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0k :i Issued DaUy Except Monday by TUB STATESMAN PUBUSH1XQ COMPANY V 215 S. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon (Portland Office, 627 Hoard of Trade Building. Phone Beacon 1193 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is ezclnslrely entitled to the use for publi cation of allews dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. R. J. Hendricks Stephen A- Stone Ralph Glorer ... FraxJc Jaakoskl . , .. TELEPHONES; Business Office. 23 Circulation Department, 583 Job Department, 583 Society Editor. 108 Entered at the Postoffice in Salem, FINEST PENI i Missouri claims to, have the largest penitentiary in the United Stated, and lone of the finest, and it is entirely self supporting k J r . . And has a revolving fund of over $9,000,000. Dr. G;. C. Bellinger, superintendent of the Oregon state tuberculosis hospital, has jUst received & letter from E. S. rtvit i- IV j i;t l t tr a i a. i a. a At r gon school for the deaf, who the Missouri scnool lor tne deal and the closing paragraph of the letter refers to the Missouri state penitentiary. Think ing Governor Pierce would be interested, Dr. Bellinger sent the Governor this reference, which is as follows : " 1 "Our Missouri penitentiary claims to be the largest ,and one of the very finest in the country. The new cell houses, models of their kind, are lined entirely with " glazed white tile brick, giving a wonderfully clean white , i light effect. This penitentiary with 2250 inmates is en- ; -'"tirely self supporting and has a revolving fund of over $9,000,000 , U , . The Missouri penitentiary is located at Jefferson City, which has 12J500 population, a little more half "the size of Salem, which has now around 22,000. 1 I J:- The manufacturer in the Missouri I prison are binder twine; brooms, shirts, overalls, coats, leather and shoes; and the annual report says they do besides farm and road work. :- ., t;fH;--;, i . n - , - ; ' ' , t, This is interesting, in view of the fact that the Oregon penitentiary is now, by the action of the present Legislature, about to enter upon a program calculated to make it a self supporting institution, through its industries to be extended and established.- ' j 1 The, next largest penitentiary revolving fund, of over $4,000,000, that has come to the notice of the writer is that of the Minnesota state prison at Stillwater, built up -almost entirely on the prof its made on the manufacture of binder twine; though annually thousands! of binders, mowers, rakes and trucks for Minnesota farmers1 are made there. ' ' The superintendent of the industries there, Mr. McMil lan, writes that he thinks the Oregon penitentiary can make .a .success of manufacturing twines from flax fiber and tow. From the reports of other prisons, it is evident that the spinning of twines is a line of manufacturing well adapted tcr prison labor. No doubt the Oregon prison will find its greatest profit here; and! that the profit, on flax twines will oe found greater than on twines made from sisal and hemp, -which are used in all the other prisons. But the manu .f acturing . in the Oregon prison may - and no doubt will be extended to other-lines when they are tried out and found both practicable and profitable. ! 4V There would no doubt be a dispute now as to which is the finest penitentiary-in the. United States, and, therefore in the whole world; between Minnesota and Missouri and other states. But there is no! doubt that the Minnesota 8OH0OU STTTTTT' BPOBTI Copyright, 1023, Associated Edit For Boys PLAY MO. I- f $MRD TO f ORMRD: w " PLAY N0.2 'FORWARD TO GUARD -- Ml m"PAIH IN WHICH PIAYERS RUN BASKETBALL. i , No. 12 Signal Plays sons in basketball . by William C. Grave of the University of Penn sylvania, Intercollegiate I' , high scorer for 1921.; Mr.' Grave was captain of his team in 1921, and 'was named as All-Collegiate cen ter in 1919. 1920 "and 1921. He .olds the record of having play ?ed 90 basketball games, and los- i i The simplest play from a tap off, and yet one of , the most suc- tcfcssf nt Is the ' play "forward to lorward." The ball is tapped ?t o one forward, who tosses it to the : other who - has cut for the (basket. The (man receiving the "tap should not appear over-anxious nor make any starts, before 'the ball is tossed op. In fact, '11 is a good Idea to feint toward the basket as though you were ,to cut. This 'will draw yonr irvard that', way, and you can tlten dash toward the center and ict-ure the tap, ; Then toss the ball under basket so that the other forward will receive 1U Jast before ' he rrach.ea the basket.