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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON ' WEDNESDAY MORNING, "OCTOBER 25, 1922 - - , Issued Dally Except Monday by - TUB STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY X1S S. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon ' Portland Office, 17 Board of Trade Building. Phone Antomatle . - . - . UEMBEB OP THH ASSOCIATED PRESS ; Theassociated Preu Is exclusively entitled to toe vie for pecu lation of all aewa dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited taithla -piper and also the local news pnbllahed herein. i ft. J. Hendricks ........... . . . .Manager ' Stephen A; Stone .. ... ; ........ , .Managing Editor s Balph Glover .... . .. . ............ . .......... i Cashier ii rrank Jaskoskl M..wt.AM.Manager Job Dept. TELEPHONES: . ; ' 5 Business Office, tS Circulation Department, Itt Job Department, SSI f Society Editor. 101 Entered at the Poatoff Ice in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter IT IS EASY TO FIND FAULT mm' ill 2 ' , The Statesman is printing this morning a screed by M. T. "Head of Aumsrille, who1 thinks there is no balm "in Oilead and refuses to be comforted Unless all the war profiteers are clapped into jail :6r shot before or after sunrise And who blames some of the troubles of his mind onto Congressman Hawleyr and makes a lot of rash statements . about our , hard working representative of the First Oregon K district. : . . V ; - ; ; "Which all goes to show that it is easy to find fault if you 4. are in a fault finding mood; and a man may work himself into . a good deal of a lather over things long past and beyond rem edy, if he lets his imagination get away from him. V., I ; Mr. Head is respectfully reminded of an incident that hap- pened in Salem some years ago. : , . ,; h A very well known resident of -Salem, who had had a great j deal of experience with a' great many kinds of people, owned j a farm. , He had some cows on the- farm. A. couple of neighbors t stole his cows. They, butchered the cows and ate and sold the '( beef, hide; horns and tallow.- ; It was a cleat . caseThe Salem owner, knew iabout.it. He" did" nothing. A!"frieh'd Temonstrated with him; said he f. should hare the men arrested and punished ; said it was setting a bad example,, to let them get away with their crime. , "That. would send the men to the penitentiary, and it would do them only harm; they -would come out confirmed criminals; and itiwonld do me no good, it would not give me back my cows, was the reply. i . . . ,. .r . Perhaps Mr, 'Head will" think the Salem man wall wrbneC- Perhaps' othera will. s : But what! would it profit the people of the United States f if they should fill the'federal and other prisons of the country I with war prof iteers if they could all be convicted? And who knows how many Convictions- could be had if wholesale prose- cutiona were attempted: especially at !thjs late day? Or could have been" had trany- timet f : t.- ;T"This man! from 'Aumsville may as well get theaaouiof t. : tt i . r i i i:n: ,t.ii! . -- ; u in uesu ww, since ue iias guiien ue wing out ox nis system. : If yon have any thoughts n ha flax industry, please get them to . The Statesman editor, today; Iris highly Important.-- t r England la not enamored of the f lan ot Secretary Hughes to give he right of search and seizure j of; vessels' ou tsld the three-mile t limit; ; hut she? Ywlll take Tevery I precaution to t prerent the vlola- tlon of the American prohibition lajr by rum smugglers under the BrltlaTi flag. Well, that wiU help ; eome. -. - .- i- Te" Slogan pages of The States- roan jjf tomorrow will be devoted to the flax lndnstry.i Jt would be a crime- against the .present and future- generations to not think of .developing x the Industry, further; 'Into' twine making; f Into linen manufacturing. This " is the flax country, and .Salem must be" the linen city of the United States. V ; v . .. HERE Is A MAN WHO ; THINKS FIGHTINV3 viLii br kkxt; PIUIDI?NT " AumsTllie, Oregon, October ?3, 1922, Editor Oregon Statesman, : Sa lem, Oregon. Dear Sir:-I havi? been reading your paper for'. the past six months. Of course could not help being impressed with your editorial efforts to be llttl alt, progressive people, like Fcnstor La Toilette, 'and "all prc.