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4 ' ' f1 : Tm ORP,ON STATES3VIAN. SALEM. OREGON - 1 l. : " - SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 25. 1023. - 1 - -B(-iB- - j,,,,,,,,,,, 1 g, g,, .g.,, T L f ; . Issued Dally Except Monday by THE STATESMAN PUBUSnUVG COMPANY '', :':'''. llh S. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon ;t (Portland Office, 72? Board of Trade Building. Phone Beacon 1193) MXCMBKB OP TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS Tha Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publi cation of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. '' in .i i. i i i i ir R. J. Hendricks Eteshen A. Stone ........................ Ralph Glover frank Jaskoskt . . . ............ TELEPHONES: Business Office, 2 S Circulation Department. 611 : Job DArtment, 681 Society Editor. 10 Entered at the Postof flee In Salem. RElD BROODED AMERICANS, LISTEN! The most significant aftermath of the defeat of the ship subsidy bill by the senate filibusfer is the comment of British newspapers. Without t exception, London papers which editorialized upon the failure of the congres3 to place the American merchant marine upon a solid permanent basis were gleeful over the outcome. The London Telegraph states the result is due to the fact that this country does not under stand the shipping business. , It makes the additional ob servatidn that "in any case the American ship building effort, a splendid vindication of the spirit of the people of the United States, will never fail to evoke feelings of gratitude and admiration in this island country." In other words,' this typically British paper is very grateful that during the war the United States expended billions in building ships in order to help England, but it rejoices that in times of peace con gress refuses to maintain a merchant fleet that will come in competition with British merchant marine. ; The London Chronicle carried a jubilant story under the "headline: "America's Dream of Ocean Supremacy Shattered by Britain." Editorially the paper states that the cause of the failure of the merchant marine bill was due to the fact that "America cannot build ships as cheaply as we do or as well. Neither can it run" them or man them as we do." Further on in the editorial it likens America's effort to op erate a merchant marine to the effort of the Bolshevik to op erate industry. Literally, the editorial stated: ""Washington made the same mistake with shipping that Moscow made with industries. Thus ends in catastrophe the vastest -and most - futile attempt in history to create a new industry. A" new chapter now opens fori the British mer cantile marine." That Great Britain, However, is not so certain that all will be easy sailing in the mercantile marine field is evidenced by a statement of Sir William Hicks, British Secretary of " Overseas Trade, in a speech made at Southampton, England, ,in which he stated that a threat to British shipping suprem acy was coming from' Germany. ' He cited the1 fact that although under the Treaty of Versailles Great Britain wiped out the German navy and the German merchant marine, that since the war "Germany had rebuilt - her s merchant marine to a point where it is 60 per cent as great as it .was prior to the war. . i i - ' i ""What do you think of that, r , The statesmen of the early .days of trie Kepuoac knew ' how to build up an American merchant marine that was' the v pride of the United States and the wonder of the world. ; l r Let the United States return to that policy; to pref Bren ts tial tariff duties in favor, of Americans bottoms--v: Themthe-Britislf will find that the United States can u. build ships and man" them,' in "competition with any country. - . It will cost nothing.. It will take merely an exercise of 'horse sense; a law drawn on the same lines as the one in operation up to the time of the Civil war.' That's all. And it is inconceivable that the United States will long, rest under such taunts as are quoted above from the British press. eruirr , CfOBTl CcTTrfjat, 1C3, .Associated Edltv For Boys CARTOON RUGIC The Saxophone YOu're heard of the Pipes of Pan, and of "piping a tune." Here's a nn that niav a time. also. All you need to do is to add the lines shown in the series of key pictures a popular muslqal instrument. j THE SHORT STORY, JR. I ' , - Tho Boy Who. Played the Storm The sea spouted foam . like , a whale. And some ot the sailors turned : .v ' pule, : - " " , .. .....Manager If... t KiIUa, . . . .Cashier ........ . .. .Manager Job Dept. Oregon, as second class matter . - --' ; ' red brooded Americans? J on The Biggest Little and Girls below the big pipe, and you have i , . Hot Gsf vm "brare t In his home on the wave. Though tho wind blew a terrible gale. , - The Lady . ; Lottie ploughed along peacefully , through ! the water, across which the setting sun sent Us last rays. Old. Man Oleson, strode , down ; the - decK. 1 THE PATH : (Copyrighted by the San Jose Mercury) " OB LE discontent is the path to heaven." These are the lN inspired words of a distinguished American divine and author-of the last century, and truer ones were never penned. The discontent to which the author thus refers is of course not that discontent that spends itself in helplessly finding fault with and bemoaning one'3 lot in life; that is envious of the success and happiness of others; that fails to recognize that success in any line of human endeavor comes from merit and effort. It is a discontent that makes one dissatisfied with himself and hi3 condition arid fills him with a fleiein.. ination to go earnestly and actively about bettering both. There is nothing so spiritually deadening as to be perfectly satisfied with one's self. The man who thinks he is a Chris tian because he has joined some church and that in the great beyond he is to spend his life in the society of saints and angels without any further effort at self development or im provement on his part is about as nea being a spiritual corpse as one can be and have any spiritual life in him at all. The first step in the development of a beautiful, Christian character is to face our sins and shortcomings. It may be a little hard to see ourselves as others see us and to look with the same feeling of abhorrence and repulsion upon a sin or weakness in ourselves that we feel when we see its manifesta tion in others, but until we strive to do this it is certain that we shall make little or no effort to resist and overcome the temptations which appeal to our imperfect and fleshly nature. Paul evidently had this truth in mmd when, in his epistle to the Romans, he said, "I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you," not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; bu,t to think soberly.' i Many of the greatest men: of 'the world became great be cause early in life they made a merciless mental examination of themselves and made an inventory of their most glaring faults and set them clearly before their mental vision-as thing3 to be overcome. Washington and Franklin made such an inventory in writing and kept it where they would fre quently recur to it and be thus reminded of their faults and their duty to overcome them.. TKus they kept an account with their souls, as it were, and each night struck a balance. ' . How far would a man get in business who went about it in the haphazard ( way in which most people go. about self improvement and the building of character? The first step is to have a definite aim: to realize something of the diffi culties to be met and the efforts necessary to overcome them. One of the reasons why so many c of pur, Christians are weak and namby pamby is that they have been taught that they have nothing to do except to depend upon Jesus who is to do everything . for them. The Scriptures teach no. such thing. They point out very clearly and definitely the straight and narrow way that we are to take and command us, to walk therein. ' , . r -. V ' Men have spent untold effort in trying to find some easy way to escape the consequences of their own evil lives and conduct.' Millions of volumes about religion and salvation and the way to reach the far away heaven. And very much too little, effort has been put forth to make meji understand that while all. men have the capacity to develop into angelhood and the way has been opened for all to reach a state of bliss, yet none can reach the angelic or heavenly condition without developing that capac ity, without actually growing state. The way to salvation from sin is to forsake sin; the way to heaven is to climb the straight and narrow upward way that alone leads to it. No if anything, to us here or anywhere, unless it expresses itself m life and conduct and character. The -New Testament re peats these truths and fortifies them with reason and parable and divine command until there would seem to be no chance for men with any intelligence But, says the old theologian, ward way unaided, they can not forsake their sms without the help of God, of Christ, of the Holy Spirit, and they can not reach heaven without faith. This is the plain teaching of the New Testament." To be sure it is. All the powers of good will work with him who ing to overcome himself. But Holy Spirit nor all the angels ui heaven will save one who is doing nothing to save himself, who does not even want to be saved. Although "there is joy among the angels," as we are told, "ever one sinner that repenteth," who has i turned from evil and firmly resolved to tread thenceforth the upward way. Paper la the World "Where's" Gustaf ? he demanded of- the first, mate. . t - . , "Last I saw of him 1 he was with the 'cook," replied the -mate. I "With the cook!" stormed the captain. , "I'm going to get rid of .that sneaking fellow first time