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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1924)
loaned Daily Kxrvpt Monday by THE STATESMAN PXJBLISHIKO COMTANT 213 South Commercial St., Salem, Oregon : R. J. Jtndl-ka John Li. Hra4 ank Jaskoski . - , Manager . - - Kiitor Manicrr Job ' Ipt. ME2CBEX Or THE ASSOCIATED PKES3 Th AMFiat4 Prrsa is . exrlasirely entitled to the use for publication of all new dispatcher credited ta it or sot otherwise credited in thia paper and alio the local wwi pablimhed kereia. THE GREAT CITIES OF AMERICA TO BE HERE UAUGHKItTTT SPEAKS All these states (of the Pacific Northwest) shouldenefit from the great change which is coming in world commerce, which change will transfer the center of trade from.the Atlan tio to the Pacific ocean. Few peopled realize the great signifi cance of this transformation It will be truly revolutionary in character. New "i ork City, now the financial center of the western world, must give up its supremacy as has each of the great cities of Europe in ks turn. The cities of the Pacific coast are to become the, great cities of America. California, Oregon and "Washington are to become the richest and busiest of our 48 states. These Pacific coast centers, are destined to be the clearing house between the wealth of America and the teeming millions ' of China", Jndia and the Far East. For cen turies these Eastern people hive been asleep; but when, they once awake the' result will be greater than tbe( wildest imagin ation can visualize.' !,;; ; ;L' 'y-y:'X i. The words quoted above, are by Roger "W. Babson, the statistical wizard, whose prophetic utterances concerning things financial appear regularly on the commercial 3page3 of the leading newspapers of the United States; They, are from the Babson syndicated letter of March 22, concluding a discussion of general affairs in the Pacific Northwest, in which he shows that compared with last year the value of city business for this section is running: like this i Oregon leads with a gain of ,18 per rpnt? Washington sHowa a train nf .1 nir dpnt ; Tdahn A ' loss of 19 ' per.: cent. ete ; ' y-":-y: '-, y . ":y. . . The writer of the matter appearing in this corner of The Statesman has been saying, and repeating for years, that the future greatest growth of the United States is bound to come to the states along the Pacific ocean, on account of the fact, first, that three-fourths of the people of the world are just aoross the Pacific 'ocean they are at our front door, in respect to the cost of transportation second, tne greatest timber resources of the world8 are along the Pacific ocean, from .Alaska clear down to the lower, extremity of South America ; third, we have on this coast' the greatest water, powers ; the greatest f white coal" resources-7-nearly ; half . of the potential energy Of this cheap power in the whole of continental United States; and, besides these three great reasons, we have enormous undeveloped re sources on this coast, above those of any other sjeetion of this country' -- -- . --. --.-. , - But the writer has not ventured -to nvako.such a sweping prediction as is made above by this cold, calculating wizard of statistics ; by this leading authority in hisfield in the whole cf this country, or any country. ; ? ': ; Los Angeles enthusiasts have been for several years pre dicting that their city was to pass New York in population and business; to become the world's greatest city.- The same claims Lave been made for Seattle, by some of her people, and there are residents of rortland who have the same enthusiastic vis ions for Oregon's" metropolis;- . " ' V Put. here comes the man' approahMgtlirigeatetrif.aJll livLi'g men to being appropriately- designated as' one Speaking vath authority and says these 'enthusiasts arc not amiss' in t' eir predictions. :.y ; - - ' ' ' : - y ' , Lr Jiabson may- visualize , San Francisco as - the - coming i ; i test of ill cities - 61 the world- in; population ''and, business ; but he iy'es'i aVpictnre. maf will encourage the three' other;' eon- tenierjt;;-H:--T-?'"r:r . '-. ;' .V'-:4 , 'sJnihat day, Salem will be the Belfast of the United JStates, and' Ui'e'Petalunia and San Jose, and Fresno, of 6regori and the Vfestfiel4 vof ; the Paeific-coast,i to say nothing of fdistMetions iit Aarious other direetions,:some of them now no! dreamed of, or cnTybinted. at- T; "h ' vV-v'V-'t;- And Salem 4will,have. a million people, and "the "Willamette valley ten millions-: and the most-prosperous and contented and enliihtlned people of the world. ' : r ; - Former Attorney General Daugh erty lias been making some de cisive Inroads on his Investigat ors, For one "thing he says that two members ot the committee who ' Insisted on him furnishing thenf private ties knew those files contained sovjet propaganda, as they had both been in Russia the past summer. This is a terrible center shock and we have an idea that the senators will sit up and take notice. . Another Daugherty broadside is that no oil interest, directly or in directly, contributed to the elec tion of Harding. . It was hardly necessary to 'still further explode that' million dollar bubble. - All the testimony relating., to the Harding campaign campaign fund came from