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t i; ' ' THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON Statesman Issued Dally Except Monday by TUB STATESMAN VlIBLISHINO COMPANY 215 S. Commercial St.; .Salem,' Oregon . (Portland Office. 627 Board ot Trade Building. Phone Beacon 1193 - ; lfKMRKR OF THE ASSOCIATED PRE88 f The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the ttfce for publi eatlon ot all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited la this paper end also the local news published herein. R. J. Hendricks . . . . . . .......... Stephen A. Stone ................ Ralph GloTer ...... J. .......... . : freak Jaskoskl . . . . .V . . . ......... Manager Managing Editor Cashier .... . ... .Manager Job Dept. e e- eva TELEPHONES: Business Office. 2 s Circulation Department. 68S i Job Department, 583 Boclety Editor, 10 .Entered at the Postof flee In Salem. Oregon, as second class matter - 1 K SENATE BILL 39 NOT AN EXPERIMENT " "40 Railwas Use Auto Trucks Now" was a recent head line in the Oregonian. But they are of a heavy type neces sary to secure traction on the narrow, slippery steel raib. 5 -i- So the suggestion of an auto truck i hauling numerous trailers on wooden rails, utilizing: wide hard rubber tires and metal flanges, for the low traffic producing territory of central Oregon, is not revolutibnary. . r , i, L.:C. Bardo, General Manager of the N. Y., N. H. & Hartford Railroad states: V v "The industrial development of America has-.dut- .' stripped its rail transportation facilities to such an ex- : lent mat we are iace to iace toaay witn a serious eco nomic transportation question. I am inclined to believe that the conclusion reached as to the handling of the short haul 1.: c. 1. traffic by ;motor truck and. long haul bulk L c I." traffic by rail is the correct step, and there only remains the development of the proper public sen timent to give voice to such laws and protection as will , make this conclusion effective.1 Some new legislation is admitted to be necessary, Pri - i., vate capital hesitates to build branch lines into pioneer ter--,- ritory because the people when able will levy taxes oiL-such rail line 'for the building of a hard surfaced road adjoining and permit destructive auto "truck competition. ' Senate bill 39 overcomes this difficulty. It provides for transportation at cost, The tendency will then be to confine heavy :freight to this, the people's line and build only light traffic highways ad joining Railroads are protected and vriU be benefitted by the assembling of freight from scat 4 i tered areas.:. The public will save money on its highway - program by classification vof traffic t -- - . The law is not an experiment. It is based upon the irri-,- Ration district code which has been perfected after years of trial.- Many, court decisions construe its important clauses. ; . It will worfc-mthout faiL ! . I- : Bonds issued thereunder' will sell readily. . Districts will J be large.: The bonded debt will not exceed 50c to $1 per acre M for construction ; The average values to support same will be five to ten. times such amount under the most unfavorable conditions." No "window dressing" in the form of state cer tification or guarantee, .will -be necessary, as in the case of L-1 irrigation 8ecuritiesV,- ?.''$.',. :'': .-'' . v ' ,V,; ,Settl$r haye succeeded iri;the cooperative construction and management of many; great irrigation canals where a ; break means loss of life and property. They can surely find .' experts" to-run these little -trains for, theirtconvenience. It is but the cooperation of the community in a definite plan for-the delivery of farm produce to market by one who ; devotes all his time to this class of work, and who will soon become efficient by repetition, v Nothings very revolutionary , about this, is there ? . .-. l e ! . It will permit the farmer, to devote more of. his time to ' producing.- - - - -y.-- f -y-:-x: H yy-tl. :, It will save his. time and money, and the necessity of , each buying an auto -truck. , : i ; ; - i:r , It will cost the state nothing, and involve it in no risk.. It will bring millions of dollars of outside capital into Oregon, and many new settlers: - ' Who can possibly object to such a programs Districts do not have to organize unless they desire. MeeBal,,MMMWBlsieeMMesBSBiBBessBweMsWMMBMSMse - 1 I ... r- . 1 1 : . . -i i : . i it Is not In times of war, but of hunger, that the Nar East Is near to America, More needed than ever, a steer ing committee and a steam roller for the Oregon legislature. The Turto is no longer "un speakable." He was heard with out any appreciable trouble Lausanne. at Canada is" pluming herself on having produced a coreless apple. But who wants; a coreless, apple? Who would get the core of a core less apple?.- Time is growing short for the Oregon legislature; but a lot of good things may be crowded in a short space of time, if there Is complete cooperation, and no throwing of , monkey wrenches in to the machinery. , , Turkey keeps on blnffing and then when her bluffs are called backing down. Her bailiwick is below, the Dardanelles, and now or In the final reckoning she will hare to give up her ambitions for ruling over a single foot of Euro pean soil. be settled by congress. The pres ident may suggest, but e can go no further. .Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi is making ready to leave Washington forever on March 4. He, like "Uncle Joe," is going home. John Sharp Wil liams, always a scholar rather than a politician, says he is going home to read the classics -with AJax, Agamemnon, Ulysses, Paris, Helen, Menelaus., Horace and Ju venaf. ' Julian, the Apostate, .will read tohim on the banks of the Yazoo, his "Address to the Sun' lordv and giver of light. The Mississippi senator has a rare good time ahead of him. THI2 MFLK IS THE COCOANUT The legislature is doing good work, carrying but the program of economy and efficiency; and of constructive measures. - The thing is to speed up and carry on 'along these lines, giving no time at all to freak or spite or non essential matters. Then this session , will b-3 enscrolled in a high place in the annals of the state. i T : ; : , The average Englishman can not understand 1 our constitution and laws. In his country the gov ernment is everything, to the ex tent at least that it is empowered to Inaugurate policies in relation to foreign matters: Bat in the United States .congress is the art biter of such things an,d the pres ident can only move by direction of , that ,la,w making, body. It, is possible that - England may not approve . of - such a proceeding. but It is the command of the American constitution.. The ques tion of the English debt can only COMING EVENTS I Feb. 13, Fred Lockley at Salem Arts league, public library. i- ; Feb.; 13 j and 14, Pen Laugh and Song Fest. ! Feb. , 14, Apollo club con cert, at armory. March- 1, ,2,; and 3,' Fly ing. Squadron, , in , interest of Prohibition enforcement Afternoon and evening meef-' Ings ' inPresbyteriksQhurch.' At last an expert investigator has revealed the real cause of the financial collapse of the na tions in Europe. The whole trou ble springs from the government ownership ot railroads, it can readily be believed. We know what a few months of government control did for the railroads of America. lying districts to help themselves, where otherwise help there is none. , ( -.-, V W A letter received at The' States man office last night says: "I notice that the, chief journalistic bungleman and big wind of the Ol cott campaign in these parts is yelling and yellowing that Walter Pierce had no program; that he should have had a specific pro gram, and that there is no lead ership in the legislature, and such other trimmings as are character istic of a jaundiced mind and a sour stomach. That Is enough to make a horse laugh. What kind of a program would there have been If Olcott had been elected? Let any one answer. m Now, will the ginks who were out after the scalp of General White be good? They were also out to wreck te Oregon national guard. ( There will! be a consolidation bill. The danger Is that It will not go far enough in giving re sponsibility where there will be accountability. SUCKLES AND MUCKLES .Many a.mickle makes a muckle, says the bid Scottish proverb. And the United States department of commerce . corroborates , It. For its last December report shows that the' leading " 5-and-10-cent- store" concern did "more than twice the business of the biggest mail order house. How many, people there still "are. who would sooner spend 10 cents than $10! CHINESE DIET We must evidently revise the notion that the Chinaman in his native haunts subsists chiefly on rice. According to our consul at Antung his favorite food is wheat flour, corn coming second and rfce a poor third, is this the first step In; deorlentlng the Far East? f BITS FOR BREAKFAST Legislature doing bully Keep on keeping on, and It will be a great session. W 1 Senate bill 39 is on, the senate calendar, ready for action. , y , " This is a constructive measure and it should be put through. It will enable outlying districts J to connect, with markets. It will bring millions oT dollars Into "the state. It will Increase .'taxabl a property immensely L ..: It asks for no appropriation .or guarantee of any 'kind. 1? , It iJ 'merely an en abling . act, authorizing the, out- YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON' Investigation of the v ad ministration of veterans' bu reau affairs' was ordered by th'w senate. Colonel Walter A. Bethel was nominated to be judge advocate general of thearr.y succeeding Major General Crpwder, new ambassador to , Cuba. I Mrs. 'Mao Ellen Nolan was sworn In as a member of the( . hotisef succeeding" her - late husbahd as representative CUT THIS OUT IT IS WORTH MONEY Cut out this slip, enciose with 5c and mail it to Foley & Co., 2835 Sheffield Ave., Chicago. 