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- Issued Daily THE STATESMAN v-1 ' 215 S. Commercial St., Salem. Oregon , (Portland Office, 627 Board of Trade Building. Phone Beacon 1193 " ' U1QIBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for Jrabli . cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise CQtodlted in this paper and also the local newi published herein. . , . R. J. Hendricks - . . Stephen A. Stone Ralph GloTer . .... Traiik Jatkoskl '. . . , e, TELEPHONES: ' ' - Business Office, 23 Circulation Department. 6SS Job Department, 683 Society Editor, 100 f Entered at the Postoffice In Salem, Oregon, as second class matter ,MR. MEMBER, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? .-. . ' i - i( i Let the members of the Oregon Legislatureincluding the two lady members, each ask himself or herself this ques tion: ' ' , . . j , :f w 4 j Jf you had a family of over 400 grown children that will grow gradually larger? a family that will be yours to support, willy nilly, till your dying day and that will have tcr be sup ported by your heirs and their heirs, throughout all time '. : Would you be willing to spend, say $350,000 to" $420,000 every two years in their support, and to bequeath this burden " to your children and your , children's children, without at tempting to provide all the" members of yqur growing family with some productive work to do, in order, that they might become self-supporting and in some measure self respecting; it beine considered that they are for the.most part able bbd- r-4eq andr willing and anxious to work ?t i Nol matter how rich you plight be, would you not think :it foolish to burden yourself and your estate with their, ex pensive support in idleness ? v 9 " i - Well,this is the case of the Oregon penitentiary " And the burden of the support of that institution, while ' it ha3 to be borne by a large SB a l. f-JL i upon some, oi juieni ; upua umuy ux mem, aireaay cnargea with grievous burdens, - v ; . . - , . Ti. t ..1 Mi.ln s.i-r iV.i I 1. IM liUIIV CE1UUU 11VJ W LliaL machinery with which 100 of would lift the burden of their - people of Oregon , r;:. r .. . Would make them self supporting r , - -' ' Would give, each worker at any task in the prison a small daily wage :'" . i ,: . . , ' ' " Would allow him te support his family or dependent rel atives on the outside,; so. that his home might be kept to gether, and in some cases would support the family, of the i bread winner whose life, was taken by the prisoner serving j his sentence for his" crime. I , j I :v i Perhaps $75,000 will be enough to buy the machinery. 'f , , remaps $ou,ooo win do it. -i i - But whatever sum it may take, up to $100,000, thi3 would surely be a good investment it wgUld surely be con sidered a. good investment in the business world outside the prison walls. wfi' ".-'i f j r- , Ji . The Oregonian sald.a fewdays ago that twice, $420,000 expended in - order to smake the penitentiary self supporting .-would be well, expended i X ti;x,rS With an original investment of $150,000, the Minnesota penitentiary at Stillwater was . made, sef supporting, with porting iuuu prisoners anq giving mem aauy wages ana pay ing every expense of every kind in and about the prison And piling up a surplus besides of over $4,000,000 since 1905, which was the last year the Minnesota Legislature tmade an appropriation of tax money for that prison. t i )-. - ' " 4-. ' -f'- ' i ; ' --'..4" , However, a Minnesota law allows the prison board arid the superintendent of ithat prison to borrow at not more than 4 per cent moneyfrom the state treasury' for the revolving fund, "to buy materials and pay wage3. Under that law, they may now at any time borrow over $3,000,000 ! j " M r n " , And they did, during the count of the high prices of raw materials and thecontracts they had made to sell the manufactured articles at the usual prices thus operating at a loss for a period. .' t i But they paid it all back, and interest. ' . j, - ' " - For buying raw materials and paying labor, the Gover- V,- ( . Bonbon BTinrr stpbts, V Coprrlht, 1023, Associated Edit I For Boys THE FCN BOX Ial's Come-Back I t always asking questions), "am , I Imade of dust?" N ;I think