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4. 'SATURDAY MORNING J OCTOBER 4, 1924 I ' THE OREGON STATESMAN,' SALEM, OREGOTf .1 k - lie leaaed Daily Kzeapt Mondy by i STATESMAN rUBLISHTKO COKPAJTT 215 South Commercial R. J. Hendrirka -( Mi L Brady rrmk Jaakoaki ' XZHBU Or THE ASSOCIATED FBXSS Ta AMoeUt4 Praia U xeluaively entitled te the nae (or publlcetioa of all sewa ilapeteaoa credited to It r HI, otherwise credited ia this paper and alee the local Mwi pabUaked Sereia. . . BUSINESS Thomas T. Glark Co, New Tork, 11-145 I l lBf. 8. Urotfiwahl, Mgr. i (Pertlamd Dtfie. 838 Woreeater Bldf, Phone 663? BRoadway, C. f Williams, Mgr.) . ' : I . .: TELEPHONES: . ' ' . Baataeea Office ; . ": . . . SS Circulation Office . . . . . 583 tfewa Departveat ji -. .4S-10S Society Editor .... .; ,106 ;i i; ' Job Department . .. . - . . : 583 - Entered at the Poatoffice Is Salem, Oregon, aa aecoad-elaae matter . ' - I BIBLE THOUGHT AND PRAYER ; . Prepared by Radio BIBLE SERVICES Bureau, Cincinnati. Ohio. It parents -will Bare their children memorize the daily Bible aelee ; tions, it will prove! a priceless heritage to them in After years. u October 4, 1024 j J?.' ALL ARE INVITED: Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain "Of the Lord, to tne nouse or. ma av- or mq ways, ana we wu win m -.i PRAYER:- s - . "' .J, "Just as I am, -without Kt. " l ' But that Thy blood And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee, O Lamb ot God, I come, I come.',' . WHAT WOULD In California the La Follette propagandists have attempted to drape La Follette in the garments of Roosevelt. Their false :! representations have brought an indignant protest from Jirs. . i Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, sister of Theodore Roosevelt. I In a recent telegram; to Albert Searles of Los Angeles, formerly a v Roosevelt Progressive, she said:1 !? "My brother, Theodore Roosevel denounced La i ' ' 1 Follette in 1915, in 1917 and 1918 as the most dan- j v ;- gerousand sinister influence in America. He called ; ! hiln his country's greatest menace. . Any Roose- j . velt. Progressive who gets behind La Follette is a traitor to Theodore Roosevelt. I am convinced that "..! were my brother alive! v Cool id ge and Dawes, as La Follette was quoted in all the Roosevelt Progressives his (La Follette 's) candidacy, - misled i by false representations of the La Follette supporters. But Theodore Roosevelt's sister has torn the mask from La y Follette V face; abd those who cherish the memory of Roose v yelt can no longer be deceived: . j The fact is that not only j in New England, where some of the leading Democratic newspapers, such as the Boston Post, and many leading members of that party are supporting Cool- - idge, but in the Middle West, where La Follette propagandists are the most active, and on the Pacific Coast, many thousands , of voters will support the Coolidge electors-- Though casting their ballots for Democratic nominees in state, district and county contests. And the same thing will be very general with the former , supporters of Roosevelt. I .. I In all the states where it is appreciated that the electoral votes will go to either Coolidge or La Follette, Democrats in large numbers will take no chances. They will not throw their . votes away on Davis, however much they i may admire " their party candidate, i They will consider, that they can best serve . their country by piaking certain that the electorial vote of the state in which they reside is not cast for La Follette. w- The Coolidgd Non Partisan League, with headquarters at 55 Fifth avenue, (New York, has been organized, and it is doing veryactive workJ Reports from all over the country prove to viic uiuBgcis puis muvemeiib and people of large affairs, and of life, irrespective of party, are rallying, to : the Coolidge standard. t'r , i; 1; . r- ? 