A ''- , t-TTTE OBEGON STATESMAN; SALEM, OREGON " ' WEDNESDAY .MOnfiTNG:' JANUARY" 2-11023 1 A:iWA.tWmW;niitniit. ' CoDDCr and Indus- its-Iopieuner control, t-n-.w a ? .. onTtAw ratir mnrpnni art; in zi luvuiauic i . situation. 'Figures made public this week for wholesale quo- ditton in Enrop are such that 0o -hnw;tAbilitv.'or Slight tendency to ad- great hazards may be Justifiable vance, but nothing of a definitely inflationary character. The AuditM possible that the Jesson ihe hrice of cotton reflects a shortage m not.be without value, alike to rnoa avtAnt if if Vimiifi rM furtner aercrravacea aurimr tne iin rncn,nu lUB wcnu.u . coming seasonmight be rather serious. Meantime, however,, preach win learn that force is in- handsome profits are assured to actual owners oi coiwn. in aaequaie lo onng auoui econoww general manufacturing, it is well Tcnown that plants in many solutions; and the German will !-' nf.t!i rountrvare working not far from full capacity, find, that it is, not; possible (for vr r : . . .. , r- xi a ., iv. with sufficient orders on nana lo.jteep uiviu uctueu iw in. w .uo i,1iw good while to come. - 4 Issued Dally Except Monday by i L . Tim BTATlMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY ' " - 215 S. Commercial St.. Salem. Oregon 4- . (Portland Office, 627 Board of Trade Building. Phone Automatic 511-93 , v '-,.' MIIMUEH OF T11K ASSOCIATKI PKKS3 The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for pnbll ritlon of ail news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited ta tLla paper and also the local news published herein.. ...... .;. It. J. Hendricks ,. ..'.'".'" . m vU " Manager : ;hea A. Stone -.(..Managing Editor H ; li Glover i. ............ . .... . . . . . . . . . .Cashiet F. ikJaakoari .Manager Job Dept. 7. lj:pugni:s; ; -; Bnslnese Office, 23 Circulation Department, St 3 Job Department,; SS3 I Society Editor, 10 S Catered at the Poatoffico in Saieia. Oregon, a second class matter UNTIE THE HANDS OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE Through the passage of one of the consolidation bills, or a rubstitute for them, or m some other way, tne uregon ieg islature now in session will untie the hands of the Governor; wi't give him authority to make his pledges good for a re duction of the expenses of the state and a lessening of the burdens of taxation, j ; , r , 1 The people expect this And the Legislature will not disappoint them. ,..-?. There are 'many ways in which there may be reductions of expenses; and other ways will no doubt be found, if the hurAa, of the chief executive are untied as they should be -, And the chief executive made responsible for reductions. There are a number of cases of duplication of work, y There are many items of expense that may be dispensed with, without impairing the public serdce,; : . ; f'- This is a time when there should be close scrutiny of all pv.'Jic expenditures leading down frorrj the state through tl $ districts and the counties to the cities and towns of Ore gon. ; ' r - . . . i The placa to start is at the head. , ; : i It happens at the present time that , the Governor is a D mocrat. There should be no thought of politics in this cc .nection. The next, Governor jnay be; a Republican, or. a m.;:mber of. some ' other' jartyrr--'-''' And he should have the sanie kind of authority, and be hr'.d to the same kind of accountability, j T -.ri U I The Statesman has great faith in the honesty of the rr:scnt Governor, and we believe he will be able to put the r litentiary on a paying basis, with a revolving fund. smaller i: n tne one or lou.uuu wiin wmcn ine ivunnesota pemLtiu ti ry started its industries-r-and which, has : grown to over ? : CG0.000 in something like fifteen yearsr- 0 'While the expenses of the other institutions cannot be 1 : ; I? reduced as a whole (though some of them can), there c. i L3 c greet deal accomplished in some of them in adding to their support through work of those who are' able to work. wl 2ther on the farms or in industries that may be developed. The thing to. do is tq untiejthe hands of, Oregon's chief ex -cutive end ive him'a chance to make good-and