- gressive Ideas fi."a:iced 'by aii individual or publication. I wish to scy that your edltorla on The European Debts Propa ganda 'was a distinct surprise to me. Uave not . the Republican party and the standpat newspa pers. The Statesman - Included, shielded the Democratic party consistently since Harding's In auguration. . Yoo have surely spil led the beans about the way mon ey extorted and browbeaten from American citizens was Illegally , (hoveled Into the sea In the shape of loans to people, who instead of teing. grateful, slander. us, as you say, and wish us to cancel their debts. Do you think that had La Fol lette been president such crimes as these would have been com mitted or covered up? You know they would not. Ton.have evidently been read ing Senate Document .86 by JinvReed.: .. You know that Wilson basely betrayed the . American people and that Harding is continuing the be trayal. Some day La Follette will bei president and the whole 'of these dirty deals will be published and there will he an exodus of prominent Democrats and Repub licans to Mexico. By the way, have you heard of the war graft in army leather supplies engineered by the follow ing patriotic army officers: Ma. Jos. C. Byron, Lieut. Colonel Geo. E. Goetz, Q.M.C.; Capt. H. W. Benke, Q.M.C.;.and Capt Azel F. Cochran, Q.M.C.? They, nought fifteen sets of harness for 'every horse, nine halters for each horse. thirty-fcix Ipnr straps or each officer, nine . saddles for every animal requiring a saddle, etc. After the war ended they formed a j harness company and sold to themselves the materials left ax. from one to eight - per cent of what they cost the government. In the face of these outrages and others I will cite later on in this letter, you laud and support W. C Hawley, who! voted against investigating these crimes. When Chairman Campbell pocketed the Woodruff-Johnson ! resolution to Investigate war frauds Hawley voted to sustain im thereby aligning himself with t,h grafters and profiteers. I cannot under stand the psychology of the peo ple of this district wnen ,tney elect and re-elect a' man who ac tually believes that only the cor poratlons deserve consideration. This anan has drawn probably $150,000 in salary and mileage. and hf has not done one construc tive thing for the people. He Is merely , a rubber stamp for the house machine. He has the tem erity to praise the rotten Ford nev-McCumber tariff a tariff written by its beneficiaries,, not by members of either the house or the senate which will add a five billion dollar burden on the people of this country and place a like amount In the pockets of its beneficiaries. Have you heard of the way the war department disposed of 43, 550 pounds of candy, mints, 93, 247, pounds of lemon drops, 17, 280 pounds of cocoanut bars, and 19,228 pounds of assorted choco lates all In good condition to M. C. Rayser of Washington, D. C? The ca"ndy cost the government $44,444.15,. and Rayser paid $325. Mr. Hawley was in Wash ington to look out for our Inter ests. Did be do it? This is taking randy from a kid with a ven geance. Then there is the meat deal. Did you or Mr. Hawley ever hear about it? Here it Is. The war department sold to Roberts & Company 129, 719,722 pounds of various kinds, of canned meats all in good con dition for $6.133.244.97 it co3t the government $56,631,289.54. Only a little more than fifty mil lions that was taken from the people in the guise' of patriotism and distributed to the votaries of privilege. And Mr. Hawley voted not to Investigate the war prof 1 tees, and the Oregon Statesman supports Mr. Hawley.- Then there is the steal of some $59,000,000 by the fake Russian ambassador, Boris Bakmetev. The Wilson administration began and the Harding administration con tinued shoveling money into the fea, as It were, to this adventurer until Senator Borah exposed him and caused him to leave the country. Were it not for Borah the present administration would be handing out more millions to this faker who represented no government nor any Hndidtdual other than a few Russians who were helping him .squander the peoples moneyv' Mr. Hawley was there. Why didn't he stop this? The truth is that both the Re publican and Democratic parties are owned fcy the votaries of prlv- liege. They