- In this way lie? can shoot as soon as he re reives the 4mII and hU shot will be taken ' from, an easy position, 'vghpuld yon pass to hlm directly , under the basket.: be will be for'c-j d; to. carry it under the basket to the other side, and his shot Will be from a difficult posltioni. .Manager .Managing Editor ....Cashier ......... .Manager Job Dept. ? Oregon, as second class matter ; - v : TIARY IN THE WORLD is now the superintendent of on The Biggest Little and Girls PLAY N0.3 XtNTtRTO FORWARD- I- "0 - PATH IN WHICH B.lL TM LESSON'S. Forward Datdics tOjlJaket The forward who is to receive the pass under the basket should feint up the floor. Then af quick dash toward the basket will catch the guard unawares 'and a score can be made. j. Another good play is the "for ward to guard." n this play the tap Is received -by theorward, Who tosses; it backward 'over his head so that the ball lands 'near the spot at which the forward stood before the ball was tossed tip. This should be a gentle toss about eght feet high, so that the ball will hit the floor and bounce easily straight upward. . i The guard on the same side as the forward receiving the; tap starts up the floor along? the boundary line as soon as net sees the referee toss up the ball. He should time his run so that he reaches the ball just tas It bounces upward Then a smple dribble and shot Is used, and a Goal is scored, because the ; for ward will never follow the guard, and the defensive guard will bo drawn into the center by tho forward.---- i Center to Forward t A third play that could be used If ihe center can easily out-tap his; opponent is a direct ; tap under the' basket Either for ward, according to the; signal, cuts for the basket,",- grab the ball, and snooU ,This play can not be used very, often , in one - ' i -: - : ' '- A f - . I ;" ' . .i prison stands at the head of the list iif percentagtf of reform ations. It is 85 per cent, ? and thel system that brings; this about is the payment of a daily wage to the inmates ; to every one of them who does any kind of work; even the cooks and barbers and scrubbers of floors and washers of dishes, etc. Bt the writer predicts that the Oregon penitentiary will now enter upon a successful race to become the finest penitentiary in the world; that it will be able to make the largest per capita profits of any prison, being located where the best fiber flax grown is and can be produced in unlimited quantities thu3 enabling our prison to make several profits, from the treating of the straw to the spinning of the fibers and the weaving of rugs and towels and on up through the various branches of the flax and linen industries, as far as it may be found practicable to go with this sort of labor, which is more or les3 temporary and more or less unskilled. Our prison is off now, or will be within a few days, in the long fight for the highest place; for the distinction of being called the finest penitentiary in the world; the model prison for the whole earth- And, aside from the present revolving fund that is being created, there will not likely ever be necessary another cent of money contributed by the taxpayers of Oregon; nor for more than four years more, and perhaps not for more than two years more, any tax money necessary for the mainten ance of the institution, or for the erection or repair ot build ings, or for the purchase of a single thing needed in or about or for the institution. ' ' . Both Republicans and Demo crats at Washington are trying to work out a plan of party unity at Washington. Whoever strikes It first has promised to loan it to the 'other fellow as a sample of how it can be done. Senate bill 39, defeated in the senate yesterday, ought to be re considered and passed. There is not a single valid reason against this bill. It merely proposes to allow, backward districts to help themselves; to connect with the markets without which there can be no great development. Tennessee has taken the place of Ohio as the leader in the num ber of associate justices on the United States supreme bench. That state now has two members. Justices Sanford and McReynolds, while Ohio has jbut one, , Chief Justice Taft. But in avordupois he is, equal to about three of his colleagues. THE ARMY IX PEACE The practical usefulness of the army in time of peace probably accounts In large measure for the small amount of antagonism to ward the military branch of the government service in y this coun try. While, of course, the pri vates in the ranks of the army are not engaged in productive work, they are .a constant - insur ance of public peace and safety. COMIXG EVENTS' : March I, 2, and 3, Fly- trig Squadron, in interest of Prohibition enforcement. Afternoon and evening meet-' ings in Presbyterian churchy : : - Paper in the World game, but; It is a good