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i 4 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, JUjLY 27, 1924 limed Dally Except Monday by i IHB i STATESMAN FUBLISHINO , COMPACT 315 Sooth Commercial St, Salem, OrefO " M. J. Hondrirko Jobs !. Brady Freak Jaakoakl I IfEMBIB Or THE ASSOCIATED 7KESS Thm Aumeiatod Prs ia xcluiely entitled to tha for pabtTcattpa ew diapatrhea credited to it or not Uorwio credited la ha paper and alao lo-al Bewa published herein. ,; - : - -;'- BUSINESS OFFICE: ' ; homaa . Clark Co, Kew Tork, 141-145 Weat 8th St.; Chicago. ItarquotU BoJld 1 - ac. W. 8. Grotbwahl. Mrr. i (Portland Office, 3 Woreeater Bide, Phone 637 BRoadway. O. T. WtlUawie., Wrr TELEPHONES: I fwiMM Offlcw ! ' ; 1. tt ! CTrwlatlj-. OWI Bawa iiepanmaai - " a i Job Departnant Entered at taa Poatofliee in 8alem, WHAT 10,000 ACRES MIGHT .DO The statement was made 'at on Friday. afternoon, as was reported in The Statesman of -yesterday that 10,000 acres of; land in that district might be l.rmirht under irrigation by ditches of the present system taking water river; and providing'more laterals ! And the impression was given that this done. ! Will the reader take paper and pencil imcrlit. be done with this 10.000 source of supply for the raw industry alone the linen industry.; j "With pedigreed seed, with the very lest methods of eultiva, tion, that land could be made to produce' 1000 pounds per acre of flax fiber. This flax fiber $piiu into yarn and woven into cloth andfashioned into the fine linens of commerce, and sold at present . retail prices, w ould bring $1.50 'an ounce ; $24 a pound ; $24,000 an acre; $240,000,000 for the (10,000 acres That is, in handkerchiefs and table clothsj and napkins and the finer dress goods and specialties. And still more in j laces and tapestries and airplane cloth, eta s s ; ! That would be $40,000,000 W year more than is now taken in all money crops and live stock from all the; lands in the state of Oregon. It would be $140,000,000 a year more than tiie vaiue of the ppesent imports of linens and other flax products and by-products into the United States. . j More than this: There would be a yielc of flax seed that would bring about $20 an acre a year above the requirements of seed for the following year's crop j j Still more, if the flax were threshed and retted and scutched on the ground or near the' fields, there would be enough I stock feed from the hulls and broken seeds to maintain a wonderful dairying industry Still more, the shives or waste from the scutching, conserved 1 1 . .1 ...... .1 ...... . 4lw.l.' ,fittil,l li iwli 1 1 fl, ( 1 w 1 necessary to make the steam to do all the heating and lighting in the neighborhood, and run all the machinery needed in the threshing and scutching. And still more. Flax is a crop of quick growth. It matures from the seed in 60 to 90 days. It could be followed with a fall crop of green, feed from the same land for the dairy cows; and for the swine and poultry that go with dairying, j That is the picture That is a dream. --." t .' But it could be made to come true, and it w,ould, render that 10,000 acres of land the highest -producing 10,000 acres, in money crops, on top of the 'green" earth ; and year in and j'ear out, for. all time. J The land could be made to grow richer with, the years. ; : ' '. .. ; j'; ' ;- . j ; In this process of development,7 taking the industry only to in that district the year through, in threshing, retting, drying and scutehinr the flax, and in planting aiid harvesting and taking care of the other industries that would bebuilt up and maintained jthrough the use of . the flax by-products and crops incident to'tlie cultivation of the flax. j! j Once more, there is no other crop that grows on the land tuai iias lue pussiuniutrs ui money vaiue, carried io me nignest i. a 11.