not,", replied his Dad, : MotheTWlse you would dry up once : in a while:' - -; f '-- - :; Wanting Knergy Herbert had spent ' J the' first . ;t'diB vi ilia iiic iu a uuuoo , - ? twvl. warn Itnlrrinwn K II f tltt .ftaH : x i nad experience with motor cars. ' t3o when he was , visiting hi aunt, and found the family cat dozing ! comfortably In the suhny window, ho. cried excitedly : "'Aunties come !qulck! '.Thin tat has gone to sleep 'and left his engine running!' ; i -v.:.:. . . - I -Farmer; . t'What are you doing .up that tree, youug relltfw?" r - Joe: "One of your apples ; tell ; down, mister, and I'm trying to put H'back i . Vfi ' i : More Would "l)d Hobby (aged 6' years): 4rieasc flveme a nickel, Uncle Jack." . Uuclo Jack: Why. little pal, 1 thoughts ydu were too --big- to beg tiit a nickel." v" v rJtuW, r.ohby: "That's ?-o, TIIE OREGON STATESMAN SALEM, OREGON ' - ' " FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2. 1923 ' .. . . - - i I Except Monday by , . PUBLISHING COMPANY .BCanager ...... .Managing; Editor ......... . .Cashier .. .... .Manager Jbb Dept number of people, falls heavily Ja 1 ' v - '-f.t?'v- :- 91 Art AArt !1fuinJ A1UU.UUU U1TCSLCU III ft L Jl 11 1 1 1 1 1 If these 400 men could work support permanently from the J , - 1 t 1 . war, borrow large sums; on ac-4 on ' The Biggest Little and Girls Not. Obliging Nervous man to boy next t6 him who has' a cold: "Boy, don't you have a handkerchief?" - Ypung America: "Yes, but" I don't lend it to strangers." , . . ; j Talented - ; v VI asked you to send me young lettuce.' j i, ' ' !' v "Yes, ma'am.,. Wasn't it young what you cot?" ' ' - v "Young? It's almost old enough' to wash and dress ItselL." N s Seems That War Mr. Young: What animal makes the j nearest approach to man?" I Stude: !'The cbotle." Out of Luck The prisoner threw the jftaga- ilne across J his5 cell r In 'disgust. 'Xothing but .continued stories." he supttered. "and. I am to be hung nextiTuesday.VJ A I THE SHORT STORY, JR. I .V. ' " v INSIDE iJUT-o'i among the; fur urobes In the big limousine. ' The airin the' car was hoi : and stuf ry,,and"h-gi?was-br.ndled ' nr he could hardly bicathe. rSy " 'ioal'daV "6 -go : f t,- . . nor and the superintendent of the Oregon prison7 ought to be given such authority. They may not have to use it. -They should nevertheless have the authority; in ordei to provide the necessary raw materials and pay cash, and discount bills. With $50,000 or $75,000, or at the most $100,000 for machinery, which may be provided without any additional appropriation more than has been expended in running the penitentiary heretofore V (. And with the authority to temporarily borrow when or if needed in the revolving fund to buy materials and pay, for labor . s ' . . ! With this appropriation and thia authority, Governor Pierce and Superintendent Smith 1 of the ? penitentiary can make the penitentiary self supporting and they can likely accomplish this in two years. They can surely do it in four years; and they can surely make a big dent in it within two years. !::.''''' ' They are anxious to try. They will not experiment They will not spend a cent till they know what they are doing. ' r' ' ' ' :' ' ' i J" Give them the appropriation and the authority. That will be among the most constructive things of thi3 session of the Legislature.' Will it not be the most con structive of all the things that can be done? v J j President Harding, like Presi dent Cleveland, has congress, on his hands. There is at every session talk of patting the business of the leg. islatare on a business basis. But it has never - been done. It can be done. Will It ever be done? Europe must feel quite at home with tne drums beating, flags fly lng. troop trains running, motor cycle ' corps flitting about.! air craft roaming; above and other signs of . war. It takes all sorts of people In this world to make tip the population. J l ; Oregon never had a more able or a more earnest body of men (and women) in her legislature than she has in the present ses sion, taken ' as a' ' whole. And there have been sessions In 1 the past composed of some of the best and ablest minds in the common wealth. The members In some past sessions followed leaders bet, ter than the