we land. Every time I get the boy set down to studying navii gatlon he slfps off to that cook and his fiddle." The first mate felt rather sor ry for the blustering captain, whose great grief was .that none of his three sons cared for the sea. Two older boys had run off and taken Jobs -ashore. , While the captain stamped along' the deck, down below Gus taf was playing the cook's violin. "You play better'n I do already. declared the cook. "Your old man oughta let you take les sons." "Just as well say he might get me a sflk hat." laughed Gustaf. So- Interested was he in the mu sic that he failed to notice how the ship was beginning to: toss. "Wouldn't think a storm could come up so quick." said the cook; "Listen to her blow." Gustaf out down the- violin. got his oilskras, and went on j deck. He liked storms. He clung close to the cabin; his eyes shin ing watching the streaks of light. vifig, the swirling clouds, the heaving water, and the churning fram. His father, busily shout ing orders; glanced at his son. ap provingly. r The storm finally wore itself out. - When the freighter docked next morning all was calm aeain. Every one was getting ready to eo ashore. The cook was comb ing bis hair before a broken piece of mirror in his kitchen. Gustaf wandered in wistfully. Ht picked up the violin. ''Listen be cried, "I'm plavine; the storm 1'ke t was last night." . He swept the bow across the strings, all bis heart In the music. Suddenly he looked up and saw his father in the doorway - with one of the owners. Gustaf drop ped the bow and flushed. - - "You've gov' to: let me take TO HEAVftN have been written reasoning into angelhood and the heavenly religion will amount to much, to misunderstand. . . . 'Men can not climb the up is earnestly and honestly striv neither God nor Christ nor the PLAT WORK Edited by John H. Millar that boy. Oleson. and see that he gets the rigjt sort of train ing," cried the man., enthusias tically. "He's great." "Father! Let me go!" cried Gustaf.. : v . . ' His father's head' drdbDed. Then he raised it suddenly. "AH tight," he saidi "You can go. It isn't A a thnnrh iYia. urn n Ia.. ing you like the other bovs. If you can play the storm, like that. to landsmen, I'll not stand in your way.", " . So Old Man Oleson savs he didn't lose his boy, after all. I PICTURE PUZZLE I IT- .YaL-KN0i.1l PROVERB 15 TKI5 ? Aotwer to 7etterdr'a: Cw, CMts.'. f'Yp sty 'y ' , Z THE & divine wisdom will not take away from any soul the responsi bility, that belongs to it alone to do its part in working out its own salvation and without which it would be a mere nonentity either here on hereafter. To the man who realizes his own imperfections and the necessity, for action on his part if he is to make any progress til cnaracter building or religion, the voice of the. Scripture speaks in no uncertain words. But there is a voice more per sonal that will speak to the heart of one who is honestly striving to be and do and live as God would have him. This is made clear in the New Testament; but listen also to the words of the Prophet Isaiah, "And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand and when ye turn to the left." The most important part of this command is the last part, "Walk ye in it." Unless we walk in the way, to know it and to know where it leads will get U3 nowhere. .Last week was prune week in California. All the weeks '. are prune weeks up here. The Vatican at Rome contains 11,000 rooms. Just imagine what sweeping and dusting day means there. !-.'. . , Bring your propositions to de velop' the water powers of the Santiam. That is the biggest thing in sight for Salem. jit may be none of our business, but we think it stometimes stretches things by referring to the church attendants as "wor shippers'-A-jlxchange. A New York church announces a laboratory in which religion will be scientifically analyzed. We may be able to weigh the moon shine, but we shall still be unable to furnish the formula of the lab oratory that tells why man has .'aith in a future world. There is a higher, chemistry than that which science knows. It's work ings comes from the crucible of the human heart. i One of the brg cannerymen of Fresno; Cal., here buying straw berries year before last, told the Salem Rotarians that a little wa ter at the right time would double the strawberry yield of the Salem district. 