THE OREGON STATESMAN. SA T JTf.f, OREGON 1 SUNDAY MORNING,JUNE 8,-1924 Issued Daily Except Monday by STATESMAN rtTBUSHIXa COICFAVT 215 Soath Commercial SU. Salem, Oregoa K. J. Hendricks Joha i. Brady rraak Jaakoakl ; Manager Editor Manager Jab Dept. MX2C2X Or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , The AtioeliN Press 1 melosiTely entitled U tba via for publication f all ewe, dispatches credited to it or aot otherwise credited ia this psper and alaa the lo"al news published herein. K. J. HEND-RICK3 ( President CABLE ABRAMS Secretary J. U BRADY Vice-President I BUSINESS OFFICE: ? Tfcomaa F. Clark Co, New York, 141-145 West 36th St; Chicago, Msrquetto Bulld- i rag. W. 8. Grothwahl. Mgr. (Portland Office. 838 Worcester Bldg.. Phone 8637 B&oadway, 0. F. Williams. Mgr.) Business Offles Kewa Department TELEPHONES: . . - t8 Circulation Oittoe 13-109 Society Editor Job Department r 683 583 100 Eatored at the Postoffiee la Salem; Oregon, as second elaae asattar. . I BIBLE THOUGHT AXD PRAYER ) I Press Kadio Cost ! I Prepared by Sadie BIBLE SERVICE Bureau, Cincinnati. Ohio. LT paraata via hare their children memorize too daily Bible eelectleona, it wUl preYe prlcaleaa heritage to them la after rssrs, fci June 8. 1924 ! t'j ADMIT THE MASTER: Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice; and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. - - , ', I He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith. -Revelations 3:20, 22. . . . ... 1 ' -.. " ' . - . . PRAYER: Lord, our wills are stubborn. Do Thou so influence us that we shall be made willing to admit Thee fully into our lives. MORE ABOUT FENG, CHINESE CHRISTIAN GENERAL J In ihis corner of The Statesman of last Sunday, there was a sketch concerning-the 'work of General Feng, the Chinese Christ ian general;,?'. . ' '. .Z. V I . ;i On the isame day,-in their Market street church building in alem the Free ; Methodist church forces were holding their 6regon Annual conferencef and Rev. E. P. Ashcraftf &, mission ary from the Hunan province, China, Free Methodist Mission, vrhile giving the principal address at a public missionary meet ing, gave some interesting side lights on the character of Gen eral Feng. t r The Statesman readers are indebted tov It ev."W N. Coffee, district elder of that church organization, f Or the following re port of that address, as touching upon this outstanding Chinese leader; furnished upon request: 4 Among other things, he said that of an army of 20,000 soldiers, 9000 of them were real Christians with personal experiences, that they read their Bibles and prayed, and that as they came Into the province they came singing "Onward Christian Soldiers." ' -.-f .f They commonly sing gospel hymns as they are about their work, lir. Aehcraft was closely associated with General Feng for about six months and esteems him as one of his choicest friends. ' i He has a picture of Ibe General and a book, personal gifts of friendship from the General.- - " J I For four months Mr. Ashcraft was employed to regularly instruct two hundred of General Feng's officers, in the Scriptures. Having thus opportunity for close observation, he remarks that. from a Christ ian standpoint the General's life is exemplary in every way and that fia Mmtantl arlflenmi Iho fart that tin ia n hum hi ft man of God.. Ilia whole army regularly holds daily religious service. f Recently during a long continued drought, when the -people were tv The population in that part of China is .600 to the square mile. At best the country does not pro&ace enough to feed "the people prop erly, and many never know what it is to have all they want to eat; hence the alarm at prospects of a famine,, for It means certain death jo multitudes. r " ' " : '''-. & While the people were greatly exercised over the outlook, Gen eral Feng made a proposition to the people. '". r " ; Firstthose who believed In God were to fast and pray every day for a week, then, secondly, after that time he and his followers would pray for rain. The people cooperated with him and he took his 20,000 men and went out into tne piain to pray, uenerai reng. na ling upon an improvised platform, read the Scriptures. . Rev. Mr. Ash craft prayed, and. then General Feng, with the self abasement of a I Moses of Sinai, pleaded with God to lay not the peoples sins upon Ahem, because they were ignorant of the true light, but to lay their tins upon him. They went out to early prayer and closed their meet ' tag at 9 o'clock, and a( 11:30 rain was pouring. His faith is implicit, find such accomplishments read like that of Elijah, at TjarmeW-. I Thft christians of America should remember rGeneral Feng, in "prayer. Such