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SUNDAY "mOIWI NGJUNE 24, 1 923 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON 'v 03 a. ? " ; Issued Dally Except Monday by " TIIK STATESMAN" PUBLISHING COMPANY . " , 215 s. Commercial St.. Salem, Oregon (Portland Office. 723 Board of Trade Building. Phone Beacon 1193) , - , MKMJ1E11 OF T1IK ASSOCIATED PIUS88 , . , The 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.! t ,JL J.. Hendricks - - v Stephen A. Stone - ; -1 Frank Jaskoskl - - i - - Manager i Managing Editor Manager Job Dept. i TELEPHONES: Business Office -. r. . - . Circulation Office Society Editor Job Department 23 683 106 583 --.7-, ' .V-'. . Entered ai the Postoffice In Salem, Oregon, as second class matter , 4 '. .V;1- ' ' , - In and out of Europe, as well as America, converge In the Desert of Gobi, once a well watered re gion. .Ia this land of beginnings the expedition hopes to find evi dence of mankind's primordial home the Garden of Eden. There is Just, one way for the Salem school board to. keep off the rocks of a possible bitter row between the different sections of Salem. That is to stay true to the trust with the voters who author ized the $500,000 bond issue to make th.e money last for seven to ten years, and to make it go all the way around, as the terms of the trust provide; the terms con tained in the statements made in the campaign by those who ad vocated a favorable vote on the bond issue. ' .t :i ; land more productive and profit able every year, for alii of. his life, and into the lives of . his children and children's children. THE $500,000 SCHOOL BONDS -'VThe Statesman has no fight on anyone in connection vith the expenditure of the $500,000 school bond money " 'But the people are going to insist, and they have a right to insist; that the trust be administered in the manner out lined in the campaign for the bonds f ! . That the $500,000 must be spread over a period of seven - to ten years,, and that the expenditure of the money be made ; in such a manner as to go clear around j i k ; i Providing every section of the city with its needed school ? facilities- . , ' ' ' -l . f I - That's all. ' ' f - ' ? ; " I , f ' f :y I . .Any slight deviation will cause intense bitterness and ; dissatisfaction, and cripple the school system JK ; Because the people will not vote any1 more school bonds. They know the . $500,000 'is enough'. They know ths program as voted is in the interest of economy. ; And they also know that a departure from the program t would make the voting of the bonds appear as a mistake, and j a fruitful cause forndissension which can be and by all means ought to be avoided i j I 1 ; i Simply by 'Sticking to the trust that was given to the school board by-the-majority vote of the people l Religion is to ba Introduced into the army.. Why. not put It ; lij congress? Exchange. 1 If President Harding had de clared in favor of the World Court without taking several back hand claps at the League' of Na- tlons, he would have pleased more - of the men and : women of the United States "who understand the splendid accomplishments of the latter. But he would have lost an ' opportunity to placate Che - lrre t concllables and little Americans. So there are those who will think he played good politics in this speech.' But there will be many I FUTURE DATES 1 imam 18 to S4 ChaSMM DtUMi : JB IS to 85 cl CuattMU 'y WAdnudar Aatamobll imm feir ' rrnnnit -,";. . . . . st, 14 t v itir."? bridges. ; . ApPSft'atrylITnd paths to reflect that the best politics for a chief executive of the " United States is to, refrain from 'playing politics at all to pursue the lines of statesmanship as befits one in his exalted position. I BITS FOR BREAKFAST I IiOOKING FOR THE GARDEN I OP EDEX ; An expedition of antiquarians, now in Mongolia, representing the American Museum of Natural His tory, reports having already estab lished several facts heretofore con sidered somewhat theoretical that mammals originated in Central As ia, within what is now the Desert of Gobi, and that the ancestors of our mammals entered North Am erica via the. Alaskan Land bridge. Remains of native born' American mammals have also been unearthed on the Asiatic-side of the ancient Think of i -. - ; V V i - J A prisoner at the penitentiary got out of bounds; was seen on ia stairway by the . superintendent and told to go back where he be longed, which the prisoner did m m h That was all; that is the truth ' - I V A . 