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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1924)
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' 3y JQIIN IIIDLEI1, llanager Civic Development Department,: .'l ' Chamber 'of Commerce fHhe United SUtes v " Vhe excellence of town -depends so much upon the : ability an tha ppirlt ,ot it people that the :3a m ay quite upsef any compar ative rating based apon actual tan gible ' accomplishment, though, of coi rfaKith, ability ind Uie, rlsbt spirit, Tts pepsie, of. any gtTn 'community ara bound to secure a lpt of accomplishments. r ' . be troq Is that V.bTe to ricrk-'thQia , on , what, they have doie' todatejand, can not t&Tf.e in. 3 aeccrant, wnat 'may-be the fait, that they v have been over coiIng some great. natural .handi cap whith absorbed most, of their en;rgy without ahowlng much ppa-itl-ee? result or, -.Wbat again may be a fact, that they have only re cently learned how to work to gether effectively;- la. either ase tha mrks -given their .town are lity to be low;and. jet, ibecause of ithe spirit hey -haye developed, th tyar? hgy af now, dpjnf, th'f ' accomplishments they are sura to hAve to theireredMri the nci'r f uureTTlhey "may aye a town. that wjj would' find it:xery InpIringi.ta'iJvailii: totl It Is wl,ere men are. nqw, achieving, not were they have achieved'and are nc.v sitting' back- admiring the r.s;t, tkat we would w.ant to;live. pn the other hand; there la' no l i r ;;"J! id,. ay eeieai"except the li: it Imposed by.oqr personal lim it Monar.,- So, where we f ind a com r. -.itjn.t!;? t, i "i done ;a lot and Js it I .gofng ahead with the same vi anan 3, enthusiasm- and energy tc4 fresh achievement,' there we 3 tW i I'lar-Ia GcTIm&n of Chicago '-.c-u- ,-ia TTorccstcr, . for Ler father. f pn. of three -j of wrecking the -i I -t! -- I , r - Gol dman. i I ra.-k Ii 1 aj .r, former prea f " Y---Z. arl Joseph B. fcllaej ring, leader, were 'ca cLarres of conspiracy and 7 ef J21S.CG3-f the bank's .j. .' .--:. - : -7 ". ! rcn!Jr z -Greets Priyts Ruth After . a t, ' :lT lp fhe X . Field: Artillery, of the -New . G uar I. 1,3 2j B&afcle .to get . "rra largv enough for him. ha ;T- jcea.r.weit t'o- xyashr i to ; pk&y erle with the i rt'-' vent; to;,tha-.-War. ..... id th ra' they, flnallr : c'lrr- sx s s Ar-AEErf ,1 h agen vauu ell : AriD Nichols ailt- ; ' to t?v Fcn:DraTi5rf.dp2frcitAr.;pio:;5Hipr;: r " " ; a- i, :- l X r " )- tiii o::i:cn:T stateia:!, SALi::.r, Oregon. probably - shall - find" the -. people with whom' life woud -be best worth living.. : :.-v- ':,'"- , I assume- that the existence, of a town or city depends upon business.- The first test of community excellence, therefore, is what kind of a place is it for business? And the answer to this question goes a bang way toward answering that Other important question, "Is it the kind of a town we you and 1-j-would like to live In?" For, 1 also assume that we must earn Uje living we are going to live. If aving. assured ourselves of the excellence of our towa froni the. essential point qf Its providing . us wl$h a living, the , next question ifl, what does it provide beyond mere living. a For essential as,wa feel that mere living is. that alone WiU not satisfy us;, much less will it1 taake others who .are already making a livigg elsejrhere look ipen our town with desire. 1 Some day the hard-bdifed man wakes "up to find ' that his associ ates "who have made , their ' pile Ijife" inbyed to some , other t place tpl spend it. and, the fellow who is irked bjr. the -sight of ioil realizes that it is on the profits of business that he exists.' As these two scold each other the audience-begin to wake up to the fact that business Is-tha basis of most of what makes life worth living, beauty, art, mu sic comfortable homes, a gracious spcial ilfe; all these CQme from the profits of ; busing 33. And at the same time it wakes up to the com plementary fact that business is not an end : in itself but fe a means to an end, "that , we may lire more abundantly." ' ' .Bo we begin to understand that While business! the "first essen tial to our town, it Is not the whole town arid consequently "in stead of spoiling