The Oregon statesman., September 04, 1923, Page 8, Image 8

Tlin OREGON STATUS? TAIf, SALEM. OREGON
TUESDAY nTmTvr- SEPTEMBER 4, 1923
. Oregon State j News
A COMMUNITY 1EI1T
IS AS YKT XTNlII
Last Thursday a man gave his
me In the service 6t the 'commun
ity. Ort Irons, tha aviator, oweJ
Albany nothing. He ungrudginR
jjr and unhesitatingly answered
the call of a, city .official to aid In
the search for the body of a boy
whom he na(i never seen. The
humanity la him. prompted a deed
of real heroism; His plane was
not ready. He hastened to pre
pare It for night that he might
perhaps assuage a little the ang
nish in the hearts of the dead
boy's loved ones, whom also Irons
had never known. It was entirely
a gratuitious the sacrifice of a
human life upon the altars of the
community. And the sacriHce
was not for gain.
Today Mra. Irons, stands the
sole heir to her husband. To fier
descends the community's debt to
the fallen flyer. And yet but few
Albany , women have gone out of
their way to appease the sorrow of
the stricken wife.
Nothing can pay. for the loss of
a life but that does not excuse
Albany from trying to pay.
A stranger and without friends.
Mrs. Irons today Is at the Central
rooming house, at 214 West First
street. A paltry few have called
upon her. to offer sympathy. . It
seems but a little thing to do to
call for five minutes or so upon
one bereaved, but that little mul
tiplied as it. should be, might do
a great deal toward allaying the
grief of Mrs. Irons and th list tnv.
ard .shrinking this Ineradicable
debt. So will not a few more
women of Albany today, while
they yet may, offer their sympa
thies at least to their sister-wife
who has lost her all for the sake
of a sister-mother. -?
And the casket that bears the
body of Ort Irons back to his
birthplace should not leave here
bare of flowers. It will be ship
ped at about noon today from the
Southern Pacific depot. There is
still time. And there is no lack
here of t lowers. Albany Democrat.
WHEAT XKAItlA' fVT
CORVALLIS, Sept. 3. The
wheat crop in Benton is practical
ly all threshed, and great moun
tains of straw dot the plaiu in all
directions. I For the last month all
the available threshing outfits
have been working on on of the
best wheat crops . ever produced
here. The 'reports from the en
tire what growing section of the
United States show bumper crops,
even giving a touch of overpr.
duction. Agent Briggs estimates
the local crop as far above nor
mal, but not quite as big a yiel l
as was predicted two months ago.
PIERCE TALK
IS IT; Oil
Governor Unable to Return
From Trip in Time fori
Labor Day Event
LEAVING OREGON
E. J. Highberger, will quit Ore
gon for the Spokane country on
account of his health. He has
been troubled with asthma and
hearing that Mrs. B. Prange, for
merly of Sublimity, was so much
better of that trouble at Sp.'Lane
he decided to locate there, lie
expects to leave about October 1
Stay ton Mail.
TO ELIMINATE CROSSING
Circulation of a petition amoag
residents along the county road
between, Jefferson, and Marion is
under way for the purpose of re
questing the county court to es
tablish a new road so as to elimi
nate the five railroad crossings
over the Southern Pacific between
the two towns. The petitioners
desire to get their petition into
the county court 'for Its October
term and if the court passes fav
orably on the proposal part of the
work may be done this year. Jef
ferson Review. '.
CARELESS DRIVER ARRESTED
MARSHFIELD, J Sept. 3. Dis
trict attorney; Fisher yesterday
filed an information against Frank
Bellrose, the man who was driv
ing the car4 when G. W. Spragne
was fatally Injured in a spill be
tween Coqullle and Myrtle Point.
The charge Is involuntary man
slaughter, which carries & penalty
of from one to '10 years In the
penitentiary, In case of convic
tion. ' Bellrose was seriously injured
when the spill occurred and has
since been an inmate of the hospi
tal at Coqullle, under espionage.
