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SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR SALEM. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 27, 1925 SECOND.SECTION-SIXAGES,, vminimemm on " W dfywMay the Willamette E L . 1 , ., THESE PICK? FfafkU. Smith -.Continues v His Articles for the Sun- ' day. Statesman . i (Captain Smith whose graphic articles have been holding readers tptetrest for. several weeks is on active duty on the steamer Wllla mette. ,He;s wishes to extend New gear's "greeUngs. to hla friends, Who are invited to t all upon him When the boat As docked in Sa lem.) ',. . ; ( , ' -The early history, statistical or anecdotal, or early day naviga tion Utaa been btttracigerly writ ten and unless thiss matter is tak enupIn, the near: future it will never become a matter, of record. "' A very few of the bid guard of rlvcrmen-remain and memories Of the past are 'only brought to mind wjien 'the. ancient , mariners, of these golden, days are moved to recite indents of the past on a special, request from the rising generattion or a partlllel case comes up to bring it to mind. ' When the old boys are moved "by the spirit, the reel of memory begins to unfold and the stories of; past rhrer achievements are then related. - -The writer. having . served bis . apprenticeship, beginning as cabin, boy on 'Those early day queens, of the river . was fortunate , enough to spend an evening recently with a few old -river-mcjj,' that are yet to be fountf -on various sections of the river.1 - ,-' , '; i The Steamer Northwestern was threading .h'eivny; down from Sa lem on1 the"" Yrtrtamette river and becoming' fogbound., a- short dis tance beliw, making ft unsafe to proceedTurther, the crew of the little vessel 'repaired to the men's cabinyand tales of the early river days' became the topic of th eve Mk. ',v-'..l -i --rt i,t... J-i. v' 'After d races' on the. river, be tween Jhe Wide West an Fleet - Wood and various lesser lights , had . been.fought but' io the- safi faction,pf ithe old river .veterans, a passenger. whose whitened, locks showed -the .f rost of many winters spoke of coIacideTuees tad proceeds to relate. ta story. ot a.. similar trio under the same fog conditions that -then existed although, fifty years nas eiapsea since us occur rence.'"' " - . . 'During the previous discussion he had remained an attentive list ener nut as me taies proceeaea ne . became reminiscent and soon proved that he was entitled to the deanship of ancient mariners having served on the Willamette route in the capacity of watchmen of rver steamers oyer fifty years aw. ' The metamorphosis was com- Dieter -Andrew Munsell. a retired farmer of the Waldo Hills shoos: from his shoulders the mantle of . agriculturist ' and : became tor the evening a knight of the river clan. After filling his pipe from a to bacco Jar, that was thoughtlessly left unguarded by one of the crew, and edging up to the center of the group he gave the following recital of incidents In the past. "Fifty years ago the fog hung low on the banks of the classic Yamhill river. - v "Its enveloping Jold ejacompassr cd the ' village and the steamer Dayton '.'lying at the landing be low the old bridge, showing dimly in the haze. .-.,. The clarion- call f a rooster had caused the; steamer's watch-: man to f yawn and take, a new in terest in life although his Very soul had been tortured with' re morse during the long vigil of the nightfby the bitter reaTiatiou!tnat his duties as a watchman, made It ! incumbent uponk hUpv.ito. remain aboard -and look atter the com-, pany Interests in"prventing fire or the ; probable chance... of the uteatner springing a leak-, and therepy' depositing her cargo of hops and miscellaneous farm pro ducts pn the muddy bottom of the 'river-f ' "lie1 knew that, his job was a sinecure. No manual labor to perfrOn) beyond filling and clean ing hlgj coal lantern , and sleeping whe the crew wa3.handlipg.wood forjfjiel and moving (he ..'many tons ofifreight carried during the dr. f ; - - 'Ti? night above all others he betamVy imbued with the idea that cruel; fate had decreed against him 4the officer and. crew, h?a left ljftn alone while they had at tendsd'a dance given, by an en'r terprising . farmer at Vhat Is known as Dayton Flat. t'Visfons of rosy-cheeked dam sels dancing-the minuet or. romp ing through the-'square dance or the tFrench Four to the tune of "Turkey, in the Straw" filed his heart with sadness and he regis tered iSov in that sacred part . of a steamboat known to marine men as the meeting point of the iranwm ana tne tmts that ere