4: But a newspaper reporter man ufactured a story out of this to the v effect that a prisoner ; made a key to the door leading-to the quarters of the three federal wom en prisoners, and got into those quarters and remained there five hours, and was found ' there, un der a bed, by the superintendent, and knocked down by him,) and dragged out; with a vulgar; re mark from the prisoner, and other nauseating details, all framed In the Imagination of the reporter. ; Now, what do you think of thatt Isn't it the limit? Or some Jong jumps ahead of the limit? i - s r , j; Two more big days of the Sa lem Chautauqua and it is coming back next year,, bigger and better than ever. m m The new brick f lax; warehouse, now to be built at the penitentiary will be 20 6 by 70 feet.- But it will not hold all the flax, at that. - i V H ' " ' President Harding found a Kan sas farmer yesterday who Bays he makes only 10 cents an acre rais ing wheat. He can do better than that" in Oregon raising prunes. flax, filberts, walnuts, strawber rles, loganberries, apples, t rasp berries, gooseberries, . cherries, pears, and many other things. He can make more milking cows and raising hogs. He can make more breeding sheep or goats. He can, by good husbandry here, make his COLONY FARM IS HIT BY THE GRAND JURY (Continued from page 1) ! T1IXN03 TO DO TgBoysiand GirlsNewspaper TTie Blsrest little Paper in the "World . LOADS I OF ruN . I Copyrl-t, Associated Editors. Edited by John M. Miner. HOW YOUR EAR WORKS I - Do you hear anything - right , ,r ow?.Catt. you- imagine how you . ire able to hear sound, or imag- - - ine the complicated things which zo on in order: 'that you may I hear? ' l , ' ' ' ' , , f I m The thing -which you usually call r; your ear is. just a sort of a mega . hone which la on the job to col- lsct "sounds,? which are not -oundi'at 'alt ' when" they come to ! it, but vibrations In the air. These f Vibrations enter the outer ear and pass down" the 'canal or tieatus, which is the hardest place in the world for a boy to keep clean, un til they strike the eat drum. ' This drum ia nothing r but a piece of skin stretched, across the - canal and it plckVup the 'vibra tions and -transfers' tb em thrqugb - the , "middle ear . by a series of three little' lever bones called the hammer, : anvil, and stirrup. As ' these vibrations cross the middle ear they find another drum on the far side which they vibrate. Thi3 t second drum, in vibration, sets up actual waves in the water, ;Or t lymph, of the inner ear and these! waves beat upon a little sort of a snail shell, or cochlea. . -fThU cochlea is lined with tis sue, or basilar membrane, and when the right wave hits the - i right string, which is stretched along this membrane, a circuit is I closed and a nerve transfers the 1 sensation to the brain which in terprits it' Ipto the" sound which you used to think was heard by your ear. v-- J -. i J ' Oh Yon Kid! Razz: "Boob sent her kid gloves for her birthday." - Berry. "Why?" Razz: "Guess he's kidding her along." ' I THE SHORT STORY, JR. ' PEDRO ; Pedro was no longer spry; '' Besides, he was blind In one eye Twas no wonder, indeed, ' - That the neighbors agreed 'Z ?re, better it Pedro should die. .As far as the neighbors could ''tea, Tcdro was no earthly good, lie was. worse, than no- good! He was an added expense and care for poor llrs, Stewart. Every one tcsk an interest in the 11 ttle" wid ow, whosa husband had been kill ed la a factory accident. . She was ' left with, two babies almost ' no money, and nothing that she could do but take In washing. Why she still 'kept the old dog was 'more than anyone 'could understand. Pedro was blind In one eye, limped In the right front, leg, and had a miserable, shaggy coat. Mrs. Stewart admitted that as a watch dog, Pedro was a Joke. "But," she would laughingly argue,' "if he were a good watch dog he would be" wasted ' here in Millersburg, where there Is nothing" to watch." It worried the neighbors a great deal to see poor ' Mrs. Stewart working so hard. ! "It's bad enough for her to have to kill her self washing, to support her fam ily, but for that useless dog--It's too 'much," they grumbled. I They decided that they ought to speak to her about ItV , 'j " i "You've never heard Pedro's story, have you?" she smiled, at them. . "I couldn't possibly do away with him. No one would want to take him from me and give him a nice home.. He was in he war with my husband. Twice he saved Charles from being bad ly gassed, and Charles declared that he owed his