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vWltO SHALL E.VTERrWNot every one that safth'uato me. Lord,
Lord, shall enter Into the kingdom bt'heaven; hut he that doeta the
will of my. Father which.ia in heavefc. Matthew f;21. ' '
MORE PENITENTIARY INDUSTRIES
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. . -.The revolving; fund law establishing, and regulating the
industries at the Oregon penitentiary f contemplates that
there shall be carried on a1 numbed of lines-li
To the . end' that employment may be, provided for all
- men able to work , ' '-- -
To the end that the ; institution may be made self sup-
VpprtingV'V'V---4;'
' With alongtrain of benefits, including a high pecent
- age of reformation ; t of 'cases of salvage of t human, wreckage.
''j There sHould be stabl&hed, i 4&pY pdijile, s6me
' additional industrieshe anjd in 'fiet s'eerI ne lines' are
now ; contemplated,', imludhigtpejiia amiqrjy to make
I leather for making:, Shoes, et4 ifa ippraj aj considerable
extension of the shoemakinfg industry already there ; more
""tailoring," etc,, J jetc. .
T ConsideVable ;.Ueadway may.', be made- in these without
waiting for further-accumulations, or. Hot appropriations.
There are to be also additional activities ;in dairying, swine
and .poultry breeding, and other farm lines, which also will
. come about without waiting'f or additional inside or outside
help." - . ; , , i .
. But t there "are some lines; thai; if they are to be estab
lished sbon, will take legislative h'ekp. For instance, the mak-
ing of automobile numbers. A mkchine for doing this work
is expensive but it can' bertade to pay for itself the first
year, and it requires only a few men to operate it. The VVash
ington numbers are made at the Walla Walla penitentiary.
-.--t Here is n investment that ought not to be delayed
ought to have'' been made before this must not be allowed to
be put.off.;t; -,
' -.Under tVevorking of the revolving fund law, if no one
' throws a monkey wrench into the machinery, the 'Oregon
j penitentiary wil finally become self supporting'---. U ,
y - But the consummation can be hurried bythe Tielp of an
1 understanding public ; and it should be hurried. It is good
: business and good -humanity.
1 W At - ARE WE HERE EOU?
: Al$ng time ago William Ellery Channing wrote.
Work we all must,' if we mean to bring out ajnd perfect
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"Even if we do not work
vgo equivalent toil jn some other direction. ( i . ,
"No business or study which does not present obstacles,
tasking to the full the intellect and the will, is worthy of
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"The uses of toil reach beyond the present world.
fThe' capacity, of steady, earnest labor is, I apprehend,"
,Aone of our great preparations for another state of being."
M i nd now Gordon Self ridge, the American who ivolu-
ftionized retail merchandizixig n England by making our, type
w of . department-store a success in London, iellsi us that a man
can't be happy v4tKout know-ing the imtnens iorof work.
tl " "Work!" he exclaims. 'tJood .gracious! What else are
hwe here for? 'he greatesfcrime -any-mair can be cap
't -able of is laziness." ' , 'a . k --
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1 i In any dependable Complication of the elements of suc
Ces, JOY OF WORK must be placed first.
Next,;perhaps,l:omes what is usually known as COOL
"'JUDGMENT. " ' ;
. ' - We all know that ENERGY is essential..
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ATION. ?:
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-; " A man is no longer of
v? satisfied he sits back Jn .his
nothing else to be accompushed or improved in this world. ;
K Wisely . is j it observed,
' teaching,' that what was goodksnough for our; grandfathers is
good enough' for usis not true. -.'Nothing can be too good for
iisp - ThVisalwaythechancf tblf6gress7always the chance
,of doing things better." ' ' ?L
f PERFECTION is one of
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VICTOR SCILNEIDL'R, Special Agent '
. H7 Aorth Cbtumerclal (kreet, Blent
Statesman
tV. XT. Hendarsok '- t?fre1ati4 MnwT
Ralph II. Klrtlnf - AdTrtliB Maaacar
' Frank Jaakoaki . Jlaaager Job Dep.