members of this ses sion are doing; some of them fol lowed party bosses better. Per haps this Is a fault of the present session that there is not enough following of leadership; provid ing that it be good and able and honest leadership, "directed to the best - interests and highest ' wel fare of the state. There are a lot of 'constructive things yet to be doue at this session that ought to be done; and 'the ' doing of which would make this a notable session, of the Oregon - legislature in the annals of the state -L' K There "is not a member of the Oregon legislature who, givent400 and over men physically fit and willing to .work, if he or she had such a force available for a pri vate enterprise, could not so di rect them that they could earn their own keep, with something over. That is what the state of Oregon has at the penitentiary! All they need is direction and tools, and ' machinery. They can sarn their own keep and small wages besides, ' and a ' surplus every year. If there Is, after two years from now, ever again need ed an appropriation for the sup port of the Oregon penitentiary. it will be a disgrace to the pres ent ? legislature. Tne ' governor Taper in the World coasting like the other boys? lie looked : with envy at the ragged little urchin they passed 'tugging his sled up the hill. ' . ; "Mother," he asked, "why can't I have a sled and go coasting like that .boy? '.- i K I - 1 v f h - '. Mrs. DeBois looked at her son in astonishmen.' j "Mercy! : Clar ence," she gasped, : "you know you're too delicate. Besides you really wouldn't like to be that lit tle , rag-armuf f in, wonM ' you ? Poor boy, how he must envy you your big limousine.', ; : The limousine drew up In front ob a large house and Mrs! DeBois got out. ''Now, Clarence," : sha said, "James will drive you all through the - park for your fresh air. - Call for me in an hour." The big car. swung around and back towards the hill where the boys were coasting. 'Jamesstop! Stop a minute," .Clarence called suddenly. .The chauffeur j'. drew up to the curb. U It was not , his place. to !ask. questions, but he watched with Interest as Clarence tumbled out of the car and rat up to Tommy, i. "Say, would you be willing ; to i go riding In that limousine for a little while and let me have your sled?" he pint "Would I!" i Tommy i gasped. "He dropped his sled and ran for the limousine as fast as ever he could.., There must be some mis take, but he wasnt going to give that rich boy time to change his mind. r y , . j - , .; ' '' "Drive on!" Tommy ordered, as he had seen It done In the mo? ies. - i :- ' I ' :-' : i v . V - They were back in half an hour and met 'Clarence at the bottom of the hfll; cheeks growing;' eyes shining. "Gosh, ain't it great? Tormiay 'sfghed as he climbed out of the car. ' ' , v t": and the penitentiary managers are anxious to make the "institution self supporting. They can do it, with provision for some machin ery and tools; and any money provided now for these can all be paid back, with Interest, besides making' the prison self support -ing. '. ' ;" ' . 1 : CALLING KEMAL'S BLVFP Pouring oil on troubled diplo matic waters is a r risky experi ment; for somebody Is always setting fire to It. ; Just now tne oil of the Mosul is spreading in a sticky flood all over the proposed treaty at Lau sanne. Lord ' Curzon Insists that the petroleum-bearing v! territory sha!l remain under a British man date. Ismet Pasha has responded that his government will ' never Klgn a treaty . containing, such a clause. : . r -" - , ; - 4 '. .'. . ' Perhaps Ismet v is ; not '.. to be blamed; for he was notified two months ago by the Angora gov ernment that it he so far lost' his head as to sign such an agree ment at 'Lausanne he would lose it a second time when he return ed home. . " . " Lord Curzon is in a somewhat similar position,-' He has- been instructed by the British govern ment to retain the Mosul " terri tory In Irak at all costs. From presen4ndications a . bit of fight ing will be necessary before! the disput Is settled. Mustapha . Kemal recently boasted that he is at the head of the-most powerful army In the world. His men have grown res-? live during their period of 1 en forced inactivity. ? They want ,tp cross the Straits, to rooceupy Constantinople and Adrianople, the holy cities of Islam, and test their strength with, 'the peoples of the Balkans.. t - France has cashed . In . and . re tired from the Near East game. She is now devoting her entire activities to settling her score with the Germans in the, Khlne valley. Vi: Her- withdrawal Tias caused the Greeks ito-'replace on their shoulder the chip jhat was knoeked -off so rudely, by the Turks in Asia Minor 'last Septem ber ''-V- 1 -.'r:,t:V.