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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1923)
Issued Dally Except Monday by THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY SIS S. Commercial St.. Salem. Oregon (Portland Office, 62? Board of Trade Building. Phone Beacon 1193 MEMBER OF THK ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the use for publi cation of all news dispatches credited to ft or not otherwise credited tn tills paper and also the local news published herein. R. J. Hendricks . . . Etephen A. Stone . . . Ralph Glorer ...... Frank Jaskoskl .'.,. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 33 Circulation Department. ESS Job DJrtment. S83 Society Editor. IOC Entered at the Postof flee in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter IT IS A GM)RIOUS VICTORY The school bond vote of yesterday resulted in a glorious victory for Salem and a progressive and growing Salem For it granted the school board the authority and pro vided the board 7with a way to secure the means for a well ordered program of improvement, in the j working out of which there will be guaranteed for the use of our public schools , suitable and permanent; buildings i and the proper facilities for carrying on the work of educating and training our children. - v . - This .will now be known of all jnen . K ' v Giving an advertising value to Salem as a progressive city that could not be secured in any other way. There can be no substitute for good public schools., There is nothing else just as good. i . i- .The writer believes the school board will be prudent; that the improvements will be carefully planned, and that there will be an economical administration of the funds provided all down the line- '.;' ;v In fact, the school board, will have to be For this issue of bonds must last for seven to ten years; and the writer predicts that, although the sum, $500,000, looks large now, it will! look very small seven years from now ; v , :; ; ; :;: For the increase in number of school children is going to be larger than the conservative board has estimated. Salem is going to grow a great deal faster than they have believed it might. So the amount will serve only by the most careful and economical handling of it; and even then the sum will be found to be insufficient. ' ) H , I MAJOR EVENTS Most of us are apt to be too critical of the "accomplish ments of our law makers at Washington And perhaps in strict justice nearly every 'American citi zen owes an apology to the hard workers ' of Congress. Ip summing up the major achievements of the federal law .mak ing body, one who is in position to observe closely and im partially declares that no other Congress ! in American his tory has accomplished sq much as that which recently ad journed. Taking the record of Congress, together , with that of the executive departments; this administration has to its credit in the first two years of its incumbency the following achievements: . - v, , . j: . : ' Termination of the Democratic deflation by reviving the War Finance Corporation,-liberalizing credits and increasing the funds of the Farm Loan Board. j , . - v -. r Repeal of some federal taxes and reduction of others, thus lessening tthe tax burden about one billion dollars annually. Negotiation of the treaties settling controversies in the Pacific and providing for limitation of armaments. Enactment of a tariff law protecting American industry agairi3t destructivevcompetition yet promoting both imports and exports. . : . , , .;-:, '- j -' .':. 1 - : Funding of the British debt on terms satisfactory to both Great Britain and America, and stabilizing world f inance. Ik BOrffOOB BTUUt Copyright, 1823. Associated Edit For Boys . - BOY ADVEXTCRES4 .-- .Johir Paul Jones'. Flight to Sea. . Sea fights of othef days were' very different from the modern duels - between battleships. r Blg- bore guns were unknown in the . seventeen-hundreds. Instead of ships shooting at each other from a distance, the? drew upside by side when they met in battle: The , men swarmed over the' rails with . knives In ; their , teeth, proceeding : to cut down -every one in sight. : , Boys, two hundred years or, more ago, were tempted to' run away to sea when seeking a life of adven ture. Young , Paul Jones" was one ,; of those wfio heard the'cali of the1 "water. 1-" 'fl. : John was born on the southern shorn . of, "Scotland., ' At twelve years of age, he began to, beg hla ".father, to allow him to go to 'sea. , One: sunny day,. while he was beg . glng 'very- hard,. a large 'Vessel, I called thel Friendship; rast an , chor la sight of the Jones, tome. 'Then and there, and whether he obtained permission or not, young t John Paul, Jones determined to go aboard the Friendship. : - John Swims to lUmt : The. boat .was anchored a fuU mile from the shore,' Jut mere dis l tance could not daunt John. He "waited until nightfall, and then started io swim out to it A mile . in the ocean is no small, under . taking.' John swam until his arms ached. StUl the lights of the ve icl came no closer. He had about ............ .Manager . . . . .Managing Editor Cashier . . .Manager Job Dept. OF CONGRESS on .The Biggest Little and Girls given up hope of ever reaching the Friendship, and was wonder ing it he would have the suength to get back to shore.. Suddenly a soft : voice " called near him. "Do you still want to be a sailor?'' It was a girl who lived next the Jones'. She had seen John dive off the dock and bad followed him in a rowboat. " "I'm , going to be a sailor," de clared John. "Very well, then." said the girl, "if - you still want to be a sailor, swim out to your old boat. I'm going back.? John, by this time, had climbed in the rowboat;. In stead of going to the shore, he headed straight for the Friend ship. , . I . r ' Kails for Virginia The next; day, when the vessel sailed for j Virginia, John Paul Jones stood in the stern and watched his homo, t slowly sink from view, j ; At twelve years of age . he was Bailing the high seas. .The Friendship docked at Nor folk, Virginia. John paid a visit to his brother William, the mana ger of a large cottqn plantation. This brother tried to persuade young John to remain with him. A few days later, however, when the Friendship pulled anchor for the Orient,' John Paul Jones was still a member of the crew. : Later, when America was fight ing for Independence. John Paul Jones proved his remarkable abil ity, as a 'seaman. 1 Enactment of the budget law and establishment of the system in successful operation. . i f - Creation of the Veterans' Bureau and appropriation5 of $500,000,000 annually for soldier relief worjei Restriction of immigration to a 3 per cent basis, shutting out hundreds of thousands of undesirables. f Legislation placing the meat packing industry under fed eral supervision. -' : Enactment of a law establishing a system of farm credits. Ratification of the Colombian treaty terminating a con troversy between Colombia and the United States. Reduction of the army to 125,000 enlisted men and the navy to 86,000. Authorization of appointment of twenty-four additional federal judges to relieve congestion in the federal courts. Enactment oi;he maternity law which is expected to re sult in saving the lives of 30,000 infants amually. Enactment of legislation controlling speculation in grain. Market value of Liberty Bonds brought approximately to par. Deficit in the postoffice department reduced fifty per cent. . , . An Indiana doctor say's that the world will be crazy-In 2123. But that la a long time for the Demo crats to wait to win. Exchange. As congress has adjourned it is presumed that Bill Borah will hare nothing to object' to except the weather. Is the administration of Bonar Law doing the Leaning-of-Pisa act? The innocent bystander on the side lines who Is smiling is believed to be David Lloyd George: " "Uncle Joe" Cannon has re tired forever from '- public life. And, like he who taketh off The harness, it is not unseemly that he' boasts a little. Fort the bal ance of his days he will sit by the road at Danville, 111., and see the world go by. ; Fine job; catching the St. Paul bank robbers. The Newberg of ficer deserves 'congratulations. Things are progressing favor ably at the penitentiary-flax plant, and there are plans for the grad ual development of big things there. It will make the institu tion self supporting, and start Sa lem as a great linen-center. . What was the one thing Wood row Wilson lacked? He could not leave Olympus; and now he sits in seclusion waiting for us to rise FUTURE DATES II Arch 13, Tuesday Monthly dinner of Cherriaaa at CHamtor of Commerce. Vareh 14. Wednesday Monthly member ship meeting of Chamber of Commerce i 8 o'clock. - I March 16. 17, Friday and Saturday Marion County Sunday School eare tioa at SlWerton. ' March- 23. Friday Salem Symphony or March 27, Tueaday State conrention of Benefit Association of Maeabboe. Sea to Chamber, State House. April 1 Easter 8anday. April 2. Mondays-Clarence C. Hamilton, field secretary United Society of Christian EndcsTor. to apeak ia Salem. April 13. Friday Willamette Men's. Glee club ' concert at armory. - .. . ! May 11. FridayMay Festival Haydn'a "The 1 Four , Seasons. Paper in the World I THE SHORT STORY, JR. . . . ' WHY FELIX TIGER ' WALKED CP AND DOWN The tiger-kept walking all day; , "Poor fellow!" the people would ; ; ' . i . : "He lengs to get out ! ! ;t ' And go roaming about- How mhI that he Buffers that Behind the iron v bars the tiger stretched himself and yawned. "Goodness," he sighed. "I I be lieve I'm getting fat! And it's no wonder cooped up in this little pen the way I am, with nothing to-do but eat and sleep. I've tried to diet, but; the keeper get wor ried whenever I do. I just can't bear to .worry him, especially when he has a nice big piece of meat: for me." - The tiger looked at himself in the glass at the end of his cage. "I'm not exactly getting fat," he said, "but I'm not as trim s I used to be when I ran wild. ; It's exercise that keeps you lit, that's what! And I don't get enough. But I don't know, what I can do about it. One surely can't exer cise much cooped up In this littta pen." ; 5 "Here, here, Felix." called the keeper, poking a large juicy piece of meat through the bars to the tiger. "Here's your, dinner. Now go for it." 