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J'Hist 4, . i ?! & !! k 6 ' & Jul 4 ' I - .J 4 Iisued Dally Except Monday by ' ' THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY - . 21 S 8. Commercial St, Salem, Oregon (Portland Office, 27 Board of Trade Building. Pbone Automatic ...... ., x . : : r 511-93 "i::x- 1 MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ;i , . The Aaaoclated Preae la exdnalrely entitled to the nae for publi- cation ot all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. ' " ; ' R. 3. Hendricks .....Manager , Stephen' A. Stone .Managing Editor 1,Jfi Ralph Olorer .Cashier X Frank Jaskoskl .... ........... .... Manager Job Dept. TELEPHONES: Basin en Office, zi , Circulation Department, 583 Job Department, 683 Society Editor, 10 f Entered at the Postofflce In. Salem, 1 SEEING HEAVEN" Dr. Howard Case, a professor in Syracuse University, fcays" that in a recent automobile accident in which he nar rowly escaped death, while he was caught underneath the overturned motor car his spirit soared across the border and for a short time he "saw heaven." He goes on to describe songs he heard sung by the celestial choir and even gives 1 ' ; " 1 in'detafl' his" conversation . with a patriarchal man with ... white hair and flowing beard whom he presumed to be St. V C' Peter. v 'L'il 4 jEpr aj few blessed moments, he says, he felt the joy, the peace, the wonderful soothing and balm and healing of :'V heaven. , ' -;trhere,:are some i of us who will think that Dr. Case 'X. .was. "seeing and "hearing things." , ; ".Psychologists, of course, will aver that he was looking ; through brain impressions and "apperceptions." . However' that mav be. Dr. Case's eXDerience of "seeiniz I ''''heaven even assuming it to ,j(,..leaaure wc uuputaicu ujr cvcijr nuxn niiu every wuiiiau, ;Hvery day in every weeK and it can be done without get ting pinned under an automobile and so running the risk of establishing a permanent " ; It is within the power of every single' one of us, by I-CVfrnrl 'thouchtu and trenerous acts, hv trnnt. rfoerU And pn- i - ? - . couragmg words, to bring into our own and other lives the calm, the joy, the. balm, and the healing of the abode of angels. - JKeaven, anyway you look at it, Is, simply a place where serenity, reciprocity of love and happiness reign supreme. ? It is a" place where life's meannesses, its spites, its pettiness and Its unworthiness are not permitted to enter and defile....; t i i . ...It Is a place where 'malice, Dreiudice. en w and the rest of the'ugly brood have hM hy emerged reborn' into friendliness, tolerance, trust , . , and contentment. H . ;.,; , '-':: " And the way to get to MheavenMto enjoy the journey - ' 1 . . -1 1 1 M A It 1 ft . 1 1 ana come dsck ana continue 10 see neaven is to uring S YAtheaVen to earth by, giving free play to the kindly im--; pulses reawakened by the spirit of Christmas, by purging : :; the mind and the heart of thoughts and urgings that are Wonworthy, by making oiir-own little' corner of the' earth SSUZL&b place of peacftnd good will and a bit of "heaven" for V somebody elsev ' ' ' - ' V m ... , 'And-. then it will surely be a place of peace and good I will and heaven for ourselves. , . , 8 ! - - L:rs: The count at the Oregon state prison last night was 77- 443: .Three Women and 440 men. Of these men, 85 served v iiv the army; or, navy during the World war, and 20 more f .men are there who served in the Spanish-American con f flict or. have been soldiers or sailors for their country in ; . i land orsea forces. That is, 105 in all, out of 440. The J ' jreader may draw his own inference or make his own con ' ' elusions ,' But "the fact that the great majority of men -".-V -serving time in penal institutons are young men will fur . i "nish the main reason for the showing. "Any one taking a tMylook'at. the men in the Oregon penitentiary may observe I M ITTTDT V aVTOKIS foyjrlsht, 1923, Aaaoclated Editors THE !FUN BOX - " . . Open the ; Lid Hard to Please ' 1 An old colored man had gone to a' picture ehow for the first time. When he came out he was1 asked: "Well, Uncle, did you eo joy the picture?" ' ( "Oh, yes," he said, ,the picture . was alt right, but the piano made so much noise I couldn't hear a jtfordjthey said." rv'MriBugVSay, that bid daddy : ' longlegs has all the luck, lie's getting $15 a week now for rent V'. n, IeS as bars on the county tf;'i Fourteen to the Pound ; ff here's the lightweight cham , " , plan of our village," remarked the talkative native to the newcom- "Pugilist, eh?" 'Nope, the village butcher.".