characters can do much in molding China and establish es the Christian faith. "! :" . At the close of this Intensely interesting Missionary ; meeting an iftering was called for and $688.43 was laid down In a few minutes. before the people his leadership cannot be attacked. There is go ing to be a good deal of scurrying to cover and a good many efforts made to' burn the records or at least distrust them. To a large extent the issue in the approaching campaign is to be between the president and con gress, and there are indications that congress will get the worst of it. The peoplo have been tak ing Coolidge's measure and, broadly speaking, they see in him a president of courage, prudence, sound thought; one who Is in tensely honest. Intellectually and otherwise, and straightforward in the presentation of his policies. On the other hand, they see an obstructionist congress, lacking constructive cohesiveness and un willing to follow the constructive counsel of the administration.' ; Some of that obstruction has come from the democratic party, but that was to be expected. That is the political game. The people expect that and make allowance for it. But opposition from re publicans was another matter. There was nominally a republi can majority In congress, but not a. real majority. The president's policies were opposed and defeat ed by members professing to march under the same party ban ner with him. The -country Bees that the presi dent has not had a square deal at the hands of congress; and repub lican representatives and senators who deserted him and made align ments with a democratic-radical coalition will find that they are coming home to a' resentful constituency. seem to . have been disturbed It Is the old practice of throwing to the law refuse and expecting it to be satisfied. It is a ' travesty on Justice to send a poor little bell boy to Jail for the offending of his employer. It Is un-American, it is unfair, and it does not track with the demand we are making for a square deal for the boys." , Elsewhere in this issue appears an article from The Dalles Chron icle on the primary. The first three-fourths of the article is com mended to our readers as good common sense, and the last is recommended as'being as finished a piece of demagogery as can be found in Oregon and that Is say ing a good deal. The article reasons well at first, but at the end the snapper is as unfair as anything a Portland man Could devise. ; All will admit it was a glorious rain. The drought was not as bad as many made out. When a man is used to having a drouth every year it was small change, but to people whose surroundings have given them the name of "web- feet," it possibly was pretty bad. The humid weather the last three or four days has acted the same as rain The moisture in the at mosphere has given new life to everything and all agree it was a glorious rain. ' just lirriQrarrTE We think that the case of I. R. M. Pierce, former prohibition officer, is being over-emphasized and magnified into boorishness, unjustified by the real situation. As we understand It, Pierce went to a home of a law violator who for some unscrutiable reason ! had been paroled to him. He Just made a social call. Now Pierce Is original and in some ways a social aon-conformist. He has an idea that if he wants to change the social custom it is his business to do so. He did make a change in this instance; he took off : his shoes. ' It. has been a, long time since we indulged In the habit of making these social calls upon the ladles, but the agonies that we sometimes endured by tight shoes remains like the odor of roses around the shattered I vase or sometimes the odor of, tho feeW for that matter. . ' we insist mat .fierce being a mirror of fashion and the center of precedent has a fight to in augurate a new social custom, and unless boys have changed a good deal in the last 50 years, a good many of them would welcome the relief thus secured. It is estimated that 50,000 tour ists have been to Oregon' so far this year. That is a very good showing, and so far as we know they are ; all satisfied. There Is a lot to see here and people ere the better for seeing it. ' . ; Possibly one reason why some men get along better with their stenographers than with their wives Is that )he ethnographer takes dictation. . C03O1EXCE3IEXTS EC OREGON This is the finish of the yeaj when the various educational in stitutions are the center of activ ities, attractiveness and hope. The graduating classes' go out fall of anticipation, expecting to conquer the world. Here Is hoping they WilI do it, "! sr ll '' Will they? Ah, far be it from jis to cast one single shadow or even bring a chill