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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGCri WEDNESDAY MORNING,' APRIL 23, 1924 y tot itatesxav ruzusKora ooicfjjr SIS 8t 0umkUI 8k, Ela. Orfoa r J. Hndrirk so2css or irat auoczaxzo nxa , ,j , Tk. AwoeUui Pra la xelBtlv.l? aatitUd U tk m for pstlieatloa ( all patekM er4iU4 t it mr Ml twia er4it4 U Ull m 1m U Wc pabUskW k.r.1. ' B. J. KZNDBICXB Pr.iJ.i CARLllABaULM BV8IKZ6S OmCIli r; r : tltwi F, CUrk C4 Kw Yrk, 141-145 WnI S6tk 8M Ckieaga, KarfMtt BmlU- - tmc, W. a DMUvtkl, Krr. - (TortUni Office SSS Werccstor B14. Pkm IUT bu4v.7, A F. WUllaau. Kg.) Job Xpartaivt rmtr4 at Ua FMtefOM 1 81. THE TRAINING SCHOOL FAE1I AGAIN "The Oregon state board of control is hereby authorized to use not to exceed fifty-five thousand dollars out of the funds now appropriated by the provisions of t chapter jl78, General Laws,. of Oregon. 1921, for the coristruction; furnishing and equipping of the Oregon state training school,;for the purpose cf purchasing land, if the. board, in its judgment, deems such action advisable for the proper functioning of said school." The. above is -the language of chapter. 144,; General Laws cf Ofegon,;1923 session of the Legislature. . . It is the authority of the board of control for the purchase of a new farnt for-the, state training school . (boys reform Eehocl), which has been hanging fire for a long time ; . .r.d now some people are coming forward with the asser tion 4 hat it is , not mandatory, and that therefore the. matter might' as4 well be put off. Z "'. . " t ! But is It not mandatory? On its face, it is surely directory, end jn all the. circumstances ofthe case it is surely mandatory. i The Legislature" of 1921, on the recommendation of Gover nor Olcott, appropriated money already collected and on hand from road funds, for the erection of a group of jbnildings de signed to give the state training school a modern system,' known 3 the 'cottage system;' or rather to make that systemimbre efficient' and complete, with separate buildings for; each "family;" on the same lines as for the children's farm home rear Corvallis, and at a number of other such homes jn this hinteJ Q.:v';,-:;,i..f.i '; ; -;.;: : V! Vy.-:? ;' Then followed aiTagitatioivon the part of welfare workers and ethers, protesting against ihe; present location for such a r.2w set of buildings, giving many reasons. Some' of them were rood, some of them not so well founded In faet and experience. But no matter. A halt was called, waiting for further legislative direction . , ":, " ' i'.'y t":::'. And this Was given at the 1923 session in i the language quoted in the first paragraph above. ! If in all the circumstances this is not in its nature manda tory what is it! What does it mean? - The law makers had 1 :fcre them a number of propositions, at the 1923 session; They1 were all debated and considered in committee and on ihe floor of the two houses.' The conclusion of the whole matter was the enactment of the above quoted law. It .is surely directory v:t giving the proper authority for the carirying out of, the. 1921 i::t ; nd it is mandatory, considered in all of the. circumstances cf t'-3 case. . , , -,. : '.",' . . . ' ' '-y It is not, unusual for even high courts to find interpreta tions and make decisions according to such discussions and the ? grounding and impelling circumstances. ' V" i ' '. : -Another. thinglTbe state! 'can"" use all the land it has, and tl. el' additional tract of fa)rm land proposed to be purchased, and t Euv&ntage It Canuse all the" state training school buildings. Z lore 'room is . now needed for' the institution for the feeble l .in led , Other; state institutions; are becoming over crowded. There would be. no waste in the buying of new land, or in the erection' of new buildings, for the state training school; at least r waste lor any great length of time. f V Furthermore, if there is to be, a new farm purchased for i he, state training school, it is the duty of the board to secure lnJ:.that will lend itself to the best employment of. the boys; c 1 those in the institution.' now,' and of all the thousands that villicome iri:the future -;y -; :;: .