the rest of the town it must make the rest of the town a batter place to live in. I an therefore going to 'suggest an enlargement of .our '-first test: it'While the-existence of a town orf city "dependa .upon business, that existence is not justified un less : the profits, of :.busines make life in that town constantly more and more worth living.Mr i Assuming : that -we are agreed upon this double-barreled proposi tion, we shall proceed by defining a : series of excellences by which to measure our town. '" First Item My first' Item in grading our town is to assume that it has a variety of industries none of which are mutually harm ful. ' A blast furnace -and" a ailk mill, for example, do not make Ideal neighbors. ; , ' ' I j Second Item The Industries of our town should be those for irhich the town offers peculiar adyantages. V ' ' ', ' ; - i.'J'hlrd ..Item Commerce This is put tihrd instead of first be- found, a. aketv'broa4anes acroaa tne - shoulden and treuaera large aouph in every way f cai thi bulky Heme Run Klngi Thld photograph waa madeinimedtatr u.f terwards . wlven -th '"BaL" : WM received rf by .-' General v John Pershing.-. -. '- mL : ' K , " .1 R-v.f c'.auii'.ions.l-Jp cf Grt-at 'i.'r r. a, . thf Ainerira.3 char- - ' -, cf tsl rrc -t r -1: j 53tafc"Tamplaton went' frexai fcalifwrnia to the Harvard Stadium trtth high, hopes that, liia Lelajxi tSanford track and ' field1 ' team, Mould . win the intercollegiate ithaaapionahipa. He ia the young- feat college coach in the country. iMOTlns bee appointed ' after 1U nation from the Stanford Law In .his student days ha star in the broad Jump, the jump and other field areata. cause tn spite of historical "devel opment, commerce has come to depend, especially In. retail busl a ess, somewhat on industry. i Fourth Item ..Has our town a plan which will guide its future growth, and regulations which will prevent- shortsighted and- greedy individuals from ' handicapping business and spoiling those" things upon which we spend the profits of busines.s i Fifth Item Dqes oUjf town. have good housing? I Sixth Item Education Does our town provide enough ' schools for all its children and, are all its schools good? , : s 1 Other Items Recreation. Pub lic outdoor, playgrounds, parks, etc ;. Indoor,, musieetc.r -" ; 1 1 Commercial Bowling ' alleys! pool rooms', movies, theaters, mu sic etc. , I Public Health Site of the city, oatural -drainage, water 'supply, sewage, watse disposal, health de partment. , j Security-Fire, police ' courts, Jails. f .-. j 'Neatness and Repair Public and semi-public buildings.' railway station, streets and public places, private buildings. . j - I The condition of these indi cates whether our town has or has not community spirit, alert ness;. self respect. ' -- i Taxes and bpnded indebtedness, if too Mgh. indicate slackness in administration or worse, indiffer ent citizenship, 'lack of results from" expenditures " if too " low, indicate an indifferent citizenship and lack of civic pride. -Municipal expenditures should be invest ments vhich in large measure pro duce financial results by facilitat izg business 'and raising yalaes. Some, like expenditures on schools are investments In the future. ; -t ! Expenditures, for , present 1m proyem.epts, Hke street v paving, should be" entirely, completed, bonds paid-up,' during the life of the Improvement. , v f, I If city has a debt Incurred ' to meet expenses or Jo ; pay .for im provements - which are now used up.1 it indicates a low .standard of citizenship.' 't,, . ' 'C'. ', Beauty Beauty, like happiness. Is best when $ecured as a by-product. An ugly thing is not made beautiful by putting a useless or nament on it. Real satisfaction comes f romLhavirig the things-we use every day beautiful. And they will be beautiful if they fully meet the-seed of -use. Thepres ent. day automobile is becoming a thing of beauty, hut the main, con sideration is that it shall be 'use ful.