GREATER THAN
MUSCLE SHOALS
, Senator McKary has recently
been on a trip . through Eastern
. Oregon on an inspection of the ir
rigation projects. His report bears
'out . what we have always said",
that Oregon has as good or better
projects, yet undeveloped than the
east can snow, rne eastern states
naturally, tKjosted the Muscle
Shoals project. A trip through
som0 of the eastern states will
convince one that the east and the
west have not met, that east is
still east and west still west. Sen
ator McNary has studied the pow
er situation thoroughly and is es
pecially Impressed with r what is
known as the Umatilla rapids. He
says tau proposition is iar aneaa
of thp famous Muscle Shoals for
power development.-? Turner Tri
bune. -J ' . .
LAWYER COMING WEST
" HARRISBURG. Sept. 3. W. G.
Trill of Fossil, Or., was here Tues
day'looklng over the town with a
view of locating here in the ca
pacity of attorney. He has served
as district attorney for Wheeler
county for some years but prefers
a location in the valley where hi?
children can- enjoy better school
facilities and where lacar on It
will be more convenient for them
to attend one of the state Institu
tions. ' -;
A NEW PACKING PLANT
REEDSPORT. Ore., Sept. 3.
Formal opening of a new packing
company was celebrated here Sat
urday by Reedsport citizens. The
hew industry is the Anderson
Packing company which will do
salmon canning and ? some mild
curing. When operated to its full
capacity the new plant will em
ploy 40 men and will add greatly
to the city's payroll. The super
intendent of the new plant is W.
A. Penter. ,
SUFFERED FIVE YEARS
FROM KIDNEYS
"I suffered with kidney 'trou
ble for five years or more. " I
could not sleep at night and I was
always tired after coming home
from work; and my back ached,"
writes John R. Gordon, Danville.
Ill. I secured some . FOLEY
KIDNEY PILLS and after few
treatments I felt better and could
work with I more ease, becme
stronger and could sleep better '
For quicks relief , from Backache,
Rheumatic pains, and Kidney and
Bladder trouble use FOLEY KID
NEY PILLS. Sold everywhere.-
San Francisco will be an appli
cant for the Republican National
Convention i In 1924. Why . San
Francisco? Why not Los Angeles?
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Fall Coats Arrive
The desire to get full value and a long season's serv
ice from a winter coat prompts many. women to make
their selections now. The.' new Coats are delightfully
comfortable and exceedingly good looking.
All are modishly straight and slim, some with jside
Materfals are Bolivia, Arabella, Lustrosa, Ormandale,
Brvtonia, Saltonia, Veloured, Astrachan, etc.
, Prices $12.75 to $69.00
(Safe- & 'Company
Commercial and Court Streets
Because he was. unable to re
turn to Salem in time from a trip
to southern Oregon, Governor
Pierce did not deliver the Labor
day address that he was sched
uled to give - at the state fair
grounds yestercay. The address
that the governor had prepared for
the day follows: ; i ;
Address in Full
Said the governor:
"The first Monday In Septem
ber of each year is Labor day, de
clared by law a holiday. ' It is a
day of rest for those vast throngs
who labor throughout the year
and produce all those things that
the people of this and other coun
tries require. That day is fitting
ly observed in the capital. city; of
Oregon this year by this vast a
semblage. f We j are ? here to 1 ob
serve and to appreciate the spirit
of young America, exemplified by
the daring and thrilling races
which are soon to be under way
Advancing Htages Xotl :
"The - progress of civilization
may ba recorded In advancing
stages of sport. When man came
out of the wilderness, his sports
were cruel. Death and bloodshed
were required to amuse. Roll
back history's scroll for 18 cen
turlea .and behold the - sports of
ancientf Rome! Men big, still
wart men were driven into the
arena to fight to death.! There
was no reason for the fight and
no reason for the blood to flow.
except to amuserto appease and
to satisfy the cruel, blood-thirsty
appetitie.