- stages of manufacturing, that flax has. PROGRESS A sermon has been preached or a speech has been delivered, and as those who heard it scatter to their homes they .assure one another that it was great. Now, whv waslit great! It was great simply because it was commonplace, because it contained nothjng new, because it was jcomposed of ideas and phrases long dear to the hearts of tbe hearers. If it had contained a new theory, idea 'or argument, those who heard it would-have come aWHV fml of disannointment ' 1 ' a 1 ' . '. ueiignis in a rut as lie delights in the path that leads ; to his home ; - ..j .'; ' : ':. - :f , He feels safe in the path, -for he has gone that way many times before. " I ' ' j - "j Almost every man is a creature of his tiildhood. lie is a member ofj this church becaujse his mother) assured him this church alone teaches the whole truth ; lie votes with this political party because his father so vjuted. Or if his choice in these matters is made later in life, it may be thatj he joins a certain church because he loves the first soprano, and voles with a cer- xam party joecause lus tnend is a ward tioss. He is a rare in dividual wjlio faces these questions squarely ; and thinks them out, uninfluenced by friendships, loves, hates and fears. 7 Those (who woull remake the world nearer to their hearts' desire champ their bits and sold because the world yawns and refuses to get excited ....:. : ; . ".: V . JT.. - The wonder is that the world .Parents whose heads were their tum;inflict these ideas upon conspiracy, to defeat those who would inakc further progress in iues of truth; and only the rebels and the unled who must blaze their own trail roam afield unleashed! of orthodoxy, and these are jostracized or silenced by means of force. I Well, it's a safe plan. Each- sound idea gathers converts as tlnv centuries pass, until at length it is woven into the fabric or civilization; and if man's love of ruts and dread of jchange did not neutralize, his bve of adventure, he would be forever chasing after strange gods and forever nursing bruises got iu some venture wholly foolish. ! I . .IXCKKASIXO According to a siatement of V. It. tloffmlin. consulting statistician of the Prudential Insurance com pany, suicide ia increasing on the Pacific coaPt. Mr, Hoffman men tions 13 cities especially, eight of which are on the Pacific coast, and theyjshow a decided increase. Of oourEe there is a reason why the west; Is showing an increase in suicides. So many prople in frail health come here who are not 1 i able to 0 anywhere.. They are scarcely ble to lire at all. They make a fight out here, then they give up and take the suicide route when they fail. The west Is full of people who bare cut all their . .- Manacer - K d i tor Manager Job Dept. all 583 106 ' kaa o Orefon. aa aaeond-claaa matter. the flax field meet near I turner making wider! and deeper the rom the Santiam was likely and figure in makintr to be what a e res of land,' It the material for one manufacturing i - -i i. - i i . and resentment. Mm mm mini! ' . . a . ' r . makes any progress at all. filled with! unsound ideas in their progenv. as thousrh in a moorings for other causes fre quently than health. They are . i .-' tired of the world and come here 4 . to seek fortunes anew There is bound to be .a lot of disappoint- mcnts and the disappointments un fortuuately are such as jto cause all hope to be abandoned. Mr. Hoffman endcayors to get at the' bottom of suicide causes. Admitting ill health, business wor ries and financial difficulties as causes, he finds that suicide is in creasing among the well-to-do, fh' socially prominent and the highly educated. He speaks as an insur ance man anxious to cut ' down lisks- Mental deficiency, he finds. I9 a persistent factor, and the sui cidal Impulse is often hereditary. There are many suicides among borderland mental cases. He-cen sures .the church for its failure to influence character. He be lieves the schools do little to em phasize the higher possibilities of ethical thought. Society, he finds. Is doing little with regard to murder and self murder. Annually 100,000 people die In this country from murder, suicide or accidental. This is equal to the number who die annually from cancer or pulmonary tuber culosis. Science and society leave no stone unturned to combat the latterl They do little to curb the conditions that promote the mor bid melancholy and despondency