TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1925 v
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
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Society Editor . W.C.Conner - - Poultry Kdilor
indicate that booze bibblers are on the increase." All-the facts
are . to the contrary. It is a transitory stage with booze
making a nofsy reluctant exit." :
DECLINE OF FARM POPULATION
XEXBEB Of THE ASSOCIATES PKESS ' '
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SURE GUIDANCE:
ahall direct thy paths.
July 21. 1023 , ' '
-In all thy ways acknowledge him,' and he
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1 DRUNKEN DRIVERS
. (Portland Telegram.)
Unitedly the law abiding citizens of Oregon should give their
'moral support to Governor Piercj In his laudable effort to secure
the enforcement of the law passed by the last legislature for the
punishment of persons who drive motor cars, when Intoxicated.
; ( Governor Pierce points out that the new statute has been prac
tically nullified. ! Minor courts in various sections of the state, In
stead of punishing culprits by Imprisonment, permit them ; to plead
guilty to mere reckless driving which is punished, by a tf Ine. The
. minimum' penalty defeatsthe purpose of, the legialaureif:!j!;u;;;:ij
: ItwUl probably be argued by those who have closely observed
the recent. increase lnrlme that the fearof Imprisonment -will, .not
eliminate the drunken driver. This opinion is about' half correct,
but these same Observe"! cannot help admitting that "the maximum
penalty would 'serve as a deterrent. Customary fines will not. ! ':
Every person who drive a motor car while he Is under , the
influence of alcoholic Iquor Is a potential suicide or homicide. It
would not: be doing violence to the English language to say that he
la a potential murderer." Fatalities for which drunken drivers were
directly and unmistakably responsible have recently shown an alarm
ing Increase. .' This feature of lawlessness j ia encouraged by. courts
which show extreme leniency to the lawless.
v Governor Pierce does well to invite public attention to the new
evil. It is a reflection upon our civilization when Judicial officers
who have taken an oath to administer law Justly show Implied con
tempt for law. In every community the irresistible power of public
opinion ought .to be brought to bear upon jeaay-going courts 'and
spur them to doing their full duty in letter and in spirit.
. .'Entirely regardless, of the moral phase of the question, a new
- cmc; dutr h oeen imposed upon all law abiding citizens. ! This ia a
question of public safety, and to insure, reasonable protection from
murderous, law breakers the-people unanimously owe It to them
r selves to require that the new law shall be strjetfy and Impartially
caiurveu, ...... ' ' ! 1 " 1 "' ''
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The farm population decreased approximately 182,000
persons or .6 per cent during 1924. This is. interesting infor
mation at a time when .we have become possessed with the
idea that there has been heavy immigration from city to
country-'' ..,'.""
The movement from farms. to cities, towns, and villages
in 1924 was -2,075,000 while the number, of persons moving
out onto farms and tracts was 1,396,000. This makes a net
movement from the farm population of 679,000 persons.'
I ' Births among the farm population for the year 1924 was
763,000 and deaths 266,000 leaving a natural increase of
497,000. ;
. Subtracting this 487,000 from the 679,000 the number
representing the decrease in farm population is 182,000. -Decrease,
in farm population through the movement
cityward was highest in the mountain states with the Pacific
states following closely. - In the New England section alone
there has been a gain in farm population.
"Among the reasons which may be assigned for this con
dition are the greater isolation, lower, wages and lesser educa
tional -facilities in the farm districts and the .depression in
agriculture.. - ' : '
" The development of community center activities, exten
sion of boys and girls club work through which the younger
generation will become interested in agricultural cooperation;
the operation of county libraries; better schools made pos
sible thromrh consolidations for both high school and grade
work; and larger remuneration for the farmers work through
advanced prices j and stable markets are some of the means
which "will maintain or increase the present farm population.
sacrlficlng'motherhood to the car
eer pf '.her husband. ,She" also
recognized only denied fatherhood
In the emotion he felt for Kather
Ine. And she met the crisis of her
life with such nobility of, spirit.
such sportsmanship and such deft
ness of management, that. her hus
band returned to the allegiance
from which he had never swerved
before, with no Idea that he had
ever strayed, and with Catherine's
daughterly relation to himself a
fixed notion.