7 Tbe Statesman has an inquiry about the practicability of sowing flax in the falL There was some volunteer flax har vested itf the Dallas district last summer, the first to be brought to4 the state flax blant. that turned out verv well. At that, timp 1 the writer suggested that here was a matter that deserved to be experimented With. The fact is, it is now being experimented with. Superintendent Crawford of the state flax plant has already furnished! some seed to farmers with what he considers ; 9 the right kind of land for fall sowing, and several small fields have already beeri planted; not exceeding five acres in any one f field. In case the fall sown flax does not make a crop, the state will lose the seed, and the farmer will lose his labor and expense of prepatine the irround. If it tnm. 1 ' rwUI have leen made by the experiment for the flax industry, 5"uyr ,;uu' visual iarmers. , un inose conditions, 3Ir. Craw ford is willing td risk alxiut 100 acres, but not more. If any farmer wishes to make a .larger experiment than with five acres, he is at liberty to do so, on his own responsibility. OUR SCHOOLS . ' The schools are the dearest things to the hearts of the people that we have. . They embody bur hope' for our children ana our country in the future. So far few have been depraved enough to lay Impious hands upon : the schools. They have been allowed to func tion because they liave been doing - such a great work,' and have been Very little hampered. , Just now sensation mongers are stirring up the, patrons ot the city schools, threatening alt sorts of things, , and declairlng they ar preparing to; unearth : worlds of scandal, ! All because they do not like- one man . who the schools. It is Is teaching In hard to under? stand how men car become so de ; praved, but they dp, and we have j a case of It right ;here now. ; ' , . No one defends gating. It is a bad practice, and yet it has been practiced for yeari in the Salem high school and; nothing done about it. It isn't I fair to simply wake up suddenly and expel boy" -' from school for hating. If the rule was to be enforced this year, it should have beep announced at the opening ot the school year, and then if the boys disobeyed the Injunction they ought to be ex pelled, bat : whenj they were Just following the - custom of ' years, which has been unmolested, we contend that it was a prank and pot a crlrae. This Is not criticism ot Prof es- 8ti Salem, Oregon . . Maaater . . Editor afaaesT Job Ltvpt. OFFICE:, i ( 'Wt 36th St,; Cblearo. Marqoette Bmlld- uoa oi jicoo; ana ne win ieaca us ms patns. -isaian z:3. one plea, was shed for me. ROOSEVELT DO? he would be fighting for I am." 1 iarecent address as saying that in California are solidly behind j Some of these may have been inai Dusiness men ana women thousands of others in all walks sor Hug, for whom we entertain the highest regard. It. Is simply a statement of candid opinion that these boys should be reinstated. and notice be served that any fur ther infraction of that rule would meet with drastic punishment. 1 As usual, a cripple is being put forward to take the brunt of the universal condemnation - of- the spewing out of bile on the schools of the city. This man is toot to Diame. The man back of him simply got tired of being licked every week In another town and when he came to Salem conceived the idea of putting a cripple ahead as a buffer In order to protect him self. The public Is very rightly placing the 'responsibility where it belongs, on the principal not on the agent. j. l. B. THAT SCHOOL FUND " There is something about a dem ocratle campaign that makes the men in it feel emboldened to put oeiore the people untrue state ments for the purpose ot decep tion. A great paper like the Ore gon Journal should not lend it self to such a campaign. ' It is not only lending itself, but it is lead ing. ; Day after day nt is publish ing statements calculated to arouse resentment in the people In hopes it will cause them to vote the dem ocratic ticket. The Journal Is smart enough to know that even If they should get away with the election the people would find out the truth and resent It later. Hap- pily every statement made Is being challenged,- and the proof brought Into the rebuttal demonstrates clearly that the irreducible school fund is not in bad shape, but ia in good shape. Of course there hare been some bad loans, and there always will be, but the loans were made for the purpose of helping the farmers,' and it is to be ex pected that some of them will be unable to make the grade. - In the cases where the, "land , has been taken by the state, subsequent sales have fully protected this ir reducible fund. At the present time there is an effort being made to loan ' this money to the bonding companies. They pay about 4 per cent net. The state is now getting 6 per cent net. To sell to the bonding companies would be to turn the state money over to