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4 OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1924 Itanad Daily Except MmJi; It , TBS STATESKAJT PT7BUBHZVO COkfcPAjrT SIS Bovtk Comra.reial St, BmUmf Oragoa ft. J. Hendricks tdkm L. Brady fraak Jaakoaki Twt or YHB t- Tli Associated Prtu ti axcltwirely entitled to tha for paMIeatioa of all aawa dliaatcfcea credited to it or ot etawviaa credited ia this paperand alee the local kl.kJ k.Mi , . , i f I ': ; BUSINESS TVaa&aa T. Clark Co Hew Tork. 1U-145 : lac W. 8. uVotawani, M(tr. i (Portlaad Office, 83S Worcester Bide Phone MS? BKoadway, O. P. Williams. Mgr.) ; TELEPHONES: t . S3 CirealaUon Office .' . .29-10 - Society Editor . Job Departaaat . . . . . 563 BaalsMa Offleo . Ktvt Deyextxaeal Entered at the Peatefflee la Salem, BIBLE THOUGHT AND PRAYER Prepared by Radio BIBLE SERVICE Bureau, Cincinnati, Ohio. If parents will hare their children memorise the daily Bible selec tlona. It wlU prove m priceless beritas to them in after years, . . October? 11, 1924 SAFE STEPS: The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delichteth in his war. Psalm 37:23. I PRAYER: O Gotf, Thou only lite by faith, and then Thy goodness will extend to us, and our way be Thy way; THE DAIRYMEN'S MEASURE The war between the forces interested in the coconut cow atyt those backing: the real cow of the Oregon dairyman is in intense, and growing more so j , And the whole public is taking sides. ." ; . "-.The measure on the ballot for the November election pro rides several things for the protection of the Oregon dairyman; but the main fight is over the provision that makes unlawful tha manufacture or sale of "any substitute for butter containing milk or milk products and also containing any vegetable fat"- In other words making it unlawful in this state to manufac ture ;or sell any, of : the different butter substitutes that contain tha vegetable oils 'and also milk. Nearly all of the vegetable til manufactures being sold in Oregon, under various brands, ccutain some milk, or what their formulas call "milk solids.' - .There are several brands being generally sold in Oregon, manufactured in Seattle, -.Los Angeles, Portland, and the east. . Tha formula is something like this : Coconut oil, 76, peanut oil, 1?c milk solids, 2V ; salt, 2fr ; moisture, 12, The , eraoUnt.of peanut Joil varies, and also the amount of moisture, , and In one prominent Seattle brand there is no peanut oil I ; But of all thesi substitute butters, or rather articles that are used: as substitute for butter, the ma)n content is coconut oil, raide from the commercial copra of the Philippines and other Iropic&Licountries, the copra being the dried meat of coconuts. - T!:is is one of the principal products of the Philippines and of tLc English and 'Dutch possessions in that part of the world. : The fight of the dairymen is to, prevent the use of milk in Manufacturing a butter substitute that is principally coconut pil it is the .dairy !cow against the coconut cow ; Bossy against the, nut.. There is; no attempt to prevent the manufacture of -vegetable oil substitutes for butter which contain no milk. ; : iThe Oregon dairymen-say they are brought into unfair com petition with the product pf very low priced labor in the tropics, " the" profits' going mafaily ;to the eastern manuf acmrersoutside ? of the small profits of the retail;dealers " . rr And they say that the $23,000,000 annual dairying industry "of Oregon might be increased to $100,000,000, with great bene fits to our' whole 'state and air its people, but for this unfair ..competition. ----'"-.---- ) ', V-O The Oregon dairymen, however, do not go as. far as their Canadian, brothers. . In that country, with the aid of organized ljbor, the dairymen have succeeded in having the sale of all kinds of .butter substitutes' prohibited entirely. .Iu Oregon, the only -fight ia to keep milk out of the coconut substitute end ' Other, vegetable oil substitutes. . ' ! ' i , - j ' But it seems to" the writer that the big question is one of the health of our people. President 'Coolidge recently said: . . i "As a food product, there is no substitute for ( i : that which comes from the dairy. It contributes ; ' ' '. an important .element; to the growth and develop- j ment of both body and mind, for 'which there has J' never beenljiseoverecl