ander Dowie, the religious leader and ruler of Zion City, near ;Chicago, 111., believes, and publicly declares that the earth is flat,' that it does not revolve around the sun, that the sun 'exists polely for the purpose of giving light to the world by lay, and that the only reason for the existence of the moon and atars'is to perform the same service for the world by night. This, he says, is in accordance with Divine revela--tion, Jle has recently publicly proposed to William Jennings Bryan that they arrange a joint lecture tour that, he says, ."would make the fur. fly." , 'Believe me," says Voliva, "we would give them a hot .time. There would be no evolution taught, and no modern Gastronomy." The reason for his enthusiastic proposition to Bryan is the latter's fight against liberal and modern religious ideas at the recent convention of the Baptist Churches of the Unit f ed States at Indianapolis. Although Bryan is a Presbyterian, ;he was imported by the Hardshell" Baptists to help them fight the more liberal clement in their church. Even when reinforced by Bryan, the "Hardshells" failed, by a majority of more than two to one, in their fight with the liberal ele- ment, which has been and will continue to be in control of the Organization and policy of this great church; - ' In the course of this fight at Indianapolis Bryan ia re ported to have said, 1 believe, in the Bible from cover to cover just as it reads. If I did not believe every part of it I would reject it all. I believe that Jonah was actually in the whale's belly for three days 'and nights. Who knows, there might have been a suite of rooms in them I would far rather believe that Jonah while young contracted the , habit of .going in and out of the whale than the ridiculous guesses of the evolutionists, All of which goes to show to what ridiculous Jengths creed, dogma,-theological formula and bigotry may caibe oth erwise intelligent men "to go. W- : . f'! ' ' - The f undmentalists, as they choose to, call themselves, who insist upon the literal interpretation of all parts of the Bible, may not all go to the ridiculous lengths that Voliva and Bryan go ; but a flat, motionless earth and Jonah actually dis . porting himself for three 'days and nights in thewhals belly are not very much ' if any more shocking to onetein- : telligence than a literal interpretation of 4hetoriesfrre44ttljnitk& . creation and of the flood,- as - ls other portions of the . Bible. - i, I What a weak and childish conception of God and His laws ope must have who can believe that the Great Creator and f Ruler of "the universe found it necessary in his special way l to give Jonah a much needed lesson in humility and obed i ience J As though His laws, universal in their application to all of His children, could not administer this lesson to Jonah j'as to every Tmeelse, who is III I' 1 !. ! xieauy, uuauiiaie. or buuui. ... . ... ' r No, the story of Jonah Is an allegory intended to teach ! men that when God calls them if they fail to heed His com , " mand darkness and repulsive conditions will surround them ' until they, are willing to do, to live the things that He com- tnands. And God is constantly callinor all men to walk with jj Him; to yield up their base passions, physical appetites, pir i;pensities and desires, and strive for truth and righteousness; Like Jonah, most of us shrink from the struggle and effort i; necessary on our part if we are to heed, and obey His call. ,This Ninevah, this rottenness, thatwe are to overcome with M righteousness may be, doubtless is., in ourselves; and to con mki , Copyright, -1023, Aasoclated Editor If I TH17SH0RTST0Ry, JR. . i I: ; J .THE NICEST GIRL Matilda was the nicest girl, so 'all the neighborhood said, declar ' lng that a foolish thought was 'fnever .in her, headv Her mother - used to fold her bands and roll f, her eyes and say,. "I'm mm'i 1 f.wlsh that all the girls were senel ,,ble that , way. , '" . v "There's notWng.that itnlllda , likes to do as well as sew., and she crochets, she's working on "a loveiy yoke you know. Shn does, 'n't .want to run around. Shs ,Jnever out of sight. I never saw 'Matllla' do a thing that wasn't rli.v.ivV;...i;;. vv' .i ; "She's different. I thank my .islars, from Baker's Betty Jane, jiwho; romps around the' livelcng day as. though she wasn't sane, .j She yella and whoops; the Wildest way spd even rides a bike She's . always' running off : somewhere "tor sw?nmlng or a hike. V" .V "; 't.VShe hasn't any interest In the , -.'things: young ladies do, and real ly. I have seen her turn a somer. 'sault'or two! So different from Matilda. My!, Her'mothcr must feel sad to see her only little girl , VU turning out so had." Matilda's mother wandered ..boraa, her head with' pr'de beld Jilgh; ;'nd on the poreh Matilda ' sat ;and watched the town go by She saw the flighty Baker girt go tramping down the road with easy tread and shoulders straight, aespue ner hiking. load. ,1- She saw her coming back at n Ught-hearted, 1 with : her gang." nd listened " to vhelr stnglrg wUh a wistful little panx. She watched them sittfng In the yard engaged In telling 'ale& of ghastly ghosta and haunted spots TTE OREGON STATESMAN, Manager , ..Managing Editor . .., Cashier ...