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R. J. Htndrlrki
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Mwa diapatcaca credited to it or not otbenrUo credited in tola paper and alio too
Wt-al new i published herein.
B. J. HENDRICKS
Prafidaot
CABLE ABBAMS
Secretary
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Mows Department
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later! at the Peetofflce in Salem, Oregon, aa aocond-eaaa matter.
WILLAMETTE
tThe Statesman scribe who
program at the noonday luncheon of Wednesday gave a very
guou omnne oi wnai wa.saia Dy rresiaenc jjoney qe Wiliam
ette who acted as chairman,, and by Prof. J. T. Matthews. V
f I( was a sort of report of progress of the University t6 the
people of Salem and the' Trading public - ;
And.tjift growth from 1883.' when there were nine seniors
and; 31' students. ' wilh five professors and two instructors, has
Deen remarKaDie j tnpugn tnerQ were many years of struggle and
discouragingly slow progress, and some years no perceptible pro
gress aj all, after 1883 ; -
m. ''For Willamette now has 588 students; and none of these
in a preparatory department; :that department having been
given up several years agp.
1 "Willamette University and Salem have, struggled together
' throughout all the years, for they were born twins. The "in
tangible; Assets' - of Willamette have been great, as applied to
widening influences that now reach into all civilized countries.
AsVillamette is known in all fields of progressive endeavor
throughout the world, so Salem is known. - ;
ln financial"-benefits, tne Willamette of todaymakes
large and increasing contributions to the well being and growth
of Salem. The cost of maintenance of Xh school and the student
body w now, running above $300,000 a year; practically all spent
in Salem " - -, -; .:. . ;; ,
; And : the indirect financial " contributions of fathers and
mothers and relatives and friends and visitors are large, and
constantly growing. , . - '.
Willamette University will, before very long, have 1000
students. In time she will have 5000. Another thing: No in
stitution of the kind in all the round world has a finer body of
students, on the average, and the very genius and the traditions
of the. old school-make for aJ perpetuation of this kind of a stu
dent body.' v , pr - - . v-
RUSSIA IN COBDEN'S DAY AND NOW
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Ilow closely the aims of the
the aims of the Russian bureaucrats of the lasfcentury is well
shown by a personal letter by Richard Cobden. the m-eat liberal
leader; of England, to. William
.iou, 4uc uiigmtii icttcr w in me possession oi uapi. i nomas
Kemp, a well known horseman of the southwestern part of the
United States', and is diUi ttbm Eastbo1irne7SeTnT84r?It
. follows: ..;,. ..v.; - .f ! ' : ; . , -
r "The i subject to which you refer, the resources of
1 .; Russia, is a very large one, indeed. I could not
-'certainly do justice to it in the three weeks here
. :away from all books of reference. .The only points
j upon which I could write would be to follow up the
Wfidca of discussing loans to these semi-barbarous
-ft4 governments.;-.;.:":;;;,.Pts?
" V have a Wery strong opinion that we shall
, 'fli.have to mike a moral crusade against Russia. I
y lm only waiting for the public announcement of a r- .
f " lloan to fulfill my-threat of calling a public meeting
w in the. city to denounce the project. The Russian
Csar has no reason to complain if we go a little
: : t'Ji further and denounce his system altogether and
' i -i even try to make mischief in hia own country, for ,
' A , J: he fta bea interfering in other people 's affairs. ; '
: y " While I am for keeping hands off everybody
, that would leave us alone, I (hink it is our duty
' ;to speak out at the present time-and not to spare
the despots who are joining-tin a crusade against
..rfreedomV,.;'. :,:iir,:,r. V. .t- .. .-,.;
f im 4It we substitute "soviet leaders" for "the Czar" this letter
miht have been,; wrjtten almost word" for word by a modern
liberal thinker in reference to the Russian program of today
For the living leaders of the soviet are seeking in every
ayto perpetuate the autocratic rule the benefits of which
they enjoyed under the iron hand of Lenbe, to the degradation
and Oppressionof the great masses of that country
: Yet the British "free trade" and ''universal peace" cham
pion wrote it eighty years ago. It seems to prove how little
men and principles really change .