any adequate substitute." Herbert Hoover said recently : ; i ' "The basis of child welfare is health and physi- r j" cal-development; " The foundation of child health '1 lies in proper feeding. In its broadest aspects, the ' proper feeding of children revolves around a public 1 recognition of the interdependence of humans upon dairy cattle. The white race cannot survive J 'without the use of. dairy products." In the statements .of President Coolidge and Secretary Hoover there is the absolute truth. The coconut oil butter substitutes have absolutely no trace of vitamine A and D, ex cepting for the very small milk solid content,1 and in that there can be only a trace. : No child can have proper nourishment without the vitamincs A and D; cannot properly develop in body and mind; and, the tame thing applies in lesser measure to all humans, and in till' greater, degree to mothers of , children before their birth. The nut (substitute) butter men make no positive denial of "these facts though they do beat the devil around the bush a good deal-but they say that their product is digestible, clean, wholesome; has certain high food value. It is. It has. They Eiyjit js cheaper than butter. It is. They say if their product i4 driven out butter will bo still higher. ! It will not, materially. Cutter is a world products There is a world competition. They say that many foods contain the vitamincs A and D; as the leafy vegetables' and other vegetables, and that the ration of our . people is a generally welU balanced ration any i way, even swith the use of their product. True, : in a measure, but not altogether true, livery pound of real butter makes for the vigor of the race, and especially for the proper devclopmnt iof our growing children. ' , The great jbigjthing in this fight, next to the building tip of our state materially, is the health of our people; the preser vation of our race as a vigorous, achieving race, thinking high thoughts and doing great things. . .' COOLIDGE LELVDS '! The straw rote bejhg conducted by ther Literary Digest has assum ed gigantic proportions. On Sept. . 27; 1,451,51 votes had been cast. jOf this number Coolldce has re -ceired 898.340; Davis. 275.674! aiid X Follette 35i;i78. A good tiany people are- beginning to rfediet that La Follette will "be second man in the race on the regular'.' vote, but of -course he will i not get nearly as many eloc 1 2 til Totes as. Davis, therefore ilauij the election be thrown ia t-e house La Follette: will have rr Ebowlog wfeatever of being the :-zU'it?l pari, nirhfy It- . : . Manager . . Editor Manager Job Dept. ASSOCIATZD rRXSS OFFICE : PWeet 8th St,; Chicago. Marqaette BmDd- 833 10 Oregon, aa eecoad-elesa matter art good. Do Thou enable us to -- Oregon has cast so far 26,641 votes. distributed as follows: Coolidge, 15,080; Davis. 4231;,La Follette. 7,012. Of these Totes In 1920 there was cast for the re publican ticket 16,577 rotes 'and for the democratic ticket 4,928 votes. Of the total using the Literary Digest canvass this year. 4.901 did not vote in the presi dential election four years ago. all of which indicates 'a rery largely Increased vote this year. . ; The rotes shown abore Indicate that! neither Coolidge nor Darls hare lost much In party sentiment in Oregon, but La Follette has taken the stay-at-home vote. "I In", out .;i',ibri'':.; state,, of counted for, of which Coolidge has 21.333; Davis. 3.865. and La Follette 12.878. In our neighbor sUte to the east (Idaho) Coolidge got 4486; Davis, 1127 and La Follette 2,662. Forty-one states are in the poll, but the only place which has shown a majority for La Follette is Wisconsin. In the poll conducted by the Se attle Post-Intelligencer, as noted In the Oregon Statesman yester day, Coolidge has a good lead. The were taken from Portland, Sa m. Albany, Corrallis, Eugene and Roseburg. The t only place the La Follette rote amounted to anything was in Eugene. Out of the' 2960, rotes accounted for Coolidge got 1151; Darls, 854, and La Follette 815. ANOTHER MUDDLE . It Is very unfortunate that there has been stirred up such a vicious fight over the judgeship. I It was so entirely unnecessary. In Ben ton county ' when a judge died Governor Pierce made a quick ap pointment within 24 hours, and all the fellows who might have protested forgot all about It. As a matter of fact when a