The Oregon statesman., May 30, 1925, Page 4, Image 4

THE OREGON STA TES3IAN,S ALE3.I, OREGON
SATURDAY ' HORNING,' MAY SO, 1923
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BEGIN. RIGHT IN YOUTH: Remember now thy Creator la the
days of thy youth, while the evil day come not; nor the years draw
ntsh.. when thou ahalt say. I have no pleasure in them. Let ns hear
the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God. and keep hie com
mandments: lor this is the whole duty of man. Eccleslastes 12: 1, 13.
; MEMORIAL DAY
By Isabel Gray Clifford
A day is this for reverent thought;'
' When poigriant memory
Recalls the legions once acclaimed, . '
The heroes known, and those unnamed,",
Who died for Liberty.
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A day is this when man meets man :
With understanding heart, :
Across the trute of the flowers j : -
Which he has Brought to make these hours
A fragrant day, apart. !
. A day is this of flag unfurled .
- To catch; the winds of May. j
The starry flag our soldiers bore j
And. loved and prayed and battled for,
13 dearer still, today.
A day is this for martial airs, !
And requiems for our dead ; i
Quick music for' the laggard feet, j
And canjpf ire songs, so sadly, sweet j
v ' They make us sweetly sad. ;
A day is this so near our hearts, J ,
It seems a sentient thing. ;
..We vow anew that wars shall cease, ?
We breathe new prayers for lasting Peace,
With'this rebirth of Spring.
MEMORIAL DAY
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THEY SHALL NOT DIE IN VAIN
On the battlefield of Gettysburg, in the clear sunshine
of a crisp November, morning, thousands of Americans listen
ed in hushed reverence to words that for majesty of thought
and simplicity in expression no living man will ever hear
... For it was the dedication to God of a whole nation on
ground hallowed by the life' blood of its champions
- And above all that has been said or can De saia, w wuni
the thought of Memorial Day into the heart of the-nation
tower- the mighty words, of Abraham Lincoln, f We here
highly resolve thai these deadshall not have died in vain."
What would happen to the whole human race if, in the
first flush of dawn on this Memorial Day, 110,000 American
voices, in a passion of resolve, were voluminous in their per
fect unison, to utter the syllables of this immortal aeciara
tion, putting the spirit of Lincoln into every word!
It would bring about the greatest revolution for right
mnsnMs and world neace the earth has ever known.
But in the past nations and governments have not kept
faith with their warrior dead. Too often the civil leaders
bvn KPt un ideals before the shining eyes of the young
soldiers to attain which they went blithely to death; and
the ideal perished with them- After the "soldier comes' the
nt.fvsburtr has come a
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Lincoln '
And berind the statesman stand the people; but today
the statesman falters in finding a path of peace. ' '
' America, in her present unity, understands her past;
she knows her sons who died at Shiloh," at Vicksburg, at
Chattanooga, in the Wilderness, on Lookout Mountain did
not die in vain.' After the surrender at Appomattox, when
twrf great generals met as man to man,, America was nearer
to finding the path to peace than she had ever been before
But America has, in these later years, traveled far from
Lincoln ; far from Wilson. America doubts, hesitates. Did
her bravest and best shed their blood in vain on the battle
fields of France ? ! Do "we here hicrhly resolve that these
dead shall not have died in vain?"
. ;; The spirit of Lincoln speaks to America, today:
. i "Your soldiers have done their part. In the world con
flict you-sent "them out on a definite object to win for
democracy a victory in a war that should end war. The v
won that victory. It is to you, the people of America, to
perform your part of the solemn contract .with, your soldiers
dead and living, by honoring the spirit, that is immortal nc
less than the dust that returns to its earth.', ,
From the four years of civil strife, the spirit of America
gave their nation under God a new birth of freedom.
" ! Equally resolved that the American soldiers who fell in
the World war "shall not have died in vain," what peace
miracle for the whole earth could not the American, people
bring to pass, and ought not they bring to pass, in this the
maturity of their strength and glory.
ISNT PORTLAND INTERESTED?
Memorial Day is a holy day. For more than half a
century it has been observed under the authority of the na
tion. Its origin was the expression of love for those who
had given their livesj in their country's service.
