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' "4 THE OREGON STATESMAN; SALEM, OREGON - SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 6. 1924 Lm4 Dally Xsept Kaa4v y .' TSS STATESMAN rUBUSHXnO COUPAVf V"';' tt5 8raU Oanaiareiftl St, BIm, Orsoa - 1 - ... in B. J. Rcsdricks . i t t I J oka !.' Brady . , ? t Kditar fraak Jaakaaki ; m. ; ' '" - - - - Maaayr J iMpt. VXX2B Or THB ASSOCIATXD fUU : The atMeiaUd Preaa li eieloiTly aatiUad to tka dm far pvbllesttoa f J1 w diapatcaaa mdivd f it r m( atkarwiaa aradiUd la tU paper aad ala tM Weal aawa pabliaa4 arLa. . ' - - t .: - . 1. HENDRICKS . OXSXM AB&llfS r f. I. BKADT Prtdaat ' - . gacfUry - ! Yla-Pr laaat BUSINESS OrHCES: Taamaa T. Clark C Haw Tork, 141-149 Waat SU St.: OMca Karaatta BalU- la. W. S rUwakL Mgr. - ; ?Pwtlaa4 Offiea. tS9 ffwwi Bide Pkaaa SST Bit dwr. t. WU1U. Mgr.) TKLXPBOSKSt i failaaaa Offlaa A . . . ' St OiroaUtlea Offia . . . ' - iMpartaaM - SS-10 Saaiaty XiiU . . . . X0 iafc Dapartaaat . . . ESS .-j ' Katara4 at U Poatoffiea U Sate. Oragoa. aa aaeama-oaaa Hattar. . .THE WAB IS HOT OVER FOB THESE In '. the- government hospital for insane service men, in Cali fornia, there is a man who is still on guard. ' j : He has not opened his eves for three years. He is in a padded cell. He' lies in his corner and responds to no sound excepting that of the turning of the lock to his door. Then he stands erect with his arras before his face j 5 Then he is on guard , r5 He is "ready for a fight. He refuses to take food and mvtst be overpowered and forcibly fed He resists the proceeding ith all his strength at every meal time. Then he standstill soldierly pose at his door, with his arms up guarding his face, for about twenty minutes, before taking his place on the floor in his corner. He fought with our front line troops in France. He is violently anil incurably insane. His, poso on guard gives the impression that he lost his reason while guarding his face Aigainst the butt of an enemy gun. He will be on guard while the breath of life lasts. In the institution he is known as "The The.war is not over.or this man. ; '! , In-the federal-hospitals of the United States, there are at this hour 35,000 ex-service men. Seven out of ten of them are either tubercular or insane patients. While the tubercular cases are on the decline, the cases with mind disorders are decidedly on the increase. . : Th war is not over for these There are "45,000 disabled service men known, as the out patients," under regular treatment; in clinical contract with the government medical authorities. There "are many thousands more who have not yet been hospitalized- j - , And the war is not over for these. ' There are 75,000 men now in vocational training classes displaced or handicapped by war service, and being aided on their.way ,to possible self support through federal help-- And the war is not over for. these. I There, are. other thousands who have been through the hos pitals or otherwise rehabilitated or trained . And the war is not over for many hosts of these. All over the country, in local scattered many men who saw service m the World war,. and who are on their way to federal institutions. Some of them are constantly coming into and being forwarded from the "Oregon asylum for, the insane , ' i . . And the war is not over for these. ' ; ; There are many World war service; men "in: tfrtr prison throughout the country. There are about j bv m the Uregon penitentiary; the number-was about the same a year ago. .The American War Mothers are 'mothering" some 2200 of them in Missouri. prisons; many of them tubercular. ;-,.y - j There are 176 of them in the federal prison af Leavenworth, Kansas; half of them there for life. There are others in the .. federal prisons at Atlanta, Ga., and Fort Jayr N. Y. These make tip the true "lost battalion.' They are military prisoners ; yic .' tims of courts-martial, which "dealt stern justiee to soldiers of the wax -"inflicting penalties five to fifty times as severe as would have been given civilians for the same "crimes." In only a dozen or so cases has the prison conduct of the soldier shown him not to te of the type worthy of clemency, "v These men have been overlooked, .while slackers, spies,' I. W. W.V and ob jectors have been set free. In some cases' there is great, doubt as to guilt; in many there were extenuating circumstances, over looked by military courts, that would cause almost any civilian judge to give a short sentence or a parole. - The American War .Mothers are causing an investigation: of all these cases. 