ex-bandits, indicted grafters and unsavory women. Daugherty is anything but an an gel, but it must be confessed that so far he hasn't been touched by the investigation. He did have bad companions, however. His friends did consort with these out laws', and heLought to have left the cabinet, but we must give to Daugherty the opportunity to make, his case before the public. Everybody knows he could not make it before the committee; that it is all prosecution and no defense. Iem. Are we going to meet the challenge of this life-saving ef fort? ,. y"' . FERflLIZKIt, TRUST RUSY The fertilizer trust has repre sentatives In Washington contend ing that the south is deluded and imposed upon in supporting Henry Ford's Muscle Shoals offer All argument aside, the country pre fers to have fertilizing opportuni ties turned over to Ford rather than continue in the handa of the fertilizer trust. An officer of the trust declares grandiloquently that if ever Ford's promises did come true that it wouldn't help the northern farmer. - This effort to revive -sectional feeling is un worthy the lips of decent men. IT LOOKS SUSPICIOUS .HANGING NOT A REMEDY A particularly atrocious murder was committed In Portland a few nights ago. There have, been som terrible murders committed In this country, and a careful survey of all of them does not Indicate that restoring capital punishment has aided in preventing murder. Men who commit murder are governed largely by two considerations. The large majority of murders are committed in anger and without thought of consequences. The de liberately planned ones are com mitted under the belief that de tection can be avoided, i The hang men's law has nothing to do with it. ; .., . ' - -. r.:i . ' Murder Is the one great' crime wherein, the consequences figure little. The smaller - crimes" are planned more deliberately and the consequences pictured, but when it' comes to murder, men lose all sense of proportion. . CHILDREN'S CLINIC The Oregon Statesman has been congratulated upon its position re garding children's clinic. ' Words of congratulation however sweet, are . not what is needed at this time. 'There; must be some con certed action. The best way to please The Statesman is to get busy and save the lives; of the children. -There are many deso late homes, many empty arms, and many aching hearts,' and in so many instances the Infants deaths werejinnecessary. T J "1 'iji. A. children's clinic would save precious lives right here in Sa- Xear Eugene a bunch of men reported killing 50 rattle snakes. That certainly harks back to the good old days when men could fight rattle snakes any time they wanted to by Just pulling off their boots and emptying them out. MY MARRIAGE PROBLEMS Adele Garrisoa'a Kew Pdjum of REVELATIONS OF A WIFE Copyrliht 1911. by Newipaper Taatar Service, Ine. ,t UWL ?nni JV. SALEM ARBS3RV TOMIGHT 7:30 CHAPTER 150 ,THE NEWS THAT DICKY BROUGHT TO MADGE "Did you find her?" I sprang up from my easy chair in the sitting room of the hotel suite as Dicky opened the door and came in. To me, chafing un der the Inaction which, my black eye and discolored forehead had imposed upon me, the hours in tervening since Dicky's departure In search of Katie's present where abouts had seemed an eternity. Constantly before my eyes was the vision of Lillian contending with the combination of my mother-in-law's broken arm,xthe con ciliation of Mrs. TIcer whose methods of housekeeping Mother Graham outspokenly disapproved and the care of Junior, thejwhlle hHrn . work gloomed . xaoniaSal like in the background. I had ex pected to be gone but a few hours, overnight at the most, and that Dicky would be at Lillian's right hand during my ; absence, but my' bizarre accident had de layed my errand almost 24 hours, and had brought Dicky to my side. Every nerve was. tingling as : I awaited the answer to - Dicky's question. . Dicky grinned tantalizingly, and buffed his chest out andthump ed it approvingly." ' . "Behold the man who should have taken the message to Gar cia if he had been out of the cradle at the time," he said. "Yes, I have found our missing hand maiden, that 'is, I have discovered where she is at the present mo ment, and will be for the next two or three hours at least." ' K " "Where?" I sprang up With the tense monosyllable, snatched up my hat, and moved toward the bedroom and the mirror. "In a cheap restaurant in Brook lyn, near the Long Island station, where she is cooking, I believe. What's the big idea of the quick costume change?" "Have It Your Own Way." "Because," I said, adjusting my heavy veil so that it fell over my face, "if we hurry, we may be able to catch that 4 o'clock train back home. We ought not to be away from Mother and Junior an other night." t "Granted," Dicky replied with madening ' masculine imperturba bility. "But thats no reason why we shouldn't lunch Comfortably here. We'll have plenty of time." "Dicky!". All the exasperation which his attitude Justly demand ed was in my tone. "You know better than that! Plenty of time. Indeed! When nobody knows where Katies things are, and how long it will take her to get ready, or anything," I finished lamely. "May I ask,'? Dicky . inquired with heavy sarcasm, "just what you do expect to do lunch at the hash house where Katie is?' - ' I threw up the smothering veil and faced him ; determinedly. l-.That is exactly what I mean to tto, if I have tim to eat lunch at all. If not, it won't kill either you or me to fast awhile. And as for the' hash f house. if Katie is cooking there,: I fancy we can stand it." ; Dicky spread his hands resign edly. ' ' ' ; "What was It that oM guy said about ducking Into a corner of a housetep rather than sharing a big house with a ; brawling wo man?" 