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lie Srii - Issued Dally Except Monday by ; THE STATESMAN PimUSmxaCXIMPAJfY 4 215 S. Commercial, St.. Salem, Oregon -(Portland Office, 92? Board of Trade Building. -Phone Automatic ."-.jr KO-Vr ,"n',T 611-SS .y.;:- i -;r, i-. v H . ;. ' k. - MEMBER OF TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS H . ;'f.Tne Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the nte for publi cation of ail news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited tn tola paper and. also .the local newa published herein. ;. ; R. J.. Hendricks . . . ... ..... i . . . Stephen A. Stone . . . . . .......... Ralph Glover i .............. ' . . . rraw jaaaosKx a TELEPHONES; ".VI '. : , . h' Business Office. 23 i Circulation! Department 6 Job Department. 1 1 1 ' Society Editor, 101 i ' Entered at the Poatofflce In Salem. Oregon, aa second-class matter FORGET IT ' . t , The members of the Oregon Legislature! do not neel the following remindersor ought not to need them: 4,1 j If any institution asks foy a hew building or an adtption of tiny kind that will take money, and that Will "not be the means . vt bringing, in certain additional revenues- fV ' ; V:.:. j Forget it. ' ' : 'J ;" ' ; i ; i The pledges of the last campaign bind all members' of the J .'Legislature to this action; jtj l; V V.'v.;:.:. f ;(; '-.fu if. ,,. - ; If any exception shall be made, it ought to be manifest that 1 ,7 the new, "building or addition is absolutely ; necessary for: fhe vr publie serviee; that it cannot be put off for two years, or four , years, without impairing the efficiency of -some part of the . necessary service of the state! to its people. , j j ,1.1 ; , ' , lt any new expenditure ia asked for in any direction, that i is not absolutely necessary for the proper functioning of some arm of . the service of the state to the people- i Forget it ; ; h . 'M ; , ' s; " I : I - ;? ' -; . . lt,t Unless.it be an expenditure that will yield additional rey - ... enue'j'ancj, there are KCVral jdirections , in Nvhieh there may be legislation wisely enacted ; to,? serve such. ends. ! And the Oregon Legislature is further .committed, to the -t-uttihg out of all duplications of work in every department and direction -. , ' . ; f n - . i f-,-K -h iV ' ".; -; ": And a good many can bo; found, I j J:! It is committed to the lopping of of every unnecessary - expense; every fad and foible and folderol drawing money from - the commonwealth treasury. fj : ' j f Js 3 ; ; i. This does not mean that there should not be a. business iuiui4itaii utiuu ui nit- siaic i; iiou a. ; nine, miuuui ur. ' lucre should not be any denial of ; a cent to keei the stated wards In comfort; not a. cent that is ; necessary to keep up the property - of the state; just the same as a prudent business man or well managed corporation woiddli do. ! V. , And soniething has got to be left to the judgment of the tate i officials. They must) be given a free hand. And the ciiuoi writerjis confident that they. Wilt make better, showing than most members of the Legislature ;beUeve;wni.,'b'fftible.'in most directions, if not all, in the administration pf th'etaffafrs "of the staleT ; ';. : I j . . - Hut . another trouble ' about the ST C !04 jtoreeDf rate the! world jl -the fact that Jilaho Is not" the cen ! -of llre unTferse. s-Losi Angeles - T tmes.--V" t. i-v -; " " U k c - 1 . -' " - - ' I ' v ...... V,Th ncroldgy ef l2iBhovr9 . -A' '-tmrHshed "names, but leas aa-50 per cent of famous nen vd1d -undr happy coiiditions; . Is fame worth, the atrnggle? w v: enatoir-eleft.'Cop'eland of New - Vorlr im "ananibltloos"" son I.' tile VI he favors the reduction rof railway rates to a point where the common' people can get fruits at a lowrcoat. .So .we5l al! tlo. bui how ia the senator going o bring this about? V'. kiSi k t;. Copyright, 102. AssocUted Edit For Boys TIIK ."JTU. Optimistic i Johnny's father put him to .work catching mice while he h!nv self.wenVto his daily tort. When he returned home he said, "John ny, how many I mice have; ; you caught today?" Johnny looked up at hla father and quickly ' re sponded. "When I catch this one and two more I'll have three." V-v 5 V t 1 1 Hi- Was "Getting On .,' Grandpa: "Well, Willie. Ji class are you' in at school?'1; what ; Willie: "I've got one more kid to lick and then H be in a-clasa 1 by ..myself..' . I - - romlcw In Cfl'ieinistry Pr- S.;.wyhat;is ice?", r Student: "A place to ! hockey on." play Carl: there." - Bod: ?