out of tvhich most suicides de velop.' : CHURCH AUVEItTISIXG The Oregon Statesman has fre quently lamented that the church es had not yet reached the point where they advertised properly. The younger parsons are in favor of advertising, but the older ones can not quite bring themselves to it. Yet the churches must ad vertise legitimately in order to combat outside influence. It is a hard job for a minister to keep his pews rilled when there are so many counter attractions the movies, golf, radio, and all tug ging to keep men away from the church. r' The church must have counter attractions in order to pull men 'inland have them wor ship, j The only way is to have a definite amount of practical ad vertising, i; - The clergy suffers peculiar dis advantages in the advertising field. It has to maintain a measure ot dignity, although this is denied by- some authorities. Devices of publicity that would ciraw?nus crows to a sale of cloaks and suits would drive them away from the thurch. The bait of loweredJ prices can not be used, because salvation 13 free to begin with. An actor can, with propriety, aU ltiw himself to be billed as the greatest on earth, but for a clergy-! man to claim superlative excel lence is considered unbecoming. ; ! Yet the parsons contrive to ad vrtise themselves and s their churches, and not always in ways that ' are open to criticism. No public gathering j of any conse quence is complete without minis terial eloquence from the plat form. The Indorsement of the pulpit is sought by every aspir ing cause. By means of the radio the enterprising "pastor can he sure that his admonitions are go ing into many homes where regu lar churchgoing la not a habit. If he has something to say, and an energetic way of saying it, he need not worry ; because he is barred from the use of billboards and brass bands. , THE IUX)ZE BUYER Judge McCourt stated recently that we would never properly en force prohibition until we adopt ed a conspiracy law and made it so that a man who bought liquor was conspiring to violate the law. As a matter of fact that very thing is happening, only it needs to come under the purview of the law. j At Hartford, Conn., two boot' legjters were arrested and officers found a list of 30 customers. It turned out to be lawyers, doctors bankers and manufacturers. The judge ordered them brought .Into court and, pointing to the prison ers, expressed his opinion as fol lows; :; .... ; -if, : :. !! I These men here have plead ed guilty to breaking the laws of their country, not in an accidental way, not in any outburst of passion, but coldly and conscientiously to j get , your money. Not only have they broken the laws of their country, but the trade that they represent, as every man of you knows, drags after it every manner of, violence up t6 murder and piracy and. worst of all,, bribery and cor ruption. The trail of these crimes leads right up to the doors of you men who. have come here and told that you have . played ycrOT part in it. It Is your money that causes It. And you who are supposed to -rerrcsent property, respecta bility and social position what are you, after all. but participants in crime. Instiga tors of crime? American citi zens, some of you with credit able military records, digging at the very vitals of your country! Take a recess. Mr, ' Sheriff,, and air' out; the ; hoom! .' . '. . I The person who purchases liquor or 'its camouflaged substitutes abets lawbrea king and endangers his own life and the lives of all to whom he gives a drink. JilXilSIjATI VK t'A X I 1 1 ATES The following from the Spokane Spokesman Ueview Is very severe, but there is a whole lot of truth in it and it ought to apjieal, to Oregon as well as Washington: "It ia filing time for candidates and the right time for people in terested in the welfare of the slate to give a thought to the 1925 leg islature, Probably the saddest thing ia politics is the legislature. The i biennial' session at Olympia, i or any state capital, is usually awaited with groans the people looking; for more unnecessary laws andjmOre taxes. , But the legisla tive session should be regarded