-;. J ! Not only .this, but with a view to making , the institution z. nearly as possible self supporting. That matter alsa was in t!.2..dLeussions in the .Legislature; it was in tHe minds I of; the j-'eiabeirs. That phase therefore alga becomes directory and in Hi nature mandatory.) V.i j'i .,v;.-r:-i "-. 'v''-f. ; ''If the boys can be trained,-better with ;the -employment , of i ore and different landarid if they can at the same time f h i thenselxeV a meaSurd of self support,-or render the entire ii itutionself supporting, then that attempt islmandatory on the board ' '.Ly a mandate of the members of the Legislature 'and of the ; hole: people of Oregon ; for; in this state all laws are enacted r. pf the whole people, with the -right reserved of the-referen-tljn, and implied consent in the absence of such" action.. DEXCY TALIvS The Oregon Statesman took a I .'tion. against Secretary Denby. It till thinks it was right and he h ijld hav6 ' teen forced oat of tl - cabSaeU However, his side, a. s tiled 'to ' his- friends in Michigan, 5 worthy of consideration. rr He I.i3 " outlined 'his " defensef in six I reiectatlons.. as follows: r::: 1. That the democratic "admin i tration, with the approral ol V cretary Daniels, leased 88 pro C: ins wells in various parts. of California Reserve No. 2. v 2. That, with, the written" ap rroval of Secretary Daniels, dated "rust 21, 1920, and subsequently r ; , roved by Secretary : Paine .and Tr silent Wilson, the Boston-Pa-( ' .".3 Oil company was .permitted to put down five new wells on re f rye No. 2 on a royalty of -25 per That a little later, with the r, i ;uea approval of Secretary Dan- : i 1 of President "Wilson, the V, i sot Hated Mutual company was' : : - n a lease for'120 acres In the 1 rt cf naval reserve No. 2 at a : -A: y ct frc- lZVi to 23 per c t. , - . -.' " '. - '. Tt :t all of thesa royalties a t-' :a la ca?.!t: r..I "aided. !a " 1 1 Efrcrir. cr cons?rvlns -I f-I ell f;r the cavy. ' ". ' "t hus :rc-w3 'cf cll 'wtlls 5 i t ' " ' i'cr aIoia-. rT' j : tie " ' ' f .--r-- ' -1 , t1 - ' :: fi mm i r, Ea .cm II - a,; s ; Vasts - UM J.U BRJLDT Vto.-PrMid.at TSLXPH0XX8: St ClrcmltU Offlaa SS-10S ftaaiaty Jt4itm St 10 US Qi . ' 6. That the highest royalty se cured by the Wilson administra tion under any lease was 25 per cent, while the royalties by the succeeding administrations- ranged Trord -maximums of 25 . to 17 pet cent, most of them being from 35 to 55 per cent. :.., - , .. It Is & reasonable' assumption that; Mr. Denby j is telling the truth. Not : even his , severest critics have charged him with a lack of candor.' At all events,' his assertions either I are - true or un true. .If true, the practice and precedent of leasing the navy's oil reserves was under full swine be fore'" the Wilson administration went out of office." "v, :,.. i . If true, the government drove much better , leasing bargains un der the Harding administration than under the Wilson administra tion and made better provision, for the national defense. ," If Mr. Denby: is untruthful or wrong, let his critics come forward and prove It. Let us have' the good old American spirit and prae tlce of fair play.' - Mr. Denby has been f ierclr at tacked, palpably in partisan spirit and for partisan ends. r- It Is right that be should de fend himself and that the public should hear and consider his de fease. TieJJarI,-3 cot r 1 a " ' -' frs" -a"' ha J ." r -i over of unscrupulous people. The grangers want the life of the pe tition' only 30 days. They should go further; ' a, bought petition should have no standing whatever. Enough people in Oregon petition ed for the ' recall of Governor Pierce to all an election, ; It was discovered, 'however, that the pe tition was bougbt and paid for by one, inan who had a grudge. Un der the law- that petition can be held; Indefinitely. over the head of the governor. It is all wrong. The recall does not commend it self 'to a thouKhtful DeoDle. al though. It apparently Is going to savet Multnomah county a lot of money this year. A recall petition should never represent a commer cial proposition. . It should