- Carl: ously." 'Don't get K it halri-ciu Why not?" "They teal you 'barber? . Hy All Means' Father: :Well . son, how : did yo get along at school today?" Itpbby: - 'Pa - ray physiology bookt says ! conversation at meals should be or a pleasant character. Let's'talk- about something else." :Z ."' .."; '. So Are Ours Tpmmy." asked the teacher, "what can you tell me of Ameri ca's foreign relations at the p res eat' time?" ? : 0tatjeiwan ........... . i . - i . . . -. Manager ....... Managing Editor ... . . . . . ....... . .Cashier ............ . . MU1(BI WOO UVyv. , If the man yon meet on the street pronounces It facheesty" right off the reel you may know that he has either been in Rome or that he has consulted' the guide books, 'r' .". r,;..;?.. Georges- Clemenceatt Vays that his ghost .Will return to Ainerlca: In those prohibition' - days - we a re certainly shy on spirits i ' The discussion of "the question of introducing camels - into this country as : beasts of harden re calls' that an' attempt' along that line was. made in . Texas i " many years ago and failed, for two reas ons. One was the inability of an on The Bijcgeai JtUe and Girls FUN ROX "They're all broke." answered the brightest boy in the class. ;s Rather TbuAy - One day there was a slight dis turbance among the smaller pupils of a . suburban school.' A small boy had slapped little girl. The teacher said. "Jacit,' n gentleman would strike a lady." t ... Jack at once replied, "Well; no lady! would tickle . a gentleman." : A Better -One -- Ed: "Once I knew a negro so black that folks called him 'mld nighf!" i ? ' ;; ' . . . Ted: 'Thata nothing. Once I knew one so black that lightning bugs followed him around in the daytime." a ? , . I THE SHORTt STORY, JR. I 1 THE FOOLISH" FORD i The Ford took a look in tbe glass. Said he, "I'm lacking in class; I know! what I'll do, ' I'll bny something new 5 -, Then all my relations I'll pass." z-. "Zowee," groaned Frankle Ford. "Shiver my oiinders! This cold weather gets right ; into my radiator.- What ".r with being a Ford and freezing to death, what joy is there i nil ving, I'd like to know." . ; r--- . j ; , ; -B-b-bui a-say, I Jiavo an idea!" Frankle always stuttered when he ....... . American to get along wltn them. Only an oriental can live and work with a camel. Anothr reason is because horaea KSannot endure the odor of the humble beast. Horses are afraid of camels, possibly be cause of the strange, exotic scent of them. Cyrus, fearing the horse cavalry of Croesus, put a camel corps in the Vanguard of hls.army and routed the horsemen of Croe su.4 because the horses "became unmanageable when the camels were coming. ' . j : A member of tho Oregon legis. latiire said yesterday that' he was afraid the Nax industry at the penitentiary could not be made a 3iicceH, becanse he thought 1 It would be difficult to get the far mers to grow the flax. Will the flax farmers around Salem please go and labor with that brother, or-any other memjber of the leg islature who may Jharborsuch an idea. ' This member suggested that he had 'been told that flax ruin the land. It does not. The farmers who raise flax know bet ter. It , does f not wear out ' tbe land more than any other com mon farm or garden crop. All that is needed ls intelligent : ro tation. The farmers near enough to the penitentiary to deliver their, flax In their own wagons would raise enough flax to supply twenty, forty, a hundred times as much flax as can be worked up there. If that institution were ready to contract for it at fair prices.' In a good crop year,1 300 acres of rich land In this vicinity will raise enough! flax to produce 100 tons of