1 And improve the qual ity materially. This is worth thinking; about. More than that, it is worth acting upon. To say nothing about most of the hush berries and some of the tree fruits. j If you iad a, strawberry patch of five acres that would yield 20,- 000 pounds without irrigation, and that' I would produce 40,000 pounds with a few applications of water at the right time, and strawberries were selling at ; say 7 cents a pound, with 2. cents a pound for picking, and you. could buy a pump and equipment for putting on the wate rfor $200 to $300 or $400- or $500, what would yo. do? . SCIENCE AND RELIGION ' Science and religion are twin sisters. They must pull together -when thjey pull apart It Is to the detriment of. both. Human nature has need of these . two guides,1 for. the problems . the one cannot solve , the other 'answers r-the higher and deeper "things belong to religion; the things that teaCh our lives more immediate ly to science. r Dr. Robert A. Milliken, one of the leading scientists of the coun try, has just made a fervent ap peal to all , thinking people to look upon science as the hand maiden of religion and to combat the false idea that the two are in any way antagonistic. He allo cated to each Its right sphere In a short, 'clear sentence: ; "The purpose fit science Is to develop without prejudice or pre conception of any kind a knowl edge of the facts, the laws and the processes of nature. The purpose of religion on the other hand, is to develop the conscienc es, the 'ideals and the aspirations Of mankind." , I ; The day when the searcher af ter scientific truth could attract a larger hearing by attacking the tenets of religion has passed away as surely as those older times when bigoted spokesmen for re ligion persecuted the revealer of new scientific facts. Such great scientists as Newton, Faraday, Maxwell, Kelvin, Pasteur and Edi son were all devout followers of religion; the exceptions are few. Even Huxley, had he lived In this I FUTURE DATES I - March 87, Tuesday State eonTenf ion of Benefit Association of Maeabboe. Sen ate Chamber. State House. . t March 27, Tuesday Liona Club Min strels to show at . Tamer. March 27, Tuesday- Company F. smoker; Bayes vs. : Archer, main event. March 28. Wednesday Presentation of "The Bat" at Grand theater. March 28, Wednesday Frank Oher to lecture on Asia Minor at Chamber of Commerce."-:'1 -t.;e March 29, Msundy Thnriday Scottish Rita Masons' banquet at Hotel. Marion: March SI, Saturday State fair board to i meet. ' ' April 7. Saturday Shrine Vaudcrille De Luxe t Armory. April 2 to 9 Mnsie Wee April 2, Monday Clarence C. Hamilton, field secretary United Society of Christian Endeavor, to speak In Salem. April 2, Monday Made-in-8aletn week begins. i . :s April S. Tneday-i Septle tank and water bond election at Dallas. April 4. ' Wed nesday-V-Willamette Tent. Maccabees' district initiation Degree work by Mt. Hood Tent. Portlsnd. April 13, Friday Willamette Men's Glee clnb concert at armory. April 19, 20 and 21 Cherrian Chen-Intro. April -28, Saturday. Whitney Boys c horns t Armory.- , t - May 5. Saturday-At . Kader temple Shrine ceremonial in Salem. May 6V Sunday Bloseotn Day. May 18, Friday May Festival. Haydn's ratono, "Tie Fonr Seasons." ! Mav, 28. 29, 80 aad 31 Oreg-oa Jersey aonee. , . Ira rf mnrc lihorol tlinnfrlit. would have expunged the sneers at religion that mar hisfgreat work. i All leading churchmen today are anxious , to keep abreast of modern scientific invention . and wherever It is possible to employ the latest discoveries- to propagate the truths of religion; the radio carries sermons and church ser vices; the motion" picture tells old biblical stories; we j have already had a flying parson. The few minds that still on oc casions attempt to sow discord be tween the facts of science and the faiths of church-goers are. lacking the sturdy, prose of the one and the divine poetry of the ' other. Science and religious work along parallel straight lines, each to Its allotted end. , There is no con flict, no clashing, nothing but a steady, orderly progress; and, like parallel lines, science and re ligior will meet only when ex tended 4o;infinltywhIch we with our finite minds can never grasp. LOOKIXfi 1L1CKWARD Now if is revealed that there was a Mongolian civilization in Mexico more than 20,000 years ago. Civilizations have their strata, like : unto the rocks. There are evidences of five dif ferent groups or peoples in Mex ico and the second Mongolian per iod indicates a rather high type of . civilization. It has manifested Itself in art, in pottery and in ar chitecture. The people did not have their phonographs or their Fords, b'ut they made a blooming fine finger . bowl. Earthquakes, eruptions, floods, tidal waves and other tragedies of nature1 in their turn erased the footprints of hu manity. The varying civilizations lie buried one on top Of the other. mixed in lava, sand and dust We are now uncovering traces of them all. They go back to the days when there was no Pacific Ocean as a- barrier between Asia and America. ; At least there. Is evidence that the same people, who left their impress on the ancient pottery oT Mexico had descendants who built the great wall of China. There is nothing more fascinating than opening up the graveyards of prehistoric life. Next to knowing mm mm show the things in pumps and oxfords. Every style is exclusive as we do not buy a line that is sold in Salem, so when you buy a new