- , 4 , Certain Evidence Little Boy (to ;the.lady Scrub bing steps): "Say, 'Missus,, is Johnnie home?'": Lady: VSure,i can't you : see his shirt hanging on the line?': . t .... -v f . . .' " ', ' " - '. " if--' ' y' '& ' i f 'I Some llnildlng . . A, bunch of workmen . got , to Xttlklrrg about high buildings. One Irishman, said, ."I' got yoa, all . beat. Saturday about 6 o'clock X dropped my hammer and when l!ent to" vork Monday it hit me on tnaaead.",1 - 1 , , ''YrX. ; u - ' Tlw.Voir Frrrfiy 7 !' . THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON Oregon, as second class matter the golden city, mentions the be true as he stated, can in a residence. . . o - - - - been subjected to the crucible amwr 3 The Biggest Little Paper la the World and Laugh A Sad Tale Mary had a Thomas cat. It warbled like a Caruso; A neighbor swung a baseball bat; Now Thomas doesn't do so. ' ' A Millionaire As the subject for their weekly essays the teacher asked the pu pils to write out what they would do if they had $1,000,000. All heads bent to the desks', save one. and pens scratched busily. Henry calmly sat doing nothing. - When the teacher collected the papers. he handed in a blank sheet. "How's that?" asked the teach er. "Ail tne others have written at least two sheets, while you did nothing." "Well," replied Henry, "that's what I'd do It I was a million aire."' V-;! U. i THE SHORT STORY, JR. a , J V chiustmAS fou the little j HUSH TJbey grew side by ride-in the big woods the tall, well shaped evergreen and the scrawny little bush without any leaves. . . The evergreen proudly rustled his needles and admired himself. Chrlstmas.rwas coming, and he was the most beautiful tree in the forest?, He , felt confident that some one would soon , come: for him, but' most of all he hoped that Fred and George would come He wanted to be their Christmas that they are mainly upstanding fellows physically; strong and capable of work. It is a great shame that, they are not all employed, as they might be. If all who may be spared from the routine work of the institution were em ployed in the flax plant, equipped to weave twines, they could support the entire institution, and besides, give every man or woman there who worked a small jwage. In doing this, they would save the taxpayers about $400,000 eaxh two years, besides conferring benefits it would take a book to relate. There are 11 men in the Oregon asylum for the insane who seAed in the World war, and one in the state tuberculosis hospital. It Is announced that Ambassa dor Crane "saw" the caliph at Constantinople. Wonder what It cost him? It is estimated that the Ger man floating debt totals 489,000. 000,000 marks. If a thing like that can float Einstein is right In his theory of grayitation. It is just possible that In the suggestion from England that the United States forgive the debt due from France that John Bull was saying one word for France and two for himself. The Willamette university stud ents made a lot of noise on Wed nesday night. But no true Salem Ite begrudged them a wink of the lost sleep caused thereby. It was a great victory, and the students contributed their share to he vic ory and then some. Salem is now one of the child ren of the great Rockefeller foun dations founded to give away money where it will do the most good, according to the conclos ions of the directors! chosen for the purpose of giving the money away. Salem will hear from these men at various times In the future They do not neglect their child ren. One thing about the million and a quarter campaign for Wil lamette university, that was cele brated and broadcasted and flash ed to the world as a success late Wednesday night, the victory that was won by the hard workers! in the campaign will mean more than any one claimed for it more to Salem, to the school, and to the state and nation, and the world. Such things grow in benefits as the years unfold. Salem will be blessed in untold ways as the site of the great Willamette university that ta to be. ... . Reversing ;tQ - the -selection of the site tori the proposed child ren's home of the Yeomen mem bers of the order in Salem are able to show that the saving in the cost of fuel alone in the vicin ity of this city, over any site of fered in the east, would more than pay the difference in the cost of railroad fares for the child ren. And millions of feet of lumber would be required in put ing np the various, buildings that would be needed. Lumber that costs $20 a thousand feet in Sa lem costs $63 a, thousand fet In She, too, loved Fred and George. "Oh,", she sighed, as the wind rustled through her bare branch es, "if I were only beautiful as he then I could go along. How I should love to be a Christmas tree, especially for these dear boys." The very next day the two boys came into the forest. They were poor boys, as you could see by their ragged clothes. .'They went right up to the" evergreen and started to chop it down. "Isn't it a beauty?" cried George. "We'll take it into town and sell it. It ought to bring enough money to buy presents for all the kids." "And mother too," added Fred. "Poor mother, she feels eo bad to think that we can't afford a tree this year. But she says it just seems wicked to have one when they are so high. It's the firm year I can remember that we haven't had one, though." As the boys