anotlcr vogae - had passed " he would be registered as an able sea man and stand an equal chance with his -fellowmen when basking in the genial smiles of the farm housft riauehtrr9! -;' t ? "The chatterfagiof. a rioofe of geese that derived , their living irom. theattered-,refnse .at Jhc landing; was further proof that L iCoatiaaa ca 4. Pilar ims DAYTON The Indian School Fofks Have Been Enjoying Fes tivities of Season (Following are some news iems clipped from the" current number of the Chemawa -American published at the . Salem United States Indian' training school:) : Airs. Codding,"a former Che mawa employee, is now visiting her daughter, Elizabeth, a fresh man student. .' Superintendent E. tu Chalcraft. wife and, daughter, arrived at Che ma wa last Friday evening arid re mained here until Saturday noon the guests of friends. Superin tendent Ch'alcraft recently retired from the ' service and himself and family were enroute'to Seattle, wasn., where they are4 to make- their home In the future. It seems strange to think of Mr. Chalcraft as being ho longer m the service. The printers enjoyed their an nual banquet last Saturday. It ha3 grown to, be a custom at the shop for the prWtfers to have a dinnar on : the "last Saturday be fore Chrjstmas-jt has (been In vogne here for many years. A few guests are always invited and the affair takes place at the shop, the boys themselves being both caterers and hosts. It is a great time for all. "Covers were laid" last Saturday for Supt. anJ Mrs. Hall, Supt. and Mrs. Chalcraft, Miss Hallie Chalcraft, Mr. and Mrs. Dowhie, Mr. and Mrs'Turney, Mr. Allan Shepard. We're look ing ahead to the "feed'Vnext year. Music belongs to the Yuledite as to no other season of the year, and the Christmas season at Che mawa was started well on its way by the lovely cantata,'"The Holy Nativity," which was presented to the Protestant students on Sun day afternoon by. the "choir of the Central Congregational church of Salem,' directed by the' Rev. H. C, Stover. The entire, cantata was very jtuneful a-nd melodious. A number especially enjoyed was the contralto -solo, "The Chepherds (Continued on page 4) c . X. -ow. .k.- m- , , :r- --..,Jrwy IIM - , , ; - ? , -H :-C . - . .. .. . - V 4 .: ' i. & 1 "j.. v - . Bow. - S ' Ii- : : :-'V V . mini, 'A y, ,.'' f , - vvw j ?, , --'1 - y""""!""'""- ""' . . .. t - ( ??!3 .1 MSSaSBSSBMBSSSSSSMBMaMaVISSSMHMBJKB. JIMM i ' 1 . ' . . . . . -. - ; -f .-. Statesman Regular Sunday Features, Discontinued Because of the Holid Sycr,; Will - Appear Again Throng to Works of Art' in Old Califor nia Monastery Are Re stored -byShock LOS ANGELES. The Santa Barbara earthquake' which did great damage to the historic mis sion there, resulted la the restor ation to the Franciscan padres one of the mission's greatest; treasures, a portrait of St. Francis of Assisi, revered saint and founder of the Franciscan Order of Monks, , When the earth, tremor jocked the walls of the old' monastery, the painting ?"of : .the- saint came crashing to the floor. In a niche of the walls this paintinghad been lost to'sight for years behind coats of varnish, shellac and. other pre servatives. , - ... . . -- The mission fathers -.rescued the picture from the debris; Inspection proved it worthy of .'-restoration It. wa&iSent-tats-Atigeles and Theodore v ..? rTJTukits,J - portrait painter, member ot the 'American Federation f Atts, Was. engaged for the task. 4 First, Lukits.explained, the por trait will.be fastened, face down, to a sheet of paper.lThen'a thread at a time, the ancient broken can vass wm be. removed ; from the precious ; film. jotvpaint and . a new canvas, preparer" to resist heat and cold will be glued to the back of the picture. The new canvass in place the artist will reverse the work and with utmost care re move the layers of dirt and pre servatives. "Under the varnish," Lukits said, "I hope to find the artist's name. We know that a master did the, work, but his name has be come invisible below the dirt. The painting is worth conservatively $20,000 and will undoubtedly be one of the assets of the Pacific coast art world." The portrait, known to be 150, year 8 old and .for 130 years in the Santa Barbara .monastery, is five feet by thre feet ten inches. It shows the saint in an attitude of prayer. A bible Is . open before t. Francis; His . eyes are raised to a crucifix,, while back of the bible lies a human skull, appar ently a grim reminder of the fleet ing nature of temporal things. The saint is clad in sackcloth; the fab ric stil plainly .dep'icted through the film of a century and