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in on 1 . Issued Dally " . lTHK BTATESMAN I'l'BUSHIXG COMPASI ' J15 S." Commercial St.. Salem, Oregon s t (Portland Office. -627 Ward ot Tradfr Building. Phone Beacon 1193 ' ' MKMUKR OP THK AJWOCUTED PIIE8H s Th iMoeltlwJ PreBS is exclusively entitled to the nsn far nnbtl cation of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in Uil paper and also the local K J. : Hendricks Stephen A. Stone Ralph Glover . . . rratik Jaskosk! . . . & . riCLEPHOriES: Business Office, 23 Circulation Department. 681 - Job DO-rtment, S83 Society Editor, .f OS Catered at the Poatotfice in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter THE MOST IMPORTANT LAW- PASSED nJ The writer even at ihia gon legislature, whose hours written, is, on the whole, the ; naa - - j . L ; ; - . . . And, on tha average, as honest and hard working and well inwntioned as any oi its predecessors. ..- . What was the most important piece of legislation-passed at this sessioji? There would be many answers "if this que3- r.tion were put to various men; ests--iiie tmngs witn which Lest acquainted. ( The flax men who met with the Salem realtors at lunch 1 eon yesterday would agree i una iaw was tne;mo3t important And the writer agrees with them I'his law takes all the revolving funds of the prison (four . wicm; uiu puts vxiexii imu one muusinai revolving i una. It puts $100,000 new money int6 this revolving fund, and all the money in the other funds, too; and all the earnings from now on,, besides. So, instead of having $100,000, that -fund -has, lor willt soon have, $150;000. , Thenit authorises the governor and superintendent of the prison to .borrow from the state treasury as much as $50,000, at not , more than 4 Per cent interest, to pay for raw materials and labor in work - ing them up; this money to be repaid when they are worked tip. "So the reader will se that the governor and superin tendent have a good deal of leeway.. Then this law gives these men authority to make rules for the revolving fund ; to say when there are profits ; to keep the profits; in the funds as they see fit, and to pay part of - them into, the main tance fund, when they get to the point ;; in their 'operations where they may do this without impair- ! - ing their activities or industrial expansion. 11.: --So it is a permanent law made for all time ' xAnd the writer believes that under it the prison will be come self sustaining, and will become a modei prison - And that under it a foundation will be put under the flax and linen industries, so that they will sooner than would have otherwise been possible become the greatest industries1 in Oregon. '& : .x ? ,r ": ;. . .; ; , Are these things not important? Is there any other-one 1 thing, as important, touched upon in the legislation of the , present session? ' , PRESIDENT When Jay Upton became president of the Oregon senate he was bitterly i attacked by the opposition, chagrinned at their own" defeat.-"An-attempt '-; was made to throw a cloud , upon, hia character .and. many doubted the wisdom .of, the : choice. . : ! ' - 5 Now .that the 'session "is at an end, an appraisal can be made of President Upton's work. " t i f r y By his'wise and nonpartisan committee appointments he ? disarmed those who" Kad regarded themselves his enemies, land brought the discordant factions of the! senate together into a harmonious working body.v What bitterness remained was gradually worn away, until there was: a sincere hard- v working .senates composed of acHoov J 8TT7DT ; ' 8PO&T Copyright, 1923, Associated Edit For Boys . THE FUN He Might Raise It Sammy: "Over in America we got a Iliac uh tO feet high tTommy'Wish' I could lilac that," ; - J She Had Good References ; .,Nurse,.did you kill, all the ' gemots In the baby's milk?'' ' j " "Yes, ma'am; I run it through itha meat chopper twice." i r f ! b- ..... .. : Vj t . Father Speaks "Father, what do you mean by a gentleman farmer?" - ,'A gentleman farmer, .my son, is one who' seldom raises anything bt his hat." : . . rCoJlege Style Harold, aged six, was taken to see his first football game, and was much Impressed. The thing that Interested him most, however did hot become evident until he said his prayers that night. As he knelt'at his mother's knee, to the terror ? or his parents, Harold prayed with true football Vim: I UCd hlf9 friJhor flr.,1 k1n.t erGod bless Harold, Boom! Rah! jcxth'" -- ---Generous Minister ' VWhy do your Bljtn vour namo J. John B. BjJB. Bronson?" asked Hawkins V . "-Because, ft