FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 22. 1924
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Entered at the Postofflee in Salem, Oregon, aa second easa matter.
"DANGERS OF THE PRESS."
V Professor Justin Miller of the University of Minnesota, ad
dressing a convention of eollege teachers of journalism, remark
' cd recently: !
"The chief dangers of the pres4 are from commercialization
, and from the smug editor who thinks whatever is is right.
:lligher standards obtain in the smaller towns, where the editor
is known and is personally responsible."
' Prof. MJMer is not the only man in, the United States who
realizes this thing.
.The faet'is, every observing nian and woman in the coun
try realizes it.
-- There are many great metropolitan newspapers, and strings
of newspapers, of the Democratic faith, in the United States
" And all of them put together have not the influence the
Louisville '.Courier-Journal' had when Henry Watterson was its
editor; or that the New York Sun had when Charles A. Dana
was in charge and the Sun under Dana did not enjoy a great
circulation, compared with the big newspapers of the metropolis.
The Marion Ohio, Star, with; 7771 sworn circulation in
1918, and perhaps not manys more than 20,000 subscribers at any
time, had more influence on the! thought of the country, when
the late President Harding was its 'editor, than is now wielded
by all the string W great metropolitan dailies owned by Mun
sey several of them in the. city of New York.
There is no metropolitan newspaper in the whole country
that has greater prestige than the! Emporia, Kansas, Gazette,
which had less than 4000 sworn circulation in 1918, and perhaps
lias not many more subscribers now than The Statesman some
where around 6000. t William Allen! White is the editor of the
Emporia Gazette, and his printed Svord is gospel where it is
most read, and wherever it is copied throughout the country.
. There was a time in the history of Oregon when The States
man was known as "the Oregon Bible;" it was in the days when
Asahel Bush was the head and front of the Democratic party
in this state. The Statesman was !a weekly paper then, and
could not have had a wido circulation, with (he sparse and
scattered population. ,
"Is there any possibility- ot work
ing the situation out without legis
lation?" asked Senator Pittman of
Nevada. "I don't think so," re
plied Commissioner Campbell. "I
have tried my persuasive powers
and have written dissenting opin
ions, which I have read to you."
Some people have an idea that
the railroad problems can be solv
ed by beating the dissatisfied
over the head. That has been
done so long that one would be
lieve the futility had been thor
oughly proved. The railroads
must appear before the bar of
public opinion and show clean
hands and give a square deal.
There is very little corporation
beating in Oregon. What this
country wants is a square deal all
around, but it does not want the
railroads to be sending pseudo
farmers to beat actual farmers
over the head. The farmers of
Oregon are too intelligent to stand
and take a beating of this kind.
They know enough to step aside
and do some pummelling themselves.
A COMPARISON
It is perhaps well for the country that the "commercialized
press" the great metropolitan newspaper! have not a weighty
influence upon, the thought of, the United States. Special inter
ests are too often predominant in the direction of their policies;
and many of them are edited from, the cash till.
- It is perhaps well that the , small city dailies, whose editors
are Tcnown and? personally responsible, ''have greater authority
with the masses in their policies and expressed opinions than
is granted to the man who merely draws his weekly pay or
annual salary and is not iknoAvn to his readers, as is the case
with nearly all the writers in the editorial as well as the news
columns of the big papers; the ''commercialized press."
L A11! there is no imputation, either, that the majority of the
great newspapers are venal,; or that the 'writers on them are not
able and sincere. But they are impersonal. They are mere
igs in great ; 'business wheels in! a business conducted like
any other big eommerciaKenterprise, forthe profits that accrue
and the dividends that are earned.
The present Senator Elkins of
West Virginia seems to be run
ning true to form. The first Sen
ator Elkins came into the public
eye from New Mexico in the Star
Route frauds. He. made the as
sertion that what he did was his
own private businesss and no af
fairs of the public. Steve Elkins
is not in the senate, but his son
is there, and he is just as arrogant
as the father, started out to be.
There is just one thing for Sen
ator Elkins to do and that is to
resign, If he does not do that,
we cannot see how the senate can
help expelling him. There are
precedents for this. A senator
from Kansas who was not one-
tenth as bad as Elkins was forced
to resign or face expulsion by the
senate.