'Most of i,e men ought to be released; some of them have already suf fered too much: some ouglt never to have been imprisoned. The war is not over for these menl j; , The list might be greatly extended. Since 1917 the Ameri can Red Cross has expended over $163,000,000 in soldier relief. That organization has now 96 trained workers in the federal hospitals for service men in this section of the United States, extending from Wall Wallay-.Wash., to Tucson,""Arizona. The CCO chapters' of the Red Cross in, this division are all giving soldier service and relief every day ; 24 hours of every day. For all these men and women and children, the war is not over. It will not be over while many. of them live. Is it any wonder that the. American Red Cross should organ ize the school children of this country into the Junior Red Cross; with five and a half millions of them already registered; form in g a junior League of Nations for world peace ; making a bridge of the seas throughout the T world y for international-? trader .tandingt - ' "' - -v- ' :-; . f- ; -V- nashe world not had enough of wholesale slaughter under the nanie of wart Have the peoples of the world not already followed far too long the lead of their overlords with their faces to the past ; thinking in the atavistic temper of men when they were on an equal footing with the jackal and the tiger f f- f t The war is , not over, either, for all the millions who are sweating under the load of war taxes and will be carrying the. burdens throughout this generation and succeeding generations. The time has come in the world's history to outlaw war; for - a thousand other reasons ; a million: of them ! rl 5 ? ; ... - And this will not be done excepting through popular edu cation in all countries; and the place to begin is with the young.- Hence the American conception of the Junior Red Cross, Jo be extended into all countries. There are many other salu tary organizations engaged in the same pursuit of the high ideals-; of world peace-- - , ' v , But the Junior Red Cross is the greatest of them all. ' CLUBS AND GABIES There is just now an epidemic ct clubs among men, and women f3 well. A new men's club was cr; mixed la Salem this last week : i at least two or three others i 3 incubating. ' Do you. know t the club Idea is just the X" spirit grown up? It Is iiag-else.-.": "oys just naturally "gang" t - ?r. They crave .the'associa i cf each other, and we are -ics to ' appreciate : this to an extent that we are organlx t' 3 "sangs" and directing them r'zt channels. These clubs j era cl the same spirit - t V trotter . , j ; men. I ' and state hospitals, there are; than, the boys "gang" u because mey are directing them in the right channels. As long as men are social beings, so long will the "gang" spirit last. It is a good spirit too, in spite of Its misuse it enables men to get closer to gether and to like each other bet ter. The same loyalty' that holds a boys "gang together holds the clubs together. The same code -of honor that sets aside the "gang" member op erates among these older clubs. It is really an expression of social in stinct. For a long time people thought that there could be no society ex cept between the sexes, or the r , . . . - - - women alone, and a man's club was looked upon with' disdain. We hare learned now that a' man's club is just as much society as the woman's club can be, and has the same refining Influences, the same uplifting effect. . AX INDIVIDUAL PLATFORM A' cartoon in a Portland paper seeks to hold Oregon up to ridi cule because the candidates of the primaries hare individual plat forms. By the. way, the Portland papers can ajways be.eounted up on to take a, slam- at Oregon. We have " often wondered why the hoard of .trade, which has grown out of It's prdvincialismjr docs not take hand, in insisting on the Portland papers being loyal to the state. But this is another story, as Kipling would say. . ' It is not only proper for candi dates to have Individual platforms but the 'people are entitled to know what each man stands for for instance: There is a contest on for United States senator be tween Senator i McXary and Mr. Baker. Does not any one suppose that, the people ought to accept one of these men without knowing what Jbe, stands for?; It is an in sult to the- intelligence of the voters to urge that they accept a part label for a 'free primary ex pression. ' V;;;. : ' l' '-After the nominations are made, then, the party platforms are en tirely proper, but until that time the race is between men, and the party is the label that classifies the men. ; The Oregon voters are as