'he said. "I'll Inform the universe he said a whole bill of fare. But have it your own way. j I see you have the bags full all I packed, so 111 go down and pay the bill,1' and come back for you. But let me tell you something I won't do, and that is1 go out with you with that veil swathing your face. Show your black eye, if you have to, but nix on the mysterious veiled-female disguise." ' An Uncomfortable Trip. He swung out of the door, and I was glad enough of my victory in the larger matter to yield to him in the smaller. But I dread ed infinitely the curious glances which would be my portiotn when I should again; face the 'outside world. Dicky returned in a few minutes and glanced at my re-arranged veil w-ith approval. "That's about as good a draping as can be managed,' he said. "But nobody'll kidnap you today for your . beauty. And if the cruelty soclty doesnt nab me before the day is over I'll be truly thankful. I've got a taxi to take us to the subway, or do you want to go the whole way by machine?" I shook my head resolutely, al though the thought of facing a subway crowd was dismaying:. ,TSLi I -B 13 o 5 U Si n fu f 53 ) J "'' 4 1 i. - 'ti f I' ft -. One of the Mystery Girls with Richards at the Grand theater. Treated by Skilled' Specialists DURING the many years that I have maintained a highly experienced medical clinic in Portland, Oregon, for the treat ment of Piles and other rectal and colon disorders, literally thousands of sufferer have come or been sent to me from all parts of the West This astounding growth, in my practice has necessitated lander and better' equipped omces in ray own new tmiicung ana an in creased staff of skilled assistants. It has also brought me an experience which enables me to confidentially GUARANTEE to cure any case of Files by my non surgical method or refund the patient's fee. There U no confine men tnd treatments mat be taken at eocji times aare moat convenient to the patient. My fee U extremely moderate. . Write tadajr for my FREE OWrateJ Wok which Uuaea wfcacb mry rectal laum ME'NTldlv iWAW - OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE XXTHIS PAPE1R WHEN WRITING,' , ,',. , . ... -.. "We must get there the quickest way, I said. "Have it your own way," he acquiesced. "Ill stand In front of you, if I can. but I'm. afraid it won't"-help" "much " "" " His words were only too true a prophecy. : That subway trip wiH always be a nightmare to me. The car in which we found seats also held several : girls of school age, and though I tried to feel aloof and superior, yet I could not help wincing at their frank stares, their amused comments to each other -some of which were plainly audible- and their ecstatic giggling. By. the time we had reached our station and I had fol lowed Dicky, to - the door of the restaurant where we expected to find Katie I was almost ready for nervous tears. ' (To be' continued) Spotlight Is Stolen His spotlight was stolen "Wed nesday night, H. II. Harris, 173 South Liberty, notified the police; yesterday. Attend Firemen's Sehool--r Three members of the Salem fire department were in Corvallis ye,-"" terday to attend the school for firemen. Those making the trip were John Robert Mills, Chet Lindley and Fennimore Daggett.! Fire Chief Harry R. (Buck) Hut ton, Is planning to take in the ses sion today. " , . 'V f STARTS TODAY-2 P. M. ; V ,A Comedy of Joy: Jolts and Furi Volts A v - jAxrrsarxa taste -rvftK at nADcorrrx." : - -;r - r l 11 II" U ...TP". wx , ; '- , A UO Y t mm ea 4 S UTOIWTI DO VW THINK',; DIG 11 ,'" ': BIQ REOPENING T O NIGHT 7-9 P. M; Libeirity Hear the Opening Concert on the Unit Organ homer Mcdonald - Popular Oregon Theatre Organist. , SELECTIONS: (A) Lutspiel Overture ' Kela Bela. (B) - Three O'clock in the " ' , Morning. . : ' (C) AllahVUolida' a VV : PROGRAM ?V S : SPECIAL PRICKS S, - ' SA) ' jp Adulta ----- - - 33c'; J iV-) V Yi i. Children lOc ji! ' lF&fr '-"m SUNDAY GRAND Mon Tues Wed. OREGON His Latest and Greatest "GIRL SE i 11 HAROLD LLOYD 8 REELS OF LAUGHS LIBERTY .CHILDREN'S MATINEE SATURDAY lO A. M. ' ' - - lOc - - . IJudL-j 0 THEATRE LAST 2 DAYS Today and Saturday LADIES ONLY MATINEE TODAY At 2:30 P. M. Regular Matinee Saturday The Season's Biggest Sensation mm 1 America's Greatest Magician A Masslre Stage Production In THREE PARTS And Tnrelvo H3 Gorgeon Scenes Carload of scenery. Excel . lent company. Special Orchestra. . ASK RICHARDS About anything that la trou bling you. He knows. Cetthe BABY - Saturday Mght? PosltlTely NO pig, dog or animal. But a real live baby. Eleven months old. NOTE Dozens of rabbits given away tree to the children Saturday matinee. Children any seat oOc. ; " , i TRICES Nights 35c, BSc. and 85c Matin?esAdults .. 55c Children ......30c . Tax Included. j i ; i i i j i v.