-.;!:b. The cabled news tell the world that Greek troops have entered HTJKOB PLAY i ' WOBS Edited by John H. UOlar but they were not talking about the same thing. , . :.'s ' j "Why, Clarence, now flushed you are! You're not well," his mother said when they called for her. But Clarence was cot listen ing. lie was' taking a last Jong look at Tommy . and his sled. : - :l r v I PICTURE PUZZLE ; Aniwrr t, rtcr'aya.'MiIatimiur ?iShl'i Dtrfja," "Twrlfth ishw". , ; ' .1 ': . " . .'"Vv rw western Thrace; : and their lead ers have announced that their ob jective Is Adrianople.'' " Rumania and . Jugo-Slavia are :' feverishly mobilizing their forces to make common cause' with the Greeks against the Turks; for none of the Balkan nations, not even the Bulgarians, want to see the Turks regain, control of Thrace. . As far as 'the British are con cerned, the situation has cleared very percepitbly. There are enough Balkan troops under arms to repel any Turkish Invasion of Thrace, to keep them : clear of Macedonia. It is a characteristic British policy in Near Eastern matters to handle the diplomacy and finances of a campaign and permit those people who are more immediately concerned to do the fighting, V In the background of the Near East, however, dark and sinister as a torna"do . on the horizon, crouches soviet Russia. The Bol sheviks covet, like the barbarians of old, the flesh pots of the warm countries of southern Europe. They have stripped their own country bare and they are ready to make secret alliances with either the Germans or the Turks, of with both, provided an en trance Is gained through which the Red legions can pass into the fertile lands that have .so far escaped the plague of Commun ism. . . , ' ' t Both Germany and Turkey hes itate, because It is through their countries that the Reds would march; first; and they fear, the looting would begin before the enemy country was reached. Three-months ago some Red regi ments moved to the aid of the Turks in -Asia Minor; but the ex-j cesses they committed horrified even the . callous Moslems, , and they were sent back to their own country. One of v the Kemal min isters was quoted, as saying that the , Bolsheviks were, even more dangerous as friends than as en emies.5 T ' i; In fct, the Turks themselves broke with the Bolshevik dele gation at Lausanne, on whose presence they had insisted. . Of Communism ono may say. as of certain landscapes, "distance lends enchantment to the view.". The close-ups are singularly . repul sive,- ;')!'.". : . ' WIND AND POWER ' '. The ! English people are bar- -nessing the " winds In order s to make electricity for 'power and light.. ; Buildings with J whirring wings are being erected on vari ous hilltops and ' the force thus developed is used to produce cur rent for the service of the Brit ish farmer. They have no great water power possibilities like bur Columbia or Niagara, and must do the best they can with nature's offerings. So they take the wind. We should learn to use the en ergy of the Kansas cyclone.1 the Dakota blizzard, the Oregon legis lature and - the American senate to create real power for service. They might all be tamedexcept perhaps the senate. ' ii ; i - T ; TOXGCE OR PEN j j Mussolihi, the new Italian pre mier, speaks French, German and English, in addition to his native tongue. Although he climbs from the bottom, he is better equipped as a linguist than any other; of the European premiers, t He was professor of French In the uni versity of Milan and has also been a newspaper editor. He would be handy man in. training the League of Nations to work. He can use tongue or pen with equal skill. , K- . BUSINESS TRAGEDIES There were nearly 3000 more failures In England last year than the year before not includ ing the one of Lloyd George. The total liabilities were some $75, 000,000 in excess of those of the ptevlous year. It Is evident that a good many business men are being taxed into bankruptcy under British schedules. The' decks are being cleared,, but the procesa Is a hard and harrowing one. 1 NOXK so niiixo Accordlnr to th cnnflomon who garner vital statistics- there is a lessening of blindness l In th.i 'country elnce ' people have taken to wearing glasses and car Inir for their, eves.