fiber; and that much fiber spun into reine twine and sold at present prices "would sup port two1 prisons like this one, and make a large annual surprns besides. The price of seine twine Is now $2.75 a pound and up. That would mean $530,000 a year, all spent here 4 for" labor; every cent of it, even for the seed, after the first year, The penitentiary can be supported by spinning fack twine, selling at $1 a pound and up; and the machines for spinnTng this kind of twine ould eost very ; little. Part 1 of the income will come from up holstering and other tow, ' and from the , seed f and the chaff. There Is nothing wasted in flax. Again, the flax v farmers around Salem must, go and labor with the member meniioned abovev and with , any other' ' doubting Thomas, ; if there is another one. In the Oregon. legislature, Tnat is the most .important .'matter before- the legislature; as important as a mi mber of ether matters are. It means taking, the-entire bur den 'of Tunning the penitentiary off. of..tbe.shoniderji .of the tax payers, within the j two- to four rearsT and keeping it, bff vfdr all time. It means a model; prison, with every inmate who works drawing a small dally'wage. It means the beglnnlna of the big gest Industry, In all Oregon. One that will last forever. One that will never wear out, or pinch, out. One that will finally keep $ 30. .000,000 a year in the United Paper in the World got excited. "I've been ; cutting down on expenses lately and have Bared & lot on gas. X guess I can afford a new coat for the winter." He buttoned his old rusty black one tighter around his , radiator and 'shuffled out - intb the snow. The cold made 1 blm sputter and sneeze. . ' . . ' . - : ' Oh shoot this old Ford!" The girl stamped: on -the starter exas peratedly., ... T ( ; , . -HI -f But Frankie Ford only shrug ged his wheels And rattled his gears. "Just va it until I get my new coati he stuttered proudly, "I'll just saunter down to the ga rage now and see what they have on hand in tbj line of coats. . -.; "Something in tan or grey, he ordered. ''Mrs.' Longllnes got a very swanky one In here last win ter. The same style, please." The Ford loved the word "swanky." .He knew It was used in fthe very nest society., v r; ; ) ; Very, soon "h'e was air dressed up In a coat of lovely grey, f My, how cheap my old wheels look with this coat," he thought. ; "I believe I'll economize on gas for another year and get iolid wheels." .;. ' i i-i y 1. V . ; j i'AA big as I can wear,"' he or dered proudly, "don't stop. at the cost." He looked at himself in the plate glass window. My, ! how beautirul he was! No one would ever guess that he belonged to the Ford family. But wait, there was Still something wrong with him. A new top! .That was fll he need ed. : By this time he had the habit. He might Just as well economize on gas for the rest of his life and States that now - goes to foreign countries. Is not aeb a consum mation w o r t h' t he iel p f oj r a ' f e w hours bf the flax farmer. of the Salem district every mother's son "of them? . JIRPIA" TO KEXATOR KDD V Editor Statesman: ; Senator Eddy is "mighty - right", about a large per cent of our high i school, graduates, not being abk to speak the English language correctly and "easily,- but I em phatically disagree with him en the statement that we need LESS sociology, and eugenics and MORE hirtory and constitution tangbt. In the first place, histories at best, represent largely. a summary of personal and press prejudices of the time in. which they were written, with too much, space given to "wars and -minors of wars.": , Therefore, why spemd more time than what our state course of study now requires, which gives a good general knowl edge and should be enough to en able students to link up past mis takes and evolution of govern ments with present problems and future dilemmas? This, after all. Is the true purpose of history. -; Senator Eddys : reference to Americanism leads1 us to-. assume that, like many of our otators and editors, he has a definition of Americanism all his own. By eliminating