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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1925)
i . .4 I i " THE 0IIEg6n. STATESMAN,. SALE?.!, OREGON1 WEDNESDAY MORNING, 'JULY 29, '1S23 -IE 4 . i Itraed Daily Except Monday or f TBS 8TATXSMAH PtrUSHISra COMAJTT ' ; 2 IS Soo"l Commercial SW Salam, Orefoa Yr4 J. ?' - C. K. I-otn . l.fcli Hraitb .,.- A ad ml IVu.cb -V " - - - Vnri : MaBagiaf-Kditor i - Citr Editor Telegraph Editor ' - . Social Editor , I W. H. Hendaraoa. - Circulation Maaagtr Ralph K. Kletalng- tA'Trtia4na; Manager Frank Jaakoaki MmnAtrr Job IVpt. E. A.Rhotea . ? - U Editor W. C.Conner - - - -. Poultry Editor , . KSMBXa OF THE ASSOCIATED 7BESS - . t , . Tfie Aaaotiat Prwa la' ax'eluaWely entitled to th e for tnbtSJB4ion ml all new mtat hi credited to it or not otharwia credited ib taU paper and -also th local publiahcd oeroia. .. -. ' : ' J -' ' , .' BUSINESS OFFICE: Tbomaa F. Clark Co- Kew Tork. 128-136 W. 31t Kt. Chi-so, Marqortta Bid.; Uoty A Payae. Sharon Bids, Ka FraBriaco. Calif.; Htsslna Bid;., ! Antelm, Calif. r- BntlDeit Office. i Society Editor.... . , ' ' TELEPHONES: I ! - y .23 or 583 CirenlatioB 0flea.-.583. I Kwa DpartmeBt23-10 ., . ,, , 10 ' 1 i: Job Departments .... -...S83 A Kntwd it tii Pot Officii in Balem, Oregon, eond clt matter. f ...... j ' July 20. " SAFEGUARDED: He shall Rive bis angels charge over thee, to 4 keep thee in all thy ways, Fsalni Dl:ll. ;: , ;i -.. : .- . MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP OF WATER SYSTEM YIIUSQAEIB'S LO I' E . ' . , - - . . . , . , , Adele Garrison's , New Phage of REVELATIONS OF A WIFE 'Jopyrght by Newspaper Feature i Service ' iahdcrbili ' rcMihScisRcalJOO" Apart It would be a wise move for the city of Salem to pur chase the water system, at a reasonable ;price. ': The writer is against the public ownership and operation of most utilities; but there is a reasonable exception in the cse -of. the! water supply of Salem . ' ' And ihe. main reason is that the ciiy can borrow money at a lower rate ' than an individual or a private company must pay, anc can fior this reason, under good management, pre pare bette'rfor'iuture growth than would be justified by an individual or a private company 1 , C, ' - ! That is, can use larger, mains and pipes than "are called for bv.mimediate necessities, put in 'more -permanent works and ;in.other "way look to the distant rather than the imme diate fdture. t.yj : 1 . J; ;'v; '" And the city can with good -business judgment look .to the early construction of a pipe line tov bring' in mountain water by the gravity, system, saving the cost of pumping and giving a. supply that is generally thought to be better, than may be had from any other source- , ' Giving opportunity for effective advertising. ' It is likely ;ihat the city of Salem could borrow money on water bonds at three to three and a half per cent interest i whereas private parties must pay; around six per cent. The TT saving on interest alone. over; a, long' period Would justify thc investment in a pipe lineto tap, a mountain water ' supply 11 And "the time will likejy come, with the grdwth of Salem', : ' when the; saving on water delivery by the gravity i system ; , t over the cost ; of pumping will justify the- gravity system ; j V especially ijt the water may be used for hydro electric power : "purposes pn its way' down from the mountains,! as is done; at t Los Angeles, and-also at Tacoma and Seattleti ! n . j I ' i: ve writer believes! that if this, matter were put up-t VI ,1 ,7 ,."yi, -J. . V-."aI LiiitJ tlJi u-.l-::i MCHcujjr,-,."