-..Manager Job Dept Oregon, as second class matter told in Genesis; and of many inclined to be weak, cowardly; - ' . I The Biggest IJttJe Paper la the World' on went slipping to the floor- how pasty her complexion seecied, and summer neat'y o'er! he wondered if. that Betty Jane, by any chance would mind if she could slip across the yard sh? seemed a jolly kind y f Matilda's mother, scandalized, picked up the fallen yoke. : She PICTURE PUZZLE Ij THE ttmRS CP THREE -SUMMER HAVE BEEN NUMBERED FROM ItfT TO Ri&TH U.7,5; 10.9.13.3. fchat are IheseSports.? SALEM, OREGON quer one's self and bring into subjection to that which is highest in him all of his selfish, base, impure and unholy de sires and ambitions is the hardest struggle that the ordinary man ever faces. So we turn our backs upon God and take our own way, apparently believing for the time that the greatest happiness and enjoyment are to come from the gratification of our nat ural desires. We revel in physical pleasures and make any effort and sacrifice to procure sensuous gratifications and for the attainment of our selfish ambitions. Finally it dawns upon us that the physical, worldly, sinful life of indulgence and pleasure is useless, empty, valueless; that it is.but as the apples of Sodom which were fair upon the outside and dust and ashes within; that we have thus far wasted the life which the Creator give us in order that we might develop into His Hkenes3. The inanition, suffering and darkness which our life has brought us finally induces us to strive to overcome the Ninevah rottenness in ourselves as well as in the world, and to strive for the things that are worth while, that abide. Most of us are Jonahs. We have to be forced to seek righteousness and to square our lives by the standard which God has set for us. And we need not one lesson in darkness, suffering and unhappiness, resulting from our selfish, world ly, sensuous, sinful life, but many, before we turn from the beggarly elements of the world. One of our American au thors ha3 suggested the too common human experience in the following lines; - -. The Lord said "Say WM; ; t But I shook my'head, ' . Hid my hands tight behind my back, and said, Stubbornly, t - ; y. t vr The Lord said, "Say W; But I looked upon them, grimy and all awry Myself in all those twisted shapes? Ah, no! Distastefully I turned my head away, Persisting, "They." The Lord said, "Say W; And I, ' At last, ' Richer by a hoard 4 Of yea re and tears, Looked in their eyes and found the heavy word That bent my neck and bowed my head: Like a shamed schoolboy then I mumbled low, MWe, Lord." '"Prayer is powerful If it Is mixed with equal parts of sweat." remarks a friend at the writer's fflbow. A noted biologist brings the word, "Fear nothing, lire for ever." But that, would be along time to Hve, any where in this world outside of Oregon. I' Conan Doyle has made a fear- In saying J.hat heaven Is-- place-where everybody works. The Weary Willies won't like it. ". The Gideons, are planning to present a copy of thei Bible to each member of congress. As a FUTURE DATES Aarnit 17, Tharaday low pienla at fair tcroundB. -, ABput 26, " Saturday iRiating-Bar-Dan k Bailer eireoi. September 1, 2 and 4 Konad-np at Stayton. Septombr S, S and 4 Lakavtew Ronnd-ap. Lakeview. Or. September 4, lfoadar Marion county Odd fellow,' picnic at Hilverton. September 6. Wednesday Oregon Methodist Conference. Salem. September . 7. S and 0 State Elka V eonvention, Seaside. September ?1, 23 and 2S rFesdletoa ronnd-np. - . September 35 to SO UelawTo Oregoa State fair. October ft. and 7 Polk County fair, Dallaa. NoTember T.'TBeadsy Oeseral ele- ew mwmn called ber daughter in at once and words of w(sdom spoke. But" Til da, at they call ber now, tossed: tfre cut-up pup wnat . Happens next? Tjp Your SciUorsWiU .Tell-i Z? fijS matter of fact, only the Demo crats need 'em. Exchange. There are some things that are never settled in this world. For instance, the monkeyrancestor'en igma. Even Bill Bryan has been nnable to get anywhere with it. More forestry patrol airplanes are ordered to come te Oregon. But Jupiter Pluyius Is the best air patrol of them all. :". ' '.: -...-L., il? The rains have bumped alonjg the bumper prune crop. "Foil C;f prunes" will be ,no name for The Salem district will be full and running .over. : Looks like the tariff law pay be enacted, after al, before all of us are old and gray. ; ; ; : The victorious leaders of China are in favor of the adoption of a constitution, modeled after that of the United Slates, and. the res toration of law and order and the protection of the people in their peaceful pursuits.' That sounds civilized and up to date. General Feng, one of the most powerful of the leaders, as The Statesman has said before, is a convert of itntoi rur woax r Edited by John H. Millar back a flying curl, and-everyone declares that 8heV no longer "nrc est giiL' ... eleven years standing to Christi anity, and an active worker with the forces representing the high est Christian