a' half. -. . j:- -T-.jr:- l V Indian Jerusalem to TflUESOMYSTOBY Rev, E, H, Shanks Writes Statesman Juvenile Fea ture Regularly By HBV. B. H. SHANKS He was a real "Black Beauty." There was not a white hair on him. And nv.fh a mane and tail! It would make anybody stop and look at him trotting orf down the pasture field with head up and his flowing mane waving in the breeze. When he was a tiny baby colt father named him Jim, but it was not very long before he added the other part to his name, and always he was called "Mean Jim." . .1 can see him yet. What a fine head, neck, flank and legs he had! He was a perfect picture of every graceful thing you could desire in a beautiful horse. But there never was anything too mean that a horse could do that Mean Jim did not do better and more thoroughly than any horse I ever knew. He would fight the other horses In the pasture. Never in a fair fight, but always watch his chance to take the other horse at some advantage in his own favor. He would get them in a corner and at tack them with mouth and hoof. Or he would wait until he could slip up quietly when the other was lying down and half asleep, and then he would jump upon them. Or, as he could run faster than the others, most of whom were work horses, he would run in front of them when they were playing as horses do sometimes, and throw them. Jim was mean in other ways. He would not work. He did not like to work. He would break his harness. He would throw himself on the other bQrse . hitched with him. He would jump and plunge instead of pulling steadily. Then he would balk and refuse to pull at all. He was so mean and hurt so many horses that were hitched with him that at last father took to work ing him alone. He seemed to like that better. It was fine to draw the buggy or the sleigh and go skipping along at a . great pace over tne roaos, .arawing a nsni rein everyvstep oX the way. But we had to watch out, for if he got half a chance he would run away and smash things jn 'general. I remember one time . my brother had gone away somewhere of an evening, perhaps to call on a young lady he was sweet on, to some party or meeting. t Anyway, brother was coming home late. It was winter and the ground was covered with snow, and it was cold., There was a thick crust on the snow. I guess brother went to sleep and .had -the lines over his arm in some way. At least the lines were broken at the buckle. and the marks in the snow about a quarter of a mile from home showed where the sleigh had left the road and brother was thrown into the snow. Down the' road eame. Mean Jim. at a flying pace. Brother was awake by then, al right, but horse and "cutter" were out of .reach. Mean Jim turned in at the "big gate" out at the road, but the Sleigh struck the gateposts, and- broke them down. The thills pulled loose from the (Continued on pje 4.) i mi. ii "3I0DERN CHRISr - - 'flr . : ,,,. : -.";::;:.::. '' . ,.:;:V' .;:...::; WT..-; . ! s vy 'S: :o:-:;: :-- -. U - x m SI ? ' 4 - ' . J . : , 1 v h f f if- - - - ,r ' 'v y ': " " "sj THESE ESSAYS WON SI Kiwanis Judges Present Ar ticles of High Merit Writ ten by Students The City of Peace and Opportunity By Helen Rex, McKinley School Salem has a population of ap proximately twenty thousand in habitants. Of this number three thousand are employed in Salem mills and factories". The annual payroll of the three thousand em ployes is three million dollars. In the vicinity of Salem excel lent cattle, sheep, milk goats, and poultry are raised. There Is an exceptional quality of Jersey cows produced in this, vicinity. Salem has wonderful transpor tation. There are 223 miles of paved, road within' a, radius of twenty miles. We have a connec tion with the entire state by good rpads. Salem is also in direct communication with the great Pa cific highway. Salem is adapted to a great range of farm, products, such as grain, corn, potatoes, beans, hops, and many others. There are also a number of fruits such as apples prunes, pears, raspberries, straw berries, loganberries and others. Our city is also an educational center. Itc-cently a new junior high school was erected, showing that our educational system is growing rapidly. Salem has a most excellent high school where nearly 1000 pupils arc attending. Wil lamette university is a very popu lar college. There is also a busi ness college for all pupils wishing to take a business course. In Sa lem there are a number of grade schools. A great number, of wealthy eastern men are coming to .Oregon each year inspecting the' mills and factories, where they may wish to invest their money. If one