Senator Lodge called upon the
president to urge the expulsion of
Daugherty from the cabinet. Sen
ator Borah also demanded the re
tirement of Daugherty. Will these
men let senatorial courtesy inter
fere with justice? Daugherty is
not charged with personal corrupt
ness, but the reublicans refuse to
keep a tainted man in the cabinet.
This man Elkins defiantly admits
his transactions and dares the pub
lic to take action. This ought not
to be left to the public. The sen
ate ought to purge itself. The El
kins 'name would not be dishon
ored by action of the senate; the
family has not made it sufficient
ly respectable for that. We hope
that Senator Elkins thinks it over
for a while and decides to resign.
If he does not, it is up to the sen
ate to fire him. The fact that he
a republican makes it all the
worse. Of course, he is not much
worse than McAdoo, but McAdoo
has been thoroughly exposed and
no organization can expel him.
JUST A WANT AD
' . (Portland Journal)
On the seat below, are a man and a woman in the middle
age of youth. They are not 6f the leisure class. Yet they sit
still enough, and contentedly enough, watching their little girl
a she runs to and fro and plays some game of her own on the
'tiled floor. i ,
J When thd first edition comes, the object of their waiting
appears. The woman grasps the paper eagerly. With "hands
J that tremble she turns the leaves.; She reaches the close-set
pages that are filled with the want ads. Her eyes run down
..the columns hurriedly. The little girl goes on playing, unnoted
by either. ; t ' ; I
Now the woman reaches something that interests her. An
index finger marks the place. She speaks to the man. At once
it is clear why he sat looking straight before him without
; attempting to peer over her shoulder. The eyes behind the dark
! glasses "see dimly. He briiigs the item she indicates close, but
even1 tlieu reads so slowly that she snatches the paper from him
and reads aloud. A smile brightens his face.
The item is in the "Help Wanted" column. Evidently it
quickens their hopes. ''.
1 The little girl is called from her play. She turns reluctantly
from the "Smooth floor and turns her nose disdainfully at the
slow rain outside. But would the father and mother be so anx
'ious to be first at the place where work offers which bey think
they can do, it there were no little girl in whom they want to
keep the spirit of play, serenely unmindful of food, clothss and
shelter that must be struggled for? !
i "Who knows! v Who knows whether the parents and child
us they hurry out will reach; in time the place where help is
wanted f Who knows how often human drama waits in the
, wings while a simple want ad holds the center of the stage!
TIIK PUJLICAXD THE
KAIL.
V
A gentleman representing the
railroads made a speech here re
cently la which he attacked all
prosresslves In the most violent
manner, lie did not conceive that
they possessed good sens or hon
cty. Hero Is something about the
road for which ho Is working:
, ; A resolution introduced in the
housu and sponsored by the secre
tary of the interior and the secre
tary of agriculture . charges that
the Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany has - violated the law, has
grabbed millions of acres of valtt
Siblo laud In excess of its rights
under its land grant and. by adroit
manipulation, has "swapped" large
areas af commercially valueless
lauds for the, finest land it could
find in Oregon, Washington, Ida
ho, Montana. North Dakota, Min
li ") t.t and Wisconsin.
T.'i'j piopt'jtd resolution directs
the secretary ot the interior to
withhold his approval of the ad
Justnient of the Northern Pacific
land grant and to stop the issuance
of further patents until a congres
sional inquiry can be made.
The resolution affirms that from
sales of Its granted lands theNor
thern Pacific has received I IS 6.
US. 383, nearly dDuble the original
cost of constructing the roads.
While that resolution was being
introduced in the house, J. U
Campbell, a member of the Inter
state commerce commission, was
testifying before the senate com
mlttee on interstate commerce tha
me trans-continental roads had
piled up thousands of violations o
the fourth section 6f the Interstate
commerce act. which had never
been given a hearing by tho com
mission. The fourth section
Aft....''.' . ;. . a . . - a. t
uih pan or iuo law which pro
hibits tho charging of a higher rate
for the shorter haul than is charg
SERVES HIM KIGIIT
Admitting later that he had no
evidence whatever, Vanderlip went
into the graveyard at Marion,
Ohio, and sought to defame the
memory of President Harding. He
tried to pass it off as a public ser
vice, saying it was to dispose of
a rumor, but the editor of the Mar
ion Star has just sued for $600,
000. Vanderlip will learn to re
verse himself and think before
speaking. '
LISTEN YE
The Portland chamber of com
merce is a bird, but it flies funny.