Intelli gent a lot of men and women as can be found anywhere in Ameri ca. They can be trusted to select their candidates without having them hand-picked, and they have a right to select their candidates knowing what each one stands for. TIIK CIRCUIT . ItlBEK On Saturday of next week: there will be unveiled in Salem a monu ment to . the- pioneers who blazed the trail to 'Oregon and founded a great state here. "We can never pay our debt to these heroes; we cannot even understand the hard ships they endured; there was not a creature comfort. The' great out-of-doors was their life, and in the world's out of the way places they preached the gospel, f Mr. Booth has erected this mon ument, principally. In the. memory of his father, an early circuit rid er, but just as. much will it serve as -a monument to all the early missionaries. The name "Circuit Rider": Is very little, used now. Trot it "used to be -: nse'd ' constantly. There wasn't a place in Oregon of enough importance to maintain a minister. Every place, Tiad to be joined with some other place In the circuit, which was always a very long one. . .. :. " Salem owes it to these pioneers to the men whose spirit has an influence in the city today to make the occasion of unveiling the mon ument a part holiday. The merch ants will be mighty glad to show this mark of respect . to the . old missionaries. The Oregon States' man believes that it is voicing the sentiments of a great majority of the people - when it. asks - that ' at least, three or four hours be set aside on Saturday, ? April 19, for the purpose' of letting the entire city, participate" in- the dedication. and show united' respect for the circuit riders. - GETTING INTERESTED J The closing weeks of anyJedU; eational institution finds increased interest; , The activities that have lagged the first of the year speed up and become acute. The "class es" that were mild when the term opened are getting - red hot .now, and are the talk of the campus. The activities in the last week of Willamette universty, which' by the-way. Is a very typical school, are- increasing jir interest and Im portance. - The; Glee (last night is a. case In. point; .that -can only be pulled off at the last end of the year.. 'There will be an hundred other' activities that will be inter esting to the public, and Intensely so to the student body. 1 " The first of the year students yawn and are dull, but at the end of the year" they think the campus is about the most lively place on earth and the finest as well. It is great to be a student In a university that is. If one is young, andlf you are too old -to . enjoy such things you have no business being there. v , t TRIE GOVERNOR IS RIGHT Governor . Pierce has issued an order . that the ' state Institutions use real butter instead of oleo-" margarine. " The ruling ' li Tight. Oregon Is a great batter state. We are developing our dairy interests, and If the state of Oregon slaps the milk producers in the face by feeding substitutes to the 'state wards, it is time for action. ? ;.' We 'do not know-how much' of this has been done, but there has been some of it, else the governor would not have taken the action he did , - . , . i". , . v .. - r THE ritKSltfENT I RIGHT President Coolidge is opposed to a mere shift of taxes, lie is demanding a genuine reduction. Congress is doing everything in its power to prevent reduction. They want to hold on to the old rives and harbor graft, another thing that takes the people's mon ey without an equivalent. . Under the present taxing sys tem everybody pays heavy r taxes because we have , taxes on every thing.:." 'action would effect everybody; ore shift would not lelp;. .anybody. In the long run. Shitting burdens is putting off the day, of settlement. . - - About 'the most appropriate thing we have"' seen . is for still- owners to stake skunks near their stills. The two belong together. BooK Review ". By VESA BXAOT SHXPICAJT , . 'HEIRS APPARENT." by Philip Glbbs. 