Is my "name." said , Bronson.; "I was, christened by a mlnlsteho etuttered.' tj Daughter.' "The' preacher lust ' phoned and said he was coming to can-mi afternoon." THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON i Statesman Except Monday by news published herein. i ....... . Manager. ......... Managing Editor j, ...... (jaBnier Manager Job Dept late time, still believes the Ore are closinir as these Iins are ablest legislature Oregon ever owing to their differing inter- they are most concerned' and that the penitentiary revolving JAY UPTON some of Oregon's jnost able ors The Biggest Little and Girls BOX Mother: 'Gracious! We must make a good impression. Give the baby the hymn book to play with." "What Is. the way to teach a girl to swim?" l "That's eas. First you 1 put your arm around her waist; then you' take her left " hand T "But this girl is my sister." l"Aw, push her off the pier." i , r : Of Course' Blub: "I, hear you're working in a shirt factory." Club: "Yes, you're right." Blub: "How; come you aren't working today?" - ' Jlub: "Oh, we're making night shirts this week." - 1 THE SHORT STORY, JR. W 1 j I i n V, eorge The Second's Birthday t .George Washington Roosevelt Jofinson scratched bis little wooly I iicau auu iuuhb4 wurneu. naaii i he just distinctly heard a man bav today was George ' Washington's birthday? It was funny Sihati he had not known it was his birth day. Why hadn't his Mammy told him? George Washington Roose velt could never remember having had a birthday.; This was probably the first one he had ever had. Grabbing up his basket of grocer ies. he ra-i quickly - home to tell "mammy Johtising" about it. "Mammy," .he puffed..burstine into the kitchen, dining room and j .---a " - vuo, uu uem i i u iuy uiriuay. , j de citizens, conscientiously trying to enact legislation that would cure some of the ills now burdening the people of the-state. President Upton's voice has seldom been heard in debute on the floor of the senate, but his guiding hand has directed and controlled the work of the body in every move, and to his genius and diplomacy has been due most of the harmony and efficiency of the session.. Asa presiding officer Upton has few equals. Men who have attended numerous sessions as members or visitors are a unit in pronouncing him one of the finest presiding officers that ever yielded the gavel ia the senate chamber, i ' His fairness, thorough understanding of parliamentary principles, keen intellect, presence of mind and ability to make quick decisions and make them right, have won increasing respect as the days of the session progressed, while his oratorical voice and fine stage presence have been a constant source of admiration. We congratulate the senate on its efficient organization. A number of important build ing projects for Salem are on the tapJa. You need not be surprised at startling developments in this field. Watch Salem grow. The' Statesman of next Thurs day will show that Salem is an im portant poultry center, and be coming more so fast' making strides toward becoming the Pet aluma of Oregon. There will now be no doubt concerning the working up of all the fiber flax produced in this dis trict, into tow and fiber; ' and the beginnings of carrying its-manu fact u re to articles, of higher value will be made this year. We will now progress gradually and sure ly on the way to a great flax and linen center. Under the debt agreement the British nation will have sixty-two years within which to pay what it owes the United States. This ought to strengthen the conten tion that the next generation bear some of the burdens, principally as a reminder that wars are ter ribly expensive. The advance in the prices of building material will be a shock to those who have put off the erection of a home, hoping (hat prices would recede. . Instead of doing so they are advancing. These are great times. In Italy, at ,the recent election, it was decreed that all who did not vote were- ill and, this being so, those who neglected to cast their ballots would be given a dose of castor oil. Such a law in the United States would probably not work as smoothly as it ,did In aiy. , t The career of this man, who It Is now asserted that the lat-j366" dubf f m?8C"t est 5-cent cigars are made ' or? Montf Cri8to' red3 1Ike he spinach, thus removing a blot! J114 Tin,f f a HiteJ ?f me from the more or less excellent dramatic fiction. The impressing reputation of the cabbage. v And ?ct for Americans is that he was incidentally, perhaps-, adding to 1 bm ,of po0r Pets at Constan the prestige of Salem, the coming ! .opl0., started life humbly as. a spinach center of the world. HIGHER EDUCATION Mrs. Livingston of the w. c. T U. declares that the women ok Taper in tho World "Mammy Johnsing" looked up over her tub of- foamjng white suds. "Land sakes, honey, she J cried, ' is it? I done forgot. My, but ain't you the smahtest chile! To think you would remember it!" Her whole black face shone with pride. There was to be a big celebra tion that night ;n the town hall just for him. George Washington had heard the man say so, "On, Mammy, kin I go, kin I?" he tug ged at his mother's full skirts. 