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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM,1 OREGON SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 26,-1921 PATTERSON REPLIES: Oil JOINT DEBATES Miller Slated for Second Place Declares Repub - , Jicah Chairman5 desirethat is, audiences for your candidate, and ; doubtless . place him second In November." I Blue Typifies Young America I. I. Patterson, chairman of the state republican committee, in his reply to Dr. C. J. Smith, demo cratic chairman, to a challenge for a joint debate between United States Senator Charles L,'. McNary,, republican nominee, and Milton A. Miller, democratic nominee, rela tive to campaign issues, issued the following letter: "I have your letter of the 19th inst., suggesting a joint speaking campaign of ten meetings in dif ferent parts of the'state, between Senator Charles L. McNary and Honorable M. A. Miller. "Your letter on account of be ing addressed to Eola instead of Salem; R. Fj D. No. 2, reached me four days after you had given it to the press hence the delay in answering. "It occurs to me that Senator McNary would be the proper per son for you j and Hon. M. A. Mil ler take up 'the matter of a joint discussion With. Speaking for myself, the general opinion of close political observers of all parties; Is that Senator McNary will bo reelected by an over whelming majority. 4As I see It, the only contest "in the senatorial election in Ore gon possibly would be for second place. I understand there is a probability of a third candidate for senator. In the event there is permit me to suggest that you ar range a joint speaking campaign between Hon. M, A. Miller and a third candidate. This would prob ably bring about, the result you if,.. 1 17 . trpiroroiTHioToi 7i 1 lAOVn "The faith of the artist, the soul of a poet, and he gives us the con sciousness of ourselves," Thus ended jour dithyrambic outburst after we had watched Monte Blue act in -''The Marriage Circle," which is scheduled for a 3 daya' run at the Oregon theatre beginning today. ; "We happened to be at the Warner Brothers' west coast studios, and were see ing Blue put all the energy and imagination he possessed into sev eral scenes of this unusual pic ture. ; ; j It is significant that Monte Blue is a son of the Middle West, he is a Hoosier, was born in Indian apolis and born at a time when the material contentment " of the pioneer was being disintegrated by the intellectual unrest of a generation for which the farm had become too small. The onslaught of the industrial age had come and with it new contacts, new ideas, and a strangej discontentments - In many respects Monte Blue reminds one of another son of the Middle West; of Anderson, moat; representative of American writers and the "white hope" of American letters. Both are conscientious seekers for new ideals and uncompromising fight ers in the battle for a higher and finer conception of life. Even out wardly there j is a strong resem blance between! Monte Blue and some of Sherwood Anderson's characters, these creative dream ers with their plain, sincere talk,- their large, 'sweeping gestures, these young men of the American middle class who have done with the illusions of the past and yet not quite found themselves nor the values ofjainew world yet tj be created by them. Monte Blue is American youth typified, American youth strug gling to find expression for i$ finer and subtler qualities, Amer ican youth still (somewhat Inartic ulate and groping about for some thing as yet hardly understoor.d. American youth discovering its soul. . j - ; ii. . Surely Monto Blue has played romantic lovers and played char acter parts (who, for j instance' would forget his remarkable .por trayal of Danton in the !"Oi-phan.j of the Storm") which only goes to show how versatile he is and now anxious to ever broaden his per sonality and I widen the circle of his art. But-, though it wa3 hi chivalry, his honestly, his courage, and his strength 'through which jf til . , - ! ( SUM',. Ji Scene from "The MarriageCircle'j now at the Oregon. he appealed to the audience in those parts, there is always th's other element in , him which Sherwood strikes an even deeper chord of sympathy, of compassion, almost of pity in the hearts of those who see; Monte Blue on the screen.! Ho appears so youthful, at times al most helpless, so awkward, so em barrassed, "ot crushed by the crudity and cruelty of the sur rounding unfeeling world, f he seems to suffer so much, that the heart of every woman in the audi ence goes out to him in an over whelming feeling of sympathy they all want to throw their arms about him and protect him a?ai iet the harsh world that has wounded him and that he does not quite understand. i : . ; I QREGOM I i ! Sjj - l !-; Swiwfe A Story of a Flirtation A Flirtation that Went too Far! DIRECTED MMim - If i !' : H I- .' . EMS T LUBflTSCH Florence Vidor MonteBluc Hany Myers Mane Prevost AdoJpheMenjou Qeitfhtbn Hale ? i . . -.- -,. i . SHE. infired with tbe wilci of the tigeress, laid her tr for the one-woman man. Instead 'of : ! and vice sho adopted tks odor ' of Egyptian i perfumea ! created in thn ases past by sorceresses of the Kile, not for the nonI. bat to sabdne the resistinn powers ef i decency. . CleoDa'ra in all her slnrv won Id have cried with envy at the foot of the chaise loncue that held the lithe form clothed in all h latest creations of to i". w iuiuo uu'j iui mo secret eyes ci mnaay s Doaaoir. - i BAHGAIN MATINEE 25c TODAY FLAX PULLERS ARE S DEMONSTRATED HERE : (Continued from page 3 J pulling. Including the tractor, on a demonstration of 45 acres, on H. 