'Published by, the Dotan Company, New York. Price .S2 " net. . ' " ; England again In our literature. We have a second book by the author of "The Middle of the Road" which reeks of English custom. manners, business and college. :- And after all it is as American In its dirty journalism which , is as much in disfavor there as the kind is here, its carefree inconse quential college days heeling the I didn't have a chance so my son must" attitude which la disas trous to all concerned, and the ways of society. It might as well be on this side of the water as the (ar sides save for English idioms and mannerisms. The story, is interesting but one feels as though he were entering an other world, a world of Dickens detached from the humdrum . of today. ' It is the story of a care less son at .Oxford, "sent . down- in company with a girl whose fa ther is a clergyman. They , walk from ' Oxford to London -causing much comment as they meet mu tual friends. . Their ways diverge. Other in teres ts. financial, educational, up lifting or otherwise, social and political fill their lives. Love en ters strangely, and the whole is good reading. - '-' i , .' : They, Julian and Audrey with occasional Clataworthy, Pritchard, their college pals, - and - Julian's sister's affair with Cyril - Buck land, son of the newspaper owner, Intermingle their lives in - intense humanitr with the occasional touch of the vamp, Evelyn, and her elderly military husband. - If you can live- the English story as an American setting, which is not difficult to some, its story is en tertaining throughout. It is well knit and at times throbbing. "SO BIG," by Edna! Ferber. Pub lished by Doubleday Page & Co., Garden City. New York. .Price f. 2.net.-' ;; ;.;.;: ' It yon wish to know exactly how Selina Peake looked as she rode up Haisted street country road to High Prairie, or If you ask of the smndge on Dall's nose or the pink brassier e strap, . or tered the financial world, there Is no ' better stpry teller' than Edna Ferber. She, In almost Inconceiv able detail, tells yon What the pic ture actually -is,. I photographic mirrored and encompassing.,, .; i The story Is strictly Chicago. Little Selina Peake, daughter of a , gambler ; who obligingly r died and left her to decency, teaches school in the Dutch settlement of truck farmers near Chicago. Mar rying one of these, her life be comes the drab afternoon of a de sired creation. Her one son, to whom she has affectionately called "How big is baby?" and he has answered "So Big," with a sweep or his -.tiny . nana, is ner life's envelopment. - ; The character of Selina is as fine a picture of a woman without the outward heights of . glory as Is to be found: Like Zona Gale's "Birth," VSo Big"? is a story of Inconsequential youth, but "So Big", has a mother who is pure gold Jn spite of alloy settings while the mother in "Birth" is. of life's incon8equency. " ' And how bir 1 the j story ? It is so big as It fathoms the Inti mate details of life In Chicago; so big as it richens Sellna's life through service for the boy and the dream; of his art, T You will love Roeirs return as an artist. You will feel so happy that he was unspoiled. And Paula, daughter of his mother's friend ot childhood, how despotically she owns"' his ' movements! Yon' feel that So Big" is a picture 6f tle, not idealism, not the f dream of sacrificial devotion but everyday mother love which stands alone and creates' within this :. her son, c character ot her mind's vagary. : Dirk . De Jong, - the son, is her all and you wish to draw the eur tain at his frailties lest you hurt Sellna's feelings so real is her personal sufferings. L Edna Ferber writes of the wom an who has little, the woman whom culture has past by unheed ingly, 'with coloring of kindness. Since Emma McChesney. no. char acter has stood so resplendent a test of life's values as Selina , Peake, by Edna Ferber's .pen .. - . ;x "TOM MASSON'S ANNUAL FOR 19-23." Edited by Tom Masson. Published by Doubleday Page ft Company, Garden City, New York.. Price 2 net. . A collection gathered by . the editor, of "Life." which contains representative humor of the year. It includes gems from Ring Lard- ner, Irving Cobb, some lovely gems by Carolyn Wells and James Montague, j It has clever bits which you : cannot, forget others which 1 you ,will not forget , and everything la worth the keeping. v He calls it the first annual col lection. Here's hoping he makes collections for many more years.. Every page is a delight. Traves ty, keen humor, yet kindly and hnmanly sketchy, . Its humor is worth a place in your library of quips and cranks and wanton wiles." i ' ': ' A LIVING UNIVERSE," by Rev. Principal L. P. Jacks, principal ot Manchester College at Ox ford. England. Published by the Do ran Co., New York. Price 1 1 net, , ; ; 'Three lectures : made Into liter ary gems, containing education and religion' in a. living universe; civilization j and Immortality each In a living iiniverse. -These sub jects are ; defined as the orator feels his subject, and the articles are filled with sayings of wisdom and; valuable foundations for uni versal plan of life. After all; a living universe is the answer to the problem of