1 "Sho you ikin, honey," Mrs. Johnson gave her son a sudsy pat on the head. "Yoah own birfday celebration," she declared proud ly. 4I'U go. too. My. ef yoah daddy had only lived wouldn't he be proud? He was a:ways such a smaht man. He named yoah lobe ly long name and he learned me all I know. You take fafter( him, honey, and I'm da proud ob 'you." Mammy Johnsing Wrung her hands from the warm suds and beamed upon her little son, "I'm goin to make-you a birfday ake. tlat's what I'm-agoin to do," she declared. - . It was a wonderful day for George Washington Roosevelt Johnson. ( He had never known such a day, Although he honght the evening with its marvelous celebration would never corner the day itself flew past all too quick ly. - - :: At last the time for the cele bration came and he and his mammy, both dressed in their Sunday clothes, started off for the town nail. 1 There were songs and cheers that George Washington thrilled to Wd lustily joined in where he could. There were long speeches that George dreamed through and nozea wnen they were too lone. At last . when the celebration was nearly over his mammy got up. and, leading him by th hand. started up the aisle. ; Stopping "before the Diatform she smiled, broadly at the sur- prised audlence. "Ladies and uemmen. She "hfsra.Ti "HI., Knok i. George Washinston de birfday America are better educated than the men. Evidently men of high brow tendency are of- the same opinion, for they always turn to the women's clubs when looking for a sympathetic audience. And many platform lecturers woujld often go hungry did not the, wo men's clubs open their doors to them. This, however, may mere ly prove that women are pluckier and more long-suffering than men. WORLD'S RICHEST MAX? Another pictufresque personality has had the veil of mystery that surrounds him torn asunder by an indefatigable American news paper correspondent. This is Sir Basil Zaharoff, the richest man in Europe, who has constantly re fused to be Interviewed or "give out' any facts regarding, his strange life. t He was considered a great enigma in Europe, but the American writer snooped Indus triously around the Levant, whence he came, and Greece and dugup a lot of facts that doubt less make the Levantine wish that he had met the correspondent and furnished, him with his own ver sion of his career. He is seldom heard of, in Amer ica, but he is richer than the Rothschilds and. some financial writers insist, the richest man in the world. He controls the oil of Europe and the Near East and is believed to be the power behind the "Dutch Shell'-' by most finan ciers. Like most Levantines he is practically a man without a conn- fry, throwing his influence now toward the Turks and again In favor of the Greeks, as the policy of the moment dictates. ; n re in a n auu ui u is uiu iiuauciai ! giant of Europe. Such achieve ments are common in America, but most unusual In , Europe, where the cards are usually stack ed against a man who is born in lowly circles. mmoB PLAY. Edited by John n. Millar ob which you is celebrating. tl de name ob him who is too small and Bcairt to do it, I thank you all heahtily." A deafening roar broke out in the hall and cheer after cheer was given for the Little George, As George Washington Roose velt Johnson clutched tightly to his Mammy's old black hand and stumbled sleepily home Uhrough the dark, he thought happily that he was the proudest little boy in the whole United States... PICTURE PUZZLE ! FORM A WORD- 5QUARE FR0M THE W0R05 PICTURED 1 , - ABwer,to yestcrdmy'a: Tame, neat. 0 l- -. i5 EDITORIALS OF THE ! PEOPLE - j ; . , il ! , Salem School Need Editor Statesman: The Chamber of Commerce has called attention to the fact, shown by statistic, that outside of Port land, Salem is really the best eouiDDed educational center of Oregon. The committee appointed to help the board of education carry out a constructive building program, has dug up statistics that should appeal to the friends of education. The statistics gath ered1 are from the latest official data on file with the auperinten dent of public schools and Include the. following showing of increas ed enrollment j in the; last four years: Enrollment Feb. 1, 1919 Enrollment Feb. 1, 1923 2671 " 3908 Enrollment increase In 4 years . . . Estimated enrollment June 1, 1923 . Increase in years. 