E. A.Hboten lfctek Editor
K. C. Coaaer - - - - Poultry Editor
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Oref oa, aa aecaad etaaa matter.
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with the hands, we must under-
the god-like quality of IMAGIN
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added DISSATISFACTION.
any value to the world when.
chair and thinks that there is
"We must realize j that, the old
the things man never attains.
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PROTECT THE MINERS1
1 With the reports of other mine disasters- still Ringing in
the public ear the coal mine explosion last week, at Birming
ham, was broadcasted over the country. . In this last disaster
sixty-one men were entombed and rescued only after miracu
lous escape from poisonous gas with which it was Relieved,
for a time, the mine was filled. The suspense for the fam
ilies, relatives and friends was equalled only by that of the
miners themselves.
That more effective measures providing against prob
able death from explosion, suffocation or starvation in case
I of explosions or shut-off s are
cusable. Tube connections with the area in which the miners
work and the outside' surface from which air and even food
.and water could be sent in are
Coal dust explosions, common sources of disaster and
death, can be prevented easily and at slight cost. Rock dust
can be employed for this purpose. The method of application
is by sprinkling the underground working space with it. In
addiiton to the safety to human life this preventive safe
guards property also! There are now over one hundred coal
companies taking advantage of this means of safety insur
ance. And several of i'tie. casualty insurance companies have
reduced their insurance rates for those mines taking this
precaution.
About a year ago there was an explosion at Castle Gate,
Utah in ;hich there were 172 miners killed. Utah speedily
enacteyt' legislation which requires that all mines within her
borders shall"' be rock dusted. This year three additional
States, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wyoming followed
with laws providing for sprinkling similarly in the bitumin
ous mines.
In England where rock dusting is required by law dis
asters due to coal dust explosions have been eliminated. The
cost of dusting is one cent for each ton of coal mined. Con
trast this cost with the cost of therdust explosions in 1924
during which four hundred and fifty-nine lives were snuffed
out and more hundreds of widows, and children deprived of
bread winners. Publid relief runs high. The property loss
due to the Castle Gate disaster alone was more than $1,000,
000. But human life is worth more than all the mines.
Mine owners and operators should provide safety meas
ures as suggested here for their employes. And for those
who will not take these precautions there should be legisla
tion requiring these measures be taken. To allow human life
to be held in jeopardy in the mines is no less than criminal.
It should be made so by law and those who disobey the law
punished for their crimes.
Bits jfor Breakfast
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You cannot buy 'em early
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But you should buy 'cm as early
as you can
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And remember that there will
be no delivery of mail, on either
city or ; rural i outes, in any part
of the United States, on Christmas
day.
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More (lax and linen men head
ed this way. They cannot come
too fast. The industry will not be
over done until long after we turn
out a hundred million dollars a
year in flax products, which can
be" done, right here, with all the
raw product growa in the Salem
district.
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The Elslnore theater and YMCA
buildings are getting along to
wards completion and they both
show up in a way that makes Sa
lemites proud.
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It. John Qulnland. the chief en
gineer of the-Oregon penitentiary.
has discovered a way to artificial
ly dry retted flax straw and retain
the' "life" of the fiber, he has
made the greatest advance yet to
wards the time when the institu
tion will become self supporting.
The Bit. for Breakfast man be
lieves that the time will be here
noon wnen tne penitentiary flax
plant will spin yarn, and that this
will be as. far as .manufacturing
flax products should be carried
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The football coach of the Uni
To Be Sure
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'of the "qualifications of the funeral
director who is officiating is indeed a
great relief." ' To know that he will be
able to take care of every detail that
arises relieves one' of a burden of
worry at ajtime when such relief is
doubly to be desired.