have no principles They should, combine as they have adone in Wisconsin, North Dakota and Iowa, and g:ve the people a chance to bring forth parties with honor and principles. - Tle Republicans under nard- Ing have aided and abetted the Democrats under Wilson to pro tect the war profiteers, to give the ex-soldier the double cros. to cover up the works of yie un speakable Palmer w!ho mada i department ot injustice of the de partment of justice, to cover up the work of the socalled alien property. custodian, whose admin istration - reeks with graft and slime, to enslave the workers the use of the injunction, to re tain the criminal Each-Cummin law which takes millions from the. . t people and puts it into the cof fers of the incompetent railroad officials, to keep on the books the infamous federal reserve law FUTURE DATES ' October : 25,. Wedngdy -Automotive area of Marion and Folk counties to most for organiittion. October 25, Wednesday Annual meet- in r of Willamette chapter. Red, Creaa October 27, Friday Vacaet Lindser to leotur at Waller Jiall. - October 28 and 29, Saturday and Sua, day County Christian endoaror conren tion at Pratura. J " '.. . November S, Triday Marion county Y. If, C A. convention at Btavton. November 4. Saturday Road district svecial tax election in Marion county. Kovember 7, Tuesday tisneral olfee tion.' November 10, rrldayiApollo club ;wn cert at armory. . I . . ; J November id. Monday Scottish Bit Masons to meet Jn Salem. November 14.; Tuesday Represent tlve W. O. Hawley to speak to Salem Uix O'clock club. First Methodist church. .November Stt, Thursday Thanksgiving day. December 2. Saturday Baiasr, St. Paul's Church. 560 Chsmeketa. ofCTTOOl '',-r 8TUDV aoain ill I ! i I I i :: Copyright, 1923, Associated Editor whereby the wage earner and farmer are deflated to a finish but the manufacturer and specu lator can borrow all they desire in order to keep their prices up Indefinitely? This is written by a Republi can not a Tart nor a Hawley, nor a Harding nor ,a Daugherty Republican but by a La Follette Republican. And in conclusion permit me to fay that Robert M. La Follette is the greatest statesman, the truest patriot, the ablest legisla tor, and the most honorable man in either house or senate. In spite of the persecution of the great I: W. W., continued by the; stuffed Moses who ia to lead us back to normalcy, Robert M. La Follette will be nominated and elected president in 1924. If the Republican party wishes to live It will make him its standard bear er, if it wishes to continue the party of the vested interests and die it will renominate' Gamaliel and some other party will nomi nate an elect fighting Bot. Please give this letter space in your columns. Tous very truly, M. T. HEAD. -(AH right; the request is grant ed. But this voice from Aumsville has somei jof his facts twTfted as much as his propetic vision is awry and that Is saying a good 'deal. La Follette is not consider ed a big man outside of Wiscon sin; and Aumsville. If there were any chance for him becoming president, a lot of people in this country, besides the "prominent Democrats and Republicans" re ferred to by Mr. Head, would feel like joining an exodus to Mexico. When the people of the United States get to the point where they- must look to such a windjammer1 as La Follette as ''the greatest statesman, the4 truest patriot, the ablest legislator, and the most honorable man in either house or senate," and as the greatest ex ponent of "progressive ideas" in this country, they will be ready for' the deluge. But why worry? La Follette has' as much chance of being president of the Uunlted ates as Debs. There are some people In padded cells out at the end - of Center street, Salem, and in like institutions throughout iba-i-country; "but the great ma- jorityo! the voters of the United States are not cra2y or going cmy Ed.) the fisherman. It would pay. It would help to support the rest, and to pay the cost of maintaining the institution. The prisoners might be employ ed in other ways; in occupations that would not Interfere with free labor. But it is rather difficult to find other employments of that class. There could be no objection whatever to working all the pris oners in making tow and fiber and in manufacturing the fiber into