talked they were busy chopping down the tree. "There she goes,- called Fred. "Look out! Don't let It tall on that little busrh." The big ever green fell sprawling to the ground just missing the tiny bush. "Fred!" . George stood and looked at the little push. " have an idea, .We're going to have a Christmas, tree, after all. Here, help,', me cut down, this such cities as Wichita, Kansas. The difference in favor of a site in the vicinity of Salem in'the cost of lumber that wonld be needed would help to equalize the dif ference in railroad fares In favor of a site nearer the center of population of the United States and Canada. And the center of population Is constantly moving. Who can say where it will be in 1975, or fifty or a hundred or a thousand years later , The lower infant mortality for the vicinity of Salem has beens mentioned. That ought to govern, without re spect to material considerations. But even material considerations are in favor of our section. There are some beautiful available sites in the vicinity of Salem, that are under consideration. 'Every re quirement can be met here. It is up to our people to show the com mittee having the final selection of the site that we are able and ready and willing to meet every requirement. SCOTCH RADICALS What has happened to Scot land, once the bulwark of Anglo Saxon, conservatism? Who ever heard of a Scotch radical or was naive enough to imagine ' that Communism would find a fulcrum for its lever on the banks of the Clyde? Alaa for age-old convictions! Returns from the British elec tions show that the highlands are now the' strongholds of Liberal ism and that the lowlands have turned Red. And Bonnie Dun dee, the . home of hard-fighting and hard-drinking clansmen Dundee has elected to parliament a prohibitionist and a pacifist. Glasgow has sent a labor dele gation to London, a delegation of extreme radicals, verging on Com munism. In the whole , of Scot land but eight Conservatives were elected. Nearly half the 74 tneni bers belong to the Labor party. Ireland, on the other handas FUTURE DATES - December 20, 21, 22 and 23 Marion eounty teachers' examinations. ' Friday, Dee. 22 Mothers' Clfesa o FlVst Methodi&t IthnrpK mrata with u H Taft, 1565 South Liberty, at 3:30 o'clock December 24 and 23. Sunday and Mon day Supreme directors of 'Yfouieo, to be In C .1 Am December 35. Monday Christina. December 81, Sunday Eilra fMid niht Follies." Grand theater. Monday. Jan. 1. Y. M. C. A. "Open i ioue, jor ereryoody, Aew Year's day afternoon and ereninc January 5. Friday EWi If; Owsley, national commander of American Legion to be in Salem. . January 8, Monday Inaurttratioa of bOTernor-eiect w slier,. M. Fierce. Jannary 8. Monday Legislators meats BTTtfOB PLAT WOBX Edited by Joha H. ilfllar "Are you crary? - Look) at it!". The little bush' blushed attd nung her head for shame. She was glad the evergreen was1 still too dazed from his -fall to hear them. . "Listen! It isn't so bad. We'll put it on the table ,with that scrawny side next to the wall. Then we'll wrap the branches all with, cotton so It will look : like it Is covered with snow And you know we have a iot'of that sparkly stuff left from last year We'll sprinkle that. all over it Then with our tinsel 'and popcorn and the kids' presents, I'll bet it will look keen." ; , "Say, you've said it!" Fred was already chopping away at the little bush. And we won't, tell mother until we get it all fixed Won't she be pleased to have s Christmas tree after all, and such a pretty one, too! And it will be pretty, by George." George laughed at this old joke "By Fred, too." he said. "You've got to help." The little bush laughed, too, but -he felt" sorry for the poor evergreen that' had to be sold. '.dttftfli PICTURE PUZZLE gjtart uitb'a letter in the middle column and foMou squares diagonally to find a h i d den m on h' o- DMS AF A T J T C GJJ D U F- oibIgIqI'r much of Ireland as still remains a part of Great Britain has turn ed dour and Conservative. Eleven of the 13 members ot parliament elected from Ulster are adherents of Bonar Law. Other times, otner customs. The style of thought of peoples changes about as regularly and radically as that of their dress. We are far, indeed, from the Scot land of Burns and Scott. The old race ha3 migrated to the United States and to tne tfrmsn dominions. When Scotland ceased to be an agricultural country and turned to Industrialism a new race appeared, a cosmopolis of many races. And the great In dustrial communities are now dominated by the labor unions and eend iradScals to represent them in parliament. Scotland's lords are still Con servatives; but the commoners are either Liberal or radical. Bonar Law is one of the few Con servatives sent to the house of ommons from the Clyde. And It required all his personal popu larity, together with a cleverly manipulated, three-cornered fight to enable him to win the suff rage of a working class constitu ency. The Conservative