why, who and when ; we are here. Here today and gone tomorrow and we live but a day in the universe. These lectures were delivered at Hlbbert trustee meetings and are ' Illumi nating in their clear discourse. . Mrs. Allen on Cooking, Menus, 'Service, containing 2500 reci pes. Computed by Ida C. Bailey Allen. Published by Doubleday Page & -Co., " Garden City. New , York. Price $2.25 net. '. ' .It Is the last word In service, It deals with pages ot home build ing, correct measures, . balanced rations. -It furnishes your kitchen as It cooks your dinner. It counts your calories as it garnishes your fish. ; It is the product of an in ternatlonally , known worker in food products andproper prepara tion as well as consumption and its final epitome is as comprehen sive as the classroom coupled with the dietary laboratory and kitchen service. , 1 It Is built from questlonaires of women's needs, it buys, prepares and serves' foods by quickest me thods. It Includes feeding ot children, invalids, reducing and bnildlng up menus, small amount cooking for two or for s . large family. . , Through inspirational editorials it teaches the American house wife, whom statistics say is the purchasing agent ot the home and buys 85 per cent of the purchases today, how to make the most of her carefully prepared food bud get. ' " ,'f; ; " ' i It begins with the garden food and Is placed on your table com pletely enhanced in its financial as well' as nutritious gravy. s "SMALL ! HOUSES." by - Gilbert i Murtagh. Published by Double- day Page & Co., New York. k Price $3 net. Yon begin your houseplan with this New, York architect and he carries you through every detail of building, and furnishing in I simplest fashion As you arrange your rooms for convenience, fi nancial value and beauty, yonr rugs, walls, floor plans, walks, gardens and porches, make your picture Into a real home. . ' Every small comer is consid ered and the reason! for every thing makes such a book in valuable. ' ' If you have ..planned a house, you have doubtless . searched through myriads of books with one department covered in each, while this book has them all. If you are a novice or an experienced builder the Information contained Is so intensely interesting that your work will be improved and your home substantial in an re spects. , Its material Is progres sive and reasons considerate. Its pages are delightful series of why I have a home which Is desirable. Your home, my home- and your neighbor's are included. It does not miss a suggestion. Mexicans Would Abolish . Slaughter of Windf owl ' (By XaQ) . MEXICO CITY, March 22 Native and . foreign sportsmen have combined to secure protec tion of wildfowl from the slaugh ter of Mexican pot hunters. The lake and marshes of the central plateau are among the most won derful duck regions In the world and . here the natives depend largely on pot hunting for a live lihood. 1 ; It is not unusual for 1,000 or more ducks to be killed by a sin gle ! volley from an . "armada i contrivance similar to the "bat tery" formerly 'in use -In the United States, but pow prohibited by law.' ; Dozens of 'muzzle loading gans are lashed in tiers and dis charged by a powder fuse with frightful effect among the nestl ing fowl. ' , - , '' ; Efforts : to secure legislation against the use of the "armada having failed, foreign and Mexi caii sportsmen are attempting to secure -International cooperation The Boys and Girls Statesman ' the Bigzest Little Paper nl the WorU Things To Do ht, AaMOclated Editors. SOME SIGHTSEEING TRIPS WITH ine naunts ana lrhr'-lg, If you trourd ixxe xiiZM tiny fel low, the House Wren, to live near yonr - home, - you should build house for him with a round hole for a door only an inch in diame ter. - Then bird intruders will not be able to fly inside to the nest of twigs and feathers where the mate broods over evenly speckled pink ish eggs. Jenny Wren, or Kitty Wren, as she is sometimes called, has al ways been a favorite in story and song. There used to be a legend in Europe that, the wren, though one of the smallest birds, was cho sen; king ot all animals, winning over the ponderous elephant in an election which the animals held. in their efforts to launch a new anti-armada campaign.. , One of the worst features of the pot hunting, according to these sportsmen, is that the hunt ers seldom devote their earnings to anything but a grand carouse. Precedent of Centuries Gives Wales New Title LONDON, March 19.Queen Mary, sitting beside the Archbishop of Canterbury in a crowded lecture room at University College, list ened with evident