'E. Hoke's farm near Stayton last year, was 2.64 an acre, cov ering all costs. This-did not in clude the time of the -expert. : If the interest on the capital invest ment and depreciation, also allow' ing current wages for the expert, were added to this, the entire cost would not have exceeded $6 an acre. . 5 The seven machines now being operated are doing as well. Some of them better. . ' '.-'J No one who understands any-- thing about the flax industry, in the, whole Salem district, has any doubt whatever concerning the ab- solute and entire' success of the Vessot flax pulling machine.' There is no doubt that all the flock of 13 machines now owned here will be fully employed next year; and perhaps as many more ordered; depending upon the rap idity with which the manufactur ing end can be gotten into motion. In time, there will necessarily be hundreds of these machines In this district. i CHURCH MAILING I Silver TOURS GUIDES on Norwegian Luth erans Instigate Publicity . i Proposition z . Rev. About the only things the up per and lower classes have ip common are patriotism and flies. SIL.VERTOX, Or., July (Special to The Statesman.) Georgej Jlenriksen, secretary of tMe Pacific district of the Nor wegian' Lutheran church of Amer ica, is mailing to pastors asking for them small folders which are called "Tourist Church Guides." The gnides were printed in Sil verton jat the order of the Pacific district mission board and will be distributed in all auto camps of the Pacific district by the pastor in each city. ; . ; . The guide contains names and addresses of the mission board members; of the officers of the Pacific! district; of ; all pastors of the district, arid also locations of all churches, besides information concerning the services held in th different churches. - : ' The jchurch is desirous of get ting inj touch with tourists and it Is thought that the distribution of the gHjdes would be the means of reachirik many who could be found in no f jpther way; Twenty-five thousand guides were printed and are being sent out by Rev. Mr Henriksen as fast as they can be prepared for mailing. 'i A small leaflet Inclosed in each guide gives a brief outline of the courses given at Pacific Luther college at Parkland, Wash., of which p. J. Ordal is president WE PAY CASH FOR YOUR FURNITURE AND TOOLS Capital Hardware & s Furniture Co. Best Prices Paid 285 N. Com'l St. Phone 347 Paving Contract Is Let For New Silverton Block SILVERTON. Or.. July 23.- (Special to The Statesman.) A contract for the paving. of a block on Center street was awarded to L, C. Herrold at a special meeting of the council Wednesday night. The paving is to be of asphalt, and will have a five-inch rock founda tion. fA petition was brought in to the council asking that a license for the conducting of a pool and billiard room in the vacant store room bn Main street be refused, Nothing definite has been done, but it Is known that a party de sires ti rent the building for that purpose and many-Silverton resi dents tire opposed to having such an establishment on the principal street fin town. Action concern ing the matter was deferred until a later meeting tithe council. LIBERTY STARTING TOMORROW i 'Silver King5! the Wonder Horsa ' ; : 4 And 0 BARRY J mom pr-oductio)' Directed tyl filbert dcgplL .;! I V : And j JiPIES I MUCH MO E BEE I orme'r alem Resident Re turns After Two Years Spent in Orient A. Taylor, sales manager ff K, tillomeus' Horsl coiiuiany, San Francisco, was a visitor In Salern Friday after having spent two months in Japan where he closed lutiire contracts for practically all of the American hops that will be needed . In Japan lor a term bf years; Mr. Taylor visited aad closiod with: every , brewery n Japan and reports that; beer cop suniption J3 decidedly pq, the creiise as it is su-pplanting tie titrong native acholic drinks. J Mr. Taylor, states that ,he was treated most, courteously; by ill Japanese citizens of the thinking classes and that the only anti- Am?ricau demonstration that pic witnossod were in the -nature jof parades made up of the radical element. " , Mr. Taylor, although born in Salm, has made his home in San Frahcisco and Portland and is Re turning to the former city after paying a short visit with friends in $alem and Portland and has stopped at . all of the KylClcmcps iinrttt rnmnanv s Dronerties in British Columbia and Oregon.' JU5T1CES1EI1 FORIISLIST Oregon Supreme Court Will -r t . r - - r-!.J: laKe iis necess D.egiii i ning August 1 i ' ' - I ";!" Beginning August' 1, the Ore gon supreme court will declare its annual month's rece'ss. '. Justices of the supreme court will scatter to qiany parts of Oregon for their vacations. ? ' I ' Oregon beaches are calling to Justice George M. Brown, j who will also visit his home at Roseburg Justice George H. Burnett is in cluded in this group, while Jus tice) John L. Rand, after spending i few days at hsi home, in Baker, will leave for the coast. , i Justice John McCqurt .will spend a short time in Portland and then go to the mountains. Eastren Oregon i's calling