twine, or even thread and linen and rugs. Is Some one suggests that form of immortality Is a big fam ily. Be always Interested in some thing. When interest dies the body dies. one 61 Si his nw PAL Irishman Swings on Jew at , Police Station When He Sees Currency day night .wondering how they were going to eat. , - Abranis had an abiding aversion to begging, and Churchill knew it. But they were pals and had been ever since, they beat their way out of a Florida town a month ago. So Churchill "mooched": 35 cents and they both ate. on the money. They wanted to sleep, so they applied for a, bed at the police station. According to the practice of well regulated police stations both men were searched before they, were given beds. Churchill had -not a cent on him. From Abrams' trousers an officer drew I ICO in currency. Churchill staggered. He was a harmless looking youth.' But he suddenly gathered himself and took one great swing at Abrams' jaw. An officer warded off the blow; ' This morning the two were sent out of town in opposite directions. Read the Classified Ads. Costs Little and Overcome. Trouble Almost Over Night' i ' Any breaking out of the skin. even fiery. Itching eczema, can be : qulckJy overcome -i by applying ; Mentho-Sulphur, declares a noted skin specialist. Because of Its " germ destroying properties, tbii sulphur preparation Instantly.? brings ease from skin irritation, " soothes and heals the ecteou : right up and leaves the skin ctear t and smooth. "l . 1 It seldom falls to relieve tha torment without delay. Sufferers t from skin trouble should obtain a small Jar of Rowlea Mentha Sulphur tront any good drug gist add use It like 'cold cream. Adv. They were hungrey, were Ben jamin Abrams a Jew, and R. L. Churchill, who says he is Irish. They strolled around town Mon- BOTfOaf FLAT WOBJC BlTSFORBREAKFAST t, Not much idleness here ' But there Is"one" place In the" city of Salem where there are now 150 Idle men. S They are In the state peniten tiary. There are that many men there for whom there is no em ployment. ' "n There should be employment for all of them. Some of them re now employed In the flax mill, hakln? tow and fiber from the flax that was grown in 1920 and 1921. S . , This industry should be coptin ued, and it should be enlarged to include the making of twine for The Biggest Little Paper la the World Edited by John H. Millar FbreiglDolIs Lolly-Pop Folks for You to Make f THE SHORT STORY. JR. . 'Kou'9 Arnold of Swltnerljuid r : " (This is one of ten Quaint little i people from foreign Jands YoullI ! find them Just the thing for party favors and table decorations, and while you're making ' them you'll . learn a lot about how boys and 3 glrla Qf 'other countries dress.) , Arnold of Switzerland la very skillfnl with: his skis, flying bird- like through the air and whizzing ; down the btllsides. The mountains of Switzerland are fine for winter ! sports, and that is why Arnold is so healthy j In the ' summer he watches the: goats of the village, which are pastured on the moun ,taift8tde.i.:j :'f ft ' He Is very proud of his small , repubUc'e gallant history. and 1s fiercely tondl of his independence ;;II will he glad, when he' is older ana can take part in the Went. - ingarof the people of bis canton e help govern the .nation.; : Arnold's head Is j a long;' lolly- pop with. India lnk ieataresHis arms and legs, made of fine wire and twisted Into shape, are: wrap-, ped with narrow strips of hrown crepe paper to represent the warm mittens and woolen: socks that he wears in the snows. , , ? ..- To make his cap, cut" narrow- strips of white paper and-slash the ends Into fine fringe. . Then, starting at the top of the lolly- pop head, wind these fringed strips round anl round, leaving the ends standing up, so that-it looks like a wholly cap. r. v v 'f t His hiking suitls mode of brown crep epaper, the Coat and trousers being cut like those shown' ia the diagram and pasted together at the seams; His scarf, waving gaily in the keen mountain wind. la a bright red strip of fringed at both ends.' . ' .. psper (Next week, a girl ot India.) t TUfc CHANGE! IX WIWAt j "William, when will yon ever learn to 'wash your neck and ears? And your hair looks like a rat's nest! I can't let you go to schol looking; like that. Come here!" This was an old story to Wil liam. He had felt it coming. He noticed when his mother had dis covered him. "Aw.. Mother," he cried in protest, as she ' grabbed him by the ear and pulled him over to the kitchen sink, "yon washed -me good yesterday." r "Yesterday!" Disgust filled Mrs. Brown's tones. ? "Yes, and your hair was combed last Sun day. I'll admit though it doesn't show it. Five minutes later William was onvh!s Vay, to school, his . hair. stiU wef; nd plastered down ,by the vigorous brushing his mother had given it. -His ears and. peck were red .and ' shining. He felt uncomfortably clean. 