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Tllfe OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 1921
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Most Valuable Star on Cir
, cuit to Bel Decided Upon
- ' Annually
NEW YORK, freb. 12. Aboiish
taent of the jsystera of rrantlng
bonuses tp players for batting,
pitching or fielding excellence, and
approval of the plan to select an
nually the league's most valuable
star; wtre decided upon today by
club owners of the National league.
' These were' the principal steps tak
- en at the annual mid-winter ses
sion which also formally approved
the 1924 schedule of 1S4 frames,
opening April 15 and closing Sep
tember 29, but declined to act on
proposal to limit the number of
coaches any club might have.'
Action against the player bonus
was taken because of belief that
special Inducements for meritori
ous 'work is an unhealthy influ
ence en the game, President John
A. ileydler declared. ' Abolishment
' of the bonus, however, was not
made retroactive, Mr. Heydler
'pointed out. sa that with a major
ity of 1924 I contracts already
signed, it will not go into practical
effect before the 1925 season.
BOISE
TO
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- FUTURE PROSPERITY
DEPENDS ON FARMERS
, (Continued from page 1)
, because he is a republican. I am
' a republican, bat I cannot, on that
account, prosecute any one because
he Is ' democrat.
"Distressing as this situation
C has been," he' continued, "it has
Its reassuring (j side. The high
moral standards of our people are
retealed by their instant response
against wrongdoing. The officials
of the government, without respect
to party, have demonstrated a
common purpose to protect prop
erty and to bring the guilty to
Justice." -J- '
' "Production has outrun i the
' power of distribution and fron
sumption. The farm population
Is not- increasing, but the improv
ed methods' of tillage and inven
tions In farm machinery have all
. contributed to increase the per
capita output. H it is iri this di
rection that the .agricultural
schools and colleges have placed
; their major emphasis. Their edu
' cation has been substantially all
on the side of; improved methods
of .production and none on the
side jut' distribution, ' consumption
and marketing. . '
, Importance Is Vital
""When there , is a difficulty
which affects so large a popula
tion, so large an area,, and so im
( porta nt an interest as that of agri
culture, it is distinctly a national
question. It scarcely needs to be
pointed out that agriculture is of
It vital importance to our country:
It is the primary , source of suste
: nance, K enterprise, Industry and
wealth. Everyone ought to know
that it is basic and fundamental.
Without a healthy, productive and
, prosperous agriculture there can
be no real national prosperity. It
is perfectly obvious that there is
something radically Wrong when
agriculture .is found in Its present
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state of depression at a time when
manufacturing, transportation and
commerce are on the whole in a
remarkable state of prosperity. '
"No one would deny, I suppose,
that industrially we are very flour
ishing. Every standard by which
prosperity is measured, whether
it be production, movement of
freight, corporate earnings, em
ployment of labor, or bank clear
ings, all point to the same con
clusion. "But agriculture has only parti
ally revived. Its position has been
improved and the returns for the
year are nearly 30 per cent in ex
cess of two years ago.
"The result has been a decrease
in the value of farm lands, the
choking of the avenues of credit
with obligations which are worth
less or doubtful, the foreclosure
of mortgages, and the suspension
of a large number of banks. To
this depression there have been
other contributing causes, but the
main difficulty has been the price
of farm products.
War Cost Half Paid.
"The war cost of more than
$40,000,000,000 is already nearly
half paid. Amid the disordered
currencies of the warring nations
our money is, and has been main
tained, at the gold standard. Our
budget has long since been bal
anced, and our debt paying pro
gram is at the rate of $500,000.-
000 each year. In spite of all
these expenditures, the next fiscal
year has an estimated surplus rev
enue of over $300,000,000.
Under the watchful care of the
budget bureau every department
is constantly striving to eliminate
all waste and discard every un-
neraRRarv emensre.
'Every reasonable effort has
been made to secure the liquida
tion of our International debts,
The largest, which was that of
Great Britain, and which amount
ed with accumulated interest ' to
$4,600,000,000, has been settled
on terms that provide for its pay
ment over a period of 62 years',
payments in the iflamediate future
to be over $160,000,000 a year.
"I agree perfectly! witb those
who wish to relieve the small tax
payer by getting the! largest pos
sible contribution from the peo
pie with large incomes. But if the
rates on large incomes are so high
that they disappear, the small tax
payer will be left to bear the en
tire burden. If, on the other
hand, the rates' are placed where
they will produce the most rev
enue from large incomes, then the
small taxpayer will be relieved.
The experience of the treasury de
partment and the opinion of the
best experts place the rate which
will collect most from the people
of great wealth, thus giving the
largest relief to people of mod
erate wealth, at not over 25 per
cent.
lion as Discussed.
'But this1 question goes deeper
than that. I am aware that some
men made money out of the war.