to Jus- tic jtfenry J. Bean. Justice O.jP. Cosnow will sppnd somes time jat Roieburg, his home, and then msay visit! other parts of the;stateiin thei interests or his cotnjng cam paign. .. :' : ' ' I Chief Justice Thomas: A. Mc Bride plans to spend the majority of jhis vacation at hia ranch ion Deer Island, though herimay find time to visft a few other places before resuming his duties at the supreme court. i -1 our machlno shop we, are com pelled to follow the director's dic tation or lose the government sub sidy. ' : . . ' "This proposition of theory ver sus community needs should cer tainly never be extended to I all our public school system. Deaden ing uniformity will surely sap the local initiative and pride In its schools. Furthermore., the danger of ' making, the schools : a part of a government system changed and altered to suit, the views of ;the political party in power makes us thoroughly skeptical pf the value of such government supervision." MJss Gladys Stevenson favored the club with several vocal num bers. .. . " Fi e Precautions Taken - By Silverton Residents SILVERTON. Or.. July 25j ( Special to The Statesman, i- Mdre than ordinary .precautions are being taken by many resi dents of Silverton at thej present time in regard to fire. So dry is it; that often times people hesi tate to build a fire but do tljeir cooking by. means of oil stoves; -or electricity where it is possible. jNo serious fire has occtirred recently. but consideration of employing some one to Watch for firps during th night has been made 'Nothing definite in' this line has been done ! i -i J : A number of Silverton men, some of them members of thei na tional guard, went to tho W'ilhoit district Thursday afternoon to' aid in jfighting the fire in that district KEEP POLITICS OUT OF SCHOOLS James C; Nelson Warns Against Government Dom- ; i nation of Studies 'How caq .we keep ! political manipulators and political parties frdm dominating our school sys lem if a national- department of education is established?.," wa the nertinent question with which James C. NcLson, principal oj.Sa leiiiv High school, challengctft the Lions club at their regulur-wfekly luncheon. 1 "I do nbt wish fo be misunderstood," continued the sphaker, "I am not" unalterably op posed to the Smith-Towner j bill but. we should look on all sides of the Question. f l "The theory of the ptopoji tion is jthat the secretary of education would assist in unifying and: rais ing -generally the typo of instruc tion. This is a lorimeralabie thing, but our own local efcperi 4enicei with! the' operation of! gov ernmcnt Supervision does j not make me enthusiastic l ovvf i the proposition-, i ne government sup eryisors told us how to run our domestic science Irpartmenti The result 'of the change in the course was that the enrollment of the ASKS AUTO LIGHTS . BE STANDARDIZED Eastern Man Will Have Con- ference With Raffety arrVl Kozer Today ;, Seeking to standardize automo bile lights, Frank A. Pim, repre sentative of the Traffic Officers association of Washington, D. C, will meet in conference today with T. A. ! Raffety, chief state traffic officer, and Sam Kozer. secretary of state. Mr., Pirn arrived in Sa lem Friday, but was unable to sec Mr. Raffety, who only returned from Seattle last night. Pim is urging the adoption in Oregon by legislative ,act of the 'eight point test" by which lights are tested at eight points out from car. To satisfactorily pass this test the lighing equipment must conform to requirements approv ed by the Federal Bureau of Standards. 1 Automobile lighting, Mr. Pim declares, has reached a point where a light equal to daylight can be thrown upon a highway without any glare. Now that this has been achieved, the next step is to ! secure tho national accep tance of lights which can effect this. Twenty-three states in the union, including California, have now passed laws which give ample lighting, without glare,; and With out the necessity of dimming liglits when two cars pass. ;'i f :v- " :-' : ' ; ' . ' - ' ' LEAVES FOR IOWA SILVERTON, Ore., July 25. (Special to The Statesman). r After a short stay with relatives George Henriksen Jr. left this morning-for Iowa. An early start was pade, his parents, Rev. and Mrs. : George Henriksen, driving with him as far as Portland. Duties at Luther college where Mr. Henriksen will teach this fall, and from which ho was graduated this spring," made it necessary for him to leave Silverton a little sooner than was first plannejd. Today and Sunday " FOUR ACTS VAUDEVILLE FLO ECKERT CO. In -;M "i. Dance Frivolities PHILLIPS And ELLSWORTH . In -i ' "HELLO MACK" MILLER & SYLVIA In . Musical Surprises Manuel De Fra Co. European Marvels nv 1 1 al 1 r -aa if n Jack Hone - In "THE GALLOPING ACE" BABY PEGGY In "SUCH IS LIFE" iLiii TRY-OUT at 2 o'OBocCi :.:-K-:;'Ji'. n n era U i 0 1': mm '!- '. - ' ' ' v mm NOTE- These races arebeing held with thfe sanction of the A. A. A. and every precaution will be taken to avoid any accidents. We ask the public to help us. - i . .... .1 lr-f -n- j If you will help us by staying off the track you will! he 1 p ay oid any accidents. The track will b e patrolled and no one will be al lowed to cross. Give us your sup p or t-ob ey the officers in charge and we will jassure you good races. Tfctosfs:':On Sate Corner Court and Li be rty rr department dwindle ; away In