- KeverthAlns - . ' 9 there are over 120.00 blind per sons In the Unitetf States today not including those who persist :n voting for the single-tax idea.! DUMMY - MARBLE They ruake millions of buttons from clam and mussel shells tak en from the Mississippi river and now they' are making snytnetic marble from the waste- of the but ton factories.1 - It la a Tine thing when a manf.canrear" his tomb stone , from hi exti;a" pants but tons. " " .'"" ; : -i ;, L' BITS FOR BREAKFAST Groundhog' day ' " . ' - ' " m . . And ft is a groundhog case of hurry with the legislature. The days are fleeting. W S v-,r-i The danger of a tight as to whose name the proposed con solidation measure shall carry is that no bill at all accomplish ing the objects ' aimed ' at -way be passed at this session.. This would please - some people, . 'hnt it would diappoint a great many, v-The Oregon ' penitentiary : Is without a female prisoner. The beauty of. the thing Is that there are very few women in thl state who ought io be thera .'' - The flax growers are satisfy lng everybody that they can fur nish all the flax the penitentiary plant can use. - The fact is, they cculd furn'sh all 100 institutions o! that size could use, and they would be glad to make contracts to do this very thing. The pro ducing end of the game is rock ribbed. . The !" problem is with the manufacturing' end. .The freezing weather of the past few days and nights has ptobably not injured serionnly any fot tbe $500,000 worth, of broccoli that; will soon be ready to harvest In . the- Salem district: If nothing happens to destroy the -crop. But freezing weather, with dry 'winds, would gire th3 growers sleepless nights and gray balrs. - Most of the paving of streets in Salem this year- will be with concrete. - Thftre ' will be some blocks 'of the' bitulithic type, however, and the Marion coun ty outfits wilt apply - the "hot stuff" In (finishing these. : President Wojclechowskl of Po land started, life as a trinter. But, as his predecessor In the of offlce, Narutowicz, was assassinated,- he hopes to escape ' any of this "leaded matter." r A 8TUFFE0-UP HEAD Instantly Din Evwj Air Passage--Clear8 : TInt . If your nostrils are clogged and your had Is stuff ou because ot nasty catarrh or a cold, apply a little' pur; antisepi cr -arj into your nostrils'. " It penetrates through every, air. pavsaj,- sootu 'ar and hI'r'S swollyn.inriatn ;d. membraues and. you cst ' In slart relief..' v" ?-,,. U: ) ; ' ' Try thla.c'Oet... a fttt" bothe of Ely's .Ti earn Balm atf any vJrjg stored Your closg'Sd J no3 fcrilA open, lgbt 'up; yo'ir." head is clear; no more, niwklng or sc if fling: - Count fifty. All the stlfiness, dryness, struggling for breath is gone. You feel fine. Adv. i c - ' j . Want Adc CLEARS i "-' "' -"'"' '','"'.'f 'r'" rEfrHr apllS? W . Want Ada are tireless tenraats. They arc. always on the job - " for you . . - : You can sell your used car, old books, pictures,' furniture. eto : -.--V- r .with their help- : . You can get roomers to add to your monthly income Want Ads will help you land a good Job or get competent ; : - : ' ' help for you ' ' ' ' ' Just telephone 23 and a pleasantrYoiced itd-taker will help you 1 ; - V EDITORIALS PEOPLE . ; " A Passing Spirit ; ' - Wednesday : afternoon sevetal score of the mos$ :.respected resi dents of v Salem attended the fun eral services of . Mrs. -. Caroline White. " - ; In terms of the goods of this world, .Mrs. White was not wealthy. 1 .' . -' ,r An ex-governor of Oregon and several of Salem's most Influential citizens attended Mrs. White's funeral. ' Why? Why had this plain little woman , attracted so many friends and so many friend ly ' thoughts' toward her , at her little;.' home on North r. Cottage street? , . : ! '. There is an answer. , . An unselfish, sacrificing exam ple of true Christian woman hood. A nature .which . recognized -the needy and those who were In such straits that a true friend was re quired. v- ' -;,f- .'