No doubt there are some such who
are justly to be criticized for
greed and selfishness. Unfor
tunately they would not pay the
bonus. It would have to be paid
by the country. I have already
undertaken to demonstrate that
taxes are paid by the great mass
of the people. It is necessary to
consider whether there be any
moral justification for placing al
the people under this great bur
den, in order to pay some money
to a part of the people, many of
whom do not want it and are of
fering pronouncsd objection to it.
A very large body of service men
do not want the bonus, and object
Willamette Yalley
Transfer Co.
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to being taxed in order that it may
be paid. They are Just as eager
now to save their country from
financial disaster as they were
formerly to save it from military
disaster. They are entitled to be
heard. This question ought to be
ecided in accordance with the
welfare of the whole country.
"No one doubts the patriotism
f those who advocated the bonus.
No one denies that the country
owes a debt which it never can
pay to those who were in the
service. Their disabilities must be
recompensed, their health re
stored, their dependents support
ed: all at public expense. They
are entitled to the highest honor.
But the service they rendered was
of such a nature that it cannot be
recompensed to them by the pay
ment of money.
"Lately there have been most
startling revelations concerning
the leasing of government oil
lands'. It is my duty to extend to
every individual the constitutional
right to the presumption of inno
cence until proven guilty. But I
have another duty equally con
stitutional, and ever more im
portant, of securing the enforce
ment of the law. In that duty I
do not intend to fall.
"Character is the only secure
foundation of the state. We know
well that all plans for improving
the machinery of government and
all measures for social betterment
miserably fail, and the hopes' of
progress wither, when corruption
touches administration. At the
revelation of greed making its
subtle approaches to public of
ficers, of the prostitution of high
place to private profit, we are
filled with scorn and indignation
"I want no hue and cry, no
mingling of innocent and guilty
n unthinking condemnation, no
confusion of mere questions of
aw with questions of fraud and
corruption. It is at such a time
that the quality of our citizenry is
tested unrelenting toward evil,
fair minded and intent upon the
requirements of due process, the
shield of the . innocent and the
safeguard of society itself, I ask
the support of our people, as chief
magistrate, intent on the enforce
ment of our laws without fear or
favor, no matter who is hurt or
what the consequences.
"Distressing as this situation
has been, it has its reassuring
side. The high moral standards
of the people were revealed by
their instant reaction against
wrongdoing. The officers of the
government without respect to
party, hare demonstrated a com
mon purpose to protect govern
ment property and to bring guilt
to Justice. We have the trials and
perplexities of our day but they
seem insignificant compared with
those which taxed the genius or
Lincoln. The government main
tained itself then; the . govern
ment will maintain itself now. The
forces' of evil do not long triumph
The power of justice cannot long
be delayed. The moral force of
Lincoln is with us still. "He that
keepeth Israel shall .neither slum
ber nor sleep."
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Matinee Will Be Given in Aft
ernoon Beginning at
4 0'Clock
Something radically a departure
from the usual and conventional in
musical comedy is promised ii
"Bringing Up Father on Broad
way," which is to hold the boards
at the Grand theater today with
the customary matinees. John P
Mulgrew is the author of the book
and lyrics. A real plot Involving
plenty of side-splitting com plica-
tlons and situations and written!
on original lines takes the var
ious characters around the world.
High School Athletes
Admit Drinking Liquor
SEATTLE, Feb. 12.-Three bas
ketball players of the Queen Anne
high school who yesterday were
indefinitely suspended for drink
ing intoxicants admitted today to
Chief of Police Severyns that they
had committed the offense, the
chief reported.
."The bottle was brought to the
gym by a former student at the
school who obtained it from his
father's private pre-war stock,"
Chief Severyns said, after ques
tioning the boys.
HISTORY MAKING BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
(Continued from page 1)
have the appropriation knocked
out altogether. .
Of the total carried in the bill.
$610,000,000 is for the postoffice
department, and $119,000,000 for
the treasury. Included in the
treasury allotment is $10,629,779
for prohibition enforcement, $10,-
652,000 for the coast guard, and
$13,874,000 for the customs ser
rice.
Disposal of the bill, the second
supply measure to be sent to the
senate this session cleared the
way for bouse consideration ot the
tax bill which will be taken up
Thursday. Tomorrow will be de
voted to the consideration' of mis
cellaneous measures..
MS
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TODAY
40,000 Miles of New Roads Built
In U. S. Last Year Break Record
By JAMFS W. BROOKS,
liretturf American Highway
LxlucatioiuU Bureau .
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ROADWAY building in the
United Statfs last year
reached a new hiKh poak.
Something like 40,000 miles.' m
which is 'ntluded lt.000 miles of
Federal aid hlKhwaya. wtre con
structed in the various "slates, in
fact, this was one of our most
necessary Industries and was re
sponsible for tha employment of
large numbers of workmen. The
peeii and efficiency with which
the roads were constructed are a
trioute to the underlying Indust
ries which made them possible.