While the country was torn asunder by sectional hates
and envy, still bleeding from the strifes and wounds of war
and while the graves of both Union and Confederate dead
were still unsodden, mothers, wives, children and other loyal
friends both North and South went about, strewing flowers
o'er the soldiers last Vesting place. H Out of a common sorrow,
then came this beautiful custom to every section of the na
tion and participated in by the people generally. ; j
Memorial Day, May SO, is recognized legally by .the
nation of 48 states, while 40 of these same states recognize it !
as the "National Sabbath of Patriotism" a day when men,
women and children pause from their accustomed work,
gather in the social centers to , reflect upon the sacrifices
and heroism exerted i n behalf of the country home and loved
ones by those who lave gone on ' before and what heroism
and sacrifice means o them who live today. :
Primarily the es ;ablishment of Memorial Day as a holi
day is due to the efforts of the Grand Army of the Republic,
fifty-five years ago. Their purpose was to commemorate
the ideals of the dead of the Union Army. And this purpose
has been expanded until it includes all the nation's men and
women who have sacrificed for. their country, home and
loved ones. . ' '
"States are not great except as men make them. Men
are not great except they do and dare." ; r .- - r
But for those who have fought the battles of thef Union
for freedom and for justice to humanity this country- would
be less influential than now. But for the sacrifices they made
during that awful struggle which began April 19, 1861, when
Fort Sumter was fired upon to the dramatic scene at Ap-
pomatox court house! four years later this nation might even
now be half slaved, half free. But from that terrible holo
caust of tJeath, fire ind ruin, there emerged a nation purged
of the curse of human slavery as written in the 13th arid
14th and 15th amendments to the constitution of the United
States. i -"'
Honor to the Gj A R., W. R. C. and to the memories of
the heroes of "76, 9S and to those who fought in the Argonne
of
GavrriaxDns Ifew Fhase
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
Copyrlfht by Newspaper Featare
Serrlea)
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rcrthndcrs ere not asked to "give" money to the Salcni
li-trn mill. Vhst they are asked to do is to "invest Orcron
rzzzzy in a prcpcccd nsw Oregon industry. ; J;
7I::re hss Lr?n a let c t-'Hc in Portland about Jnduitrl
and St. Mihiel. Hnor to those who lie in their narrow
tents under the sod and dew, whether In the sunny South
land,' among the northern pines or in Flanders field beyond
the seas.-They fought and died in the faith of freedom and
justice to- theirj couritry and humanity' To strew the graves
of the departed with the garden's and the woodland's choic
est emblems of love and beauty is a privilege on this Momona
It is a part of this day's privilege and duty also to sped
ally remember by acts of appropriate recognition, the living
soldier's service not only to his country in its hours of peril
but as a living example of patriotism and accomplishment.
Acknowledgment of the sacrifice made for us by par
ents whether living or passed over on the other side should
not be neglected on this memorial occasion. Friendships
broken by death or contributing tp the joy of the living may
be bound a little closer through the recognition of the true
memorial spirit. j i 1 K' ' j
Altogether it is a glorious holy day. To properly ob
serve it, in loyal remembrance of those' whose lives' claim
this observance, is to ennoble, the observers.
. ron suai : they were
On this Memorial Day when we think in terms of honor
ing the? known dead," here" are the Words which an Indian
boy wrote to his parents when he entered the service
- I promi5ed that I "will do weU in' this; thatTwill face
all things unafraid. ' !i3. i..
And to his father before his death
You have been a good father to me dad. Youll never
know how much I
have loved and respected you. - Even as
I write I think of a hundred little ways in "which you guided
my faltering steps and molded my character.4' I regret tha
I could not have lived to lighten your old age and give you
ason. ' , ' v;:'; ;;;-,;
And this to his mother : i. t ? - t '
"This isn't to be mailed Until I have gone where all 'li
good aviators go, honey . You are. so wise and brave and
cheerful that I know you can be as proud as you are f id"i
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for Oregon. But you can't; build; THAT NEVEIi HAPZ?2N
takes money. Somebody has to pay. , r
The Salem linen mill is a proposal to start towards
having Western Oregon supply' America with flax products
Men who ought to know assert that Western Oregon can
do it, that Western Oregon is the one spot in the United
States with soil, climate and other requirements to become
the scene of a great linen industry.
I America imports $100,000,000 worth of flax product!
from outside countries every year. We buy from "other
countries $25,000,000,000 worth of the kind of flax products
that the Salem linen mill will turn out. - J.
Thomas B. Kay is a textile manufacturer. His father
was a textile manufacturer before him. The younger Kay
crew uo in the business In addition he is a canny Scotch
man with all a Scotchman's conservatism. His word is worth
while' in the textile business.! j j
- "Investment in the linen mill will, I am positive, pay
returns on every dollar," said Mr. Kay in The Journal yester
day. He added: .? S
- "There is no longer any guesswork about ;
flax-growing or the linen industry. We know
that the best flax in the world can be grown
here. We have investigated thoroughly the
people who are to manage the linen mill and we .'
are sure of their reliability and their skill. I
believe thoroughly in the possibilities of the
,-;v.t industry." V -"',; ' '.