to their enthusi asm. The world needs these young -people; needs' them badly.. Their delicious and refreshing ideas will cheer up this old world.' There "is a chance for them to do lots of gOOd. ; .". "" '.': ' : : Thav wilt Ka iHatllnalnn Afl Oh. ;ihou pessimist. Why not forget All such things? ' Why not Just think of the glorious present when jthese young people standing on the threshold are anxious to bid good-bye. to the old life and eager to start . the new? Those tears you "noticed the last time In' chapel jwere: not regretful; tlfey were sen gtimental. A sigh for the happy tdays of . their-past, but there Is f gladness in their hearts because they feel the urge of action and want to go. out and help fight for Sbetter citizenship. , for better -men -and -women.- This is no time for discouragement. This: is no 'time Ho talk of heart ache. "This is the. flime to enjoy with them the world it now is and the world that .looks iso rosy, whefe they get over the hill. It is great to' be a graduate! It is great to feel the urge of ac tion, great to be ambitious for the morrow, great to want to try your strength' and great; to believe It f sufficient to overcome obstacles.; This is the iay of the college praduate - All hall and. avaunt. May the morrow be Just as bright as the rosy dreams, and may life be a continuance of this happy valley which Is being left forever by the young people. THE CLEVELAND CONVENTION possession with every appearance of being long-standing when the white man appeared. For 450 years they have been 'driven from place to place until their spirit was broken and they reached the point where they were willing to eat out of the hand of the white man. Then they were given, res ervations, but we have ' not re-J spected those privileges always. . The white man's interests have been the prevailing ones always. But glory bej? The president has Just signed a bill which confers citizenship upon the Indians. What they had by right 450 years ago they are given back from the hand of , their white conquerors. and all will be well from now on. There is no telling how good citi zens they will make, but" they will certainly do as well as the negro did. ?:: It is now admitted that the worst mistake made at the con clusion of the war was the. en franchisement of J the negroes. That was a piece of sentimental- ism parading as Justice which was responsible for 90 per cent of the negro trouble since that time. They should have been put upon a probation which fended by the right of enfranchisement. Had this been done they would all be voting now and much of our his tory would be of a different color. However, that Is another story .The Indians cow have come in to their own again, but this time they must share with the whites. and the whites are tremendously In the majority. : ' This week Cleveland will be the political capitol of America. The nomination of a -candidate for president will not be interesting because - it was ordered In the primary;; the .nomination, of vice president will fee used for all It is worth to stir up party interest and give the delegates a run for their money. The real crux of the whole convention will be the platform. Here comes i a great rub. conflicting interests are de manding varied results. ' La Fol- lette stands with his big stick and his ever present threat demanding a progressive platform. Lodre. sauve. astute, resourceful, stands demanding an ultra conservative platform. The president posses ses public confidence but not sure of his delegates in demanding a straightforward republican plat form, that which majors on repub lican principles. 'It is going to be a pretty fight, as- political fights go. But It fs the rock in the chan nel of the stream jthat Is so dan gerous to the republican party. CONGRESS IN VIEW AFTEII A IXJXG TI3U3 rf We do not know when the. In . dians first filed . elaim upon the American continent; We do know, however, that they were ia full . It is now possible - to; take dispassionate view: of congress. Is not one calculated to inspire either respect or affection. Under the subtle leadership of that 100 percent Yankee. (Lodge) congress has managed pretty well to em barrass the president and cripple any program he might promulgate We cannot see how a' lot of sena tors and congressmen can go home to their people and . explain their votes. Cooildge will be the nom inee this week, and when he comes FOOLISH CONTENTIONS When the rich fathers of those Chicago degenerates . announced that they would not spend their millions to save their sons. It was heralded as a great piece of al truism. i , It Ms all very 'funny. Certainly " no one would expect the fathers to come