She , did something else also,
equally praiseworthy. By means
of a long confidential talk with
the beautiful and high-minded
girl "who was her husband's chief
aid, she bound Katherlno to ner
In lasting friendship: ' Knowing
that no shadow of fault was the
little nurse's, she not only confid
ed freely and frankly in .Kather-
tne. ' but asked her - advice as to
what was best to do, and it was
through a clever - arrangement
planned by both women that Kath
erlne was able to leave the hot
pltal service without Dr. Bralth
w&ite'a a-uessinc the reason for
her going.
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'-.)'. -HOME -v ity-v'
The home is the foundation unit of the government. It
is in the home that character and ideals of citizenship are
best developed. It is here, too, that the basis for true success
in life is laid and national progress stimulated. 10 cnerisn,
protect and honor it is the ideal of every true American.
MY H US BIB'S
LOVE
n -The above 'from the Portland Telegram Is worthy of acceptance;
and the. editor of that paper does not put the matter In too strong
a light , "
In fact it could not be done. In any language. - i
iuw w u auauiuie, h uyea.nui say may,.n saya enau. ritt j ft
It does .not aay drunk.' It says under the Influence of Intoxicating
liquor: r' If it said drunk it might be hard to prove just when a man
Is drunk. A Scotchman once protested that a man Is not drunk as
long as ie can lie on the earth without rolling off, and there ia a
couplet to this, effect: : . X
i. u , "He Is not drunk who from the floor
Cav raise- himself and drink once more." J ; t i r:
;1 This law says that a man under the influence of intoxicating
rjuor-shall be fined not letis than. $100 nor! more than $500, AND
shall be.' confined in the county Jail not less than 60 days nor more
tffn six months, and a conviction shall work forfeiture of driver's
Ueehseo If tho convicted driver again runs a car he shall be' fined
?j6o;to:$500, AND sent to Jail 90 days to a year; AND for the first
offense the motor vehicle driven, if owned by the convicted 1 party,
ba!1 be 'held in custody by the sheriff for not less than .30 days nor
more, than six months; provided the court may permit a member of
the family to use such, vehicle; but a second .offensel shall forfeit
, tb use of the vehicle absolutely, by any person whatsoever," not less
than elx months nor more than a yean The licensee la' presumed to
be ,the. owner. . Justice and district courts have -concurrent ' Jurisdic
tion with circuit courts.
I '-, f The .Portland Telegram Is dead wrong on the point in its third
paragraph quoted above. The enforcement of the, law as written
and enacted will put a stop very largely to the operation of cars by
drunken drivers
Adelo Garrison's New Phase of
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
"Sopyrght by Newspaper Feature
Service "
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There Is no chance 'for
jt-- And the Intent of "the law la plain
quibbling. 7 . -
i - There Is no. half. 'way -house in thla "statute. If a man drives
car while under the Influence of intoxicating liquor, and is brought
Into court and convicted, he has got' to1 go to Jail AND pay a fine
besides, and have his license forfeited.-- .
.!.- Enforce that law, and safety on the highways will be raised
10 per-cent, v 1 ' . :
CHAPTER F62
CHAPTER F63
THE SATISFYING ANSWER
KATHERINE GAVE- TO MADGE
Ji Or. .