The thoroughly experienced," well
equipped funeral director is always
equal to the
WEBB'S
FUNERAL PARLORS
Superior VUneral Sovjcc"
not required by Jaw, is. inex-1
possible.
versity of Oregon is to receive
$8500 a year, besides having a lot
of well paid assistants. Which is
carrying a joke too far. It would
be a. Rood thing for the universi
ties and colleges of the United
States if football as it is played
now were done away with. What
tbey need is physical development
that will develop the whole student
body, and not over develop and
cripple a select few.
The officers' mesa was . discus
sing rifle shooting.
"I'll bet anyone here," said one
young lieutenant, "that I can fire
twenty shots at two hundred yards
and call each shot correctly with
out waiting for the marker.' I'll
stake a box of cigars that I can."
'Done!" cried a major. :
The whole mess was on hand
early next morning to see the ex
periment tried.
The lieutenant fired.
"Miss," he calmly announced.
A second shot.
"Miss," he repeated.
A third shot.
"Miss."
"Here, there! Hold on!" pro
tested the major. "What are you
trying to do? You're not shoot
ing for the target at all."
"Of course not," admitted the
lieutenant. "I'm firinjr for those
cigars." And he got them.
HOOP TEAM LEAVKS
BOZEMAN. Mont.. Dec. 15.
The Montana State college basket
ball team left here tonight on a
barnstorming trip that will take
it through the northwest and
down the Pacific coast during the
Christmas holidays.
occasion. .
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The Arizona Sheriff i
Tales of kia adren tarts, hit courage,
aia humor, bis keen intelligence as
collected by Major Grorer F. Sexton,
"Tke Deputy from YaTapti County."
How with nimble em aad motor car
he bring ewtft and aura justice to
evildoera.
THE "SOFT" SHERIFF
Cowpunchers, both of these fel
lows, for twenty years, when there
were tough guys on the ranges,
now no foolin'.
Each carries a pistol with a bar
rel into which, it would seem, a
prairie dog could crawl.
One bad man or twent it
makes no difference to them;
either one will bust right intc a
gambling hall whenever one ven
tures to open and clean out the
place.
Yet Sheriff II. L. 'Butler of
Apache county, longest in Ameri
ca, and Tom Jones,- his deputy,
were worried most terrible.t And
what would one suppose had thus
worried these officers of thi big
Arizona county? 1
Five boys, caught steal
ing and buying stolen goods taken
from ranches and homes in the
quiet, peaceful .little Mormon city
of St. Johns, capital of the county!
.Great little town, St. Johns.
Wonderful young people. They
have more beautiful girls in St.
Johns to the square foot than in
any other city in Arizona. There's
Maude Isaacson, who, only 17,
runs the B-Zona hotel right up to
snuff: and the two Patterson girls
and their extremely prettly little
chum of the bobbed hair and pink
dress who can dance like a but
terfly and. oh, the little town is
full of them.
And strapping fine boys, too
can rope a steer, brand a calf,
shoot like a circus performer, ex
perts in irrigation great young
people, St. Johns has.
These five lads I speak of had
lost one or both parets, and with
no parental guidance, got into
trouble. And how happy was
Sheriff Butler when the mother
of the last one sent for him to
come to her in IjOS Angeles.
Kinda soft, isn't he, for an Ari
zona sheriff? Well, let's see.
Remember .when Oily Thomp
son got into a row with Will
Wright over that cirl down at Mc
NaryV and shot Wright dead? It
was a day later that Sheriff But
J ier heard of it and pointed th
Triose of his Stndebaker down the
mesa toward Spriugville to get
Oily.
Thompson was 72 miles away
by road. 52 in a straight line
That means tortuous climbs up 18
per cent grades and twisting turm
down 20 per cent grades, in and
out of mountain passes. Yet it
two hours Butler was tmere. The
Studebaker did it.
He learned where Thompson
was.
Thp slayer had on and about
him three 4 5-caliber revolvers, a
30-30 high powered rifle, and
three knives. And he said he was
waiting for the sheriff.
Butler drove right up to where
Thompson was waiting, stopped
his car, put on the parking brake
and turned off the ignition. He
adjusted his gold-bowed specta
cles and started out of the car.