out and boldly announce they are going to smoth er Justice with money. Such aeciaration woum nave oeen as foolish as what the boys have been saying. The fathers have made the only declaration they could make. But Instead of -desiring credit for it the proper thing should be set down, which is that the lawyers arejcoachlng them and they are responding immediately. BELL BOYS; ' We notice some bell boys have been sent to jail In Portland be cause they sold liquor in hotels We have noticed, that the. hotel proprietors- who , are responsible for these boys' conduct, do not FIRST STRAIGHT, THEN CROOKED THE RAIN ' FANS By Ida 31. Thomas The only thing he talks about Is pitchers, bases, and home runs, . -. ' And all within the neighborhood His very presence shuns. , He's crazy on half-holidays. His slighted family never can See aught of him except at night He is a baseball fan! And I? You ask me what am I To speak so sneeringly of these? Why, I'm in quite a different class: I represent the cooling breeze That falls to come on scorching ' days; ; I am a valued friend of man. A benefit to all the world I'm an electric fan! Slipping Up on the Properties It rained a little, one night last March, and by morning the small pools of water In the hollows of the sidewalks were tiny, treacher ous patches of ice. - A portly, middle-aged man step ped on one of the slippery spots, and promptly hit the pavement. like the traditional thousands of bricks. Man number two hastened to the assistance of the unfortunate one, but in attempting to render first aid to the injured, also gave a perfect imitation of an old- time "knockout" comedian, deter mined to put a dent in the stage. Two women passed the pair who were vainly endeavoring to strug gle to their feet. "Isn't that an awful disgrace." exclaimed the disgusted brunette to the Blonde, "and the whole country supposed to be dry!" "Yes," murmured ' the , blonde, and so early . in the morning. too!" Robert? F. McMillan. EDITORIALS OF THE PEOPLE A GENTLE HINT. Editor Statesman: From time to time magazines feature the trials and tribulations of families living In the country who are pestered by city company during the summer time, when fruits, flowers, cream and fresh egjss and possibly fried chicken make such a visit enjoyable to said city people. But it is no joke to the farmers' or' their women who are extremely busy with their very necessary toil Which is in creased by the presence of out slders, or It is at least seriously interrupted by their untimely ap pearance, as practically all of them come without an Invitation. - One o; my neighbors is constantly on the anxious seat asr visitors from twn may appear at any minute, while none of these people called upon his family while the family lived within a few blocks of them in the city., It is often after 10 o'clock when the milking is done, as these town people hop into their cars' about 6 or 7 o'clock and ar rive at the farm just in time to interfere with the important chores of the day, that is milking, feeding and shutting . up little clilckens. A feature of these visits is the number of persons, total strangers to the hpsts, that they manage to crowd into their car, . and prac tically none of them ever drive up to the house some bright morning and say, "Hop in my car, my country friends, and let , me take you for a drive, since you do not keep a car." Maybe you who read this are not guilty, but next time you think of ; some nice place to go, just pause and remember If -the own ers of the home ever Just urged you to drop In on them whenever you felt like it. And don't think country , people are deficient in common intelligence or that they fall to take particular notice that you do not invite them to your fine city homes. ..Indeed, suppose you wait until you are Invited and suppose you wait after that until your visit has been returned. John 'Alexander Clemens. There Isn't much chance to Americanize aliens whose racia cosmos includes the savings habit FUTURE DATES I Jane 10. Taeeday Repnbliraa. aattea l eoaventioa mevts la lieweiaad. Jane 14. Saturday Fia 'day. June 11. Wednesday Wayne Barham Jaa 13, Friday Ilija school fradia atioa dav. ,; June IS and 17. Jfondmy and Tneeday iaie conTenuoa oi urder ol uajtolay ia Salem. - Jaaa 22. Sunday Idaho County pieaii at tair croonae. Jaae 24, Taesdsy Democratta aatioa at eoaveatioB) aste la Mew Vrk. - Jun 29, Monday Salem Elks picnic at surertoa park.