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THE OREGON STATESMAN; SALEM. OREGON t. WEDNESDAY- MORNINaJAOTARYsl! 1923 IT r i t CITY NE Joan BalUerwas arrested yes terday and charged 'with exceed ing the speed limit in a truck. He was going 28 miles an hour, tha limit being 22. He was fined 112.50. ; U. ' j V" "':;.-' JL Classified Ad - i Will bring yon a buyer. Adv. Special Prices on Andiroi A And screens at C. S. Hamilton's -Adv. Vicks Get Judgment - - . Vick Bros.' .'were awarded judg ment in circuit court yesterday for $294.86 against E. R. Feller who did not appear to contest the suit ' and was hence judged in' default. In addition 6, per cent Interest from August,. 1921, was awarded. Dr. Ileisley & Heisley . r Practlcioners of 7 ; Osteopathy and .l Electrionie Reactions of Abrams at the Silverton Sani tarium Silverton, Oregon-"-Adv, : Salem IegSo: ' Vs. CorvaMs Firemen, armory, 8:30 Wednesday, Jan. 31 25c admission. Adr. Radio Supplies , - r , ; : And ; Standard sets A Ever ready A and B Batteries. Salem KJec. . Co., Masonic Temple, rhone 1200. Adv. Gets Divorce .'. , ' -..i ; t Mary Hollweg, who alleges that the married 'Louis Hollweg In October. 1921 ; and" ' lived witn him until August, 1922i and then fonnd that he -was already mar ried, was yesterday given a de cree declaring the marriage null Ealem Ambulance Service . Day - or Might Phone 666 i ... ' it -i . 173 B. liberty St. Salem . .- Ore. RELIANCE AUTO PAIimilG CO. 219 State. St, , Cor. Front St. Phone 937 - ' :i ; Capital Junk' .S,:',, Co. WAms AH kinds' of jnnk and' econd-hand goods, We pay full value. 215 Center Street Phone 39S 1 I' i r " i ' .-i I . - i "' r . . - 1 ... i -. , ii MOTHER CAR OF, mm me just AiiravEb Get our prices, you will j savemoney SteinbocI .- fm !:! . 400 N Com'l St. Phone 530 HO P UADD '& BUSH, BANKERS GcsinJ Einilsj Ezztzzzi ' 4 v ' Offiee Honrs froxa 10 a. td. to 8 p, m. NEW. (. i - at shabby-looking car. Your friends will all thldk it is a car and you'll find a new pleasure in drivingjt. ' :3 N. CcinsraalSt ; - ! Phone 639' WS IN and void by Judge George Bing- ham. The defendant failed to nut in an appearance. She was also awarded the' -custody of their child and costs ot suit. : ?. Special Prices on Andirons- ' 'And screens at C. S. Hamilton's Adv. . -V- -y i Fine Ldne of Fire Screens -! Just arrived; special prices. C. S. Hamilton, i good furniture. Adv. r.. I Bajs Stolen ; ;r:. , -: Dr. C. A. Downs of 240 North Enghteenth street reported that a brown bag was stolen . from his car yesterday. , Legal : Blanks ;. - . ! , : Get them at The Statesman of fice. Catalog on application. -adv. ' Basket Ball Wednesday, 8:30, armory, Sa rem legion vs Corvallls Firemen, 25c. Adv. i ' , ' Sleepers - ' The following were given beds! at the station yesterday: Frank Lee, P. Ireland, F. Lipscome, J. Ekman, C. J. 1 Bennett. H. Hayes, HV Wilson, J. Dowdrick, R. Johns, I. Cfrant and 1.' CLeary. Fine line of Fire Screens Just arrived;' special prices.- C. S. Hamilton, ! good ' furniture. Adv. : . I , i Dr. B. H. White L .j . 506 IT. S. f Bank Bldg, Elec tronic Reactions ot Abrams Adv.' I Anto Tops and Curtains ? . , "i To order, reasonable' prices. Anderson: tt ,.Teed, 176 South Hlgb. Adv. V Sloeer Bill Signed A C Governor Pierce yesterday signed the Moser bill making the teach- QUICK LUNCH 420 Ferry . i " MEAlS 236 r i LEO M1NNICKEL ,Come inland trjr as SAVE;??$. by buying your hardware And furniture at The Capital Hard ware & Furniture Co., 285 No Commercial St. Fhcne 947, TOR- OUTS THAT LAST HARTIIAIi BROS. Diamonds, .Watches, 1 i" Jewelry' and Silverware. Phone ? 1255, Salem, Oregon your j Satisfaction is Oiir Profit , ' t i" :. If we did not satisfy; YOU, you would not tell others to come to us. MORRIS . OPTICAIi CO.. S01-5 Oregon Bldg, t - i , 1 Oregon's' Largest Optical Institution . ' - i' r, Phone 239 for appointment SALEM. OREGON ; DOUGHTON & MARCUS Hardware, Paiils, OUsr . and Glass Why not jset busy before the soring rush starts and paint - BRIEF ilng ot the' constitution:; of the lTTnltAi State comnulaorr. in . the public and private schools of the state. : ' , i : .... . . .. , .... y Your Eden Washer yet? 