111., writing yonr name and address clearly, i You will receive in re turn a trial package containing Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs, colds and croup; Fo ley Kidney Pills for pains in sides and back; rheumatism, backache. kidney and bladder" ailments; and Foley Cathartic Tablets, a whole some and thoroughly cleansing cathartic for constipation bilious ness, headaches and sluggish bow els. Sold everywhere. Adv. ' - cms WILL "FEED" Amendment to .Irrigation Appointment Finds Favor Despite the efforts of Repre sentative Lee, - chairman of the1 house irrigation committee, . to confuse the status of a resolution introduced by Representative Bur dick and Senator Ritner calling for the appointment of an Irri gation investment commission 'the house yesterday concurred in the amendments to the resolution made by the senate and closed the matter, j ; The resolution was Introduced in the house following Governor Pierce's special message and af ter . the authors had conferred with the governor who. according to Burdick, approved of its form. In its original form the resolu tion called for a commission of five, one appointed by the gover nor and two each by the speaker and president of the legislature. In response to the suggestion of Governor Pierce the resolution was amended In' the senate to provide for the appointment . of three members, with the tacit un derstanding that' none of the members would be members of the legislature. This was the form approved today. . from the fifth California dis trict. .. . - ..- Salaries ranging from - $125,000 a- year down are t paid by the Ir&ding patrol i eum companies to their chief . officials, - the senate oil in vestigation committee was. informed. "' . ' V : . - In, an effort to bring both the shipping and debt re funding bills to an early vote. Republican leaders de cided to have the senate each day consider one meas ure for a few hours, then the other. Pred'cting. that the United States in the future would begin to export gold. Comp troller of the Currency Cris- singer in his annual report declared this "would repre sent a loiie step in the restoration- of world economic equilibrium. TONIGHT Definite Program for year Will Be Submitted at Meeting Tonight. : erxjvrt 03rl mm HTTlfOa PLAT WORK f oyyrlsht, ICSSi Associated Edit ore The Blssest little Paper in the World Edited by John XL Millar r -hi i:6r Boys; and Girls Aim M ' I. - y rrs. ' mi f i. ' V 4 .' fa . BOY ADVENTURERS Marco Polo's . First Journey Marco Polo, the great globe trotter, was only 16 when: he started- on his travels the. fam ous travels which first brought to Europe knowledge of the peo ple living, in Japan,: Ceylon, and the far northern.icountries. Marco lived' in the latter part of the 13th. . Century. , His home was in Venice, Italy, and his. fath er, a Tery wealthy merchant; gave big . son everything money could buy, - . He had ' private teachers, fne clothes and plenty of things to amuse him. . . - . , . -, ,The boy was not; however, con tentral ! home. ' When he was six years ' qld, ,; his father and uncle had gone away on a long journey. .Marco often thought about them and . the' wonderful things - they must he seeing, so that he. was rcfjtless,.- and Venice seemied a Tery small place to him, indeed. , ; i Nicolo Polo Returns : One 'day word came that the ship of Nfcbiof Polo. Marco's fath er, was returning. There was rfireat excitement f in .'the ;Ttolo home, with every -j one ' rushing about, making, plans tor greeting - the travelers. A great banquet was "planned,, and the old stone walla .of the courtyard were, dec orated with flowers. Marco was busiest ot all, and he could hard ly wait until the ship should come to port. . 1 ' ; Finally the ship, came in. All the servants of the house and all of Polo's friends went out to meet the homecomers. Marco was all ready to rush up and ,hug his father. When the . two travelers came toward him, however, he stopped. He didn't know Ills fath er. Then the older one took him In his arms and called "him "my son Marco.? ? : , Another Journey Planned Nicolo Polo remained home a year, and in that time the father and son became very fond of each other. .1 The restlessness in Nico lo's blood, however, t wouldn't let him stay peacefully at liome, and soon he began to plan another long journey, talking of a prom ise made ot a great foreign king to return. ! His onfy regret " was that be would leave the son he had just become acquainted with. "But father," Marco cried, "you need not leave me behind ;MJbeg you to go; 'and "let ,me" go with you. ; Surely I. am told enough! Think, sir, I shall soon be. 16. That is almost a man!" So when the Polo ship failed "again,' Marco was' on iU : i- ,-r.' ' - y--: I THE SHORT STORY, JR. I 1 ; LINCOLN'S WAY It j was tke fall of 1863. On the street corner of one of the largest southern cities stood ' ' a tiny colored boy. "He was a little slave boy belonging, to Old Colonel Hall. ; Colonel Hall ; was a : poor, but very, very prcjud,. old planta tion' owner. Through a series of bad cotton crops , he had lost nearly all he owned. But he still hung on to his big plantation and a few of his best slaves, among whom were Goliath, his father and mother. But since Colonel Hall was very poor, his slaves were correspond ingly poorer. Goliath had seldom in his life known what it was to have enough to eat. . He was small and undernourished. A large, ragged old shirt, which in better days had graced the back of the Colonel himself, hung loosely from his spare : shoulders. His tiny frayed end patched trous ers were mucli .too shorts His stubby little brown toes kicked Impatiently-at the. rough cobble stones. He