It has appointed a committee to
investigate cooperation. This com
mittee has worked arduously and
no doubt intelligently and finds
that cooperation is not a remedy;
that it will not help the wheat,
or anything else.
The Portland chamber of com
merce takes itself very seriously,
but the state takes it with levity.
Objection to the appointment of
George 15. Christian, Jr., as a
member of the federal trade com
mission caused that gentleman to
ask that his appointment be with
drawn. Ily the way, this was the
last Dersonal appointment that'
Coolidge had received as a legacy
The homicide rate in America
is about twelve times as high as it
is in England. Statistics show that
an American is about a dozen times
as likely to become the subject of
a coroner's inquest which will find
him killed by person or persons
known or unknown that is an Englishman.
MYMARR1A6E
PROBLEMS
Adcle Garrison' New Phase- of
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
time sho had named we stole
noiselessly oat of the thicket
there was no soundto indicate
that any one but ourselves was
astir in' the dark woods. And we
made our way safely back to the
farmhouse with no more terroriz
ing sound in our ears than the
occasional call of a screech owl.1
As we came into the, farmyard,
Katie halted suddenly.
"Our rooms all, dark," she said
worriedly. "I wonder vere dot
Jeem is."
The kitchen door opened,, anc"
Mother Graham's relieved face was
framed in the light that streamed
out.
"Oh, I'm so glad you're back!"
she said. "I've been wson . d
pretty nearly out of my mind
since you've been gone, for fear
something had happened to you.
By the way, Katie, Jim left word
that he had to go away for a !ay
or two. lie said this note he left
would explain. He must have had
word from somebody awjul sad
den, but 1 don't know how he got
it, for there hasn't been a tele
graph messenger or anyboay with
the mail here all day."
Her face and eyes betrayed the
strong curiosity she felt concern
ing the contents of the letter she
held out to the girl But Katie
spoke no word in answer.
She stretched out her hand for
the letter, and when she had re
ceived it, she turned it over a id
over with such a look of pitiful
wonder on her face that I felt my
throat fill up. I think the truth
flashed upon her in that moment.
Then she turned to me with a
new, "strange dignity.
"You plees excoose, Meesis
Graham, I like to go by my own
room."
"Of course, Katie," I hesitated
for a minute, then added lamely
enough. "Would "you like me 'to
come with you?"
She gave me a wan little smile
far sadder than tears.
"Tank you, Meesis Graham, yo t
so goot tp. me, but you plecs ex
coose, not shoost now. Bimeby,
maybe eef you no busy, I coom
ask you sometings."
(.To be contiuued)
Things
To Do
The Boys and Girls Statesman
Tho Biggest Wttle Taper nl the World
Loads
of Fua
Copyright, 1923, Associated Editors,
Edited by John II. Binicr,
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Snoppyquop Land
Where Nothing
Sccins Queer
Copyright 1921, by Newspaper
Feature Service, Inc.
PUT IT OVEIC AGAIN
The progressives and democrats
have amended the Mellon bill.
leaving the surtax at 44 per cent.
The standpat republicans fought to
the end. There was a time when
they could have compromised at
37' Per cent, but running true
to form, the reactionaries insisted
that the progressives must make
all the concessions and save the
face of the party. The progressives
refused to do this and voted with
the democrats. It is a great pity
this has happened, but the respon
sibility lies at the door of the
standpat republicans, who would
rainer scut tie me snip man iei ine
progressives get a foothold. As
long as the reactionaries have
blind leaders the party will be
humiliated in this way.
THESE INVESTIGATIONS
We hear a great dealof criticism
about the investigations made by
eongress. They are expensive, but
they keep the public political air
comparatively clean. Some peo
ple do not see the necessity of
thunder and lightning.