- Mania ,ui' it ; uws uj. nc ucuojc, itci a. uiuuci vaiuatiuil uau Mcen ttlTlvea I too1 .ha Ala ; at 'through methods plain and straightforward, the majority i f -f -1 i. L-l J ; ii'' "" jr . Idoirt iog.v with IIia VhaIiu1 ..i vowe in lavor vi juuuiviuai uwnersiiiu. jwu autnorizinxnei j "." r - ro., do ntH V'Ur . . v ; that I was speaking only the t . ' " , I truth. "But 8he is ill, and must . Auer that, the people could proceed to bring m mountain I go a hospiui for a possible op- f. I water at r their leisure : i could do it immediately or defer it I eration." r ; f - -oa ViOVI oobo " Tn ihn rViPan tirrw iha miimVinol n-nf. TDen she die all right," Katie ; , . . ... . I commented, with the pessimism ot rojrotcm, ncu luonascui i ,uc taiuuifi a ouiiuo iu uipiQer kind toward hospitals.: On, dot poor,- sweet Misses Durkee, and she so goot I tell' you I feel T' I ' awIul al y her." - uenmne gnei moweu tarousa her grotesque phrasing, and I has tened to reassure her with the hope which had lightened -ray own S I CHAPTER F70 y The Way 3Llxc Kpwlity Won i . . Her Battle Willi Katie. . In the course of long and neces sarily close study of Katie's tem-(' perament ,1 have , learned two things to which she Invariably re acts with enthusiasm," no matter what j thd state of her mind when she receives them. One is the prospect; of excite- Irrfent of any, kind. The other Is an appeal for aid. I also have learned the futility of trying to gloss' over Mother Graham's ag gravating 1 treatment of . her, al thongh I think Katie, in her calm moments, realizes that my mother-in-law's seeming resentment against her is but a magnificent resture ' of discipline which- the older woman has now neither strength nor opportunity to wield. Armed with these weapons, ,1 had my . offensive arranged, even as X closed the kiUhen door at ;er me, and released my grasp upria; the girl's tense arm. I must give her no time to reflect further tapon the familiar but" offensive epithet, "Ape of a girl," which I wasLsure she had heard Mother Graham. uU ter but a minute before.- " - "I know you heard Mother Gra ham, Katie," I began rapidly be fore! she could speak. "Jfnd I don't. blame you. for being -angry, but'! I hurried my words as I saw Katie snatch at her apron and throw it over her head, her In variable prelude to an hysterical outburst of tears "'but I wish you would pass it over Just this once more, at least 'until I know whether" Mrs. Durkee is going to live i or not.' J . "Dot Big Doctor?" The shaking apron stretched it- self into tense quiet, and then, alt er a second's pause, eame down with an . emphatic; Jerk. Katie's eyes, blinking with the first tears of I her s arrested brain storm, looked with wide, carious Interest into .mine. , : Vot dat" you " say?" , she 1 I S1 : - V'k-K r1 Lk - x incident illustrates one of tie dlf-ficultiesittieperato-liasatQ? . over come 1n answering calls: . An Englishman speaks over, the telephone: v! " ! "Yes, this Is Mr. 'ArrisonV What, you cant 'ear? This is Iftr. 'Ar rion haitch, hay, two has, a hi, a hess, a ho and an hen- "Arri- son." " ; - Members'of the commission do notccsiTa. 5jre.muneration for their, services and W1 direct tha work of Americanization through state director to -be appointed by the commission.. - Did You- Ever Stop To Think?) - . Zy E. X. Waltt, SecretUry Baawne. out. Bor or po That the saccesa of k city i measured by the prosperity ot Its citizens. : That when citizens work as one for better business to bkiild the home city, nothing can (stop its progress. ; . That when the merchants jStop advertising, the citizens stop buy lng. t That when they s("op buying the manufacturer stops makbig. . . That. when, the manmfacturer stops making,' many people stop working. I That when ; many prople stop working, many people stop earn lng, and when they stop ' earning nearly all business stops. , That the merchants should ad vertise and people should buy. That when they buy the mann facturers can sell. That when the manufacturers can sell,-many people can earn. That when they can earn, they will have money to spend. lid's have business as usual, s The round of gay affair's incidental to the wedding' of Muriel Vanderbilt : aifd Frederick. C Church, Jr hare made "Beach Mound," the Benjamin Thaw residence at Newport, K. l., nne BudUngham-Palace of American society The Vanderbilta are lhef,nnWesUoned jpociety leaders this rseason, and the invitation list to the wedding and nuptial affairs. made it known, who didnd wht did not belQn.", The bride and, groom and "Beach Mound' are, shown, - j ' ; , j- in paying for the pipe line. V MAKING PROGRESS -TTia rrinrta nf . trip! frtpfrnnnlisi nf: Orecrrin have rpcent.lv I near , xt. - -.1 , i x,'.; am very sure she will be all agreea among uremseives cwupcranvc ; pittu-uiai, nicy right. Katie," I said." "I have Just will inflict the legal penalty on? drunken drivers of autos upon wired Dr. Braitjiwaite. Mr. Gra convictions in said courts. Bravo, bravo t ! The plain law ham' trotbef-in-uw. asking him to operate, and am awaiting a re- pened wider than that hasbeen.on the statute books of this state for several 9lJ from htm." -' moons and whiclvhas ben ignored time after ' Katie's eyes opei enforced.