'I don't believe I'll eat it," thought the tiger. "Well, not all of It, anyway." But when he had taken his first bite hs found tLu meat so good that he never stop ped until it was all gone. ."Well, I. guess I'll take another nap now," he sighed, as he lay. down on the floor of his cage. - .r A ' n- "Look at- that fat. lazy : old thng." cried a boy; poking his nose as close to the bars of Felix's cage as, was sale. With a growl the tiger, made a dash for the boy on the other side of Jhe , bars. "Nasty thing! he ' sputtered. "I'm not fat at all. I know I'm not." That day fewer people came to see the tiger, and ho had to admit to himself that he was not as slim and -graceful as he bad been. Besides, he didn't feci" as to. him, unable to descend to us. - Exchange. 1 1 It has been a long, hard fight; but H. II. Lots the mining engin eer, of the Lotz-Larsen Mining company, whose property is at the junction of Gold Creek with the Little "North Fork of the Santlam, about fifty miles east of Salem, begins to see daylight ahead. He is likely soon to prove to Salem that she has a great min ing district at her back door; meaning in due time, millions ant nually. BREAD HUNGER The department' of agriculture has learned of a new type of eco nomic revolution in Europe des tined to have a tremendous ef fect on the world's markets. This is one of the. wheat producing and bread eating. Heretofore the peasant farmers of Russia, Ru mania and Hungary produced the grain and all but an. infinitesimal portion was taken from them by the landlords for rents. The sur plus enabled these countries to be the granaries of Europe, as well as supplying their own cities with the staff of life, and devel oping commercial centers in the handling of the export trade. The peasant was frightfully un derfed, but centuries of poor nourishment had accustomed him to working l6ng hours on a mea ger diet that would not have sus tained life in la city person. But since the war the peasant has rid himself of the landlord and has control of his own produce. As a result he is eating much and often - and the major portion of the crops are consumed by the farmers, and their families and none is left for export. The Ag riculture Bulletin, asserts that there would never have been '-. great surplus in times past bad the peasant been i allowed 'to eat all that he desired. ' The resultant' sutiation Is most serious and is effecting a wide spread revolution in the life of the common people and middle class of . southeastern v Europe. , If the grain is to be consumed On the farms the cities will be deprived n UTTMOB i PTL.AY . WORK Edited by John H. flUar well as he had when, he was free to run and jump In the jungle. . "It's exercise I ' need,", he groaned. "My coat feels tight, but, of course, it may have shrunk. I have an idea! If I walk back and forth the length of my cage enough times I'll get just as much exercise as if I were out in the jungle walking a long distance." v So all day long the tiger paces back and forth, back and forth. "Poor thing!" the people sigh. "Look how badly he wants out.' But the tiger only laughs.: He is happy because he is keeping trim and fit and Ahe -people ad mire him once more. 1 . Br ' 1 J El I Vd W ejr. PICTURE PUZZLE WHAT A- DIFFERENT KIND5 Of CHICKENS 00LS JACK OWN? Answer 1 Iat puitlc. '.t, l-uret 't-i ajr yUc. i gu." aw SvlVl m 4 x of food as well as stuffs for ex port and will gradually disappear, Wheat will become a prize com modity in the world market' and exceedingly expensive. Even If the peasant can be taught to curb his appetite ana learn scientific methods of quantity production the old days are forever .past when he could be left' In a state of hunger so that city dwellers might have an abundance. FASCINATING WHISKERS Are whiskers really fascinating to the female sex? Of course, y e know that in some of I the moj-e benighted portions of Europe .no man is considered truly alluring without a rhagnificent crop of' al falfa obscuring his features and lending a certain mystery to his countenance. But can the posses sor of teuch hirsute fdVornment vamp the American girl? Here tofore the answers to ,thls ques tion have always been in the neg ative, i It was contended that a diplomat or judge might get by with a flowing beard, but for the ordinary run of mankind to be other than clean shaven was to court single blessedness and the scorn of ladles. But only a few days ago a Spanish dancer in Chicago secured a divorce from her musician hus band and laid all her woes to bis waving whiskers. To quote from the stricken woman's testimony, He has a wonderful set of whis kers; the women simply go wild over them." Wherever he went the damsels were seized with a heartfelt yearning to clutch his beard and whisper sweet words into his ear, with the result that the adulation turned his head so completely that he threw up h)s promising career as