pleasure to an eloquent plea for the revival of the ancient title "Princ ef Scot land, and Wales" for the Prince of Wales. The suggestion was made by Dr. Walter Seton, who was in-; augurating a newly instituted, lec tureship in Scottish history, and was acknowledged r by the queen with a smile and a nod to the lec turer. The speaker pointed ont that although Bellenden, a well-known Scottish historian, applied the title of "Prince of Scotland" to the King's eldest son as far back as 1100, it would appear doubtful whether the title existed legally before 1400. "While the prince became Prince of Wales by special creation," he said, ' "he . became Prince of Scotland by right of birth as soon as his father became king.- , : - ' Dr. Seton suggested that It would create -an outburst of loy al enthusiasm In Scotland if, on the occasion of the visits of the prince of Scotland, Scots were per mitted to welcome and drink the health of the ."Prince of Scotland and. Wales." for which the preced ent of centuries could be clained. Cap'n Zyb WHAT AND WHY? This is just - a little fact quiz'. The quiz -Is in the picture. The answers are right here in type. Galena is a lead ore lead sul phide (PbS the chemists label it.) It often occurs in great cubic crys- WHAT ARE Ktincansi IMADK, X3F 'AWHYITS tals and sometimes contains a high percentage of silver mixed in with the lead ore. j . ' . : "Tin cans are mostly sheet iron. Pore tin Is very expensive and so cans cannot be made wholly ot tin. The sheet Iron base Is coated with tin to keep it from rusting. Often the tin is reclaimed from the cans after they are used by a special electro-chemical process. ' Shoe polish gives off its smelly oaor because of a chemical com pound, nltro-benzine, which Is in the polish. ' This nltro-benzine in Itself Is a' yellow liquid and forms a base for marking dyes. It Is made by the action of nitric acid on benzine and a lot of compli cated chemical processes. - CAP'N ZYB. -mtm Ad yr lrcrta4 tar .X boM. MM Mlk BUM IubtaT kMonm Bat. S(at. AL.v. e 3 it chigcists dtcux 1 ' r , - I r J l sr naoits or an ravun The different species of wrens in America are very unlike In. their choice of haunts. The House Wren must be provided with a dwelling, though he will sometime! live In old barns or in the eaves under your roof. When the House Wren has sought a" warmer climate, the Winter Wren comes to live In fall en trees or old stumps in the woods. The Carolina Wren Is an other which seeks a woodland home. Marsh Wrens prefer a meadow or. wet boggy nlace where cattails grow. . In general, the wrens - have a scolding song. Sometimes they sound like tree-toads fussing away In the woods. The Carolina Wren Is the most powerful singer of the group. E. Schuyler Mathews, the I bird writer says he sings "Lost m' teakettle; ? tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea!" The Short-hilled Marsh Wren's song has been de scribed by Ernest Seton as a ser ies of "chasp," running Into a "chap-r-r-rrr." His close cousin, the Long-billed Marsh Wren's rip pling song is much like that of the House Wren, who begins his song by making a series of -grating tones that sound like pebbles be ing rubbed together Then he ut ters a high thrilling note followed by others which tumble down the scale to a low ending. It sounds Bnt Hearts Were Trumps- See them 'seated at the table. Jessie, Marshall, Mac and Mabel, Playing bridge as best they're able, Holding hands! Just while Marshall's busy dealing The table overturns revealing Mac and Jessie, with much feeling. Holding hands! . Percy Waxman. Write! Three little kiddies, Marshall, Rone,y,j,and Mirllynn, .were dis cussing the girls the two boys were to escort to a party, reports Mar ion Woods. a " - Instead of giving the full name. Rodney thought It would be smart er to mention - only the Initials. "Oh, I'm taking M. M.," he ob served nonchalantly. "I don't know who my girl is," replied Marshall, "but her initials are 'R. S. V. P " - : ' Dead men tell no tales, but they leave a lote of anecdotes after them. ' ;V-' War's Aftermath Kain't you eat jes' a 111 bit mo?" "I neveh has et plenty. . I wuz bawn un-et - an " I'se been 'at way eveh since. I .kin always eat mo'." . : . "How come you so skinny?" "Wah Mis'ry. All I et fo two yeahs In France : wuz Gov'ment rashuns. Dey wuzn't fillin'. I et myse'f . down to boy-size pants de fust year. Secon yeah dey lets me run wild 'cause dey couldn't find no nnifawm- small enough. - v Hugh Wiley. - A Word From Dr. Traprock Our old friend. Dr. Walter E. Traprock, is just back from a trip through the Desert "of Sahara; , In a. recent conversation the fa mous explorer said: : . . "The most interesting discovery I made on the entire trip was that of a new I should say- of a . very old tribe of Nomads living south ' of the Ahaggar Plateau. "These people whom I ; have called the Bishtlllia, or sand-blowers, live entirely on sand. It is the only article of their diet. They require no water whatsoever. Countless years have brought this strange thing about. This diet has naturally affected their appear ance. - - . .