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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1926)
It! 4' 1 4 1 Orea 77 - r . 1mm4 Day Exempt! VmIi; by fTATZSXX ytJBXJCSHCT O COICPATT tlS Souta Comiaarrial Sti. Salata. Orafaa Baatrfeks - . . Manager Fraa. Taata . . . yaarTit-flitor SC. Karri vr. -. .'-City Koitar lna J. Anita r TWnk F.tr AKnifiauk - - - -. Social; Eir Wt H. Hana'araoa - CTree laUaa Maaafav Jtalpa II. Klatxlag ad-artiaiaa Vaaacar Kraak J kaaki" - ' aoa- Jo lwa, KxJI.Raata . Utk Mitar Wi.aCaiwr - ;. - - Poaltry Editor MX -ZX .OF TH ASSOCIATED PXXSS Tk AuoeUtM Frata It axalutlroly eatltWtf ta tna sm for tabuat!a af all nwt luptura rai4 U II h itl taerwlM eriU4 .a w lUaa aarata. , ,4" thla -papar aad alaa Ika lcJ business offices. .Vao-aa r. Clark Co.. Nw Yark, 11S-436 WJ Jllgt 8t: CTitrtro. Vatawrtta'BUe.; XHtf h Par, Eaaroa Bldf, Saa FraaciaeA. Cnhf.; niggia BJ4. Lea Aa!w. CaHC Vaataaas Of fje.J5 a 58 faeiatjr : - -.- . TELEPHONES : .' - r V .? Ctrenlatioa Otfia58S Kwa Daparl aat-? 3-106 1M , lion. Departaat-- -j-.B83 KaUr4 at tat Paat -Off ! ia Batata, !jrgaa, aaeond-tlaat matter ----.'- -: ' tt ' . aniwri auKW - '-r(--T?, "" ' BROTHERHOOD- "And Abram-ailed unto tot. Let-there be no strife, I pray thebcween me and jthee. and betwen id herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we ar brethj-jpn;' Oen.,138.i ? j TAkE ITORLEAYE IT; THE WATER SYSTEM Mayor .Giesy renews pn his annual message his recom mendation to the 'city council 'thajt measures be taken to give Salem her own water system- j i - i And he urges the special 'vater committee which was appointed during the past year to "make preparation at the earliest time possible for submitting a definite and practicable plan for accomplishing this very' important project" j - There is a committee of citizens to cooperate with the council committee in bringing this matter to a head -! ? To arrive 'at a proper valuation of the present Water sys tem and to submit K proposition! for taking it over "to a vote of the people. ; j - The city ought by all ' handled is .a tremendous pow able to control distribution to prevent overflow of the market and, 'fey tKw"brderIy'procur.'tASM&elt)ft4 prices,f i As a demonstration; of what a well-managed cooperative. can do, Ihis organization is4 enlightening. ? And it f wilt tur doubt give impetus to the establishment of others of a like nature over the country. r . . . I f WARNS AGAINST BOOZE Whiskey should not be given to a persoh who has been bitteii by a snake" is the warning of Dr. Howard Kelly in a article on "Snakes and Snake Bite" in the January number of Hygiea, a popular health magazine published by the Amer ican iledical association. "Whiskey has buried many a- vic tim v -ho would have survived; alcohol does nb good but acts as a depressant" is another hot shot taken, by this high medical authority, atbooze. j- . ' It is doUbtful if even' his snakeship could survive the shock of a tew drops oi reai rea pooiieg. THE ARIZONA SHERIFF Tales of hts adventures, hla courage, nis nupor, nts Keen inieui- ?enjeas collected by Major. Groyer F. Sexton, "The Deputy from apai County." How with nimble gun and moor car he brings and stffe justice to evildoers. i Yav 3W to either take it or leave it. have shown a disposition to means T The. owners of the water system . meet the demands of the city, to pay their part of the cost of ; a proper valuation of the system ' And the owners of the waiter system have a right to know what is to be done. If thejeity is to have a vote on the question1 of buying the system, the time of that vote ought not to be delayed indefinitely. In fact, it should be done with every expedition proper in good business practice. The reason is that Salem is growing, and large extensions of the maing must be made. j' The argument in favor of the city owning the water system is 'that it can borrow miney at a lower rate than is possible for a private company therefore it can afford to look to the future and put in larger mains and in other ways prepare for the growth that is bound to come. If the city is to own the water system, the sooner the decision is made the better for all concerned ' !And the owners of the systejm have a right to expect that they will have a definite! decision, in order that, in case of a failure of tHe vote to buy, "they may make the best arrange ments possible for extensions. They cannot make arrange j ments with any assurance