party draws its strength from England. It is no more popular in Wales than in Scotland. But, although about three-fourths of the members of parliament are elected from Eng land, it is a rare occurrence when in Englishman is selected for pre mier. Asquith wa the only Eng- ish premier in a generation. In Glasgow, the hotbed of British radicalism, a movement has been launched having for its object a dominion form of gov ernment for Scotland, following the example of the Irish Free Staters. It is fomented by the radicals in the ranks of the La bor party; and the strength which they developed in the recent elec tions indicates that it may prove troublesome. Conservative Scotsmen lament that the drift from agriculture to industry Is xuining the rriorale of the country. But it is one of those economic movements that politics cannot control. The Bum mer season is short In Scotland and the soil Is not highly produc tive. Foodstuffs can be raisAd elsewhere and shipped to Scot land cheaper than thev can bo. grown there. Scotland buys over half the prunes she consumes from Salem, Oregon. The change to industry was inevitable; and It seems equally Inevitable that the industrial workers drawn from many countries should follow the false gods' of radicalism. Economic currents have the same effect on the politics of a country as ocean currents on clim ate; and a new economic current has started Scotland drifting to ward radicalism. XO SUCH ANIMAL Down in Texas a religious con vention decided by a unanimous vote that men were not descended from monkeys. Here is a victory for William Jennings Bryan that will take the sting from all his previous reverses. When Texas decides that there is no such ani mal as evolution, that settles It. Texas' Is the largest state in the Give a Box of Milk Chocolates "The Melt in Your Mouth Kind" H pound box 1 pound box ... ....60c $2 2 pound box Don't Forget the HOME MADE SPECIAL 6Va-oz. box 30c 1'1-oz. box 60c 26-oz. box $155 si afSvsftrNsfTfi n M mm FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 22, 1922 Union. Of course. In a way me Texans may be only speaking for themselves. They may mean that no true Texan has a gorilla in his family tree. Some of the hill men over the line in Arkansas might not be so sure, but there is no strain of the orang-outang In a Texan's veins. But it Is1 un derstood that the decision of the gathering was expansive and all embracing. It went far beyond even the magnmceni noraea oi the Lone Star state. Nobody ever descended from a monkey. Dr. Darwin was an idle dreamer. AX HONORABLE CAREER The late John Wanamakerwas the father of department store ad vertising as we know it today. He was also a pioneer in broad merchandising. He wiahed to keep in stock everything that could be found In any store of any kind and he used the news papers for the purpose of having chatty talks with the people about his merchandise where it came from and its best uses. . Out. of this program comes the great de partment store as It la known to day, with its intelligent concep tion of advertising values and trained publicity staff. John Wanamaker was a , merchant prince in every sense of the word. He carried honor and in tegrity Into, every department of existence; , Closing Out ;-i: Friday & Saturday: - -..'..V , 5 ' " -' ' They must all go in these two days. We have cut the prices, in some Ccises, . Half in two, so we can force them all" out in one big two-day rush. tala.MMB..MMHHMiilH.HMIM.MHHIiIM.MM t f : " ' " ' " ."v " - fr, Ladies' Slippers (aL). ;. . 95c Children's Slippers ,95 Men's SUppers ( . :$1.95' Broken Lines 1f:$1.95.' Don't ftf iso These Bargains Our Entire Stock of Shoes (Excepting contract goods) i On Sale Repairs The best repair work in the city. We have put in all new machinery and have the best man in the city. Try us once. If it is not the best repair work you ever had we will not ask another chance. ay We Weil A Few Practical Christmas Owner LINCOLN Touring Coupe -; Sedan limousine' ACCESSORIES Pedal Pads . Bar Radiator Cap Dashlight , Car - Heater Windshield Cleaner Stop Light Parking Lights Foot Accelerator Dome Light Flower Vase VALLEY MOTOR CO.. 260 N. HIGH STREET Authorized Sales and Service Ford Fordson Lincoln v THE PRICE SHOE CQ Ran Sun SebxSh VtliEhNxto BdBdstfBooU nxtAfptaaw. 326 aialca-HaiiDUXipati a ar 5 BK Bk WW Suggestions for the Auto FORD Touring Coupe Roadster Sedan ? ' r i.- ua.' i .: Tire Pump Motometer Bearview Mirror Tire Chains Sun Visor ' Speedometer Auto Robes Snot Lifirhts i a y i - r v ...rv. y f Tires and Tubes Dearborn Independent Sub, scription Dr. L J. Williams Chiropodbt " ' And Foot Specialist Is 1st charge of our Foot Comfort Department. All foot trou bles sclentlf icallr treatef and corrected without pain or loss of time. If too. hare corns, callouses, lngrowa - nails, bunions, weak and fap. : len arcnes, consult him at Once.:. Ten years practice in Oregon. , , bush." ... ' ..- x .to Ttr1ir" fVmh. .Hllir