"Behold Rome! Rome, that
proud nation that first taught the
world to govern with effect- fill
ing the arena with Innocent men.
women and children and then
turning ; wild beasts of the field
loose to destroy them. In that
day, that was sport, and holiday
after holiday was declared for peo
ple to witness the bloody amuse
ment, i ' I
Old Ways Were Cruel
"When knighthood was in flow
er, seven centurtea ago, the most
fascinating sport was the contests
of knights, fully equipped -with
spear and lance, battling, battling
and battling on until many of the
brave men received" the fatal blow.
It was a sport Intended to amuse
and electrify a cruel populace and
king.
"With the arrival of America
on the world's stage a century
and a half ago, there came a keen
er public consciousness, demand
ingwith each succeeding year,
sports of a higher type, eliminat
ing as far as possible danger to
life and limb, and above all, blood
shed, that had been a necessary
part of the festivities of the cen
turies past.
Sport Has It Place
"All work,: Indeed, does make
Jack a dull boy! Human charac
teristics demand that, on occa
sions, we break away from the
solemn and serious affairs of life,
to enjoy an exhilirating effort on
the field of sports. The boy or
girl who cannot play, usually falls
to cope successfully with, the great
problems of life.
"The state fair grounds should
become, even more than they are
today, a place for recreational ac
tivities. ' May there be played here
in years to come, clean, wholesome
sports sports which aid us to
pass by , for a time worries and
troubles of our busy lives.
Races Held Proper
"It is proper," -indeed, to give
prominence to the automobile
races today. The genius of man
never gave to humanity anything
that exceeds the automobile in its
influence and effect upon the peo
ples of the nations. We are too
close to the coming of the auto
mobile to realize its tremendous
revolutionary effect? upon our
lives.- It has made of many of
our race automobile gypsies.: Fin
ancially it has ruined ; thousands
and it has' made a few tremen
dously rich. It has abolished the
isolated farm' home. It has brok
en? down many of the old habits
of saving and accounting. : It has
brought joy into many a home by
affording a pleasure that had pre
viously been unpossessed. Lives
there a man so dead to human joy
that be would wish to live in a
world without an automobile?
Labor Comes fat Rights
"The trials of these machines,
almost human, in a friendly co li
test for speed, is but a natural
result of bur innate desire for
sport, coupled with our admiration
for the wonderful achievement of
human genius the automobile.
U "Labor day has only recently
been made a holiday. Only since
America has taken her place on
the stage of action has labor been
recognized as the possessor of any
rights worth while. In the days
of gladatorial fights of ancient
Rome, to be a laborer meant to
be a slave, and to raise a word of
protest against the cruel lash of
the master usually meant death
itself. In the days of mediaeval
knights, to be a laborer meant to
be chained to the soil or to the
task to which one was born.
Darkness Dissipated
"Through centuries upon cen
turies, the world was dark for
those who labored. To them there
was . scarcely a ray of hope or a
thought of , joy. In fact, before
America came, civilization was
built upon human toil exacted un
der the lash of the master. But
those days have passed With
America' came freedom for the
worker - political, religious and
industrial freedom. t
- "The . worker is no longer a
slave but enjoys freedom and lib
erty along with the respect and
comradeship of his fellow being.
It is a transition that is properly
celebrated on this holiday by wit
nessing a contest for speed by
automobiles one of the great
achievements of genius and labor.
Hospital Marks Progress
"The modern hospital is anoth
er of the distinguishing marks of
DIG TO
HIS
IS
INJURED
Raffety Reports Spectacular
Accident to Automobile
Near Dolph '
Traveling at an estimated rate
of 45 miles an) hour, a Hudson
touring ' car plunged , from the
highway abotit two miles east of
Dolph, , Sunday noon, rolled over
four times and landed at the base
of a 40-foot embankment, injur-
progress. In the day of the bloody ' ing two &t the occupants, Mr. and
couri,
Caesars there were no hospitals.
The sick and wounded were left
to die without care. Often, even,
their end was hastened by a blow
from the hand uneducated to aid
in restoration.