-- 'ii;thM'&i(M&M -.V'P-r-M' f eYer' " i indeed, en(uraging. it is!eveii;!giori6us news, and BILLY'S Ufi CLE : " rVThC ; influence of 'this' determination! to fadmiriister the law legally and without exception will spread abroad. Over in Chicago they have already, caught the spirit. Colonel , . Henry Barrett Chamberlain operating detective ? for tKe 'Wjndy City V crime commission declared only yesterday in a survey of crime conditions as they exist in large cities: -'The crime problem can be solved only when citizens make clear to law enforcing authorities that, they must solve it in accordance with their sworn ; duty or give1 way to other - omcials who will. ' . - ; Coming from a high official in the department of law enforcement, -this placing : all responsibility of driving law enforcing " of ficials Upon the public's shoulders is 'surely illuminating. Pay 'cm for the work and then force 'em to do their sworn duty is the slogan suggested by the distinguished Chicago of ficer, ' " , - F , jThe Statesman has insisted upon enforcement of law in no. uncertain terms and recently jiad the pleasure of reading one of its editorials in which it, commented on the drunken driver law, in two different metropolitan dailies which gave credit ,ta a Southern, Oregon : contemporary Irtdced the sentiment for law enforcement is spreading rapidly. . ' , The Governor of - Oregon in a special press dispatch recently urged enforcement of law; a capitol; city judge sentenced today for moonshine operations a certain erring son of Adam to one whole long year in the penitentiary and imposed a fine of one thousand dollarsr i ! i , The law makes headway, and men I fear the results of crime only as officials make enforcement their first sworn duty. And every example of enforcement succeeds in reduc in crime and compliments the faithful -for duty fully per formed.-' v . - . " ' ZiZ2L "Dot big doctor vot vas in var und-got . sooch. nice medals?" she demanded excitedly. " Madge Is Relieved. ,' The same doctor," I returned.' smiling at her childlike enthusi asm, and ' remembering her her worship of my famous brother-in-law when he had visited us before. "Oh-h!" she carolled. Joyously. Eef dot doctor coom, den Misses Durkee she live' all rlfiht.. Say!? a. brand new thought evidently had assailed her, and I fairly could see it rambling through her bratst cens. "Eer dot , bees Doctor. Draithwalte coom on here,1 he ylll coom to house,' not?" I seized the opportunity. . f "Yesr Katie, that Is why I want ed to' get you into the kitchen so quickly. Both Dr.. Braithwaltq and his wife will make a visit hers in all probability. And you know how excited Mother Graham gets.. at the prospect of visitors. She. hasn't seen her daughter and son-in-law In a long time, and she is so happily , upset over It that she doesn't know, just what she is say ing or -doing. .You mustn't' mind her." . .: - : ' ;, V I no see- how eet make -her happy i to call me bad name, TCntla nnvrilf snllAnlv - ' t j . , Nor do I, Katie," 1 acquiesced neartuy ana Tjrutniuiiy, out wan. a low voice and a wary eye for 'my doughty mother-in-law's probable approach. - "But you ought ;to know by this time that she doesn't mean , a word of -what she -says It's Just a bad habit" f ? ; - "You8pank, babees legs' mit leetle svitch ven he get bad hab its," Katie, began moroesly, and then her sense of humor got the better of her -rancor. "Eef; old vomens" could only! have - leetle switches shoost - same as babee boys, everytlng all right. But yop no vorry;-Misses Graham. 