man wonid invest money in the mills and factories, he would surely lead; other men to do the same; therefore our industries would in crease. There are a number of indust ries to be developed in the region of Salem. The linen mill recently completed : Is some day going to bo a , leading industry of Salem. XVaHver .fox industry is also de veloping .rapidly, T,he fura can bo usodt foVj fur coata cuffs, col lars, and. other trimmings! y . The beauty of Salem is an un usual thing for. tourists woo come from, eastern cities. We. as citi fenf of Salenij should, encourage HONOR 10WTEST Worship AKD BIS WOMAN JOHN Krishnamnrti in Occidental attire, and Mrs. Annie Besant eastern tourists to come to a very beautifu city of the west. If we encourage peope to come to Salem we could increase the range and Bize of our industries. The Linen Industry in Salem and Surrounding Vicinity By DOROTHY ROSS, Parrish. The Willamette valley and es pecially the Salem district grows a flax fiber equal to anw flax grown in Ireland or Belgium. This has been demonstrated during the last twenty years, coming into competition with foreign flax. Flax has been gTown in Oregon for twenty-five years, but it had not become a great commercial asset until the last few years. Flax can be grown on any farm in the Willamette valley that is adaptable to grain growing. The penitentiary haa a large crop of flax each year. It also is equipped with an up-to-date wretting machine which breaks up the flax and makes it into tow. They purchase from the farmers practically all the flax grown in the Willamette valley. At the penitentiary the flax is prepared for the use of the linen mills and until the. last year a ready mar ket for this product has been found in Ireland. The flax that is too short for weaving is used in upholstering furniture. Now that the mills are estab lished in Salem, undoubtedly this entire crop will be . woven Into high class linen in our own rily and distribute in the immediate vicinity. A new mill has recently been erected in Salem, on 2100 Fair ground Road. It is called the "Miles Linen Mill." Many mod ern conveniences are used in the machinery. Wonderful prospects are in store for the linen mill and the linen industry is rapidly gain ing its way toward one of the leading industries of Salem. The linen industry in fcatem creates a market for the flax grwn by the farmers in the Wil lamette valley, thereby assisting them. It also creates a pay-roll for Salem. It keeps money in this vicinity which tun frequently found its way to Ireland, Belgium, and other points, for linen mer chandise. The mill will need em ployes, therefore the linen indus try will help to enlarge the popu lation of Salem- Limit H'igfi School Athlete to two Hour Grind Daily . .--f f M ii - .".. 4,- -. r-.. - J W3S ANGELESvT-Athlctcs in the local schools under no circum stance may exercise more than two hourg in an afternoon. No student may try out for "inore than one as THE BAPTIST' Any girl can marry any man she wants, if she holds his im age in her mind, according to Theosophist teachings. "A girl's Image of the man she wishes to marry," it is ex plained, "should be definite. There must be actual image of 'the man. She must be de cided about th color of his eyes and hair, the greatness of his social position and wealth and all the details. Nothing should be vague nor hazy, for the image a girl holds of her future husband is the channel through which the force at tracting him pours. "If her idea of the man be vague, there is no channel, no vehicle for the 'force' to oper ate, and consequently she runs the risk of going husbandless. Her desires are scattered. She doesn't know what she wants. "When you make an image and strengthen that image through desire and faith you will attract what you wish as a lodestone. The desire part adds Strength and puts the force in your thoughts. It is the magnetic part. So, if one wills f and wishes strongly enough and never ceases to desire subconsciously also events will come about as de sired. "There must be clear images to create spiritual power. "In time we will be able to create" th bodies we are to in habit without the necessity of birth. Birthmarks are the suit a mother's intense imag that is placed upon the child. The stfgmata may be explained in the saVne way. We may image bodies that we long for and in reincarnation may have them." , '' The drawback to such power an "imaging" is that people might be tempted to work sel fishly for their own 'interest, Theosophl3t teachers observe. But the desire for home ahI husband is a worthy one. Every girl . should , be encouraged therefore to imago her home and her husband so that she may- have" ooth. "'"When ..na tural law is understood there need be no old maids." major soprt team in a semester. The Board of Education "alarm- ed,.at the steadily Increasing dls-. placement of studies by athletics in the minds of the students," set these and other i roles - for high schools here., Post-season ; eon tests.; witiV university; or college freshman teams were also tabooed. Only two practire games in each sport will be remitted" to precede the regular season. 