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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2.V1D23
K Wear Statesman:
a species - of the swine family
known as the "road hqg", on Jnlj
25th, the Dingbat family gathered
in force and started ont in pur
suit, it was onr aim and purpose
to capture a lull grown lire speci
men for clone scientific study be
fore be is driren into' the morass
of final extinction by an unsym
pathetic public that 'cherishes the
idea that Ithaa some rights on
our highways. We were, deter
mined to make this conquest if we
had to chase him clear through
to Chicago, on to Detroit and back
oyer the mountains by way of
Denver, Salt Lake and other hiber
nating places, where he seems to
thrive and grow fat. We thus
hoped to become benefactors to
the race of road runnels, and in
cidentally, (only Incidentally, , of
course) to see the honored name
of Dingbat written In letters of
fire all along the highway of our
country. , . --;
Alas! ; Worthy ambitions are
often side tracked by untoward
circumstances. Best laid plans go
wry. So up to the present, with
about half the ground covered, we
have achieved no tangible results.
True . we saw several splendid
specimens, i but they Were always
going so dinged fast we couldn't
get our hands on them. The one
we wanted most got: away clean,
while we were paying M S S for
sprung axle.! We hoped to find
him in the ditch further on, but
the fates, fickle as some; judges I
have known, ruled against us. We
hare not entirely abandoned hope,
but munft say that this species of
the swine family is more rarely
met with than we anticipated
"There lis a reason." : possibly
there many minor reasons; but
the one outstanding, and predom
inant reason is sobriety,;
Thanks to Volstead and his rec
ipes. It .must be admitted that
In many; very many cases, sobriety
Is not a matter of choice yet. You
will meet men who would be de
lighted to get gloriously drunk,
to enact the old drama of the
western; miner's camp. life. But
it their number is dwindling. - Not
M l . .11 A ilovoH nrnmlnant Trt. In
the hey; day of the western mines
would take up the old life again
if opportunity offered, and of
those who yet long for the "flesh-
pots," the rapier of time, is rapid
ly thinning their ranks. Say
what you please, the general en
forcement of the prohibition law
has had a wonderful effect for
good clear across the continent.
Let me say that in traveling on
the principal highways clear
across seven states and probably
50 or 60 miles of the eighth, we
fcever met. or eajr.a.single man or
woman that, showed any signs of
Intoxication. So I place the Vol
stead act preminently first as a
reason for our failure to bag the
road hog We started after. In the!
old days, can you remember the
"dead men" ! (whiskey bottles)
itrewn by the wayside on our
principal roads? They seem to
bare all been buried out of sight.
(or though I kept close lookout
III the way I saw but one, and I
was told that , rattle snakes were
mighty bad in that aone, (Every
thing n divided into tones on
these state roads.) ' And In my
great charity I can forgive that
fellow, tor providing his family
with plenty of camphor,' though I
contend, and shall continue to in
sist,, that since the bottle was
empty, he should have bid it. My
record then would have been as
free of I "dead men" as of drunks.
One more thing I want to men
tion that contrblutes to the safety
of motor-traffic on the state high
ways: All paved roads are marked
In the middle throughout; not on
curves alone, but' the entire
length, with a stripe, say, three
Inches wide, and every motorist is
required to keep inside the. stripe,
except he may pass the one-banded
loye-lorn idler under proper re-
THE DINGBATS' ROAD RAMBLES
Xot at Drunk Un on the Highway from Orecon. to Michigan,
ad the I toad Hogs Wen More Scarce Than Expected
strictions. J We hare covered
nearly 3000; miles of our trip and
have , not seen a single accident,
except of minor , importance, as
punctures, flat tires, etc. We did
pass one bey who had fallen off
his motorcycle, scratched his face
a" little, just enough to gather a
crown and have a good time re
tailing his wonderful adventure;
but he couldn't interest the Ding
bat family, since we noticed that
he selected a nice soft, level place
to fall on, When plenty of , preci
pices were f all about. , , On our
course of 3000 miles, we never
traveled an Inch after dark, nor
did we encounter any rain till
just as we reached this point In
Michigan, near, Detroit.
.; If your readers can "stand the
gaff" it will be our pleasure to
take up some: other subject, feat
ure of our rambles. In the near
future, for further infliction.