Of international problems, h : . ; ; ; ,
FIGHTIXQ PROHIBITION
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The most insidious propaganda
ever, undertaken In America is now
. bombarding conrress for the os
tensible purpose of nullifying, the
Volstead act, bat tne real purpose
la to restore the liquor traffic. It
is not to the credit of organized
labor : that the American Federa
tion of Lobor heads the list of or
ganfiations r contributing to this
lobbr., The laboring people of the
country hare a right to expect bet
ter .things of their officers, and
some ot these; days they are going
to demand that officers either re
flect1 public sentiment or get out.
The . only purpose of this lobby is
' to re-write thV Volstead act and
hav a bogus prohibition, law that
, will permit the tale of intoxicating
liquor Millions; are being spent
to nullify the wishes of the people,
to trample, the Constitution under
foot and to continue holding men
down ;b that other men may profit
by. their mistortunv : ; ::f .
The) animating motive' of , this
increment Is the 'restoration of
booze.V If that; U not Us "purpose,
what purpose can It have? ;
Here is a real lobbying evil a
bold, systematized and dangerous
propaganda against the.; law -and
the Constitution; Those suspic
ious senators who have manifested
such concern over the ''Insidious
propaganda" of the Edward Bok
: '.i.' r riza or.?aT!f2itionw.ouIl ex-
J. -.it t- -itlvc-a a aiaore creIit-
vay before, the country it
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
Manager
Kditvr
Manager Job Uept.
J. It. BRADT
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UNIVEESITY
reported the Salem Rotary club
Russian soviet leaders Tiarallel
Thompson, a newspaper pub- I
they would Introduce a resolution
for a vigorous Investigation1 of
this flaunting propaganda of it he
brewers, distillers and their sup
porters.. ' ;. ,
. Here is an avowed onslaught on
the Constitution ot the United
States. '
Here is an audacious lobby set
up iwithin the very shadow of the
capitol to cajole or intimidate sen
ators and representatives Into vio
lation of their oaths of office. ' '
Every senator and representa
tive is sworn to support the Con
s'titution. .
The Constitution prohibits - the
manufacture o and the traffic in
intoxicating beverages.
iiCongress has nO more authority
to restore the v liquor traffic- in
violation of the Constitution than
It would j have to attempt to re
store African slavery: in contra
vention of the. Constitution, jf ;
AX INNOVATION
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: : President Coolidge has - done
what presidents have been impor
tuned to do. for a long time. He
has " appointed a real.' farmer on
the shipping board. The outcome
will be watched with interest.; The
shipping interests a have alwaytf
contended : that' a man had to be
highly trained to be competent to
manage , the marine Interests of
the country, while the farmers
have felt r their, shipping,. Interests
Wti bo InipoHantjIjatJbVcnt
to f e represented on the board?
Our system of government does not
make for experts oh this board.
We are trying to get men of high
common sense and let them em
ploy the experts. The Dakota man
is; William S. Hill of Mitchell, who
Is described as a farmer-banker,
a general farmer, cattleman and
shipper. He waa formerly presi
dent of the South Dakota Farm
Bureau federation and' has been
connected with a number of agri
cultural organizations.
Of the Dakota appointee's gen
erai niness ana cnaracter we are
not advised, but, assuming that
they are satisfactory, it is fair to
any that the president has Rhown
a proper grasp of the situation In
thus giving agriculture and the
Interior representation on this im
portant board, for the iarmers of
the interior are deeply concerned
in the maintenance of aa American
merchant marine.
The farmer needa American
ships, sailing ander the American
flag, to carry, his surplus products
to the markets of he world.
kl0ur exports of breadstuffs,
meats, fruits and 'other agricultu
ral products bulk large in the mer
chandise that we send across the
ocean, and the farmers are entitled
to representation on the board
that manages and operates the
merchant marine.
