SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
SALEM. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 27, 1925
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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
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'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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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