about 50 per cent of our present high school subjects and supplanting them with more study of American history and further detailed analysis ' of our constitution, the .curriculum would about mearure up to his idea - of teahing ' Americanism, 100 per cent. How can we become the" know ing and acting devotees of Ameri canism if we studyon!y" the con-4 stitution, and leave out the dozen or more related subjects which help to make it - usable? ! Our state course of study already pro vides .'sufficient time to. become well acquainted with jit, : To know the constitution from mem ory even, and to be able to dis cuss Its Ideas intelligently, does not necessarily stimulate one to be a good cititen.. : Neither does being a good citizen mean blind ing our eyes to our nation's weak nesses and seeing only the worthy high points. :. "': How is a knowledge of toclol ogy, political economy; civic bi ology, capital, labor and eugenics (as embracing marriage and; di vorce) to make us less efficient fathers, mothers land citizens? And, since such a small per cent of pur"y'oung people are ante to go to College, . these subjects should most certainly, be taught in high school more than they ate now. . They are so fundamental that I : honestly believe we wfl come tq see the f Uness of politi cal economy being taught in sim pler fxrnn "in 'the grades. How. can you explain, other wife, our great mass of. uninter ested citizens (!) .who. care pot whom the candidates are or. what they stand for, and the . other Edited by John H. Millar get a new top. - His rfew top on Frankie Ford strutted out , of the garage as proud' as1 a stuffed peacock. Ho no longer: felt the Cold; and he was confident that he would fool every one. They ' would- never dream but what he belonged to some family high In society. As he stepped out into the street' a blast of cold wind struck him. He sneezed and coughed until his in sldes rattled. 1 "Ho ho," laughed a big car standing nearby. "Listen to that old wreck." Frankie " Ford dropped ; a big gasoline tear. ''It's no use,"" he sobbed, "and how I won't even be able to get anywhere, the way I'll have to save on gas." ; I PICTURE PUZZLE . I WHAT 4 MONTHS ARE HERE PICTURr;0? Aaswtr to yesterday" r Afrteju mass who- 'will -not vote at all? If good . citizenship, in other words, Americanism, '; is going to 1 'unoUon In the older folk, it must be stimnlated in the young ones through education. V Furthermore, an nnsatiable de sire for good, correct English may be implanted where students are allowed to become enthUBiastlcal ly interested in I these live sub jects, for they want to be under stood and recognized, then, as in telligent and forceful parties to any discussion. . It must Indeed be embarrassing to have one's high school daugh ter start discussions on subjects In which one's own education is woefully lacking. The fact that Igh school students, are discus sing the relation of marriage to divorce is certainly encouraging, as it will' lead them into eugenics and bring to their observance some sordid facts about this in- Ktitution in our civilization. The appalling increase of propagation of the feeble minded and spread of venereal diseases, as shown by our fifes t statisticians, should make it imperative to the .. thinking mind that these subjects must be taught to onr youth if we would safeguard bur future civilization. Since we; are so surely and roon coming to the place where the fit of our state and" nation must spend more time and money :n supporting the unfit than In edu cating the fit. haven't our young people a right to know the social and industrial causes bf such facts? As a graduate of an Oregon high schOol, . university, and as a teacher in high schools, I know that I can speak; with some au thority on -the subject of . your criticism, and It has been j my practice to teach good .citizenship along with my . subjects to mOre than 300 students I have had the privilege to teach. a. (Mrs.) Fern Wells Daugherty Salem, Or., Jan. 24. 