prospec tive appointment is thrown open it is a field day, and many peo ple who lore the game of politics rush In to take a whirl at It. There are charges and counter charges and then still more charg es until everybody gets angry and the man who is appointed is f ac- tionally aligned. If the gover nor goes outside of the list both sides will call him a coward. It he appoints the more prominent candidate the other side will be sore. The campaign tor the judgeship here has been most unfair. There is no occasion for the prohibitory law entering Into it at all. Those who know both men believe the law will be enforced no matter which; one is appointed. It is al ways a mistake to circulate re ports that cause the church people to become excited and get them to take a band where none is needed. Had Governor Pierce ap pointed a county judge the eve ning after the late Judge Bingham was buried j the county , affairs would! have gone on 1 without a hitch and no one would have been offended. Now he is bound to make a lot of. people angry and disappointed others. It is not good politics to dllly dally over an ap pointment. MUST PROVE CHARGES La Follette has been making such - tremendous charges ; about the republican slush fund that the republican leaders are demanding that he make good. We have a committee for that very purpose. If the republicans have this money it - ought to be known. If they do not have it La Follettte should be branded as a malicious liar. Any man who will deliberately start these stories is unfit for pub lie honors. On the other hand if tbej charges are true, ; the re publican party ought not to be re turned to power. If it is seeking to buy the election It ought to meet defeat. J , ' " ; Of course it is no! true that the republicans are seeking to buy the election and it is time to take note of the&p wild charges that people think they bare a right to make simply! because there is a campaign on. Vjfe once knew a man whose sole usefulness in politics was to start lbs on candidates. That is old fashioned now and has gone out of existence, but La Follette Is trying jto revive it. 1 He Is trying to brine back the old muck-raking days when every man called his neighbor a thief. POOR ADVERTISING The! better citizenship of Ore gon protests against the bad ad-, vertising the state is getting. Unfortunately we ; deal in : super latives If anything is good it is real good and if anything Is bad is very bad. The men who are conducting the campaign in Ore gon for the repeal of certain laws are confident that to continue those laws will ruin the state and the laws they want enacted are necessary to the prosperity of the state. Our penchant tor superla tives Is one of the things that urts Oregon. i. We are too ex travagant In our conclusions and too vociferous in our exclamations. We need .to keep more middle ground. AX EVASIOX TheiOregonian yesterday had an editorial devoted to the editor of the Oregon Statesman which very gracefully slid around the ques tion at issue. No one claims that there will be no county and muni cipal tax under the income tax. The statement the editor made was that there would be no state property tax.' ' That is true. No bluffing, no matter of fine riding, no matter of hairline Insinuations can chan9 tfee truth of that state- ' a' m Mwy nfw wrJv To My Kxpenslro Lore Fairer than alabaster. , Whiter than drifted, snows, Daintier than the sea-foam Is the powder ion your nose. Sweet as the breath of 5 Hies, f ragrant aa rose in oaoom, ueucious as a vioiet Is your highly-priced perfume. Redder than ripened cherries Which the thieving blackbird Sips. :V: I Like unto holly-berries Is the paint upon your Hps. If I might only wed you. It's all that I could ask, , But, though I might support the , -real girl - . . I cannot afford the mask. 1 Jest lliseovered It Silas: "What's the mateer. Hi you look all broken up. Been in an accident?" I ; Hiram: "No, was boxing with young Sherman 'down in the vil lage last night." f Silas: "I didn't know you were a boxer." ' i liiram: I'mfnot." Stella Babcock. The Souroe Sillicus: "I contend that a married man is jalways better in formed than a single man." Cysicus: "Naturally. What he doesn't know his wife tells him." " I 5 S. S. S. Worse and Worse , "Now," said ithe- doctor. 