- Our town will be beautiful when .we give enough thought' to our buildings and tq our streets to make them I fully efficient." The trouble now is that ' they are half baked, lick and a promise Jobs , ' '-' Individuality Our town should have ; individuality, not be. a eppy x- .: 1 i -n i I it ried the ay before ' ha aaild to IZsb Katharine -PecX J5f -Tpring-C;'., I.T-'3.r,IIirea"wea tie .Srlt-- "1 -t-9-j-.:.r'f x tarrad School. Mas a of some" othef place.3' If It has a good tradition In architecture, fol low that tradition, tlon't build an Imitation New . York hotel in Charleston. Alake use of Natural beauties, river, yalley, hills, etc. They are .never quite the' same as those in other towns. Use local names ' for your streets " so that they -will recall , your - his'tory or make those who repeat them thing of your ' town. When one says Fifth Avenue he probably . thinks of New York, . but there are a hundred fifth avenues. When one says Peachtree Street he does not have to add Atlanta. City Government We won't try to set up a score for the govern ment but will assnme that under our, democratic systen, if the com munity stands well oh the other items listed then it must have a fairly good government because it has si good citizenship. Citizenship i-Of cpurse we' have all. begun ,to .realize by. this time that. there' is no way of getting a good government without haling a good, activp citizenship. Perpet ual motion is as much a dream in civic affairs' as it is in meebaBics. But an active, effective citizenship means effort, constructive effort. So our town has its quota. of civic and social agencies which afford opportunity for citizens to choose the subjects , in which they are most interested, study them, ex periment with them, and then, on the -basis of knowledge, put them pver. 8o we have a" live chamber or commerce to present the bus! ness man's pofnt of view on com munity problems "and - we have philanthropic agenciea to deal with pur social problems. . .' -The Spirit of : the People If there is any one thing that makes Us want to. live In a town it is the tplrit of the people.' I put this last because it is an intangible and we AwIpans want something wa can get a grip on. But this Intangible la so Important that it tan't be left out 'Any one of yon who has lived among 'strangers for awhile knows the joy of again being among his own people. And our own people are those who are friendly, helpful, willing to' gefin and push. That spirit -Is not nat ural always, but it can be cnlti- yated. " And where that spirit is there is also a good town, the kind of 'town we would like to live in. ' exdurixg presidential poisb :.'"'. There is promie that President Coolidge will have the enduring SoiseTof statesmanship that should attach -to- his high office. Presi dential reputations are no greater than the weakest point in their unfoldment President Grant tell short of greatest possible great ness when he allowed his man agers to put him in the question able position of seeking a third term in violation of all political precedents. Garfield saw only turbulent days after he stirred the troubled waters of New York cus tom ' house politics. That neerless campaigner, "William Jennings Bryan,' fought two noble Rattles and might have won the third but for his -fatal break In Madison Square Garden UDon landins in New " York "- from hia trip around the world. He espoused government owner- shih of railroads only to abandon his position within thirty days. The next to lose the golden halo of the presidential ? poise was Roosevelt. He returned from circl ing the world, proving himself the equal of all occupants of thrones, but on landing in New York took sides in a gubernatorial nominating row in the Emnlre Stale and the man he picked went down to defeat. Perfect poise and real dignity would have kept him out of the squabble. . With all ithe honors the American peo- a -m m ' " ' pie coma give any man. and re cognized as a -statesmai by the whole world, he could have sun- ported any nominee of his party and he would have remained in thai class with Lincoln. But one m lstake lost- him his poise, which he never recovered. ; I -Woodrow; Wilson was the next to eliminate himself from remain ing in the Emancipator class, to whom he was so of ten f avprably compared. ' His " fame .was world wide and even towered above em perors, kings and all presidents but Washington