1' . . Percentage of Increase in 4 Ms years , . . 1237 4185 1514 56.6 The school board has called an election for March 12 to issue bonds to "finance a building pro gram to provide for the neads of this school district for a period of 10 ;-ears, including permanent structures, as follows: New wing at the high school and units of permanent structure at Grant. Washington and Lin coln schools, and such improve ments as may ba needed in hous ing and equipment at the other sdhoolhonses of the city. The Chamber of Commerce and a number of civic organizations; and parent-teacher meetings, . in-' eluding the Chamber of Com merce, have endorsed this pro- gram. The committee on civic Im provements, after a careful sur vey, finds that 367 children are at present attending the public schools with only temporary hous ing. That is, that number have not regularly equipped school rooms for their daily sessions, but are meeting in basements, assem bly rooms, offices, hallways, and one temporary structure. In this number are included 50 children from the public schools attending private and sectarian schools for lack of accommodations. If we take the growth of the district for the past four years as an index, the next two years will add 620 pupils to the public school en- : ; I" COMING EVENTS 1 -x- Feb. 2 8, Wednesday Chil- dren's Health clinic at Cham- , ber of Commerce rooms. X March 1, 2, and 3, FI-- ing Squadron, In interest of Prohibition enforcement. Afternoon and evening meet ings, In Presbyterian church. March 3, Saturday. Prof E. S. Conkiin talk on "Auto- suggestion," before Univers- ity's Women's dab at Cham- ber of Commerce. March 5, 6, Monday and Tuesday, Lions minstrel show show for Boy Scouts. ; ; - JJNCOLN (Harry Bowling, in Los Angeles Times.) I. Oft hath the traveler in the arid lands, . Sighing for cool retreat and shady bower, i , Seen. the. gaunt yucca from the naked sands (Armed with some mystic storm-resisting power) Burst into fragrant unexpected : flower; Hanging like bells beneath Uhe burnt-out sky y Fresh snow-white blossoms In a silvery shower; As though in answer to earth's desperate cry. Saying: Though death be near-look-up God reigns on high! IL So didst thou, Lincoln, feel the Presence nigh Through civic strife and party fury when The Union answered Sumter's fierce def 1 And blood-red flung 'the chal lenge back again; Above the crash of arms and warring men Thy patient purpose bore, when God . saw bestK Strange spirit blossoms never known till then, I To heal old wounds, bring hope io nearts opprest And break the last long chain that fettered this free west. III. i And ever shall our nation, under God. Go on from strength to strength, so we decline The beaten path that ancient em 1 1 " pi res trod And consacrate our lives, as s thou didst thine To something I purer, nobler, , j more divine; A fairer freedom based on human worth, - ; Resolved this freedom, at a martyr's shrine Hallowed, exalted to a newer .birth, - Under or Flag shall never per sist! from the earth. 1 FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1923 rollment. If the voice of the peo ple i prevails, enacting a law "that a.l children between 8 and 16 yeara or age shall! cease attend ing, private and sectarian schools, and attend only the public schools, at a conservative estimate anoth er 300 will be added that must be provided for. So that in the next two years- these; figures indicate that the public schools must be equipped for at least 1,000 new students the above figures, total 1287. . . The last addition to our school equipment was the McKfnley school, which is now a junior, high. 1 During the war period many children were withdrawn from the public schools and no new buildings were needed. But for the past four years Salem has struck Its pace as the most rapid ly growing town of its size in the northwest. No one doubts that pace will be maintained, and the increase for four years past Is only normal. But that it will be kept up and even Increased in geometrical, rather than arithmet ical, ratio is the opinion of the superintendent and principals and school board. The