as an; assembly to correct mistakes that time reveal3 and to make things jbctter for the two years ahead, j ' "Responsibility for this unfor tunate jf eeling toward the legisla ture mtist be borne by the people because they make little effort, at the proper time, to improve the qualityjof the legislative assembly. "While the governorship and federal joff ices hold the people's In terest, so-called leaders and groups bring put enough candidates to control; the legislature. "The ; people can not elect good men if! good men do not file as candidates, and the proper time to Insure the legislature being made up of good men, republicans or democrats, is filing time. "This is not meant as a reflec tion on the roster of the present legislature, because many of the members are fine men and would help by going .back. . Others.of course, home." S J . would help by staying at SMI ETUI X(i WIMJXU There Is 'something wrong with prohibition enforcement in Ore gon!, bne of the most patent wrongs is lump expense, which is fas coining to bo a, scandal. Mr. Cleaver must make a. show down Gf what constitutes his ex pense account in-order to allay the growing suspicions that it is honeycombed - with graft, nepo-j tlsm and extravagance. It will be mighty; easy for him to make this statement if he is on the square. It will be mighty hard for him to make it if he is not on the square, but the people of Oregon who pay the bills are entitled to the facts. A public official must be like Caesarjs wife, "above suspicion," and when once suspicion is arous- Led the? official who does not lay all his cards on. the table before the.pebple is going to find that suspicion growing.; No one wants to prejudge i Mr. Cleaver, but the public has a right to know why he is spending : so much money and what he is spending it for. If Only iiaiidma Were Alive : .Today" ' (On Looking at Grandma's j Picture) By Clarlbei Weeks Avery Sweet ilady, with the Eilvered hair, Claq in the graceful garb of old, I wonder what you used to wear When silver locks were gold? ' V.' ' .' 1 Are girls but sisters everywhere. In Jevery time? Did mother scold, :; r; And father feel inclined to swear Because they thought you bold? -S - Were you a torment and a care. A black lamb in a sober fold? I wish; I knew the torie.s rare Thotsi prim lips never told. Love Affairs Tonmy: "Jenks is a man of affairs." ! : ? ' Leoj "Evidently. I under stand jhis wife is cuing him lcr a divorce." K " i-Harry Keese. Different "Toast" Teacher had written this sen tence toast on the blackboard: 'The and was drank in silence. askedr-vho would correct it. Little Harold marched up to the blackboard and wrote: "The toast was'ate in silence." T; f O. A. Tibbans. Dojyour Fun Shopping early!!! - I'linl 'Famous (uvi.)i Stella: 'loes' Jack stay very lale Miicn be calls on you?" Bella: "Does he? ' Why,, he al ready! calls our milkman iby his first name." Mrs. Julius Becker. Verses n! Itevrrses I'd like to lie beneath the trees In a fragrant Japan-ease, Mm iook jusi iik a cnocoiaie man In my coat of Hindus-tan. - Samuel Hoffenstein. Tin y All Can! Q , Fhibb: "My w;ife is a resource ful woman. " j Dubb: "So isj mine. She can always rind a use for my spare change." ' : i - Benjamin Kemper. The Ijisf Ianre;. Sh? (cuttingly);- "Do yon step on the feet of all your partners like this " He (catching the mood): "No, rnW Jhose, with abnormally1 large ones. " fJ:' , - j Paul S. rowers. . -..-j Vi.nat- j ;'? : l A Sporty Proiiosition Whene'er I read the sporting page, starts anew, my wishing, y -That I could star in other sports Besideshe dance and fishing. But thon, my tender nature balks; -My mind i3 set a-re;ling. To think of playing Uiseball, and Tho horrid, thought of stealing! Thcj game ot golf might interest i j;- me; r . .' . But prospects are alarming. I never did like teas and greens; 1 had my fill while farming! I've often thought, of bowling, -too; But mother's mem'ry dallys; Reminding me I shouldn't play In gutters or in alleys. i - - Now, billiards aren't, bad at all (The girls, of courseware miss- j. ins) ; :- From movie stars I taltei my cue, But get balled up