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THE PRINCE OP PEACE: Unto us a child is born, unto us a son
is riven: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his
name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The
Everlasting- Father, The PRINCE OF PEACE. Isaiah 9: .
INJURING SALEM'S GOOD NAME
There is a line of injurious propaganda being spread
concerning a too strict enforcement of the traffic laws in
Salem . . : - i I !
And the thing having been started by parties with
ulterior motives is being passed on to the detriment of
Salem j
And to the injury of the good name of Salem as a city
of welcome, a hospitable town. ', -.-i' j ' '! "'
There is no disposition on the part of Salem's traffic law
enforcing officers to make t hard for tourists, or for others,
for that matter ' j!l,"ir ,:V: . . ' j I : M : ; ',
- AJidythe contrary is; true. No one is arrested in Salem
for exceeding the speed limit unless he exceeds it at least five
miles an hour. Everjr aid is given to auto drivers Who inno
cently Overstep the rules of the road j I '
And there are scores of warningsrgiven for every arrest
- made for violating the Taws and ordinances for the safety of
the public; for the safety of -the automobile drivers them
selves. ' . i ', . !-M :i -! :-' '
, , If there is. any cause for complaint, it is on the part of
the public. And in Salem the public is not complairiing. The,
Ieople here want common sense to be used. They want legiti
, mate tourists given every possible attention and service. .
What is to be done about this insidious propaganda?
Something should be done to thoroughly counteract it. But
1 our people must notstoop to the backfire of lying about other
cities and towns. , f !
MORE OF TEAPOT DOME
The result so far of the Teapot Dome case is to legalize the
lease of the lands to Sinclair. Fall's failure to obtain an
-opinion from the attorney general on the legality f the lease'
was declared by Judge Kennedy to be "no more than error in
, judgment' . : ; , :f .";. - : , j .H Jr;
Among those whose names have been brought into the
matter in ways suggesting illegal participation, and who are
by the decision absolved from any intent toward wrong doing
are former assistant Secretary of the Navy, Roosevelt; Rear
admiral Robison, chief engineer of the navy; H. Foster Bain,
director of the bureau pf mines and several subordinates in
the navy department; involved in the leasing procedure. . "
; The decision is heralded as a "political whitewash" in
anti-administration circles. This is to be expected,. It is the
method of political warfare whether sustained by the facts
in the case or not. Criticism is stimulated by the prominence
of the officials charged with wrong-doing; by the tremen
dous values of the properties involved and because any ques
. tionable dealings with- -goverpment property by officials
becomes a reflection upon those officials charged with spe
cific trusts and upon the administration responsible for them.
: Neither Fall nor Sinclair have, through the trial cases,
to which they have been subjecj; satisfied the public that
.' advantage was not taken of their positions to profit greatly
v' at the expense of the government! ; While they are absolved
-from legal wrong they, are not absolved from public sus
' picion. v -, . :-r y : . mdi fty'' 1 ji r 'T, t i .
C Fall .has not cleared up the conflicting stories. about hi3
sudden possession of a hundred thousand dollars which, it is
claimed, was of special significance with' reference to the
Teapot Dome lease. j ;
The announcement of the
prosecutors to carry the' case
with universal approval. For
' additional effort bn the part of the government to retrieve
the lands and to punish erring officials accused of attempted
graft will increase confidence
administration to do its full
HOME
Homes in America are
are the nurseries of our citizenship and of loyalty and rever-
ence for the sacred things
, .wheel of society and the state.
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l No matter how rich the
resources, agricultural accomplishments, commerce or indus
tries unless it is rich in the simnle Kottim nf tKa ritip villa o-a
wuHwjr it. is wean aim
Continual effort, individual and organized, is being put
forth to lmorove the homes
w yiUftiras, xx uicic were u
all institutions would soon, as
are many things that endanger
are the influx of elements from foreign lands whose home
ideals are far below ours; the demands of this jazz age upon
the time of the household
improvements. The "soul" atmosphere of the" home has
become, it seems, charged with indifference to many of its
finer attributes. The light of the earlier spirituality has
dimmed with the passing cf daily worship and regular church
attendance; The abundance
have contributed to our present weakness. - . ;-.; ; ;
Tha ccnrnuinity is the
THE OREGON STATESSIAN. SALEM. OREGON
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Livaatack Editor
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Paultry Editor
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intention of the government
to the supreme court meets
whatever the final outcome
in the determination of the
duty. !