speculation, and the loss is liable to be appal ling. There have been recent inci dents in Oregon of frightful losses through this very sort of specula tion. It was never intended for the people of Oregon to use one dollar for speculative purposes. The rate to the farmers is 6 per cent. In addition to getting 1 Vi per cent additional interest over the bond investment, the farmers of Oregon are being helped. Let us examine carefully into some of these alleged losses. ; In a report for which the state paid $1200 under date of June 30th, which was not made public until the Democratic Oregon -Journal be gan using it six weeks before the election, 602 notes are called into question and described as delin quent. This amounts to $1,135, 000. No foreclosure proceedings had been instituted In order to make it appear that this large number of notes and mortgages are doubtful, interest is figured as delinquent after six months. As a matter of fact the interest was paid-on all of these 602 notes in Hull in the year 1923 and all but a small percentage of them in the fall of 1923. Therefore on June 30th, when this audit was made. there were over 520 of the 602 notes on' which there was not one year's interest due, " and yet for purely political purposes the land board is exploiting farmers notes as delinquent and in bad shape. There is little question about the farmers being able to pay their interest in full this year.' r In addition to attempting to in fluence the campaign this is an attack upon the farmers of the state, an effort to cripple 02 of them, and hold them up as fail ures. It Is not believed by com petent Judges that the state will ever lose one dollar of these 602 notes. t THE LAST DAY A newspaper should not have to use Its Bpace for the purpose of urging people to do their plain duty, but it is a fact that a good many hundred people . in Salem are nor registered. This Is bud- posed to be the year of the big vote. ; You are urged to I register regardless of how you are going to vote. If we have a government participated in by practically all the people we are bound to -have better government than if we have less than a 50 per cent vote. 1 Tne registration books close at 5 o'clock this evening. They have been kept open nights in order to accommodate late comers who have . to work ', during opening hours. If any workman has failed to register he owes it to himself and his country, to take the time today to register. If any business man has been so busy that he ne glected to register he should rem edy that neglect by registering to day. The books close at 5 o'clock. RAYMOND ROBINS COMING If there is a greater orator in America than Raymond .Robins this writer has not heard him Mr. Robins is not only, an orator but he is a deep thinker. - He started life aa a miner, work Ing for years in the coal mines. He went north and found the end of the rainbow in Alaska.! He prospected there for a long time and finally at his feet found great wealth. He j came home, invested his money and since that time he and his wife have devoted their entire time to welfare and uplift work. Both are talented speak ers. ' Both are devoted to human welfare. -: '! Mr. Robins is coming to Port land on October 8, and he ought to have an immense crowd, i He will help every man who hears him. He Is an inspirational talker. He reasons fairly and pronounces candidly. Raymond Robins is one of the great men of America. ; AVELL DONE The county court has decided to submit to the people the propo sition of continuing health work along progressive lines. Twenty four hundred dollars will ; be ap propriated if the people express themselves favorably for j health work in the county. There Is so much to do in the way of teaching the people' health and instructing them practically that the county will spend this, money with bet ter effect than Considerable of the money Is spent; and just as well as the best of : it .is spent. The board is anxious to give the peo ple what they want, and it does not want to be extravagant. If the people want this health work they will havel it, and our pre diction is that they are going to express themselves as wanting it. COMING STRONG In the Literary Digest 1924 presidential poll. President Cool idge is still coining strong. There are 19 states represented In the current week and Oregon is one of them. Six hundred and eightyi nine thousand