A congressional investigation is
thunder and lightning to politics.
and some fellows once ina while
declare it is hell.
It is true that without these in
vestigations graft would go un
covered. The department ot jus
tice has never been able to hunt
out grafters and bring them to
Justice in the regular channels of
tho court.
CHAPTER 108
THE WAY MADGE, LILLIAN
AND KATIE GOT HOME
I do not know how long Lillian.
Katie and I lay exhausted, quiver
ing and silent upon the mossy car
pet of the thicket from which,
unseen ourselves, we had witness
ed the terrible accident to the
man whom Katie had come to
meet. But it must have been fully
ten minutes before any of us
gained poise enough to speak.
As for myself, I felt only the
natural V8hock of seeing a man so
nearly killed before my eyes, but
I knew that my companions were
more strongly interested.
That Katie had some intimate
personal knowledge of this man
which had terrorized her into
creeping from her home so many
evenings to meet him, I could not
help but believe. And I knew that
Lillian had counted upon over
hearing1 Katie's talk with the man
in the belief that she would learn
something which would aid her in
her secret investigation for the
government. Lillian was intensely
disappointed at this failure of her
plan, but I shrewdly suspected
that Katie's whole soul, once the
first terrible shock had passed,
was a paean ot joy.
"Forgive me, Katie,, for handl
ing you so roughly," Lillian broke
the silence at last, with voice as
unruffled as if we Vcre rocking
on the veranda at the farmhouse.
"But I couldn't permit a single
sound to betray us. I want to
keep track of that feliow in the
hospital, and I can't do it if any
body knows I ever heard of him
before."
un: jvaue s voice was a
frightened wail. "Den you don't
tink dot man he die?"
Lillian Quiets Katie.
want him
'Do you
WALSH AND POMEIIKXK
' Senfctor . Walsh is said to be so
fanatically in earnest that he can
hardly sire straight in the oil in
vestigation. He opposed the ap
pointment of Pomerene, a fellow
democrat, as one of tho investi
gators because ho thought he had
a faint detection of tho-smell of
oil. At the saute time this righte
ous man gavo McAdoo a clear bill
of health and declared .that there
was not even an odor of oil when
tho man had been slushing in oil
since he had retired from the cabi
net.'1 "'---T'W.VWW;.-y-:
to die
Katie? There was no trace in
Lillian's quiet voice of the curious
interest which I knew was her's
at the girl's betraying outbreak.
"Do I vant hcem to die?" Katie
repeated, then her voice rose in
hysterical repetition. "Do I vant
heem to die? Yes, Missis Under
wood, I vant hcem to die so dead
one million angels can't bring
heem back to life."
There was something almost
ghoulish in the girl's intensity, but
if what I began to suspect were
true, 1 could not find it in jny
neart to censure her very strong
ly. Lillian, however, was prompt
In repression.
"Hush: Kb" said in low but
firm tones. "The man i.s probably
dead by this time, but if he isn't
mere s no neeu to scream your
wish so thajl any chance passerby
may hear, f That car may not In
iino only one to pass by here to
night, or there may be other cy
cjists along, or people wulkhig
We ll keep perfectly Mill for an
other five minutes, and then ge
out of here and back on the bonk
trail as quietly as we ran, 'And
rraytihat,we don't meet anybody
"I Ask You Somcthlngr1
The prayer apparently wast an
swered, for when at the end of the
BITS FOR BREAKFAST
The Diversity Edition
Which will be the name of The
Statesman Annual, will bs out next
Thursday. It will contain about
40 pages.
". V "
That will also be the annual
poultry Slogan number. It will
carry he poultry message to
thousands of new people the mes
sage that this is the best poultry
country on earh; and prove it.
S m "-
It you can help in proving this,
or rather in adding proofs of the
fact, please do so and do it
early. Do it now. n
"
Col. W. B. Bart rum, of Ottawa,
Canada, arrived in Salem yester
day. Superitnendent Robert
Crawford, of the state flax plant.
Is home, or due home. The mat
ter of growing the flax for 1921
will now be taken up and decid
ed in the next few days.