ideals; and he has converted practically his entire army to tbe .Christian religion. He is one of the most remarkable men of all history. If the men of his mind can have their way they will give China good govern ment and bring the vast popula tion of that country under Influ ences leading to progress ruch as is known in the western nations. Perhaps the day of miracles has not passed. As most readers of tbe news columns no doubt noticed, the senate ou Friday night approved the plan for a flexible tariff; but limited this provision to July 1, 1924. This provision follows the Hritlsh and French tariff laws, which place the matter of raising or lowering rates in the hands of commissions; the main object be ing to keep the rtos protectee to British and French produc tions. In the provision adopted n the United States senate, the power is put in the hands of the president. Both Oregon senators voted against it; also Senator Gooding of Idaho; these three be- ng the only Republicans so vot ng. Possibly they are against limiting the time. Or they may regard the provision as unconsti tutional. Some leading Ameri cans do. Also, some high pro- Utis tariff authorities think it is not wise; they say the rates ought to be fixed, ro that manu facturers and producers may know in advance what protective rates they may depend upon. Al- 30, they argue, the authority in the hands of the president would make for bickerings and unneces sary disputes. The Statesman believes the principle is right; that it would tend to takethe tar iff question out of politics, and n doing so great benefits would accrue to the business and com merce of the United States. The tariff question is not a political question in any leading country excepting the United States. i BITS FOR BREAKFAST ,- Weather man predicts fair. V s s It was a grain, all the farmers say; did a world of good. A friend nhones In. saying to eave the redwood tree, and put a plate on the tree giving the par ticulars of its planting; make it an object of reverence and inter est. The flexible tariff plan, propos ed by the senate, made permanent would take the tariff out of poli tlca. It is not in any other coun try. But, of course, there are sora epoliticians who do not want the tariff taken out of pontics. i- s s One optimistic newspaper says congress will pass the tariff bill this month.- That is almost too good to beWeve. The kaiser is said to resemble President Harding in preferring to do his literary work with a lead pencil. There is no better instru ment for the purpose unless it is a pen, and a pencil with a bit of rubber attached has obvious ad vantages. Would that the acts of rulers could be as easily oblit erated as their words! ' V An extraordinary story comes from Chicago that Lord - .North- cliff e's illness Is due to gas pois oning, during his visit to that city. by stench bombs thrown by Ger man waiters into the room at the Hotel LaSalle where he was ad dressing the association of com merce. "Mention of the bomb throwing was suppressed at the time." The suppress'on is quite as fishy as the story. V S "Always reaiy" is the namR and watchword of one of the Hal ion factions all'ed with the fas cist!. The latter take their name from the Roman "fasces" or rods symbolical of authority, and "sem per paratus" is a famous Latin motto which gl'des easily into Italian. Law and order parties 'are apt to draw heavily on the classics and specially on the clas sics of ancient Rome. The following Sentences appear in the current weekly financial letter cf Henry Clews, the Wall street authority: "The continued improvement of industrial earn ings, the wiping out of deficits the increase of current Incomes and the volume of business testify to growth in the prosperity of in dnstry throughout v the country. Favorable prospects for the au- tnmn trade are to be noted in practically all l!nes, and there is a notably better trend In nearly all of the staple commodities, their prices improving qnv'te dis tinctly, while those of manufac tared commodities continue to move upward steadily, although at only a moderate , rate. 1 Car loadings compare favorably w?th October. 1920, which - wras the peach reached during the post war boom." m h, waae-aaier iio aruggist i -will you , give me something for . my UatlT r - " SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13. 1S22 . u 16 i BAD Adele ' Hew REVELATIONS OF A WIFE CHAPTER 96 THE SIGHT THAT GREE'i 1 MADGE'S EYES O.N WAKING. When I awoke I seemed to be bathed in sunlight. I looked about in that curious in dec si on which characterirea one's waking in a strange place, wondering where I could be. Then as 1 glanced around the queer-Jooking room in which I found myself and saw in the other twi n bed Dck's brown head buried ia his crum- pjed pillows I real'zed I was at last in the southland which I had so long wished to visH. Two sides of the room ;n which I slept were open from the ceiling to a line three feet from tbe floor. Wire screens, which could be opened and shut, covered the en tire surface, and inside these werj perfectly fitting, long glass win dows whf'ch hooked to the ceil