thii ap ples to eli future occupants cf that highest place n the gift of the pecpls ci thi3 commonwealth. . . Lj,, The state of Oregon la baying a great many thousands of cords of wood. The luraber. of cords can be reduced greatl, and ought to be, throngh. the labor of those who are 'able ta work,:' t - ' . " i . ' ! v, . ' t Giro eyery man and woman .in erery state iqstitutlon of Oregon who is able to worfe something; to 'do, and the million dollar aar-; tag may - be made , two' millions And no one who is able to work can be injured by working. But nearly all can, be helped. Till: BUSINESS OUTLOOK IS GOOD" J Following is at paragraph, from the current, weekly i :cial letter of Henry Clews, the Wall Street authority: . "Coupling with the better foreign t trade outlook the ini-'?-?fo rrrvtrtaff Bn'ruy flnH snnimpf business, the com- rcial -outlook is decidedly .encouraging. In many lines' , of :Ia the January reDorts are showing an unusually large v ;me. ; Carlcadmgs have again increased and : the actual tv. vement of freight is very great in nearly all branches. -r . ' i SA. 1 ' t W iL.'a jr ot proa 'action is maintaining useu, as saown uy una rr, m tr: ft 4 Tim wav qvr destruction' wrought , byv troops during the war. their friendly' governments.' Polncare pave the order for the French ar mles ' to .'.march Into ' the . Ruhr. Now they are there; 'but the In dnstrles in the Ruhr hare ceased to" function. "Not enough has been secured to feed, the troops. The German government has assumed ITIIK CORKKD IIOTTTjK" PESSI . ;- JUST. EDITORIALS v OF THE PEOPLE 4. i f A Tribute 1o th La Uf John P, (Herman J. Stich in Los Angeles a . - Times.) . . . ' ' The most insidious, repressive. the attitude ot passive resistance. depressive and, misleading . pessi- It begins to Jlook as though the m ism that disheartens many peo Engllsh and American economists pie 'today is the "CORKED BOT were right." There is nothing for TLE" variety. thing.' no . matfpr - now I1""''- ' thafseemetf .to him a P" - v trace - of t demagogy. " ,lle cominandd public: rpeci r cettBf.' above everything else, oe -..-.--'ntKT ulnrere. in i"1 W ilH iuua-;."u - old davs he was rated aa a faa itmn hn made some ct his radicalism5 co'nrfstenf with tt.o m.nat nftrnved conservansm r.i th old free silver days ot .185, and l896It ' was lhv for tune of the writer" to cdme into frequent contact with him, oou. in nubile discasslon and m in rolumrts of the press. ai tme -since tho Civil ar, days had ' the country been aroused to iucb bitter political : contro- and contact between pom S neuralgic, E:: ;.''is:! ' and rheu:. pains, headache, backacl: ; all other, aches are quickly lieved by br.nilcs'Aali-Ptn: Contain cb dangerous I :. forming drugs. Why don't try them? O Ask your dru;; Editor Statesman: ; With ' that recent Tpasslas '. at John P. v. Robertson there dia appeared ;,one who,'! from V more than a generation, w4 an ;; out standing; figure, in. the--.community 11 fe - of Ralem. In your cemmend f hlmas -ai; man of . 9t -juoutanta meant conflict ot the French'to take. - What will be' the next step? . , , i If the clash of. actual warfare can be evaded, that step may be "Don't go in- for law!" glooms the "corked bottle'! pessimist. "Don't go in for law! It's over flowing with talented lawyers French occupation ot the, Ruhr district, while ? jarring, Europe, has not thrown it entirely off its equilibrium. ,, The clash between the ; French troops and the Ger man population has been far Jess bloody, less ' violent, . than bad been ; f eared."