"In those times there was
wealth and strength: tor war and
for bloody amusement, but none
to save the sick or to aid the
stricken.
"We citizens of today could not
have existed perhaps. In those
days of a.nclent Rome. We might
have been crushed under the
weight of human suffering. The
dark ages of the Renaissance af
ford not a ray of real human help
fulness as seen on every hand to
day. The peoples of the past built
beautiful cities. magnificent
cathedrals, elegant structures, but
they had no time nor patience to
think of caring for the inflicted. y,
Clubs Take Up Cause
, "The capital city of Oregon
without a modern hospital would
not be in step with the world. For
tunately the Kiwanis, Rotarian
and Lions clubs of this city re
cently pledged themselves vto se
cure by subscription the necessary
funds to obtain a high grade hos
pital for Salem. Fart of the pro
ceeds were obtained. The re
mainder, it is hoped, will be the
product of the celebration of this
Labor day on these grounds.
"Prjjud we should be that we
live in this age of human exist
ence. Proud of the achievements
of the centuries of the automo
bile, of the emancipation of labor,
and of the modern hospital. Let
us, one and all, be thankful that
we have the opporunity to add our
presence and support to the land-
able undertaking for good appar
ent, here today.
fold purpose of
day, upholding the hand of, clean
sports, and for the realization that
we are assisting: in allevialing the
suffering of stricken humanity.''
Mrs. B. Pearlson. Zonibo
Twentieth ' and Washington
streets, Portland. Mr. 'and . Mrs.
George Kann, 454 Hall,, port
land, occupying the front seat,
were uninjured. Mr. Pearlson
received a broken nose, ills arm
was' fractured in two places and
a . leg" fractured. His wife re
ceived one bruised limb.
According . to T A. Raffety,
chief state traffic officer,, who
was directing traffic at the , time,
another machine had met with an
accident . on a bridge, breaking a
front axle. r A garage man, in
stead of dragging' the' machine to
a clear place about 20 feet away,
attempted to make the repair on
he bridge. The Kann machine
came around a blind curve at a
high rate of speed, and in order
to keep from crashing into the
machine on the bridge, went over
the embankment. The injured
people were taken to a hospital
in Tillamook,' Raffety said.
An .unusually large number of
cars were on the Tillamook road
yesterday, Mr. Raffety said, but
this was the only serious accident
that . occured. -. '.,
I BITS FOR BREAKFAST
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PLAN SUBMITTED
PEKING, August 31. (De
layed by the Associated Press.-
Marshal Tsao Kqo, North China
leader has asked the Chinese gov
ernment to sanction a plan of his
for suppressing bandits In Shan
tung, Kiangsu. Anhwei and Honan
provinces
. Labor, day
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It touches all Americans
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i For we are a nation of laborers.
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Everybody : who is anybody in
the United "States, toils with
brawn or brain, or, having accu
mulated or increased a compe-
For the three-itoncy, works with, his mind and
honoring Labor his means for the . good of all-
That is why the United States Is
great. This country has no lei
sure class. To be an idler in this
country of toilers' is a disgrace.
It should be.
"W
So labor day, like Christmas
and -the Fourth of July, .appro-
Another, dream has been dissi
patedMagnus Johnson
wear suspenders.
does
FIRST IN 4 THE SUMMER ,
vacation kit, put a bottle of
CHAMBERLAIN'S
COLIC and DIARRHOEA
REMEDY
Invaluable for sudden and aevera pains
in tcmach and bowels, cramps, diar
rhoea. When needed - worth 50 time
the coat for aingl Hose. I . ,
prlately has full observance in all
territory . over which flies the
American flag.
' "
In the arena men and women
were "thrown , to the Hona or
hacked to death to make a Ro
man holiday. How. far removed
are we of this day with the aver
age automobile rac? '
Is the . maniac game-, of the
crazy speed fiend worth the can
dle? ' The first news of the disasters
In Japan came clear aeross 'the
Pacific by radio without relay.