Chamber of .Commerce and its committee have presented the facts of the growth and the needs of this school district in an ag gressive manner that should be the policy of the capital city, one or tne richest and most beautiful cities west of the Rockies. It is admitted by the most conserva live that in school equipment, Sa- iem nas ianen behind. The need of a constructive forward move ment is apparent to any loyal friend I of nubile education ut in mat aDOUt 350 non-. resident pupils are Daviner S27:- a year tuition for the privil ege of attending our high school should stimulate the pride of our city in developing not onlv th best high school in the state but we should have the reputation of having the best public school sys- m in the state. We have taken backward steps in manual train ing, in playground equipment, in gymnasiums and assembly rooms. aecent sanitary facilities and places for the children to be ac commodated In eating their lunch es and in keeping out of the rain, io say notnmg. about such .mod ern Ideas as a rest room where girls or teachers can be decently cared for in case of Ktkne which with, 4000 students enrolled as we will have before the end of tnis school year, is of almost daily occurrence. The- peop!e of this school dis trict owe it to their school board, composed of five of the ablest men in the city, to give them a vote of confidence ,in the building program they have worked out. The final statistical survey by the Chamber of Commerce committee will soon be placed in the hands oi eacn voter, and will bear In vestigation and the fullest discus sion. E. HOFER. King Tutenkhamun. wboseHbodv they have just found in Egypt, must have had a lot of fun in his aay. ine Egyptians were not al ways trying to amend the consti tution. Want iQ ds While Vou CHAHr.Fn WITH ATTACKING YOUNG WOMEN. ": V'-V' ? " . i ' --v s , m 't - " v is - 21 .1-21 .f;4t? MI : ': Nf t Imv if X s '$ " Il S - if ; il ff': j j1 : - , 1 V J ! :;1 i ' 1 f f' ' U ( ! 1 , - - '-, i -- I - t ' V ir y 'v" ' . 1 A - '" it r Tliexaudcr A. MCArthur (right).-artist and adopted san of. John R. McArthur. millionaire builder, wanted by the Essex - county. N. "J offlciats for trial on a charge of attacking two youna women: He Is fighting extradition and was photographed hei'e with hia attorney, S. D. Kessler (left) and Arthur P. McArthur, v '- i . OBITUARY : . ; - M rs. Mary Ferguson. Mrs. Mary Ferguson died at the home of her son, J. C. Ferguson Un West Salem Thursday. Febru ary 22, 1922, at 1:30 o'clock a. m. Mrs.-Ferguson, whose maiden name was Mary Eyre, was born in Lincolnshire, England, January 16, 1846, and came to America with her father's family in 1852, and of her eight brothers and sis ters three are still'living George Eyre of. Salem, Edward Eyre, liv ing. .in California, and. Mrs. Sallie Thompson, living in Illinois. In 1866 she was married to .James Conn, who died in. 1S78, leavftig one son, -George Conni who died in 1910. On June 4, 1882, she was mar ried to John Ferguson and of this union there wa born one son J John C. Ferguson, who lives- In takes the place or higher niathe West Salem and at whose homj matics there is hell to nav. Tha she died; The husband, John Ferguson, died at Newport, Or.,1 Better Tkmn m Milliard platter Work Sleep if, r Want Ads are tireless servants, They are always on the job ' for you . " You can seU your ttsed car, old books, pictures, furniture etc.,v "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 pleasant-voiced ad-taker will help you is the paper of interested readers i ; March 7, 1915. The family came to Salem In 1885 arid lived at West Salem un til. 1910, when they moved to Newport and where Mrs. Fergu son has! lived until falling health required her to give up her home and go to the home of her son, where she was cared for1 until her death. , i ; The funeral servicewill be held a't the Webb & Clougu chapel at 9: 45 this , morning and will be conducted by Dr. .Kantner of the Congregational church. Miss Wenger will sing. Interment will be at Newport , Saturday after noon. ,'" ' Princeton university is able to report that when most of the stu dents drive, cars of their own the college program Is likely to be de moralized. As the. professor pa- thetically put It: When Joy riding 1 verdict of " a . number , of hirh schools is along , similar lines. For Coughs and CoId, Head ' ache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism ' and All Aches and Pains v ALL DRUGGISTS . 35c and 65c, jars and tubes Hospital cize, $3.00 " on statesman