- . July is to 23 CnUww oa b June SI. Saturday w.tarJoleoaaty on..r Kimi picnic Jnae 3T-28 Edaeatloaal coaf eremcs. uwiuui; mi vniva oaf J a-J I,,,' ' y- - 'J PSxxsoNRsmii Our Inquisitive 5 Reporter Our inquisitive reporter yester day asked this question of four people chosen at random: "Now that the development of cunieform inscriptions has been identified and registered as both polyphonous and . ideagramatic, what do you . consider the best means of curing a wart on the third finger of the left hand?" Bill Beach, awning hanger: Well, at least I can say this much. Bo. I ain't never yet had my thumb prints taken. Frieda Hull, teacher: "Perhaps, but it depends more or less on what the population of this city was in 1893." A. H. Callan, mehcanic: "If you mean Ida O'Rann, the cashier down at Spieler's, I never noticed no warts on her left hand." Percy Perl, interior decorator: But you can get the same effects with lilac hangings, and orchid cushions to match would be just too sweet. ? Modern Nursery Rhymes Little Alary had a Bob ". - . . They're all the style, you know; And everywhere that Mary went Her Bob was sure to go. You think of course her hair was bobbed, ! Oh no! that isn't so. The Dob of which I'm speaking, Is little Mary's beau! Mrs. LIda Frey. IThJag Te Da ; The Boys oafrsSafcoSatosaM sWU f The Bigges Little Paper sd the WorM Copyright, 1923, Associated Editors, HOW TO MAKE VACATION MONEY Practical Ideas for Boys and Girls The rule for today's vacation money-earner . Is: Don t over charge. It is the surest way of driving away business and de stroy possible future profits. Just remember to do your work In the best way at a moderate price, then the results will be satisfac tory to both you and your cus tomers. In summer when there are no furnace fires, people want their radiators painted. There is an idea for .a good way to make money. AH you need . is a few cans of radiator paint which you can get at any paint dealer's or hardware store. Putting it on Is no trick, at all. Wallpaper cleaning is another fine summer occupation. Bread dough or even flour and water dough made into a roll works like a big eraser, taking away the dirt and leaving the paper fresh and bright underneath. Girls who are successful cooks may work up a. business baking big, juicy, fruity, genuine home made Dies. It won't be hard to get regular customers If the pies are really good ones, baiaas are another field for money rewards. If you let people know that you can supply salads for Sunday eve ning suppers, the housewives will fairly flock to your door. You may be a salad expert for special dinners and parties too. Be very sure that your salads look as at tractive . as they taste. Special ways of sending them out and clever garnishing will help much toward selling your wares. Greasing automobies is a busi ness that pays quite well. Men who drive their own cars and have their own garages are very willing to pay for this service. Repair and keep typewriters in condition. Business men should be glad to let somebody look over all their typewriters every month at a. stated fee. . A girl might also make and sell taff led apples. The taffy is made by melting together brown sugar, butter and water. .The apples are put on the ends of smoth sticks' and then dipped in the taffy and allowed to dry. NERVE Wigg: "Say! More than one ncrson has been guilty of mutilat ing the books I lent him, but my latest experience caps the climax." Wagg: . "What was it?" . Wiee: "I lent Blank my dic tionary and yesterday he returned it without a word. THE MAGIC LIQUTD Here's another, magic stunt. Boys and girls keep writing in to tell me to print .more magic, so I'm going to keep, right on doing it. , If you don't : like it. write enough letters- and I'll change. SCISSORS "mm f GLASS JAR OF WATER If you do like it, write me letters and 111 keep things the way they are. . Show your audience a plain piece of window, glass. When they have finished examining it and know that It is not "trick" glass, tell them that you will now perform a marvelous contra diction to science, ' ; Take the . glass, immerce it wholly in water, and take a pair ; of heavy shears and start cutting : it. It will cut all right if you have the whole thing under water. Of ' course you must tell the audience . that the water is a magic liquid ' which makes the glass cutable. ; CAP'N ZYB. daughter, And learning the things I hadn't oughter. ' We talk of labels and corks Instead of bluebells and storks; SHE calls me "Red Eye." "Rum u Hound" and "Stew," While I call her my little 'Home "Brew. - . Self-imposed The longest "sentence", in the world: "I DO!" (when uttered at the altar.) Headers are requested to eontritnta. All humor, epigrams (or humorous mot toes), jokes, anecdotes, poetry, bur lesque, satire and bright sayings of children, must bo original and unpub lished. Accented material will bo paid for at regular rates. All manuscripts j