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the (basis of national life. They
of life. They are the balance
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nation may be in capital, natural
uiienuunng. i
of the nation.
ucn enozx mese greatest 01
a whole, deteriorate. There
them.' Among. these dangers
and the high costs 6f materia
of our national blessings may
heme multiplied and any move-
ment which benefits one also benefits the other. The chal
lenge ,to combat the enemies of the home among f hem jazt,
extravagance and moral decadence; should be accepted. J Em
phasis should be put on worthwhile things good music; in
spiring literature, spiritual development and the most
attractive home comforts. Overcome the allurements of the
auto by the inspiration of the radio; the call of public jazz
by various forms of home entertainments. Make of the
modern home an uplifting type of the community-social-center
where there is genuinely helpful, social, happy contact
and this greatest institution in the world will more nearly
fulfill its glorious mission.; V ' ? m
The "Hello" salutation in answering the telephone is
falling into discard. It is a term devoid of business or social
personality which is a valuable asset in either home or busi
ness. "Mr. Brown speaking," or "The Oregon Mr. White
speaking," involves immediate identification; and ; prepares
the way for conversation. Isn't the value of the latter form
of salutation obvious? ; Yv ; ; '
The National Industrial Conference Board is authority
for the statements that wages today average 116 per cent
above what they were in the, prewar period. , And allowing
for the decline in the purchasing power of the dollar ' the
wage earner is about 30 per cent better off as toj'real"
wages than he was at the peak of the wage level of 1920. r -
Dinner Storie
s
It was just after the banquet
and toasts were the order. The
toastmaater arose to Introduce ""a"
prominent elderly speaker, and
said: ' '"'; . : ' -
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t'Gentlemen, you nave just been
giving your attention to a turkey
stuffed with sage. Now you will
please give your attention to a
sage stuffed with turkey. -
Billy Sunday stopped a newsboy
in city where he was conducting
a revival and Inquired the way to
the postoffice.
"Up one block and turn to the
right," said the boy.
"You seem a bright little fel
low," said Sunday. "Do. you know
who I am?"
"Nope!" , V
: "I'm Billy, Sunday, and if you
come to my meeting tonight ; I'll
show you the way to heaven?? ,
"Ayr, go on!" answered " the
youngster; "you didn't even know
the way to the postoffice."
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The colored minister was loud in
his praise for the goose which El
der Johnson had served for din
ner. V"- .
Finally he said: "Brother John
son, where did you git such a -tine,
fat, tasty goose?" , i :
"Pahson," replied the elder,
when ' you preaches a specially
good sermon, does I ever ast you
whare you got it at?.'
When Queen Liliuokalani was in
England . during- the English
queen's jubilee, she was received
at Buckingham palace. In the
! course of the remarks that passed
between, the two' queens .the, one
from the Hawaiian Islands 'said
that she had English blood In her
veins. " j . '
"How so?" Inquired Victoria, i
"My ancestors T ate Captain
Cook," replied Liliuokalani with
out a mil; 1
DOROTHY DARN1T
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5QMETH1MG ACWAVS
(flAPOENQ TO ME IK1
I YOU R OLD 3 TOt?e
BILLY'S UNCLE " . , : , , - ' ' - - - ' -v':,;"' . " .. ' ' '';
NIYHUSBAK
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Adrfe Garrson's Xevr ' Phas of
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
Copyrght by Newspaper Feature
. Service ,
Chapter F 41
WHY MADGE'S PLANS VANISH
ED AT THE SIGHT OF
. ' LEILA
? Shrewd suspicion was in the
glance which Bess Dean gave me
when I said that I was dizzy and
wished to go up ta my room and
lie down. That' she guessed my
illness was only feigned, I was
sure, but I cared no whit for her
opinion of me, and only . nodded,
indifferently when she said with
a silky intonation:
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j "Terribly 'sudden seizure, isn t
It? But, bf course, run aKmg. I'll
try to keep jthlngs from burning.
" "Nothing will burn before I get
back." I returned as I ' left the
room,, and again I deliberately
missed her, for I had no intention
of returning to the kitchen again.
I went straight to Mrs'.' Bur-,
kee's rtfom, found her dressing.
and. looking much refreshed. f
"I had the most ; wonderful nap,
thanks to you," she said grater
fully. "You must be tired."
"Not in the least," I replied
truthfully. ; "But I want , you to
take my. place now."
, VWhat'a happened?" She brid
led with anger. "Has that girl "
' "No, she has been very . tame
and peaceful," I returned with a
smile. "But Leila doesn't know
Bess Is here." j
i "Nvj " She looked at me In
quiringly. ;
"Don't you think it is as well
that she receive the knowledge
before she sees .Bess? I asked
nervous, and don't think she's at
all well." .