and. nineteen votes are accounted tot and of this Coolidge gets 397,522; Davis 118,- 259, and La Follette 164.366. A curious thing about the vote is that 137,306, did not vote for president four years ago. In that election. of the! votes cast in this poll 402,186 Were republicans, which shows that Coolidge comes within 3,000 of holding the re publican vote when Harding had a landslide. Q In that election the democrats cast 141,868 votes. while there is for; Davis in this poll 118,359. Ijt is of interest also that La Follette runs considerably ahead of Davis in the poll. In California La Follette continues to run strong.' The vote there being, Coolidgp, 54,324; Davis, 6124, and La Follette 38,926. The vote in f Oregon so far is small, but Coolidge leads by a gratifying majority. Of the votes so far cast pool idge received 1455; Davis, 389, and La Follette 468.. .. r 1 There is a fight all over the United States for president. In the east it is ? between Coolidge and Davis, but in a good many places In the west it is between Coolidge and La Follette. A JOKK The men whq are seeking to get the income tax, repeal are perpe trating a great joke. We hope they enjoy it because it certainly Isn't fooling anybody. They are asking for public contributions to carry on the work and nullify the will of the peopleJ We submit that this is the big gest Joke that has been perpetrat ed in Oregon in years and the only reason there isn't a universal noise heard all over the state is because there are not j so : many horses around as there used to be, and automobiles can't laugh. WELCOME! TO OREGON The La Grande Observer an nounces that Mr. Appleby, an Iowa newspaper man! has purchased an Interest In the paper with Bruce Dennis and will be business map ager. We happen to know con siderable about Mr. Appleby and he is not only! a valuable acqui sition to the La Grande Observer, but to Oregon ks well. We need builders: we -need constructive men, and Mr. Appleby will take his position in the forward lines. An easy maifk' may be a man who bought German war bonds and now is rich. ! , 1 I FUTURE DATES I W I! October 8 to 16 YSlCA campaign fot $200,000 building.'; October 10, Friday Rclll at Wallet hall by Prof. Horace Rahskopf for ben fit of Salem Women' club hooae. October 11-12. Saturday and Sunday Veterana of Foreign Wara departmental council and ceremonial. NoTember It. Tneaday AraiUtlea day. Norember 20-22 Third Annual Cora Show and Induatrial Exhibit, auipieea Chamber of Commerce, s TOIOOUSNESS I In Inactive liver, sour stomach, sick headache, costivenees. destroy both mental and physical efficiency. , CHAMBERLAIN'S VTABLETS PbMaant and eff eetrvw only 23 ? . ; . ' - Use Statesman Want Ads They Biring YoU What You Want ' Without Delay Telephone or 583 :- Opt i DANCING ; By Amy W. Kggleston She danced divinely, I lost my head, I ' And these were the wiseJ wise words I said: ' Ah, .love . could we ihus forever serene y through ;life gde, Always t n step together, happily side bir side. ;"1 ;i i i "With my strong arm to guide you, your soft hand on my sleeve, ;' Heedless of jolts and jostles. smoothly our way we'll weave. "Lire wou Id be all harmony, oh. sweeteBt partner mine, j- be all melody, ' danced Life would to an hlr divine.? She dropped her head with a pret ty pout: . j' i' . 1 .- "What would we do when our pumps wore out?" Black d .'I got even with my barber." . ; .-:.('- "Did you silence him? "Very effectively. 1 1 sent to him." f : ' i E. H. SHAFOR. talkative! Smith Black: my wife Judgl g from the sound, a good many patrons of restaurants be- lieve in puttlng the din in din- ner. . Protection ! Wanted Florian: "Chief, Ah needle pro tection! J Ah got a unanimous let ter this pjornin which saysij 'Nig ger, let my chickens alone.' fi Chief I'of Police: "Why protec tion' i Just leave- the chickens alone.'" I . I . ' .1 Florlat: "But this is a unani mous letter! How is I t' I know whose chickens to'let alone?" Mrs. M. Gibson WALLY THE MYSTirS He'll Answer Your Ouestlons - Somehow. Salvation's free, and j so's advice. The kind that Wally gives is nice Because he tells you what to do. jhim freely. 