be vol untarily circulated or not at all. There are thousands of people who will sign any petition, no matter what, and these people affect the recalling election but never the re- suits. ' ; ; . ; -.v We, once knew some 'college boys who were asked if they didn't want a vacatidn. Like all college boys, they replied In the affirma tive, whereupon a petition was pro duced and' every boy signed it. The next week the petition and Its signatures were : published. It turned out to be a petition of every boy there to have his head cut off on a certain date. That Is only a little more aggravating than the average petitions. Under the pres ent form any man who has money can subject any official In the state to a recall election. The initiative and referendum are right, but the reeall Is a most .dangerous weapon. -A SERIOUS SITUATION The Southern Pacific ; railroad has deliberately defied the. public utility commission and Is appar ently getting away with it. As we understand it the commission' ad mits it is powerless to enforce its decision. r -.. . J '. This is a most serious situation and opens the way for just one of two ' things. The commission should either be abolished alto gether or It should be given a full set of teeth. It is intolerable that a railroad company, for any reason whatever, should defy, the state board, and it is intolerable that the state board in such a case does not .have power to put the railroad company out of business. .The people of Oregon are not unreason able; they have set MP certain tribunals and every corporate body in the state, as well as every citi zen, must obey' these orders. If this Is not done there is Just one other thing to do, and that is to abolish the board altogether and let the' railroad do as It pleases. This defiance Is legal anarchy. . An insane man came to Port land from California and told a wild and woolly story. Instead of being . sent back to. California where he belongs he was sent to our Insane asylum, a procedure en tirely wrong. r: '.;:v . r RUXXIXG TRUE " J Samael' Gompers Is running true to form when he insists upon liquor, for the laboring men. He knows that it will keep them In slavery, and he believes that he can perpetuate' his., rule with ad Irresponsible, drunken mob rather than? an intelligent, upstanding. clean-cut body of American work ing men such as we have in the country today. No matter what Gompers may say, the laboring men of, America are never again going to put themselves under the yoke of the' liquor evil. They have profited .too - much as sober men aadh'love their families too welt ever to permit any kind of saloons to come back. - THE UGLIES ' The ugliest sights In Salem are the piles of wood on the parkings in front of some of the best houses in town. It is disfiguring: and spoils the effect and beauty of the city. Portland is notorious for being disfigured In this way, but Salem should not ? follow the bad examples 'of Portland. ' It should follow the good onesas far as pos sible. y.- K l.t -"".'" '--.v., " cneir.i cLEAits a : STUFFED-DP HEAD Instantly Opens Every Air v r Passage Clears Throat If your nostrils are clogged and your head is stuffed because of nasty catarrh or a cold, apply a little pure, antiseptic 'cream into your nostrils. It penetrates through every 'air passage, soothing and healing swoolen, inflamed mem branes, and you get Instant relief! Try this. Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream. Balm at - any drug storey Your clogged nostrils open l 'l 1 1 V-: V'our " h'ea1 IV rlpar? ' nrt " . TIkj Inquisitive ltcporter", Our inquisitive "reporter yester day asked this question of four people chosen at random: t "What is the subconscious feel ing about the j-adjo-activity , of helium produced by spontaneous atomic disintegration, or do you favor an attitude more latitudin arian in specific content towards the universal use of red woolen ear-muffs?" ' -.,, Gracie Mills, hotel clerk: "Now that us girls wear our hair bobbed, fresh ie, : we s don't needt no4 ear muffs." ' Jim Crook, taxi driver: "I deny the charge. I was. In Kankakee last I Saturday night and I .can prove It." - Mrs. Kh