J mus oe wnwen uu uu, um v mw paper only, should bear name of this newspsper and should be addressed to the Fan Shop Editor, The Oregon Statesman. ,.,-,.' RICKEY . Mr. and Mrs. O. Fryslie and their guests, Johnnie Linton and Dan Evans of Long Beach. Calif., spent the week-end at Pacific City. Mr. and Mrs. G. Edwards have as their guests their grandchil dren, LaJune Gesner of Auburn and Elnora and Kenneth Edwards of Polk county. - The Rickey Wildcats added an other scalp to their belt last San day. The victims being the Salem Cardinals. The score was 7 to 8. A.' W. Blnegar ; is erecting a bungalow for Mr J; Smith of Au burn. : ; Mrs. Foregard, recently from South Dakota, has been elected teacher for the" coming year.' Mrs. T. Woodvest of Eugene was a recent guest of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. Dickman. M. M. Magee sold part of his Duroc Jersey pigs last week. The father of these pigs is grand cham pion of the northwest and the mo ther Is Critic & Orion stock.. Mrs. Brown of Salem was. the guest of her cousin, Mrs. J. Irvin Caplinger, the first of the week. Booth Family to Make Future Home at Medford SILVERTON, Ore.. June 7. -(Special to The Statesman). Mrs. E. A. Booth and daughters Kathleen and Beatrice left for Medford where they will join Mr. Booth. The Booth family has made its home at Silverton for eight years. Mrs. Booth has been very active In club affairs taking ; ; a great deal of Interest In the, Parent-Teacher association. Mr. I Booth went to Medford some time ago and is now employed there. . I Now Is the Time to Get Rid cf : These Ugly Spots ' ? There's no longer the slightest need of feeling ashamed of your freckles, as Othine double strength is guaranteed to remove these homely spots. Simply get an ounce of Othine -double strength from any, druggist and apply a little of it night and morning and you should soon see that even the worst, freckles have begun" to disappear, while the lighter ones have van ished entirely: It Is seldom that more than an ounce is needed to completely clear the skin and, gain, a beautiful complexion. Be sure to ask for the dout' i strength Othine as this Is soli under guarantee of money bat ; if it fails to remove freckles. Ad t I Sisterly Love She: "No, John, you can never be more than a brother to me. He: " "Well, all right kiss brother goodnight!" Joe Gertaide. Parents admonish their children to tell the truth, and then live in constant fear that they will do so. : ' JINOLE -J ANGLES Any funny, nonsensical rhyme that will make Fun Shop readers laugh is a Jingle-Jangle. It must bo in two tines, for example: After winter comes the spring;--Tonsila hurt like everything. ; , ' ' 2 Cows haTe boras and sheep hare wool; . ' - i Ientista hare a lot of pull. Vou will undoubtedly contribute fun nier Jingle-Jangles than these. Ad dress them separately to Jingle-Jangle Department. Kditor The Fua Shop, The Oregon Statesman, Balcm, Or. ' At-a-Girl! . '..v. f. Last evening after I had given my four-year old - daughter ;, her bath, and was just about to put on her nightgown, she noticed she wasnt quite dry. "Oh! mother," she commanded hurriedly, "rub me good find dry. because I don't want to- get rusty." Mrs. L. W. Standke. Tlie Iloot leggr's Daughter " By Benjamin DrCaBerri -I am In love with the bootlegger's daughter, I have to drink rum, I never drink .. ,; .water, -:, . , :. : When I go a-courting, She is always sorting " f The bottles bt hooch from bottles - of booze, J'; :;' V'.. I And I am. kept . busy ' hiding the ,.v : , V clews.; , , . 'If, I am in love with the bootlegger's You Can't Beat tlie Law Laws are made by God men write statutes Sir Isaac Newton said that his greatest dis- covery was the law of action and reaction. Let us apply a modern example: The action: Last year canneries bought all the Royal Anne cherries in sight at ten cents a pound. The reaction : People stopped buying can ned cherries because the price was too high and substituted lower priced commodities. The result: Large stocks still on hand and lower prices -for the new crop. Last year, pears sold to the canneries for - - , $25 per ton. j Result was a ready consumption of pears no left-over stocks hish nrice of 50 per ton for the new crop. The law of supply and demand is implac able. ' . 7 . When either packer or producer attempts to take itrin his bwn1 hahds he plays with" fire. V- ; - r- v ' This is a day for understanding- when you are ready to sell your crop give heed to economic tendencies. If you have marketing problems bring them to us we shall be glad to give you the benefit of our observations without charge or obligation. ' " J f I First Nation al Salem, Orenon Banls'