1923. ; POnTRYMEN NEED ASSLHTt By W. C. Conner,- Editor Nbrth- . ,1 . west, Poultry Journal, j Thf request of the ponltrymen of Oregon for a legislative appro priation of $5000 to be used in Investigation and control of poul try diseases in this state througli the poultry division of the Oregon Agricultural college or special ex perimental station should be granted. This industry has grown to great importance in this state and Is constantly expanding : re gardless of the handicap in com bating disease by individual effort on. the part, of jpoultrymen. , Through' the Oregon Agricultu ral college poultry division warn ings are issued to poultrymen to be on the alert for threatened dis ease developments in their flocks. but this Is about as far as the col lege poultry, department is i able to goj with the limited funds at hand. ! With the appropriation asked 1 for, vaccination and many othef highly recommended expert ments' for arresting and stamping out disease in poultry flocks could be . conducted, which would not only mean. a great saving' to indi vldual poultrymen, but also pro tect r and preserve a great and growing -state Industry. . Oregon dairymen and livestock breeders are provided j with protection in combating disease in their herds by state . provisions, and why not the ponltrymen, who represent, an Industry : greater than . the ' dairy industry ln'thls state?- Washing ton state has made such provision for the .protection of its great poultry industry, through a com petent poultry veterinarian at the Puyallup experiment station, and it is false economy on the part of this 'state to longer withhold this aid and protection for Ore gon poultrymen. THE QUALITY OF MERCY We are wont to admire English justice intensely, with its speedy punishment for offenders. Un doubtedly, it is administered more rationally in that country than in our own. with the result that crime is curbed to a considerable extent. - But when one reads the repellant details of the hanging there of a man and woman for the murder of the latter's hus band, one is a bit grateful that mercy so frequently seasons Jus tice in our own sentimental land rj There is something peculiarly barbaric in the thought that an unfortunate woman, so abject in aer fear that she was dragged forth to have tbe noose slipped ound her neck while she was un conscious, was shot into eternity tn sueh a harsh fashion a few brief weeks' before she would have become a mother.' It re veals the growth of humanitarian opinion In England that It took several ; trucks to convey the sig natures to petitions of clemency for the wretched-woman to their destination.' ! And assuredly the taking of one human life should not have been punished by killing three others When one reads ot ' lynchlngs and other outrages and the fright ful crimes -.-that ... dally, 4 obtrude themselves into the public news one feels that humanity isr sink ing lower and lowerIJut . the ready reaction of the mass of the people, as in this case tn England, to what, they consider a wrong, rhowa that slowly we are stumbl ing a little aheal on the . road to sympathy and cpmpassipq for our fellow-man. - It - Is a1 bad --world. but gradually, day by day, It Is getting a little better.! Depot Robber Caught in Albany Railroad Yards DAUAS,.Or., Jan. j 2 3. (Spe cial to The- Statesman.) James Clark, a youth arrested In Albany Tuesday by Detective P.: Kelley of the Southern i Pacific Railway com pany. charged" with having broken Into the Dallas depot Sat urday night was brought to Dal las today and, gveh ahearing be fore Justice of the peace Ed F. Coad. where he was .bound over to the grand jury. - i - ' It was considered merely a case of accident that Clark: was caught by Kelley. He was noticed loaf- IF KIOHS AGJ BAD TIE SALTS Says Backache Often gleans Yoo Have Not Bt Drinlclng Enough Water - When you waVe up with back ache and dnll misery in the kid ney 'region it may mean you have been1 eating foods which -create acids, says, a well-known author ity. An excess of such acids over works jtho kidneys in their efforts to. filter it; from the' blood and they become sort ot paralyzed and loggy. When-.