as long as the matter is in the aif 1 While they di not wish tp be put in the place of having theii 1 property on the bargain counter, they are willing to sell at r k reasonable price, such as Would be a good investment for the j 'But they have a right' to kfiow definitely, in order to b : able to plan definitely. ; ! ; j -.There is 'another consideration the going to the moun- i tains for a supply to be Droughts in by gravitation saving the j mounting cost of pumping, and perhaps supplying power that 1 may be sold .for the benefit of) the city. But that. is in the ' future; -j Ffat; things must confe fir$t. lv . , The intportant thing now is to take it or leave it. X"- COOPERATIVE SELLING A fine example of coopetativft selling is the Pacific rAnaMfma AXytrtl ilrTXTnn e0viwtiATS i-w o rA rVYCk ' organization was started in Albany four vears ago, has grown into a membership of tKre'thbusand and handles from six t to seven millions of pounds of! wool apnuallyJ Its organiza- tion area covefs OTegonland the other Pacificatates. .. - The wool is graded, ready for examinationby. buyers who come here from the East and various "other parts of the i country to purchase for.. their; mills. The - association has warehouses also in San Francisco, and Boston. s jThis organization through the large -volume of product He Slim and even must al, MothotlirMl Slim .1 Pushing Ben out of the way. was a met nodical man, was-biim moseyeu oui mii iub mrecv. Ed Johnson, deputy sheriff holding the white apron to one . . myBteriously.WTer IdenUfId;Ies teg,fc the old outlaw who llTed' by little, petty, cheap thieving around the. lumber camps up here where are some of t he .biggest sawmills in the word. ... : ",' f Ho was a terrible nuisance, was Peg Leg. Never seemed' to steal anything worth arresting 'him for and making the county board him lA Jail.- UsuaJUy, lUwaa 4ho, food I fnd applies taken' froxt a ranch Fer?JjouBe 'durlne:abs4nce' of toe owner. JSfi he kept;atvU..up, south pt gan ; Francisco mountain; highest peak in Arizona, until Slim thought he might as well waste a day and clear him out. About twelve miles north of Bellemont, and right in the sha dow of the San Francisco peak. was Wild Bill's ranch. That's, the only name it ever had. Slim, at; ther time, was riding with ' some' men tj-om the - O-C ranch, and they told him old Peg Lg was at Wild Bill's. So over goes Slfm, and in a- ranch cabin out next the branding corral, b saw someone movel ' , So Slim just walks right up' to the door. Watchful he was, too. For everyone knew Peg Leg car ried a mutderous six shooter, a sawed-off shotgun and 'a 30-30 rifle. But Peg Leg hadn't seen Slim till he came to the door. Slim's 45 was out and he told Peg Leg to hoist his hands. Instead Peg Leg, with astonish ing nirableness, reached for hts shotgun, slung across his back. t Though it isn't a matter of of ficial record. Peg Leg must have been wearing a good hat. too, for Slim's 4 5 bullet found its mark square between the outlaw's eyes. Sheriff Parsons, starting out for an automobile thief in his big Stadebaker car, doesn't mind the fact that Slim no longer is a dep uty. The county's finances need careful economizing, and 4 5 am munition costs 2.85 a box. And, says Sheriff Parsons, Slim did use up a powerful lot of it! county ranger of Coconino county, the largest single county in the United States. When he started to perform a commonplace task, nothing be allowed to interfere with its completion. Careful, too, he was, and fru- wasting nothing unnecessar ily, as shall be seen. , . ; Slim Ed was being shaved one ifterfcoon ia Ben Chasten 's barber shop in Flagstaff, almost diagon ally across from Blind Pete's place, just off Front street. There had been a lot of quar relini: among the Mexican's there bou1.s, .the old Villa-Carranza 'end of Old . Mexico still waxing lot among its expatiate sons way ip hre near the Utah line. And this day in particular, and it this hour, when there should lave! been quietude in a town vhere Deputy Sheriff Johnson was lndejrgoing the careful and deli ate task, of being shaved, it was ;rulyj most thoughtless for two Mexicans to start the old quarrel ver More so. since Just at that, rao- -nenf , one half of Slim Ed's face being i shaved. Old Ben was just rounding the farthermost point of Ed's chin, where any. sudden dis turbance might mean a slice off his anatomy, and consequent dire results for half a generation. But, thoughtless