! ' ' ' ' ' ' ) '-- - UWhile r groups in, Germany, are indulging in . bellicose :( conversa tion the government has kept its head and. there has been no actual military resistance. There are re ports of the mobilization ' of the German relchswehr in tho Ruhr sector, but these, according: to a reliable American newspaper writ er, like all sensational news from he' occupied 'districts, must i be taken, at a' large. discount. While on the surface, all is confnslon, one;i is beginning to sense the bidden purpose back of What appears to be an extraordin ary procedure on the part of French government. First we must consider the Internal situ- the , appointment of an allied re- who are destitute. V Corporations ceivershlp for Germany. The are absorbing all :. the, individual French people will discover that lawyer's clients.' Big opportuni whlle; they received 20,000,000 ties are few. ? Clients are ' wary ation of France. , The French peo ole had been growing so restless under what they regard the cpw- ardly forbearance of their govern ment toward' Germany' that a "So clalist revolution was imminent. Thefe was a firm 1 belief; that Germany could pay if 'it would, and that the. Germans were con cealing their resources, in -order to avoid meeting their just, obli gations.' The government was in the position of a jockey -on an unruly horse, r lt could guide lilm along certain paths, but could not compel him to stand at attention. There was danger of bis taking the bit between 'tis teeth, ti So, in response Id the popular1 clamor, although - It twaa , against the advice of our own and other and scarce. Competition Is bit ter. Hundreds, no thousands ot ambryos ares tnrnedout 'pf .the schcjols every time you ' wink. ; Anyway, there are only a few bottles and they are. all corked! .'Medicine?' 1 he- grouches. 'Wellj are you prepared: to starve for ; five years after-beginning to oractice? Do you feel like mar rying I for a living it any girl's fool enough to have , you? , Don't you know that the average, man regards the physician as a legal ized, thief just; a half-shade re moved from the lawyer? Any- courago. of integrity ;andi of far seeing public enterprise and vis ion.", He, was pore ;than an ordinary man, and, . something more U due v him than',, s "': mere passing ; reference. His .was1:- a type t of citizenship most wonny of emulation, v He displayed m civil life the ame courage thai led him as a young man to en list for service rfn; the Civil war. At. a man of earnesi convictions he was not content to see things drift politically f without taking a hand. lie : loved controversy. He did not hesiUt to attack: any; tons of .'coal from Germany, last year, they are now getting noth- Ing. f They will have the practical demonstration : : that, one ' cannot take from, another .what he does not 'possess. ': France 'needs coal and money. . It the 'Invasion of the Ruhr brings neither,! then the population win be in a; state i of mind - to listen to , proposals tor other solutions. . - . i ' ; That plan of an allied receiver ship has been ; discussed in fln anclal and f governmental circles both in Epgland and in this coun try On, theory, it offers a way out. The receivership would take 1 way,; boards of, hetalth are sup- an,eesf Germany.! It 'would take I planting I medical practitioners. ,Mcpunt of-all the exports' and fm- Free'; dispensaries, hospitals, ad por(ts, andee that the money , for I vice, printed laws of health pres- rretreioreign shipments eame back, J ervatlou all are offered the pub- goods. ! . , 1 tlon; . and: only experienced and ; Then : itj,would authorize an,! doctors maintain a, profi Issue of security. ar. t In thw I table practice, t Tes, there aren kmount of 12,000,000,000," toTe I only; a few, bottles; and they are a first" Hen on all German en " corked! torn si f A part of this money would Busiuess? ,he croaks. ' "It's go to France in the form of rep-. fearful. To; get -ahead you need arations and the- rest! would be i mile-long pull. To get a fat applied to operating the German salary, you've either .got to own industries.-; The cash would be ad- the shebang or be a- brother or vanced by. a syndicate .ot English I father or what-not to the boss, and American financiers. , :tr; It,. you're merely unattaced you'll 'tJnderthat ilan the'loanwenld h underpaid Jand overworked. be secure, for the receivers, would be, in. control ct German customs; the French-, wo-uld. get . at least part of the t expected, ? reparation payments,: a.nd-4 Germany wouid have "an opportunity W get back :upon its teeUf; i'yj c ' : But. this plan wil V pnly.;Wort If the German government can krfep for gunnysack er - pocket book full of rubles.1' - Thus the farther the American travels from