4 no keeck oop any shindy.' pis" house got to get clean all ofer, and old Yomans und me got no time to scrap." ' ' And, with a' long breath of re lief, I realized that house cleaning for visitors would sink all dif ferences between Katie and my "mother-in-law. . . . r (To be continued)" An American was at' a dinner in Lorldon .when . the., conversation turned to the subject of lynching in the United States." t -" It was the general -opinion that a large percentage - of -Americans met death at the end of a rope. swung htm into the air." j '-"Horrible!"" said ' the ' hostess with a shudder. ; "And did you actually see this yourself?" i "Well, no,' lie admitted apolo getically. " "Just at that moment X. happened to be downsUirs kin lng. the chef for putting mustard ill the blanc mange." ; . - Getting wrong numbers over the ieleohone is' not always the fault of the operator. Faulty enuncia tion is more often to blame. This department of Americanization YOUNG 3LX'DU0VXS PO RT ANG ELES, July 27. (By Associated ' Press.)- Robert Gall Fisher, 23; ot this city.- was drowned in Lake Sutherland, 15 miles'-west of here Sunday even ing when a rowboat overturned fifteen feet from -shore, it was re ported here today. Fisher could not swim. A companion clung to the boat a ad was saved. Fisher s body was recovered. 7-VKofi. Ml Lit,. OF COMMISSION IS NAMED BOARD TO DIRECT AMKR1CAX. ., IZATIOX IX STATE l Five members were appointed to the commission of Americani zation Tuesday by -the heard ot education. These are L. R. L., R. iTieeler, B. F. Irvine and ILr H. Herdman. all of Portland; John I. . Rand, of the supreme court, Salem, and J. A. Buchanan. Astoria. ' The commission, was authorized by the last legislature for the purpose ot advancing the education and Americanization of adult 'immigrants through the sep arate establishment of the state school system to be known as the drmcieX ' Recommended asTn"?fTlc!i laxative for the relief of heart burn.' constipation, Indfcestfok. etc.. when" caused baWkcesaTve acidity and fermentatioh 4rt,ae stomach. Useful as a dentUijCe and mouth, w. a h Harmless, highly esteemed and extensively used by young and old. . ' .' 50c Pint. Bottle Perry Drug Store . 115 South Qomiwwclal . Balem, Oregoa Finally the hostess turned to the American and asked: 'You, sir, must have often seen these affairs?'' . "Yes," replied, the Yankee, "hundreds of them." "Oh. do tell ua about a lynching you have seen yourself," broke in half a dozen voices at once. "Well, tb4 night before I sailed for England,", said the story tell er, - "I was1- giving a dinner at a hotel to a j party of inltlmate friends ' when ;a colored; waiter spilled a plate of - soup over the gown of a lady at 'an adjoin tn a: table. The gown waa utterly ruirr ed, and the gentlemen of her party at once seized the waiter, tied a rope around his neck, and at a signal; from.:the: injured lady they Blanks That Are Eegsil ! - . .. f B ' . ' ''. j' . ? '-"" :' -..' '. : : '- ';..;'-' ; ; . We earry In tock j over 115 legal blanks guiteJ to most ny baslntcj transactions. iVe may have just the form joa are looking for at m blj eavLng as compared to made. to order forms. , . -. : .-.vV ?. - " -... - ' ... . -'- , .- - ,--- v- v 4 ... ..-,, , ' - ' - - ' ' ' . Some of the forms: Contract ot Sale, Road Notice. WHl forms, Aslxn 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 1 cents to 16 ctnts apiece, and ort note books' from 25 to 50 cents. ; . . . , : ' PRINTED AND FOR SALE BY y .- - ' - ' . : The Statesman Publishing Co. LEGAL BLANK HEADQUARTERS ; ; f ; At Business Office, Ground Floci: ' V - 7. T ' 'I r -eg -v.v irv-'-' - -.'II- ' i .'. - HtfaS : I - "- f. -s : t ... . - . .- ' - . . . i - - ... - . -i I , ' - -r - - - DOHOTIIY DARNIT r One of the pleascnt diversions of therscason is the - scries of band concerts in Willson Park. The band ia vorthy ' -it sincere congratulations upon the excellence ot its pr crams; the city should- be recognized for; rnakin? possible the:: rr!:r.:;j attricticia nnJ the tulll: felicitated Tjpcn-t'uc l-rivilcce of these hfeh class entertainments. Br Charles McMaons v4 r ooKrT 'forget rro . ( G isE DMG R HIS ? jj ALL RIGHtT I ' M r.. 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