51 ' Unt, -when,he got to school he was glad ;,that he was so clean. There was a new girl from, Bos ton tn his Class and she Bat right back, of, him. All the students were very anxious to make friends but she held herself aloof from, them all. They were wt beginning to think she was "stnek-np" when she came un to William and began talking. 'AfteVi schol ' when William was walking, home with her she said. "DO yod know yon are the only boyinthe class whose hajr Is eombed? , I hate messy, dirty boys. , .; ; . f r' ' i f Yes. so do 1.7 agreed Wit Ham. MI don't se how they can J stand to have their hair all tous led." . The next morning William "neak'ed up to his room ; to brush his hair for the tenth time and to haver a la. look at! hs ears left for school. Through the half-open door he heard his moth er and father talking. "I'm worried about William," his mother was saying. "I'm afraid he's growing up. He's get ting vain and fussy." r-4 , ."Gee", sighed William, as he gave his ears a keen look in the glass, "there's no pleasing moth ers." I PICTURE PUZZLE l CHARADE: A COttACN NOUN OP Z SYLLABLES and neck in the glass before he u., 8bakespere. Tt;M. Ooleridx. MiK MILL FEED We have a good supply of various kinds of mill feed and would advise buying now as the mar ket is very firm. S m m POULTRY FEEDS AH poultry feed-, are advancing in price and better buy now and save some noney. SEED GRAIN Have several varie ties of Fall Wheat on hand, including Bur bank, Prohi, Kinney, White Winter, White Eton, etc Our price is right, quality consider ed. Also, recleaned Waldo Hill Grey Oats. v D. A. WHITE & SONS Phone 163 261 State r a Salem, Ore., i i WILL SELL AT AUCTION Thursday, Oct. 26th, 1922, 1 acre tract, all in fruit; 6.room house, barn, shed, coop,' good well, all the best of soil, on good graveled road, H block from electric line and ' mail route; also a lot of household goods, 50 chickens, 1 Jersey cow. Terms, all household goods, chickens and cow, cash. Terms on real estate, '25 per cent cash. The of which is due the date of sale and on the approval of abstract, the balance $15. interest m included monthly. Household goods and stock will be sold at 1:30 and the real estate at 2:30 p.m. Location east of fair grounds, 1 block south and one block east of the Lansing place about i'mlle north and east of 1st .four corners on Garden road. Property known as Pevy place. This is a country home with city privileges; you can live there and retain your position in the city. SOCOLOFSKY Agent. G. Satterlee, Auctioneer LADD & BUSH, BANKERS Established 18C3 , General Banking Business T ... . Office Hours from 10 a. mT to 3 p. via. , . rrr - - UlfS The DistiUed Motor Oil THE, GREASE SPOT h Hudson and Essex Service COMING THURSDAY . ; : ' SCREEN SCRAP BOOK . , -,1 '"'S This will be the third, Movie Rotogravure section to. appear in the Oregon Statesman. i ! ' . - U WATCH FOR IT ' '.. i'" King s Food Products Company t .... ' ' 1 : ' i Requires the services of 100 Experienced Women FOR PACKING DEPARTMENT i and , In preparatory department for work on apples. Openings on all - v three shifts. ' ' Report ready for work at 1 1 p. m., 7 a. m., or 3 p. m. .i lee Western.-. PIPELESS FURNACE Is superior in many ways to the average run of furnaces. The large oblong firebox takes large, lasting sticks of wood and a great sav ing in fuel can be 'made by burning large coarse sticks instead of short cut and small sizes. ' The Western is an all cast furnace and will last a life time. It is easy to operate and is guaranteed to heat your homie satisfactorily. Call and let us show you the Westerner. V n 4- 1 4 tt I v.- ' i ;i C. S. HAMILTON . n GOOD FURNITURE it 1 1