one to work If a quick basket is needed. Forwards should always ; be careful that - they" do not give this play away by starting too soon. Rather. feint in the op posite direction so as to confuse the other , team. , i I THE SHORT STORY, JR. I u 11EX1S XICE CHICKEXS ( So fond of his chickens was' Bn, He couldn't keep them in a pen; He knew them by name - , When he called them they came; .:'':.!::' ; i He prlied every rooster and hen. "Oh, Ben, aren't you ready, f or church yet?" Mrs. Clark looked into her json's room and , frowned io see him still in his old clothes. "Don't you know it's yetting late?" ; ;' . i ; "I'll be ready In a min'ite, mother," he said. "I just have to change my clothes, ond-wash '.nd comb my hair. Oh, yes, and I have to catch the chickens, too. They g;ot out last night and are running all around. "Well, do burry. Th' first rang ever so l3ng;ago. It oughtn't fto take you leng to catch the chickens. TI137 are such pnts.V X "They're mtshty fine chick ens,". Ben adruitted. -'rrtd you ever notice th way they follow me around? Just like a dog," he added prondiy. ; i "There's the bell now," cried his mother, in unting i his clean ' collar at him. "What did I tell you! : I'm goag on over. . You C3U come as soon as you get ready I doa'i like to be late every single time. Now do hur ry, please! D.n't bother t lock up the chlcksis. They can t do any harm thu time of-y sir" "AH right," Bfi mumbtc . hs collar button between bis teeth. "I'll be there in a minute." ; He hurried as fast as he could. In a little less than five minutes he was all ready and i running across the vacant lot J to the church. Mother! would .; be sur prised to see him' there so soon. Why, he w hardly: late at all. Mother made such a fuss about little things, lie did wish; they didn't , ait 011 the , front .eat. Army officers are more than that. A great many of them. In time of peace, are engaged in work that promotes the industrial and com mercial welfare of the nation. It is well known that the' war de partment has charge of river and harbor improvements; that it has established peaceful governments in the half-civilized island posses sions that . have come under our supervision, and that it is taking the lead in aviation, which is now developing into commercial im portance. Speaking of the past record of the war department in constructive work in time of peace, Secretary of War Weeks said in a recent address: "The great Lewis and Clarke expedition which opened up the northwest was conducted by the army. The army conducted near ly all preliminary explorations in the early days ot the country. It constructed the early roads. It built bridges and canals. It alone was able to conduct the early sur veys and make the maps which are so essential in the' opening up of a new region. Army en gineers initiated most of the ac curate methods which " are now employed in the geodetic, topo graphic and hydrographlc sur veys of .our possessions. The army was virtually the pioneer of the pioneers. As , our citizens moved west over the prairies and through the forests they traveled routes which were surveyed "by army engineers, constructed - by the army, and protected by mili tary posts. They settled on lo cations which had been surveyed by the army, and their titles werq established" and valid only be cause of the surveys. In develop ing the land the settlers were protected , against Indians by HT7U0B PLAT ' WORK Edited by John H. Millar though. It looked such a-long way clear down, the middle aisle to their pew. His head high, he sailed down the aisle, proud to think he was not 'really late; after all. But what was the .matter? People were looking, at him and laugh ing. He wondered if his face wasn't clean. What could be the matter lie strained his ears and heard giggles and stifled laughs behind him, and then he heard a strangely familiar sound, but one he had never before beard in church. Quickly Ben stopped short and looked back over his shoulder. There following him down the aisle were his six nice at' chick ens. ' PICTURE PUZZLE I , ; - THRtE T00L5 ARC HIDDEN IN THw PICTURE. , WHAT ARE THEY ? Answer TMlerHay't : PimflnwT'r. vBua- " troops of the army- Finally, when the time came to link these out posts to ; our eastern civilization. It was the army that located and constructed the railroads.