-. " "Hair, complexion, eyes, even teeth are sandy, so that at a dis tance of a few feet a Biahtilll Is in visible against the desert back ground. The sand-blowing habit is unique. Unlike the Carolina clay-eater, the Bishtilll does not digest the sand but retains It only after the nutritive elements have been absorbed, after . which the sand is blown out in . a perfect ring. " -'. ; - ..:.. - "Their mouths are very large and elastic, and are perfectly adapted to blowing these rings for an Immense distance and with great accuracy. "Withal they are a friendly peo pie and have a very dry sense of humor." y ' We would hazard the opinion that the Doc has also. -.- j : DEPARTSIEXT Darwin's Origin of Species The birds in the air, the fish in . . ' f ! ell Kdlted 17 John IL ' THE BinDS cr ; ot a brook.. f the notes ara short anu quick succession. ,vtt.c, The Carolina is tne wren In color, being a rich brownish-orange. It Is the Urgest a. well. Most wrens are brown and only about four incbe in length. , Long-billed Marsh Wrens are cinnamon brown is color win blAfcklsh brown on the crown anc. a white stripe over the eyebrow. . n tnina "'Z tariy in um ; . are laid in the nest tn the marsH among the cattails. The eR2 are thickly mottled with brown or are chocolate color all oTer. r Just a couple of limbs in our fvjm- Ily tree The Rubaiyat A Persian leans against a tree And drinks and talks philosoppy. Robinson Crnsoo A guy. A desert isle. Wfcat's ' -wrong? He didn't take ten books alonf? The Ancient Mariner A salt, he buttonholes a gnea And gets his troubles off his chest. Howard DIetz. (Copyright. 1924, Reproduction Forbidden) -Readers are requested to contribute. All humor: epi- j grams (or humorous mottoes) j jokes, anecdotes, poetry, bur- j lesque, satires, and bright say- j Ings of children, mnst be orig- j lnal and unpublished. . Accept- ed material will be paid for at regular rates. All manuscript J mnst be written on one side of the paper only, should bear the name of this newspaper, .and should be addressed to . The Fun Shop, Oregon Statesman, Salem. I . HEW CORPORATIONS I - . , The following articles of incor poration were filed Saturday with the slate incorporation depart ment: v " v Zenith Sales - & Service, inc., Portland; incorporators, James M. Hart, A. B. Harper, G. E. Dickin son; capital, 110,000. Nehalem Bay Commercial club, Nehalem; Incorporators, Charles Kunze, W..B. Watt, M. F. Mc Leod, Johanna H. Geijsbeek. : McBride Woolen company, Port land; incorporators. II. J. Otten heimer. D. B. McBride, A. F. Ot tenheimcr; capital, t75,000. Fred Hollisters, Inc., North Bend; Incorporators, Mary Holli3 ter, E. S. Downing, Fred Hollis ter, Ira Padrick; capital, 10.000; broker, Foley Land & Livestock com pany... Burns; incorporators.. John C Foley. Mary E. Foley,. Charles B. Foley; capital, $40,000. T. B. Currlfr & Co.. Inc., North Bend: incorporators. T. B. Currie, Eva S. Currey. Guy Dipple; cap ital. Sio.000; automobiles. Under the blue eky act a per mit was issued to the Lumber men's Trust company of Portland to sell bonds in the sum of $350, 000, and to E.- E. Witham & Co. of Portland to operate as stock brokers. ' x ' . I I TURNER HEWS W' TURNER, Or., April 4. Mrs. Henry Thiessen of Newberg and the worthy matron attended tta Eastern Star Wednesday, eveninr- P. F. Rowley, editor of the Tur ner Tribune, is at Amity this week, called to his home by the death cf his father. Turner friends exter. their sympathy. vMrs. H.vL. Earl was shoprir In Salem Tuesday. Dr. Ransom and wife were la Salem Wednesday. The diphtheria scare is over. Miss-Hazel Miller has recovered. Mrs. F. M. Bear of Plaiavlew i. spending the week-end with fcer daughter, Mrs. Gayette BarnetL The Rebeccas held their regu lar meeting Wednesday evening. ; Mrs. H. R. Peetz, who has tl telephone office, served lunch t 3:30 Tuesday morning to the pc -itentiary guards and two captur : convicts. Tom Miller, barber, will e: occupy Dr. Ransom's old err: building. 1 Several members of the un: schools will fH end the C! tr! Sunday school coaver.tijn at Au villa Sur.iaj'. v