'Til nave to examine J your throat. Open your mouth as widely as you can and sayl'Ah-h-h" Patient: . "Ah-h-h-h. Ah-h-h-h, An-n-n-n." j "Very good." said the doctor, "I think I can fix you up all right. My ree is fifteens dollars." Patient: "Ah-jh-h-h-h-h-h-h !! -4-K. A. Chedell. To Bob or. not to Bob." Had ruffled the soar elrr rain 'On second thought, I believe I'M send s My photograph to Tom," 4-Gracia ShulL The Weakest Unk "Girl Linked In ChUm nr. .... r . - der . " .. , f , ... t This headline fiviiiinda ' na u was umcago-nran, Gfci Leat gert, who first linked a rlri irfr- murder. '..- The girl was bin wif. nm . a sausage maker. ' He kill h.r and made her ihto , link sausage oi .; ine wienie denomination. It created a scandal. Some thought u immodest ror a husband to per mit his wife to 'anoear fn nnhiio in iignts. : - - - j And Endurance ' Rsca Groceryman. J I"Tour acennnt nas been -running 'for more than a year now." : Customer: "SnonOse we let it rest a wane." -. -L. A. Barron. No Stamps to Bay Genius: "I'm thinkine serlons. ly of running fon congress." Dub: "Why, I had no idea you took any interest In; politics." Genius: "I don't, but congress men hare the frankinrr nrlvlU.. and that would fbe a great help to me wnen contributing to THE U.N SHUl." 5 ; I. A. The Jingle-JaniEle Counter Knives are good! when sharpened right; ' , There's an edge to appetite. Francis Mygatt. ' While strolling through a forest , dark, ? . I'm sure I heard the dogwood .bark. : r f -i".- '1 - : ,'--tri'-l " rJ: s. c. " is (!'.. Hello Sonny, where's your Ma?" "Gone to Barber' Shop with Pa." -Ralph Jackson. . ! :; Big crowds attest; the actor's .fame; . s Full houses mark the poker game. D, R. Miller. Just the) Thins Madge: "What I induced the girls to get up a J football ;teatn?" Marjorie: -"VVo all had hoboed hair." . Mrs. Frank Garber. . SomethJn: Wrong! ' Two little boys, were talking about where they were born. 1 was born in a hospital," said one. - ' ) "What was the matter with you?" asked the iother. ' 1 Ruth Ludlow Forbes. I Says to Him w Some neoole aeaulre culture to such a degree that they silo on on their own polish j m r To remain haDor.' look at life through a telescope, not a micro scope.. ' ;'.'' ' I ' . '. f , It's better to have your head n the air than your foot In the grave.- ""Hi . - -. . v.M.: l. , , ITyprrite - ' ", ' It's j, ;..cV:i22 wfeat some girls will do to attract the men." "Who Is she, and what has she been doing?" "Why, Dorothy Merkle actually pretenas that she would rather ride in a trolley car than in a taxi." Angelica Harris. Tiger Rose "Mother," said the Angel Child, "Let's play I'm a tiger wild:" Then she grabbed her mother's hair. Pulled It till the scalp was bare, Shook her bones until they broke Finally the mother spoke, Uttered a remonstrance mild, "TVin't Hn that mv ftavltnv whilst Rachel B. Holmes. THE EDITOR'S GOSSIP SHOP ,. Coming on Monday Oc tober 6 next Monday. We wish to tip you off to one of the greatest contribu tions, ever printed anyhewer. One of our contributors sent ina poem of four stan zas, four lines to each stan za. I.". Then he took the four first lines, the four second lines, the four third lines, and the four fourth lines of the dif ferent verses and the result was a humorous I poem as good as the first! This very difficult feat of writing is worth saving. Next Monday in THE FUN SHOP. - The Dickens ' Old Gentleman (in public li brary) : "Have you the Pickwick Papers?".. : ,T; I ,V New Assistant (eager to please but green): "I'll. find out sir. Er morning or evening edition? Stuart Sabrlskie. Mrs. Nag: words " 'Now. mark my Mr. Nag: "No need to mark them, my dear; they're so wel worn any one could tell them." I BITS FOR BREAKFAST I That's the way ; ' i The way to put it over Is to put it over ' . I ' i ' V 'v Referring to the YMCA build-' lng campaign, of course. V Salem ; will get a boost out ot the success of this campaign that will do' it a world of good; and the enlarged work will keep on doing good all down the vista of the coming years. m This YMCA campaign is for this year and next. , It includes the support of the institution for two years; Put it over, and there will be no campaign next year.