at! kissing! I ' i Myron :W. Johnson, Sltranser in town: ''Please tell me how I can get to the hospital." Old inhabitant: "By being care less." . . . ' Rose Lang. i Why JUen tio Wild! She kissed him. Then,' smooth ing; back his hair, as she gazed into the depths of bis dark,. eyes. shei murmured: ' "Did I div oo a nasty, dog bis cuit tor breakfast?" Trunau B. Mills. J - . ! : ' TjcII I n .What sort, of a male flirt ia a I potato masher? What sort cf a female is a spin- ning-jenny? : Wliat sort of a legal, complication i ! is a spert suit? j j What sort, of an easy job .Is a gin- 1 ger snap? ; Wliat sort of 'a safe is a pole vault? :. Whjtt sort of postage "is a hand- ;; stamp? ; ! N. M. 1). I.- - Tin IteaNtm : Dinah: "How omo yo'- didn't git no chickens ovah at Marse Benton's place?" Temus: . "Well, ah concluded 'at; his of bull dog liked niggah a whole lot bettah'n dis niggah liked chicken." ; f ! 5 Harry J. Williams. '- A 1'ohl Cut' Hostess: "Do you like tongue?" Cvnlcali Bachelor: "I was, al- wa j fond of tongue, and I like it If Mrs. Mary Morgan Ware. I Ami Then the Fireworks Wifey: i . "I am afraid people willmake fun ofVs'if you call me pet tames pver the telephone, as you did this afternoonJ" Hubby: "Why. I didn't call you this afternoon!" j . ' Sinbad. Whit Till "Doe" Trapipek I y. I - This Old Doc j Traprock, cfooked Sees old . j skate, v; . ijAt least he's on the .bias, : One thing's certain, ; he's not J . straight, iTIio ItlatnoH rtlrl A n -i ti I -i i. ' - i L. T. Hott. Sidney says that the loose leaf r.ystem dates back to Adam's time in the garden ofj ; Eden. ; . l- After Heading this On We'll i ali ; It a Day : Applicant: "I desire a position as clerk in your Fun Shop." jl'ropHetor: "Are you a wit?" jApplicant; "My, wife has al ways Called me a half-wit." , S k. W. Millholin. IRadKrs are ymtdemp-l1 to rontrihnta. All humor, rpigrams (or humoron mot tors ) . joka. BBprdolen.t poetry, bnr leiiqun. satira anil bright . aayinjta -of chilHren, mut b orlciBal and unpnb liahpd. . Arpeptcd materinl will b paid for. at rrgu'sr ratca. All nanuarripta mniit be writ trn nn ona . aide of tha papr only, ahnuld har gun itf thia iK-wspuprr and ahould b addrad to thi If u n Shop Editor, :Th . Oregon Statesman. : MY MARRIAGE Arli!a Uarrlsoa'a New IhM of REVELATIONS OF A WIFE Copyright ' 1S1. by - Nwpper i i Festnr 8errle. Ia. i CHAPTER ..2.2fi HOW MADGE. - II K C KI V ED A HAPI'V ASSURANCE FROM ;; -. . j-. KATiK I - I went d'irf'ctly to Katie's room after parting with Lillian, and this time Katie admitted me promptly.. But it needed only a glance to tell me that the girl had been weeping tempestuously. jl suessed that the composure eiiforcf-d by her loyally to me even in t h 3 face of Mother Gra hSm's shining referrncle to her, had broken the moment jshe was alone. And. as 1. taw her quivef ingvlips, her flushed, swollen face aiid her tear-filled eye's. I drew her quickly Into my arms and held her close. . ; jl am not an emotional person, and I detest h casual caressing which o many, women bestow upon their feminine friends, but PROBLEMS Katie is like a frightened, grief btricken child sometimes, and it is as such that I treat her. "Oh! Missis Graham! My dear Missis Graham!" The familiar wail was smothered in ray shoul der, as-1 patted her brown head comfortably. "I Can Do Dot." "Don't think about any more, Katie," I said. Then, with a sure knowledge of the quickest way to divert her attention, I added: "I want you to do something very important for me, Katie, some thing my father wants by tomor row. Can you control yourselt enough to listen to me!" She drew herself erect from my arms. . "Vait shoost vun leetle minnit," she commanded, walked to u stand in the corner, poured some cold water from a pitcher into a bowl dashed the water over her face and then rubbed her face with towel until I thought she surely would remove the "skin from it. "Dere!"she exclaimed when she had finished, turning to me with a funny little air of triumph. all feexed bop. Now tell me vot eet is you vant by me." "This," I returned, taking from my dress the paper she had se creted in my mother-in-law's