It was made plain, in the an
nual bee Slogan number 'of yes
terday, that all that is needed ,to
make a be? boom here is plenty of
late bee pasture the sweet clov
ers, Hungarian vetch, scotch
broom, etc. The bee men will do
the rest; the bee men and the
bees.
The chemical value of the hu
man body has been estimated at
98 cents. But its spiritual worth
Is beyond the price of all the gold
and silver and precious stones
ever sold over a jeweler's counter.
The same doors are said to be
in service at St. Peter's, in Rome,
as were opened for worshipers
1100 years ago. It seems that
slamming a door shut is what
wears it out.
Frank A. Vanderlip admits
there was no foundation for his
mud-slinging. He was once a
newspaper reporter and ought to
know better than to repeat Wash
ington gossip, which changes like
a kaleidoscope and is1 more insub
stantial than a moonbeam.
I
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WIMMBWaWjWaHaaaM mm, , , ,
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The Handv Dust Hound
Here's the Dust Hound, one of the best little floor walkers
ever! If you lose a collar button- just "page this obliging
Snoppyquop and he'll have it in a minute for you. What ashes
are to the ashcan, dust is to the Dust Hound. He not only
"chases dirt," he eats it alive. Want the floor swept? Mere
ly ask him, "Dost thou ?" and he dusteth ! He trots around
on all fours with his face on the floor, poking his nose into
true rnmer and under that sofa, and pretty soon the room is
clean and Dusty is as full and contented as a Billy goat after
nn hnnr's snree in a can factory. You'll probably say he
hacn'r miieh sense to sro snooDincr about eating dust, hairpins,
old pieces of second-hand chewing gum, cigarette butts
burned matches and bits of thread and paper. Well, you're
rhrht. he hasn't he's not only an empty dome, his head is
worse than empty-it's a vacuum.
OTHER HC1IOOL H04).MS
While you Bit In : youlr quiet
classroom at school with bjoys and '
girls at neat desks arouOd you,
scholars ' In foreign lanvds are
learning their lessons In ifrulte a '
different fashloft. The .fc'oorisa
Rahab's classroom, for instance, -is
in a 'shady corner out-oi-doors
with the desert sand at his feet ;
for a slate on which to writte the
lesson. .. , t
The Chinese boy Ulacher
thinks he isn't studying unless he
shouts his lessons at the tip of
. I . .. At till '
nis lungs an me time. wnien a
boy has yelled! to his satisfaction,'"
he marches up to the teacher,
hands the book to her, turn; sol
that his face is to the class, UndL
tells them all ihe knows.- Tiere'
are no girls in the class, for Uueyi.
a 1 ". I..... .a1 . I
are . Kept ai noma io neip toeir
mothers with the housework
Yoskl-San, the Japanese btoy, y '
goes to school like the AmerkUa f
schoolboy, but he takes off . lj is t
shoes at the door before he enters, f 5
Instead of the twenty-six letters fjt
of the alphabet which are found I
in the English, language, the Jajt- I
anese language employs forty:- '
seven, and when Yoskl-San writes ,
them, he uses a little paint brush; '
instead of a pen.(
In Arabia and North Africa lit
tle students sit cross-legged on
the ground while they recite their
lesson of verses from the Koran,
the Mohammedan Bible, in a sins
song unison.
bcir!
president of the Salem federation
of clubs, the organization now in
cludes, 31 of the active clubs of
the city.
Cap'n Zyb
THE GHOST WALKS
Now, this gentleman whose pic
ture is printed below might be
almost any one. He looks like a
perfectly good American business
man, congressman, or senator.
Then again, he might be a famous
artist or an inventor, or a clergy-
KNOW THIS MAN C
but they stuck a suit of armor on
him, gave him a sword and a lot
of soldiers, and he surely did raise
a rumpus.
This gentleman, who looks quite
lively here, died 1908. years ago.
CAP'N ZYB.
AIIl SEKV1CE ESTABLISHED
man. But he is not any of these
and never was.