shoe from us you can be perfectly sure that it : willlnot be shown in other stores in' the low grades. We carry only the better makes and ihese manufacturers back us up in a positive guaran tee of a dollar's worth of wear for every dollar put in our shoes. See the new suede satin, patent and kid pumps. ; We want you to especially see the new short tongue pumps which are the very newest thing. Six different comhina tions of leather and satin to pick from at Florsheim and Hananpxfords fdr men in the new lasts. Be sure and see theselstyles be fore you buy. Dr: Williams Dr. Williams; expert foot : specialist. Consul tation free. Consult him about your feet. He, re moves corns treats bun ions and fits arch sup ports. All foot troubles scientifically treated. .. ji i t. r. nan tn hl& bank ac- wnai win "!'"-- count next week man seems most deeply interested iswui,iuB thals. Blidskois ana uiuc v.v. men were doing 9.0Q0.000 years T .....t.i nil for ago. it is no n . r him to get a thrill out of the mum- Dh.Mnh whn was nieti away in a marble tomb thirty . -rM Knoan 1" 11 IT centuries uerore iu e- ning for president. SEEMS DIFFERENT V - The hardest part of the Bible for he average man to believe is . . joniorotinn that it is more blessed to give than to receive. BITS FOR BREAKFAST They are foolish. a' ,,;:; Hf-iV- t mm ''ty':-- Who are foolish? The state automotive dealers, who are proposing to' referend the one cent gasoline tax bill. - -u w If the paving program Is to be carried out In Oregon, if even the government money is to Be matched in the next five years, that tax must be let alone. More than this; some of the serial bonds will have to be reissued, i - Do these automotive dealers want to balk thei state highway program? It they do balk it, they will be the 5 greatest sufferers. Paved highways are the life of their business. - , A. E. Houchin anu D. K. Mc Donald, who have taken over the Irrigation project in the West Stay ton district, propose to plant 900 of their 1000 acres of land to flax, beans, spinach and; potatoes, and to irrigate these crops. They will reconstruct the ditch and flumes and extend laterals to cover about 1000 acres of addi tional land. They are making an effort to get their land sold to 'actual settlers' for dairying, poultry and hog raising, as well as for the raising of strawberries filberts and walnuts They are bringing in men irom the eastern Washington and Idaho districts, with their outfits, who know how to handle irrigation, and the pros pects are that they will open a new era in farming in the San tiam district. 'Easter fashion note 'Women's headgear is built lower than last year, but the prices are higher. Easter "egg styles are, also changing. Now we get the color ing matter done up In. a package in a corner drug store. Onion skins used to' furnish it. Being now in Paris Hiram Johnson' is 'being mentioned in the foreign dispatches as "refus ing to talk."' It must. have been a . terrible trip across the pond If the California senator has lost his voice. That was the organ 9.00 Bwgses Boots VikaOiSoott DsBCaadSootf lootAffiaatPf ton Punp CixBdiOd 326 Statea-Kcxttt ltx$s$zx mm in . which ne too. - bi Hiram without a voice would be like a harp without itrlngs. Los Angeles Times. ' If every filling station were a city block how prosperous soma towns would be: - Women Need Swzrap-Rcst Thousands of women'have kid- ney and bladder trouble and never suspect it. 1 : Women's complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or , biadder dieease. . If the kidneys are not in fa healthy "condition, they may cause the other organs to become dis- t eased, Pain in the back, headacne, loss oV ambition, nervousness,' are f often times symptoms of kidney trouble. Don't delay starting treatment. -Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a phy sician's prescription, obtained at any .drug tore, may be Just the remedy meeded to overcome such conditions. Get a medium or large size bot- i tie Immediately from any drug ( store. r Howver, If you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Bing ham ton, N.Y., for a sample bot-V tie. When writing be sure and mention this paper. v; Adv. YOUR REWARDS In life are governed "by the law . of - compensation. "Give to the world the best you have and the be.'st will come back to you" is no Idle saying. - - Young people have . to make a' decision between giving the time and -ability to learning something that will be worth while later in life, or running the -chance of beitig a dependent in old age- Which way are you decid ing? May we help you In ny way? We are always glad to talk to you. , , ; Capital Business ; . College SALEM, OREGON High & Ferry ROBIN HOOD .J Repairs , The best repair work in the city. We have put in new machinery and have the' best man in the cuy. Try us once. If it i nat tne best repair work you pvpr had we another win not chance. !ask' t