I had taken off, my apron and
smoothed my hair as J spoke, but
wnen 1 iook up my nai,; wnicn i
had left on Mrs.; Durkee's table
she voiced a quick, sharp query:
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DIDisJT"
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THAT
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FRESH '
PNT)I a '
"What are you going ;to do?"
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I lowered my Tolce to ;a whisp
er though I was reasonably sure
that Bess Dean was safely. In the
kitchen.' '" , ;Ii ' "' : ;
'I'll Meet JUfred and Leila.'l
"I told Bess that I was dizzy,
and was '.coming upstairs to lie
down for a few minutes. Now, If
you' will go down stalra and keep
her busy for a while, I'll slip out
and go over Ho the station and
meet Alfred and Leila. When we
come back, I'll say that I thought
the walk would do my head
good."," . ' JJr. - ; "
; ; The bright eyes of Her Fluffi
ness sparkled with appreciate
comprehension. : ., . f ; '
tWhat a schemer you ire -for
your friends!" she exclaimed,
keeping her own 'voice down.1 I'm
almost through dressing, and I'll
go down the' second- I'm finished.
Jusf nelp me fasten this gown,
and I'll be ready." ,
I hurried through the fasten
ings, and .in another minute, ap
ron over her arm, she ; hurried
down the stairs, while I put on
my outdoor , things and stood at
the head of the stairs until the
sound of : voices in ; the kitchen
told roe that the way to the front
door cleaf, ! .
I let myself out. noiselessly, and
turend down the road toward the
railway station'. It was a long
walk, but I knew that I had
plenty of timte to make It before
Alfreds usual bome-coming train,
and I revelled In the clear, crisp
country air, : so unlike the dust-
laden atmosphere surrounding the
apology ''for -' an V apartment In
which ; Housing conditions had
flun;:Dickyand.me. '
A sudden nostalgia1 for the real
country surrounding the Sag Mar
bur farm swept me, and for an
instant I felt impatience with the
circumstances, which had kept me
from them', r But for the Durkees
I might now be sitting before the
blazling logs in the big fireplace
with my idolized small son cud
dled in my arms., ' ,
Madge Considers Her Problem.
Then shame, for my selfishness
swept me. Tragedy grim and
stark,- lay In wait for my little
friend unhappiness threatened her
daughter-in-law, also dear, to me.
I would b3 unwprthy the name of
friend if I could not cheerfully
l sacrifice more than a day at home
to them, rare and precious as
those days were to me since my
enforced adjourn in the city. f
I had nearly 12 minutes ;to
spare when I walked Into the sta
tion. ; but 1 1 found -, the time too
short- for the solving of one prob
lem which, confronted me. Little
Mrs. Durkee had told me that I
pnd not aha .must; tell Alfjred of
the mysterious pain ' which -had
been troubling herr and of Dr.;
Foxhams verdict that she ought
to . undergo ; an ..operation, j
. Should I tell Alfred during our
walk home, or wvuld the shock
be too great to Leila, if her nerves
Were' as unstrung as, they had
beert the preceding evening? Yet,
with Bess Dean present,'! might
not have as good an opportunity
later. And might tfot the?" knowl
edge of her mother-inlaw's dan
ger be a good thing for Leila, in
that it-would occupy her mind
with 'something other than Bess
Dean's machinations?
The train whistle sounded with
my problem unsolved, and I went
out to the platform with 'that de
cision so often made, to abide by
circumstances. But when the
train stopped, and I caught my
first glimpse of Alfred and Leila,
everything; hut anxiety for my
friend fled. For Alfred had to
lift Leila from the train and carry
WELL CAN T
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TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 234025
her to the waitlng-roomr She evi
dently, was extremely 111.
(To be continued)
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I Bits For Breakf ast
; Seasonable weather :
m "b i
. Allowing farmers to make hay
while the sun shines. " , -
The warm sunshine will speedi
ly wind: up the strawberry crop
for many valley yards in low al
titudes; buti the high hill yards
will persist for some time yet: a
week or ten days.
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It is going to take all the
money that .can be gotten Into the
revolving, fund to pay the farmers
for their flax; including the j50,
000 that will have to be borrow
ed, as permitted .and directed un
der ihe law. " ? ; ; a ,
Have you seen Lily Lane? That
is the road leading off to the left
at the Haysyille church on the
Pacific highway r Nearly all the
farm houses along that, road.
clear down to where it Joins the
road leading from Kaiser school to
Chemawa, has a lily display. Some
of them are wonderful; worth go
ing a long way; to see
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The drive . for membership for
the proposed new form of the Sa
lem floral society heed inot stop
at 2,000, Make It a year, and
get at least 5,000 members and
give them all something to do.