Though the linen mill will compete with his woolen mill,
Mr. Kay has taken $5000 of the linen mill stock.
Portland's quota for ,the Salem mill is $175,000.
It isn't to be a "gift," but an "investment" that Mr. Kay
says will pay returns on every dollar of the stock. . . . ,! Y
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PROBLEMS
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CHAPTER 472.
THE DISCLOSURE LINDA UN
WITTINGLY MADE TO
MADGE. .
Whass eatln you?" Linda de
manded thickly. "Sight of your
own face frighten you? You'll be
scared worse than that before
Qracle gets through with you.''
My lips are so swollen.". I said
Slowly. . i .
Indeed, T was speaking but the
truth, for the gag Grace Draper
had put upon my mouth was no
child's toy. But I was glad, in
deed, that I had the excuse pat for
Linda's ears, thankful also that
she had not been in a position to
see, in the mirror what I had be
held. . : ;;P-. " . ,;'
For if I had not been the Tictim
of an hallucination, I had seen in
th mirror the reflection of some
one passing outside the transomed
door, nome one near and dear to
me. Under pretense of examining
my swollen lips I looked intently
into the mirror, noting . the -posi
tion and details of the door oppo
site the mirror, whose', partly-
opened transom above had given
me the glimpse of the flitting fig
ure outside.
It was clearly a door Into an
other room. I could see the out
lines of a fire place like that in
the roem assigned to me, and
through a similar door with a
transom above I had just entered.
The room to which I bad been
brought and this other, no doubt.
once had been designed as a suite
with bath between. . '
I dared not prolong ray scrutiny.
and turning as if in search of
towel, r sent :-my ' eyes -quickly
around the room. , "A window was
the only other opening.' window
which led to "the outdoors. T but
which I saw was securely barred.
Madge's Courage Is Fired.
' "Say. bow long re you going to
be?" Linda j demanded, not ill
naturedly, however. Think I've
got nothing to do but wait around
for you? I've got important busi
ness on band. I have." -
She had the touch of arrogance
which the first stage of intoxica
tion often gives. I hastened to ap
pease her, but I did not know bow
I could make use of her weakness,
but I meant to play upon it it pos
slble. r
: 'Coming this minute, I said
meekly. "I'm sorry to have kept
yon waiting." - ' - '
"On. thass all right." she re
plied with an evident attempt at
magnanimity, and I followed her
back Into the room! had left with
ih rraementa of a doien mad
nlans revolving in my brain.
-The elimose I bad received of
tha figure in the mirror had fired
niy courage.? and I meant to let
no slightest chance of getting out
of the roomrsUp past me because
of my own weakness or indecision,
With every nerve tense, every
ens. alert. I drank the hot tea
Linda 'had brought, and ate the
food which accompanied it. While
I did so I minutely surveyed every
square - foot of walls, celling and
floor of the room, which was my
prison.
cushions on every band. A desk,
a bookcase, a reading table of old
mahogany, harmonized i with -the
bedroom furnishings of l$he same
beautiful wood, while 40 booked
rugs on the floor and the old
prints on the walls were things to
make a collector emerald with en
vy. Linda noticed my admiring
glances, and good-naturedly play
ed cicerone.
Thlsa is old wing of house,"
she said, patently trying her best
to speak slowly. VI ts awful old.
pretty nearly 200, I guess. . See
what a mess the heating Is."
She walked to the radiator in
stalled in a recess, between the
broad windows, and pushed one of
the exquisite old hooked rugs
aside with her feet.
"Look here," . she said, and I
saw a depression in the floor with
large jagged hole in it through
which, passed the. pipe connecting
the radiator with some other be
low. ;
'Old man owns this place is a
nut," Linda declared with empha
sis. "This hole In floor was here
In his great-grandfather's time
rat hole, I expect, and he wouldn't
let any other be cut for the radi-
tor pipe. So they ran it through
here to the room below. Makes
it fine for one thing, though, and,
m the only one who knows It.
Oh!"
She clapped her. hand over her
mouth as might a child who had
A Charming. Frison..
It was a ? most -charming ;and
comfortable prison" I had to ad
m!t that a cozy. lowHcetlinged
room'with wide easement windows
curtained in band-blocked chintz
with the same costly and exquisite
fLriC reproduced ia iraperle3 and
Memorial day
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Our national Sabbath of patri
otism ' W m V
When we say it with flowers;
when there is no north, south, east
or west looking to the time
when there shall be no bitterness
between nations or races.