- your kidneys get sluggish and cleg you ; must re lieve them, like, you relieve your bowels, : removing all the body's urinous " waste, ' else " j'ou have backache, sick" headache, dizzy spells; n. your stomach sours, tongue is ; coated, and when the weather Is bad you have 1 rheu matic .twinges'.. The . urine . is cloudy, full of sediment channels often get sore, water scalds and you are obliged to seek relief two or three times-during the night. Either consult ; good,, reliable physician at once pr get from your pharmacist": about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidney3 may " then act fine. ; This famous salts is made - from the - acid of grapes and-lemon Juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for years to help clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys,, also to neutral ize acidssTin" the system";. So they no Jonger . irritate, thus .often re lieving bladder weakness. ,. Jad Salts." ia ineVpensive, cannot injure and makes a delightful, ef fervescent, 1 Hthla-water l" drink. Drink lots of soft water.' By all means ; have your physician ex amine onrikidneys at least twice a year. Adv.' Ads WhiBGV'ou W ; '"' '"""'' ? Ing aroundf the yards at Albany, and bummed Kelley for the -price of a meal. ; Suspecting him of he- ing a suspicious character, Kelley took him: to the police headquar ters In - Albany where a search revealed a number of ' skeleton keys and a flashlight. The flash light was brought to this ' city where" it was identified by Claud Lynch as the one stolen from his blacksmith shop Saturday night, together with a. number of tools which were used for entering-the depot. ' : ; It is supposed that the burglar was frightened away : from the building before he , had h chance to-bf eakl open the safe,' as nothing of importance has been missed. He is being held in the' Polk coun ty jail awaiting the convening of the new grand Jurs. . SHAW I f ; The'Waldo Hill Telephone com pany held a meeting at' Macleay January -8 . for the; pufpose of electing new- officers.'-H. Taylor Wars '.chosen' president & A. Xfc Calrfster "vice president; and C. T. Gilbert director. Mr. McCallister has-just -finished putting the line in order. '. : ' '-' ' ' ' ' Mr. and Mrs.' J; F. 'Yung; -entertained the Friday 'Night Card club on January 19. Everyone VJorli loop - - ; H Want Ads are tireless servants. They, are always on the job . - . '- ' ' for you "p n .r ' You can sell your used ear, old books, pictures, furniture, etc" with their help v , . - You can get roomers to add to your monthly income " ' Want Ads will help you land a good job' or get competent' , 1 help for you - - ; Just telephone 23 and a pleasant-voiced ad-taker will help you ffljt Oregon tat?rtriau is the pap er ' of interested read ers 7 FIRST AMBASSADOR TO CUBA. Major-General Crowder." Judge ,Advocate-General"of the U- S. army. He will be the first Ambassador from the" United1 States to Cuba. ,? v n ; :v.i..-. jc ; .Vucj; ,r-,,-I - ? had - a -good ' tirae .JLiicch, w: served at the usual-hDBT' v J. j Mjss Ruth and ' . Miss ; Care Chamberlain-' are ill. '- 'Mr. and - Mrs. F. Fieber " a daughters Irma and Lena, a!, J. W. Fieber drove to Salem Frl day. - ' ," ' "' ' Mrs. W. Howell entertained tl : Lawies Aid Jahnary 18. ' Miss Amanda Matthews is vL iting friends in Salem for a few days. ' " H Mr. -and ilrs. C. A. McCalliste: and C. A; Fieber drove to Sale Wednesday. ' ' ' Mrs. W. Elliot spent Sunday 1 the home off Mrs. 12. T. Chamber lain. " ' : -- Mrs. 3? F.I 'Yung ' and Mrs. Z! Larsen were Salem-visitors Tue. day. ' : "v;i.; ' . ' - f Frances" Hoffman' spent a fe days visitin g!,Mr; "and Mrs. V. ." McCallister ;nesr-f Salem. H J. W. Fieber' and E. Scho; made a trip to Salem Tuesday. Angeline Fieber,. who. was s! with bronchitis,' is reported be: - - - i w t Mr. and Mjs.Y. "rcCallislet and family vislredat the home c! their parents,. Mr.' and Mrs. C." A. McCallister, Tuesday. '- J - B.' D.T Wells '.was a .Salem vis; tor Tnesday; U F. F'eber-'W&s ill for a whi!; but Is reported better, j i - -,- - .... v