life to the dog." After hearing Pedro's story, the neighbors went away wiping their eyes. They all agreed that they could see how Mrs. Stewart would be attached to the dog. It was about a week later when one day Pedro came around the house, fol lowed by a tall, fine looking man. "If I am not Intruding," he bow ed to Mrs. Stewart, "may X ask your .name?" . - "Mrs. Charles Stewart," he re peated. "So Corporal Stewart got the little dog. May I see your husband? I was his captain in the war." - -, - t i ; The captain was deeply sorry to hear of Mr. Stewart's death. "I suppose you wouldn't consider selling Pedro?" he asked. ; "He saved my lite over there, and ' I should like to make it up to him a little." The neighbors all wondered what changed Mrs. Stewart's mind. As soon as she got rid of Pedro, she was able, to save 'more money and things were easier, for her. They never knew that she had sold him for a neat little sum. ,1K 1 iV?v .... pita!; also, the contract or lease executed by and ' betwewi said owners and the state of Oregon,, acting by and through the board of control, consisting of the gov ernor, secretary of state a.nd Btate treasurer, on or about the first of June, 1921.- i "Said farm consists of about 115 or 120 acres, and at the time of the execution of said lease, with the exception of about 30 acres,: was covered with dense .brush: and culled timber,: and lies principally in what is known as the river ' bottom bordering the Willamette river. ! By the terms of ' said contract the state, acting through said board of control and the officers of the Oregon state hospital, are to cultivate the same and raise crops thereon, paying as rental for the use of the cleared portion of - said lands " one-fourth of the crops raised thereon, with the right to clear and put in cul tivation the uncleared portion thereof, and ia removing the tim- Lber therefrom 'to use for the bene fit of the state all cordwood and other timber ' products available. and have the use of such ciearedJ land for" two years without 'fur ther rent, and, thereafter to pay to said owners one-fourth of the crops raised - thereon. Said con tract or lease Is for the duration of five 1 years, with the option of renewal by the state. , "From vthe. evidence offered be fore: this. grand jury this - land could not be cleared for less than from $100 to $150 per acre; by contract or hired labor, and that the state has expended about: $r.0 per acre, actual- cash, for labor and supplies in clearing the same. "Wei consider such contracts, by which ' the state - officials act as representatives of the state;, and its people in executing and carry ing out such a contract in which they are at the same time . bene ficially interested and actual par ties thereto in their individual capacity while not specifically; for bidden by law so far as wei are informed, are not generally deem ed conducive to the public good, and we condemn the practice.! j. .... "The carrying out of this icon tract involves the delivery of veg etables and' other crops raised, on said land by the, officials of said Oregon state ' hospital to them" selves as owners of said lands! and the' payment therefor. Evidence was also submitted that state automobiles and trucks, and: the time and services of officers and, employes of . said Institution have been, needlessly used in going back and forth to and from said farm, much of which seems to be: un necessary under the circumstance set forth in said testimony..) k Would Work 8tate Landa Firsts "We also recommend that! the state employ the labor off the ln- mates of said Institution in culti vating and raising crops upon! the land which the state already owns, or at least upon which it is not required to pay rent, before! any such labor or expense is employed in the cultivation of rented prop erties, and. In order that the state may not be required to pay rent for crops ' grown on leased prop erty and allow supplies grown on Its own lands to be wasted. "Evidence shows that many hundreds of dozen of eggs are pro duced i at the state hospital and; the farm and sold in the market,' while, at the same time , inmates who wish to buy a fe extra egg for their own use are compelled . to buy them in the open market. The evidence also shows that more eream is allotted and furn ished to the officers cottages than to the respective wards, each hav ing from 40 to 50 patients. Also that the patients are served chick en once or . twice a year, while the officers get t chicken