and Lincoln; He trampled on traditions and violat ed precedents when he delegated himself ' to ' the Yersalllea - peace conference to conclude the terms of the . World , war armistice which he had himself dictated and lost nis erown of greatness." "He .cpuld with dignity, have remained at home. . He could have sent the ablest member. chosen- by. the- sen ate -and. the ablest member of the hpuse of . representatives, and the ablest "member -of', the supreme court, all three jurists noted for familiarity yrih Jnlernatlonal law. This non-partisan delegation . could have represented this government at Versailles." Congress - would have ratified any honestteffort of the - delegation to secure the . best results ; possible for , our .country and President Wilson might have saved his league ot nations, his poise and his" undimmed - great ness. ' :'j '. , ' .In this half century of our his tory the ablest men ' lost their poise. President Hays will be re membered jonly . lor the negative virtues of establishing civil service reform. It was a rather mild pansceau The .reputation. It. con ferred on him was easy to live up to end he has been almost as eas ily fsrsotten. President Arthur tterped into. itha. White ' II?---j Mri. Stone Accompanies Cleveland for Republican National Convention .... - M - : -.-s- i ! I A; m , if ' ii I . . - i . ; I I - ' I' i i- . 1 i - 1 it . " ' I i i - f if I 1 j,,,,- mwt ir- ni .1. , mm TlftiTf tiTf'r " "11 ' ' ' " - J I i iiiMinf.-,-.-..- ex -jt Jli-- jjv.-.-L.uj,ii.'.iMjiJ'jCt'.''iViia'1- . xocw " )"' '""i .---. - .-o-t-' - ' I -ftBjrFmFX. -I.-i-y-i. jZywm&. ywwaiBaiflsnwia Tiy yswyASTftJt as,. This photograph was made as Harlan Fiske Stone, Attorney Gen- aral of the tJnUed Statea; and Mrs. crqwned '.with an easily-fading vice-presidential halo and his per penality faded with it. president Cleveland won the presidency twice agalnct tremendous obsta eles reared In his path. His party still suffered from Civil war un popularity. His burly, uningraU atlng, exclusive manners gave him noj odds among the betting class es With McKinley, he never com mitted a political "faux pas,"" and both closed their life careers without "a fateful loss " of poise caused by mistaken political judg ment." ' ' A - ; In Coolidge we have the first hardboiled New Englander in our half century to occupy the White House. - With remarkable ability he. remained silent the first half year of his accession to the presi dency. Several .aspirants ; to sue ceed him went to Europe, toured Russia, to obtain campaign ma terial, but on their-return found) a man of dignity and poise, not given to peddling the big noise, occupying the .White House. . He did not mploy rhetoric or explo sive verbosity. 1 It is a growing belief that Coolidge will not vio late precedents, outrage traditions ov peddle peannt politics. i An addled congress ' without leadership passed its own political miscreationa' and tem-porizjng ex pedients over his head in the face qf courageous vetoes. It has not lf t Coolidge mqrally or politically weaker , before , the people of our country. Col. E. Hofer in The Manufacturer. THOUGHTS FOR ERY DAY '. By Editor J. B. Parker of The J.Conway (Arkansas) News Good-natured men and women are seldom sick. Sunshine is . al ways; to be found where good cheer abounds. 1 " A smile from the heart will drive dull care away always, and its force for good is boundless. It strikes in every direction, and of ttimes lifts a cloud that has been barrassing someone else. : Just watch the good-natured and smiling people. Note their faifh and confidence. In wjiat they are doing. Discover, If you can, a discordant, note "wherever their sphere is, i . You . cannot, because both heart and mind are in harmony. It is a condition that comes to only those who have learned to master them selves. They are getting out of life a vast' return for the good which they are puting Into it.1 Selfishness, envy, vanity, dissat isfaction and discontent- always bring misfortune. Right now take 1 1 - . Let Us Plan : ' Your Vacation Trip Ctwek Daggaf,fnriUBli trsrel pabUcationaAnd full udarmxxioa, by cU or telephone. Th Omton Electrie BaUwmy will aril ticket to the Eaatern pointa shown below. Sept. 15th, tood rtrturning untU October 3U : Ona way Via Caiitorni SiliUy '.A wide ehoiea of roatea and stopovers are available in both diraetioaav : ROUND TRIP Atlaata Baltimore .11960 143.81 155.55 ' 1227 88.05 108.85 lio.ei C6.05 pes Uolnei . Detroit ...... f Motion Buifala Dulnth Indianspolis , Chieago Kansas City . . Cincinnati Cleveland . Hemptua Milwaukee ' Kiaaeapolia , Trains of Fame to the East . North Coast Limited Oriental Limited - S.f . 