The seven- league ? boots of old
time were in the class of the
snail'e pace by comparison.
Japan is about the size of Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho; but
it is nearly all mountains. Think
of 200,000 dead around the
fringes of these three states! It
would take the rest of us to bury
the dead. , v
Some one. suggests that it is a
little too early to tell whether the
political issue of 1924 will be the
world court or the origin of
species. v
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The weather is favoring the
getting of all the flax under cover
at ; the penitentiary. Then there
will-be nothing to do out there
but work all hands working to
whip the flax industry into shape
to support the Institution, and
give every worker In the Institu
tion a dally wage. That good
time surely is coming.
Lome Knight's Father
Hears From Stefansson
McMINNVILLE, Sept. 3. J. I.
Knight, father of Lome Knight,
member of the Stefansson expedi
tion to Wrangell , island in . the
arctic, has received the following
cablegram ; from Vilbpalmur Ste
fansson, dated London:
"Deepest sympathy,' tragic, un
believable news. Stefansson."
Knight Is withont word as to
what disposition will be made of
his son's body but presumably It
will be buried at'.'Nome
' One of ? those " who Is most
grieved at the death of the young
McMinnville explorer is ils youth
f u I brother, Joseph Knight. Jos
eph was commissioned to go with
Lome had there been another arc
tic expedition. Stefansson having
given his consent to such an ar
rangement, and the. boy has been
studying radio so aa to be useful
in, the party.
Lome Knight was one of the
most wonderful specimens of hu
manity ever seen here and his
strength was almost limitless,
which makes it hard for his fam
ily to understand how he fell a
victim to ecurvy.
DISPATCH MILLION
POUNDS OF RICE
U. S.-Blackhawk Ordered to
Tokio With Non-Perish-able
Foods
can be made rady for tl
In a day's time. . Instrut
vided for a BUfficiem fur.
listed men to accompany t
piles to Insure prompt h
clent distribution to. suff.
the earthquake zoue.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. A
wireless message received tonight
by the navy department from Ad
miral Anderson, In command of
the Asiatic fleet, said the destroy
er tender Blackhawk, now en
route from Port Arthur to. Che
foo, China, would be loaded with
one' million pounds of rice and
500.000 pounds of beans and oth
er non-perishable food and rush
ed to the relief of earthquake suf
ferers in, Japan
No Information was contained in
the message as to when the Black
hawk would reach the stricken
area. It was presumed here that
she would take supplies aboard
at Chefoo. Earlier In the : day
Admiral Anderson had reported
the Blackhawk accompanying his
flagship, the cruiser Huron, to
that port.
Later the "war department sent
cable instructions to Manila for
the army transports Meigs and
Merritt to proceed to Yokohama
with food and medical supplies,
tentage, bedding and cots.
The army has at Manila 500,000
rations (a day's food' sup
ply ' for one soldier) avail
able for transportation to Ja
pan, it was said and medical
supplies sufficient to care for 50,-
000 troops for three months. In
addition there are cots and blan
kets for 20,000 men which can
be spared, and 400 large tents.
- Both vessels are now at Man
ila, the Meigs, a freighter of 11,
000 tons; the Merritt, a 28,000
ton ship with accommodations for
500 passengers. It was estimated
here that once loaded with sup
plies, it wquld take .the transport
six or seven days to reach Yoko
hama. ' ' ' :- .
It Is believed here ihe ships
Work Is Actually Crr
On Natron Cut-C,
Actual construction of t
thon cut-off from Kirk t
ridge was begun Satur.
the contractor, John I' :.
of Grants Pass, undert. ,
Initial work of cleariRj, r
and 1 grading for this :
from Kirk. This act .
was. made by W. Sprc ..",
dent of the Southern I
pany. A large amount
material is on hand and
of constructing the f:
out of Kirk across 1
river; will be under v
next week. Track lay!,
ing the grading, will
about 30 days. In add
laying will start out tt
at about the same tinn
five mile stretch over :
was ' completed at the
work was stopped in 1 S .
count of the unmerger i
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