a musician and devoted hmlse-lf exclusively to the maintenance of his whiskers in the proper state of 'pristine ele gance, r One might be moved t'o doubt his fatal enchantment were it not for the wife's statement that she endured him' five years and spent $40,000 keeping him and his flourishing chin crop in the pro per style. So there must be some thing to the whisker idea, after all. , Or perhaps the ladies go on the theory that any man who can sport a beard and not look like a bandit must be a species of super man. i i DANGERS OF LIE-DETECTORS The police department of Pasa dena, Cal., now has a lie-detector, an Instrument which indicates whether or not a person being questioned is lying. There has been a good deal in print about those things recently, but this Pasadena acquisition brings it close to home with a little shiver. It is almost in our midst, and the far-sighted cannot but begin to speculate as to Its ul timate results. . ' - What is going to happen if some one starts manufacturing lie de tectors by wholesale and they are put in the reach of all? Aren't we likely to have to face a new era in business, in politics, in so ciety, in the home? Will the time come when land lords will have to place their hands on' one of those when asked if the roof ever leaks, what the average gas bill is and how soon the new papering will be done? Will the spellbinder whose elo quence makes thousands weep (after he is elected) npt utterly lose his power of oratory is con scious that one of those' things is registering everything he says? ,'WiH not' hostessing become an utterly lost art? : And what, oh, what are ard ent suitors and bridegrooms go ing to when asked "Am I the only girl you ever kfesed?" and num erous other questions which any married man can think of for himself? ,? Isn't there a possibility that when this thing gets into general ,use we'll all of us be either in jail or the hospital? ' Away back in Bible times it was remarked that the way of the transgressor is hard. Wonder what they knew about it so long before these modern improve ments? MOKE WORK, LESS WAR A new means of coping with the labor problem has been adop ted in Bulgaria, where every able bodied man between the ages of 20 and 50 is liable to conscription for enforced labor. This is some- 456 Court St. Phones 256 257 BEST SERVICE W offer what drastic, but, In view of the, economic, collapse of the little country and the worthles3ness of it currency, the government of ficials argued that this was the only way to restore conditions to normality. . The law is enforced uniformly against persons of all stations. Whatever one's rank or wealth, he is liable to be mobilized into the great army of the employed at any time. And the period is for eight months straight service, with no 'excuses granted save in cases of ill health. An amend ment to the law will shortly make it applicable to women also. While this is a decided inroad on personal rights, It shows, a dis position to set conditions right in the only possible way, namely, hard work. One of the chief trou bles with Europe today is that It has forgotten the meaning of the word toil. Each country: is look ing hopefully around for some one on whom it can unload its troubles and faxes, rather than getting down to brass tacks and repairing its shattered economic system. While Bulgaria's system would doubtless be a trifle harsh for all Europe, the zeal that led her t'o institute such a revolution ary means of getting her people to work might be emulated in some form. More work and lees war would work wonders for all the nations of the continent. V TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JAMES u EGAN (By Judge reler H. D'Arcy) A pioneer of the early days has passed from this life to the sin cere regret of his many , friends and acquaintances. As we look down the aisle of memory there are a few of the pioneers who stand out prominently ' ' in the days of my boyhood. Mr. Egan was one of them.1 He crossed the plains in 1852. He stopped for a short time near what is now known as Philomath in Benton county. He came to Marion county in 1857. He has been a continuous resident of our county 7or 66 years. At the time of his death he had lived more than the allotted Biblical period, being 84 years of age. Mr. Egan suffered all the privations and vicissitudes incident to. pioneer life. 1 He crossed the plains in an ox team, two thousand miles from Independence, Missouri. Ha was of the sturdy race of pioneers who blazed the way that we might enjoy the blessings, culture and refinement which surround us today. We of the younger generation can not fully realize what a struggle for existence the pioneers of Oregon had to con tend with in their long journey before they reached the garden spot of the world, the beautiful Willamette, valley. T Mr. 1 Egan in the early sixties, attended , the old institute, the Willamette university, the pioneer college of the northwest. Mr Egan' was a gentleman of many ac complishments and an eloquent speaker, well versed in the litera future of the world. He had