'This means Consult YO An Olfactory Problem Dear Wally: I , Help me if you can. I am a most unhappy man. I You see, dear Wally, I don't Smell wnat shall I do? 1 Yours, , DING DONG BELL, Dear Ding Dong: j ' Here's our; best advice: : Don't try to smell. It isn't nice Besides there are enough who do To more than compensate for you Better Than! Dynamlto Dear Wally: j Help me if you can. An undesirable young man. i Hag got my daughter hypnotized tV J . ... a ' 1 nuw can x oreaa it? - I ' i AGONIZED. Dear Agonized: M I Here is a scheme Don't nag or argue;: that won't dp. Just have the young man board .,- with you. r !. Stingy ; ! "Is there an old discarded tooth brush about the house, dear? want it for my typewriter." I 'The idea! Why don't you pay the poor girl enough so she can afford to buy a new one?" George Erickson. A' Rusher , i Violet 'Is that your brother who plays football?" Rose: "Yesi my dear. ! He's mixed up in all those games." r Jack Utley. His Job The soap box orator was going strong. "women!' he exclaimed, "are the salvation ot this wicked old world! As social reformers they will clean up everything in time , "Yes,"! shouted the married mah in the audience, "everything but the dishes in the kitchen sink." . ! I E. H. D. A Cure For Forgetfulness ,Ted, aged four, was going to a party and his mother told him over and over that he must thank his hostess and be sure and tell her what a good time he had had. he arrived .home she gaidr "yell, Teddy, did you thank your hostess and tell hen that you had a lovelr time?" J "Yes mother," replied Ted, " told her just as soon' as I got there so I wouldn't forget.' Isabel M. L. Hummer Nowadays when a mother comes home and finds cigarette ashes on the piano she doesn't know whether her daughter had a young man or girl caller. jThe "Blue" Cow I'd like to run." said Mrs. Cow, "And ;I could as fine as silk- But I'm afraid I might fall Pdown And maybe strain my milk." j Ophelia Legg The Sky's Their Limit "Aren't there any laws against the smoke nuisance in this town? "No, flappers ran! smoke as much as1 they like." - - i Edith Morrlsh Well Screened1 ! "Mabel is crazy to go Into the movies. She imagines J that her face would screen well' "Perhaps it would. I've noticed that she looks better with a veil on than without one." : r ' ' ' :: ;i' f ! - - ' I T1m Jlngle-Jantrai Counter Here's a truth that's plain enough. It takes some sand to make a , bluff. !...! I Margalet Srevord j v ' Fish have scales and clocks have weights, - ' Many a "peach" has! lots of "dates." , , Walter Stenning i I i For applause good actors look; M. Bales of cotton get the hook. J l i . Vesta Bartels ! THE EDITOR'S GOSSIP - ! SHOP ' ' Regarding the "Wally The j Mystic" series: You may send in questions on etiquette, and we will have Wally answer them 'in his column. ' ! Select the most difficult and embarrassing situations possible problems on L eti quette! which, if answered at all, will permit of something clever and humorous. j Preferably, the situations on etiquette Involving boys ( and girls, men and women. etc., aftord the best oppor- j li tunities for Wally. 1 i Rought Stuff I f Hetty: "Did they kiss and make UP?" M V - , j : ! . ; Betty: "'Yes; they kissed and phe had to make up." i ii Andrew Rockwell. Father (to daughter, ; reprov ingly): "More and more rouge on your cheeks, eh? Are you trying to make me see red? - li He's lie, A Counter 1 Howell: "When angry, you should count one hundred." f Powell: "If I followed that lule every time I got mad, I should be come an! expert mathematician' f H. I. Hortom T Safety First ! Carr: fYou didn't stay up in the airplane very long." ! Barr: "No. As soon as the puot began doing stunts I told him it was time to get down to earth," v Bessie Frank, r The Jingle-Jangle Counter, i; Be it up In the mountains or down - a ravine, ,,. i j V ; i i I I tt Blank 1 fSCQmi r1Zi i .-V ' ; ! i .-. .. ; - - ' We carry in stock over 115 legal blanks: suited to most any business transactions. We may have just the form you are looking for at a big saving as compared to made to order forms, i Some of the forms : Contract of Sale, Road Notice, Will forms, Assign ment of Mortgage, Mortgage forms, Quit Claim Deeds, Abstracts form, Bill of Sale, Building Contract, Promissory Notes, - Installment Notes, General Lease, .Power of Attorney, Prune Books and Pads, Scale Re ceipts, Etc. These forms are carefully prepared for the courts and private use. Price on forms ranges from 4 cents to 16 cents apiece, and on note books from 25 to 50 cents. - The Statesman Publishing LEGAL BLANK HEADQUARTERS At Business Office Ground Floor " You can't make iwaf fles on a sew ing machine, j t e , . !.' R. 8,. C. Sometimes hugging's not displeas ing; : ; . I !j i :,:;.rv f;j Sponges stand a lot of squeezing. I. Sheba Juster. When the sun is hot, men like o doze; . .. .. ! i ' It takes the moon to make hem ' propose. ; -: John E. Zielfeldt. m j . i - What's correct Isapt to please; Some say roqueforfs quite i he cheese. Julius Ballou. The vogue of ; many books' has X. .fled;,.' rTc-r - Thermometers are always read. -L. i B. Hennessy. Horse Play ! i t'This , gun ; kicks something fierce." said the pistol expert. 