hat "My father wants you to repro duce " I stopped short at Katie's blank look, and groped for words 'tviiich she would understand "wants you to fix another paper just like the one you gave Joe Every figure and letter and bit of drawing must be the same. Can you do that?" Katie held the paper I had given her close to her eyes andscruti nized it with a worried little frown. Then her face cleared and she spoke confidently. "Sure ting! I can do dot. Me I remember me now vere I pu dose lettle funny lines, und dose letters! I shoost take, one more each time, und figures one not so mooch. I feex dot all right. Vcn you vant eet, tonight?" Madge Comforts Katie! ' ".No, indeed," 1 returned. "Go to sleep it once. And we -will have breakfast an hour later in the morning. No one will be up l am sure, we are so late to night." - 'Dots all right to say," Katie retorted. "You, Meesis Under wood, Marion und your fader, maybe dey not coom down for an- oder hour. Und dot lazy Meestei Drake, he probably not show 001 till nearly noon. , But dot blessed babee he vake early, und dot ole vomans, you know she coom dowL like vild vomans eef breakfast not ready for heem," "Junior is in my room,". I re turned, "and I'm trying to train him not to waken so early. He'l go to sleep again if I'm with him and I'm sure Mother Graham wit sleep if she is not awakened. Sc you may have an extra hour I an sure. Did you put. the vacuun bottle of, black coffee and tht crackers in Mr. Drake's room?" "Yes, I feex everything fo. heem," she said, .with. -a suddei accession of sullenness, which ; knew, was not caused by the extrt work entailed by Allen Drake'; invariable reqiWrenient whereve: he may be. His Stipulation tha he must have stimulant and nour ishment when he wakens in tht night, and does the greater pan of his work, ordinarily would ap peal mightily to Katie's imagina Hon-, but her resentment at the si; humorous digs he had given her evidently overshadowed every thing else. . . '. , - "I knew you would attend tt everything, Katie," I said warmly ignoring her clouded face. "Yot "hcver fail me when I ask you t do things. And now gooc lfight." J Site seized my hands and raiset them to her lips, with a gesturi that only her sincerity redeemec front cheapness. j "You say 1 liefer fail you," sh repeated earnestly. "i vondet don't you tink I feel, too,-dot you ntfer fail poor Katie? Tonigh. you only vun who know I. 1101 bum liar, you only vun who be lieve." I" patted her. bent head reassur incly and hurried out of the room glad that; site had not looked at my face, read there the truth of which I now wan sincerely asham ed, that for a few minutes, I also had doubted her. ;;. ' ; (To be continued) EDITORIALS OF THE PEOPLE Bill (iives Bchnoiis Editor Statesman: ; ; I I ' not icf that you are accused of leaning toward La. Follettei 1 wish I could see something in it Juitossibly I could if I would lie like the other fellow.; " I am a democrat but I have just CHICHESTER S PILLS I'liia Ta m Mltn ly tftw fi r'-. Akrirrill'inra.re4 PUMNB JtRA N PIUUO. fcr mn tmi M B rt. Sateit. Ataray KctOMt by DRitiGtsiaQmnrjf la R aao vM micV Mlcd ttk Btaa fclhbia. W Wi FOOL HATH SAID j : - IS NO j Copyright, 1924, San Jose Mercury ! . ' . Inllercnt in every thinking, normal liumau being born int ( the 4,rld is the idea of a creative power.. Lveii the materialist, th4 man who believes that matter and, its attendant qualities is alllthcre is refers all to the (.Jrcat First Cause, without whicli he Colild hot account for what he finds. j ; Th greatest agnostic or atheist the world has ever seen nrnssfc ; stop fiis negation! at this same First Cause, and admit that son $ powev must first have .brought into existence the laws we find ; , active in the universe, and created the matter upon whieR they iact. - j '- ' . , I In lthis sense no reasoning being demps that there is a (joL, Butt i'ben we seek to go further than His creative character the J negations of the atheist, the "materialist, the agnostic and thfc infidel begin. They insist that we know nothing of the chaiv acterf or attributes of this Being or Force. They see no proofs