every Sunday, and sometimes of tener. Adequate Salaries Urged V : "We recommend that an effort be made to secure a change in the law so that it shall provide a fixed and adequate salary for the superintendent and all officers of state institutions, the exercise of whose duties do not require their continuous 'presence therein, and that no subsistence be furnished them or at the expense of such institution, i This would remove any cause for abuse on the one hand, : or groundless charges upon the other. "Evidence has been submitted that more or less Jabor of inmates of the Oregon state hospital has been used by some of the officers for their own private purpose, es pecially on the, farm of Mr. Lane, the steward, for which the state has received no compensation, r ' "We are also informed by the evidence that InmateB of the state hospital have-been talcen to work out of doors in clearing and cult!-, vating land during stormy and In clement weather, and that In nu merous instances they have not been properly clothed on such "oc casions. This we strongly disap prove. . f s i1' Penitentiary Observed "We find from the evidence that under the last preceding adminis tration of the Oregon state . peni tentiary practices and conduct were Indulged In . by its officers and employes of a kind most de plorable, unsatisfactory and ""re volting to the decent people of the state. - . vi "Direct "land " positive ' evidence' has been brought before this grand jury that certain officials and em ployes, as well as a few - the state officials and employes, for a time practically made parts of this Institution a road house of the i worst character, where the use of intoxicating; liquor was in dulged in, and both men and wom en participants i were largely un der its , influence, i We are to be congratulated that! under the ad ministration .of Johnson Smith, the I present , warden, a general housecleaning has taken place, for which the is to be highly com mended. .' ('-.: "If the people of the state can not : rely ' upon their public ser vants, who are sworn to enforce the laws, . to at least, obey: them themselves, it will not be long until confidence in our govern ment' will cease to exist, hi i -Over-Supplies on Hand "We find from investigation that: formerly, in some instances, supplies were purchased far In ex cess of the needs of the Institu tional that time. In one Instance enough to last for six or eight years in advance, during, which the supplies would necessarily deteri orate. I.''': '"We recommend that greater care be exercised in the future by the officers charged with '.taking such purchases and issuing requi sitions therefor, i ; i "Evidence 1 has been submitted to this grand jury that the prac tices carried on in many of the dance halls located outside the city I limits are-far . from what a decent rspect f 6r the public good requires, and that the influence of the same is very detrimental to public morals and enforcement of the law. Such places are centers of sentiment , for law violations, including the ' liquor laws, , and other statutes relating to the wel fare of the public. "We recommend that the laws relating to such places, and to the public welfare' as affecting tbem, be strictly enforced." '" What Would You Do? (No. 7.) ' We are all (apt likely) to make mistakes, but the (emigrant immigrant) up on arriving in New York cannot always see the (principle principal) upon which we form our language and often endangers his ' (reputation character) by making (slanderous libel ous) remarks about (almost most) of ! his neighbors and ia (continually -continuously) in trouble before he learns to (adopt adapt) himself. , - ; Would , you be able Jtb tell which of the words Inf paren theses you should use In the paragraph given above? This is one of the things we em phasize in our business Eng 11st classes. ; Tho new classes which start ed last Monday are still open Capital Business College Salem, Oregon High and Ferry 1 We make them, so does every cae cite, and we will cheerfully correct them if yea will write us. Try to write us good-naturedly, bat, if you cannot, then write us anyway. .Do est complain to anyone else or let it pas. want an early opportunity, to pake rfoht any injustice that we may do. -; ; - .... ' .. , 1 J jf-'f- 'i.V'Vi.i ;! ; ' ' ' " 1 ,..1 - '....,''(."