Peattie, bookkeeper: "I always get that tired feeling in the spring,' too; but have you tried sulphur and molasses?" J. G. Frink, barber: "You cer tainly said an ear-full. Next!" A Toast " Here's to those that love us- : If we only cared! And to those that we'd love f If we only dared. . . Anna E.. Gumaer. Hard to Understand Bibbs: ''Some people get every thing they go after." Gibbs: "Yes, and others don't seem to get what's coming to them." . C. Lt. P. A man is known by the car he drives; a woman by the car she rides in. HINTS TO INVESTORS What to do with 9300.00O Financial Editor: "I have been given the opportunity to acquire some Hot Baby Oil at 10 cents a share on the partial payment system which will give, me entire and complete ownership of my stock (10,000 shares) in 1932. A Mr, Thompson is the agent and he says it will soon be oh the market and. bring anjrwhere ,from 310 to 3oa a share. Now what I want to .know is this: If, everything comes but as we expect, would It be better to invest the $300,000 1 1 will make' In railroad or real estate bonds? '''v'r'- Harold Boss We do not think very much, of railroad bonds at the present min ute. Why not put It all back in the Oil company, which seems to be a splendid proposition? - : i Financial editor: "I wish to buy a bond for my little girl for her birthday present. - What issue do you suggest?" . ' - . . . - . . - i . A. W. B. & O. are pretty,- though the fprintlng Is better on some: of the Western roads. Municiple bonds would be interesting for a child of, three if only for the pictures. -e : '" Practical Janie: "Are you - looking for" a man with a future?" '. v - Elsie:' "No, tor an old man with out one." - Spendthrift: One who. has p different way from us. in getting rid of his money. . . . (Copyright, 1924. - Reproduc tion Forbidden.) ' . i Readrr r requetUd In eoBtribnt. All humor, epigram (or humorous not tes), jokea, necdote, potry, bur lesque, satrie nd . bright sayinga of hildrea, mail b rigioal and nnpab liahed. Accepted material will be paid for at regular rates. All maauseripta must be written on one side of the paper nly, sbeuld bear name of this newspaper, and should be addressed to the Fan Shop, Editor, Ths Ore- me StstesTpan. - 'T 1 FUTURE. DATES April 25, Triday Baseball, Salem and Meiji -uniTersity of Japan. April 29 to If a .'3-r-Bhrine circus to be held ia Salem. . - Msy 9 and 10. Friday and Saturday Stat eonveatioa of Disabled World War veterans. 8aiem. .v-.-r. v Mar ll, Suaday Mathers' day. -f If ay IB, Friday Primary eiecUoa 1 Oregon. - June 10. Tuesday Rpnbllraa aatiea al conveatioB meets1' ia CleTelaad. - June 14, Saturdsy. Annual .Marie County Suaday School picnic Jane 22. Suaday Idaho County picnie at fair grounds. x ,: ; - - ' ? Ua - to -fame, will you please name six living-"statesman" who have been out of of fice two years? Read .' The FUIi SHOP - - f - in The Oregon Statesman See The FUN SHOP at your f aydritb lieatre m r.l A B R I A 6 E phoqlems Adele Oarrfsoni New Phnm of REVELATIONS OF A WIFE Copyright 1921. by Newspaper Teatttr Service, Inc. '" ' CHAPTER 148. THE WAY DICKY REVEALED SURPRISING FACTS TO : MADGE. . Dicky's rough nonsense with its suppressed note of displeasure suppressed, I knew, because of my injury - effectually extinguished my little blaze of childish temper and gave me a desire to . make amends to my 1 husband for my charlishness. I twisted swiftly around In his arms and put my palms on either side of his face. "I'm sorry Dicky." I said humb ly. "I didn't mean to be horrid, but " ; His first answer was a tighten ing of his arms about me, a rough ly tender kiss. Then he stared at me a bit curiously. "Something in the course of the next hundred years or so," he said, with more than a touch of exas peration in his voice. "I'm going to take a month or two off, and find out just what's in the back of your bean concerning poor old Ede, that you froth at the mouth every time there's a remark con cerning anybody or anything in the same county with her. No, you needn't try to wriggle away. I'm not going to put you through any inquisition now; I'm just reg istering a threat or a