ing when they were not needed be cause ci ram. I bad been tgo sleepy the night before to realize why my mother-in-laft- had fastened a wool jacket over my filmy nightdress. As I felt tne cool, bracing air rushing in from two sides of the room 1 mentally thanked her for the pre caution, looked over anxiously at Dicky, and saw with relief that he had put a light sweater over his pa J s mas. I raised myself on one e'bow noting with gladness that though still weak there was no return of the deadly faintness whicti had characterized my nervous collapse of the day before and drank n thirstily the beauty framed by -the window space. The Surge of Hexltb. I had left fros'y a'r and the snow and ice of the late spr.ng in my northern home. Here the air, while cool and bracing, still had the bint of spr ng in it. And down in the sand at a little dis tance beneath my window I saw crocuses and Englith violets in blossom. " almatt awakened picky to share my joy at the mere sight of the flowers. I be thought myself just in time that, man-ike, he would no doubt pre fer a continuation of h's nap to the sight of any flower ou earth, and contented myself with Toast ing my own eyes upon the blos soms. The two sides of the room look ed out rpon a wonderful grove of the tall, long-leafed pines, some of them towering to a hoght I had never seen before. 1 judged that thb house I was in must be situated on a tmall hill, for the grove seemed to dip abruptly A New and Exclusive A distinctive suite iif standard walnut finish, two-tone effect. Correct in 4 design and proportion. A suite worthy of a place in the finest homes. 6 r piece set including buffet, 3 diners and a carver.. . .-, Price $182.25 Special Sale on Library lables We are overstocked on Library Tables. You will find in our east window. A wide range of sizes and styles. These must be seen to appreciate the real values. Special prices now at approximately - ia away to a lower level, and I caught a glimpse of charming vista through the trees a state ly aisle- of pines with the glimmer or water at the end of L I chaf ed with Impatience at the weak ness hich I knew would keep me in my room for a day o" two. I wm wild to explore this queer, new landscape outside my win dow. There was no grass to be seen in the groves of pines, and I sur mised that the 1 ttle on the lawns had been carefully planted there. Sand covered everything, and the effect of the trees and flowers growing directly from it was be wildering at first, although I ad mitted its peculiar charm Madge Betrays Resentment. One thing d'sappointed me. Te winter Lad been so long and bleak that I had Inordinately longed to see the first tender green of the maple and oak trees. It is a sight in which I revel each spring, and in my ignorance I had thought that I should see the 9 rst loafing out ot the trees when I arr:ved In the southland. , But although there were a large number of trees besides the towering pines they were as stark and hare as those 1 had left behind me in Mar vin. "I thought they'd surely be in leaf." 1 said half mournfully to myself, and was startled to hear Dicky's voice answer me. "That gave me a jolt, too. old dear," he saVd. and looking quick ly over at him I saw that he was s'ttlng up In bed, his hands clasp WALK-OVER FALL For Ladies Will appeal to those seeking va riety of style consistent with economy, Walkover products are of superior quality, meeting the approval of shoe critics. In pay ing for what you get, select Walkovers and get what you pay for .. , Let us serve you J JOHN J. Successors to 167 North 'Commercial See it in our west window Creation ; l y3 off Trade in Your Old Furniture ed' around h's knees, while hi gae was roaming over the scene 1 had been admiring, x; I r sura thought I'd find the tree in leaf down hero. , I'm so fed p on snow and ice.and brown wood that Td Kke. never to ace another northern winter. V - ' "But come to think of U. ho went on brightly. couldnt expect much of a change In seven hundred miles. Guess It's ranch like our own climate, only spr ng comes earlier and winter later. They have Tery little snow, a 4 it seldom geU very cold. Tia told they play golf on Cedar Croft links almost the year round. At least, that' the dope Maje was handing out. Guess he's been down here a lot." The nickname he pereWed In bestowing on MaJ. Grantland grat ed unaccountably. WI thou, think, lng of licky's possible displeasure I spoke hastily. V Xt ';.. I wish you wouldn't calt nlm that.ridiculous name," 'I sa d pet tishly. lt sounds exactly as It you were speaking o a dog." (To be continued) - .; Identifying the Orphan v A genial looking and benevolent business man was approached the other day by the seediest looking lad he had ever seen." v . "Will yon please give a dime to a poor orphan?" asked the lad. "Here'a a quarter," aa'd the bustacs man "So your parents are dead, my lad?" , "No, air." .was the truthful re-, sponse. "they's both aloive. Fath er's the orphan. The-dime. Is tor hlm.M Philadelphia Ledger.1 i , FASHION THEMES For Men ! ROTTLE Phone , line Salem, , Ore. 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