looked longingly out of the corner of his ' eye at the fruit stand near by. '"'Being only a little slave boy, no one noticed him. ! There were the largest and fin est orangse Goliath had ever seen on the fruit stand. How he should love to sink his little white teeth Into one. He could never remem ber tasting an orange, i but his Mammy had often told him of the good old days when there were oranges on the Colonel's table for every meal and. the slaves had all they wanted. . J; - v . : 'f4 : How badly he wanted one now thkt big fat one! right on the edge. If the old woman behind the stand would only turn . her back, for a .minute! ,He , edged over nearer the fruit to be ready in. case...she did. :j " ,U J t : : Down the street came a tall man in a high hat and a long, black cape.. He looked at Goliath and smiled. He seemed to! take the" situation In at a; glance. Stopping before, the fruit stand Fresident King Bing, Bill Ham ilton, is in doubt just what to call the eatin' program the Cher rians are to have at 6:15 to night whether to say dinner, or supper, or luncn, or plain "feed." But whatever anyone wishes to call it, that's it, and they expect to have a royal big time. This Is the first Tegular meal they havei taken since . the first of the1 new year; the Jan uary program was merged into the High. Jinks, and they didn't carry out any of their regular business program. Tonight, a definite program is to be submitted' for suggested activities for the year. The council of Nobles met last week, and agreed on what it should present for the 1923 civic, activi ties for the coming season. . The pre gram will be open for debate, for amendment for whatever ac tion the main body may take. President Hamilton believes that by budgeting their - activities thus early, the Cherrians can make the best possible out . of their services to the community. The entertainment begins promptly at. 6:15. Coming Saturday ' MARY PICKFORD In Her New "Tess of the Storm Country" Watch for Further Interesting Announce-ments. OREGON Smwm thm. V Tke Great American Sweetmzat Top off your meals vith WIUGLEY'S and dive: your stomach a lift. lt aids di lie at ion It provides . the 'hit of sweet" in beneficial form. Helps to cleanse the teeth and keep then . healthy. . j. ; : WRIG very big -dividends y on n very small investment. The Flavor L-a-s-t-s It'a the best - chevrini &vm that can be made and It comes wax-wrapped to. keep it in sood condition. ' . Z 4, -A . , .. - he selected the three largest and brightest oranges. -Goliath's big fat -one on the edge was one of them. He tossed the old. woman a 'coin and then, stooping down, he placed his big hand on little Goliath's shoulder. ' "My boy," he said, "Always re member that it . never pays to steal. Here, these are yours' Ha gave Goliath .the oranges and passed on down the street. "Do you know who that was?" gasped the old fruit Vendor when he was gone., That was Abra ham Lincoln,' the president of the United States." I IE BILL TREATED LIGHTLY Lee Casts Own Vote Against' Measure I hat. It May Be Reconsidered. ' PICTURE PUZZLE I I WHAT POEM 15 5AM READING? Anrwer to lart pvssle: Bamy." , - The house declined to take ser iously Representative Lee's bill to require railroads to Install sema phore systems, during the closing hours of the afternoon session, causing Lee to object angrily to the negative votes, and then to cast his own vote against the bill in order that he may later move to reconsider the bill. Representative Ford's bill to make it lawful for school districts to employ' teachers at less than $75 per month was also defeated. Representative Meindl's bill to provide for the appointment of a public administrator of probate cases In Multnomah county in which no will is left or there are no heirs, was referred to the ju diciary committee when it came up for passage yesterday, after considerable j argument. Fireproof i Dormitory Is Given Blinu School An appropriation of $80,267.50 for the state school tor the blind, approved by ithe ways and means committee Friday night, includes $35,000 for a new fireproof dor mitory. Governor Pierce, made a personal appeal to the committee to allow this appropriation, and petitions signed by citizens -of Salem and vicinity In large nnm bers asked that it bejallowd. The need, for tha building was considered imperative, as the fire hazard at the plant Is great, and shmiM a fir ncrnr tho ifanpor t n Nn :6fBrr inmates would be great. ' ? lVIETHODISIVIS CHALLENGE TO SALEM All Methodist Forces in Salem Are United in Conducting a r Special meetings began in' every Methodist Church in Salem last Sunday morning . and will be held every night excepting Saturday for the next two weeks A Cordial Invitation Is Extended To You t Preaching with a real spiritual message, good music, special solo singing. The hour is 7:30 p. m. at the following churches. FIRST, METHODIST State and Church St. JASON LEE METHODIST . Jefferson Ave. and Winter St. WEST SALEM ' METHODIST West Salem LESLIE' METHODIST South Commercial and Myers SCANDINAVIAN METHODIST ' Fifteenth and Mill Street CENTER STREET METHODIST Center and 13th St. (Services Sunday: and Thursday night only.) COME TONIGHT t- . 7:30 P. M 'ym -