promise,, whichever way you mean to view it, for. future use. Is this the gown you want to put on?" t Madge Wonders His manner decisively dismissed Edith Fairfax from our conversar tional horizon, and I was glad enough to (pick ,up his cue. -l l . . .' As It is the only dress I have with me. It Is-Hobson's choice," I returned airily. "And I don't need you now, dear. My head is better, and it would be absurd for me to fuss over my toilet with this awful eye. ; Do go out and talk to Dr. McDermott, and I'll follow in just a few mlnotes." , : j "Well all right." Dicky assent ed reluctantly. "But call me if you .want anything." ;-. "Oh. surely," I returned; hoping that Dicky would not notice my feverish eagerness to get him out of the iroom. - For the revelation that he had given me concerning his knowl edge of my antipathy to t"Ed)th Fairfax had shaken me deeply. I wondered if he had spoken as he n YOU CAN'T STAND IT. . ' Did you. know, that there's a place on the floor of every room where you cannot . stand? ' Tell that to a friend and hear him laugh at you. A Then proceed to prove that you are right. J. Simply take your friend over to the side of the room, turn him sideways to the wall, put. his two feet together and have the foot which Is nearest the wall up against the wainscoting. '., i Be sure his shoulder is touch ing the wall, f For the life of him he cannot "stand It." ,.: " Try it yourself and see. .."- ' CAP'S ZYB. illiitl1ttMtlW Cap Zyb JHE PLACE WHERE NOONE, i KT ft .-fJl ; site fv.t X.TtitnltrnirT? feet most be iSAi- tZ' TOUCHING . Thlass, To Do Copyrlghe, 1923, Associated Editor. STORIES OF PRECIOUS JEWELS King Tut's Treasures of Lapis1 Lazuli be recent ex cavatlonj In Egypt which have brought to light the wonderful ob jects of art be longing to tbe reign of K i n g Tut-ankh - Amen have revealed most beautiful and elaborate pieces Inlaid with quan tities of blue lapis lazuli. This stone is not considered a gem, but it has always been counted one of the most alluring materials for beads, earrings, and other barbar is jewelry as well . as a favorite stone", for inlay work In jewel boxes, vases and charms. The most remarkable example of the way lapis lazuli was used by the ancients is the throne of old King Tut himself. ; It is an im mense gold affair; with a sort of aisle of gold walls extending in front, and a high, fan-shaped piece for a back. Every, single foot of it is carved in minute designs with inlays of alpis to mark the central motifs. The whole thing had because of my little outburst, or if his odd little speech was the result of long and keen observa tion and deduction en his part, of my reactions toward Edith's name and presence. - I shrank from the latter hypothesis fearfully. It was as if I had suddenjL-diseovered myself to have - hyeen under the scalpel of a vivisectionist. I pulled myself together sharply as the rather thain tones of the little physician came to my ears. It was almost time for the supper to be served. I must not let Dicky suspect that my nervous outburst over Edith Fairfax had affected me beyond the moment. ! "Nothing Doing." It was but the work of two or three minutes for: me to arrange my hair . so as .to cover my dis colored forehead as much as pos sible; and slip on my gown. My mirror told me so sad a story, however, that I dreaded to enter the sitting room and encounter even the friendly eyes of Dicky and Dr. McDermott. T . I need not have learned, how ever; They rose 4 perfunctorily when I entered, and the physician MR. PRUNE GROWER "It's a Prunes, like wheat, are an international commodity, and we must turn to foreign markets to absorb our cur- .i , - . plus. European conditions are improving. The Davcs committee has furnished a program for the financial and economic rehabilitation cf Europe. Europe will come . . . v , --'. ',." back, and so will the prune. Don't neglect your prune orchards -Keep them up, but don't be a one-crop man- This is an age of diversity and this is the ideal spot for diversity. ' ' ' .' ' : ' , ' . ;- ." ' ' --f - - . ":' Let us help you work out your crop and marketing problems. v ;.;... The Boys and Girls Statesman The BIgseat UtUo'Paper ial tho WorlJ Is a glitter of gold Imbedded with blue. .' Literally thousands of stones were tised' In Its construc tion. ; J ' V---"- :':'" The picture which forms the tailpiece here shows .one of the arms of the throne formed of gold In the shape of the winged cbra, a symbolic bird of the Egyptians. All the dark ' parts indicate in lays of lapis lazuli. The entire head was a boulder of the polish ed stone.