Thompson rustled with weap
ons like dry cornstalks in the
wind. But somehow, when the
sheriff was completely out of the
car, his hand rested right on the
hilt of his own big .45 six-shooter
and he began to laugh. This dis
concerted Thompson, and the ar
rest was all over.
Thompson claimed he shot in
self defense," and his trial will be
held toward winter. .;
"What made you laugh when
you looked into Thompson's young
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SOME SUNDAY SERMONS
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Evangelist Stivers Preaches At Court Street Christian Chnrch;
JVv. X. K. Tully's Topic "Itoseue of Soul."
sormnn' Hoiivprwl hv Evancelist
Stivers at Courts Street Christian
church Sunday night:
"Why are there so many
churches? Suppose we were lost
on an island, like Robinson Cru
soe, and we did not know any
thing about a church. One day.
while walking on the beach a Hi-!
bh was discovered, and we began
to study it.
We could not preacn anything
but what was found in the Bible,
and if we followed the Book, we
could build a Church of Christ,
and call ourselves Christians, for
that is what the Book teaches.
If we could do that on an is
land, why not In America?" The
Bible tells us that Christ built
His church. Matt. 16:18; there
fore it is His church. Luke 24,
4 9. tells us 1t was to begin in
Jerusalem, and Paul says in First
Cor.: 'For other foundation can
no man lay than that which is al
ready laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Col. 1:18 tells us that Christ is
the head of His church. As we
follow the New Testament we
find that each church had a plur
ality of elders and deacons, but
as man got away rom the plain
teaching of the Bible we find in
historv that there were soon a
plurality of churches with one el
der. "Roman Catholicism was born
in Rome, and for 1100 years it
held sway. Then Luther broke
with the Church of Rome, and
the Reformation set in. Other
reformers came out protesting
against Rome.
Many churches were born In
s'.ich a way, thus we have many
denominational churches, with
human creeds, human names and
human tests of fellowship. Jerome
O'Kclly from the Methodist; AD
ner Jones from the Baptists;
Thomas and Alexander Campbell
from the Presbyterian, and many
other grew tired of divisions and
earnestly studied the Scriptures,
and broke away from denomina-
tionalism, and said as the ,Lord
prayed for the unity of His peo
ple, they were going to work .for
it.
"They took for their slogan.
Where the Bible speaks, we
speak: and where the Bible isTii-
lent, we will be silent. This was
the restoration movement that
started over 100 years ago. They
went, back to Christ for com
mands and forward with Christ
in christian service. This move
ment grew until it is near the two
million mark. We know that this
movement is right for it is scrip
cural. Our religion must have a
standard, and that is the Word
Df God; and it must have author-
lrsenal?" the sheriff was asked.
'And how come you weren't hes
tant about confronting him?"
"Easiest thing you ever saw,"
uplatns Sheriff Butler. "I saw
ill his guns and kniven. but I
aw something else. With all
hat arsenal he wore a wrist
vatch!
"I figures, that anybody who'd
vear a wrist watch was no tough
;uy; it made me laugh to. see all
lis equipment; be was fitted up
ike a dude ranch. . He wasn't
langerous."
Not so "soft," this Arizona
;heriff, after all, even if his big
eart does make him worry about
.oung folks going wrong for want
)t parental care.
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itjr. and that authority Is Christ.
It will take a united church to
have a believing world Lnrjst
prayed that his people be one.
and" we are -.working to answer
that prayer.
"Tlie Rescue of Souls"
On some have mercy, who are
in doubt; and some save, snatch
ing them out of the fire; and on
some have mercy 'with fear; hat
ing even the garment spotted by
the flesh." Th'la is a wonderful
passage, difficult to translate, but
full of urgency for the welfare
of souls, said Rev. Dr. Norman K.
Tully, pastor or the first Presby
terian church, Sunday night.