- ' ' V Now It's banana coffee, inven ted by a Los Angeles man.. Yes, we haveino coffee. V ' Candidate Davis r said that Dawes's mind is diseased. Chaun cey M. Depew countered: "If it is let us hope that it is contagious S An educational specialist: says that a father should remember that a child' always knows more than the proudest parent thinks he does. "Don't worry," says a State street barber." The kid will remind him." ' Our prune industry being well on the way to stabilization, we should take up the loganberry in dustry. j With the bumper crop of net year coming on,1 it is going to need' it, you can bet your last loganberry. Hollywood has one of the great est broadcasting stations on earth, just tuned in. and Salem tans were listening in on ' tbe movie center last night. - That's bring ing Hollywood near home; near enough. 1 Nowadays when a surgeon cuts away a man's appendix or carves his gizzard he calls. it lan instru mental procedure and charges $1000. more than when it was merely an operation. "Instru mental procedure! puts it in the grand-opera class. mm Australia Intends to stay 'white' even if it means severing connec tion with the British Empire. En gland may have to answer the question, I "Japan or Australia?" And South Africa and Canada are solid 1 with the fighting rooster of the Antipodes. FLAX GROWING IS URGED EUGENE, Or., Oct. 9. Farmers of Lane county will meet at the chamber of commerce : here Fri day to hear, plans af Oregon Ag ricultural i college authorities and representatives of the ; Portland Chamber of Commerce to encour age the growing of - flax . in : this valley, f A display of flax from the plant to the finished linen . will be made at the meeting and the methods of growing and harvest ing, explained. . I Among the party to be here will be G. H. Hislop, head of the farm crops department of the college;, Paul V. Maris, director of the ex tension division of the same in stitution, and E. E. Morris, man ager of the Industries commit tee of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, according to announce- cieotjat tbe local cfcanber. , LAST DAY of the CONGOLEUM SALE Tonight marks the close of this sale of new Gold Seal Rugs. New patterns just received and all guaranteed. CREDIT i GLADLY i WITHOUT, INTEREST 1:. KEEP THE CLOCK WOUND UP J:Sc' ;:mmTr5; :::':;!''cPSv ' h I; ; : o s o !!'v': i . '-!v : --S:yb. W O ' S ' i- ; ia"aSBSBBSBBBSBBBBBBBBSSBSBSBBBSSSSW ! 'j QVER ONE-THIRD OF " . Fiipjn Nnw p fdrfd. (Contianad from pafa 1) more than we need. To have les Is to slight and cripple the work aa it ought to be ' done. It will mean to start with a handicap, with less equipment than we need this minute, and with not a foot of space to -grow up to fill. ' It would be a calamity to have it drop even a little below the mark Really we need more than the amount specified, for immediate use." '. i An ovation was given President W, I. Staley, who has been out of town for some weeks. He told of having visited a number of south em California cities where they haye been making , their YMCA buildings their civic centers and basing their prosperity and; their morals on what they do for the Y. More Appraisals Asked By Pierce and Myers Notwithstanding the state land board already has a lengthy spe cial report out its funds from Arcii J. Tonrtellotte, Portland account ant, and employs J. W. Starrett of Roseburg as a special .investi gator. Governor Pierce and State Treasurer Myers, majority mem bers of the; board, today adopted a resolution whereby they will ap point a special non-partisan com mittee in each county where, the valuation of lands on which loans have been made from the state school fund is in ; dispute. The board this morning appoint ed a committee for Klamath coun ty only, naming W. L. Griggsby, Charles W. Eberline. both repub licans, and W. T. Lee, a democrat. Secretary jof State Kozer. who did not vote, referred to reports being received, undoubtedly re ferring to those of Starrett, as flippant, and insisted that more detailed reports should be receiv ed. State Treasurer Myers agreed with him that the reports should go more into details. The TOurtellotte report, relative to 'certain alleged losses through loans of the 'state school fund. Is being . used - freely: by Pierce and Myers for political purposes,; GREATEST We have picked out! all odd (amps and stands in the store and placed prices on them that will stagger you. At these prices! you lean use one or more to make that room comfy and inviting. SEE OUR EAST WINDOW ggSlill lTO iSQliEll IwlflSJilW-f!! FURNITURC NEW CORPORATIONS I w i i iW I Articles of Incorporation were filed yesterday by j , the Portland Wicker Furniture Manufacturing company, with ' headquarters j in Portland : and with a capital of $10,000. ' The incorporators are Louis G. Acton, Mary. L Acton and B. De Bernard is-lf '-'.