1 DINGBAT.
Rail Engineer, Driven io Verge' ' -;flg5g-
of Madness by Autoisis, Quits
Claims Made for Insulin ,
in Non-Diabetic Patients
Tokyo Newspaper for Blind
Is First of Kind in Japan
TOKYO A daily .newspaper
printed in. Braille, the first pub
lication in:' Japan for the. blind,
recently has been issued. It con
sists of two sheets printed on
both sides,! giving four printed
pages of news for .those who can
not see. P. Kimura, - a wealthy
Japanese philanthropist. Is financ
ing the enterprise and the editor
is S. Hirohasi. i r,"-r --
As all newspapers in Japan are
censored, the Tokyo police author
ities are somewhat ' embarrassed
as to how censorship can be ap
plied to the new publication as it
is claimed no one in the police de
partment is familiar with the
Braille system.
Animals in Park Are
Terrified i by Tumult
SEATTLE Long suffering
deer, elk and' bears in Woodland
Park Seattle's zoological tract,
verged so vividly on nervous pros
tration this summer , that, move
ments were; set afoot to provide
them new quarters. Fumes and
noises from automobiles and the
chatter of .the crowd have been
too much fof them. OtOher ani
mals in the park do not seem to
mind civilization.
The deer j and elk are confined
tn nan-acre tracts whtcn are
bounded on: three sides by roads
and crowded with traffic. The
bears are In cages of steel and
concrete, . -
, nans lor renei centered on
quarters deeper in--the park-, which
contains .200 acres; - covered In
large part with heavy Douglas fir
forest..'
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SAMMY ! SPARK PLUG
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VIENNA At the last session of
the Austrian Medical association
Inresticators reported, and others
corroborated, that the adminlstra-!
tion of Insulin to non-diabetic per
sons resulted in a very intense
and healthy stimulus of the appe
tite, enabling a mac la ted and con
valescents to eat three or four
times what they had been eating
and resulting In a rapid Increase
In weight.
In some cases the accumulation
of fatty tissue was so great that
it was found necessary to decrease
the doses soon after the beginning
of the treatment to prevent desu
garization of the blood beyond the
normal degree.' This Is consider
ed as welcome news for those en
gaged In the treatment of the
early stages of lung affections as
well as unsightly thinness.
; DAMAGKS 'AFFIRMED
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OLYMPIA, Aug. 21. The su
preme court affirmed the Yakima
court in awarding Hugh McGinnis
a verdict of $600 for personal In
juries received when he fell Into
a light well of an apartment house
in Yakima on the evening of Sep
tember 26, 1923. The courts held
that owners. L. C. Keylon and Ed
ward B. Luckri. were negligent in
that they bad no( kept a light
burning to light the passageway so
that it would be sate for ordinary
use.
WICHITA, Kansas, Ang. 21
Because motorists threatened to
make a nervous wreck out of him,
George Lahey, veteran locomotive
engineer, has stepped from his cab
and accepted a Missouri Pacific
pension. He was in the railway
service for a half century and an
engineer for 46 years.
"You can't tell what the motor
ists will do," he complains. "Some
of them deliberately tantalize us
by driving up to a crossing at
full speed in sight of an approach
ing train and then just as a crash
seems unavoidable and the en
gineer is putting on the brakes
ror all he , is worth, the motorist
comes to a sudden stop and laughs.
He thinks he has done something
smart, but it sure shortens the
life of an engineer.
"Other motorists approach more
slowly, then speed up Just before
they reach the crossing in an ef
for to beat the train. These are
the ones usually involved in cross
ing crashes." ,
Thrice did an engine Mr. Lahey
was piloting strike an automobile.
Each time, however, the motorists
escaped injury. So he quit the
road with a record clear of any
serious accidents.
Guess how he intends to spend
the rest of his life? In traveling.
German Theatrical Stars
Rebel Against Salaries
i
BERLIN The questions "what
is a star In the theatrical profes
sion?" and "who shall determine
who are! the stars?" are only two
points of the many sided con
troversy between the German
Theatrical association and the per
formers i which has gone into the
courts. jThe assocfation fixed $75
as the maximum salary for "prom
inent artists' and then was In
strumental "Vn-naming a . special
commission to determine what is
a "prominent artist?" and who is
entitled to the maximum salary?
In the first place those who had
been demanding and getting more
than $75 for a performance re
belled and in the second place
the stars refused to recognize the
special commission.
The two sides went into court.
where counsel for the association
intimated that the stars, so far
as their profession is concerned,
still we.re living in the period of
inflation. Judging, from the de
mands made by them. These,
counsel said, ranged from a guar
antee of 8,000 marks and 30 per
cent of the proceeds up to 17.800
marks. The 'latter amount was
named as the price for a perform
ance demanded by Madame Jerit
ta. As a sort of compromise the
court suggested that the salary
limitations for "promincnts" ex
pire July 30. 1926. but the asso
ciation flatly refused. Another ef
fort to reach some sort of settle
ment will be made in court at a
later date. j
We are now ascnts for
United States
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