-'. . . j V f . ' i . w , .: :-. - ' - ". . ( 1. . i. . i : T. . rn - n - Portland Railway .Light and Power Co. If"! Closing Out TIioiESajiids High GirsMe Shoe - 1 ' Sj J i . ! of N earing the end of a very heavy season we have hundreds oi pairs in shorij lines to close out and we are going to get them together and close them out this coming week at ridiculously low prices. Be here Monday and get a pair of these shoes. See ths Hew Numbers Just Arrived This Week by Express, tb Last Word in Sty!; BOYS' DRESS SHOES Both in black and brown, all sizes, regular $4.00 and $5.00 values go at . i , .1- $1.95 and $2.95 i : MEN'S BROWN SHOES All new lasts and new patterns, the very- best $8.00 value, while they last, go at , m $5.95 1 COMFOR1 SHOES " for ladies in all styles. Oxfords Pumps and Shoes, every pair guaranteed, $5.00 and $6.00 values go in. this sale at . $2.95 and $3.95 , , f- BROKEN LINES LADIES' PUMPS s . All kinds Suede, Patent, Sasin, regularly sold up to $10.00, most all sizes to go at - - v-f; ' $g.95- ' : ' ' . . MEN'S ARCH SHOE The greatest shoe for foot comfort, made for men. A shoe that other stores sell from $10.00 to $12.00. Our price in this sale . . $7.95 V ' RIEN S BROWN OXFORDS ; New styles i for the1 young men, regular $8.00 values, all styles and. sizes. 1 Get your size now, as they are sure to go fast: at -1 r ; - ' I - - ' ? i ' .'.? :Llili '-$5.95 J 1 - : J.: TENNIS SHOES Af0 BOYS' PLAY SHOES I All styles and kinds, all go at reduced prices, including our famous Kloy Kort line 4 -J'i r 95c Co $2.95 1 . " LADIESLFfLT HOUSE SLIPPERS : in every known color and size, regularly sold at $2.00, some $2.50. While they last, in this sale at 1 $1.35 BIG LOT LADIES' FANCY PUMPS ' In every known leather, including suede, satin, patent silver cloth - and combinations of leathers, regular price $9.00 to $12.00. This Sale i6 . I $7.95 . : . ' Ladies Egyptian Patent and Kid Tongue r PUMPS" with low French heels, an extra good $8.00 value at -Ladies' Suede and Satin Two-Strap 1 - ' praps ; ;4J;, . ; with patent trim, regular $9.00 values, also in plain satin. While they last, go at J ' ' Ladies White Canvas : ,,.".- OXFORDS AND PUMPS Both in Cuban and Spanish covered heels $5.00 'quality, full run of sizes, go at - . $2.95 . - .- Ladies' White Canvas t 'jj' . OXFORDS AND FUliPS Cuban or' rubber - heels, an extra good " $1.00 ; line ; all widths and sizes; get a pair at $2.95 Ladies' Black and Brown Kid Cuban. TJeet; ; I OXFORDS v A new line just arrived ; every width and every size, $3.00 grades, the full line will be put in tbSs saleat ' , - $5.95 Children's and Misses ' :' .; ; patent pumps t ' ' One-strap Edwards Pumps, the best wearing and best fit ting pump on the market ; get one pair and you will never buy any other make $1.95; $2.95 and $3.95 Children's Barefoot i SANDALS AND PLAY.SH0ES All sizes and kinds to select from.' We are going to close out hundreds of pairs in this sale. Regular $2.00 values go at -t!' j: " - ' . . ' - 95c , O - , Men's $7.00 brown Elk Army Shoes, regular Munson last,' all sizes,-while they last at . : . FULL LINE MEN'S $9.0'OXF0rJ)S In new styles all widths and sizes,; guarsiiteed to the last stitch; all go at . ..1 ; -, " V : $6.95 v MEN'S EUC BALS Brown' and black, the best summer shoe on the market & $3.00; sale price " "f-; ' $1.95 - ' LADIES' HIGH TOP OUTING BOOTS Brown, pack style, the best $10 value in the market; most all sizes to close out ' " r j - . . $,9sr.:t7.v:::"--" BOYS' ELK BALS In brown and black, all sizes, a great summer shoe for work, they will last a boy all summer and are light and comfortable, a good quality at $3.00, go at . . BOYS' HIGH GRADE DRESS SHOES In all the newest lasts and styles, regularly priced up to $8 all sizes and widths to pick from at - : l CHILDREN'S AND MISSES OXFORDS AND PUMPS Just arrived in patent brown - calf and combinations of patent and suede, regular $4.00 and $3.00 grades at $2.95 and $3.95 RUBBER HEEL DAY EVERY WEDNESDAY Cj. : , - . - . ; - ; We put the best live rubber heels of any make on your shoes for HALF PRIC E EVERY WEDNESDAY. Heels that other stores? charge 50c to 60c ; we put them on for , r ; 25c. . -cay& SffjsuBocb VildtCaSotlf BiSBadUooC lbotAffltUDrt Corns removed, callouses removed. . ingrown nails removed and treated; . i sweating ! and bad odors from the v ivfeet cured. , Pains in the feet and broken arches v adjusted. Weak foot, flat foot, foot -strain; I' fit your feet to the proper kind of support. Do not suffer; I will -..give: the, best. that science can afford. Prices reasonable. ,326 tlCe3bYe&vUM,tx'i23i : VIL WILLIAJIS It 4 r. 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