-I ; . ,' 1 Supplementary articles were til ed by the-Oregon &;Ocean corpor ation of Portland, changing the name to the Brady-Hamilton Stev edores. Inc. ; . ; ' j ' Notice of dissolution was filed by the Franklin Preps of Spokane. j Emery & Moster Company, Inc.. Myrtle Point;, incorporators; C. ;H Noster, .11. D. Emery, John H Tucker: capital, $30,000; auto mobile service. ' . i j i Portland Shipping News,: Port land; incorporators,!" C. J. Mickel, J. L.. Travis, F. C, Hoeckeri capi tal. $5000.:,. IM . Vegaline Company of Oregon, Portland : incorporators. John Al len. H. Clyde Nelson. S. Si. Bas- sett; capital, $250,0pi0. f Nnllfo nf an Inrrcasn In rani tal from $27,000 to $30,00:0 was filed by the Columbia Iron '& Welding works, of- Astoria, and the same company j filed supple mentary articles changing its name to the Columbia Iron & Steel works. s - !r . j-. r Notice of an increase in: cap! tal from $2000 to i si&.uov was filed by the Teton j Mining! com v pany of Union county. Johnson Gets S1 17 In Suit Yesterday ' - X' - - '1, :--After a deliberation which con sumed approximately five hours time the Jury late last j night brought in a Verdict for the plain tiff in the case of Elmer B. John son vs Ben M.' Peterson. Aj total of $117 damages was allowed. , The suit had been brought on account. of a collision alleged to hare occurred on the Salem-SIl-verton highway. - Johnson j pre sented a claim for $365. and the defendant presented, a counter claim iJt tlJ2.73v jt :: . fci.it tiiTi-tll"' k' -mm, 1 J A 'fi3S33Uz&) trade m V YOUR OLD PUSH DOITS GUIS IE New Gridiron Team in First Game Wins By Score . of 34 to 0 v The J. L. Parrish iuninr hih school football teara. dn tt first game in the history of the school, which was opened this fall, and the first game of the season, de feated the Genrais high school football team 3 4 to 0 on the Wil. lamette university field Friday af. ternoon. 1 The local team as a whole playe j a good brand of ball, the entiri backfield showing well and tfcf line exhibiting a strong defense. Gervais was able' to make first down but twice during the four quarters. The Parrish Junior high school team is being coached by F- Brown, former Salem hlh school football star., Coughill, of the high school eleven, was the referee yesterday. At present Coach Brown is faced with a shortage of games for his team. Owing to the school being in Its first year, an athletic manager. , has Hot been selected, and an election Is not scheduled until the first student body meet ing.; Any of the 'smaller high schools in the district and the sec ond teams from the larger high schools will be welcomed -as op ponents, Coach Brown 'said last night. -Tv: Other athletic plans for the win ter Include" a good basketball schedule. It Is expected that the athletic manager will be; elected in plenty of time to arrange for a number of good games for the junior high school players. I CL0VERDALE Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Kennies and sons. Albert and Louis Kennies, left here Friday for Medford to visit with Mr. and Mra. Elmer Kennies for a while. Albert Ken nies expects to spend the winter there. The hostess for the W. C. T. U. last week was Mrs. M. Fliflet. The day was spent in sewing for the hostess. The county nurse visited the Cloverdale school Monday. Mr. William Butzkey had Mr. Limbaugh of Salem out here a few days last week, doing some carpenter work-for' him. Mr Sam Drager, Ted White head and 'Ben Wlpen left here Sat urday night for a deer hunt in southern Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Wilson and Orvllle Thomas epent the week end in Salem with Mrs. F. Ai Wood. Miss Pearl Drager is attending the Turner high school this win-' ter. " ' Mr,. J. XV. Garner spent last week with his son George below -Salem, returning home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Hulen of Stayton spent Sunday here with Mrs. W. Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Schifferer visited with Mrs. Schlf fcrer mother at Pratum, Sunday. - 1