A MERE WHIM
For many years there has been
an agitation to change the name of
Mt. Rainier to Mt. Tacoma. Of
course, it has been a purely; selfish
agitation carried on by one- jeal
ous city, into SFhIchthe'co,untry
has been drawn without "any di
rect interest, r At last Seattle has
become disgusted,, and being a big'
city, tells Tacoma if it wants to
play the baby it can do, so.
These senseless agitations, con-
tinning through so many yars, dis
gust decent folks and wear but op
position. In this case v there is
absolutely no principle at stake.
Captain Vancouver, exercising his
undisputed right, named the peak
for an English admiral. So far
as weucnow, the admiral's fame
rests entirely upon that one peak.
We cannot see that it hurts any
thing, but as long as Tacoma is
going to." play the baby, we might
fas' well let it have its own way.
It will keep on crying until it gets
TALKING ONIONS
Several representatives of Ore
gon Agricultural college are com
ing to Labish Center schooihouse
on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 2 p. m.
to discuss the matter of raising
onions. One of the. numerous
things in which the Willamette
valley excels is in the raising of
onions. We are beating the world
every year and our productivity
has not more than scratched the
soU. Such meetings as the one
Saturday mean still better crops.
The time is past for hanhazard
production; the time has come for
systematic production. There is
no use of a man groping along in
his own blind way when all the
Intelligence of the world in his
industry can be secured without
cost. '
SU ITS
O'COATS
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See Our Windows . ::
; "Your opportunity ;to buy high grade
Clothing at this great reduction ends'Sat
urday, February 2nd.
Every Wool Coat and about J 50 Suite
left in the lot to. choose -from. This week
only--Be here Saturday for the last day.
DUDS -FOR MEN
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THE VALUE Op; A DOLLAR
A good deal has been said about
the purchasing power of a dollar,
and there really has been a lot of
shifting, about. The following fig
ures giving the commodities in 10
year periods will be of a Rood deal
of interest to the public:
lm . Commodity
TOO ct. Automobile
loOcts. Gasoline
lOO rtx. Tir-
111 fM
loi ct.
123 rt.
61.3 ets.
."!.; el.
100 rt .
J Oil ct. '
10(1 rU.
JOO ru.
lOO rts.
JOO ets. .
lOO etti.'
100 es.
100 ctn.
100 els.
100 ets.
100 ft.
Cost of Living
Clothing
Shoe ,
Food
Furniture
Rrnta
Frame Bnildina;
Rrirk Building . ..
Concrete Fee. Bldg.
Farm Crops
I. We Rtoek
Consumers Gondii ....
ttO rt
.5 ft.
:a. 4 et.
HI. 2 ft.
4." ft.
46.3 rt
4 8. j eta.
73. i et.
JM ft
04.5 Qla:
M914 used ai base, a 1923 figures were
not obtainable.
QUIT SPENDING
There is just one way to catch
up when a man gets behind in
business, and that is to quit spend
ing until he does catch up. There
Is "no' other rule in government.
Until we quit spending we are not
going to catch up in government.
It is not fair to keep spending
and at the same time keep raisin "i
taxes, and unless a limit is placed
on both of them, this is very apt
to be done. A successful business
man economizes when he gets in
a noie, and government is just an
aggregation of successful business
men, or ought to be, at least.
SHOULD BE BARRED
Candler, the coco cola king, is
being sued for. breach of promise
by a Kew Orleans widow, and in
the hearing a lot of very foolish
letters are being brought up. We
hold to the belief that some way
ought to be devised to protect the
silly fools In America. . The older
they are the more sickening letters
they write, and Candler is getting
pretty old.
SPEAKING OF CIRCULATION
It is not the quantity t)f circu
lation that makes the paper influ
ential; it is the quality of the
minds it reaches. For nearly
three-fourths of a ! century The
Oregon Statesman has had a large
quantity of circulation, but. it has
always reached the quality of
minds that makes community
progress.