'i IX not, let us send one to t your home on trial. Salem Elect Co., Masonic Temple." Phone 1200. Adv. Do Ton Jfeed Help r t : - i In making up your income tax report? See A. M. fl Dalrymple. room 328 Oregon Bldg. Phone 985 -Adv..: . ;. v ' : Dance Benefit : ' . Women's club, community bldg. at the Derby hall, Thursday, Feb. 1, 9 p. m. Admission 50c Adv. Basket Ball T" Wednesday, Jan.' 81, 'armory; 8:30; Salem legion vs Corvallls. Adv. : ' : h i ' Sing for Radio" Twenty-four members " of t the high school chorns under the di rection of Miss Lena Belle .Tartar broadcasted a musical program last night from the Salem Elec tric company station. Special solo numbers' included a piano solo by Louise FIndley, "To a Wild Rose" and Ruth Tucker, ' "Valley ot Laughter." ' " ; To Address Realtors Oregon State Immigration Com missiocer Rapheal P. Bonham will address the Marion-Polk County Realtors at their Tfittrsday noon luncheon at the Marion hotel, oh the subject .of. immigration. , This is one of the big, questions of to day and ' one which should be heard by all who 'can attend. To Give Charter u The Ki wants club at v Vancou ver, Wash, is to . receive its char ter on ' Saturday, February 10, and some ot the Salem Kiwanlans plan to go up to see and enjoy the ceremony. Secretary 5 Henry E. Morris expect to , go .for one, and ; we wants all others : who would like to take .the trip to communicate with , him. , Vancou ver has had several delegates to visit In Salem, during the winter1. 'No license Albert - West was' arrested yes terday for possessing no drivers' license., He will probably appear in the Justice court-today.; Uses Old License C P. Rogers was arrested for driving with, his old 1922 license yesterday. He had made -no at tempt to 1 secure 'a new one. He will probably1 be heard in the jus tice court today.' )'; - Girl Run Down J. P. Keith ot 604 Tolman, while going : west on Court be tween Church and High, struck a Small eirl named. Helen ,Coen enberg - who ran out: from be tween two cars The injury was reported slight. ; Speeder Fined-- Carl Headrick was arrested yes terday and : was - charged with speeding at the rate of 38 miles per hour. He was fined $15. Man Held Up i A J. II. Lyons of 1890 North Fourth reported that he was held up at Fourth and South streets and was divested of $50. in cur rency and three checks Oh Bnsick t. Sons. The men were said to have -been about 25 and 3 0 years of age. Indecent Exposure ' . Charles J. Anderson of 373 North Church was arrested by Sa lem police yesterday ; and charged with . indecent exposure. He wa3 fined $40 when he appeared be fore Judge Poulsen. ' Loganberry Men Meet ', L 1 to Discuss Market's SILVERTON, Ore Jan. 30. CSpecial to The Statesman) The Silverton loganberry growers held a meeting at-the commnnity club rooms Saturday -afternoon to form an organization through which the growers can better keep In ' touch with markets'. About 100 acres of loganberries .were represented at the meeting. Dr. C. W.eene was elected president of the organization wlth K. O. Rue vice president and - A. H. Smith secretary treasurer. The meeting. was adjourned subject to the call of.the secretary. -t : Webb '& Ctough Leadin; Fcseral Directors ; ; Expert Em! aba crs Rigddii & Son's r Bl0RtUAltY Uneqizaled Serrice . CIsscy, FIsniti kc 125 North HigK Phona 381 "Say it Wi& Ffaweri?- S Oil HIGH Judge McCourt Says There Is No. Such Thing as" V "Good Old Days" : - c There have been , . pessimists, gTouchers, viewers - with - alarm, f raid-cats, , yellow-backs, doubters, critics, i superior, instructors who know a -" hundred ' better ways, bosses and leaders and bludgeon ers who demand a change or your lifebut for a bright, cheerful change at: their 'Friday luncheon, the Lions picked Judge John Mc Court. to talk to them on his own subject of '"Optimism.", ..It was as different . as an . angel at a bootlegger's . crap - game, or a snowball battle down in the main corridors" ot the hottest place there is. v That talk should - be worth a million dollars' for all Salem 'to hear. Judge McCourt says there is no such thing as" "the good old days." , He has tried them ? both, and he knows. He lectured be fore ' the Portland : police - during the war and had them looking up the history, of police activities. Only S 00 years ago the few police of London didn't dare go outside the house of bights lest they be murdered; they ventured out dur ing the bright' days, but they didn't do a single solitary