- Only after the railroads had developed engineers of their own and the country had become safer for travel, did the army relinquish its tasks and turn elsewhere for its missions. The troops of the line remained on the frontiers. "Up to 1855 there was scarce ly a railroad in this country that, was not projected, built, and op erated in large part by the army. Army engineers - located, con structed and' managed' such ' well known roads as the Baltimore & Ohio, the Northern Central, the Erie, the Boston j& Providence, the New York, New Haven & Hartford, and the Boston & Al bany. Practically all of the trans continental railroads were '"(pro jected by the army. An army of ficer built the best lomomotive of bis time, after his own design. So widespread was his fame that when the czar of. Russia desired to build a railroad from St. . Pe tersburg to Moscow he chose the American officer for the task. The officer. Lieut. G. W. Whistler, died before completing the work, but he passed it to. another army officer to -finish. Americans are proud of their railroads. They owe their early development to the army. "The army' built the Chesa peake & Ohio canal and the Erie canal.. The most effective influ ence in opening up the middle west was the old Cumberland Pike, running from Cumberland, Md., to St. Louis, Mo. This 'was built by the army. Practically every boundary of the United States, and most of the state boundaries, were surveyed and marked by the army." WOMAX THE FIGHTER (By Harry Bowling.) Are not the peace advocates who rely on the influence of wo man to end the reign of war reck oning without one of the oldest biological facts? . r 1 In which sex did nature implant the stronger fighting instinct the mals or the female? Which is the fiercer, father-love or mother-love? . Look into the pages of history. Remember Catherine de Medici;, how, when the Austrians threat ened to kill her captive children unless she surrendered the castle, she replied scornfully, defiantly, she could bring forth more child ren to go on fighting them. What group so terrible as the Paris viragos of '89, seated at the foot of the guillotine,' making a knot in their knitting for every head, that fell into the blood stained basket? ' - In the gladitorial shows of the Colosseum ask Juvenal who were . always the first to point their thumbs downward? Not the men it was the fair young daughters of Rome who set the fatal signal. Let the allied prisoners taken through German cfties when the war hatred had been fanned to the fiercest-. tell you from whom they received the harshest evi dence of that hatred. Not from the. men, but from the women. So among the Irish Irregulars today the spirit of rebellion is fostered and the passion of re venge inflamed more by the daughters than by the sons of Erin. It is tne women of Ireland' who swear they will never forget, never forgive. ' But it isn't necessary to go back into history to, find out which Is the fighting sex. Any man can prove it In his own city, his own neighborhood, possibly in his own home. Who start -90 per cent of the neighborhood rows that from backyard sarcasm finish at spite fences, slaughtered poultry, slap-1. ped children, masculine fisticuffs and actions for damages? Afler the scrap is once on, it Is true, man does the active part of the' fighting, but" who, as a rule, does the starting? Is it dad? , This being so, why look so con fidently to the influence of wo man to end war MAKKYIXG TEACHERS "We must not again obtain the services of such . , good, looking schoolma'ams," declared a mem ber of the Huntington Park board of education when it transpired that four teachers there had just been married, three of whom were employed In the same Bchool. Presumably teachers are going to. have to pass an entirely new sort of examination in Hunting ton Park hereafter. The exam iner probably will be some former assistant casting director from Los Angeles, but the system of grading will be exactly the re verse. . An applicant doubtlcss will score about ten points against herself by exhibiting pretty teeth, will be penalized at least five points each for dimples. will Jose about, forty, point, more It she has a bewttcning rigure ana will be scored as a total loss If she also has alluring eyes. Every examination for teachers may, in fact, become a sort of reverse Englieh beauty contest and the pictures of the losera may be widely published in the newspa pers. ; ; ; ' : It may even become ths. proud est boast of some Huntington Park girls that they have been re jected by the local school board. -Los Angeles Times. The school boards up this way have the same troubles; but there is no way to cure them. The school ma'ams up here in Oregon are all good looking. . STANDARDIZING DRESS The Washington legislature has before ft a measure which pro poses to standardize the dress of the school girls of the state, to a certain extent. It is asserted to be in the Interest of economy, as-it calls for simple and Inex pensive materials. It Is provided that skirts shall not be higher than . 