.'''?'- K':-- ' Only those1 who were personally acquainted with Mrs. White can vouch tor : the facts Indicated in this halting testimonial, which by the way, Is written by a young man whose own life has been ' far from the precepts lived out , by the subject of this article. : . fThe Xapts pf Mrs., White's life can be briefed. Widowed and liv ing beyond the line; of four core years,; sne;.hadj:'lung!to the" old home in Salem. 3 Her lltvlng child ren had offered her homes with them at. various" times, but Mrs. White preferred to end her life In .this, city where she could be near her many friends. ' ; ' In her later years Mrs. . White was afflicted Jwlth a transitory cancerous! condition. . This result ed " in a minor ' facial disfigure ment. Yet disease -could not mar the life, of this ' woman. , . During the, i world war, despite her lim ited means, there is actual record that she .aided several f amilies. In Red. Cross, and -othei'- work she was always, a willing. r worker.- So faras was .possible, and she al ways found -a vway,lvMrs. i White never, failed to help in substan tial man neKVft ; l- : 7 The writer Is one who but held the belief, that the true things should be said to' the living rather than1 of those' who have been' called by .death. ' The funeral pf Mrs.: White was a reminder -. that here was' a task' left s undone. ' It is "written; now: only 'tin- the hbpe, that If may call attention to .the beau tif pi though isolated lives of many whom we know who ? will never be"hefalded by tame and yet whose lives are living testimonial to 41 God whose pretence points to better things for mankind., ' : - -,"'v By Will , Carver.' ; ' v The one man we "know of who thinks he ; is about' the best ; that ever came down the' pike is the average father-in-law. Exchange Vlforlt ; fl ALIEN H DILL IS STEPPED ii Fdrm Element Opposed t: .. Measure pt to Increase Construction Cost Within 15 minutes ' after the house had passed' the anti-Japanese land bill yesterday afternoon, that body killed a " bill requiring that only citizens or aliens who had filed their Intention papers at least six" months previously could be employed on public works within the state. The hill. Introduced by Repre sentative Hurlburt as part of the 100 per cent American program, drew the fire of the farm element which saw; In It danger of . rais ing the cost of construction work throughout the state,- since aliens will work for- lesy than American citizens on low. class unskilled work. .- Representative Schulmerlch of Washington county, in his maiden speech; for the session, ' drew a , round of applause from 'the mem. hers ahd the gallery when he cited an instance in his own hometown as an argument Against - the pas sage of the bill. HiUsboro, he said, one time incorporated such- a provision in an ordinance for the construction of sewers. American cltlzen- were employed, and after dlgzic a lot. of holes. that prevented traf fle-on jtnosV.pt. the city's streets the Aricans etruck v "We had to Import a bunch c Dagoes to finish the job and v. us bur 1 the mud,'; cWicludt Bchulmerich, amid roars vof.la.Ligi ter front the house. v. - ; Representative Bennett ,al spoke .against the measure, 'i Supervisor at State ' Hospital Succumbs l!:r :. W. J. Irwin.t for many jes: 6iteTvlsorr-ai-the Oregon tta. hospiUl,died; last night at 11:1 from an "organic illness, that ha troubled himfor.sv long time. II was with, the Hawthorne instltut In .Portland .' before -the prese: state, hospital was built; then 1 came here and fs one of the c! est of all'7 the- officers. '.lie 'wi well past' 60 years ot'age1 at ti time' ofhlsdeath; The fun in services have not.1 yet" been ai ranged, though the body is t Rigdon'a.-:!:'v':v' ' I . Mr. Irwin leaves a widow, wt has been for year in charge t. the . women's receiving ' ward at th hfipitai; , They have no chil dren Mr. Irwin was a menbel of the'Elks lodge and is v e'.l known in and around Salem. II 1. aboald not b "do' V Tti - il