thing worth while, exeeptlive -and that wasn't worth while either. Mr. McCourt, . who was brought up here in' Salem recalled . when there were a score of saloons and a dozen open faro, games and gam bling joints, and houses of , ill fame were strung all along the back streets, i Up in Portland there were dozens of vile cribs be tween t the Perkins hotel and the depot, and the whole country was in the .grasp of vices that seemed unbreakable, t Bnt they have been broken, and the country is infi nitely more decent than it -was even one generation ago. ; pontics ana business are on a higher plane today than they ever were in the history of the coun try.. There were then no forward looking clubs like the Lions, the Rotary, the Klwanis; ; they had beer parties where boys of 18 could go in and buy a whole keg of booze and pack it off down 'the alley to hia friends.. The spirit of fairness, of uplift, ; of chivalry both individually and nationally, has improved marvellously. - Am erica has sent 4,000,000 men to war, for a spirit that was not then even suspected anywhere on. earth a spirit of altruism that would sacrifice self to help an outside world.. . "These are the best days this country, ever Wyj the, best that ever happened1," said the speaker. VThe poorest man has comforts. protection, pleasures that the rich could not enjoy even halt a cen turjr ago. There is a smaller pro portion of drones, ot lazy-bones, today than ever before. More and more people count .it a disgrace to not earn their own living. It ought to be, and soon it will be a disgrace for any person to fail to earn what he receives." Judge McCourt was greeted with1 rousing cheers as he -closed his bright and helpful message. juiss jeanette. syltes , gave a charming Interpretative dance to the piano accompaniment - played by her mother, Mrs. Horace Sykes. The little lady is a real artist in her work, and received well mer ited applause. ; The prize for the- day was given by Lloyd Reynolds and was won by Ed Rowland. ' The ' Lions are nrenarinff fnr their big minstrel show some time in February, for the benefit pf the Boy Scouts of Salem. Ru fus White is in charge of the pro gram, and he has the tempting program about made out and all parts assigned for the event. ra SCHOOL BILL Salem! Educator Takes Fa!) Out of Eddy Revision Measure in Senate He would be a reckless and should be a heavily Insured legis lator who would go into the ring for more . than one round with Prof. J. C. Nelson', of .the Salem high school, to debate' on the POLITIC Eddy or almost any other educa tional bill, after hearing how the prof handled the king's English at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon Monday noon.. He made rather worse than hash of practi cally all of the claims for the Eddy 'practical'; , school bill; It was a' much, a mossy fluid by the time, he had operated on .it with bludgeon and rapier and scalping knife : r-r 'r At that, v Senator S Eddy means well, and he has a lot of good ideas most of which, according to the Nelson address, he has not expressed in this bilL . TfOjtalk was. the work of one who had spent years in, tbe- edu cational , game, and Incidentally he had picked up more kinds of ver bal poison and arson and mustard" " i - - - gas : than u one. less ' Widely-read would believe there were' in the language. ':' PreLf Nelson says .that it aim ply won't work, to bodst elemen tary shbjects into the high school It msans? to displace! what is al ready there and throw the whole system out, of kilter, including college as -'well as the primary, where the, change would-have to start . This sort ' of revision, he says, comes from . those unac quainted with the real problems of education. The bill is contrary tar all educational experience, in its ill advised breaking up of the lines marked out by educators for ages.' - 1 $ . - Every i subject -that, the Eddy bill would have .' taught in the high: School is now taught in the elementar - grades, .he ; says. If they are not adeqliaiefy' taught in the, lower ! grades, that, and " not a .course of study revision, is the problem. ' Prof. Nelson denied the virtues : of penmanship and - even of spelling as a keystone of civili zation. .Even Shakespeare was an atrocious speller; but he had some: thoughts that lived; . and the typewriter and