-',' -. : . Tbe ancient Arabians used, lapis lazuli, calling it Azul. The Chi nese also carved it Into vases, cask ets, buttons and cups and painted on it with porcelain paints. It is mined now in Chile and Siberia and used as a setting in. modern jewelry. Often it, is heated and blown into a blue glass for cheap er imitations of high-grade ma terial. Papist Jazult frequently has a green cast to it or it. may be turned green, by 'heating it and adding saltpetre. It is opaque, has a slight lustre, and. is, gener ally mottled with brown or gola tinted spots. , ; made his conventional. professional inquiries. Then. they. returned as eager as schoolboys might do to the animated ' conversation in which they had been engaged when I entered, and which -1 soon dis covered to be composed wholly of active service .reminiscences. . I might as well have been back in Sag Harbor for any attention they paid to me, a fact for which I was truly grateful. Of course, they never omitted the perfunctory courtesies which to men like them are reflex actions : rather than thought-controlled ones, but - be yond those, I do not ". think either man had any, actual knowledge of my presence at the table. -It was 4Did you see?" and "Do you re member?" and "Were you at-1" and all , the other queries which one ex-service maa puts to another when they have a chance to talk undisturbed. ; . " t ' ; "" I was most, careful - not to say or do anything which would break the spell. Like most of the real heroes of the war, Dicky, would never talk of his experiences!' I had mourned". many times because I knew so -little of . his perils and fang Road That Mas No HILE the prune market has been and is unfavorable, there is no reason for discouragement. First" lMatiosial Eaals- . . . ...... 1 '.' "' 1 " " Salem, Ore jen Edited by John IX. . HHI.tr. A CORNUCOPIA. FOR MAY DAY FLOWERS IN r PkRAx CUT OUT STRIFE t The basket of flowers from the woods that you hang on your nicest friend's doorknob on May Day will' be more of an Individual gift if It is one you have made yourself. This one is quite easy. It is cut from an eight-inch square of paper. Rule off your paper into sixteen sections, mark ing cehterwise each way, corner wise each way with lines half way between each center and cor ner line all the way around, xou now have sixteen parts. Number them as In the diagram. Cut put the ones marked black, Nos. 3, 7; 11, 15. Crease and paste- section 2 on 4, 6 on 8, 10 on 12, 14 on 16. Turn the top flaps back and paste on a slender strip ' for a handle. V - True Enough ; Peg: "What do oa think of Czecho-Slovakia?" Peg:'Well. it's hard to say." triumphs - Httf.e more, in fact, than the- newspaper public had been given in the war discatches. But here, in confidential talk with the little physician himself, as I guessed, a .veteran with heroic field and hospital service to his credit -Dicky . had . dropped the. barriers, and was unwittingly re vealing a record which made me glow and thrill with wifely pride. It was like listening to a saga of the old Norse warriors, I thought, as the evening wore on, and I found myself .unconsciously falling Utn as urnreVilnfiillv Vnrnhla an at- tltude toward my husband as any wife of that Jong ago time find clime could have held. Something of this feeling I tried to express to1 Dicky when at last the supper was over, and Or. Mc Dermott had, bidden us farewell. But the spell had been broken, and my husband's only reply was an irritable "For the love of Mike, Madge, don't you try any of that here stuff on me! Glad you enjoyed the chin chin if you like that sort of. thing.' but nothing doing on any hashed' oyer lalky-talk now." (To be continued.) Turn" .T3 ha?.' : ' t: t' r - dryr