home the louder the dollar talks." t fter crossing the Atlantic, ' and to "a more amazing extent along the shores of . the Mediterranean, the - dollar "suf fers & sea change into something new and strange." .. ; , f This has 'made the notion ot foreign travel very alluring - to the. well-to-do American. In reality, of course, these leaps ot the dollar Tend as all .leaps into thd air end insa return to" solid earth. ;Evea toreign exchange cannot offset, the laws of .finan cial gravity. .The spender In Frande or Germany -won't in reality get so rruch more for his hundred -franca or his thousand marks than tor their equivalent spent in his native - land. . the-i sharpest; kind. That he was theo wrong, and wholly wrong, on the then existing issues was, and stilt is. the conviction of the writer; ! but' his courage and sin cerity were never open to ques tion, and - to - everybody that knew "him they made - a strong appeal, ' and inspired ' great re spect, lit is a; pleasure now that ; he is gone -to bear tes timony that." although in our ..t- W.r, nxltdpi1 fit us Barticularly courteous or' dip lomatic, there never ; at any time TRtAd anvthinir ' but sincere mutual friendship 'and ' respect. His enjoyment f of, " conflict was something of a 'passion. . He revelled in statistics; and he was always well , fortified ; with 'a great array of . facts , to sustain Yiim rnntcmtlons however' much we might think them. Immaterial or misapplied. His -every day- life wno ' MHthoiif blemish. Oh : all moral Issues he -was eve a real cemmunity v asset, .; Salrjn could boast ot few, if any men of a better; or., finer type, and : when He Vent oter the great divide he left behind, htm the - fragrant memory, of a good man , and a splendid citizen. v;, : ' B. MOOHES, SfARS AND CUPID ' 4 - ' - "ciiAa Portland,- Or.'. Jan. 21, 1023. One Written Opinicn ! ; Handed Down by C: The case of the Heacock f & Door company against J;1 . Loder ; et al, appellants, slightly modified, by an oi:.:' ot the supreme court today. ' case was appealed from the ) court for Clackamas county, J J.. -U. Campbell presiding., supreme court opinion was v, . by Chief Justice McBride.. supreme ourt oninion was 1 ten by ,Cbiet Justice lie! Tne suit was brought to for a materialmen's lien against L er and the other defendants: j Other oplniona were: . Northwest Clearance cor.-.; vs. Jennings, petition, for r: ing denied.- Uan ts. Grt?enr petitica rehearing , denied. , . Franto.DeSouz-i admitted t bar for nine, months ca c r cate from the , nuprerae cc :t Arizona.: . V "VTbe" followinf; attorney s permanently admitted on r mendation of the boird cf t iners: "Leo. J. Hanley, Jo , Knappenberg, Homer C. At, II. Mercer Jordan. George A. more, . Fred W. Ilealis and . R. Heillg. . 6f oai i HtTMOB PLAY WORK r ;jrrib.t, AssocUted Edit ors The Blgsest Jittle' Paper in the World Edited by John II. MUlai For Boys and Girls first ibTcrs Acnxa 7 : 'J is Kcenery for Tour Tlaf ( Froa . the Service- Studios ot Chicago, makers ot scenery and dr. ;eries for' the real' 'theaters, cc. 3 these suggestions on bow to mi. 3 scenery for the plays you put oii yourself. y "li t A set of scenery lor any sort of ,lay you may decide to give is very simple and easy to mafceJ yoi rself. It will not cost .over common I cheesecloth. Fut the cloth ;'Iu a; pall, of water, then af ter it is, wet through and through and while it is drying, jnafce a wooden frame. On; this', frame stretch the cloth as tight vas you can and tack it about .the edges. for if cheesecloth is first put in water it will not shrinlt-When you apply the - paint, and youwill avoid haVlng" folds or sagglngs in the middle. With the frameom- pleted, and the cloth tacked as tightly as you can, you bave only to apply whatever. fcolor you de sire, and your" scenery" for the back of the stage Is made. The dry powdered colors ;from ? the drugstore,' mixed with a little water and glue make 'the best kind of paint to use. $1, and In building it you'll have nearly as much run as in 'giving the play Itself. ; : : V 1 o you know what the "wings are? They are; the side pieces of tc .ery on tke stage.;; Do you knevr what "compo boards are? . v ' auaience imasiae vuai -a., tic w u the Should yon want to'make lc J. ter , are erecting a new home you ' probably ; find . compoboards Urge but light sheets ot stiff pasteboard, easy to cut into dif ferent shapes with a pocket knife. These, , make wonderful "wings" for your play. ' All that.Is needed U a coat of paint, and beliold you have trees, a log cabin, white rlllars for th front of a home, or anything else 'you ' may sug? ;.';; -i'v-c,'': '''r: '...v ; If you wish a fancy forest you ran paint the trees on tie conpo boards, and' then trim the edgesj to look like tree tranches. Or lo ra may be cut In the boards sr..: th rest "painted as en old , tir log cabln In fact, there Is no nd ct tbing3 to ta made, and wi i no-expense, beyond the cost ot the COBT.PO boards and the 1 a.' .t- used.?. i :'. . : --.; , Take Chvc'ot!i Scarry a t t- far in-the distance, simply buy a ya rd or to of gauze and ' let it hang down on the. back curtain you; have just painted. -You will be surprised how this will give the effect of. distance, "i,1 i" When It la so easy" o make scenery, no play you pnt on need go without the proper setting. j THE SHORT STORY, JR. j 3VSK AXD TI1K DOG-CATCKER ; - .. t i , Ai -m. ' . ' 1 . 'd His. iame was Junk, and he lived,in an alley where : no ' one but Titniney.. cared whether- he lived or ' died. Everybody won dered, i tho ugh," how he had con- tinned jto live, with so many dog- catchers in the city. ; Thy did not know that Junk knew -every dog" catcher by name and could tell tli rtim'bla of a do-eat d.-r'a Once he bad been chased .by . a dog-catefcer. -S It ,was this , one whose name i and . rumble he; re membered best.; Dowrn the alley he had run. ! the ddg-catcher in hot pursuit, Dashlrix Into a lit- . . m iu. .. it.. lie square note ai one iae at m alley .he was,, plunged down tlx feet Inta a. dark- damp hole, ot a cellar. It was here that TImmy had discovered hrmv Timmy had gone without two-whole meals so that Junk might bave something to eat. From that time Junk had worshipped Timmy, and followed him 'around s until people called! f One day JunkV was out on the street playing with Timmy when a big limousine rolled up beside them; A tall young man jumped out and came up to Junk. Some how he looked vaguely familiar. but Junk, could not tell Why. He was no . dog-catcher, he was snre of - that. ; He liked him. and who ever heard of liking a dog-catch er?;.;;:. ;. , "n: ; :,':-.zzz3 : Wh0se;dog Is; that?!: the man arked Timmy, and Timmy? told him all he knew about Junk - how he had suddenly appeared in the alley and belonged to no one In .. particular. V Q- ;Vf " v:' ? . "By jove. it Is!" exclaimed the man. i . "1 1 neverK expected such luck." 'That's a, very valuable German police dog. I lost, him out . in this : neighborhood -when be was jost a pup.'?-; .The strang er took Junk away - with him. Junk was disgusted with himself. He. had: been fooled. . The. man was a dog-catcher, after all hIIs guised as a decent citizen. ; . . He took Junk to a beautiful big house .where Junk had more to eat than' he had ever- seen In all the time he had lived In the lilley. Somehow, t though, 5 Junk had lost hia appetite. He drooped and. got , even thinner than be had been In the alley, .it such, a thing were possible. . lie had to admit that tils strange ' d5f catcher was very good to him. but eat his food be would not! ?: The young man did everything he could think" of tor Junk, and then, as he was a lover- of" dos and understood Item, rrse c!iy h thov.sfat of Timmy.; Ha toc 'the 3 jr- a 1 llBIg department stores and chain establishments make it Impossible to develop: a small ; independent concern, and bring the thousands ot "modest; .business men : into baukruptcy Tea, f take it from me. ' there i are f no mpre good chgnces anywhere and wbat' there were jhaver f long since been grabbed up. ? Yon can see that there .are only a few bottles and they " are all corked !.'