not the moral failure of the schools today make handwriting less ' attractive or .necessary than it used, to be. ' Prof. Nelson doubted whether the service flag of the Salem high sthool, with its hundreds of names would support the suspic ion that the youth of today were lacking; in any kind of patriotism that could be taught by biograph ies or any other form of patriotic exercises. He asserted that , the children don't talk much about this subject, but they go out and do it. He. doubts If it would be wise to idealize and make into super-men and demi-gods the hu man founders of the nation; the reaction - in later life would be harmful and the histories of to day give the facts as the child should know them. i ; He doesn't believe that consti tutional law is a grammar or high school subject; it used to be. a college subject, and a stiff one at that. - With four constitutional changes in the last four years; he does not- believe that a - frantic teaching of the Infalibillty of the original " constitution was the thing to do. And he believes that sociology, which the Eddy bill de plores, has rmore ' saving power than arithmetic spelling Or 'Writ ing. ; And as to the condemna tion ot teaching ancient mythol ogies,; why, he says they never did, never do, never will, i It's a mere sidelight that helps, to ; un derstand the way the human mind has grown,' and what 'has' made the 'human race get and cling to some of its curlosl notions bult it isn't a real stuay that anybody need to fear. - -. Prof." Kelson attacks, pungent ly! the present system of employ ing teachers, making It impossible for any teacher to be sure of a standing more than a few months at a time He says that if any other professional class, . like doc tors of lawyers, were to be called np annually to be quizzed by a political officer as to their stand ing In their profession that the of, fleer himself might know little about, they'd find a way to Change It," Putting the teachers' profes sion on a pei'nianent well palof basis that will attract and hold capable teachers and will; exclude those who have no' business teach ing; he said,' would 'solve the prob- "Sell Direct to You" Plumbing Fixtures at V Wholesale Prices :A ,Z piece bath set . . .$a."S.OO 30 gallon boiler .... OJSO - Closet combinations, $23 and apv ' t - : . - LavatoiiesV; 99 and up. ' 'Sinks, $ 7 and up. . , Soil pipes and fittings. : Malleable pipe and fit tings. All kinds of repair parts. '' i.. : 4 - !- ' ::-, ; V Portland Plumbing: Supply Co; 102 Firs Street . , Portland . 1 ; Oregon SALEM MORTUARY FUNERAL A Complete Funeral lor Less 210 Center Street I I I I I I I I I i n . I i it il May not be as handsome as his business getting you up year- . We've got your clock on 157 South Commercial 1 bug .- -. -,. ture now in session. The matter of; state encouragement of flax, for state prott as well as for the profit 6t the growers themselves Is to be. handled without gloves. Johnson Smith, the warden of the state penitentiary, and- Hansett, the manager of its flax depart ment, are .to attend,'- and all aro coming with the expressed inten tion' of boosting the game to their limit. -H ; ' - ; t. Flax growing, never looked so hopeful as .right now. with ' this sort of official backing. SENATE BILLS' I - The following senate bills were introduced, yesterday: ' S." B. 118, Brown and Zimmer man Relating to milk products, to prevent fraud and adulteration and regulating manufacture and sale. . t-'u-i"' ' --r-; S. B. 119,1118 Amending the embalming )aw.. . j - ; t S. B. 120 Joint committee on military affairs For acquiring a site and 'for building' and equip ping an armory at Cottage Grove and appropriating ' money. S. B. 121, Strayer and Brown : Providing for copy editor and lem of school efficiency where un numbered courses of study and transpositions of subjects would Continue to fail. - - "If the teaehers who have "been studying education all their lives don't kno any more ot their work than this bill assumes, they are no good and ought to get out of the profession, the sald. "If you want better schools, go back to the only place where ' any re form can really be effected and make your teaching system' better, more attractive to those who want to teach as a lifts work." Prof. Nelson got a royal cheer .when, he closed. .If the Eddy bill had a friend in the. whole crowd, he didn't let on. , 'v; , ; . f: Rev. Martin Fereshetian pre sented the case tor the Children's farm home at 'Corvallls in a brief strong' argument.' . V . ScKaetefs Cough eyrup and lung balsam is cheaper than life insurance anyhow, who wants to see his life insur ance used t when " one of our preparations need forfit. prevent the Schaefer's ii i i Drugstore I... ,.t' 125 N. Ckirnmercial Phone 197 4Ttj Your Penslar Store . First- Fhone 1GS0 a Grucn but he sure knows, on time 365 days in the . . Vtfffttf ffijffaZJ the shelf. J - Plione 35 Flax; Growers Urged to , T ' Attend Chamber Meeting : . ' . . ".