'Maybe it's a Colt," suggested the horneman. . ! - .-t - o. f. TYPHOON HITS GUAM GUAM, Octi 2, (By The As sociated Press.) t Thirty native houses were destroyed and dam ace amounting to $200,000 has been done to naval and civil gov eminent property here I by a ty phoon. Therewere no casualties Twenty-eight inches of rain fell in 30 hours.!- V:,v j . EDITORIALS OF THE J PEOPLE ! Father Buck Is Willing Editor Statesman: i p ; I am very grateful to Mr. Sia caller for his. letter of appreciation of the bust of St. Joan of Arc, in last Sunday's Statesman, and I wish to say. I have notified Hart man Brothers that they may placs it in the window again If they care to do so. It is inspiring to me and l am glad to know it is inspiring to others also. Many have spoken and written to me about the beauty of the work, and I am glad to loan the bust for as long as it is wanted. : 1 am having two beautiful sti tues. life-sized, of the same mar ble and by the same sculptor, one of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the other of St. Joseph, placed in my. church on either side of the main altar, and ' would take this occasion to invite everyone to see them. , The church : is open daily and one may visit it at any time. Sincerely, i ! (REV.) J, R. BUCK. Clear Every Acre i i ..... r, ... ..... i - j Pyrotol, the new safe and economical explosive for blasting stumps, opens the way for the farm j ers of this section to have every acre cleared for j production. ! ; 1 . j Through our policy of ever being on the lookout (for ways; to promote agricultural prosperity in Marion county, the United States National is co-operating with the U. S. Department of Agricul jture by looking after the receipt of orders and I money for Pyrotol. j i i We shall be glad j to acquaint you with the i economy and utility of this explosive that has so 1 successfully been tested and used by the U. S. Government.. II r- SAe United States National Bank v Salem. Oregon. ! i . 1 " f : PRINTED AND FOR SALE BY s 1 1 nax. fb lLiesciii I BITS FOR BREAKFAST I tt Are you ready m Ready for the YMCA drive? , Salem's reputation will be at stake: and Salem is not in the habit of falling down. V A number of growers are going to experiment with fall sown flax. If It is a success, another import-. ant item will be added to the - many advantages In this industry which are to the . credit of the , Salem district. . A woman s hair was once her crown of glory. But, remarks a . State street barber, crowned head3 are going out of fashion. - i V S A Buffalo man drank-rat poI- son for moonshine. It will be 7000 years or longer before he) finds out the difference. W V Quiet campaign In most states; but it will be different in New ' York, with Al Smith and Teddy Roosevelt, Jr., for governor. . "m m After wrangling and hair pull-, Ing for 15 years, the barbers' In ternational union has admitted lady shavers to lull membership.1' Next customer! ! V Four times as many Americans Own automobiles as pay an- In-, cometax. Which, remarks t grouch at the writer's elbow, ii probably the reason. Talk about your village black smiths, there is a -man in Maine who has been at the forge for 69 years. This should make him the oldest forger in . the country. m Whether Gen. Lang or Gen. Sin or Gen. Wu or Gen. Chi or Gen. Tso is getting ahead in China i i not very clear to the American , observer. But they can always bank on Gen. Disorder in the ori-, ental republic. Government of Mexico Would Save Children MEXICO CITY, Sept.2. (AP.) -More than 50 per cent of the children born ! In Mexico never reach their first birthday, the fed- eral department of health has an- " nounced in a bulletin with which v it opened a child saving campaign. ' "Thousands of these little one3 . die because of improper alimen- tation," the department asserts. For Production Go.v;