Chief among them Is the manu
facture of explosives!. The modern
road could not exist without the
present day explosives. In fact,
it has been estimated that there
are 1.009 pounds of explosives us
ed tor every mile of modern high
ways constructed. Kxploslves
make possible the breaking down
ot the stone in quarries in quantl-
Elast Widens and Deepens
ties never aefore Known. Quarry
hots resulting in from 100 000 to
150,000 :ons of stone are now
!ar!y common. Some of these
hot9 use from SO.uoo to 80.000
oounds of explosives at one time,
Explosives Used in Building
t.xDloslve? are also used In re
moving oDstructions in xhe right of
-7. and in obtaining oroper
ratr.ge ot the road bed. In the
roader' sense they are the agents
jsed tc mine the very Iron and
steJ out of wh.cn is constructed
the tools used oy the road Dullders.
dynamite and -Mastina; powder
'he two explosives widely used
i cetting out the material for
TO
SEEK REVENGE
Salem Basketball Team in
Danger Tonight at Hands
of Strong Quint
The Dallas high school basket
ball team will come to Salem to
night determined to get vengeance
for the victory won by Salem at
Dallas recently wliieh the Dallas
team claims was won on a fluke.
Since then the-Dallas team has
been practicing the Salem style of
play and has witnessed several
games played here in order to get
an accurate idea of the way the
Salem team does things.
Salem won at Dallas by a score
of 14 to 7. All four quarters of
the game were quite evenly play
ed, but Salem got away for a
small lead in the third that Dal
las was unable to overcome. Be
cause of this game which indicat
ed that the two teams are about
evenly matched there is a chance
for Dallas to win tonight. The
game will be played in the new
high school gymnasium, beginning
at 7:30.
University Quintet From Spo.
kane Has Edge on Locals
Throughout Game'
Unable to match tha greater
speed and endurance of the invad
ing Bulldog quintet, the Willam
ette Bearcats went down to a 37
to 21 defeat at the hands of Gon
zaga university of Spokane here
last night. Despite a persistent
fight that Rathbun's men main
tained until the last whistle, the
visitors held the long, end of the
score throughout the game and
the result was little in doubt at
any time
Willamette's light five showed
plainly the result of three stiff
games in five nights and were
forced to let down on the incteas
Ing speed which marked fhtir
games last week. Fasnacht aain
played the stellar role for the
Bearcats, capturing 10 of Willan
ette's 21 points. Robertson and
Patton did some of the best work
for the locals, although the whole
team was hampered by an inability
to Set the ball through the hoop
when they got in their own ter
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BEARCATS
ritory.
Gonzaga lived up to advance re
ports, playing a fast parsing game
with a solid five-man defense tvat
frequently broke the passing sys
tem of the Bearcats. Ratchford,
star performer, of the Bulldogs,
took the honor as high point n&n
of the game, ringing In 1? coun-
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Plowing To Make a Road jjT . ' ,""amK'"'nmi
road building. Many of the r . v-,
iarge quarry shots c tain both ';'2 V
types. Holes from 60 to 150 feet ,f .j2T" :
deep behind the quarry face are 12?' c4 ''"'?5 ' ''!
filled and all are detonated at one ,vf c? . iVv '
time. I 'S-j J . i- iV
On the average, three or four ?x0$S sjwtW05i
tons of stone are moved for every 'Vj&vS!"' ffrif VJ
pound of dynamite used. Due in. tjf$ tli HT
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MflllMil illllli'1
Ttoad Near V.est Grove, TS.
large part to the prood roads move
ment, the audrry. business has
greatly increased in the last ten
years and new quarries are being
constantly opc-ned in various parts
of ihe country. ,The quarries in
the United Statts use in the neigh
borhood of sixty million pounds of
dynamite a year and about half the
material obtained goes for road
work. On the basis of moving
three tor.s of stone with each j
pound of dyiiaTuite. this would i
make available for this particular
purpose some nintty million tons
of stone.
In many sections o the rplddle
West limestone is more commonly
1 used in read construction ana. in
ters. lluetter piled ia nine tallies
and did excellent work in the cen
ter circle.
The line-ups: '
Gonzaga 37 Willamette 21
Ratchford f ..... Fasnaoht
All?n. f ; . . . . Robertson
If tietter ....... c : Logan
Robinson g f. Patton
Needles. g , Krickson
Substitutes Willamette: Hart
ley for Patton, Jones, for Robert
son, Logan for Hartley, Robertson
for Jones, Emmel for Patton,
Jone3 for Emmel. Gonzaga
Flaharty for Robinson, Raeeconi
for AJlen.
Referee Coleman of OAC
Score at the end of the half, Wil
lamette 11, Gonzaga 19.