That will make Salem . the real
City Beautiful in a vety short
time.' ' " '
Did you see the automobiles In
downtown , Salem Saturday, . and
especially, in the early part, of the
evening? Some automobile show.
Salem's wide streets are wonder-
fully, fine for such a sho.w. .
DO YOUR PIT
WITH SWATTER
Greatest Summer Menace Is
- Common House Fly Ex
! termination Urged
"One menace that still more or
less defies regulation, is the. com
mon house fly. This little pest is
as fond of the camp kitchen and
the resort hotel ae he Is of . tlye
ordinary home kitchen, and is just
as daneerous one place as the
other. V ' ' , T . ' . .
The , 'dirtiest, most disgusting
places, in the world the1-garbage
can, the manure pile, carcasses or
dead animals, and still worse, the
privy, are; all happy . hunting
ground for the fly, and SO IS THE
DINNER, TABLE, and he moves
back and forth from one place to
OUT l NJE.VER
BELIEVE ANV OF
THE SlGfJS IM
"TMt STORE
. ; felf r hone your, ; H : h feL .
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thff otherwirb: a- Jaunty disregard
for consequences. - If '.somebody
Is using the privy who his typhoid
or dysentery the result, is an epi
demic which . forsooth 1 Is then
promptly laid to eating green fruit
or over-ripe fruit. .
i The Minnesota Public Health
Journal tells a story of a certain
hotel in Maine that, had rented a
suite of rooms to a party for a
period of two weeks. After stay
ing four days, the: party summar
ily left on account of flies In tne
dining room, refusing to pay the
balance of rent ' aa per contract
The hoteli sued for damages, and
finally .appealed the case to the
Maine supreme court. In render
ing his decision the judge .said:
"It Is a matter of common knowl
edge that the common ' house fly
has come to be regarded not only
as one of the most annoying and
repulsive of insects, but one of the
most dangerous in its capacity to
gather, carry,, and diseiminate the
germs of disease. The dangers
with which his presence is fraught
are: also matters of common
knowledge, and hence of judicial
notice. That the .defendant left
the plaintiffs hotel on account of
the obnoxious presence of flies,
there -can be no" doubt, and the
court thinks he was justified In so
doing." Travelers have a right
to demand protection from thie
pest remember that, as you travel
about this summer., (
EDITORIALS OF THE
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; News of First Order
Editor Statesman: : .;. r .'-
' . In ,. the announcement that . the
Salem . Floral society will change
Its name in the fall, put on a cam
paign, for, a big membership, and
eventually affiliate with the Na
tional Garden club, is news of the
first, order. - And not only is it
Oregon
1 then ' .' . , .
Salem
Your home planned, built and
financed, on your lots or ours.
: . Service unsurpassed.
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Oregon Incorporated Realtors
VICTOR SCHNEIDER, Secretary
W. J. WILLIAMS, Builder.
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news, but it has' much significance
for Salem. ' It means a strong and
active organization that will work
shoulder to shoulder with the
other organizations alert for the
welfare of the city. It means com
mittees for every department of
garden and civic endeavor, and. to
cite one Instance, brings the day
of tree-lined streets much nearer.
Closer cooperation, too, with the
gardens, and help perhaps in their
planning. That leads to linear de
sign with classes under competent
leadership for the guidance of lot
owners, it means, too, menuu-
catlon with a large and powerful
organization; the stimulus and di
rection it gives. Its frequent bul
letins and Its "silent association in
all worthy plans. ;it is a call to
the city's larger comfort,! greater
beauty.- ' t '.,
Even, you, Mr. Editor, must be
a bit surprised at the proportions
which your slogan, "5,000 mem
bers if or the, Floral society,' "of
only a few days ago, has attained.
X . W. C. DIBBLE.
Salem June 20. 1925. : .
Kirkpa trick In Honored
Salem friends of Dr. Bla'ne K.
KIrkpatrick will be Interested to
know that he was granted the de
gree of Doctor of Divinity at the
1925 Commencement of the Gar
rett Biblical Institute from which
Dr. KIrkpatrick graduated in 1912.
The honor came In recognition ot
the splendid-woric this former Sa
lem pastor of the First Methodist
church iSwdoing in thecapacity or
general secretary' of the Ep worth
League. . " , . .
Ouridvertisers are cooperating
to mak4 -Salem the most prosper
ous eity)ln Oregon.'; Patronize the
adTertisers, and tell themyou ap
preciate their efforts. Salem owes
a great debt to rhert Iprpgresstive
business men. ' v '' f ' '
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