14 inches from the. ground, nor waists lower than two inches below the collar bone.' The sleeves shall cover the elbows, and the whole garb shall be1 with a minimum of frills and trim ming. Whether the girls will consent to.be hedged about by legal enactment is another ques tion. Any legislation of this character . usually comes to naught. If itrtsu't silly it will be made to seem so. It is merely a part of the national passion for regulation. ' ( FILM SERVICE i Now they are using the films in large educational-institutions and manufacturing industries in order to make out how the stud ents are studying: or the men working. A motion picture cam era Is set up and perhaps a whole day's operations recorded. Then the efficiency experts can review the film In a projection roomand see what defects there are. After looking the thing over a few times they may be able to suggest some thing that would materially speed up the program. The cinema Is being used In myriads of new lines. TO SEE THEMSELVES The police of Des Moines. Ia., are going to photograph intoxi cated persons and make ' them look at their portraits taken In inebriety when they sober up. Here, indeed, -Is an appeal from a Phillip drunk' to a Phillip so ber that should produce good re sults. .jfc;.r!WCv ;-'-,.--'- I - ' ' ' '' : '" 7 ' : " ' ; . " : ' ' ' ' " '7, If t ! it Every person tin Salem should attend church services some place tomorrow. At . every Methodist church here-there will be . j - . - .- i . , , . ' . . .. ;. . -i; ...... . ! ft Special These Revival Meetings week ahd are a cixlmnation Methodist I I!!!! Don't miss these Sunday services; both morning and evening. Special music that will delight you, preaching that will inspire and uplift you, and a personal welcome that will warm you. Special evange listic services at all of the following churches . FIRST METHODIST State and Church St. JASON LEE METHODIST ? Jefferson Ave. and , 1 Winter St. WEST SALEM METHODIST West Salem . , Sunday morning at 11 ; ' : r I BITS FOR BREAKFAST h They are still with us . " . v , : The legislature Is still here-xr VS. V .. - And the members are working for nothing and paying their own board; Working as hard as any man with a $75,000 salary, too. j There is too much pride of au thorship in the legislature. For get it. .There Is no time leftror trimmings of any kind. f V "W m - : :.;."t;'T' ' senate bill 39 was defeated in the "- senate yesterday. But it should not .'be left' at that. It ought to be reconsidered and passed. It would be a great help in the 'development of the far away districts. Of course, it must be remembered that there are some men who do not want the backward districts developed. It would Interfere with their schemes. , ' Aectioe Sale' SATURDAY, T P.M. A Big Lot of Goods For Saturday Selling 1 overstuffed davenport, 3 rockers, 1 library table, 5" room sized rugs, 1 bookcase, 3 startd tables, 4 pictures, 1 Morris chair, 3 exten sion tables, 2 sets diners, 1 organ,-1 buffet, sew :ing table, 3 heaters, 3 Congoleum rugs, 2 ranges, 2 magazine racks, 2.kitcheri cabiuets, 3 kitchen tables, several remnants Jlrioleura,' 5 iron beds, 5 sanitary, springs, 2 coil springs, 4 mattresses, 2 dressers, 3 commodes, 2 cots, 3 bedroom rugs, wash bowls and pitchers, 2 clocks,' dishes, trten-" site, '.'.tools,1 musical instruments, 1 settee, baby . . carriages and thousands of articles too mimer- ' ous to mention. K AUCTIONEER'S NOTE Lodging house proprietors, hotelkeepers, logging camps, and new comers, will find these sales an economical way to purchase furniture. Don't miss one. New furniture as I STIFF'S AUCTION HOUSE Court and Liberty F.N.WOODRY Auctioneer ReyaypB Sepyuce Evangelistic Crusaden. no to be a Y : Sunday night at 7 :50. Also every night next week Except Saturday , L Ji the,, farncr . .coming bac ,Ble38 your soul, he is the only f low who ; hasn't been away. Omaha Bee. ' : Europe's great trouble Is to , much preparation for the nex; war and not enough leparatL for the last. . ' 'The ' Statesman noted a feu, days ago the death of Ilenr Clews, the Wall street authority. James B. Clews carries on tt business. He is a son. In the cur rent weekly financial letter, th following is a head line: ''Conf: dent feeling regarding buslno prevails." The letter gives mac. particulars supporting this. - '" .. ' I. Never criticise a movie star ti you figure out the kind of an r you would be if you had that kin ' of a salary. Exchange. r The Reptile society - has Just had its annual "banquet in New York. Great snakes! well as used. O running for a of - tKe Great Bug lH)dv LESLIE METHODIST South Commercial and '. Myprs . SCANDINAVIAN METHODIST : Fifteenth and Mill Street ; ; CENTER STREET METHODIST Center and 13th St. (Services Sunday and Thursday night only.)