7JWT k i S-'jn D- IT, TIIEOSOPIIISTSriE Thousands' Gathering in IrV dia to Worship at Feet : of Krishnamurti . f By Jackson V. .Jacobs ' (Central Trcii Correspondent) LONDON. Dec. From alt over the world TheosopMsts are gathering at-Adyar, rMadras, In dia, to deify a new Christ. 'With the coming of a new year Krishnamurti, a , 28-year-old man with, a beautiful face, whom. thou sands' of men and women already regard with reverence, will be hailed as a new Messiah, and wor shipped as divine. C " -' ' The theory the Theosophists and the followers of, the higher Buddhism, accept is that at long, rare intervals one of the great Spirits visits earth and' reincar nates himself in; some human body.. At one period this Spirit' waV known as Confucius; at an other as Buddha; at another as -Christ; at another as Mahomet. From the fastnesses of ther Hima layas, where reside the "Masters of Wisdom" ( initiates who hare delved deep into occula knowl edge and thus achieved spiritual ' clairvoyance ), the message; has come .forth that some such great soul is due here again,, that he may even be in the flesh now. preparing for his manifestation and lor the great work he is to accomplish for our generation. These initiates are as the Wjse Men of the East, to whom the star foretold the. coming of the ' Christ to Bethlehem, and their prediction, .given; forth. 28 years ago, created a . sensation among those who believe such djeta su- pernaturally inspired. Krishnamurti was born in Nor- : them India, and by reason of the genius he early manifested those who sought the realization of the Master's" prediction concluded that he was the looked-for manl testation. The initiates began their mystic ; Investigations and DEIFY ffl ttlST' traced hsi previous reincarnations' ' through 31 birth and existences. This information, sifting through the. Indian world, was brought to the attention of TheosophlsU and others who have accepted the phil osophy of the higher Bnpdwhism, and at once this-child became the center of their thoughts wnd hopes. As if to accentuate ' their strange beief, the boy, at slgnif leant age after studying English for a very few months, wrote a. book; It is called "At the Feet of the Master,". It is de clared that no one',, be he Chris tian, Buddhist, Jew or . Moham medan, can .read this strangely simple, lucid and beautiful expo sition of the true rule of conduct for attaining spiritual conscious ness without resizing its vital sig. nuicance and , the extraordinary quality of mind that gave it birth. A year after , publication, it . was translated into 14 languages and today it is the creed of those who believe . that Krishnamurti Way realy be prophet of the Way, the Truth and the Life. Gathered in Adyar, the , new Jerusalem, are "twelve apostles" who carry Krishnamurti'a teach ings throughout the world. , "The body you now have is not the one you had ten years ago.: "The soul of. man has-more lives than the proverbial cat, who wcare told has nine lives. . "The view that, the , soul "was created at ourbirth is but a mod ern view for the sou lived many . lives before it entered these bod ies of ours. . j- .. . . . ., "Man is, the maker, of. his own destiny. What he wills to do can not be stayed by any power on earth or Heaven. "It - so . comforting ,to v bYame someone else, for our faults Jthat people of today created that myth, his aatanic majesty. ' . u J . "We may not know ih Christ when he comes, .but we wil. try our best to be ready to receive him. 't . jh ? : "Every man Js but the product of his own desires." . ' ; Chief among the "apostles', are Mrs.: Annie Besant : and Ciihnn r Charles W. Leadbeater, of Aus tralia. - Among "the others ar?' Jinarhadaaa; a Senegalese Buddh ist and a graduate of Cam hH ',. the Iter. Oscar Kollerstrom. a priest of the Liberal Catbdllc church in Austrmlla; TJeorge Jlrun dale. an English lecturer and edu-" catipnall commissioner in imadore statev bis ; Hindu .wlfet . Uukmlnl " Arundale, 'and j Bishop James In gatf Wedgewood, a priest ol thq I - J