of ISs present existence or of His ruling the universe which lie bjrought into' being, except in the laws which are inherent! j in mfttter! from the beginning of its existence. They neithea , seel or feel, and therefore they deny, any manifestation. orr 1 evitilncc of divine wisdom; justice, care or love. Especially I as implied to. the kf fairs of men they sje no divine or guiding liaiut. Here everything goes by chance or according to a law which is inherent in matter, which law is not only immutable but! eanriot be surerseded by a higher law; because there is no other or higher laW. Such, in brief, are jhe ideas of a very larg$"" class; of people of this age, some !of them men the most learned, j .n iooks that the iworld has ever Seen.. ! J ; j llow much above these ideas s the philosophy of some pro- fessilig Cliristiaris wiio feel that; while God created the worhk andtTll that is. in it, as to man and everything relating to hi indiyidual, national and social life, He has very little to do wit il them. The view of such persons evidently is that (Jotf doe!sf not control Jcoiiditions here in fact, that He has very little to do with things mundane, Where Satan is apparently running thefivholei show (without much, if any, interference front above Mi my person jwith these ideas tural i)assages as "Whom the Seri ami a co setuirges every son whom L He recei veto. ' lhey assume istant air of solemn resignation and seem to expect nothing btit; buffering, sorrow, sacrafice They thus really; admit that if (Jod did make the world including maii He made the laws over and in man so imperfect and weak that batan and evilly disposetl sufferings, their resignation and iiiau -?aian ana evmy uisposea persons can upset a thetji, thus producing results which ajGod of love a intentions ;eoulJ never have ..intended. Such try to 1 nianV of tliemdo believe that as a reward for their ii atoning blood, at their demise' they Avill be whisked away to some far away, local, circumscribed heaven. Here they will be entjrely oblivious to the sufferings of their fellows on the earth or n hell, so 1 indifferent that they will not even desire to help 'thejn out of their misery, and will spend their time in complete, ami useless idleness,; which they call rest. Ioth of the classes of persons referred to above have very different viewpoints from one who sees God as a spirit, imiuan enli in His creation; who is the life of all life, including that ot mei, without whose notice not even a sparrow falls to the, ground and who liumbers the very hairs of our heads, as Christ' thei disciples and apostles teach. They have not vet come tit understand that His laws in and iteiManu mat 111s iays in and over us are perfect and prompt! by love, intended to compel our development and cause us. forsake the lower things for those which arc highest. That, ?reore, if we have sorrow or pain or sacrifice or disaster to then these things are the results of .av uj; our oenigs, or our iauure to lorsake the lower for tha higherlthings of life. - j ? ilenhave these belittling ideas of God because they do nol know tf the living God spokpn of in the New Testament and) 3xemplfied in the life of Jesusj the God who is to manifes iimselfnot only to use but in us, and who will become a quick- iinng spirit in our lives when: we learn to obey the higher lawti of our. beings. t' "-' J': , ! - , .:'-, ! ; r;:;.. --;r. . .. f There is really no God to any man in any trud spiritual sens intil he jomes to feel and know Him through; HLs own con- ciousness. Qnly. by the development of His life in our own ;an we come Really to know "in our hearts", that there is a jod; one who is not only the Creator, but the ruler of the 1111 verse, possessed of love, wisdom and power so infinite, so tll-emlracing,that no matter how far from the truth and the4 jcriect Me man may wander, li'i. --- - - 1-I - . . .'