A COMPARISON
We notice that there is a series
of essays being written comparing
Los Angeles to Medford. It really
would be better to compare cities
more in the same class, for in
stance, Los Angeles and Salem. -
Annual Election Held By
Silverton OAC Club
SILVERTON, Or., Jan. 31.
(Specie! to The Statesman) The
Silverton OAC culb, held its annual'
election of officers at the Com
munity club rooms Wednesday
night. Frank Riches was re-elected
as president. Miss Ann Hobart
was chosen vice president, with
Mies Mary Cusack as secretary
treasurer and Miss Olivia Hoff
man as historian. Plans for a so
cial to take place during spring
vacation were discussed but no
decision was reached.
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BASKETBALL IOM
: This is. a diagram of the ptay-
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uiK xim tor uusKciuau polo a,
big new game for you fellows.
Choose an equal number of boys
for each team and then the same
is ready to begin. i
Each team ines up behind its
HERE 5 AM FT) GAME
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IVIO- WITH A 8ASKTSAU
AND SAMEL STAVE PAfVtES.
own goalposts and the ball, a bas
ketball, is placetTTn the center of
the field. Each man hag a jjarrel
stave paddle and to, the signal, go,
there is' a rush forfthe ball.) The
object is to try to get it between
the goalposts by hitting it' with
the paddles. Three points are
scored for doing this. ;
The referee may penalize any
player who is Dlayine too roueh
by making that player stay out of
the game for one to five1 minutes,
while side plays without him, or
any substitute.
Try this game today on. some
vacant lot, laying out your field
as shown in the diagram in the
illustration. CA1X 26 VB
j FUTURE PATES j
February 8 to 14 Xationat Eov Scout
week.' s
Fearuary 12. Tuesday Lincoln Day
dinner, Salem Kiwania club, 6:30 o'clock
Hotel Marion.
February 12. Tuesday Annual Ladiea
night, iKwania club. "
February 1G, Saturday Hotel men of
Oregon to meet in Sulem. ' . '
March 13, 14 and 15 State Inter
aeholaratie basketball ; tournament. Wil
lamrtta crninaaium.
March 14 and 15. Friday and Sataa
day Marion county Sunday gehool branch
of relizioui education 1 meeta at Stayton.
April 19, Saturday Dedication of
atatue .'"Th Circuit Rider," in state
house frounds. "
May 16, Friday Primary ; election i
Oregon.
June 0, Tueaday Bepablican nation
al convention meets ia Cleyeiand.
Juno f24, Tuesday democratic nation
al convention meets in New York.
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FRIDAY MORNING,
Things
To Do
The
Uopyright, 192:1, Asswiatl Kditors.
Snoppyquop
The Boy
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Hurry u-j and look at this Snoppyquop or he'll be out of the picture
and you'll rniss him. He's dhaking a mean foot, I'll say, ana is in a
hurry to get a couple of shines and then take his best girl out for an
ankle-excursion. All very well to be fore-handed about things, but
thi3 Snoppy is four-footed as well. Notice how many footprints he
leaves when he steps out. Sherlock, the little dog who is following,
has decided that they must be. the prints of Wales.
The Snoppyquops are further advanced than human beings In ad
vertising and are able to stick posters around on the clouds in the sky.
But then, prices are 'way up in the clouds, too! Mr. Wales makes the
best of it, however, never w&ils and always puts his best foot first.