It points out a danger common
to all, namely, that the soul may
becdme lost. This is implied in
the coming of the Saviour. He
was called Jesus, because He
would "save His people from their
sins." He'deelared to Zacchaeus
that his mission was "to seek and
to save that which was lost." Paul
Bummariicd his ministry by say
ing that "Christ Jesus came into
the 'world to save Binnern." The
conclusion is clear: if mankind
were not in a lost condition Christ
Christ need not have come.
In the second place, our pas
sage calls attention to our com
mon duty, the rescue of souls.
There is no more important work
than to influence an immortal
soul. Men are not alike. Some
are to be dealt with by persuasion
and gentle entreaty. The loving
kindness of God melts them. Oth
ers are stubborn tn their evil.
They require to be rebuked sharp
ly and sometimes denounced se
verely, like . Elijah dared Ahab
and defied Jezebel,' and Jesus blis
tered the Pharisees in the 23rd
chapter of Matthew. Sin is so
terrible a destruction that the
rescuer must be earnest enough
to use every effective meajis.
Finally, Jude emphasizes the
two common motives which impel
to the rescue of souls. The first
is the love of God, which moved
Him to give His Son to die that
men might Jive, and constrains
the saved . man to lend a hand to
his struggling brother. ; The sec
ond motive is the terrible conse
quences of sin. It is appointed
unto all men once to die, and af
ter that the judgment. Accord
ing to the light we haye and the
opportunities which we have en
joyed to get more lighe we stand
or fall. Character tends to be
come fixed. "As the tree falleth
there shall it lie." Men and wo
men, prepare to meet your God,
remembering that "whoso win
neth souls is wise."
The First C ommandment
Following is the text of Rev.
N. K. Tully, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, for last Sun
day evening's sermon: .
"Thou shalt have no other gods
before , me." So runs the first
commandment handed down from
Sinai. The fact that it heads the
list would indicate that it is the
most important of the ten, and.
when we compare it with the
other nine, this impression is con
firmed. However, in a matter of
such importance it is well to have
the support of the best authority
we can get. In this case we have
the' support of One who spake as
Suggestions For
Christmas Giving
SCARFS
Fancy Scotch Plaids of Wool, and we
.' have (hem in almost every color
51.48 to $2.98
Scarfs are nriced moderately and when
packed in our hol;eay girt boxes tney maae
, ' most acceptable gifts
?2.98 to $3.98
RUBBER APRONS
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We have ' just received a new shipment of .
these rubber aprons. In the rubber ornaments
and designs .that adorn them are artful
creation of the designers, A real useful gift
they would make
49c to $1.75
Kiddies' Kubber Bibs end r Aprons, trimnied r
with A. 11. C's, nursery rhymes, etc. ' i i
19c to
never man spake. ; . . K
In the 22nd chapter of Matthew,
beginning at the 3 4th Terse we
ftnit Ilia mtosHnn -asked and in-
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swered. -f A -lawyer 'as,ked Jesus,
"Which is - the great.; command
ment in the law?" . in reply Jesus
summarized .a.Il.'he command
ments .relating to our duties to
wards God; and replied, "Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, with all thy mind,
with all thy soul, and with all thy
strength,! Then he condensed all
the other commandments which
have to do with our conduct to
wards one another into this state
ment, "Thou shalt love thy neigh
bor as thyself." He ended ;by
saying that these two are the first
and the second commandments,
(Continae4 oo pa 6.)
Exercising
Judgement
in the
Expenditure
of Money
IT does not matter
whether you eanr
two dollars, a day
or two hundred if
you spend all you
s receive.-tThe .ul-
' timate result ,
the samel - . ?v
It doesfnot matter
earn; but it makes '
Ti:;big difference"
" to you . w h a t
amount you de
cide to set aside
that determines
the future of you
and yours.
We do not assume
the right to dic
tate what you
should set aside
and save, but
Those who gather
nothing in youth
will have the
same amount in old
age.
President.
First National
Bank
Salem, Ore.
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