4k -Uarortbern Pac C. B. ek Q. f .. 4k OrMt Korthera, C.B.-Q. . . ... . ... ' For amy detail denirwd plans call , - c-,n Lv; . ' . f or otfic, scriV of flcphonm , , J. W. IUTCI1IE,' Agent, Salem, Oregon Electric Stntlon, Telephone Main 727. - f State and High Streeta, 1 SUNDAY MORNING, Attorney General to rgtone arrived in the Ohio conven. t i 1 a self-inventory of yourself and see wherein you are faulty every day and then about face. Uarned Men Become Wild When Starved for Oxygen LONDON, June 20. Oxygen starvation produces some extraor dinary effects on men ascending high mountains."'- rrofessor Bar croft at the'Rpyal Institution re cently told his hearers that during one of his ascents, after' "a height ot ; 16,000 feet had bee reached, he noticed ' one of the party be having wildly. t At another altitude a highly re spectable don indulged iw- lurid language and there was the, case on record or a man suttering irom oxygen starvation who had writ ten down his sensations and as CHAMPION MERMAID TRIES i 1 GOLF TO KEEP HER FIT TO 1 HOLD LONG DISTANCE TITLE S-.- A-:.c.-. av.-.v-X-; ft -4 "WW ?W w f -?5 it i. 4 j '4 Xmm TJTHan Ptodd&rt. CannpH. rut state long distance swimming chamjHpn waa preparing at Long Beach. X. for; op early season event . when - this photograph w&a taken. She varies her awlrhmlna ;w!th golf and takes her clubs with ihsr to the beach. . " FA$ES 79.70 107.65 74.05 101.29 74.05 96.10 , 86.90 74.05 Vontreal , New York. . .91S4.80 , 149.45 , 74.05 vmana Philadelphia . 146.97 PitUbnrch 121.81 Bt. ixais ; .. 83.55 .' 6 Paul , T4.05 .148.61 Washinftoa . - nw- - mi laaaaaa . " ' in-v--- "f ? J lit'1 S-J 1 ' ll ' V ? 'i ?M .A - Ai . f V , ' il - - " " D 1 1 B 1 v ;,v.- , , i JUNE 22, 1021 fhe starvation became acute'start ed getting- hisspelling fuddled. : It was characteristic of this starvation that, though the victim would know what to do, as for In stance .'that by moving 20 . yards he would get out ot danger, be would not do so unless definitely instructed by someone else. ; Albany Photographer . Likes- Our Market . Ed Carroll, photographer of Al bany, Is voicing h is great appror, ai of the Ford sedan he. purchased at the Certified market in Salem. He came back to Salem the next -week after making his purchase and- stated that Albany people have no opportunity to' buy uaei cars cheap, like the Salem market sells them, and that he was going to direct a number of his friends ' : ' OF lylCllll 1J lvU'Lj j ,:l ...... ... J. . ., : t . I . ; ... tj-. -j . - . .. . , - ou will find represented in tins adycrtL-rr::- i1 r t phenprainal ponpsrap!i' values1 ever fferjJLl. rrcrj-: nbgraph' fully aranjeed.' ' r - ; . $35 Victrola ... $75 Victrola; z $50 Victrola . $25 Victrola $45 Edison ..... f50 Columbia ::.J..;.1J... f This $125 Vfcirela geed Terras i $5 Down, $5 a I.f onth. $125 Brunswick.. $200 Starr ' " , , $235 Edison. $125 Edison.. ; $225 -Victrola: $200 Pathe U. $75 SteinbuxTL $150 Victrola J $125 Victrola $200 Edison L $275 Victrola . $200 Columbia . $150 Erosrson. $S5 Edison P CO Edison TERMS -We yill jjio r v r: -'it.'' person yerjr eas jterms cn ony, plicnc ; cn sale. . 432StntpSt. Established 43 Years : -- ' ' fo F!lc-m,"to i .uke ii. '.r t He is so entlnul.itlc cvf r II the market is eetlins its run dise that he made aa a; : : to bring in a friend to : - t a ( tied car later In t5; wn ':. Kfwanlana A ! J j m DENVER, Colo., Jura V: . With the". election of Victcr : Johnson of Rockford, - 111., C4 ' International presilnt enj t selection of St. Taul. Ilrin., v : 1925 ' convention il'.y, V. ' annual convention of tie club international fijo :n i . today.' 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