a keen and comprehensive view of the weaknesses and strength of hu manity. Surrounded in his home by tho classics in which he took a deep Interest, and the writings lot noted authors, his mind was ' amply stored with the best thoughts of the ages. He practiced law with much success, for a num ber of years. On account of fail ing health he was obliged to re tire from the practice of law and engage in stock raising and agri- Tulture. Away from the tempta tions of the city ne lived the life of the country, which brings out the best there is in man. He was a thorough and painstaking stu dent. He loved poetry, 6cience and the sayings of eminent men, and all that Is especially good in life, His heart went out in sym pathy, to the unfortunate. J was beloved by his neighbors and f friends on account of . his noble character. When the angel wrote his name on Che list of those who occupy a high place in the Great Beyond there is no doubt that Michael James Egan's name was written among the first because of his unselfishness and his love for his fellow men. Mr. Egan's long residence in our midst gave him the right fo say, "I am one of the oldest pio neers in Marion county." " A prince of the Oregon country has fallen. His memory and good deeds will long be cherished by those, who knew his splendid qualities. f "His life was gentle, ' and the The Eating of Vegetables is yota good spinach and mustard useu as aut or in pies is very appeiizing. a'so fresh ripe tomatoes. We have some fruit are not at tiielr best. ' elements ' So mixed In him that nature r might stand up, f And say to all the world. This was a man," ODDS AND ENDS By Ella McMunit i oo whera 10 railroads and the Tourist association have de cided not to spend $200,000 ao- vertising Oregon.' Very well. . U is now quite unnecessary, since ... a rr. lit, a ffl br atpd brand a ' u ....v. : . . of soap or breakfast food, " re advertised by our loving friends," j that is by the tourists themselves. As an Instance of this I may cite the recent visit of the ReV. Martin Fereshetlan to some of the trig -cities of Can ada. In talking with some prom inent1 people, one of them said: "Oh, yes, we know saiem, ure gon, as we came through by! anto and there heard your wonderful llallie Parish Hinges sing at a band concert." , . J: i And speaking of. local attrac tions, have you thought about our wild flowerB and shrubs? I am just in receipt of a wild flower catalog from Southern California, and I find, that they are so hard up for wild flowers down, there that they fairly rave jver things wre call weeds, among them dandelion and ; crowfoot. Last summer -I found 75 varieties ol reaf flowera wljtbin a mile of my. home and feel sure that a survey oX the state, would dis close hundreds more.. .And a re cent copy of ,the Florists Review tells me that Pussy-willows are new selling at $1 a bunch in Chicago. Think of the millions of dollars worth of pussy willows that line our highways. I have Emil Coue's book and I am reminded -that, he and Clem-ejneeau- and my Rhode .Island lied, rooster are "alike in one par ticular. None of them can' write a book. Coue has one idea,' and while It is a most excellent idea. after cne has read' "Better and better and . better ' and better," for -90 pages you turn to Dr. Keep fit and fino with . - . -I Uj1 after every meahy cat vrisexy. food well then dive yonr digestion n MkloIiM -with WRIGLEVS. Sound tooth q dood appetite Q n d proper dldestlon mean MUCH to your health. : - WRIGLEVSlts a helper In J all tbls -work beneficial plck .. Pare materials, scientific manuf actnre. ' absolnto cleanliness then sealed Smmm ti arfalnat all Impurity. That Is WIUGLEY'S it a it iresn and .... Recommended bv all Dorfnr 4i!ll!L B'sN',aWMBHSBn greens... alati ItrHSHens sprouls. -I Khubafb ror salads tfy lettuce and new calbagr good eatlug dpplcs". Oranguj aiid gn v Miles' almanac all about r ! j liver pills . to sort of rest your weary soul. But I do . the 'ma an : injustice. He has one other "mantram," which you, are to perpetrate when you are tot uleepy but know that you Bhouli ' be. .You are to sing aloud, with, a sort of humming sound, "j am! going to sleep, I am golc ' to Bleep, I am goig to bleep.' Dut I shall not try it. My moth er is a patient w ,nin a and per mits me to have t-ats and chick ens and turkeys and cabbar; plant3 and typewriters arouu5 under foot, out if I began t) sing in be at 1 o'clock in thi hlght,i mow very well, befors hand, vnat"; would happen. f Many a happy evening Is spoil ed'by the wife not arranging tj let the supper dishes go until ttr next morning. ' -- Nemo Self-Reducing No.' 333 is a real bargain. It has a low top and medium skirt. Made in dur able pink or white couril; sizes 24 to 36 and cos only $3.00. v I f yotir dealer can't net It, send name, ad dress, size and ii. We'll aend the conct Nemo H vgicale-Fathion Inatirate '20E. lbthSt New York. (Dept. S." ( anaBBaBBaBSnvssssBBnaBBBBaiasBsss. V i in? SI H enew your n nlensant. - - menp. ' Tryths new P. llm with its 'peppermint as yon tlet full - flavored. RIGHT PRICES rape