What has become of the old
fashioned man who couldn't sleep
after 5 o'clock on Sunday morn
ing. Figures, they say, do not lie, but
the $70,000,000 spent on cosme
tics a year help at least to make
them deceiving. ; i
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SLIGHTLY USED
PIANOS AND PHONOGRAPHS
PIANOS
Fi-ench and Sons, upright beautiful Wal
nut case, (tOOC Art
Sale Price .. ...... OOaCDaUU
Windsor, t'prlght Mahogany (J17C rtfl
A snap at ' I 3UU
Hamilton I'pright, finishwl in Rrmvn Wal
nut. Easily worth S3O0. OC AA
' Sale Price P.DUU
h. Ik MerrHfleld, Rh1 Ma
hogany Case. A big value
$175.00
Btuyvesant Player, Finished in Weatheml
T:::'?...::...: $375.00
Player, like new at
sacrifice
$495.00
Every Piano sold from our store, new
or nsetl, is inspected by a competent man
in this particular line. They look like new
and you will be agreeably surprised in the
quality at the advertised price.
Watch Our WindowsA Big Surprise
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Mow. Pay Ittext Roy-Day
Hemember Wc Do Not Charge
at ia f ml ch, raah ata"
t!a rJfTh. ai.TTa.
FEBRUARY 1, 1924
s and Girls Statesman
Biggest Little Paper nl the World
Not 111 ng I
Land
Where
Booms Queer
Better Than m Mumtmrd Mortar
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PHONOGRAPHS
Mahogany, Walnut, Oak
New Columbia Phonograph AA
$140.00. Our Sale Prico . $adUU
New Columbia Phonograph (1 1 A ffn
$175. Our Sale. Price ... pllalaOU
New Colombia Phonograph, (OA AA
flOO.OO. Out Sale Price .. pOUaUU
Iate Model Edison, like new, Oak Case,
$100.00. Onr Sale $65 00
late Model Edteon, like new
case $100.00. Our Sale
Price
Pathe, best of condition.
. Our Sale Price ..........
Many other phonographs to choose from,
some priced as low as S2O.00.
NOTE: Every used phonograph has
boon thoroughly tested ami overhauled.
Hring this add with you and you will see
for yourself, our prices are as advertised,
not bait, but real values. ,
atiraite Yah LJ
vS m m. m S M
Any Extras. No Interest.
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Edited by John M
HOW GYPSIKS! KARJff THW
MVIXd
The canopied wagons, dirty chil
dren and womenj dressed in gay.
colors which are the -outstanding
marks of a gipsy band are found
on nearly every highway In the
world. Hundreds o years ago ther
gipsies left their home somewhere
in the locality of jlndla. Their lan
guagej Romany, Is very much Uke
Sansklt, the language of the old
Hindus. . j' -f;. ',j ..'
Because they rove and seem" to
have no business, people have al
ways looked uporii gipsy tribes with
suspicion. People cannot under
stand ; how theyj can own horses
and automobiles without working
for them, and so decide that all
gipsies must be thieves. , . '
Tin Xot Steal,
There are roving bands who
wear the gipsy costume who livei
by stealing fruit and chickens, but .
usually they are not real gipsies.
They are despised by the true gip- ,
sies. whose old j superstitions and .
traditions demand honesty of those
who practice them., . .,
Real gipsies have a keen sense .
of value, and it is by turning clev-
er bargains thai they make thelr
livirig. Since the coming of the '
automobile, it has been discovered .
that the gipsy j is a wizard with
machinery. Hej begins by buying
an old trap of a car that sells for
a few dollars. An ordinary per
son could not make it move. Then
the gipsy begins to tinker -with .
it and improve It till he has a car
that will sell at considerable prof,
it. " -' ?i ;
He Buys Another Car
He buys a better car with the .
money he gets, and. by working on -the
machinery, Increases the prof,
it of that one until, by a series of ,
trades, he is able to buy, a new ,
car. . ' - - - jr' ..; - r:- . . ,
When gipsies own property and -
money, it is always the woman of -the
family who manages it.
For Coughs and Colds, Head-t
ache, Neuralgia; Rheumatisni
and All Aches and Pains '
ALL DRUGGISTS'
35c and 65c, jars and tubes '
Hospital six. $3.00
mm
m wort
mi fer
Kerefy as
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fsvsvai
Mahogany
$65.00
$79.00
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