"Dr. Braithwaite!'
t repeated the name of the fam
ous surgeon who is Dicky's bro
ther-in-law, with an involuntary
questioning glance at Katherlne
Bickett, who had Just uttered it
in so Impersonal a manner that I
wondered at her poise. "
Had - the no remembrance.
asked myself, of the near approach
to tragedy which that, name had
brought her.? It was very clearly
etched in my mind that throb
bing episode which' .had nearly
disrupted one home already built
and threatened another not yet
completed. Only the . uncommon
sense and rare courage of one
I woman my sister-in-law, Harriet
1 Braithwaite had averted a - de-
bade of the happiness of four
people.'" -:"' " ,
True, there had been no possible
hint of blame or even indiscretion
on Katberine's part In the episode
which. If it had concerned some
lesser woman than Harriet Braith
waite, might easily have brought
anger and heartbreak- to four peo
ple. In France, during the war,
she had been my famous brother-in-law's
most valued assistant in
the hospital nnlt of which he was
the head. Like many men of gen
ius. Edwin Is , utterly helpless fh
details, and Katherlne In the hos
pital was able to shield htm from
petty worries in . the same quiet,
effective manner that invested bis
wife's similar service to him in
their home.. v.'" " ;- '
Then Harriet .Braithwaite fell
desperately" m," and during her
long illness, and that of her hus
band,, which followed, Katherlne
nursed them both and became al
most a daughter to the childless;
middle-aged couple. That bril
liant, temperamental, dependent
Edwin Braithwaite fancied for a
time that the paternal feeling-
which was the emotion he really
felt for Katherlne was In reality
something deeper, was not surpris
ing tot those, who knew him.
Looking Backward.
"Tell Me I'm Doing Right"
. Had Katherlne forgotten all
these things, I asked myself again,
Had she forgotten also the jealous
fury with which her husband of
today her fiance of that time
had regarded the famous surgeon?
But I answered my own question
decidedly in the negative, when I
looked Into her eyes after my re
petition of Dr. Braithwaite's name.
and saw mirrored there a distress
which contradicted the calmness
of her face and voice. ;
"I have - forgotten - nothing,
Madge," she replied ia. answer to
my unworded question,- ."and
will tell you frankly that only, in
an emergency ; like this -would ' I
willingly work on a case with Dr.
Braithwaite again." 7' ' ; - '
"D o n t misunderstand me,"
quickly, with hand outflung In
protest. "I have no fear of Dr.
Braithwaite's ever mistaking
his liking for - me again.
And'Mrs. Braithwaite Is the trump
she always is. I shall be so glad
to see her again, and him also. 1 1
have no qualms on my own ac
count. But Jack you know
na is a little difficult
sometimes, and he la very much
prejudiced against Dr.- Braith
waite. ' But when as dear a friend
as Mrs. Durkee is In peril which I
'am reasonably sure Dr. ' Braith
waite's skill cad avert, I must let
no other consideration save her
welfare Influence me. Tell ' me
I'm doing the right thing. Madge."
' There - was impassioned dis
tressed appeal in her voice, and I
saw in her face the. glow of con
secration to her work which,
thank 'Igpodness. some nurses still
possess. My answer was prompt.
;- "Of course, you-re doing the
ngnt ana spienaia thing," 1 re
plied.- ' . ,
r But I wondered if In her place
I would have had the courage to
do the same thing. - ; -f j.' .
'? '. (To be continued) 4 -
It is apparent that every gen
eration has held many opinions
now known to be erroneous, and
approved numerous things which
we cannot now Justify.
Why is It. then, that, there is on
the whole a preponderance among
manklnd pf rational, opinions and
rational conduct?. -- ;
It there really Is this prepond
erance which there must be, un
less human affairs are, and al
ways have been, in an almost
desperate state it lspwlng, John
Stuart Mills observes, to a qual
ity of the human mind, the source
of everything respectable in man,
either as an intellectual or moral
being, namely, that his errors are
Incorrigible." .
"He is capable of rectifying his
mistakes by discussion and exper
ience. -
"Not by experience alone. There
must be discussion, to how exper
ience Is to be interpreted.
"Wrong opinions and practices
gradually yield to facts and argu
ments:, but facts and arguments,
to produce any effect on the mind,
must be brought before It.'