as Mexicans are, that-away, one had the bad grace to shoot the other dead, af fording a temporary victory, for the arranzistas. The Carranzite, having thus triumphed rjght acroBf the street from Chaston's barker shop, sought to run toward the .shop to spread the, glad .tld4 ingsk V" ,," .VT i . "Confound side. . j ,t . Here came the slayer right at him, waving a wicked looking pis- coi. sum wauea ior a raomeni. Then out came his -deadly 45. It gave forth a sound like unto an aerial bomb going off, and a bul let hit the Mexican squarely bo tween the eyes.i Slim went b4ck into the barber shop and resumed his seat Get a move on you. Ben." he told the astonished barber, "that lather's all dryin' up and I don't want to snend the rest of my life layin" out in a barber's chair.'" state penitentiary reported tnat practically all the recommenda tions contained in Governor Pierce's investigating committee had been carried out at the insti tution. He said a new guard tower had been constructed, three machine guns installed, and that the stairs leading to the towers from within the walls had been removed. He said the orison engineer Afterward there was some specV4no"W had under consideration the that ornery greas er," quoth Slim Ed, blowing suf plua lather out of his mouth, "whyt qoestfotifng prosecutor, "I coulkln't he have waited, ten min-f that one; it's a waste of utes GAME REFUGE ASKED .K ! r(By PORTLAND. Or., Jan.' Associated Pres.)A game ref uge, comprising the area In Wal lowa countr which contains' Ore gon's only mountain sheep, will bef established In the near future, as the. outcome -of a-reoent-meeting of sportsmen in Enterprise, E. F. A vertll, state game warden, said! here today. Protection ia the area; ) will also extend ' to deer; bear. i birds and other game. ', ulation over the deliberation, ih ' Otlm TSll ft. III. UCIOJ VT1UIT7 mr . i likewise regarding the -carefu.jtf placing of the btillet which stop ped the slayer's career. They asked Ed about it. ij "Use your eyes," he told them "The Mexican 1 wore a good hat, and there was no use. spoiling, that, and he, ought to hava asde rent coat to be buried. in. hadn' he?" ! M Frugal and not a bit waf.eful, was Slim. , ; The county prosecutor, hearing the shots, dashed arpund about the time Ed was coming from the barber shop the second. time, his face now clean shaven and aro matic of Ben's choicest bay rum and his whitest face powder. "Good gracious," exclaimed the prosecutor, turning to John Par sons, then a stage driver and now Coconino's .sheriff!; "can't you get something, John, and rush these two Mexicans to. the hospital? "Don't waste your time running up; to the hospital," suggested Slim Ed. 'Jiist' haurthem down to the morgue and save yourself a trip Up the bin. You see, he explained quite clearly to the shot time , . SUverton C. A. Benson will raise chipmunks, on commercial 'scale as reforestation aids. ; .. , in ' -I. ;..i.,.iV. ... HEAD STUFFED FR0f.r . " CATARRH OR A COLD !.M X- Savs Cream . Applied in 'No T . trils Open Air- Passages '.. T i i Right Up. , iasraai relief no wa iting. Tour! elossd soatrila open right up ; the air; juiaa of 'jour head clear mad voa ran iHreathe freely: No more hawking,'; anuffiing, fclowlnp, headache, drynesa,! No struggliixjg for breath at jaigltt;., your eold or" catarrh diaappears. . ; If , Get small bottle fElj'a Cream! Balm frpm your'druggiat now.f . Appjyi av little of tibia fragrant, antiseptic,1 liealiug cream "in' your no&tUa; It peaetrataa through every air paaaag of the; bead, aootbea the inflamed of wollea' mucous membrane and. relief come iaatantlj." - i ' : ' . ; It's juct fine. Don't stay stuff ed-p rjih a, tell cr xmtv cstirrb. p f - r ?" : t r , v hauling him' to any hospital: ? 1 1 I'l II ' II ' I i " " ' ' ii ill i i II! I -. wLi of personal irterest is very iiesh- ! ij - ixSSi ? 0 ! able von the (part of the funeral .Izjj rjc3 -' tSl; ; director, because his personal inter-1 W - MMN ' : Kj " est assures those he serves of the W rvSS' M - ' 'verbestof attention; f f , ? " M lf?i ; 1 Those, -who call upon Webb ser- f LlJaJtS 5 ' ; G1 yicefind that we blend : with our.,. K -V'K,T?S?sv' 1 t5t ' ; .: professional services an-amount of j ; vu: I '-JAl il0 -' ' W " ' -hon(?SrV sympathetic interest that f ' " a Zf7' !' J .j Ktl ; , , makes for better service. Ic3 ' ' C3 -VL-. ? ' :WK PARLORS - i j "SuzztiorUUneral Service". 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