Move to Close Pool Halls
Is Started By Ministers
Commendation of the new anti
gambling ordinance recently pass
ed by the city council and the ad
visability of asking the city coun-'
cil t opass a blue- law closing the
local pool rooms on Sunday were
preeented to Mayor J. B. iGesy
by a special committee represent
ing the Salem Ministerial asso
ciation yesterday afternoon.
Whether or not action will be
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OREGON
Today Tomorrow Matinee Only
Theodore Roberts
Thursday Night Friday Matinee Only
to. tr T ir
Mae Murray
IN
"FASHION
ROW"
A Story of Broadway's Mys
tery Woman! HER LIFE A
LIE! HER LOVE, HON
EST.
day. "This production has been
Scene On Kcwly Contracted Road per80naily produced and directed
Aear Irbana, 111. fey Fred LerQy Granviile and fea.
quarries producing this, there is an tures such well known players, as
ever Increasing amount of modern Peggy Highland, Lewis Willough
exploslves' used. In New England by Richard Atwood and Gibson
ttUU UL Uit? OUULI1 J lld.ll LAC
States, harder rock like trap rock
and granite is utilized.
Build in All Weathers
Road builders are . fortunate to
ay in having several kinds of
modern dynamite at their hands.
Tears ago, the old standard dyna
mite was sensitive- and dangerous
to handle. To-day different types
are produced some ot which can
not freeze, others give no head
aches and till others are free
from many of the dangerous tend
encies of the old explosive. Their
non-freezing qualities allev stone
for roads to be gotten ore in tem
peratures tn which such work was
formerly impossible.
taken is not known, but it is be
lieved that Mayor iGesy is not in
favor of closing these places unless
a substitute is provided.
Rev. Ward Willis Long and Rev.
I. G. Lee are members of the com
mittee which conferred with May
or Giesy.
Bright Star of Taurus,
Constellation to Be Dark
An unusual happening is sched
uled to take place in the heavens
tonight, according to local astron
omers. At about 8:23 the star,
Alderbaran. the preatest star in
the constellation of Taurus, will
go into ocullation, or what would
bo known as an eclipse if it were
the sun which was to be in the
shadow of the moon for that time
The star will disappear sudden
ly since it will be in the shadow
of that part of themoon which if
itself in the shadow. It will re
main in ocullation for one hour.
The star itself is 2 8 million miles
in diameter, or 32 timf3 that of
the earth's sun, according to fig
ures quoted by a local actronomer.
The star is oneof the brightest in
the heavens at this time. It is said,
and those who are interested
should watch the Taurus constel
lation of Alderbaran.
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One of the Funniest
Comedies Ever
Written
Jc!
JIGtiS. Maggiw and all or the
rest of George McManus' famous
comic strip characters are to hold
the boards in person at the Grand
theater th'a afternoon and this
eveningfwhen K. J. Carpenter pre
sents those noted characters in
"Bringing Up . Father on Broad
way." The matinee for children
will open at 4 o'clock this after
noon, and the regular perform
ance will begin at 8:13.
"To the Ladles," starring Ed
ward Ilorton, Theodore Roberts
and Louise Dresser, which opened
at the Oregon yesterday, is one of
the most delightful human pic
tures that has been seen in Salem
in recent months. It is o radi
cally different from the ordinary
run of pictures portraying the Wo
man in business and industry that
it has to be seen to be fully ap
preciated. It will remain at the
Oregon until Friday night.
One of the most entrancing and
thrilling desert scenes ever pre
sented before the motion picture
camera is the noteworthy achieve
ment found in "Shifting Sands,"
the feature attraction which open
ed at the Liberty theater yester
GOwIand.
Grand Theatre
Three Days Beginning
Monday Evening
Feb. 18
Twice Daily thereafter at 2:30 and 8:30 P. M. "H
MAIL ORDERS NOW All Seats Reserved. Seat Sale Friday.
. Mail 'orders should be accompanied by check or money
order and self addressed stamped envelope. Patrons are
requested to buy seats in advance and avoid line at Box
office winow. . - ... -
Adapted, from Emerson Hough's wonderful story of
The Oregon" Trail. All the thrills and excitement pos
sible to put upon the screen. A photoplay for? the
American Family Unfolds History as no text book
possibly could.
PRICES
MATINEES
Entire Orchestra $1.00
Entire Balcony 50c
All Seats Plus Tax.
IMPORTANT Company
of 16
LIBERTY
NOW SHOWING
STARRING
The fortune and-fate of this
cast swings and changes like
the desert landscape.
Scenes shift from Ixmdon to
"Tripoli and on. to the heart of
the desert. Romance and
thrill at every Hhift, realistic
backgrounds, native fights, de
sert battles, and the honor of
two noble families hanging In
the balance.
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MATIXEE Child 50c
Adults 75c
MTE 53c, 5c, f 1.10, fl.63.
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