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Looks like good prices for cher
ries; r rather good prices for
good ' cherries. You will have to
spray for brown rot, and also for
worms, If you want to be In' the
shipping pools getting the fancy
prices for fancy fruit.
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We are to have a good crop of
peaches. Even the family tree in
Oregon produces peaches, j'.
,., They had their traffic troubles
even in ancient Rome. The streets
were so narrow that wagons were
not permitted on them when peo
ple were walking abroad.. :
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. A misplaced comma in a law of
1870 concerning land grants to the
railroads, is now ' the Subject of
judicial inquiry. Great heavens.
think of what might of happened
with & misplaced period!
The United States has something
near 18,000.000 automobiles In
use, about 15,000.000 telephones
and approximately 20,000,000
radio sets. The radio,' newest In
vention of them all, leads the list
'.7... mm
A tree tapped "at a spot about
two-thirds ; Its height from the
ground was used by Gen. George
O. Squier, radio expert, and found
to greatly diminish static. , Gen
eral Squier hasi for years experi
mented with tree rooU and plant
Ufa In connection with radio re
ception, an he believes that na
ture holds the secrets of static
elimination.
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Angered because her partner
stepped on her foot during a tur
key trot a Paris woman pulled out
a knife and stabbed the brute.
If the gentle, yet effective, system
employed by the young, woman is
encouraged we may, in time, do
away .with that alleged dance. - 7
unwittingly betrayed a secret, and
looked at me in. wild-eyed ludi
crous dismay. As I gave no sign
of interest, however, she breathed
more freely, and hastily pulled the
rug to its former place again.
-"I'm not going talk to you any
more," she said crossly, .with a
sudden ridiculous air of authority.
"You're too fresh, .Give me that
tray and sit down there quiet till
I tell you you can get up."
I was' barely seated in the chair
to which she pointed when a key
grated in the lock,, and Grace Dra
per came In.
(To be continued)
I Editorials of ibi" People
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Desecration of . the Sabbath
Editor Statesman: (.
In your editorial of May 28 you
sound a strong protest against
desecration of Memorial day by
the program of sports, stunts and
burlesque to be put on by OAC
at Corvallis, and only 10 minutes
of the whole day given to Memo
rial exercises.
.'You refer to May 30 . as the
"National Sabbath of Patriotism."
But how much more could, and
shouldV.be said against the dese
cration of the National Sabbath or
Patriotism by the very amuse
ments which you condemn as em
phatically as "an offense against
the spirit of the day.""
Every patriot will be ready to
cheer you In your efforts to pre
serve our national Memorial day,
and not commercialize It. But it
is also true that all the best citi
zens of Salem and the state will
uphold you ln your efforts to put
down and out the "amusements"
and "industries" which, under our
state law (or lack of law), are al
lowed to commercialize the Sab
bath until the average youngster
can hardly find time for 10 min
utes, devotional 7exercses on the
Sabbath, any more" than they can
on Memorial day. '.. :
It parachute jumps, tugs of war,
girls', dragon rides, barrel fights,
and serpentine dances, are pro
tested as out of harmony with the
spirit of Memorial day and we
agree with you in this how much
more can be said of the question
able Sunday dances, picture shows,
vaudevilles, baseball games', .busi
ness houses open for trade, and
factories and the like busy at
work?
When one pauses and reflects
on the desecration of the 30th oj
May, serious as it is, the conviction
Is compelling that the desecration:
of the first day of the week is far
more -serious. Most of the states
of the Union protect this day by
state -laws for our good, but our
Oregon legislature has allowed it
to go to the discard. - Disregard of
the Sabbath day spells disregard
for. all religious Institutions, and
finally, defiance of the laws of the
land. 77-:; - ----- -. . 7
.Let us" remember" the Sabbath
day. , H. C. - BATEHAM.
Salem, Or,, May 29, 1925.
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Night and Morning to keep
chena Clean, Clear and Healthy
Write for Free "Eye Core"
or "Eye Beauty" Book .
MiaaPfLB.S,9LOfcwSuCtka
FFotectiBg y our.
money
A MANUFACTURER in an obscure little
town builds a "new product. i 7
' Within a year or two, thousands of women
in; every corner of America buy that product
and benefit by its merits.
What gives you this confidence in the Value
of goods made by a man perhaps thousands of
miles away? j ,
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. Advertising. Advertising brings you news
of the new article. It tells you of its merits.
It convinces you'of its value. It protects your
investments
Products that' are widely advertised arc
worthy of your faith. You buy from honest,
neighborly folk i when you buy. from their
dealers. '
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J It pays you to' read the advertisements and
to know advertised products. Buying them
protects your money.,
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careful buying read them all
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