The artist has played a trick on
you with this picture. He took a
great figure from history, drew a
picture on his statue, and then put
eyes in his head and an American
costume on him. The picture is
one of Julius Caesar. Be doesn't
look nearly as ferocious as the
stories they tell about him, does
he?
He looks as though he's do. very
nicely for the corner grocer or a
family doctor or a lawyer. Maybe
if they had let him wear clothes,
like he has on in t li is drawing, he
would have been more peaceful.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 21.
Nenana to McGrath air mail
service was. successfully inaugurat
ed today by Captain Carl M. Eiln
son, accord'ng to a short wireless
dispatch received here from the
trading post. The niessage from
McGrath stated that the United
States aviator landed there at
11:49 a. m.. covering the dis
tance of 2S5 miles in less than
four hours.
Two flights will be made week
ly. The trip by sled takes' ap
proximately two weeks, depend
ing on weather conditions
FUTURE DATES
Felriinry 21. Thursday Rotary Birth
day party and ladies' night. Marion ho
tel. February 2fi 27 Tuesday and Wednes
day l-ious Club Minstrel show. Oraad
theater.
March 1, Saturday Pioneer- Roundup,
Marion county and Salem ,1'ionecrs, YMGA
March 13, J 4 and 15 Stata Inlet
acholaratie basketball f tournament, Wil
lamette gyranaainm
March H and 15, Friday and Satun
day Marion connty Sunday ahool branch
ot religioua education meets at St ay ton.
April 19, Saturday Dedication ot
atatue "The Circuit Rider," in atatt
house . rounds.
May 16, Friday Primary alection U
Oregon.
June 10, Tuesday Republican nation
1 convention meets in Cleteland.
June 24, Tuesday Democratic nation
al convention moat in Nw York
FINDINGS I)ISAllItOVEl
Lusitania awards to America
aggregating $1,000,000 wert
handed down by the mixed clalmt
commission, r -
There Is Big Money
in Raising Purebred
Chickens
Hundreds of poultry iSen
have grown wealthy raising
purebred chickens. . Here is
an opportunity for you to do
the same. Fourteen trios of
world champion chickens,
with records of from 275
eggs to 315 eggs a year will
be given FREE to ambitions
people. Send name and ad
dress to Purebred Chicken
Editor, Northwest Poultry
Journal, Salem, Oregon,
Dept. A, and full informa
tion will be mailed.
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Better Than a Mum tar d flatter
r
For Coughs and Colds, Head-,
ache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism
and AU Aches and Pains
ALL DRUGGISTS
35c and 65c, jars and tubes f
Hospital size, $3.00
FEDERATION HAS
ACTIVE SESSION
t Continued from page 1)
climbing roses and vines, and also
of a flower bed hear the entrance
to the park.
Dr. E, E. Fisher, reporting Tor
the Cherrians, said that an ag
gressive program had been laid
out for this year. This proKram,
he said, was to include visits bv
the Cherrians to neighboring
communities.
C. E. Albin, .reporting Tor the
Kiwanls ciub. said that a3 one of
the objectives for this year, all
members of the club had bm-n re
quested to tine a postscript line to
all letters, stating in each letter
one of the various product in
'Which Marion county excels.
Mrs. Ora l. Mdnlyre, president
of the llusincss and Professional
Women's club, was Inclined to
think that the various men's clubs
pf the city were not sufficiently
Interested in the work and pur
poses of the women's business or
ganization. . .,,
. . According to DjvII, 13. Morris,
Blanks That Are Legal
saving as compared to made to order forms.
Some of the forms, Contract of Sale, Road Notice, Will forms. Assign-
ntn ifl orttiS Mrt?aSVFr?rm3 Claim Deeds, Abstracts form,
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. The
findings in each case of the seven
naval officers acquitted of charges
of negligence by the court martial
held after the wreck of seven de
stroyers last September S on the
California coast are disapproved in.
endorsements placed on the court
martial records by both Secretary
Denby and the judge advocate gen
eral of the navy.
The endorsements were made
public tonight by the navy depart
ment with a statement noting that
disapproval of the findings by the
secretary did not serve as a basis
for re-trial of the cases, but was
"simply an expression of the sec
retary's view of the court's' act
It
ed fur the longer haul.
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