. ncn we Know uod in, tins way Ave shall realize that He has 1 law for every condition'; m man, -in society, or-in nation; that His laws: and His power are! capable of bringing happiness to ill sentient beings as a result of high,j elevated, pure and har nonioijs living, and suffering as a result of debased, inhar- ; nonioiis and animal existence, in order tbjnake.men forsake he low for the.higher things of life; a God who looks into alt the little affairs of life as well as the greatest, ami directs botlu ?reat rfnd small for the best good of all in ' te aggregate asj vell asfof eacli and every individual composing that aggregate a. (iod who will be a living and --constant presence to us, to lead as to 1 ne 1 jut 11,, to "strengthen - 1 ave as? Inch' .as' we mat': t sustainhmd comfort in times of trial, and to'lead us into paths H peacf, beatijiy and happiness us fast as our natures appreciated 1,1,1 His spiritual life;! whose spirit will take awav from us all hate envy, lousy, sordid selfishness, mdici an,! hiMevin. and fill; us will, bvco, happiness no words can describe.;.-. I about -conchidrd to "come" out1 for La, Kollette-." llik first nlank Is oveinmeiit ownership of rail roads. Of cotiksds I am for that. 1 1 : - I r - " - Myself and everyirnan in America i.ii. i i could get'u job land our whole families' Could I travel on uasses. There vould bo' no work. The government would do everything. at opportunity for those of us "Who . have' had to -pay rail road fatiBs every time we traveled Againi 1 am for La Fpllette be cause he wants to doaway with tho supreme court. I recognize in that an iiltima-te conclusion to do away wiih all coiurta and have a free for ail. Courts are our most expensive .luxury and a good many men have been inconvenienced be cause they had jto appear before them. I thought once I would run for constable but didn't be- aune I didn't know about trailing along after the- court. . I did not eyen run ror the democratic no mination in my township which I ould have had for the asking as all I would have to do was to vote for myself and skeep the other democrat from going to the polls. and as he is kind of weak minded could rasily have done that. If he supreme court can override congress;, then, of course, the su preme court of Oregon could over ride, our! own. unlamented legisla tures. tanJ our' county cqmmis- Kioners would be accountable to no one. and tbe pan! e with the town- board the ones I am after. IN HIS HEART, THERE GOD" -I. - are fond of quotrhg suclf e Lord loveth He chastenetlL and disaster while in this life.4 persons can upset and defy and good believe ncvitable1 their belief in Christ and 'Hi over us are perfect and prompt! our own violation of the higher i i , l he cannot drift t I , HeyondHis love and care." i -: -1 . : - - s, ta rebuke when we do 110U and a sense of: security which, " i want the township board biggeN than the United States, then I will get to be a ownship -officer. Furthermore. La Follettc wants"" Kurope to pay its debts. . So do I. I want everybody to pay their debts- but me. The next logical step to this naturally is to pass a law that all bills are due the first of the month, then to pass another law abolishing the- first day of tne month. It is a legitimate ottt-J growth of the Lai Follette 1oj tlbn and all of Us who owe mo than we can pay can w in by stand- ing together for La Follette. It, Is a rare opportunity but I am aTraid we will all be very ripe be fore Hob Is elected. Very sincerely, t BILL SINCALLKU. Wrinkles Removed "While You Waif If has hwn (tinf-overM tlmt lli. met a kinmnful if m.witcrp'B aMli'-ain of turnriMil mn,-.l with a nimonfiil of lemon Jin.-. B-tnnllv rrmoTPH wrinkle an ttrws in fifttrn minutcn or lrn! Tlurr' n ruWbin. no wrk, an. I iho cxprn 4 tr:flin t tin. 11 three rmts! It in onlv noi-.,,iiry to .rrBl th mixtur- over th" !. ,nf down .for the mirrtir. a-l wrtrh tha litiwrlcoine miirkH of age, i 1 J ne T wrorrr lisspr.-r like mngir. The effee, ineomparahlr l.etier than thaU prlui-"l by the mmt skillful ma.altins, Thel raix'ure 61 rourw ia perfertlv hrmlea. While on the f-re a nlnun't Hnn'Hinc aenmtinn is exprnenred. It isk easily washed off. AniHe from iu re- , markalile effert on wrinkleti. there' nolh nt better for hmczv cheeks or rhin .V ' Woman who purrhaaea a imrLn. nt tiered tarkroot from lier dm?iKi will r.. gret liiviuj Uoue .