'Very fey facts are" abie'to tell
their own, story.;wl.thout .comments
to bring out tthelr. meaning." .
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The whole stTeOgth and -value,
then, of human' ' Judgment,- de
pending on the one property, that
It can be set right when 'it" is
wrong, reliance can be placed on
It only when the means of setting
it right are kept constantly at
hand.
When this is considered, cen
sorship becomes folly. The Good
Gentlemen who are back of the
Censorship urge now pervading
the land should be made somehow
to see this. '' ;.''
'
It was a situation .which meant
shipwreck . In the hands of the or
dinary wife. ; But Harriet Braith
waite realized In this hour that
she had made a bitter mistake in
Presbyterians Dedicate .
7;: New Building at Eugene
- UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu
gene, July 20. (Special). West
minster house, the $16,000 house
built for the use of Presbyterian
students on the university cam
pus, was dedicated Saturday. The
dedication - service, a part of the
program of the 35th annual ses
sion of the synod of Oregon, was
conducted by Dr. IL L. Bowman
of Portland, retiring moderator of
the synod
Westminster .'house. is not yet
No man was ever wise by chance
Seneca said. ' ...
In the case of any person whose
Judgment is really deserving, of
confidence, how has it become so?
Because he has kept his mind
open to criticism of his opinions
and conduct.
Because it has been his practice
to listen to all that could 'be said
against him.
Because he has felt that the
only way In which a human being
can make some -approach to know
ing the whole of a subject, is by
hearing what can be said about rt
by persons of every variety of
opinion, and studylnr all modes
in which It can be looked at by
every character of mind.
... This Is the way wise' men be
come wise.
entirely completed, but will be in
readiness for the coming school
year. The lot on which It stands
is the gift of Dr. E. C. Brown and
pr. S. A. Brown of Portland.
Rev. G iff on and Rev. Monroe G
Everett, student pastor at Corval
Hs,"made brief reports of their
work during the past year at the
early morning session preceding
the dedication. , '
-T'LIFE LINES "." ' , ;
j FRED TAYLOR-
BROTHERHOOD. "Love the brotherhood" is the com
mand of the sacred scriptures. But many ask - Who is my ,
brother?"' What bonds unite us - ana now aiscnarge our
duties T Cain sought to escape his responsibility for his .
brother Abel by asking, Am 1 my brothers Keeper r But
?no man liveth unto himself." The stagnant pool breeds .
poison. Life is enriched by giving. We are members of one
great body. We have a common creator; a common nature;
a common purpose; and a common goal. Fraternity is the
watchword of progress. "My brother" is the password to
idealism. Mutual faith helps bear, life's, burdens ; love sup
plants hate; kindness overcomes envy ; altruism removes
selfishness; divinity crowns with blessing. David said:
Thow pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity."
The good bishop of D said to Jean Valjean, "I know your
name,1 it is 'my brother." The little girl bearing the child .!
almost as large as herself said "he is not heavy, he is my '
brother." The Divine Man who came to be the Elder Brother )
to all, said, Mye are my brethren." ' Interested in each other's
well being; bearing one another's burdens; sharing each-
Other's sympathy, courage and strength, let us go forward s,
in establishing-the kingdom 01 the Jirotnernooa 01 sian on j
the earth. : . - ' l
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An English war millionaire en
gaged rising young painter for
the purpose of having his own por
trait in oils conveyed to posterity.
The terms were arranged. .
j "Hoy lonr do you think it will
take?' asked the model. - - .
'Perhaps fifteen daya," was the
reply, j .
j Sittings began, and the artist
entered so heartily into his work
that In eleven days the portrait
was done. it
I "Why?" asked this Creosnsv
when the fact was announced. to
him, "do you intend suppressing
four days work?" -,";-.