- ' : ( ;i,All;the.flax growers and friends of- the whole Willamette valley are urged to Join In the big meet ing at the Chamber, of Commerce today. It ' is the . session of the Flax and Hemp association, but other flax men are invited to take:. part. - Ai-' ' " : .Dinner Is to be served, a basket lunch affair with every ; member urged to bring, a 'basket for 4he Occasion. --- Governor .Pierce, a staunch' and courageous friend of the. flax grower. Is to be there for dinnerr." so, too,! will: be the ways and means committees ot both senate and house, ot the legisla DIRECTORS proofreaders in lieu ' of enrolling and engfosslng committees,' V ' -S B. ; 122, Joint committee en military -affairs Providing for acceptance of battleship Oregon by. t?e Btate. ; z .' S. -Bi 123, Moser To reenact section 1234 Oregon Laws, relat ing to exemptions. -. ' S. B. 124, Eddy To amend section-10,' 194, relating to mechanics liens. '.:- ; : "i" S.B. 125, Edwards Prohlbit ing driving or herding, of livestock at nigh t on highways- and with out lights S. B. 12$, Garland For relief for the; widow ot Sheriff Kendall of Linn county in the amount of $3000. i" .. . ; a . -v,- . ' v . S. B. 127, Joseph For the pay ment of emoluments' for marriag es to be paid to county treasurer. S. B. 128, committee on educa tion Relating to vacancies in of flees of - clerk and directors of school boards.' ... - r 1 f Interest Manifested in : 4. Bulb.Farms Prove's Great According to a close 'estimate, more . than. 30,000 people visited the" Oregon Bulb . company farm, the Dibble & Franklin place, last season. : Their wonderful flowers were the delight of the whole val ley! and people drove hundreds of miles to see their bulbs 'in blooral'' - . ;. . v v ; This year, they expect to have at least 2 S er cent more f lowers than last year rand they are doing their first wholesaling of bulbs. In competitive tests,' last year, these Oregon-grown bulbs proved to be at least the equal and prac tically always' the superior to the besf. foreign . bulbs, j: The pioneer company la 'establishing anliiil;r-L. . A 1 mm. iiii . X2ST TEST Tho ticonomy Oflf SL Spring of such well known "makes MODART ' t p ' and ; arner s in all the 1 latest designs WRAPAROUND CORSETS Flesh color and of figured CORSETS W Brocaded at $3.48 and taped at . $2.9S and $1.03 Short, Medium and long; lengths, BRASSIERES ' .' In ah 'excellent grado of mesh witK elastic insertion 35c. Brocaded satin bando brassieres 98c. " .. .. SANITARY NEEDS : ; Napkins medium size, half dozen in a box at 19c. Belts 25c and 49c. . . Aprons 35c to 98c. ' J " " , -The new Knickerettes in all sizes at $1.43. , national fame fori Oregon as a flue .bulb center,- I Two years 'ago the first- tulips blossomed - on February 22, and the bloom were coming up to the last ' Of - May, an exceptionally early, and long season'. ' Usually, th,e. first blooms eome in March, the daffodils being the earliest cf the bulb plants to blossom. The present ": season; according : to the growers',, promises' to ' be a - good normal (for time, and, up to the present there Is every reason to expect the best Of flower craps. Five Die of :Sfe6iInd Sickness in Portland . PORTLAND!, Or., Jaiu . 29. Two more deaths; ' swelling the monthly number ' to five, wre reported from sleeping sickness to the , city - health bureau tod iy. Lucretla Rose ' Knrtz, aged ;l s. and Bertha , C. Carlson, aged a 1. were the latest victims. i l ) Monthly pabi pauis,' headache, backache str.4 atiothcr, aches are ;qtiick!y, lJ?Ted hx.- , , 3 pr::r.jiicAua-tiii,L:::5 iiOontairihb darfgerous hilli (ofvAlng dfugs. ' don't yea iry tiiem? 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