. And so he goes oh, .with all his rot and cant. In the face of thou sands of fresh .enterprises dally incceedlng; - with business men crying vainly for men ; capable of holding up v worth-while jobs; with 'new. names constantly crop ping on top in the ranks of the professions, arts and- sciences; with . an ever-Increasing number of people coming across ' with .bulging Income taxes! !' Today real worth is surer than i ever of, Its reward." ..'? Everywhere sheer merit Is bid for. - - ' 'f . Throughout the length and The American army p. occupa tion in Germany was a; rather small one, yet it seems that some thing like 1000 American soldiers found German wires in less than year. ' . It was an ' armyot oc cupation an J righ t. likewise it appears that the army brought a taster or1 wealth 4 and comfort to the dUtrict in which" it was con signed. The American ' money that .was' circulated on pay days made everybody - feel, like a roil- lonalre." There were; real tears when : the American army moved out. , It there could be an 'Ameri can army of occupation in all the tora. and impoverished districts of Europe the ? road to peace and sUbillty would beT'Ia sight. If Uncle Sam - could be named i as receiver for the bankrupt house of Wars he might have the world! on a producing basis In a few sea sons. If ; the soldiers could do nothing else they could marry the girls and ease the racial differ ences. !' "-:v- - : A , , - The 'poor 'dog, -was ' so weak be could r,. scarcely drag i himself around, but at sight ot Tmmy he nearly went : wild. And how breadth of the United States any "' huiuij uuf6CU u-u.v iKinafOi aoutty is nam a nrem- ;rne young man. smuea aown ai Mam The "CORKED BOTTLE" nes- the . two of them. ' Well,'? he euM AUhAii ) TitTiV . trrtas ta 1lr oaus cbwi m uua - avrw . vt v v with you, or you X come to tay with him, I believe my chauffeur would like to have a bright young fellow f to help him around ' the simist is a, liar: He ought to be crammed Into a . bottle .. which. should : be her-' meticaUy sealed, s carried several garage. , Think you could eave I miles out to sea, and dropped ln- tne auey, nmmy?" i i : Ito an outgoing tide. "Oh, yes,''; said- Timmy solemn ly. "If Junk will ; stay .there. I Junk barked in a way that said, It:a all right.- He Isn't a dog- catcher, after all." j t A FICTITIOUS VALUE PICTURE PUZZLE if': to f1 FORM A W0RD-5QUAR V FROM TKE WORDS PICTURED HEHL o . . .. . - . ":";. ;- ; - - , v. Money talks. ; The pound ster ling can make itself heard above the crowd; the franc is audible to a select few- the mark has but a : feeble . asthmatic - whisper: the ruble is "dumb;, but the American .aoiiar. is me magna vox or me world.. W! . - .' .7 ' I ; Thus when an American tour ist, arrives in France. with a sheaf of greenbacks 1 be, feels like ; a diner who expected tripe and has been ?. served fricaseed chicken. That same, sheat ot American bills in Italy seems-to have had its greenbacks changed to yeK low; in Berllu jangling silver dol lars In the pocket is like having free access to the "mint and In Russia the man, with ah Ameri can ( wad Imagines he owns the world, the fence and air the fix ingsl':,v.":-'; ;:,i;V4;:-; Thus on reaching Madeira the dollar practically triples In value. At Aigte.rs it onee more grows three ioia in : purchasing power. On-reaching Italy - the dollar quadruples Itself like the egg la the , conjurer's hat that reappears as . lour chickens. In Greece It takes an almost Incredible Jump of almost 1500 per cent.. In Mos- Is Your Family Insiii'c i v against Heart Disease, Rheusir.ticrn, . , Epilepsy, and other ; diseases that may come from bad teeth?.' f i jTo". Ije healthy , they : mur.t hzvp V strong teeth and healthy mputha. : . ' BIS CERTAIN ABOUT IT! 'Let us examine their. teeth free. We S:rk wU:.-.make ; an ..X-Ray if nece-ary. ;-J; Prompt action may save much j suffering. ' . .S--"-' 'AHWorkGuaranUeJ - PAINLESS PARKER DENTIST parker syst :;-?i ;',: " : -'!: Buts" and liberty 8ts - "t Prtiad: S26V& ;Whlnttoa StrMt .' - Een: SemUi and -WUlansett Streets tr Last Call . To Our it - mn -.5 - J' . : I 4. - ' Sale : Sharef.r - 1 -. - - - i - , . i - . - .iisasi'aiLiica Sale Closes Saturday, 6 p. m. - TFi - !' i iJES.arsaiES f .V.- : , . ' -. : ' t f Salem Store . 466 State Street ' ; Portland Silk Shop C23 Alder Street 1.