"It does not matter at all; the
portrait is finished," answered the
painter. -
"Well, sir. this is not business:
we said a hundred guineas and fif
teen days' work. I am quite ready
to stand the prcie, but yon ought
not to spend an hour less.upon the
work e agreed for."
There was no use arguing with
such a man. The painter took his
brush again, and spent four more
sittings . in lengthening, little by
ittle' in the portrait, the ears of
his patron. -
A country school board was vis
iting! a school, and: the principal
was putting '..his pupils . through
their paces. 4
"Who stgncd the Macn C'aarta.
Robert?" he asked, turItg to one
boy.
' "Please, sir, 'twasn't'mo,' whim
pered the youn gster .
The teacher. In disgust, told
him to take his seat;' but an old
tobacco-chewing countryman on
the board -was not satisfied; so,
after a well-directed aim at the
customer, he said: "Call that boy
back. I don't like his manner. I
believe he did do it."
A tiny corner of mint planted
with the rest of the garden will
furnish mint sauce for lamb, mint
flavoring for Jellies and a pleasing
garnun for summer drinks,
StatcrMDjjQpoIy of Sugar
i .ania'Js Hbw.Proposed
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' ILAGDADDeclsion of the Per
sian' government t,e put through a
bill to empower it to take over the
Import and sale of .tea and sugar -in
Persia' as a'stata monopoly has '
aroused considerable feeling ia
commercial circles here:
The seriousness of the 'matter
from the local point, of view may
be gauged from the fact that, ex
cept for cotton piece goods, a very
large proportion of the consider
able re-export trade from this
country to Persia consists of tea
and sugar. Th buying arrange
ments in Europe and India have
until now remained In the hand
of Bagdad middlemen, Persian
merchants' not as a rule buying
further afield than this city. Pre
sumably, the Persian government
Intends to make its own-arrangements
in Europe, and to cut out
the Bagaad middleman altogether.
J11ldren
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MOTHER?- F letch er
Castoria is. a .pleasant, harm
less Substitute for Castor Oil, ..
Paregoric, Teething ': Drop? .
and Soothing Syrups, . espe-
ly prepared for Infants in arms and Children all ages.
To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of
Proven directions on each facfc'gg. . Physicians everywhere recommend it -
ft
, U . Secretary of State Kozer told the American Legion in
annual convention at Prineville recently j that the Oregon
World war veterans' farm and home loan law usually term
ed the bonus lawhas worked so well that it is now ahead
of the game. There has been loaned to the veterans of this
.. fctate more than fifteen millions ,of dollars, an4 there are
no losses. On the contrary, the state has made $2564 on
bonus loan foreclosures. Many there were 'when this flaw
was being passed to predict the loss of great sums of money.
It has not worked that way, and it is likely that in .the final
up uicte wm ue a ei prone to xne staie 01 uregon.
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PROHIBITION ABROAD
; j Even in Mexico prohibition is making rapid advances.
Ihs state of Vera Cruz has enacted restricted laws against
alcoholism. . The tax on distilleries has been tripled 'and
nscrrhigher licenses required of the saloons" with the result
that ! more than sixty per cent of the saloons have been
closed , in the past two months. ,
Mrs. Margaret Lloyd George, addressing a gathering of
rombn. workers at Southsea, England, declared recently that
both she and Lloyd George had found during their visit here
that the claim that American prohibition is a failure is ridicu-
13U3.' She urged her countrywomen to note that prohibition
i.n the United States is successful and if Britishers do not
provide for prohibition they wiH be left behind in the world's
rrcres3. - ' - , .
Verily those who still ridicule Volsteadism have reason
,fcrv discouragement, j We are at the stage ; of . prohibition
v hcre the drunks make, themselves hideously and tragically
t viicr.t. They break in spectacular .inissicr into the head
1 ..: 3 cf the press. The individual crazed by ir.ccrn'moon-
:: "i h a pitiatb spectacle. Hut this cer.Iiticn Cot3 net
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